Chapter 9:Shade of wolf.
One more time-that's not my fanfiction, it's RPG playing in Severus Snape Club , feel free to join if you are interested to participate in this crazy story.
Juliss the Severed Snake (Headmaster Snape)
Lily:
Lily was sitting between James and Sirius at dinner.Both were talking about the Ball and their "potential" dates.Lily rolled her eys at them,noting that Remus couldn't have cared less also.Peter, on the other hand,was begging Sirius and James to help him find a date."Sure,Peter."Sirius said blandly."Who've you got your eye on?"Peter turned red and pointed to a girl sitting at the Hufflepuff table."Not much to look at hm,James?"Peter looked mortified."Sirius,"Lily said sharply."I think she looks perfectly....nice."James snorted."And the award for most diplomatic Gryffindor goes to..""Sod off Potter."Lily muttered.Tehhie chose that moment to drop by the table and started to chat it up with Lily."She's really far to trusting."Tehhie thought as Lily talked happily to her.Sirius useed that opportunity to interject."Oh yes,James, didnt you want to ask our dear Lily something?"James sent Sirius a look of death while Sirius just grinned wildly and turned to Remus."Ummm...Lily?""Yes James?"Lily said turning from Tehhie."I was...um..wondering if..ah,"But before James could continue,his attention was drawn to a pale figure leaning on the table.Lucius Malfoy."What do you want Lucy?"James snarled.Lucius raised an eyebrow, and obviously struggling to keep his temper under control."A word, Mud-Lily,"he said through his teeth.Tehhie excused herself, Lily assumed to avoid the tension.James was glaring angrily at Malfoy."Yes?""I was wondering if you would...go.to.the .ball.with .me."Lily stared at him wordlessly.James was furious.He hissed through his teeth drawing the attnetion of Sirius,, Remus, and Peter.Sirius narrowed his eyes.What was this slime doing over here talking to Lily?Tehhie was using this opportunity to drop the potion into James and Sirius's drinks.Lily laughed nervously-causing Lucius to color furiously."Are you lauging at me?"he demanded.Lily shook her head."No, sorry,you just caught me off guard."But Lucius had already lost his temper."I only asked beacuse I figured a pathetic mudblood like yourself would'nt be asked by anyone else."Lily looked as if she'd been slapped,and the comment caused James and Sirius to roar in anger and produce their wands."Well, it's true,"Lucius sneered at the boys."James,dont."Lily said quietly,grabbing his arm,trying to subdue his anger.But he was past listening.Sirius was held back by Remus,and Peter(shocker) had dissapeared under the table.They managed to turn Lucius ears into some twisted things, but the anger between the three boys was still palpable.Lucius left a moment later,as he had to because of Prof.MacGonagall.Lily was still stung by the comment.She turned to thanks James and Sirius when she noticed that they had turned a peculiar shade of green and bolted from the room.Neither herself nor Remus and Peter noticed Snape,Crabbe, and Goyle leaving the room.A few moments later, however, people did notice the loud yells of two boys and an explosion."What was that?"Lily asked Remus,who looked a bit worried.Peter was actually standing up, though he was twisting his napkin into shreds."I dunno...but Snape looks as if he won the Quidditch Cup single handedly."Lily looked over to the Slytherin table where a smug looking Snape was chortliing into his meal.Tehhie was looking kind of disgusted, and Crabbe and Goyle were sending menacing smirks towards the entrance of the Great Hall.
"What do you think they did?"Lily asked angrily."What ever it was it couldnt be good."Remus replied, his eyes narrowing."So what do we do now?"Peter asked."We wait."Lily replied.Peter looked disappointed."Sirius and James wouldnt wait."Lily wasnt supposed to have heard that comment, but she did.Remus looked at peter reproachfully."Maybe they would,Peter, but Im not Sirius and James...and neither are you."Peter colored slightly and walked sullenly behind Remus and Lily as they walked out of the Great Hall in search of their friends.He shot occasional angry looks at Lily's back,muttering that he knew who he was and who he wasnt.Lily finaly turned at the entrance."Peter,"Lily said softly."Im sorry if what I said was rude back there.These "pranks" just put me on edge.Im sorry if i offended you in any way."Peter looked at her and shrugged."Not a problem."Secretly relieved that she hadnt heard his mutterings.Remus grabbed his arm and dragged him off."Come on Peter, time to find James and Sirius.Off we go now!"Peter smiled slightly.Lily laughed as they both ran towards the bathrooms,where apparantly the explosion had come from.
