Seven Years Later.
Snape's Revenge Part II : Back to Bite in the Ass!
Chapter 4 Part 2
By: Deep Shadows and EckoStalker
Author's Note: Start your engines. oh and Next chapter will let you guys in on our main plot thingy.
Aaron got home form his second night on graveyard. He was exhausted, cold, and wanted breakfast before he went to bed. He heard yelling from upstairs and his thoughts went from Yea, food to What now?. He took off his cloak and threw it in the closet. As he walked back around the stairs he saw a large amount of the household moving to the Dining room. There were a lot of angry faces and Lupin had Snape in the police hold. Do I even want to know... Of course I do... He thought as Artimis dragged Alexis down the stairs, and letting her go, both still in their nightclothes. He heard Artimis yell at Hailey and Hermione and decided to meet them in the Dining room. He entered to great snickering and his attention was immediately drawn to the Slytherin wall. There was large pieces of paper from some sort of journal. He read the words and grew angry, realizing this as a ploy to embarrass the already fragile Hailey. Artimis, Hailey and Hermione entered the room all looking flustered. Artimis and Hailey immediately looked at the wall. Hailey eyes grew wide and Aaron suppressed anger. Artimis grabbed Hailey before she could flee and Aaron moved towards them, preparing to stop Artimis if he needed to. My life... Agrhhh... Women aren't worth the hassle.
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Artimis stormed upstairs after shoving Alexis towards the Dining room. Hailey and Hermione were on Hermione's floor picking up books and replacing them on her shelves. "Dining Room. Now." Artimis hissed. Both girls looked at Artimis's anger and tear stricken face and moved without a word down the stairs. Artimis followed angered and hurt beyond expression. {Alexis... You betrayed my trust}
(I swear I didn't. There is no way this is true)
{For your sake it better come out its not...} Artimis thought as she entered the room. Her attention was drawn to her house wall and she grew red in the face. She read the passages of journal entries like, "I love Draco so much." and "I wish he was mine instead of that girl Artimis's." Artimis quickly saw Hailey run for it but Artimis grasped her arm, her anger boiling.
"Hailey, when were you going to tell me?" Artimis asked, in mock sweetness.
"I... uh.... This isn't.... Um..." Hailey stammered near tears. Artimis glared and began to pace in front of her, her eyes never leaving Hailey's fear stricken one. "Well? Hailey. I never knew you had such feelings towards me or Draco." Artimis hissed, her eyes narrowing.
"But... this... I didn't... How...." Hailey Stammered and Aaron rushed to her side. "Artimis. She can't stand this kind of embarrassment. Let it go."
"Let it go, AARON! You haven't been home long enough. I found Snape and Alexis together, Draco knows I have a thing for Snape, Hermione's work is all messed with and Now someone has pasted Hailey diary for all to see, noting the points where she admits to liking Draco! This is not something I can LET GO!" She hollered. Then all of a sudden the wheels in her head started turning. She maintained a mental wall against Alexis and pondered, Alexis and Snape, a pairing that would be unthinkable, Hermione's works askew, Hailey's journal..... Maybe there is something to this.... She thought as she turned to look at the not dressed, smirking Snape. She sneered at Alexis who cringed and stormed to the Kitchen, intent on finding an answer.-------------------Alexis mentally tried to convince Artimis that NOTHING had happened. But Artimis was too damn caught up with her own sorrows to care what Alexis thought. But... then what did happen... I don't remember, anything... Alexis thought to herself, tears streaming down her face as Artimis finally let go of her, and she crumpled to the floor. Looking up, Alexis saw what caused her release so suddenly.
Ron came up behind Alexis and helped her up, setting her in a chair and standing behind her. Across from her, Lupin sat holding Snape's hands down on the table, with one hand.
Alexis looked down at her lap, silent, and felt eyes on her. Slowly, she looked up, and locked gazes with Snape. She cringed as he smirked at her.
[ You never did say good morning... I thought you had more manners, but then again the way you acted]
Alexis stiffened, her eyes widening in fear. No one noticed the two staring intently at each other, everyone too busy listening to Artimis and Hailey. He smiled evilly, licked his lips gently, smiling once again. [ Chocolate. Very nice taste, still lingering and all so sweet. I do miss the taste of your sweat though...] Snape's eyebrows raised at her and she stiffened her back again.
