Silver Chains and Lights

Snape slowly strolled down the hallway towards his dungeons for his only break of the day; he passed the Dark Arts classroom along the way. He stopped and back tracked to the class when he heard who was teaching in there, "Hunter..." he peered into the classroom from the doorway.
She had her blue hair pulled back and slightly spiked up; her pet bat was sound asleep on her shoulder; and she wore a slick, black dress with red lining. Her face shined radiantly whenever she smiled and her eyes glistened with warmth and happiness.
"Now tell me class..." Hunter leaned back on her desk, "What can kill a Vampire?" Her black eyes shined in the dark classroom, "Anyone?" she asked them again.
"Sunlight!" called out a small girl in the back of the room.
"Garlic!" "Crosses!" "Stakes in the heart!" cried some more students.
Snape waited for Hunter to take points off them for not raising their hands; but she never did; he was shocked beyond all reason. He shook his head; they were all wrong anyways; he wanted to see what Hunter would say. He knew that the answer was silver, but most people wouldn't know that or want to.
"Good guesses class...but I see that all of you have been watching Count Dracula one too many times," she turned and reached for something on her desk. "It is actually-" she pulled out a long, glittering sword, "- silver that kills most Vampires."
A few students laughed making Hunter call on one of them when they were finished snickering at her. "Professor Lupin said that a stake to the heart would only kill a Vampire, professor," said a tall, fair-haired Hufflepuff.
"Did he?" Hunter said in a surprised voice. "Well, Remus was half correct on that. Now tell me, can you virtually kill anyone by stabbing them in the heart?" The class slowly nodded, "Now...Vampires are highly allergic to silver...so...a quick stab to the heart with a silver stake will stop the Vampire's blood flow immediately."
"This wasn't recorded in most history books when there was a rush of Vampires in Ireland and England. They were all wiped out by silver bullets and silver stakes...mostly stakes. Unlike the Great Werewolf Hunt back in sixteen fifty...they only used silver bullets." She lowered the sword gently back onto the desk, "Isn't that correct, Professor Snape?" she looked over to the doorway.
All eyes turned on Snape, "A-a-er...yes...that's all correct, professor," he was embarrassed that she had caught him spying on her class. His black eyes skipped across the faces of the students and stopped on Hunter's beautiful face. Snape's heart skipped a beat; he slowly smiled to her; he was still frozen at the doorway.
"Now, professor...since you've finally arrived, we can begin and show the class some defensive spells against Vampires." Hunter gave him a quick wink and signaled for him to come inside and join her, "Now watch Professor Snape as he uses a chain spell on me to keep me from fighting back."
Snape unpocketed his wand, "A chain spell?" he whispered to her when he was at the front of the classroom. Hunter did a quick nod; he nervously pointed his wand at her; "CLEVIUM LANTIUM!" he yelled out loud.
Chains shot from the end of Snape's wand and they wrapped around Hunter in a loud clatter; she turned her head to the class; "See? You stop them from attacking you!" Hunter looked down at the chains that were clasped to her from her hips down to her feet; she rattled them slightly as she struggled to free her right hand.
"Here professor-" Snape pointed his wand at the chains, "-I'll get them off."
Hunter snapped her fingers once her hand was free and the chains vanished in a black smoke; making everyone gasp and give her odd looks; she brushed the dust from her hips. "Did everyone see how Snape pronounced the spell and how he held his wand?" she ignored everyone's shocked looks. "I want you all to partner up and try that spell on each other...I trust that you all know how to end the effects of spells."
The students whispered to each other about what Hunter had done; only elves could stop and use spells by snapping their fingers and not have a use for any kind of wand. The kids finally pulled themselves together and began practicing the spell on one another.
"H-how did you do that?" Snape was still awed by what she had done.
"I've had way too much time on my hands, that's how..." Hunter said with a small grunt. She tapped the bat; that was still sound asleep on her shoulder; "Hey, wake up Quinn!" The bat yawned; showing its long fangs to Snape and Hunter; "Yes, you...Time to go get my mail," Hunter pointed to the front door.
Quinn squeaked in compliance and took off in a loud flap; he took a small push off of Hunter's shoulder; he glided past the flying chains and the tops of the student's heads. He turned slowly when he had reached the doorway and squeaked back at Hunter as he left.
She turned her attention back to Snape, "Thanks for volunteering," she laughed slightly as Snape's confused look.
He pocketed his wand, "So you know Lupin then?" he was heartbroken at the thought. He moved his hair back from his eyes to hide his disappointment, "Reamus Lupin?"
"How could I not know him!" Hunter bursted out loud, "I went to school with that ungrateful bastard," she spat bitterly.
Snape's hopes flew high once again; "You went here, at Hogwarts, with Lupin?" he was still in disbelief. "Then you must have known-"
"James Potter, Hagrid, and Sirius Black...yes, yes I know them all," Hunter rolled her eyes. "Black and Potter were horrible...along with Lily..." her black eyes narrowed. "I still couldn't believe that trick they pulled on you...cruel joke if you ask me. I hope that transformation spell that I pulled showed them..." Hunter smiled weakly to Snape.
