Kat paused when she opened the door. Well, this was certainly a surprise. She knew that all the students had shield charms on them, as did Snape. But, the rest of the school did not. Without a second thought she closed the door mumbling a locking incantation to keep the Lilith inside.

She looked over as her cousin yelled her name; Ron and Harry were holding Ony back. Good, that way she had one less thing to worry about. Now to get her wand. She waited patiently as the Lilith raced towards her, waiting for the last possible second.

"Ekaterina move." Snape yelled as they all watched in growing horror as the Lilith moved towards her. He raised his arm to do something when she smoothly flipped over the Lilith landing next to her desk. Now where did she learn that, he wondered to himself.

Kat picked up her wand and spun on her heels to face the Lilith, in one swift move, just as it turned towards her, quite angry.

"Lok sha tre na shoo. Ne ka fah sha loo." She began to chant softly as the spell began to grow in strength, freezing the Lilith in its tracks.

"Mae sei chea nak soo." As she continued the spell, the Lilith started to shrink back to its normal size.

"Maynok haas la tsuit." She finished as she waved her wand once, then the Lilith was caught in an invisible field before a jar appeared around it, trapping it inside.

Snape walked over to her shaking his head. "Foolish girl, you could have been killed."

Hermione ran over pulling Kat into a tight hug. "What were you trying to do Kitty, get yourself killed?" she asked

"Relax Ony, I'm ok." Kat said softly, trying to breath in her cousin's embrace as everyone came over looking at her in a bit of awe, except for Draco.

"What was that Granger? I can't believe such a stupid spell worked for you. Look sha tree what ever that garbage was."

"I would watch what you say Mr. Malfoy. That spell could turn you into a muggle if not said right. And for your information, it's Lock Sha Tray Na Shoe." Snape began glaring at him.

"The second part is Neigh Kah Fa Sha Loo. The third part is May See Shea Knock Soo. And the final part is May-knock Hah La Suit." He continued, shaking his head softly at the foolishness of one of his favorite students.

"If I were you I would learn that spell the correct way. It is the only way to stop a full-grown Lilith. Now all of you back to your seats." He continued as they sat down.

"Professor Snape." Ekaterina said softly, pulling him from his thoughts.

"What is it Miss. Granger?"

"Well, the reason my owl came here, I'm have to go some where. It's rather urgent, and I already have Professor Dumbledore's permission. So I have to leave right now." She said softly

He raised an eyebrow then nodded his head, "Go ahead then."

She gathered her stuff, then left the room. Hermione was watching her the entire time, wondering what was going on.

Snape turned and walked towards his desk. "Twenty points from Slytherin, for Malfoy's cheek when he thought he had killed the Lilith. And," he began swallowing as he realized he had to give Griffyndor points, "Twenty points to Griffyndor for Miss. Granger's quick thinking and," he paused, "bravery." He mumbled hating that he had to say such a thing to the students.

The Griffyndors looked at each other happily, and Hermione smiled when she saw Draco scowling at the door.

~*~*~*~*~

Two days later Kat had still not returned and Hermione was starting to worry about her cousin. Professor McGonagall would say nothing about Kat's whereabouts. So she finally took matters into her own hands. After lunch, during study period, she snuck down to the dungeon. Kat had once let it slip as to the whereabouts of Snape's office, and as she stood in front of the large door, she hoped this would work.

She knocked on his door and waited patiently for him to answer.

"Miss. Granger, what are you doing here?" Snape asked with a raised eyebrow.

"I want to know where my cousin is." Hermione said as she walked into the room. Snape watched her, surprised at her boldness.

"Well, I can't help you there Miss. Granger." He began.

"Bloody hell you can't." Hermione said turning towards him angrily. "You know what's going on, you always know what's going on." She continued throwing her hands in the air in exasperation. She wasn't going to be put off again.

"Miss. Granger please calm down." He said slowly as he closed the door. Thank heavens he always had a silencing charm on his office.

"Don't Miss. Granger me. Drop the formalities Snape, you're my bloody uncle after all."

Shaking his head he sat down heavily in one of the chairs. "Hermione, I would have thought you would never want to admit to that."

"Right now I don't care who knows that I'm related to you. As long as you tell me where my cousin is." Hermione said as she sat down as well.

"I'm not sure where Ekaterina is. All Albus told me was that she was summoned back to the village where she grew up."

"Why would they want her to come back after all these years?" she asked softly.

"What has she told you about herself?" he asked slowly.

"Not much, other than the fact that she went to school here until she was ten, then she left after completing her fifth years."

"Bloody hell."

Both of them whipped their heads towards the door after hearing the voice.

"Ronald Weasley what are you doing here? And don't try to pretend your not here." Hermione said stalking over to the door and grabbed the end of the clock when she finally felt it. Quickly she pulled and both Harry's and Ron's heads were revealed.

"Well, Mr. Potter, Mr. Weasley. What are you doing here." Snape said standing up as well.

"We saw Mione sneak off and we followed her to make sure she was ok." Harry replied as they removed the invisibility cloak.

"Is it true, did Kat really go to Hogwarts when she was ten." Ron asked in shock.

"Yes, it's true."

Everyone turned around quickly towards Snape's fireplace. "Kat?" Hermione asked in shock. "Who's that?" she continued, looking over Kat's right shoulder.

Kat sighed and looked up at Snape. "This is Nadine, she's a fairy."

"Obviously." The small creature said sarcastically.

Kat smiled looking at the fairy. "Well how else was I suppose to introduce you."

"As an old friend of yours and your father's. Although I highly doubt that Severus is that happy to see me." The woman replied looking at Snape warily.