Disclaimer- I own a lot of things but Harry Potter and the lot is not one of them but I would love to own Severus. Hehehe

As the wind blows hard

And the tide rolls in

I know your hurting

Just be strong and be brave ____________________________________________________________________________

Chapter 2. The Wave hits

They landed softly on the terrain right outside of the Forbidden Forest. Severus let his touch linger a moment but then pulled back in haste. 'Don't let it happen again Severus' he warned himself.

He ushered her up to the door, her face was blank and her eyes were red, she looked as if she was broken in half. His heart went out to her; he knew what it was like to lose someone so dear.

He opened the door for her and she walked in, still in a trance, she stopped about 4 steps in, she stared straight ahead.

He knees buckled and gave way, her cat jumped to the ground and walked off with a ' yea like I'm going to let you drop me' attitude. She would have hit the ground if it weren't for Snape's quick reflexes, he hauled her into his arms and absentmindedly she nuzzled his chest and put her arms around his neck. He shivered as he inhaled her scent she smelt like strawberries, he shook his head and headed toward the infirmary.

Poppy and Albus were already in there, waiting for Melanie's arrival. Snape burst into the doors and brought Melanie over to a bed and sent her down gently, he released her hold on her and backed up a bit lightheaded.

"So Severus how did it go?" Dumbldore mentioned him a chair and looked at him waiting for an answer.

"I still don't understand why you sent me I'm horrible with emotions, but other than that it went alright, she was in shock and she collapsed twice, she packed her things which are by the entrance hall, she also has a framiler wandering the halls at this moment, but if that's all you need me for I have much better things to attend to."

Dumbldore's eyes twinkled "All right Severus All right, go on and thank you"

_______________________________________________________________________ Melanie awoke in a strange bed, she starched and opened one eye, and the soundings were anything but familiar. She opened the other eyes and shot straight up. She began to panic, 'Where am I? Why am I here? Oh my god my parents'

Tears cascaded down her face as she buried her head in her hands. She got out of the strange bed and wiped her face on her sleeve, she looked around for a bit and walked out of the door.

She walked down twisted paths and long corridors she had no idea where she was going, then she remembered her cat. "Trips, tripsy, here kitty kitty kitty." she said in a chanting voice, "Where the hell are you, you dumb cat?" she continued her journey down the hallways, "wow this is a huge place, I will never find my lame excuse for a cat!" She let out a frustrated moan and backed up against a, stonewall, she slid down it and resided on the floor.

She brought her knees to her chest and wrapped her arms around them, she laid her head on her knee and sighed. ____________________________________________________________________

"Poppy!" Dumbldore called in an amused voice as he walked over to her office.

"Yes Albus?" She asked her brow up in question.

"Would you happen to know where our dear guest is? Because she sure isn't in her bed" He looked at her amused.

"Are you sure? Gods where would she of gone, she doesn't even know her way around the castle!" Poppy looked worried

"Don't worry my dear Poppy, she will be fine, maybe she just needed some time alone, I will locate her and we will have a little chat." He walked out of the infirmary leaving a confused Poppy behind.

"And I Thought Severus was bad" she said with a huff and walked back into her office to continue her work. ____________________________________________________________________

Down in the dungeons Snape was brooding over a glass of fire whisky. He sat in his winged chair and contemplated the fire. He thought back to when he was in his 7th year, the year he joined the death eaters, the year his heart was broken.

He loved her with all of his heart, she was a muggle born a "mud-blood" but he didn't care, his world was only the two of them. She was a witty Ravenclaw him a Sarcastic Slytherin. She was in the same year, she matched his academic scores and she was beautiful. He was head over heels for her and her for him.

Life was perfect they would be graduating soon, they planed to move in together get married have children live a perfect life. They were inseparable; they lost their virginity to each other the night of the Yule Ball. They lived in a dream.

But there are no dreams with out nightmares.

The bloody git Lucius Malfoy just had to get involved, he informed Serintin Snape, Severus' Father, that his lovely son was dating a mud-blood. His father was not pleased.

He sent his son a warning, dispose of the filthy mud-blood or she will die. To protect her he had to hurt her the one thing he never wanted to do.

He told her she was a filthy mud-blood and that he was only using her because she was a "bloody good lay" he told her he never loved her, she smacked him across the face and ran. He cried,

And we will say this Snape's don't cry.

She was forever the one who got away, he never told her but he always loved her. He still did, and it didn't help having a mini-Rowan running around. A splitting image, of her mother she was.

Snape chucked his glass into the fire and watched it explode. "Isn't life just hilarious" he grabbed his cloak and waked through the door he need fresh air.

He walked out of his chambers to find a plump cat staring at him. Its meowed loudly in greeting, 'great just what I need' he took off down the corridor only to find the bloody thing following him!

