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Chapter Four

By the light, almost wary footsteps behind him, Severus knew the Evans girl was following as he lead the way down to the dungeons.

'Gods, what did I do to deserve this?', he thought grudgingly.

"Well, whatever you did, the punishment could have been a lot.", was the reply, however, it came from the Evans girl.

"Stay out of my mind, girl!", he snarled.

"Don't think so loudly then, Severus.", Kalye retorted.

Stopping in front of a portrait of a herd of unicorns, Severus spun around to face Kalye.

"If you are going to address me, girl, you will address me as 'Professor'.", he hissed. To the portrait he said, "She will set the password.", he then spun on his heels and left

"The password is 'Power of the Guardians'.", she told the unicorns, thinking to herself,' Thank you, Dumbledore. Thank you ever so much for reminding me what I am and why I'm here.'

Walking in to her rooms, Kalye stopped and stared. Her rooms looked just like her ones at the academy.

Her living room had a large fireplace with a big over-stuffed couch in front of it. The other side of the room was a training area. It had a punching bag, mats, and a lot of other things for fighting and self-defense. Also, in a corner off to the side, was an entertainment center.

In her bedroom her full-sized bed was in a corner facing west. The whole north wall was lined with bookcases just waiting to be filled. Her writing desk, facing south, had a compartment for her laptop.

Her office and classroom were empty except for desks and stools for the students and a larger desk and chair for herself in each room.

Walking back into her private rooms, Kalye summoned her things from the acdemy and set to work putting her things away.

When lunch rolled around, Kalye pulled out a pair of hip-hugger jeans and a cute Slytherin green tee that showed her middriff. Putting them on, she slipped on a pair of sandals and headed to the Great Hall.

Kalye the Hall through the double doors and headed for the Teachers' Table.

Looking around, Kalye saw that the only seat open was the one next to Severus Snape.

"Hello, Severus. I hope you're ready for that duel you promised me this morning?" Kalye said with false sweetness.

"If you wanted to prove how useless you are so soon, all you had to do was ask, Miss Evans." Severus pointed out sarcasstically, sending a challenge her way.

"If you can wait until after I eat, Severus, then I'll wipe the floor with your pathetic atempts at magic." Kalye replied sweetly, accepting the challenge and sending one in return.

"I'll just asked the Headmaster to set up the hall while you eat." Severus replied, eyes glittering dangerously.

By now the entire staff was watching them, wondering if they would still have a dueling professor by the end of the day. It was obvious that both were confident duelists and neither of them had plans of losing. Hopefully, they wouldn't kill each other.