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Ginny woke up slowly. Her first conscious thought was *Were the hell am I?*. She wasn't in her Hogwarts bed or her bed at the Burrow.
The memories of the past couple of days return in a rush. She was in the bed and house of her husband.
*God, Ron would throw a fit!* she thought, getting out of the warm, soft bed reluctantly.
Severus was already up.
She put on her baby-blue dressing gown, which she'd had since she was at least 12 and went into the kitchen, glancing at the clock as she did. It said almost 8 o'clock, meaning that it was almost 7 o'clock at Hogwarts and the rest of England.
Severus was eating breakfast. Ginny wasn't quite sure what she was expecting, but not scotch pancakes. Blackness was also eating them, deftly picking them up and devouring them from Severus's plate.
Ginny shrugged and helped herself to one.
"Morning," Severus said to her, reading a book. It was 'Jingo' by Terry Pratchett. He was wearing the kind of black robes he generally wore whilst teaching.
Ginny sat down on the worn wooden table, seeing as Severus was occupying the only stool, and picked up a book at random. It was a 'Hornblower' book by C.S. Foster.
She started reading it.
A few minuets later, there was a loud knock on the door. Voldie rushed in, killed 'em all and died cos of chocking on an evil laugh. NOT.
Ginny jumped.
*Shit!* she thought. They had visitors and she was wearing her old, move pajamas with Eyore on and her too-small dressing gown.
Severus put down his book and opened the door.
Ginny blinked.
The door they'd used last night was in the main room. Obviously there was a backdoor out of the kitchen.
It was one Remus Lupin and one big black dog any guesses who?.
Ginny felt herself blush slightly. She was not wearing appropriate clothing. Somehow, not wearing appropriate clothing around Severus wasn't a big deal. Life was weird.
"Hello, who are you" Remus said to her, shutting the door. Blackness hissed viciously at the two visitors and leapt onto Severus's shoulder. He had obviously been right when he said she didn't like many people.
"Maeve," Ginny answered with a slight smile.
"Could you excuse us for a moment, I have very important and private business with Severus," Remus asked her.
"It's about her," Severus said to him before gesturing to Ginny not to go. He was now leaning against one of the kitchen surfaces, watching with interest.
Remus gave him a sceptical look and said, "Pull the other one, it's got bell on it,"
"I'm telling the truth!" Severus snapped.
"You're Ginny Weasley?" Remus asked 'Maeve'.
"Yeah..." Ginny admitted reluctantly. What the hell were they here for?
"OK, well..." Remus begun.
"Knows about him too," Severus told him, prodding the dog with a foot. The dog changed into a disgruntled man. That man was Sirius Black. He glared at Severus and sat down on the vacated stool.
Remus sighed and removed a blank and rather tatty piece of parchment from the pocket of his well-worn turquoise robe.
"So Dumbledore want us to change it so that her name appears as Maeve Snape on magical maps and etc," he said.
"Yep," Severus replied.
Sirius withdrew his wand from the pocket of the dark red robes he was wearing (originally Remus's). He shouldn't technically have a wand, what with being an escaped convict, but a friend of a friend had stolen it from the Ministry...
He activated the Marauderer's Map and started conferring with Remus and Sirius.
Ginny returned to reading about the adventures of Horatio Hornblower. She remembered seeing some of the series at Hermione's house. She liked Archie the best and was disappointed that he wasn't playing a very big part in the book.
Suddenly she was hit by a spell.
She looked up. The 3 men were looking at the Marauderer's Map and arguing.
"It still says Virginia Weasley!" Severus snapped in irritation.
"Why not Virginia Snape?" Sirius asked curiously.
Severus glared at him, something he was amazingly good at doing.
"Oh, right..." Sirius said, as if continuing a conversation.
"Can we get back to this please," Remus questioned pointedly.
Ginny returned to her book. Well, Severus's book. But it was good either way.
After sometime, a conclusion was reached. A few spells later, there was no way anyone could really find out who Ginny really was. The Marauderer's Map proclaimed that she was Maeve Snape.
"Well, that's sorted!" Sirius sighed.
"You're safe Gi- Maeve," Remus grinned.
Ginny looked up at the 3 of them and said, "Thanks Severus, Professor Lupin and er..."
"Remus and Sirius," Remus corrected her.
"Remus and Sirius," she repeated obediently, "Er, Severus, Remus, don't you have work?"
"It's nearly 10 o'clock, 9 at Hogwarts!" Severus swore.
"I can't believe this took a full 2 hours!" Sirius exclaimed.
"Well, c'mon Severus, we'll be late for our classes!" Remus said.
The 2 teachers left hurriedly through the kitchen door. Ginny would have sworn that it was one of the many corridors of Hogwarts, yet when Remus and Sirius arrived it was a field and river outside.
"Dimension Doors," Sirius explained, "Leads to a number of different places,"
Ginny nodded slowly.
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Ginny walk through the corridors of Hogwarts. Dumbledore had owled her to ask her to come and see him. Sirius had opened the door so it opened into the dungeons.
*Note to self,* she thought, *Make Severus show me how to operate the Dimension Doors.*
She ignored all the suspicious and suggestive looks she was being given.