When Lily,Remus,and Peter approached the bathroom,they noticed a foul stench was coming from it."Gross!"Peter whined."Im not going in there."Siut yourself,Peter,"Remus replied softly walking with Lily into the bathroom.Peter didnt want to be left out, no matter how disgusting it was in there.So he ran in and fell promptly on his rear,soaking himself in the dankest of waters adn sewage.James and Sirius were beside themselves in anger and laughter."Only you two could be laughing while covered in -in-""Oh,Lily,"Sirius said calmly,well as calmly as a green boy covered in waste could be."Do we offend thee my lady?"James asked trying to figure a way to clean himself off."So be honest guys,how do we really look?""You look-"Lily satreted."You smell-"Remus tried to offer, looking paler than normal."You two look revolting!"Peter said picking hmself up.He earned himself four sets of angry glares."Well dont ask if you dont want an answer,"Peter snapped."Snape,"James said softly."Where?"Peter asked looking for a place to hide."Not here,Peter,"Sirius said exasperatedly."Snape did this.It's obvious that Lucy was asking Lily to the Ball to try to distract us.""And it worked,"James said angrily."Yeah, 'cause God knows no one would actually ask me is that what you're saying?"Lily asked stung."NO!"Sirius said."God, Lily, you took that the wrong way.James was going to-"James kicked Sirius and dwon he went, into more waste.Lily sniffed,"Let's get you two to the infirmary,"she muttered.Lily noticed that Remus was looking pale still.She supposed that it had to do with the bathroom.It had been rather nasty.The fiver trudged down the halls to the infirmary, getting looks of disgust as they did, or more precisely,James, Sirius,and Peter did.Reaching the room,the Madam Pomfery wrinnkled up her nose."What have you been into?"she asked suspiciously.Then she recognised the three boys."Oh you three again.I should have known.""Madam Pomfery,"Lily interjected,"I dont think Remus is feeling well either.He looks ill.""Remus Lupin?"She asked sharply.Remus nodded slowly and sat down on a bed slowly."You three,go take a shower and throw away those robes-when you get out,I'll help you two get back to normal.Mr.Lupin, please come with me.Ms.Evans,you may return to your dormitory.""Id rather wait, if it's allright.""No,it's not allright,"Madam Pomfery said firmly."These boys need rest and a good shower.You may go now,Ms. Evans.You can vivsit Mr.'s Black and Potter in the morning,Im going to keep Mr.Lupin here to make sure he feels allright-separated mind you-he could be contagious.Mr.""Pettigrew"Peter supplied."Mr.Pettigrew will be along momentarily."Lily nodded, wished her frineds well and left to go back to her dorm.Lily thought to herself angrily as she walked.The Slytherins would pay for this trick, it had'nt been harmless this time,it had also been personal.
Melian
Melian, Severus and Tehhie stormed into the Slyherin common room. She looked at all the wet people
coming in and watched at Severus and the others who couldn't stop laughing.
Suddenly the room fell all silent when some teacher entered. "Melian?" The girl turned around to face
her mother and Professor McGonagall. Behind her Severus, Crabbe an the others stopped with smiling. "Yes ?" she
asked in a whsipering. " Where the hell did you get the guts to proceed with his fooliness?!" Melian
stammerd " I didn't do a thing I really didn't"
Still the teacher looked supciously at her. "I know
you have all the capabilities, i mean you have done same things before"
"I didn't do it" she yelled. "Well you certainly have a clue who did it" Melian nodded. Severus holded his
breath.
"I am sorry but I am not going to tell you". Melian said as she looked at the teachers
Melian turned around and walked towards the dormitory. she ran towards her bed.
