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Authors Note: I really hope you all enjoy this. Came from inspiration and some beautiful John Williams music. Takes place in between the Prisoner of Azkaban. So watch out for Spoilers!!!!!!!!

Lyda (She belongs to me) pronounced= Lie-dah

Why Would I need Wings?

A beautiful Sky spread over the earth like a blanket of diamond as the sun sank beneath the darkened hills. A star in the south shined unusually bright as if it was hurtling towards the earth. As the seconds passed it grew brighter and soon it was indeed making its way towards ground like a brilliant meteor. It hit the ground with an unusual soft thud, and out of the mist and kicked up dirt emerged two people. One was unmistakably a tall man who luminously glowed against the darkness and another a small women that glowed softly, but not in the same magnificence. The tall man grimaced and pointed towards a castle.

"Here's your next assignment Lyda, don't botch this one up." He said softly as he took out his parchment. Lyda frowned and sighed as the man unrolled the piece of silvery parchment.

"Who is it this time?" Lyda asked the question as if she had said it over 100 times before. The man smiled at Lyda and read out loud: Severus Snape

"Poor child, who would name their child that?" Lyda said with sympathy. The man shook his head and looked at her with a severe look on his face.

"Lyda, he is not a child he is 37 years old." The man said very nonchalantly at Lyda. Her face turned into a smile, but then the words hit her and it suddenly dawned on her.

" What! Wait a minute I have to take care of a grown man!!!" Lyda said almost angrily at the man. He looked extremely grave and he shook his head.

"Lyda, your mission here is to not only fulfill your duties, but he must be taught to be selfless...to some degree, he is important, destined for many great things to come."

The man said trying to persuade Lyda, who in turn snorted.

"They cannot shove this on me!" Lyda said looking at the man furiously, but he only shook his head and took several steps away from her.

"Yes they can," the man, said simply, "Well I must be going now Lyda, good luck!" And with that he ascended back into the heavens, leaving Lyda with a distressed look on her face.

"Severus Snape...happy joy." She whispered as she went off towards Hogwarts.

Most had fallen asleep in Hogwart, not even Mrs. Norris was prowling the darkness of the ancient halls. Deep within the school's corridors and chambers, laid one Severus Snape, religiously counting sheep trying to fall asleep. As the wooly sheep began to evaporate in his mind Severus began to loose consciousness into the realm of dreams, when he suddenly heard soft breathing emanating from above. He strained his hearing for better perception, but soon instead of just hearing breathing, he felt like someone was indeed looking at him, the more he fell out of sleep the presence of another person became stronger. Snape fully conscious now opened his eyes and received the biggest shock in his adult life. A pair of hazel eyes were staring down at him, he yelled and rolled off his bed, struggling to get a hold of his wand. Snape gripped his wand and illuminated the room. Across his bed he beheld a young women who appeared to be glowing, her auburn hair shook wildly as she snorted with laughter at the other side of the bed. Snape's lips turned into a thin line as he pointed his wand point-blank at her.

"Who the bloody' ell are you?!!!" He yelled angrily at her flipping his disheveled hair from his face. Lyda cleared her throat and tried her hardest to look at him.

"You scream like a girl...sorry 'bout that," she said trying to keep a straight face, "I'm Lyda and I suppose you can call me your guardian angel." She said smiling at him, Gosh how I hate my job right now; poor guy thinks that I am actually happy to do this Oh well, might as well make the best of it, it looks like he needs someone to take care of him anyways, this place is strangely neat, but hmmm. Lyda offered her hand, however, Snape looked like his head was going to explode into billions of pieces of confetti

"What are you doing here!!! Are you nutters!" Snape's statement only made Lyda explode into more laughter with her occasional snorting interrupting her glee. Snape's eyes narrowed into a murderous squint.

"What is so funny?" He said pounding a fist onto a small drawer near his bed. Lyda stopped smiled once more and cleared her throat.

"I really was sent here to protect you, or rather teach you a lesson." Lyda said seriously now, but Snape's face seemed to have turned a different color and he bellowed the single word: Out!

Lyda however only sighed and took a step forward towards him, "I really can't leave you even if I really wanted to, and it's my duty to protect."

"Duty my ARSE! If you were really an angel, wouldn't you have wings or something?" Snape said agitated and a little surprised for even asking such a question. Lyda gave him a confused look and shook her head.

"Wings? Why would I need wings? Silly human." Lyda said moving closer to him.

"Stay back! I cannot be having this conversation, I must have had to much too much to eat, and you are nothing but some strange illusion." He muttered as his wand still pointed directly at Lyda. Lyda simply sighed and straightened her tunic.

"Go ahead, go back to sleep, after all I am just a big part of your imagination right?" Lyda said rolling her eyes at him. Snape scowled and grabbed her arm.

"Hey that hurts!" She said trying to pry herself from his grip.

"Goodnight pumpkin juice with ham!" Snape said shoving the imaginary aberration out into his living quarters. He locked the door behind him and plopped back onto his bed. As he tried to go back to sleep he silently vowed never to consume too much again.

"Guardian Angel my arse." He said falling back to sleep.

Well, that is it for now; I would really really really love it if you left a review! Do you like Lyda? Is she all right? Is Snape OOC? Is this something you will enjoy reading? Please comments on this story would be appreciated. The review button is right there, even if it's an LOL or a Yuck I would really love reviews from you. Happy Reading!!!