( Shut the fuck up, you lying bastard!! Nothing happened last night!!... cause... I don't, remember it...) Alexis trailed off fearfully, eyes blazing.
[Like I said, I'd be more than willing to refresh your memory... I am slightly offended that you don't remember, but all of it must have been to much for your mind to process... what is the last thing you remember...] Snape's eyes held a glint of sarcasm, but his face was still smirking.
Alexis shivered, her thoughts unwilling going to her last memory of the night before. Snape saw through her mind the image. Alexis walking by him on the stairs, and him... smirking. She watched Severus's smile grow as he looked at her. [ I see you lost memory of your actions that brought us to this as well as the event at hand... Would you like to know what happened?... I could tell you]
Alexis shook her head erratically, she cringed into her chair, staring at him pleadingly. (SHUT UP!!! Stop, now)
[ are you sure... I figured you would like to know that it was you who made the move, not I... I was rather surprised... You leaping at me on the stairs, me minding my own business, suddenly attacked by a former student... Then of course you dragging me to that dreaded 'tower' of yours... I feared you were going to kill me... But I got a bit of a surprise... Are you sure you don't remember? I remember quite clearly...] Snape's mental voice lowered in a seductive tone and Alexis tried to shut it out.
"Alexis WHYTE! In the kitchen NOW! Hailey YOU TOO!" Artimis yelled sticking her head through the door.
Alexis jumped up, staring at Snape hatefully, she yelled aloud. "YOU... FUCKING...LIAR!!'' she glared to Artimis. "I'm coming. Hold your damn horses!"
Artimis glared and Alexis stormed in the kitchen, clearly teed off.--------------------------Artimis clapped her hands as she entered the kitchen. The house elves all appeared and Artimis sat down on the floor. The house elves all looked at her and she smiled, "Ok guys, I want to know where Snape was all last night and where Alexis was too." She said and they looked at each other.
"Well Mistress, Ms. Alexis left you in your study at about 10 pm ma'am. She head to the third floor." Winky said.
Tabby stepped forward, "I worked on the third floor last night, and Ms. Alexis went to bed at about 10 twenty. Mr. Severus was in the library till 10 fifteen but then he passed miss Alexis on the stairs and she glared at him and went to her room..."
'He went to his room for bit ma'am cause I was in his bathroom cleaning, " Cleo stated fearfully. Artimis smiled and had them continue the tracing of Snape's footsteps and her own. She added the numbers of everything that was done by these two. Smiling as Dobby added in, "We don't like Professor Snape, he is mean, Ma'am."
"Don't worry Dobby, he wont be here for much longer." Artimis said standing. So he thought that this was perfect, that he'd never get caught, he laid his trail out perfectly, crossing his t's and dotting his i's. He just forgot that I can know everything... If he can plan so can we..... Time to inform my dear enemies.... hehehe She thought as she pulled on a look of anger and yelled for Alexis and Hailey to come in. She cringed when Alexis made the horse comment. Alexis entered behind Hailey and Artimis stared at her dropping he mental wall. Hailey just sat on the bar stool and waited her turn for a verbal lashing.
{ I really hate that you know}
(Who gives a shit... I am so pissed...) Alexis replied snarky.
{ Good.... Cause Snape set us up....} Artimis said with calm reserve.
"WHAT!!!!!" Alexis yelled and Hailey jumped. Artimis looked to the house elves and told them to start banging pots against the door. "Hailey, Alexis, Snape set us up. He planted the journal entries to make me mad at Hailey. He planted himself and his clothing to make me kill Alexis. He messed up Hermione's room and then he just played on it." Artimis said lowly under the noise of the pots.
"Listen to this!" Alexis shouted, sending Artimis the conversation she had just had with Snape.
"Disgusting! He's a good liar then!" She shouted.
Hailey just looked as if Artimis had stabbed her with a butter knife, "He set us up?! Why??!!" "Who cares WHY! All I care about is KILLING SOMEONE!" Alexis shouted, slamming her fist on the marble countertop.
"I have a plan. Hailey, I am going to kick you out in a minute. Drag Hermione away and tell her. Them come back in when you hear Snape yell or me start hollering. Hailey, you have her explain to the boys while we take Snape for a bit of a tumble lesson." Hailey nodded, relieved that she got to live another day. Artimis took her by the collar, making her face twist into one of rage and she swung open the door, tossing Hailey out. " Go cry to your mommy, little kid. I don't have the patience of the time for your whining!" She yelled, slamming the door. Then she went back to Alexis. "I get him first." Alexis growled. Artimis nodded, but put her hand up.