When everyone was sleeping she got dressed and left for the common room. She sat down and stared
outside. Suddenly she heard something behind her. She saw Severus "Melian I....."
She hissed "Shut up, I got your plan all worked out" she snarled.
"Why not use the little Melian for my plans and get her kicked out of school. I mean you never was
serious about being nice to me, all you wnated to have was someone you could blame it on a little toy.
Well you got your plan and now i am expelled and you can go back and despise me as you obviously did.
The only thing you needed me for was revenge. i took the blame now you... you" suddenly tears came
through. she didn't wanted him to laugh at her, she wanted to flee.... Melian got her cloak and left the
common room and the castle. Running and running through the grounds and further off the castle. She
would returmn her by morning to face her trial. She knew that she could blame Severus because he did
it. But still something told her she wasn't any better either.
He was probably laughing at her and telling his friends how stupid she was.
Tehhie
After the "wet evening" I felt a real wave of anger towards Severus. What the heck did these Gryffindors
ever do to him? I was nowhere near sleeping, especially after Melian was the one who the teacher
blamed for all of this. If she's smart, doesn't mean that she has to be the one who plants the trouble! I
was lying without sleep in my four-poster, Melyfaro snoring peacefully on my chest. It was about eleven.
I thought that everybody was sleeping, but suddenly heard footsteps. I opened the hangings just in time
to see Melian leaving the dormitory.
Curious, as I always am, and not at all sleepy I got up, causing angry snors to errupt from my cat.
I dressed up quickly and left the dormitory. The common room was empty - at least to first glance. But
then I saw Severus, who was almost leaving, looking bewildered
- Hey, Severus - I called - D'you know where Melian is?
He turned around, looking surprised to see me
- Is this a hot spot of the castle lately? Or festival "Midnight wanderers" opened?
- First choice, I guess. But you didn't answer - where's Melian?
- How am I supposed to know - I didn't see her! - he said, but obviously lying
- Oh, c'on! - I said - Tell me. She's been here - you at least must've seen her.
- yeah, all right she was. May be your friend has a mysterious ability to become invisible - how do I
know... - He said, turning around again
- Listen, Severus, we really shall get the blame off her. She might get expelled...
- And YOU want to be expelled instead of her? - He snapped - I certainly wouldn't
- But it's just not fair... - I started again, but he cut me off
- Life is ot fair, Tehhie. See you later - and he ran up the stairs to boys dormitory
- Fine, be like that! I don't care! I might as well tell the headmaster the tomorrow! - I yelled after him
"damn it! - I thought - but they really wouldn't prove that Melian did all this! Selfish me! Damn it!" - I
thought, as I looked out of the Common Room window. The moon was glittering in the cloud-less sky...
Suddenly somebody running caught my eye. I stared - it was Melian and she was running through the
grove before the fobidden forest.
- Doesn't she know - it's damn dangerous there! - I gasped.
SHE shall know - I calmed myself down - plus, Melian knows stuff we don't. She can take care of
herself. But was she THAT upset? WHy did she run away like that - she knows they can never prove it
was her, because it WASN'T her!
But I decided to ask her in the morning what's the problem anyway - I guess I was still worried about
her.
So I went to girl's Dormitory, again causing my cat to "meow" angrily as I slipped under the covers. I lied
without sleep. But until the morning, when I finally dozed off, I didn't hear Melian coming into the
dormitory.
"May be something happened?" - I asked myself.
Maleficent
Maleficent sat in the common room that evening. It was very late and the others had all gone to bed. She sat there, thinking about what had happened to Melian that afternoon. How could Severus allow her to take the blame for his prank? Was he really that cruel? She didn't want to think so. Then again, she was still new to the school and not really familiar with many people. As she pondered going up to bed, she heard footsteps. She turned around to see Severus coming down the stairs of the boys dormitory. She stood and faced him. He looked over at her and stood still.
"Severus, I know I don't know you all that well but why did you let Melian take all the blame for your prank on the Gryffindors? From what I can see, Melian didn't deserve that. Because of you, she might be expelled," Maleficent said. Severus said, "It doesn't matter now." He turned to go but Maleficent reached out and grabbed his arm, stopping him in his tracks.
