Author's notes: well..I thought I'd updated this one recently, but apparently that was like a month ago. I have quite a few more chapters written out, so I might as well make sue of them, lol.
I know I'm re posting this after it was removed due to grammar/formatting issues, but to tell the truth, I'm kinda glad that's the case. While talking to Daphne yesterday I got a brilliant idea for something that could happen, so last night was spent editing later chapters to fit the new idea. YAY!
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dragonruler: I'm glad you like my work. And I'll never forget people if and when I get to be a published author. Actually, I already sorta have one thing published, and I was sure to thank each and every person that helped me out with it, lol.

mistypup: Hey! I know you! Well, sorta..I read your stuff, lol. Which reminds me, you updated today and I need to read it ASAP (I started reading earlier, but ended up going out for a while, so I need to finish, lol). I'm glad you like it and no It's not over, I just thought I'd updated more recently than I actually had. So, I'm updating now (maybe even 2-3 chapters! Lol). Hope you like it still.

Chapter 7: The Great Chase

Scott stared blankly at the place where Severus had stood; the sound of footsteps could be heard as Severus took off down the hall.
Scott immediately ran after him.

He reached the bottom of the stairs just in time to see Severus appear again before running out the front door.
Scott continued to follow him, now chasing him down the street.

He pulled out his wand, his thoughts racing, looking for a spell to use.
"Petrificus totalis!" He shouted, using the very first one to come to mind.

The spell whizzed past Severus, but nearly hit him. He stopped and turned to face Scott.
"Ha! You missed by a mile! And now you'll get in trouble with the ministry for using magic in front of muggles." He said with a slight laugh.
"I can handle any muggles that decide to watch." Scott said, turning to face a muggle that was now staring at the two of them.
He pointed his wand at the muggle and shouted, "Obliviate!"
The muggle stood there, looking somewhat stunned, but not remembering anything.

"Well, you're still not going to get me that easily." Said Severus.
"Oh really? Well, it sure looks like I'll get you right about…now!" Replied Scott, pointing his wand at Severus once again.

"I think not." Severus said, disappearing from view again.
"ARGH!" Shouted Scott, grabbing around at he air in front of him wildly, hoping that Severus had only gone invisible again, to no avail.
When he found nothing, Scott headed back to the house, rather frustrated.

Meanwhile, Selina had found herself a much better hidden room to hide in, and was hiding herself behind some curtains, which were hanging off to the side, near a wall.
However, though this room was hidden from view better, it was also much barer than the previous one, though it was also darker and the darkness made up for the lack of things to hide behind.

Selina had made the right choice to hide; a few moments after she had done so, Hermione had found and entered the room, and was madly looking around, trying to find Selina.

"Ahh, it's too dark in here, I can't see a thing!" Hermione exclaimed, tripping over a bucket.
"Lumos!" She said quickly, lighting her wand and giving herself enough light to look around.
"Alright, now where are you? I know I saw you come in here." She muttered.

Selina peered through a crack in the curtains and saw that Hermione was on the opposite side of the room. She let out a slight sigh of relief, but remained still.

Severus was apperating and disapperating between all the hidden rooms in the house, trying to find Selina.
He finally appearted into the last of them and conveniently ended up right beside Selina.

"Selina!" He said in a normal tone, not realising that Hermione was also in the room.
"Shh!" Selina said rather quietly, putting a finger to her lips, nodding towards the crack in the curtains.

Severus peered through the crack, saw Hermione; who was heading over to their side of the room, having heard Severus.
"Get your wand ready." Severus whispered silently to Selina.

Selina pulled her wand out and held it in front of her, readily.
Severus nodded, then disapperated again, leaving Selina to deal with Hermione once more.
Selina stood there nervously, watching Hermione approach through the crack.

"Alright, I know you're in here for sure now. Your father was stupid enough to give that much away. Just do this the easy way and come out now." Hermione said, only a few steps away from Selina now.

"Fine." Said Selina, stepping out from behind the curtains with a sigh, hiding her wand from view.

"You really are more stupid than I originally thought." Hermione said as she watched Selina.
"Most people with Brains would not have done that."
Selina smiled.
"And most people with brains, such as yourself, would have seen this coming. Silencio!" She said.

Hermione was hit with the spell and looked shocked. She tried to speak, but no sound came out, so she just glared at Selina.
Selina merely laughed.
"Honestly, when did seventh years become so stupid?" She asked.
Hermione looked confused.
"Well, if you're as smart as a seventh year and didn't see that coming, seventh years must be growing less intelligent." Selina said with a smirk.

Hermione glared a little more, then thought of something. She waved her wand, pointing it at Selina.
Selina continued to smirk.
"That's no threat to me now." She said.
"Oh really?" Selina heard Hermione's voice inside her head.
Selina gaped.
"How are you doing that?"
"Just a little something I learned to do. Guess seventh years are more intelligent than you think." Hermione smiled.

Selina sighed and looked at the floor.
"Fine, you win."
Hermione looked as if she were laughing, but no sound came out.

"Well, let's get going then." She began to head towards the exit.
Selina sighed in defeat again, then followed.

Back up in Selina's room, Severus had appearated and stood, waiting for everyone else to return.
Scott stopped in the doorway, as if expecting to simply pass by.
"Ah ha! Well, this is the last place I had expected to find you, but at least you're making this a whole lot easier on me." He said, somewhat out of breath.

Severus remained silent, looking towards the doorway. He knew Selina and Hermione would be returning soon, but he wondered in what state they would be.

Another Author's note: Alright, well, my wrists are starting to bug me a bit, so I think I'm gonna just do the one chapter for tonight. More to come soon though, I promise!
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