Chapter 2: Introductions and Popsicles

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Severus awoke the next morning in a rather good mood, he had had a particularly good nights sleep and for once he was feeling rather well rested. And then the events of the night before began to race through his mind. He looked at the clock, it was 8:00.

'Great I have one hour before those twin brats arrive' he thought to himself. He got took a shower, got dressed and made his way to the Great Hall. He didn't feel much like eating anything so he drank some pumpkin juice and went to Dumbledore's office. Walking up the stairs he felt a little nervous something he had not felt since the days he was a deatheater.

'I can't believe Dumbledore talked me into doing this' he opened the door to Dumbledore's office and saw two small children sitting on the floor playing with a sneak o scope. The girl had long dark brown curly hair that could almost be mistaken for black and the biggest blackest eyes Severus had ever seen. The boy looked exactly the same except his hair was much shorter and his eyes weren't black but a very dark blue."

Dumbledore, seeing the surprised look on Severus's face said,

"I woke up rather early this morning and look the liberty of collecting the children from their foster home myself."

"I see." said Severus who was staring at the toddlers.

"Rachel, Casey, this is you uncle Severus Snape.

"Sevis Snake?" Questioned Casey.

Rachel got up and walked over to Snape and said " I'm Rachel and dis is Casey, he my brother."

"Um…nice to meet you, Rachel." said a very confused Snape.

"She's a very advanced speaker for her age, her brother on the other hand is a bit shyer than she is."

Rachel ran back to her brother and started whispering something in his ear, although she was doing it so loudly that Dumbledore and Severus could hear what she was saying quite clearly.

"Dat Sevis he not a snake."

At that Dumbleodre and Snape both laughed a little bit.

"Well Severus," said Dumbledore getting up "I have to floo to the ministry for an errand so I will be back in a little while if you need me."

"What?" Snape said surprised, but….

"I'm sure you will do just fine." said Dumbledore as he threw the floo powder in to the fire and jumped into the green flames.

"Where did Dundledore going?" asked Rachel

"What? O you mean where is Dumbledore going?"

"Where?" repeated Rachel

"O he just had to run an errand and…" but he was cut off by Casey saying

"I'm hungry, can I have a Popsicle Sevis pweeeeze."

"Me too! Me too!" said Rachel who was jumping up and down. "I want a gween one pweeeze Sevis."

Severus thought to himself where in the world was he going to get a Popsicle.

"Um…..well the house elves might have some down in the kitchen."

"Den let's go!" said Rachel grabbing Severus's hand and trying to pull him toward the door. "Come on Casey let's go."

Casey got up and took hold of Snapes other hand and they began walking to the kitchens.

They walked down the hallway to where the picture of fruit was and Severus, letting go of Casey's had got out his wand and tapped on the picture with it. The painting swung open and reveled a giant white kitchen with hundreds of house elves running around preparing four long wooden tables for lunch. Snape picked up Casey and Rachel and went through the secret opening.

"Why is dat door fruit?" asked Rachel.

"It is not fruit, it is merely a painting of fruit, and it is a secret entrance to the kitchen." explained Severus.

"What are dose?" asked Casey pointing at the house elves.

"Those are house elves" several house elves came running up to Snape. One elf with very large ears asked Severus if he could do anything for them.

"I need two green Popsicles."

"Right away sir." said another house elf.

Severus felt a tug at his hand and he looked down.

"I don't want a green one." said Casey shyly.

"Well what color do you want.?"

"Um…. Strawberry" Casey said.

"Strawberry is not a color."

"Yes."

"Yes, what." said Snape feeling a bit annoyed.

"Um….. Um…." said Casey and he ran over to Rachel and whispered something to her.

"Casey wants a blue one." said Rachel to one of the house elves.

The house with the very large ear was back in no time at all carrying a blue and a green Popsicle.

"Here you are little sir and madam" said the house elf giving the children there Popsicles.

"Would you like anything else sir?" asked another house elf.

" No that will be all, thank you."

They walked down to the dungeons and entered the potions classroom. Rachel and Casey looked at all the jars filled with unknown parts and ingredients in them.

"What are dose?" asked Casey

"Those are something, that you will never touch no matter what. Ok?"

"Why?" asked Rachel looking curiously at the jars.

"Because I said so" replied Snape.

"Why do you say so?" asked Casey.

"Because those jars have monsters in them and if you touch them they will escape from the jars" Said Snape making up a reason.

"Monsters?" asked Rachel

"Yes"

"Can I see them?" asked Rachel.

"No!" yelled Casey. "If there are monsters they might eat duh Popsicles."

"Exactly" said Severus before Rachel could reply. "So lets go and get you to settled into your new room."

"Ok" said Rachel who was looking back at the jars.

They entered Snapes room, it had a green carpet and a fire place and around the fire place was a black couch and two large armchairs. The walls were lined with rows and rows of potion books all neatly arranged and there was a small kitchen and two more rooms in the back.

Snape walked into one of the rooms bringing the two children with him. Inside the room there was one large bed which he transfigured into two child size beds and two dressers with mirrors and a picture of the Slytherine house symbol on the wall. The beds had green and black sheets on them and the pillows had pictures of yellow cartoon snakes willing around on them. There things had already been brought up and their clothes were already in the dressers and their toys were neatly put in the toy box.

"This is your room." he said to the children, mine is right next to this one.

Casey and Rachel ran to the toy box and Casey got out a toy truck and Rachel go out a little stuffed toy lamb and some children's books and began reading the books (although the book she was trying to read was upside down) to the lamb.

'Well there settled' thought Snape and he got a book of the shelf leaving the door to there room open so he could keep an eye on them and sat down in one of the chairs and began to read the book.

'That's over finally. I guess it could have been worse ' thought Severus to himself. ' The girl definatly could be a Slytherine but I dunno about the boy. He reminds me more of Longbottom' Pondered Snape wondering how anyone who was like Nevil could possible come from a pure blood family. He picked up the potion book and began reading. Then he heard a noise that was so horrible and loud that he couldn't possible imagine what was making it.