"You did that spell on them?!" Snape was excited, "You were the one that transformed Potter into a toad and Black a house fly?!" he was ready to hug her. Snape's wide grin faded, "But-then you got-"
Hunter nodded, "Being expelled for that was well worth it since I was only at Hogwarts for my first year. Too bad McGonagall caught Sirius before Potter swallowed him." She sighed, "I still feel bad about James, Lily, and Sirius though..."
"Professor!" cried a Ravenclaw who was having a terrible time getting the chains around her partner.
"Yes? Oh dear...don't worry Abby, I'll come help you," Hunter smiled to Snape, "You don't mind staying a bit longer, do you?" Her black eyes sparkled with delight while she waited for him to answer.
Snape shook his head, "No-of course not...I have the rest of the day off anyways." He watched her help out the students with wonder; he thought differently about her than before; he leaned back against her desk as he listened to her yell at the students.
"Giles! Bloody hell..." Hunter ran over to more students, "Now class! Listen please!!" She walked back to Snape, "To see if someone is a vampire...you can point your wand at them-" Hunter snapped her fingers and pointed her wand at Snape once it had appeared in her hands. "-and say 'Octolomiun Savius' and if the light from your wand changes colors when you point it at someone they are most likely a vampire or they have some series social problems..." Hunter said the spell and a green light hit Snape's chest; it stayed the same color when it touched him; she made her wand disappear in a snap once again.
A bell rang; signaling that class was over with; Hunter clapped her hands together. "I want you all to practice you spells, so...that's your homework for this week. Now this doesn't mean later on tonight you're allowed to go and flash anyone you think is a vampire, just to make sure. Some of us here would like to keep our secrets with ourselves, so no flashing Mr. Filch, alright? Class dismissed!" Hunter turned to her desk and shuffled through her neatly stacked papers and parchments.
Snape raised an eyebrow to the class; they still stood in their positions with their partners; "Professor-?" he nudged her side with his hand.
"Huh?" Hunter looked at him and then turned her head farther to see the class still standing there. "You all can go," she folded a parchment in half that she had in her hands.
A student raised their hand high in the air, "Can you teach us how to use magic without our wands, professor?" Everyone around him grinned and nodded; "Please?" the Hufflepuff pleaded with her.
Hunter folded her arms across her chest, "Wellll..." the students hung on her word, "Okay..." she gave Snape a quick wink. She strolled to the end of her desk and pushed some papers aside, "I teach your class...next Thursday. If you all can perform the homework properly, I'll teach you to levitate things with a flick of your finger. Sound good?"
Large grins appeared on all of the students' faces; they finally began gathering their things; they headed to the door still smiling. Hunter snapped her fingers and the door swung open; making all the students cheer as they left; she snapped her fingers once again and the door slammed behind them once they had all disappeared.
"I've never had students stay after class like that before," Snape muttered jealously to Hunter.
She let out a long, loud sigh as she fell into her black, leathery chair; her hair slowly slipped out of place and tumbled over her eyes; she lowered her head. "Didn't you hear me? I said 'now' at least fourteen times back there..." She buried her head into her hands, "I was a nervous wreck!" Hunter cried between her hands.
Snape's lips curled into a slow smile, "If your students asked for extra lessons...you should take that as a compliment." He pulled a chair next to her and took a seat, "I bet Lucius will stutter, blabber, bore, forget, and mix up everything he does on his first day tomorrow." Snape nudged her, "Unlike you," he added softly.
Hunter poked her head above her hands; "Really?" her black eyes were still shining brightly towards him.
Snape nodded, "Yeah...you're perfect..." he bit his lip; knowing he shouldn't have said that. He pushed his chair away from her and moved it back where he had found it, "Night, professor," he hid his blushing face by not looking at her.
Hunter pushed her hair back, "You can call me by my first name, you know," she called to him.
He stopped in mid-step; he didn't know her first name; he coughed nervously and turned back to her. "Um-er-" he fumbled through his words.
"Avalon," Hunter smiled to him, "Pleasure meeting you again, Professor Snape," she bowed her head in respect. She leaned back in her chair; her black eyes glowed; Hunter folded her leg across her other one.
He felt as if she was luring him closer to her; her black eyes were tempting him as much as possible; Snape looked away. "You can call me Severus if you want," he couldn't help looking into her luscious eyes, "Good night, Avalon..." Snape left before she could reply back; his heart was pounding in his chest; he could barely breathe. He ran downstairs to his office; ignoring Malfoy and his son who passed him along the way; he slammed his office door behind him and leaned back against it. "I'm in love-" he panted to himself, "-with-her!" He closed his eyes but he could still see Hunter's sweet face.