A/N thanks for all the nice reviews, here is chapter seven. please R&R!!

Chapter Seven ~ The Return of Snape.

He ran through the corridors, cursed the staircases as they moved in the wrong direction, and made a mental note to kill Peeves as something heavy fell from above, missing him only by an inch. He was almost at the charms room when he collided straight into someone. He looked with horror to see Snape smirking above him.

"Late again, Potter. Dear me, you are making quite a habit of it." he sneered.

The letter was still ringing in Harry's mind. "Back from the hospital wing, sir?" Harry asked, with sarcastic concern.

Snape glared at him. "Now get to class, and lets see that's fifteen points for being late." He said, as he continued down the corridor.

"See you've recovered then." Harry muttered as he carried on to class.

Snape certainly made his return to Hogwarts felt. At lunch time the Gryfindors were moaning heartily about a total loss of sixty two points. The teachers seemed more subdued at the head table, well all except Professor Delvarney. it was almost as though Snape was a reminder of what Voldemort could do.

After lunch it was transfiguration. Harry ran up to the Gryfindor tower to get his books, he got Ron's as well and then went to Transfiguration. Justas he was turning the corner he heard voices, the voices of Delvarney and Snape. He stopped and listened.

"You act pleased to see me."

"No, pleased to see you alive." She replied, briskly.

He sneered. "Really, as if you care."

"You're right of course, I couldn't give a toss, I mean I have Aiden." She said, sarcastically.

"Lucky you!"

"You know, you should try and be nicer to Aiden I know it's hard, but I manage it. It looks suspicious, I mean how you decked him last time."

Snape smirked, as he remembered his last meeting with Aiden Delvarney.

"I'd rather you didn't hit my husband." She sighed. "I thought you were going to die."

"Sorry to disappoint you."

Calico laughed. "oh you haven't, but Aiden might be a little pissed off!"

"And that's what I live for, to see the look on his face."

"You're mad! You know that don't you. listen I don't want you to come tonight."

"Why not?"

"You know why!"

"Surprise me."

"If you're there, well, you'll do something stupid, iknow you will. Remember Sirius?" "What about him?"

"Look what two years hiding, running, did to him. now I lost Sirius,I don't want you tolose Rayola. For the time being she is better of in Azkaban."

"Fascinating, thank you for the lecture, but I'm still coming."

"We'll see what Dumbledore says then." Delvarney said, haughtily before walking off.

Harry hurried to Transfiguration and managed to get their just on time. as McGonagall began talking Harry whispered the conversation he had heard between the two teachers.

"What do you suppose is happening tonight?" Hermione asked.

Harry shrugged. "I dunno, but I'd sure like to know."

That night the trio sat in the common room. Harry and Ron were playing chess, and Hermione was doing her Charms homework, none of them were really concentrating. In the end Hermione flung her book on the table, scattering the chess pieces in every direction.

"It's no good, I can't think straight."

"Hermione!" Ron moaned. "I was playing that." He said.

Harry grinned. "Let's just say I won."

"What?!"

"Oh stop it you two. Do you want to find out what is going on or not?"

"And how are we going to do that Hermione?"

"We could use the invisibility cloak."

"And go where, we can't exactly follow them.I mean.where the hell they going?" Ron exclaimed.

"Well, actually Ron, quite frankly I don't care where we go or what we do as long as we're not sitting here, waiting for disaster to happen."

"I do wish you'd stop exaggerating!"

"What do you think, Harry?"

"Well, there's not really a lot we can do. I suppose we could go down, but I don't suppose we'd find much."

"Fine, well in that case I'm going to bed. night." She said as she got up and stalked away.

Harry yawned. "I think I'll go bed too, you coming?"

"Nah, I have to tidy the bloody chess set up, thanks to 'Mione!"

Harry grinned.

That night Harry's dreams returned.

~~~~~~ Dream ~~~~~~~~

The Death Eaters stood in the cold shadow of the tower. They were awaiting instructions, there were about fifteen of them especially selected, selected for the night's work. then came the signal, the death eater symbol burned brightly in the distance for all to see. The door was blasted open and scrambling inside.shouts, screams, the flash of spells, curses and hexes. A heap of people lying dead on the floor.

~~~~~~ End Of Dream ~~~~~~~~

Harry woke up with a start. The pain in his head slowly subsided, and he lay back on his pillow, but did not go back to sleep.

"Hullo, sleepy head." Ron greeted him as he sat down at the breakfast table.

"Look, I know where it was they went last night."

Just at that moment, an owl swooped down and dropped the Daily Prophet in front of Hermione. She screeched when she saw the headline.

MASS MURDER AT AZKABAN NO ONE LEFT ALIVE.

A/N please R&R