A/N:HELLO ppls!!! for all those who have reviewed me....have some of my mum's potato pancakes,roast potatos and fried potatos and have a packet of nerds..review and you will recieve all of these...btw my mums potato pancakes,roasted and fried are absaloutly delicioso.....mmmm i think ill have some potato pancakes now.YUMMY!!if you havent already guessed i love potatos DISCLAIMER: I do not own harry potter..nor am i j.k rowling DUH!!!if i was i would own harry potter which i dont and i would be living in england with a pommy accent which i don't...any hoo on with my story................................... *nynx's thoughts* ~and snapes thoughts~

The Harpy Chapter Two:The Reaction Nynx was in the process of meeting the rest of her colleagues.Most of them she remembered from when she was a girl. Minerva McGonagall she remembered best.She was head of her house and Transfiguration teacher and she had barely changed. As the introductions were being made she remembered her sorting and remembered how she hoped she was going to be in Slytherin.To spite her darling mother who was a Gryffindor. As the introductions were being made the door burst open.There stood the only teacher who hadn't come to the meeting early to meet her. He wore an amazing amount of black.That was one of the first things she noticed about him.He had a large hooked nose,a lot like a beak,black chips of coal for eyes,deathly pale complexion and sallow skin.Her own skin was almost the same shade but it was far from sallow. Almost exactly what someone would look for in a vampire.She remembered that he was her potions teacher when she was 14.He terrified most students when he came but she was never afraid of him like the rest were. She gripped her wand and thanked whatever presense that was watching over her that she was carrying a small throwing knife in her boot.

He walked into the room expecting to see some horribly disfigured individual who couldn't stand to be around people.He was half right.Not that he knew it at the time. What he saw was something completely different from what he imagined. She had shoulder length raven hair with little loops at the end of each section,her eyes were astonishingly blue,like Mad-Eye Moody's,a small neat nose and full pink lips and her skin was almost the same shade as his. In other words she was beautiful.Not that he would ever be caught thinking that.So he snarled and sat down in his usual chair.

Nynx almost giggled.But she was beyond such levity.This man terrified students?!He was nothing but a Neanderthal.Being the kind of person who always spoke her mind she told him this.

"Bravo Professor!!You have successfully proven that males spoke in the most primitive forms of speech but I must say that growl or whatever it was would be worthy of a Neanderthal!!!Or maybe even Peking man!!Your mother must be so proud!"

The tension in the room could have been cut with a knife.Most of the staff was in shock.No one spoke like that to Severus.No one dared.He ususally exploded at a student for messing up a potion but to insult him!!What was the ticking time bomb going to do?

Dumbledore's eyes darted from Nynx to Severus.Ahh to be young again.But he saw that look in Severus' eyes one time to many.He should stop this before it became deadly.Even though it was fun to watch he couldn't really risk a teachers life even though she could probably kill them in a minute if she wanted to.So he tried to calm the situation down by saying a few words,

"As you have undoubtedly noticed we have a new Professor in our midst.This is Professor Nynx Cernunnas.She will be filling the DADA position this year.So are there any questions?"

Severus was very tempted to say ,

'Yes Albus why in the name of Merlin did you hire a harpy?Are the rumours that you have lost your mind true?'

But he restrained himself.With difficulty.

"So Nynx do you have any thing to add?"

"Not really Albus,but I will say this,I my only be 28,

~Mother of Merlin she was only 28!!!~

"but I have been raised a harpy and I have more talent when it comes to DADA then people,especially men, take credit for,mostly because of my age or because I'm female.On another note I am ecstatic that Albus has chosen me for this job.It will be an honour working with some of the greatest minds that England has ever produced.Which really makes me wonder why Albus chose me ro work here!!"

~So do I~

"Well I am quite sure that Nynx would like to change and to do that I will need to show her to her rooms,so if you will excuse us."

They both walked out of the room and the teachers were left alone with their thoughts.

Inside Severus seethed.How dare that harpy speak to him like that!!He did not like her.Not in the least,that harpy was going to regret ever coming to teach at Hogwarts.He sneered as he left the staffroom and headed towards his beloved dungeons.

Nynx was half smiling.She forgot how to smile properly a long time ago.That man that had burst into the staffroom ,Severus Snape Potions Master, had taught her!!And he didn't even remember her!!He had come to fill the Potions position when she was only 14.That man was an ugly old bat.She had to admit it.He aways looked like one.Nothing had changed.And now she was going to get payback for all those things that he had subjected her and her fellow students to. This year was certainly going to be interesting.Not to mention the look of absolute disgust on his face when he saw her.She had been getting them for most of her life until she grew into her body.Then people didn't have anything to stare at her for except her beauty.They couldn't really find fault with her.But that man looked at her like she was filth.No she definitely did not like him.No one looked at her like that and usually lived to tell the tale.She couldn't kill him but she could at least make his life here a living hell.

"Here we are my dear,it might not be exactly what you were looking foreward to but if you have a severe dislike towards it please tell me and I will find suitable living quarters for you."

"Albus it will be perfect so stop worrying!!So..what is the password?"

"Oh you must excuse an old man for his mistakes the password is hunter,I do hope that you don't forget!"

As soon as Dumbledore had said the password a portrait of a wolf and it's master moved aside,Dumbledore gave her a reassuring pat on the shoulder and left her to explore her rooms. She walked into the rooms and the portrait closed beside her.She had just walked into a large living room decorated in navy blue and burnished gold.The walls were decorated with navy wallpaper with intricate gold designs.She walked through into her bedroom and was surprised. The room was furnished with a massive king sized four poster bed with blue and gold sheets and matching pillows.There was a wall that was enchanted to look like a window that looked out into a spring garden and like in the living room there was a fireplace,although it was much smaller than the one in the living room. The house-elves had already brought up her luggage and she threw the neatly stacked pile onto her bed.She planned to unpack her things once she knew where everything was. She walked out of her amazing bedroom and went through another door from her living room.This time it was the bathroom.The entire blue gold theme was repeated again in the bathroom.The bathroom was one of the most amazing things that she had ever seen.There was a huge bath tub that could have at least fit 8 people into it.The entire bathroom was a blue marble with gold veins running through.There was a group of blue and gold candles in the corner,she went over to them and counted them,there was at least 30!!On a towel rack was at least 10 navy blue towels with gold trim.She sighed,the person who owned the room before her was quite obviously a Ravenclaw.And an obssesive one at that. She lit the fire in her room and started unpacking her quite extenssive range of things.By the time she was finished it was 3 o'clock,she had arrived at 1:00.She was just wondering whether she should go back down or wait until dinner to surround herself with an aura of mystery when she heard the scream.