The moon set, the sun rose pushing it's rose hinted fingers against the horizon painting once more the magnificant orange hue, as it's rays clamored their way through a vine covered window to land on the closed eyes of Mediterania. Playing it's way across until she opened her eyes, and then sheilded her face with her hand, rolling over she was greeted with the site of a sleeping Snape flopped in the oversized chair. Pushing back the covers she silently crept across Snape's room to the bathroom and stared at her reflection in the mirror. Pushing her hair away from her face she noted the straches red, cuts deep, brusies, bumps, sighing softly she walked over to the tub and turned on the water for the shower, not surprised that it was immediaitly cold, Severus never did seem to like warmth. Turning the hot water as far as it would go Mediterania quickly pulled her clothes from her body and climbed into the tub, pulling the curtain around behind her.

The sound of running water awoke Snape, stretching to relieve his cramped muscles from sleeping crunched in the chair, muttering about how he should be used to it by now, he moved to knock on the door when it opened and Mediterania practically ran into him. Taking a quick step out of the way, Snape waved her out of the doorway and out of his way. Once she was out of the doorway Snape swept by, slamming the heavy wooden door behind him. Mediterania moved towards the fire, forgetting the cold in the mornings and having wet hair wasn't helping matters much at all.

Snuggling more into the robe she was wearing, Mediterania finally managed to stoke the coals enough to have a decent fire going, she held out her mahagony tresses in hopes to dry them and take the chill away from her neck and back. After a few minutes she heard a creak as the door opened and Snape reappeared clean shaven and cleaner, she thought. He was watching as Mediterania was holding out her hair in an attempt to dry it, clutching her abandoned clothes in his fingers. Holding them out to Mediterania and watching as she pulled them on, Severus snapped,

"Have you forgotten your school years completely girl?"

Mediterania felt her anger rising in her chest as she plucked her hair away and climbed to her feet, pushing her wet hair back over her shoulders she faced Snape as her face grew hot. She retorted,

"Of course not, I have a living reminder of them!"

Snape resisted the urge to raise his hand to her, or even his voice, she seemed to enjoy agitating him. Crossing the distance between them and rougly grabbing her shoulders Snape placed his face near hers, she wanted to flinch and turn away as she struggled to get free from his iron grip. Snape was breathing hard as he roughly shook her,

"Don't speak of that time ever!"

Mediterania pulled free from Snape, wanting slap the expression off his face,

"Well I suppose then you are embarrssed! The great Severus Snape is embarssed by me! I don't find that

surprising one bit, and let me guess, India isn't your daughter right? That would be what the great Severus Snape would say, and he is an honorable man!"

Snape felt his own anger rising, he finally lost his temper and with a great heave managed a shove to Mediterania's shoulders sending the woman topling for the floor, a loud siren sounded and Snape snapped his head around as voices floated through the hall, grabbed Mediterania roughly off the floor where she had fallen, Snape drug her up the stairs of the dungeons and though his class room quickly. Struggling to get her footing Mediterania didn't noitce a familar figure running towards her,

"Teri!"

Her head snapped up, it couldn't be, what would she say to him? Biting her lip she cast a glance to a figure running towards them, loping quickly across the large entry way, he pulled Mediterania from Snape's rough grip and crushed her to his chest. Breaking down in his arms, Mediterania started to sob while he tried to figure out what she was saying,

"I...sorry...Ginny...baby...Harry forgive me!"

Harry Potter rubbed Mediterania's back as he tried to calm her, surely she didn't blame herself for the attack on the Potter's and Weasly's, did she? Speaking softly to her,

"It's alright Teri, I don't blame you, we've found the children and Hermione. And Severus knows where

Ginny is, everything will be alright, now come on! The attack could be worse this time and we need help! You do still have your wand don't you?"