"It does matter, Severus! It matters to her! It matters to Tehhie! And, it matters to me! Melian has become my friend in the short time I have been here. How could you do that to a fellow Slytherin and someone who was supposed to be your friend?" Maleficent exclaimed.
Severus looked down coldly at her hand clutching his arm and turned his steely eyes on Maleficent. He wrenched his arm from her grasp and said, "There are some things you don't understand. You're still new around here, so I wouldn't expect you to know everything about the way we do things. But, you'll learn soon enough that you have to watch out for yourself. You can't trust anyone. That's just reality. Deal with it."
Maleficent's emerald eyes became as cold as his and she glared at him. Her piercing gaze chilled Severus a bit. He hadn't seen anyone have such controlled anger in a long time. She raised her chin defiantly and said, "Remember Severus that Melian refused to rat on you. She covered for you and took the blame. She was being a friend to you. Yet, you are so ignorant that you can't even see that. Severus, if you keep up this facade of false friendship, there will come a time when people will not help you like that anymore. Don't ever forget that." Then she turned and walked out of the common room, up the stairs to her dormitory, and into her room. Behind her in the common room stood a bewildered Severus Snape, who was still amazed at her obvious ability to control her anger. As she closed her door, she heard footsteps heading down the common room stairs.
Maleficent sat down on her bed and sighed, releasing some of her frustration. "One day, he'll learn. Hopefully it will be sooner than later," she thought to herself.
Melian
Melian stopped half away in the forbidden forest. Her eyes got a glimpse of something else. Two black eyes looked at her, at first she thougt it was Severus. But she knew that it couldn't be him. A large figure appearred before her. He smiled warmly. Melian gasped "Hagrid what are you doing her?" The giant looked at her and brought a young Fluffy out. "Well ya I reckoned that you were fleeing anyway. I heard about the trick". Melian nodded silently. "I didn't do it" she whisperd. She didn't wanted to cry.... "But you did some tricks before?" Melian nodded slowly "I am curious and like to experiment with things, when I was busy with a potion at my old school we accidently sat a classroom on fire. The others and I created a water potion to let the fire go out, but it flooded the hallways.
"You know who has done it?"
Melian nodded. "But I am not going to tell, than I would be no better than
them". She stood up when Hagrid got her arm. "Let's go to the cabin, I will get you something warm"
Melian smiled softly as they went to the cabin. "But why the heck did you got wandering in the forest?"
Melian shook her hair behind her, "I wanted to run, sometimes I need to let go of energy or otherwise I
get really nasty to certain persons.. And I just wanted to run one more time before I get to Dumbledore
and receive my letter that I am expelled."
Severus
It was pretty annoying to endure all those reproachful glances, as if these stupid girls were no less than
pack of angels and me-sort of great sinner.Especially when this new girl, Maleficent or what's-her-name,
pinned to me as hook to fish and started to read me boring moral.
-Okay-snarled i at last, losing my temper-are you going to drag after me in boys' dorms?Welcome, if
you wish, i'll be very pleased, always fancied great nuisances.
With that prospect she trembled and jumped back, and i've got rid of her at last.But on half-way to
dorms i slowed my steps, pondering.
"What the deuce, if this crazy Melian will get her head bitten off, it will be my fault as well.Seems, i've
got to drag her back from the forest, what a pleasant night walk!"
I grabbed my cloak, sneaked through the entrance hall,and stepped into chilly night outside.Moon was
almost full, ground were still and lone, no one seen up to the gamekeeper's hut and Forbidden Forest.
"And where this damned girl ran,could i ask? Oh, it's freezing, i'll give her a good kick when i'll find
her".Musing so, i was already near Hagrid's hut when some noise from behind attracted my attention.I
dived into the nearest shrubbery and sat still, awaiting.
It was two figures, teacher and student, as it seemed, and they headed to the Whomping Willow.In quite
evening air their words were perfectly clear in spite of large distance.
