Harry Potter and the Fore

By- Xela Lupe and Rachelle Lily

Chapter Nine

Professor Lupe's… Problems

Sometimes things just go from bad to worse!

That's what Hermione thought as she watched Ramsey and Jess annoying a group of tribal women.  The preparation for the ceremony of the dead more likely then not. She shook her head- something about that could solve their entire mystery… but Kyre had said…

At that moment a white blur shot past her, "what the he-" She smiled after a moment, it was only Professor Lupe playing tag with a group of the younger children. Pity she doesn't have any kids of her own, Hermione thought, but… Lupe with kids? That's almost as horrible as Lupe with Snape!

She wondered briefly where Harry and Ron were.

~*~

"What the hell is Snape doing?" Harry asked Ron. They were hiding behind a clump of bushes with a view of one of the teacher's huts.

"Looks like he's going to," Ron snorted, "if I didn't know better I'd say Snape's going to… to wash his hair."

Harry snorted. "Another thing I can't believe. Snape and Lupe… and Snape having a sudden interest in personal hygiene."

But what on earth was going on?

~*~

Xela Lupe was pissed. Not only had the teachers agreed to meet her and discuss their theories on the disease but Severus had finally agreed to back her up. He had just been being stubborn… but now he had to go and make her look bad.

She settled down on a rock, not afraid of much of anything anymore. There wasn't much of a danger anymore on the island now that Voldemort couldn't do anything.

That was what had been bothering her.

She was supposed to protect all life- not to completely ignore the life that bothered her.

But he's killed so many people, she thought.

And so have you, unwittingly as it was- by your own stupidity a voice rang in her head. A tall, raven-haired woman stepped out of the forest. Xela instinctively touched something at her throat. This woman looked familiar.

"Who… who are you?"

The woman's answer was drowned out by a loud growling sound from somewhere. Xela looked at the woman she was sure was a friend.


They were in trouble.