Okay one more time this is my official disclaimer: I own nothing, except the twins their mine, based on my imagination and dream that if I was older they would be Keith Hammilton Cobb's and my kids, cause he is damn hot.  But they have to be lighter skin so that kinda ruins the images for me.  But anyway I own nothing that is already owned.

"Waiting and Bad Memories"

Severus Snape stalked down the stone corridors of the dungeons in Hogwarts.  He was sore and very stiff, from the Cruciatus Curse that the Dark Lord had enacted on him, and all he wanted to do was sleep.  Nearing the door to his chambers, he took out his wand, muttering counter spells, to be rid of the damn charms surrounding the hall that led to his rooms.  Abruptly stopping, he slowly turned around in a circle feeling the air around him. Silently scolding himself for not feeling the lack of thickness, he slid to the walls of the corridor, willing the shadows to wrap around him.  One hand on the wall, with the other tightly grasping his wand, he slinked towards the wooden door.  When his hand touched the door, he took a step back, wand raised high.  Having the advantage, because of the fact that the door swung inwards, he stood up to his full height, turning his head to the side, successfully cracking it. Silently counting down from five, he pivoted to the side, leaned back on his back left leg, brought his right leg up to his side, knee drawn up, and snapped the leg out towards the door.  Having successfully performed a side kick and knocked the door open and off its hinges (I knew that the door needed repairing, he thought), he entered swiftly, shouting the Stunning Spell everywhere in his room, only stopping when he dimly heard a thump.

"You?!"

            Albus Dumbledore stood by his office's open ceiling-to-floor window, seemingly waiting for something.  Five minutes passed before Dumbledore released his hands from behind his back, walking to his desk chair.  He rested his head on his hand, deep in thought.  Perhaps something has happened to the dear girl, he thought. Maybe, but most unlikelyStill something was wrong, he balled his free hand into a fist, but I hope not.  He sighed rubbing a hand over his face, leaning into his chair.

            He straightens in his chair hearing a far off cry.  Whirling his chair around towards the window, he waited with anticipation.  Squinting out of his eyeglasses, he looked at the black dot growing larger by the minute.

"Ah," Dumbledore muttered.  "I was wrong, thankfully.  She's alive.  The dear girl did it again.  Why Severus, and Serenity went into different directions, I will never know."

            He stood from his tall back leather chair, when the black dot transformed into a Sharp-shinned Hawk.  Going to the open window, he absent-mindedly grabbed a dragon hide glove, putting it on his left arm (since it was his wand arm) on his way.  Raising his arm out the window, he caught himself on the side of the window as the weight of the bird settled down on his arm.  Bringing them inside the office, he allowed the bird to perch itself (or himself I should say) on the top of the chair, while he closed the window up, before he cast the Silencing Charm on the whole room. Stopping in his tracks, he shrugged before getting ready to perform the counter spell, but stopped when his entering door to his office banged against the stonewall.

            Remus Lupin was so not in a good mood.  I mean would you be if the stupid Stunning Spell was cast upon you, then taken off, then the Leg Locking Curse being cast upon you, then being beat into a bloody plot, THEN being dragged down the corridors of a very huge school with your damn head bumping HARD against the bloody stone ceiling?  No you probably wouldn't either.  So now he had a very angry sneer on his face, and a VERY huge bump on his head.  How bloody perfect.  All he wanted to do was talk to Severus, but nooo.  Apparently Snape was still pissed off at him, he sighed, life was so wonderfulI guessed that I would be pissed off too if some guy kissed my love, even if he loved her too, after she asked him how to tell her love that she was pregnant with his children, he thought.  He groaned, I am such an arse, but sti—

"Bloody hell!"

            His musings were cut short as Severus cut his wand up high to an awkward angle, making invisible strings lurch him up fast and hard against the ceiling.  If I could cross my arms, he thought bitterly, and maybe rub my head.  His ever-growing bump pulsed with more pain from the evil banging of his head against the more evil ceiling.  Life was just perfect.

            Severus stopped at the gargoyle in front of the headmaster's office.  Barking out the password he stalked up the spiral staircase, dragging Lupin behind him.  He paused outside the door, pondering about how to enter, before he just shrugged.  He snapped his leg out, kicking open the door so hard that it slammed against the wall.  He glanced up at Albus watching as he lowered the wand, before surveying the room around him.  His gaze stopped at the blasted hawk on the headmaster's chair, thinking that something screamed that he should recognize the bird, before shifting back up towards Albus.  He entered the room still dragging Lupin behind him as he walked to his boss.  Stopping short in front of him, he jerked his thumb of his free hand, towards the werewolf.

            "What in the hell is this mutt here for?" was the demand.

Instead of being answered by the headmaster, he received a different reply.

"Oh.  What's Serenity's hawk doing here?  Is her mission completed?"

Itai?  So what do you guys think?  Is it good or bad?  Huh?  Well tell me in a review, will ya?  I enjoy getting them. Sooooooo, anyway time to say thanks to the loyals.

Silver Moon Goddess:  I'll try and continue, I mean I do write when something just pops into my head or when I drink root beer for some strange reason.  Anywho I'll update when I can and try to figure out a better plot with twists and turns, so that it seems like a maze. /And you all know how that's going to turn out.  Lame. That's how./  You stupid baka! It will not!  I mean I do have some skill.  I think anyway.  Oh, w/e, you're just jealous, you stupid can of soda!  /Oh, that really hurt./

Tenshi-Chikyuu: Glad to make you feel loved, sugar.  It's my calling, after all. /snort Now you know that's a lie./ Grrrrrr, just keep quiet, Can. Anywho, you'll just have to find out later. Hopefully it will be explain in later chapters, but I'm going on a whim here, and just writing what comes in my head, so you may not find out. shrugs Sorry.

Rurouni Tatsu:  Thanks, I do try my best.  And do you really think you know who her godson is?  You'll be surprised, I bet, but you'll find out in later chapters.  And don't worry about telling me who you think it is, 'cause you'll probably be wrong.  But hey you might guess who it is.  If you do, I'm going to call you a physic cause sometimes my mind works in weird ways.

Alexz():  Thanks for the compliment.  I'll try to live up to that chapter.

And those are the review thank-yous and my computer is being an arse, or ass, which ever one you prefer.  I know I said I would explain their ages and stuff, but I'm going to try and include it in the story, okay? Kay.  And I'm out, cause my mum is bitching at me to get off the computer cause I should be in bed, but I don't care.  So bai bai.  I'm out!

InboundMage