After a long night of sleep, a new, very awkward day had started. We didn't speak to each other. Severus was probably still too angry and I found it to be too uncomfortable after all that had happened.

He was still tired. The bags underneath his eyes were bigger than normal and he didn't come out of his chair for the rest of the day. Or well, until the doorbell rang actually.

I looked up from my book. Severus did the same. He looked surprised, as if that had never happened before.

He got out of his armchair and walked to the door. I looked back to my book, but listened carefully. I heard the front door open with a creaking sound.

"Severus Snape?" I heard a man's voice ask.

"Yes," Severus simply replied. I heard the suspicion in his voice.

"My name is Benjamin Barton. I am an Auror for the Ministry of Magic. Can I come in?" the man asked politely.

Severus stepped aside and gestured the man to come in. The man came in and looked immediately at me.

"Hello, young girl," he greeted me.

"Hello," I simply said. I had no idea what an Auror was, but it didn't sound very good.

"I don't know if you were listening when I and" he paused to think about what he was going to say. "Mr. Snape..." I knew he knew about our situation. Why else would he hesitate?

"My name is Benjamin Barton. I am an Auror for the Ministry of Magic of Great Britain. Do you know what that is?" he asked politely.

I thought deeply, but had no idea what an Auror could be, so I shook my head.

"Well, it's similar to, how do Muggles call that?" He thought for a short moment. "I don't remember, but I'm sure you know what I mean. We watch if the wizarding laws are obeyed. And if they are not, we take action. "The Auror turned around and looked at Severus. "Can we talk? Just the two of us?" Barton asked.

Severus nodded. "Ellea, if you want to go upstairs for now," he said. His voice was calmly, but the frown on his forehead revealed his real feelings. He was nervous, scared and maybe even stressed. I did like he had asked and went upstairs with my book. However, I was not planning on not listening to their conversation. This was probably way too important to let slip.

I threw the book on the bed and sneaked back to the stairs. I crouched and listened attentively.

"Could I offer you some thea Mr. Barton?" Severus asked the man politely.

"No, thank you," the man replied. "I think we will be done very quickly."

I heard them seating themselves somewhere in the living room.

"You probably wonder why I'm here, don't you?" Barton asked.

"Yes, of course," Severus' voice full of suspicion.

"I am send by the Ministry of Magic to talk with you about what has happened a few days before," the Auror explained. "Are you aware of the fact that you were all over the news in the Wizarding World, Mr. Snape?"

Severus waited a moment before giving an answer. "I wasn't."

His answer surprised me. I had told him everything. I had told him about that cat-lady and that she had told me about that we had been all over the news in the Wizarding World. Why was he lying? Or had he forgotten about it?

"Well, you were," Barton stated seriously. "You exposed magic to Muggles."

Snape waited again before he reacted. "Explain," he stated with his normal monotonous voice. His voice sounded calmly. However, I knew he was tensed about the Auror being here. He was trying really hard to keep his profile as low as possible and till so far, he did a good job. But was it enough?

"Well, Mr. Snape," the Auror started fiercely. "The Muggle police saw literally ALL of your books about magic. All of it, Mr. Snape. And then I do not count your Hogwarts stuff, your broomstick and your potions stuff."

"Potions stuff?" Severus asked with a sense of 'I know they didn't'.

Barton sighed irritated. "They haven't found that. Surprisingly for the Potions Master of Hogwarts I have to say. However, they have found enough. And that is not in your favour, professor." the man stated fiercely. However, Severus remained calm.

"And what did the Muggles do with the information in the books?" Severus asked the Auror.

"Luckily not much. They think you are one hell of a crazy man, actually," he stated with a small laugh. "They didn't look further into it."

"That's good."

"Yes, that's very good. For the Ministry, for you and for the complete Wizarding community."

"That still doesn't explain why you have come to my house, Mr. Barton," Severus said, trying to sound politely.

However, Barton clearly felt offended and scoffed: "I'm here to talk to you from man to man about the situation, Mr. Snape."

Before Severus could respond, the doorbell rang. I heard Severus stand up and walk towards the front door.

"Can we come in?" I heard another male voice ask.

"Why if I might ask?" Severus asked the men suspiciously, even though I could hear in his voice he knew why they would want that.

"We are Aurors for the Ministry of Magic. Our colleague is already in here, am I right?"

I heard step in the hallway, then in the living room.

"I ask you to give me your wand, Mr. Snape." Barton stated firmly. "Get your wand and place it on the table."

"Why?" I heard Severus ask. "Are you going to arrest me?"

"I first just want to talk. Please put your wand on the table."

What followed was the sound of wood on wood

"Good. Thank you. Now we can go on. You probably wonder why there are three Aurors at your house."

"Of course."

"Well, I first wanted to talk to you about this in person. That way, we can talk more freely. You are a smart man Mr. … I mean, professor Snape. Not everybody can become the Potions Master at Hogwarts. So, you must understand that we, as in the Ministry of Magic, can't let you get away with this."

"This?" Severus asked calmly. I didn't understand how he could act so calmly in this situation.

"Yes, this!" Barton scoffed.

I heard footsteps, loud and heavy. Definitely not Severus'. Severus' footsteps were quieter and careful as if he had thought every step he took through.

"Severus Snape, you are arrested by the Ministry of Magic for exposing magic and the Wizarding World to Muggles," Barton stated strictly.

The next thing I heard were the sound of closing handcuffs. I startled and listened even more carefully.

"Everything you say from now on can be used against you. You have the right to remain silence," Barton explained "Do want to say anything, professor Snape?" he joked.

I heard no answer from Severus.

"Do you know what the Muggle police has found too?" he asked. "A letter from a dead woman to a girl. And guess who that girl is."

No reaction.

