"Hermione would you like to start working on your apprenticeship today or wait until the students get here tomorrow?" I sat next to him in the study, curled up on a chair and reading a random book on dark potions. I looked up at him in question, just now remembering that I was an apprentice and the students come back tomorrow. I gave it a thought before answering that I would like to start tonight. "Follow me then."

I followed him out of the room and into his storage rooms. We collected the ingredients for the potions needed in the hospital wing. I hadn't brewed these before so Severus watched me, making sure I was doing everything right, which of course I was. The potions weren't necessarily all that hard, just time consuming and you had to stir at the perfect speed or they would be rendered useless. We spent the next couple of hours working on potions. We worked through the day, skipping lunch and dinner. Neither of us noticed until my stomach gave a big growl. I blushed and looked to Severus. He chuckled and I gave him a playful scowl.

"Oh hush. Would you like some food? I know how to get into the kitchen." he chuckled at me, once more. He answered me as he walked about the work area, picking up the tools. I followed his lead and picked up the extra ingredients.

"As do I, my dear. I have been here nearly thirty years." He gave me a meaningful look. I rolled my eyes and motioned for him to continue. He gave a small smirk as he put up the knives. "And yes, we should probably eat. We need to keep our-careful, don't fall." He cut himself off as he watched me standing on my tip toes on a rickety stool trying to put up some flobber worm eyes. He continued as I was safely down from the stool. "Anyways, as I was saying, we must keep our str-damn it, what did I just say?!" He marched over to me and pulled me off the stool. "Foolish little one, you're going to hurt yourself."

"No I won't! I know how to safely stand on a stool. I do it all the time. How do you think I got the ingredients during my second year for the polyjuice potion? Anyways, Aiden told me that angels have really fast healing. Falls like that wouldn't have effected me." I knew I said something wrong when Severus tensed up. I in turn also tensed, going over my words to see what I said.

"Who is Aiden?!" He whirred me around and bent down to be eye level with me. His face was mere inches from my own and I couldn't help but pull back a little. He grabbed my chin, a little more rough than he probably intended, since he immediately rubbed it after I had winced. "I repeat, who is Aiden? How did you meet him? How does he know about angels?" I don't think I had ever heard him talk that much. I gave a nervous giggle before I answered.

"Aiden is a another angel. I told you that yesterday when Professor Dumbledore was here…please let go of me." He searched my eyes a moment longer before straightening and letting the hand on my chin fall to his side. His other hand remained around my wrist. He watched me closely, as if sizing me up. I fidgeted a little, getting nervous under his scrutiny. A few moments later, which seemed to stretch on farther than the eye could see, he gave himself a nod before turning and tugging on my wrist a little to get me to follow. I quickly walked to his side and he brought my arm up to hook with his. As soon as our arms were hooked he grabbed my hand that was hooked with his arm and linked his fingers with it. I faced him with a silently raised brow, looking down at our hands before looking at him again. He merely shook his head and continued walking with a thoughtful look.

I merely shook my head as we continued walking to the kitchen. I quietly said good night to the few paintings still awake, they returning my pleasantry. Severus nor I needed light because of our heightened senses, so we walked in darkness. It was odd, looking at the castle in pure darkness, yet, it seemed as if it were alight. I could see and sense everything, but I couldn't. It was the strangest thing I had ever felt. I shook my head at my thoughts and looked at our path, seeing that we were at the painting. I looked to Severus, to see if he was going to tickle the pear. I gave a small giggle as I looked at his expression and reached forward to tickle it. My arm was just short enough to not reach, so I took a step forward only to realize that my arm was still hooked. I looked back into his deep black eyes, silently asking him to let go. His eyes narrowed a little, as if being defiant. Instead of releasing my captive arm, he took a step forward, which also happened to drag me forward. I reached for the pear again and this time I touched. I immediately tickled it. It gave out a laugh as the hidden passage swung open. We walked forward.

The house elves swarmed us, offering drinks and food. I declined everything with a slight smile. Of course, Severus couldn't be that kind.