"Ah, Maeve, how nice to see you," Dumbledore said, appearing suddenly beside her.
"Headmaster, you wish to speak to me," Ginny replied.
"Albus, my dear," he said, "And, yes, I do, but, it's lunchtime now, so why don't you come and have something to eat, and, I have a number of announcements to make, so I can't really miss it," God! He uses one heck of a lot of commas!
"OK then," Ginny smiled graciously.
Ginny ended up sitting between Severus and Remus. The two of them were having a witty argument over her head as she sniggered at some of the complex jokes they were throwing at each other. She realized it was a light- hearted attempt to ignore the war that was currently tearing the wizarding world apart and the dread of teaching, it seemed, if only just for a lunchtime.
Dumbledore stood up part way through and called for everyone's attention, "Children, children, I would like to introduce an new teacher to you,-"
All the students looked confused. There were no vacancies!
"-to teach you when one of your regular professors is unable to do so. She is called Maeve Snape,"
There was a minor round of applause as Ginny started protesting loudly to Dumbledore.
"You could have told me first! It's not fair! I had no idea! I can't teach! Albus!"
Some of the student and teachers chuckled at this.
"That's just his way," Severus whispered to her, "It's how I wound up teaching,"
"Severus!" she hissed.
[Don't worry, you can teach, you'll be better that Lockhart at any rate!]
Ginny looked suspiciously at Severus. She'd just heard him speak, but he'd not moved his mouth.
[Telepathecy] she heard him again [The rings are connecting us, no one can eavesdrop,]
[Oh...]
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Ron, Hermione and, of course, Harry were eating their lunch. Well, Harry was, Hermione was reading a thick, old and complex looking book at the same time as eating. Ron had already wolfed down enough food to feed 2 fully- grown dragons and was complaining.
"Another Snape? It's bad enough with one!" he was moaning.
"He's not that bad," Hermione said, still reading and nibbling at her food. Ron gave her a LOOK.
She ignored him.
"Wonder how they're related," Harry commented.
"They may not be," Hermione was now eating her lunch, reading a complex book and holding a conversation at the same time, "But she could be his sister, sister-in-law, daughter, wife,-"
"OK,OK, Hermy we get the point!" Ron interrupted her.
"Don't call me Hermy." Hermione hissed almost as venomously as Snape.
Harry smirked slightly. Ron just didn't know how not to irritate Hermione. Some people had said it was attraction. It wasn't.
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By the way:-
random author notes
"speech"
*thoughts*
[telepathic communication] Is it just me, or won't my spell checker recognise 'telepathecy'?
normal writing...er...stuff...
Anyway, ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope...
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Ginny woke up slowly. Her first conscious thought was *Were the hell am I?*. She wasn't in her Hogwarts bed or her bed at the Burrow.
The memories of the past couple of days return in a rush. She was in the bed and house of her husband.
*God, Ron would throw a fit!* she thought, getting out of the warm, soft bed reluctantly.
Severus was already up.
She put on her baby-blue dressing gown, which she'd had since she was at least 12 and went into the kitchen, glancing at the clock as she did. It said almost 8 o'clock, meaning that it was almost 7 o'clock at Hogwarts and the rest of England.
Severus was eating breakfast. Ginny wasn't quite sure what she was expecting, but not scotch pancakes. Blackness was also eating them, deftly picking them up and devouring them from Severus's plate.
Ginny shrugged and helped herself to one.
"Morning," Severus said to her, reading a book. It was 'Jingo' by Terry Pratchett. He was wearing the kind of black robes he generally wore whilst teaching.
Ginny sat down on the worn wooden table, seeing as Severus was occupying the only stool, and picked up a book at random. It was a 'Hornblower' book by C.S. Foster.
She started reading it.
A few minuets later, there was a loud knock on the door. Voldie rushed in, killed 'em all and died cos of chocking on an evil laugh. NOT.
Ginny jumped.
*Shit!* she thought. They had visitors and she was wearing her old, move pajamas with Eyore on and her too-small dressing gown.
Severus put down his book and opened the door.
Ginny blinked.
The door they'd used last night was in the main room. Obviously there was a backdoor out of the kitchen.
It was one Remus Lupin and one big black dog any guesses who?.
Ginny felt herself blush slightly. She was not wearing appropriate clothing. Somehow, not wearing appropriate clothing around Severus wasn't a big deal. Life was weird.
"Hello, who are you" Remus said to her, shutting the door. Blackness hissed viciously at the two visitors and leapt onto Severus's shoulder. He had obviously been right when he said she didn't like many people.
"Maeve," Ginny answered with a slight smile.
"Could you excuse us for a moment, I have very important and private business with Severus," Remus asked her.
"It's about her," Severus said to him before gesturing to Ginny not to go. He was now leaning against one of the kitchen surfaces, watching with interest.
Remus gave him a sceptical look and said, "Pull the other one, it's got bell on it,"
"I'm telling the truth!" Severus snapped.
"You're Ginny Weasley?" Remus asked 'Maeve'.
"Yeah..." Ginny admitted reluctantly. What the hell were they here for?
