None of these characters, except Mag and Faëril are mine. Dumbledore, snape and the Acromantulas belong to JKR. The other Snape Sisters belong to themselves (Isuppose…).
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It was a usual day in the dorm. The sun shone brightly outside and played upon the four-posters'curtains. Half the bed were already empty. Mag and Neph had gone for a morning jog by the quidditch pit, Ivy was working on her herbology testin the library, Ming was happily splashing around in the prefects bathroom. After ten minutes she left the bathroom and started sorting her books for the day.
Mag and Neph were just coming back from their jog.
« Hi, girls ! » said Ming.
« Hi, Ming », answered Mag, « what's up ? »
« Boring day, as usual. History of Magic with the Gryffindors, then divination and herbology. Nothing to write home about… »
The girls sighed. The next potions class was three days away, and even though they all had accumulated enough detentions for the next century, these three days still seemed very long.
Neph rummaged through Ming's books.
« I can understand you… « Witches covens in mid-18th century America », « Useful herbs for everyday use »… hey ! What's that ? »
Neph held out Ming's battered copy of « Unseen Future ». The book had obviously seen better days. As proof of that, the cover fell, revealing « Newest wretling techniques, 3rd Edition ».
Neph growled : « Mingy… »
« Now, I can explain that » pleaded Ming.
« I'm sure you can ! » said Neph menacingly, befre throwing herself on Ming.
Soon a full bown match was going on in the dorm. Both girls were trying to plunge the otherinto the remaining jets of lime-jello, left over after the previous week's party. Mag was alternatively cheering both combattants and periodically pulling or pushing one, as her whim and the proximity of jello dictated. Soon Neph and Ming turned upon her, putting aside their differences in an effort against their common enemy.
Things had been going on for some time when Ivy came back from the library. She had just opened the door when a shot of jello tore her books and essay out of her hands.
« Stop it ! Stop it this instant ! » she yelled.
It took a few seconds for the three fighters to get the message. Frozen in the middle of the dorm, Neph trying to strangle Mag, who in turn, though held by the right leg by Ming, was trying to make both fall into a jello puddle, the girls slowly scanned the dorm. It was a pretty mess ! Green goo stained the curtains and drapes, the girls' beds were pushed against the walls, jello was softly dissolving in the bathtub and Faëril, Mag's pet dragon, was hovering over the scene looking at it appreciatevely.
« Do you actually think this is a way to spend the time before breakfast ? » Ivy was fuming. Her herbology essay was largely covered in green and her books were getting very damp indeed.
Ming started : « But it was Neph who… »
Neph countered : « But Ming's book… »
They looked at each other : « And then Mag … »
Ivy replied : « I'm not interested ! Have you forgotten we have herbology papers to turn in today ? Look at what you've done ! »
The three girls looked guiltily at Ivy's essay.
Mag said : « hm.. er.. we're sorry, Ivy… just wait a sec… 'Dessicate' »
Neph and Ming, taking out thier wands, were putting the dorm to rights. Soon the beds were floating around and landing heavily in their normal place, much to the delight of Faëril who was very interested in his new flying companions. He shrieked approvingly.
A ruffling noise was heard from the bed nearest the bathroom. Flo emerged, draped in her Krazy Karl the Kamikaze Killer duvet. She mumbled :
« Mag, can't you just make it shut up ? That racket is horrible ! »
Tvigi put her head between the bed's curtains : « Yeah, some people want to sleep here ! He's been making awful noises for half an hour now. I'm sure I heard it yelled ! And it sounded like Ivy too ! »
Tweaty jumped out of the four-poster, dressed in her black and yellow nightie : « Some of us need rest ! Especially because of this herb… aaaah ! »
« What's wrong ? »
« It's nearly eight ! Why haven't you girls waken us up before ? We'll be late ! »
Neph, Ming and Mag looked at each other smugly : « it's not as if we hadn't tried… »
Tvigi, Flo and Tweaty weren't listening as they all tried to get ready. After some swapping of clothes and books, they finally managed to get dressed and ready for breakfast.
« OK, so down we go, sis » said Ivy.
The Sisters left the dorm for their morning breakfast in the Great Hall, after turning Faëril (whose fondness for snack house-elves was getting annoying) out the window.
The morning dragged on. By twelve Mag and Flo were coming back to the dorm, discussing their charms lesson. Things had gone modrately well. After 30 minutes concentrating on her shrinking charms, Mag's attention had wandered and she hadn't been able to size anything down for the remainder of the lesson.
« How do you explain we can do everything we want with our wands in the dorm and yet have to go through all these lessons and actually study ? » asked Mag.