"Look here, you know what I come down here for. You know of Miss Granger's change. I know you have what we want. Let's get this over with, you give us the stuff and we'll leave." the house elves looked amongst each other, trying to decide if they should follow the order or keep us down here for company a little longer. "NOW!" well, that decided for them. The house elves scattered, some going back to work and some cleaning, and some leaving, and finally, a few ran back and brought us our blood packs for the night. A took a nice, long smell of the delicious food before thanking the elves profusely for the wonderful meal. I turned to Severus.

"Umm, Severus? I'm going to stay here while I eat. I've been in your rooms all day and I just need to stretch a little. I'll be down as soon as I'm done. I promise." I looked at him pleadingly, giving him the best puppy eyes in the world. His eyes softened a little, but he was still giving me one of those soul searching looks, as if he really could see inside my soul, before he nodded.

"Fine, you must be down within an hour or I swear I will drag you down myself, kicking and screaming. Be careful, little one." He nodded once more before spinning around and quickly disappearing out the door, his robes billowing around him. I shook my head with a smile and sat down in one of the many seats the elves had down there for visitors. I sipped out of the cup as I watched the busily working elves, my mind completely blank. My cup was empty before I knew it and an elf brought me a new one. I refused a third one when I had finished with a smile. I sat for a moment longer before standing and walking out of the kitchen. It was time to head back down to the dungeons.

I hummed as I walked, my wings fluttering around me. My white hair was picked up in the wind created by my wings. I closed my eyes as I let the cool breeze caress me. The quiet halls didn't seem as frightening as they used to be, they seemed to comfort me, protect me. I was happy here. So I kept walking, my feet carrying me away from the dungeons, up into the towers. The astronomy towers to be exact. So on I walked, walking around the stairs, higher and higher.

"Hermione." I whirred around. 'What was that? Who was it?' I turned in a slow circle, looking at everything around me, checking all the nooks and crannies for anyone, or anything, suspicious. I didn't see anything, si booked it as a sleepy mind and turned around to go back to the dungeons.

"Hermione…" The echoing, whispered voice said again. "Don't go…" The voice sent shivers down my back as I turned in every direction, looking for the culprit. I narrowed my eyes as I brought my hands up and summoned pure white snowy energy. It looked as if I had pulled a sphere from the most powerful blizzard and was holding it in my hand. The light lit up the hall around, casting an eerie glow around its fringes. I shifted around nervously.

"Hermione…" It called again. I backed against the wall to cover my back. "Don't go…" It was repeating itself. "Don't be afraid…" Or not. I looked around nervously as the word afraid was still echoing. "Come closer…" Now the word closer was echoing along with afraid. "Hermione…" My name joined the echoing chorus. I tensed and ran down the stairs, trying to get away from the disturbing voice. "Don't go…" The voice was louder now, it was hissing, growling, the voice was rough. "Don't go…" I screamed a little as I felt a breath on my neck. It was cold, it felt like Death. The feeling invoked an instinctual feeling of dread. My body took over and I jumped off the floor, my wings pulling faster through the narrow, winding halls.

"Why so scared, my dear?…" The voice spoke in my ear and I felt hands caressing my arms. I screamed and released my energy in its purest form. A blizzard began, all through the school. Outside, lightening and snow fought together and attacked the school. Inside, the wind howled, blocking all other sounds. I blended in, not even my pale skin was seen, shooting through the blizzardy halls. I nervously looked around me as I got closer to the dungeons.

"Nothing will stop me. I WILL come for you. But for now, sleep…" And I fell. The blizzard died down, snow covering the halls. The higher floors had the staff walking around in wonder. Dumbledore walked to the window as he looked at the snow settling on the ground and the lightening disappearing, the sky had been clear of clouds the entire anomaly. And below, in front of Severus's chamber, a man with black hair picked up a sleeping angel, her wings hanging limply behind her. Her hair was stuck to her face and her head rested against the mans chest as he quickly brought her back into the rooms.

Above, as the old, long haired headmaster watched the last snowflake settle on the whomping willow, he put a withered hand against the window. He worriedly looked at the moonless sky. His whispered words were barely heard as he dropped his hand and walked back to bed, his feet shuffling slightly against the floor. His words hung in the air for a few moments before leaving.

"It was suppose to be a full moon tonight."


A/N: I am so sorry I haven't updated. I just haven't felt that people were that interested. Thank you so much Eruvear for asking me to continue this story. This chapter is dedicated to Eruvear. Thank you everyone!

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