TSDADAP

            ~ Mage Kitty

A/N:  I take a long time to update, don't I???

Disclaimer:  Don't own.

Leitheindel:  You're the only reviewer, again.  My friends/Beta Readers are sooo nice…  Not.

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Last Chapter

"If this bag wasn't magicked, all of this stuff would never fit," René grins.

"That's illegal, you know," Severus says.

"So? If they tried to catch every person with a magicked bag, it would take years. Besides, if the Ministry is worried about magicked bags, they need to get their priorities straight. You-Know-Who is back to life!" René shrugs. Severus lifts up the bag and, surprisingly, it is feather-light.

"And a weightless charm," Severus says.

"Whoopee," René says sarcastically while she walks out of her room. Severus follows her out.

"Hey Mom! We're leaving for Hogwarts now!" René calls.

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            "Alright.  I'm coming!" Ellen says.  Severus grabs some Floo Powder.

            "Hogwarts!  Severus Snape's Office!" Severus says.

            "After you," Ellen says.  René grabs some Floo Powder.

            "Hogwarts!  Severus Snape's Office!" René yells.  Ellen grabs some Floo Powder for herself.

            "Hogwarts!  Severus Snape's Office!" Ellen says.

            "Let's stop at my rooms on the way to Albus –es- es…   Es," René is saying as Ellen arrives.

            "Sounds fine," Severus says and walks over to the door.  Ellen and René turn and follow him.  The walk through the dungeons, up a few staircases, through some halls and stop in front of the purple dragon.

            "Linkin Park Rocks," René whispers to the dragon.  Severus already knows the password, but she doesn't particularly want her mother poking around her stuff.  The portrait slides aside and René, Severus and Ellen walk in.  Severus sets the duffle-bag down on a couch and they left the room, continuing on to the entrance to Albus' office.

            "Lemon Ice-Cubes," René and Severus intone.  Ellen looks at them strangely.

            "It's the password," René explains as the gargoyle sprung away.

            "Oh, oh, ooo!" Ellen says and her, René and Severus climb up the stairs.

            "You know, we should have Floo'd to Albus' office," René pants as they climb the stairs.

            "The stairs usually move up on their own-"

            "Like escalators?" René interrupts.

            "Sure, like escwhatevers.  And besides, you need the exercise," Severus says, though he looks like he only has slightly more energy than René.

            "I… agree…  my… daughter… is… too… la… zy… But…  I… could… take… a… break," Ellen pants out, her voice barely above a whisper.

            "No," René and Severus say, neither of them wanting to show any weakness.

            "Then… go… ahead…  I'll…  catch… up," Ellen sits down and René and Severus continue their march up the stairs, side by side.

            "I will not lose," René says.

            "You will, because I'll win," Severus says, creatively.

            Can't lose to him!  I can't!  Must… keep… climbing! René thinks.

            Can't stop.  Must beat René, is Severus' thoughts.

            "Yes!" René hiss/yells.  She waves her wand and mutters venire.   The result is shown when she holds up her Discman.  She slides the headphones over her ears and turns the Discman on.  Quickly, she becomes completely oblivious to the world.

            "What does that have to do with anything?" Severus asks.

            "I will forget that this is tiring.  I'll keep going and going and going.  Just like the Energizer Bunny…"  René trails off.

            "Yeah.  Riiiight," Severus says, doubtfully.

            "Seriously," René says.  Severus remains doubtful, but René's idea seems to work.  Severus blandly took out his wand and points it at the Discman.  In five seconds, whatever it was will stop working.  He pockets his wand.

            "Crap!" René glares at her Discman," The batteries ran out!"

            "Whatever," Severus smiles to himself, she's like a Muggle.  Finding explanations for something that is obviously magic, Severus and René doggedly climb the multitude of stairs.  They arrive at the top, stagger over to the door and nearly fall into the room.  Both of them stood there, saying nothing.

            "I win," René pants.

            "No, I do," Severus whispers.  Albus and Minerva stare at them.  They stood there, glaring at each other for five minutes.

            "What the hell are you two doing?" Ellen asks from behind them.  Severus and René make no move to respond.

            "They're having some sort of competition," Minerva explains.  Ellen sighs.  Both René and Severus look like they are going to fall over.

            "Assidere Manere!" Ellen says, pointing her wand at Severus and René.  They both fly back and land in a love seat.  Both of them try to stand up, but they cant seem to get their asses of the love seat.

            "What the hell?" Severus says.

            "Mom cast a spell that will make us sit here until…  I don't know how long.  The point is, we have to sit here," René explains.

            "Well, I'm not!" Severus places one of his hands on the arm rest and the other beside his leg, near René's hand.  He tries to push himself up, but considering his current lack of energy and the spell, he doesn't move an inch.

            "You ain't gonna get free.  I've had this spell cast on me many times.  Mom has perfected it," René says, and leans back, making herself comfortable.  Severus glares at her and tries to get up, again.

            "So, you wish to become the new Divination's Professor," Albus says.

            "Yes, that is correct.  I am the top Prophetess in Saskatchewan," Ellen says.

            "She's never wrong.  Unfortunately," René says.

            "You are not encouraging," Severus says, glaring at René.

            "I am not encouraging myself.  Why should I encourage you?" René grumbles.

            "A little ray of sunshine, aren't you," Severus sighs.

            "René is a realist and sometimes an optimist.  Mainly when she's in denial.  She doesn't dwell in false hope often," Ellen says, "She knows that she will never escape-" Ellen starts coughing.

            "You must admit, that is a good curse," René smiles smugly.

            "A potion would have worked better," Severus says.

            "Oh, stop it!  Argue about curses and potions and poisons later.  Preferably when I'm not around," Minerva says.

            "Oh, shut up," René and Severus say.

            "You," Minerva says.

            "What was Mrs. Remfair about to say before she started coughing?" Albus asks, his eyes twinkling, showing that he has a pretty good idea what it is.

            "She was going-" Minerva is inturupted by René and Severus.

            "Say it and I'll kill you!" René and Severus' wands are pointed at Minerva.

            "Sheesh.  It's not even that important!" Minerva rolls her eyes.

            "Maybe not to you!" René says.

            "But to us,…" Severus says.

            "So it has something to do with both of you," Albus smiles.  René and Severus' wands move to point at Albus.

            "They're gonna get together," Minerva says in a rush, just to annoy René and Severus.

            "Stupi-" René starts to yell, but Severus' hand is clamped over her mouth and his other hand holding her wand,

            "Violent," Severus says.  René bit his hand, "BLOODY HELL!"

            "Serves you right," René spits the blood out at him.  Severus holds up his bleeding hand.

            "I think I need a potion against rabies," Severus glares and René.

            "Grr… Gr…  I'm foaming at the mouth.  Grrrr…" René says sarcastically.

            "What is this about 'getting together'?" Albus asks while René and Severus are busy bickering.

            "Ellen predicted that Severus will get together with René," Minerva informs him.

            "And I am never wrong about things like that.  Ryan, my son, married Maurie and I said he would," Ellen says, "And that's not to mention René's boyfriend crisis."

            "Well then, I must say.  About that job…"

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A/N:  Done another chapter.  It took me, what, a month and ten days???  I'm sooo pitiful…

*rubs eyes tiredly and throws smoke bomb on floor*

            Mage Kitty =^.^=