Author's notes - The main character of Abby is my own, however, I have borrowed some great characters from the Harry Potter series written by JK Rowling. I am basing my story on her series background, however, please excuse any errors as I have taken liberties in order to make this story my own.

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"Merlin, we've only got two weeks until the start of the new school year, Moine, and we still haven't caught that bloody git yet." Ron pulled his feet up the stairs, cursing under his breath.

Opening the door to the room, Hermoine swept back to allow the grumpy man passage into the room first, before shutting the door behind her.

"It's all clear guys, you can come out!" she called, as the heads of Bill, Tonks and Mr. Weasley popped out from under invisibility cloaks. They quickly shed the cloaks, placing them on one of the full sized beds and then gathered around the small table for their weekly meeting.

"I gather you have been here for a while Mr. Weasley," Hermoine stated as she wrapped a shawl around her shoulders; it was freezing in the room. Hermoine knew not to complain about Mr. Weasley's curiosity about the temperature control, as this was much better then when they had arrived back to the hotel room the week before. They had walked out of the dry baking sunshine into a humid 95-degree room, with the heater blowing full blast.

"I'm sorry it's so cold in here, dear. But Tonks adjusted the controls when she arrived and she assures me it will be back to normal soon." Mr. Weasley stated sheepishly, his eyes growing large as he glanced towards the hotel sized refrigerator.

Trying to keep his attention focused, Hermoine announced, "Let's call this meeting to order. We can start on what Ron, Bill and I have accomplished this week."

"Not a fucking thing" Ron muttered darkly under his breath. Hermoine ignored his comment and continued on as if she hadn't heard.

"We know that after leaving the school, Severus stayed in the house he had lived in while teaching for another three weeks. Then without informing anyone, he leaves the house without a trace. Bill has been watching the house, while Ron and I have been talking to people in the neighborhood and no body has seen him."

"It was a good idea of you, Hermoine, to invent that story about Severus being your long, lost father. With the town so taken with Abby's story, they can't help but be swept into your own." Tonks broke in.

Hermoine had to smile at her own brilliance. "Yes, it was a good idea, however, it hasn't helped much, as we have no idea where he has gone."

Mr. Weasley cleared his throat, "That's not entirely true, I have some news on that as well. But let's hear from the rest before I give my news. Tonks, you go next. I already know about your news and we need to get it out of the way."

Tonks took a breath and shook her head. Light brown bushy curls floated around her head as her eyes twinkled, "Well, maybe I can fool you into all thinking I'm brilliant too. Since you aren't going to like my news." As all eyes turned towards her, she shook her head again and the hair shrunk back into it's normal spiky cut, the color a soft cotton candy pink.

"Lucius Malfoy has gotten permission from the Ministry to open a school of magic, which will be located outside of Hogsmeade, within a short distance of Hogwarts." she paused, allowing everyone time to shut their gaping mouths. "No one was for the school, but we had no reason for not allowing the school. He had all the plans and documentation correct, along with funds. There was nothing we could find wrong, so we had to approve it. However, we where able to make one stipulation. He has to allow us to place two people of our choice within the school, as instructors and board members. We've discussed this with the other members of the Order and we have decided that Hermoine can handle this watch on her own, until school starts and Bill and Ron will leave immediately to take their place at the new school. Hermoine, we feel that you will be ok here alone, as we are only a portkey away. If you haven't learned of any new leads in another 10 of so days then we'll just have to forget about Severus Snape."

Hermoine was not worried about being on her own, as she was more then capable of taking care of herself, so she was surprised when Mr. Weasley stated softly, "No, that isn't going to work," before dropping the rest of the bucket on them.

" Severus was sighted at home, in Knockturn Alley, yesterday."

Questions and curses immediately rang through the air, "What was he doing there?" Hermoine asked. "I can't believe the bloody bastard was home, right under our noses, while we've been sweating our asses off in this god awful oven!" Ron swore. "How are we sure it was him?" Tonks asked. Bill remained quite, however, the cold glint in his eyes revealed his feelings on the subject at hand.

"Abby was shopping with Molly at Diagon Alley yesterday. Molly and Jenn where resting at Fred's when Abby spotted him. Hagrid lost her when she took off after him. When Hagrid found her, Snape had just hit her with a spell and he took off. Hagrid was so worried about Abby that he did not follow him."

Tonks interrupted, "Is she alright?"