-How are James and Sirius, they'll be o'key, yeah?-the student said, and i recognized Lupin the Potters
fan.
-Don't worry, they are almost all right now, only shocked.You are in trial now, not them.
So, it was Madam Pomfrey, the nurse from the Hospital Wing.
-I've got used to it already.
-Poor boy, i know transformation is very painful, if i could help you...
-Don't worry, it's all be o'key
They approached Whomping Willow now, which started to swish her branches violently.They were in
shade of tree, so i couldn't see what exactly they do, but after a minute Madam Pomfrey walked back to
castle.Alone.
Melian
Melian was drinking some hot chocolate by the fire as she watched out of the window. What she saw confused her a little.... Madame Pomfrey with Lupin going near the Whomping Willow? "Hey Hagrid, little question for you, what are they doing there" Hagrid quickly moved towards the window and tried to talk himself out of it. "well let's see they are euh....." Melian sighed and got irritated again. "If you really want to cover them, than look at Severus who is currently following them."
She saw how Hagrid ran out of his hut and caugth Severus by his arm. Severus was brougth in and Melian and he faced each other. She snorted and turned her head away. "Well I got to do some very important stuff, so you kids better get going back to school" Hagrid tried to get them out of their house. "Oh and Mel, please send me a letter with velo how everything went with Dumbledore"
Severus and she looked at each other when they stood outside. An uneasy silence fell when Melian
turned around and walked to forest. "Where do you think you are going?" Severus called to her. She
turned around and looked at him at anger "I am going to find out what's going on here, with Lupin. So if
you don't mind I'll be on my way." she heard footsteps behind her as Severus followed her. She took a
shortcut to the willow.
" Why are you following me?" she snapped at him. They had no time to fight anymore when they
reached the Willow.
Tehhie
It was morning, and Melian was nowhere at sight. Breakfast, however, was. I woke up, and, seeing that
Maleficent and most of the others already left, quickly out my robes on and ran down the stairs.
The Great Hall was noisy as always. The owls were already delivering the morning mail. Suddenly I saw
Antares, my sisters owl, soaring down on my table. For one bizzare moment I thought that he has
another howler, but no - it was just a little research and a letter from my sister - I asked her to find out
about few interesting spells I saw mentioned in a "Silver cat".
I read the paper and burst out laughting.
Maleficent, who suddenly appeared to be sitting next to me what I was laughting about. I showed her the letter and explained that I want to
try one of them on Snape this morning. Actually, I was going to try the potion Melian gave me, but I
decided to leave it for a better time.
The letter was just like this (my sister's usual "don't get in trouble" type, of course:
"Hello, Tehhie.
I did the research on the spells you wanted to know about. I am telling you - you DO NOT use any of
these spells whatsoever or you will be expelled before you say "what?". And if you, Ms. Pondohva, get
into more trouble - I AM TELLING YOU - DO NOT RETURN HOME! Mom (and I) will ground you for life!
Trouble on our family is most certainly isn't the thing we need now.
Bit of news then: dad is very busy at the ministry, mom is dead worried about him and also jumps
around like a hurricane, I might soon get a job - Ministry needs all the people it can find now, and then I
probably won't have time to write to you. Also - mom's asking you not to come home for Christmas,
which, I know, is too far away from now, but your case is clear - do not COME HOME! I mean, if you
hate the school so much (oh, i would, if I would get into Slytherin, Like you did) you might come - but
mom certainly does not need to worry about you when she has already dad to worry about. Okay,
nothing more to say - by the way - thanks for taking that retarded cat away, I just noticed it's gone!
Write to you when I'll get a job, and may be before Christmas.
Behave yourself!
