It was now the middle of December and Voldemort had yet to call another Death Eater meeting. At Hogwarts, the students and teachers were preparing for the fast approaching Christmas holidays. Professor Flitwick, with the help of Hagrid and Professor McGonagall were putting up the festive decorations in the Great Hall while the other teachers were working on the other hallways. Several members of Linnet's pack were wondering the halls helping where they could while Vera was down in the dungeons making a fresh batch of cold and flu remedy. After Vera had finished the translucent red liquid and poured it into several bottles, she made her way up to Madam Pomfrey with the vials. Her journey back down to the dungeons was cut short when she froze in the middle of the staircase with a premonition. Racing the rest of the way down several flights of stairs and a couple of hallways, she finally found Linnet in her classroom practicing sword techniques with Rowan.
"My lady, I'm sorry to interrupt but we have a problem" Vera panted.
"What is it" the pack leader asked.
"It would be better if I told you in private" the blonde healer said.
Linnet looked over her shoulder to Rowan who nodded his understanding and left the room. Once they were alone Linnet looked back at Vera.
"I had a premonition about something horrible. He found out the Severus Snape is a spy and a traitor. At the next meeting Snape will be tortured and killed" Vera explained.
Linnet took in all this information and was out the door and running as fast as her paws would take her. The nails on her hind paws left scratches on the smooth tile floor as she struggled for traction on the last corner before reaching Dumbledore's office. She shouted out the password to the gargoyle and raced up the spiral staircase taking them two at a time. She barely knocked before entering the office panting hard. Linnet marched over to where Dumbledore sat behind his desk.
"I'm sorry for the intrusion headmaster but I just received some disturbing news. It has been brought to my attention by Vera that Snape has been made as a spy and will be killed at the next meeting" Linnet exclaimed.
"Are you sure" Dumbledore asked.
"Absolutely, you must not let him go to the meeting Albus" Linnet warned.
Dumbledore assured the wolf that he wolf figure out something to do. Linnet nodded and exited the office only to run back down the stairs and into the dungeons. She first tried Snape's classroom but found that it was empty so she checked his office where she saw him grading a stack of last minute essays before the Christmas break. Linnet entered the small, dark office and shut the door behind her, the noise causing Snape to look up.
"What do you want wolf" he said as he continued to cross out mistakes on the paper before him.
"He knows; He knows you are a spy and is planning to kill you at the next meeting. You mustn't go, stay here and you will be safe" Linnet took the paper away from him to get his attention.
"How can you be sure" Snape eyed her suspiciously.
"Vera had a premonition about it" she leaned forward in her chair and rested her elbows on the edge of his desk.
The potions master searched Linnet's amber eyes for any sign of deceit but found none. Snape leaned far back in his chair, closed his eyes, and pinched the bridge of his nose. He slowly opened his eyes to look at Linnet who just sat there waiting for him to say something. Sighing, he finally opened his mouth to speak.
"Does the headmaster know about this" he said.
"Yes, he has already been informed and is figuring out a plan of action" Linnet replied.
Linnet winced as Snape pushed his chair back and the stone floor, causing it to make a loud scratching sound. The potions master began pacing behind his desk while muttering to himself. Linnet slid her large wolf form out of the chair she was sitting in and walked around to face Snape. She placed her large paw on the man's shoulder to keep him still for a moment.
"Severus, as long as you stay at this castle we will protect you, I will protect you, and everyone else" the wolf said.
Snape didn't say anything and Linnet took this as her cue to leave. She stopped at the door and looked back over her broad shoulder.
"I have a council meeting this coming weekend. We will decide what the best course of action should be" with that said, she pulled the door open and walked up the stairs into the cold December air.
Friday morning came and Linnet wished her pack and fellow colleagues farewell as she departed for the council meeting that was taking place on the Welsh coast. She morphed into her human form and wrapped her cloak tightly around her before mounting her jet-black stallion. Giving the horse a swift kick to the flanks, she took off down the path and out the front gates of the school. She didn't stop at all until she reached the border of England where she spent the night. The next morning before the sun was up, she was on her way again toward the west coast of the island. It took her all of Saturday to reach the Welsh coast and by the time she got to the council headquarters it was already 1:00 a.m. Sunday morning. She led the horse into the stable on prepared for sleep herself. 10:00 a.m. that morning, every lycan representative from Europe was seated at a long U-shaped table with Linnet dead center at the bottom of the U. The discussion went on for hours about how to deal with the situation of Voldemort and the threat it posed to the clans. Eventually, a final decision announced, claiming that if any follower of Voldemort were to be found on lycan territory they were to be terminated immediately. With everything settled they lycan elders went their separate way and returned to their homelands. Linnet arrived back at Hogwarts early Wednesday morning. She reported the agreement to the rest of her pack as well as Dumbledore before heading towards her room for some well-deserved sleep. That night the sword fighting class was taught by only Rowan, when the class inquired the reason whey Linnet was not there he simply answered that she had just gotten back from a long trip earlier that morning. The class seemed to find this an acceptable answer and continued with their lesson. Linnet showed up to breakfast the next morning and was pulled aside by Snape, who hadn't yet heard the about the outcome of the meeting.
"What is going to happen" he whispered in her ear.
"Every elder from Europe agreed that if a Death Eater or any other follower of the Dark Lord is spotted on lycan territory they will be killed on the spot. And as far as you go, I would recommend not leaving Hogwarts grounds without one of us" she explained.
Snape nodded but was still less than thrilled that he needed a chaperone to leave the castle grounds.