Then, some footsteps.

"I have watched this case very carefully, you know. As an Auror, but also as a reader of the Daily Prophet. And I have to say there is quite some gossiping about Hogwarts' Potions Master. And although I don't believe everything they write, there is one question that popped up in my mind after reading that letter and the stories from that woman's family."

"Good for you," I heard Severus snarl.

"I'm sorry professor, I will ask it straight away then. You have wanted to fuck her right at the first time you met her, didn't you?"

"Excuse me!?" Severus exclaimed.

"Well, I have seen some pictures. She was quite beautiful. And when I would find such a literally Sleeping Beauty, or well more like an unconscious beauty, in the woods, I would get some feelings."

"Stop it, Barton," I heard Severus say threateningly.

"Wow, I'm sorry professor. It was just a question," he joked.

"If you want a confession out of me, you really need to take me to the Ministry. I'm under arrest anyway."

"Yeah, I know. And we will. But that letter tells a lot of things about the Wizarding World, you know?"

Severus didn't answer.

"You don't? Haven't you read it?"

Severus didn't react again.

"Do you want to read it? Why? Didn't the girl want you to read it or something?"

I heard some movements.

"Because of you silence, I take that as a 'yes'." Barton sighed. "It was just in the girl's backpack. You could have just grabbed it out of it when she wasn't looking, you know?"

"In contrast to you, I respect people's wishes," Severus snarled.

Barton laughed. "Seriously!? Oh come on, are you really that kind of person? Even I have read it and it's so sweet to read how much you guys adored each other. Well, until you found out she was a Squib, dumped her and left all by her own to take care of the baby."

"Shut up!" Severus yelled.

"It's just so cold, man."

I heard Severus angry groans from Severus and stamping on the ground, probably his as well. Was he trying to attack the Auror or something?

"I won't do that if I were you, professor. You know as well as everyone that Aurors need to learn a lot and very nasty spells, hexes, jinxes and so much more, so unless you want me to say 'Petrificus Totalus' you need to calm down."

The noises stopped.

"Good. Well, maybe the bigger meaning of this is that it's going to be pretty bad for your lawsuit."

"Already?" Severus asked incredulously.

"Yes, all the evidence is already there and the letter is the main evidence. I would confess if I were you. That could save you some time in Azkaban."

"What about Ellea?" I heard Snape ask.

"That squib-kid?" Barton asked.

"She isn't a squib," Severus growled. "Oh God no. No, she isn't. Cause that would have been a shame, right. A wizard getting a Squib as child. But that happens sometimes. It's not a choice. But you don't hear every day that a wizard knocks up a Squib."

Severus didn't react, but I felt his anger in the air.

"Well, if you truly want to know, she can stay with the Malfoys."

"How did you arrange that that quickly?" Severus asked curiously.

"Everybody in the Wizarding World knows about this case and when people started speculating about you getting sentenced to Azkaban, people also started talking about the future of your child. Malfoy threw himself forward to take her in. People found it to be very generous of him to offer that, but if you ask me, he only did it for some good publicity and extra votes. People speculate he wants to go for Minister for Magic next year."

"I wouldn't vote for him," I heard another man's voice say.

"No, me neither, but Alwar Tuk and Pelegrim Alviricus are good candidates," Barton said. "But anyway, time to go I think. Alvero, Leon, take him to the Ministry. I go and get the girl."

I heard footsteps coming towards the stairs. I jumped up and sneaked quickly to my room, grabbed the book from my bed and pretended I was reading. A second later, Barton stepped silently into the room.

"Ellea," he started uneasily. "I have to ask you to come with me."

"Why?" I asked like I had no idea about what was going on.

"Well, your father has been arrested for exposing magic and the Wizarding World to Muggles," he stated softly, as if he was sorry for the whole situation.

"You know what Muggles are, right?"

I nodded.

"Well, than you get kind of an image why it's not allowed to do so."

I heard some rumbling downstairs and passed Barton with my look and looked at the stairs. Barton followed my gaze and looked over his shoulder.

"We are taking him to the Ministry. Don't worry, he will be fine if he cooperates. You will go to some nice people," he explained.

"okay."

"You have heard us talking didn't you?" he asked softly.

I narrowed my eyes.

"I'm sorry," he said. "For everything I have said about you and your mother. It's just…" He sighed. "If people are stressed they think less about what they are going to say. Interrogations are easier for us Aurors then."

"That's really messed up."

"Yeah, I guess it is," he laughed nervously. "I think it's good if you go and pack some stuff. Like I have said earlier, you will stay with another family in the Wizarding World for a while."

I did like he had said, packed my Wizard cloths I had bought with Severus at Diagon Alley and was ready to go. It was not really had more. I put it all in my backpack and went back downstairs with the Auror.

Till my surprise there was no one downstairs anymore. However, I hadn't heard them leaving. Where were they?

The Auror had spotted my confusion and said: "they have apparated. Do you know what that is?"

I nodded.

"The fastest way to travel. So guess what we are going to do."

"Where did they bring him to?" I asked.

"To the Ministry," he simply replied.

"But is the Ministry so big it can house the Wizarding Parliament and all the police of the complete Wizarding World?" I asked incredulously.

Barton shrugged. "I think so. Do Muggles do that at multiple places than? Not really convenient, don't you think?" he slightly laughed.

I realised how low wizards really thought about non-magical people.

"Okay, time to leave. Come, grab my arm and hold tight." He held out his arm so I could grab it.

"Where are we going?"

"A surprise, but don't worry. A good one. You will like it Have you ever apparated before?" he asked.

I nodded.

He looked surprised. "Well, okay. Then you know how it feels. I count to three and then we apparate, okay?"

I nodded. "Okay then, one, two..."

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