Heather"
There also was a short description of four'language curses" which Silver Cat used many times. I read it
to Maleficent in low whisper
"Lovrenzia Charm - makes the person you put it on say only nice things to other people. Quiet useful
when your children are not polite or when you want to teach somebody mean a lesson"
"Repetoria Charm - makes the person repeat the word you wish "usually adjective" almost every second
and almost after everything. Example: word nasty: My nasty friend, what a nasty place you got here in
this nasty London. A person really doesn't mean to say anything like that, but you make him. Is really
good to make fun of people or to teach them "lessons"
"Bella Charm - makes a person extremely mean. He/she starts picking up the fights everywhere - useful
for lessons, if you're stronger than that person, of course"
"Agreeing Charm - makes a person agree with you. NOt to be used commonly. Only theoretical. From
the family of "Imperius" curses, only not so dangerous"
- Well, lovrenzia charm seems to be a perfect one - I said - but repetoria... Just imagine - we tell him to say word "lovely" after everything and it will be like "Oh, lovely Potter, what a lovely... nah, this sounds stupid. But still, if the word is something mean... then... Or may be I can still use Melian's potion. What'd you reckon?
Maleficent
Maleficent checked her schedule and found that she had Double Herbology with the Gryffindors. "At last I can find out what these people are like," she thought. She gathered her books and headed off to class.
Maleficent arrived at Herbology very early. She stood outside the door of the greenhouse and waited for other students to show up. The first students to arrive just happened to be James, Sirius, Peter, and Lily. With no other students around she was sure to find out why Potter and Snape didn't get along. As the group approached, Potter glanced over at Maleficent, immediately recognizing that she was a Slytherin. Lily paid no attention to that. She just smiled and waved to Maleficent. Maleficent waved back nonchalantly, just to be polite. The group gathered near the greenhouse. Apparently they were going to try not to speak with her but she really wanted to talk. She slowly approached them.
As Maleficent approached the group she saw Sirius mumble something to Potter and Peter. The three boys turned to face Maleficent. Before she could say anything, Potter spoke. "Look, we know you're a Slytherin. Don't start anything with us and no one will get hurt, okay?" he said, glaring coldly at her.
Maleficent could feel her body tensing. She had not said a word and they were treating her like the enemy. Her eyes sunk into that same cold calmness that Severus had seen the previous evening. She said, "I came here to find out the truth about some things, Potter. I didn't come to start a fight."
Peter Pettigrew sensed that this was his chance. He stepped forward and said, "Whatever, Slytherin. Back off. Leave us alone, all right?" Maleficent advanced toward Pettigrew. She stood about a foot away from him and said, "Pettigrew, I came to ask a question, not to fight." He reached down and picked up a handful of dirt and flung it at her.
At that moment Severus and Lucius came around the greenhouse and saw Peter attacking her. But they didn't even have a chance to move. Maleficent brushed the dirt off of her robes, leapt forward, grabbed Pettigrew, and slammed him against the wall. She held him there while he stammered and sputtered, trying to call out for help. "I would advise you not to do that to me again, Pettigrew. Or...I think we will all call you 'Petticoat' now," she said. She tossed him to the ground, pulled out her wand, pointed it at him and said, "Riddikulus!" Peter's robes turned into a frilly pink petticoat. His eyes widened at he sat there in his pink clothing. "Never insult me again, Petticoat," she said. Potter and Sirius leapt forward but Severus and Lucius jumped in. Lucius pulled her back and Severus confronted Potter. "I'm warning you, Potter," Severus growled. Lily was pulling Peter off of the ground. "Come on, James. Let's go get him taken care of," she said. Potter and Severus glared at each other for a moment. Then, Potter and Sirius backed off. "Maleficent, you watch your back from now on. We're not finished yet," Potter added. The group headed back toward the castle.
Severus turned and approached Lucius and Maleficent. Maleficent was brushing the remaining dirt from her robes and Lucius was gathering up her books. As Severus neared them, Maleficent stood straight and looked at him. Their eyes locked for a moment. Then, Maleficent said, "First impressions aren't always good. Obviously mine didn't go to well with the Gryffindors." Severus asked, "Why were you talking to them in the first place?" Maleficent said, "I wanted to find out why Gryffindors and Slytherins do not get along. I think I have found the answer though." Severus nodded. Then, he extended his hand to her. She took his and they shook hands firmly. "You know something, Severus? You're not such a bad person after all," Maleficent said. Lucius laughed and said, "Don't tell anyone though."