"OK, well..." Remus begun.
"Knows about him too," Severus told him, prodding the dog with a foot. The dog changed into a disgruntled man. That man was Sirius Black. He glared at Severus and sat down on the vacated stool.
Remus sighed and removed a blank and rather tatty piece of parchment from the pocket of his well-worn turquoise robe.
"So Dumbledore want us to change it so that her name appears as Maeve Snape on magical maps and etc," he said.
"Yep," Severus replied.
Sirius withdrew his wand from the pocket of the dark red robes he was wearing (originally Remus's). He shouldn't technically have a wand, what with being an escaped convict, but a friend of a friend had stolen it from the Ministry...
He activated the Marauderer's Map and started conferring with Remus and Sirius.
Ginny returned to reading about the adventures of Horatio Hornblower. She remembered seeing some of the series at Hermione's house. She liked Archie the best and was disappointed that he wasn't playing a very big part in the book.
Suddenly she was hit by a spell.
She looked up. The 3 men were looking at the Marauderer's Map and arguing.
"It still says Virginia Weasley!" Severus snapped in irritation.
"Why not Virginia Snape?" Sirius asked curiously.
Severus glared at him, something he was amazingly good at doing.
"Oh, right..." Sirius said, as if continuing a conversation.
"Can we get back to this please," Remus questioned pointedly.
Ginny returned to her book. Well, Severus's book. But it was good either way.
After sometime, a conclusion was reached. A few spells later, there was no way anyone could really find out who Ginny really was. The Marauderer's Map proclaimed that she was Maeve Snape.
"Well, that's sorted!" Sirius sighed.
"You're safe Gi- Maeve," Remus grinned.
Ginny looked up at the 3 of them and said, "Thanks Severus, Professor Lupin and er..."
"Remus and Sirius," Remus corrected her.
"Remus and Sirius," she repeated obediently, "Er, Severus, Remus, don't you have work?"
"It's nearly 10 o'clock, 9 at Hogwarts!" Severus swore.
"I can't believe this took a full 2 hours!" Sirius exclaimed.
"Well, c'mon Severus, we'll be late for our classes!" Remus said.
The 2 teachers left hurriedly through the kitchen door. Ginny would have sworn that it was one of the many corridors of Hogwarts, yet when Remus and Sirius arrived it was a field and river outside.
"Dimension Doors," Sirius explained, "Leads to a number of different places,"
Ginny nodded slowly.
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Ginny walk through the corridors of Hogwarts. Dumbledore had owled her to ask her to come and see him. Sirius had opened the door so it opened into the dungeons.
*Note to self,* she thought, *Make Severus show me how to operate the Dimension Doors.*
She ignored all the suspicious and suggestive looks she was being given.
"Ah, Maeve, how nice to see you," Dumbledore said, appearing suddenly beside her.
"Headmaster, you wish to speak to me," Ginny replied.
"Albus, my dear," he said, "And, yes, I do, but, it's lunchtime now, so why don't you come and have something to eat, and, I have a number of announcements to make, so I can't really miss it," God! He uses one heck of a lot of commas!
"OK then," Ginny smiled graciously.
Ginny ended up sitting between Severus and Remus. The two of them were having a witty argument over her head as she sniggered at some of the complex jokes they were throwing at each other. She realized it was a light- hearted attempt to ignore the war that was currently tearing the wizarding world apart and the dread of teaching, it seemed, if only just for a lunchtime.
Dumbledore stood up part way through and called for everyone's attention, "Children, children, I would like to introduce an new teacher to you,-"
All the students looked confused. There were no vacancies!
"-to teach you when one of your regular professors is unable to do so. She is called Maeve Snape,"
There was a minor round of applause as Ginny started protesting loudly to Dumbledore.
"You could have told me first! It's not fair! I had no idea! I can't teach! Albus!"
Some of the student and teachers chuckled at this.
"That's just his way," Severus whispered to her, "It's how I wound up teaching,"
"Severus!" she hissed.
[Don't worry, you can teach, you'll be better that Lockhart at any rate!]
Ginny looked suspiciously at Severus. She'd just heard him speak, but he'd not moved his mouth.
[Telepathecy] she heard him again [The rings are connecting us, no one can eavesdrop,]
[Oh...]
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Ron, Hermione and, of course, Harry were eating their lunch. Well, Harry was, Hermione was reading a thick, old and complex looking book at the same time as eating. Ron had already wolfed down enough food to feed 2 fully- grown dragons and was complaining.
"Another Snape? It's bad enough with one!" he was moaning.
"He's not that bad," Hermione said, still reading and nibbling at her food. Ron gave her a LOOK.
She ignored him.
"Wonder how they're related," Harry commented.
"They may not be," Hermione was now eating her lunch, reading a complex book and holding a conversation at the same time, "But she could be his sister, sister-in-law, daughter, wife,-"
"OK,OK, Hermy we get the point!" Ron interrupted her.
"Don't call me Hermy." Hermione hissed almost as venomously as Snape.
Harry smirked slightly. Ron just didn't know how not to irritate Hermione. Some people had said it was attraction. It wasn't.
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