« It's easy » answered Flo, « it's called lack of motivation. »
« What do you mean ? »
« When we're in the dorm, all our magic is focused on one goal : The Master »
« It's true the other lessons are sorely lacking in incentives » laughed Mag. « Newts eyes » she said as they reached the dorm's door.
Nothing happened.
« Newts eyes ! » said Flo again.
Still the door wouldn't move.
« Do you think Ming could have changed the password ? » asked Mag.
« Without telling us ? »
« Well, we left in a hurry this morning… let's go find her. »
Mag and Flo crossed the castle to the herbology greenhouses. Ming and Ivy were busy going through their papers before turning them in.
Flo called : « Hey, Ming, have you changed the password ? »
« Newt eyes ? No ! Why ? Should have I ? »
« Only we can't get in » replied Mag. »We've tried twice, and the door wouldn't open. We also tried to magic it open but to no effect. »
Ming and Ivy looked at each other. « We'd better ask the Master » proposed Ivy. « At the very least, he'll get us a bed tonight… »
All thoughts of herbology forgotten, the four girls made their way to the dungeons. Half way there they met Tweaty and Tvigi going the other way.
« We were looking for you » said Tvigi. « Do you know where the Master is ? »
« Have you tried the dungeons » asked Ivy. « That's usually the best place to find him . »
« As a matter of fact we did » answered Tweaty. « But we couldn't get in »
« The Master wouldn't let you in ? » wondered Mag. « What have we done this time ? This is more serious than detention . »
« No, you don't get it » said Tvigi « we couldn't find our way in. First we tried the inner staircase, but when we reached the dorm… »
« Yes, we know » said Flo. « What did you want with the Master anyway ? »
Tweaty and Tvigi, looking embarrassed, muttered something about a « special tutorage ».
« Anyway » said Tweaty, still blushing, « we decided we'd go through the outer door… but we couldn't find the potions classroom… »
« « Couldn't find it ?! » said Ming. « Are you sure you haven't had too much of Airin's tequila ? »
Neph arrived from the quidditch pit. « What's up ? »
The Sisters informed her of the troubles they had been facing with the dorm and the dungeons. She laughed : « Really, Sis, not finding the way to the Master's ! this is old age settling in ! You'll soon be competing with Dumbledore. Look, I'll give you a hint : this is the dungeon. The dorm is in the dungeon and…uh oh ! »
The Sisters followed Neph pointed finger. Faëril was gliding happily over the forest.
The dungeons had gone !
The sisters looked, wide-eyed, at the forest stretching where, only monutes before, the dungeons stood.
« This won't do » said Ivy. 'I k,ow this is Hogwarts but disappearing dungoens, that's pushing things a bit too far ! »
« Especially when it's OUR dungeon » added Tvigi.
Neph and Mag had gone pale : « What about tonight's detention ? »
« What about the Master » answered Ming.
The Sisters froze, trying to imagine a world without Snape
Ivy first broke the silence : « I suggest we go and see Dumbledore. He wouldn't let one of his staff members go missing, would he ? »
The sisters started running towards the castle Halfway there a Hufflepuff third year collided with Flo.
« Hey ! Watch where you're going » she cried.
But the Hufflepuff student carried on walking as if nothing had happened.
« Uh ! this is weird »said Flo.
« Maybe it's just the Hufflepuff » risked Tweaty.
« I'm afraid not » said Ivy glumly. She was standing in front of a group of Gryffindors, making faces at them, but the students kept talking. »Let's not waste anymore time there. Go straight to Dumbledore ! »
But when the sisters reached the castle, they couldn't get in. Evrytime one of them tried the front door, she just hit a firm yet invisible wall and rebounded gently.
« I don't like that », said Neph. « I've got work to do this afternoon, there was some jello left in the dorm and my newest cloak was in my trunk. This joke isn't funny anymore ! »
« OK, let's recapitulate » said Ivy. « We were n the dorm this morning, and everything was fine. Then we left and the morning was normal too. And now the dungeon's gone, we can't get into the castle and nobody seems to see us. »
« Do you think the Master's gone too ? » said Mag. »Because as far as we know, he was in the dungeon… »
« No ! » said Tweaty.
« The master can't be gone ! » cried Tvigi.
« What are we going to do without him ? » asked Ming and Neph.
Mag just sat prostated by the castle's gates, muttering : « Master's gone… Master's gone… »
« Keep calm », said Ivy, « if the Master is in the same predicament as ours, maybe he'll find a way out of it . »
« And if not… well, we won't have to wait the end of classes to see him » smiled tentatively Neph.
« I vote we tried to find him. Starting with this new part of forest seems the logical first step » instructed Ivy.