"GO away!" he yelled at the cat, and the cat just mewed in protest. Snape stopped and turned around and the cat ran up and circled his legs clawing at his robes, trying to climb up them.

"Bloody cat"

He continued his walk cat in tow. ____________________________________________________________________________ _

Albus walked down many corridors before coming to where Melanie resided, "Hello dear" he called out to her as she looked at him. "I'm Albus Dumbldore, but I think you may already know that now why don't we take a walk hmm?"

She nodded in silent agreement as she made way to stand up, her limbs ached from sitting like that for over an hour. She walked in step with the kind man as he began to speak.

"I know you may be very confused and very shaken with the news of your parents death, you were brought here because it was your mothers will." He looked at her trying to gauge her expression

"I will become your guardian, until you turn 18, you will reside here for the time being, we will teach you what you want to learn but leave out other things as your mother intended. I know this is all too much for you at the moment."

"Thank you for being so kind, but what am I to call you and the other, dare I say teachers? I'm sorry I just have so much to process right now." She studied her hands.

"Yes Dear I understand you may call me Uncle Albus or Headmaster whatever you may wish, the others will most likely be called by Professor, or their surname." He stopped to look at her "You look a lot like your mother, I knew her very well, I am here for you, but I must ask how you are coping"

"Very well actually considering, I had a bad feeling something would happen, and it did, with time I will be fine I suppose," She stated with dreary eyes

"You look so tired my dear, come I will show you to your rooms, I will introduce you to the rest of the staff this evening"

He led her down a long corridor and in front of a beautiful painting of a Royo goddess. "My dear to get into your room, all you have to do is say the password to the painting" She looked on in awe "The password right now is White Oleander but you maybe change it as you see fit."

"I will come to take you down to the great hall at 7 sharp, do not leave with out me, if you need me snap your fingers twice and a house elf with appear and you can tell him to get me for you, alright dear? All your belongings are already inside."

"Headmaster, ummm when I came here I had.." she trailed off

"Your framilier? Yes yes well you will have to see Severus for that you may talk to him at dinner your cat has taking a severe liking to my Potions master" He chuckled and winked at her before walking away.

Melanie muttered the password and entered to take a look at her new surroundings. She had a sitting room with a tall Victorian ceiling and a fireplace; the room was decorated in purples and greens. There was a white couch and winged chairs and a table for reading; two of the walls were covered in bookshelves filled with hundreds of books.

She entered into what would be her bedroom, it was covered in greens silvers and white, she had a four-poster bed with white curtains her bedspread already put on her bed. Her things were unpacked and pictures were spread about the room. She looked in the Mahogany armoire and found all of her clothes sitting in an organized fashion.

She trotted towards what would have to be her bathroom, she opened the door and almost fainted in shock, her bathroom was huge, all white, with a huge tub, bath salts, shower anything a girl could ever want, if it was under any other circumstances she would have been happy.

She drew herself a bath and added lavender bath salts she went into her room to fetch clothes for after. She was about to retreat back into the bathroom when she saw a picture of her mother, it was a muggle picture. A moment frozen in time her mother was on the beach hair swaying in the wind, book and hat in hand she was smiling as if things were perfect. Like nothing mattered.

Melanie carried this picture into the bathroom and set it on the counter, she shed her clothes and relaxed into the tub. She grabbed the picture and looked at her mother, she couldn't believe she was actually gone.

"Mommy why did you have to leave me? I'm going to miss you so much" a single tear ran down her cheek.

Melanie finished her bath and got out, she dried herself and put clothes on, black pants and a black shirt. "Who would have thought I'd be putting make-up on again?" she asked herself in a way it was actually amusing. She outlined her eyes yet again in black and left the bathroom.

"Damn it, I cant use my blow-dryer," Melanie thought about it for a second, and shook her head, then she realized she had no choice. She held her hand over her hair and willed it to be dry moving along working with different sections of hair.

She was a witch, but she was different, she didn't learn with a wand, she learned with her mind. The wand doesn't create the magic her mother once told her the mind does.

Once her hair was dry she brushed it a few times and headed out to her common room. It was nearly 6 in the evening she had an hour she skimmed the walls of books, she had to smile when she found "Shakespearean Poetry" something her and her mother would always read on late summer nights.

She curled up and flipped the book open, she skimmed through it and before she could even get into the book there was a knock at the door. Realizing the time, Melanie wiped away the nonexistent wrinkles on her pants and shirt and went to leave. Dumbldore introduced her to the staff; Melanie thought they seemed like very pleasant people. They had a fascinating dinner, they staff told her stories of her mum, well the ones that taught here when her mum went to Hogwarts.

They have a very nice dinner indeed Melanie was glad to have food; she couldn't remember the last time she ate. It felt so bizarre to be in this place she felt like she belonged here, she felt normal, this felt like home.

Sorry for my mistakes

Chapters will get slightly longer as I proceed