One day Dumbledore came to Snape who was in his office checking Draco's essay.

"Severus", he said. Snape looked at him.

"Yes?" he asked.

"We are going to arrange a class reunion for your former classmates. These are the letters for the former Slytherins", replied Dumbledore.

"How can the Slytherins be together if our former Head of the house is dead?" asked Snape. The former Head of the Slytherin house had been Lucius Malfoy's father, Lucian Malfoy. He had been killed by his own son because he had always been more tolerant than the other Malfoys. He hadn't lived in the Malfoy Manor either- he had had a farm of his own near the Manor. He had always wanted to observe his father, Lucius's grandfather, Lucifer who had been the cruellest and most merciless Malfoy of the history of the magical world. Lucifer had been killed by his own son too, but this time the reason was that he wanted to protect his best student, Severus. Lucifer had known everything about Severus and has been planning something extremely evil to him. And now Lucian, the most noble Malfoy ever, was dead. Severus sighed. Lucian had been his favorite teacher and role model, even a second father.

Dumbledore stared at Snape. He knew what Snape was thinking. He felt sorry for Lucian as well. He had been a hero. But Lucifer had done his job extremely well- his grandson Lucius was also evil and merciless, just like he had wanted him to be. Dumbledore was worried. Lucius wasn't evil, just corrupted and manipulated. Dumbledore wasn't sure if Lucius could be saved.

"You will replace Lucian", he finally said.

"No one will ever replace him. He was a saint", snapped Snape. Dumbledore nodded. He understood how Snape felt. He looked at Snape for a moment and then went silently away. Snape gave the letters to his owl. He opened its cage and watched when it flow away.

Narcissa had come to the Malfoy from Paris. She was drinking tea and reading the Daily Prophet in the dining room. Lucius was in the living room talking with Bellatrix and Rodolphus Lestrange. Narcissa sighed and looked out of the window. She saw an owl flying towards the Manor. She stood up and came to the window and opened it. The owl flow to her and gave her two letters- one was for Bellatrix and Rodolphus, and the other was for her and Lucius. Narcissa took the letters and let the owl fly away. She came to the living room. Lucius was having a good conversation with the Lestranges when Narcissa coughed gently and asked politely:

"May I interrupt you?"

The others turned to look at her. Lucius looked angry and frustrated, and Bellatrix smirked. Rodolphus pouted visibly.

"Not now, Narcissa! Maybe later tonight!" shouted Lucius.

"This is important", said Narcissa and showed them the letters. "Letters? For us? Who on earth would write to us?" wondered Bellatrix.

"I don't know and don't care either!" snapped Rodolphus.

"Oh Rodi, don't be so grumpy! Let's see who has written to us and what the person wants!" said Bellatrix and took and opened the letter. Also Lucius took his letter and opened it.

"A class reunion!" he screamed.

"Oh no! We can't come there! It probably will be full of Dementors and Aurors!" said Bellatrix sadly.

"That's OK, it will probably be a boring event", said Lucius. He wasn't interested in the class reunion at all, and Narcissa knew it. She decided to be brave and said:

"I want to go there!"

Everybody looked at her.

"You? Why?" asked Bellatrix.

"Probably because of Snape!" snapped Lucius. Narcissa startled. She thought Lucius wouldn't let her go there because Snape was there. Lucius saw fear on his wife's face. He didn't wonder why and felt sorry for her. He knew how desperately Narcissa missed Severus. He couldn't say no. It was obvious that Narcissa didn't love Lucius and Lucius didn't love Narcissa... so why should he torture his wife anymore? Lucifer was dead now. No one could force them to carry on the hopeless marriage. So he said:

"Alright, you can go there. I won't come. I have other things to do."

Narcissa wasn't sure if she had heard it right. Had Lucius given his permission to her?

"Can I go there?" she asked silently.

"I can't stop you. You love Snape and want to be with him. So you can go there and have fun. You have suffered too long. I won't stop you if you want to divorce me!" he said. Narcissa looked at Lucius for a moment and didn't know what to say. Finally she could give him a smile and say:

"Thank you!"

And she went to her room to prepare for the evening...