"She's just fine. Actually, Severus did her more good than harm." He then explained to them what had happened to Abby earlier that morning. "Harry notified me as soon as he learned it was Severus who had performed the un-binding spell. He's just as confused as I am, as it does not fit in with Severus' character to do something so kind. Plus, there is the fact that if he was the one to un-bind the girl then he must have been the one to bind her as well, which means that Abbigail trusted him. We can only think that he must have used some type of charm or spell against her to trick her into that trust. Only, we haven't yet figured out why he would want to keep Abby's powers a secret until now."

The group discussed this information for several minutes, none of their idea's sounding reasonable. At a loss, they called the meeting to an end. They had decided that Hermoine would stay in the States as they had decided before, as Severus Snape seemed to be on the run again. There was a slight chance that he may return to his safe house in Texas. Bill and Ron would continue on to the new school, Draconiss, on the off chance that an old Death Eater friend, Lucius, would allow him protection at the new school. Tonks and Mr. Weasley would return home to their families and their work at the Ministry. Within an hour, Hermoine found herself alone in the hotel room.

After trying to entertain herself for thirty minutes by flipping through the hotel cable, she decided that it would be best to set up a watch at Severus' house. Hermoine had already broken the wards he had set up for protection. She was sure she could stay in the small house undetected, plus she would be there if Severus were to show up, unexpectedly.

Before nightfall she had transported all of her belongings to the house, putting her things in the main bedroom. She put a charm on the house, which gave it the appearance of a dark lonely house from the outside, but allowed her to turn on all the lights within the house un-noticed. She could even turn on the radio, without the sound being detected.

Hermoine stayed in the house for two days before venturing out for supplies. Convinced that Severus would show up at the house while she was gone, she left long enough to obtain supplies before hurrying back. She had found Severus' books in the den. Three sets of ceiling to floor shelves held books on everything imaginable, from Muggle fiction works, to potion books, to books on the Dark Arts. Hermoine was very curious about those, however, she told herself that she should not read them. Finally, after being alone in the house for 48 hours, she settled down for the night with one of the mysterious books.

She read until her eyes grew heavy and blurred. She slid her bookmark into place and shut the book. It was very 'enlightening'. Shutting her eyes, she drifted off to sleep.

She was awakened a while later by some type of noise. Opening one eye, she noticed that the room was still pitch black. She could hear sounds coming from the other side of the room, the muffled sound of something soft falling to the floor. Her senses already on edge from the book, she was too frightened to react when the bedcovers on the other side of the bed where pulled back. She could feel the cool air of the night against her skin as the sheet was lifted. Long ago when she and Ron had been lovers, she had developed a passion for sleeping in the nude. The mattress dipped to one side as someone slid into the bed beside her. A scream caught in her throat as she realized whoever had just climbed into bed with her was just as naked as she. As their skin touched, she heard a man's rich baritone voice question, "What the hell?" before he jumped from the bed, pulling the covers from Hermoine's grip.

"Lights" he called out a moment before the bedside lamps turned on. "My god!" she heard him say, before she turned her eyes towards the voice. Standing in front of her, was the naked form of her ex-potions master. She watched as his eyes traveled from the top of her body to her feet, then traveled slowly back up. As he took in her long legs, the patch of softly curling hair between them, her rounded hips, her generous breasts, she watched him. His black eyes, grew smoky. The only time she had ever seen a trace of emotion on his face. His lips slightly quirked to one side as he gazed over her. His pale skin shown in the lamplight. His body was thin, but not overly skinny, his shoulders strong as his waist and hips narrowed. His chest was bare except for a small scar on his right side below his collarbone. His flat rose colored nipples where the only color on his pale chest. A small thin line of dark curls ran from below his chest cavity to his belly button and below. Her eyes followed the path downward quickly to the floor. His bare feet stood on the floor. Raising her gaze again, she followed up his legs, which where built like a runner, well toned, with slightly larger thigh muscles then she had imagined. Once again, she drew her gaze higher, until she was staring at his genitals. His pubic hair was dense with thick black curls, his sac full and heavy. She watched as his penis began to grow and rise, until it pointed directly at her.

Hermoine was very confused when she looked up into the eyes of Severus Snape. She knew that she should be covering herself. She knew that she should be doing something to capture this man who had caused so much heartache. However, somewhere in the back of her mind, she knew there was more to the story. She also knew that her ex-professor was staring at her with not only lust but also with need. She could see the passion burning in his eyes, yet she could also see the pain behind them. Opening her arms, as she had often dreamed of doing during her schoolgirl crush days, she welcomed the man back into the bed.

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Sorry it tool me so long to update. I was busy throwing a girls night out party. It was the first party like that I have ever had, I've never had so much fun, and been so embarrassed at the same time! If anyone reading this who lives between Dallas and Austin wants to have one, go to www dot

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