Mediterania shook her head, she had gotten rid of it a long time ago, shortly after India was born she had given up her magic life and retired to the muggle world that she had been raised in. Harry sighed, they could use the help to keep Hogwarts from the inevitable attacks on it's sovergintiny and without Dumbledore...Harry pushed the thought from his head, he wouldn't let anything happen to this beloved place. Pulling Mediterania along, Harry ran for the Gryffindor tower to wince the attacks would be defended from. Running up the stairs with Snape and Mediterania behind him, Harry quickly reached the top and opened the huge doors, letting the putrid stench from a crumbling world that was slowly being made over to suit the likeness of Voldermort. The orangish hue intensified, and then Mediterania was on her knees, with Snape crouching over her, arms shielding the two of them as wood splintered down, slashing everyone with pinprick cuts. Pulling himself to his feet, Snape moved in behind Harry aid the casting of a shield that would, hopefully, help retain the tower long enough for them to hold out a formable counter attack.

Another attack sent the two back aways, but the small shield that was growing was holding. Moving to help Harry, Mediterania struggled to think of what she could do to help, without her wand she could do small ammounts of magic, but nothing of this maginitude, she watched as Professor McGongol joined Harry's side, adding her power to the frey while Harry started building up power for the counter attack. As the bright ball grew slowly, Mediterania noticed the tired look comming over Harry's face, how long had they been fighting like this? Watching as Harry sluggishly moved to the window, and relased the ball while loud claps came, and more wood splintered from the top of the castle somewhere. Ducking and covering her head, Mediterania watched as Harry sagged to the floor, hanging onto the railing as he struggled to cover his head and stay upright.

Then whatever it was, was gone and they sky returned to it's former hue, while Harry finally clattered to the floor. Pulling herself to her feet and running over to Harry, Mediterania knelt next to him and carefully helped him to his feet, slipping her arm under his. Snape came and took Harry's other arm, while Harry rested on the both of them. Carefully leading Harry from the tower and back to his room, Snape bellowed for Poppy and caught Harry as he almost launched forward, nearly taking Mediterania down with him. Snape reorainted Harry, gave Mediterania a moment to get her feet under her again, and then started back off making slow progress towards the medical wing.

Poppy meet the two right outside the door, quickly waving her hand in the direction to take Harry as she ran off for the proper potions to recuperate him. Snape and Mediterania moved Harry to the bed that Poppy had specified, then moved back out of the way to let the med witch work. Backing away Mediterania bumped into Snape's other arm, which elicted a curse, Mediterania quickly turned around to see Snape examing a wound caused by the wood splintering. Reaching for his arm, while Snape yanked it away from her sight.

"Severus Snape, you let me see that NOW." A harsh whisper from Mediterania, and Snape, casting her a

hard look, finally moved his arm back into her view. Taking her hand and gently pulling back the edges of Snape's torn robe, Mediterania carefully scrutinzed the wound making sure that nothing was in it. Poppy returned over to the two,

"Harry wants to see you Mediterania, and...Severus! What happened to your arm?"

Mediterania pulled her hand away as Poppy started to tear into Snape about not saying anything and infections that would happen if he didn't let her work with that right now, laughing softly to herself Mediterania wandered over to Harry's bed. He was still terribly pale and his breathing still seemed slightly labored, but he opened his eyes as Mediterania pulled up a chair and sat next to him. Casting him a smile and taking his hand,

"I'm here Harry."

Forcing his best smile, Harry tried to sit up. Mediterania shook her hand and carefully pushed him back down, "Poppy said you need to rest Harry, she also said you wanted to ask me something."
Harry nodded gently, reaching into the past. "Teri, you dissapeared after the Christmas our last year, now you have returned with so many secrects, what happened?"
Mediterania cast her eyes down, shifting them nervously around to see that Severus was no where in sight, sighing softly she spoke "Love, Life, everything I suppose."
Harry started to speak but with a gently move of her hand, Mediterania cut him off, "I'll tell you, just don't interupt me."