"We can't just go attack him. We have to make it look to him like his plan worked. Here's the deal...." Artimis said as the house elves dropped pots and shouted at each other to pick them up.
Draco sat in wonder and amusement as he read Hailey's lust for him. Hmm... I could sleep in her room tonight... That would teach Artimis... he thought as Artimis stormed into the kitchen. He shrugged and continued reading. When Artimis called Alexis and Hailey in he decided to listen to the fray soon to ensue. Sure enough he heard Artimis hollering and throwing pots at Alexis and Hailey who must have been standing by the door cause Artimis kept missing. He heard Alexis yell back and then Artimis tossed Hailey out. He could have swore that he saw a slight smirk in her eyes as she slammed the door closed. Next thing he knew Artimis flung the doors open and stood on in front of Snape, hands on her hips. "You are an asshole..........." He lost focus of her yelling cause a white wolf had sauntered out from behind Artimis. He saw Alexis's form stalk Artimis and crouch, preparing to pounce. One look at Artimis let him know, that Artimis had no idea Alexis was there. Alexis went still and crouched low and Draco yelled "Behind you Artimis!" as Alexis leapt. Artimis dropped and Alexis sailed off Artimis's back, leaping instead at Severus, who fell over at her weight. Artimis quickly flipped over the table and ended up sitting on the table, watching Alexis growl at Snape as she pinned him, shifting to her smaller more vicious human form. Next thing he knew the other doors slammed open and Hermione yelled, "Alright guys! LISTEN UP!" He turned to her and she loudly explained how Snape had set up the girls and the entire household. Fury was an understatement for all the men in the room, save the fear from Severus.---------------------Alexis snickered to herself as she followed Artimis out of the kitchen, shifting into her wolf form. Everyone watched as Alexis was seen stalking Artimis, who was oblivious. Draco started it all off, warning Artimis and Artimis ducking to give Alexis the perfect boost. Alexis flew through the air and tackled Snape to the ground. She shifted back to her human form, wearing probably the most evilest smirk she ever had since the battle in her school days. Severus, shocked, looked fearfully into her blazing green eyes.
Alexis grasped him around his throat, thinking unconsciously. (I'mmmm gonna kill ya!... I'mmmm gonna kill ya!...) Snape and Artimis alike listened to the ranting. No one interfered, being the smart choice. Alexis tightened her grip and slammed him several times into the stone floor, a dizzied look coming across Snape's features as his head cracked against it. "You sick, sadistic bastard!" She screamed, sitting on his stomach harshly, kneeing him in the groin in the process. Snape winced, holding his breath. Alexis yelled again" What the hell were you thinking!?" She took one hand from his throat and punched him in his face. Several times.
Snape wrapped an arm around her neck and slammed her to the ground beside him, scowling painfully. Alexis growled inhumanely and bit his arm. He let go, yelping, and Alexis jumped up, kicking him in the side. He cringed and tripped her. "Hell no! You didn't..." Alexis smirked under her breath as she sat up on an elbow and jabbed her other in his kidneys. She jumped again onto his stomach. She said in a deep voice, an insane glint coming into her eyes. ."You'll wish you NEVER messed with me..." Snape struggled, to get away this time as the temperature in the room rose a few degrees. Alexis punched him again in the jaw and laughed and his whimpering. She gripped his hair and yanked, then she slammed him back on the ground. He swung desperately, catching her a few times, but she was oblivious to the hits as she tried to choke him yet again. Her vision was going fuzzy, turning green at the edges and she saw Snape sweating profusely.
(I'mmmm gonna kill ya!) Alexis felt a hand on her shoulder and her eyes widened in surprise as Artimis pulled her off Snape and slammed her against the nearest wall, the familiar green flames licking around her body as if they were alive. Artimis shouted something, but Alexis smiled and struggled to jump back on Severus, who was cringing on the floor. The last sight she saw was Artimis's fist heading her way.
"See what happens when you play with fire. You get burned. Now I wonder how much you are fearing me. I really just want to smack you with a pan and get this over with but hey I like to play with my prey before hand." At the sound of Artimis lowly saying prey everyone straightened up. Prey from Alexis was bad, but prey from Artimis was worst., she was indeed the cruelest when it came to the two.
{Alexis told me about your little conversation}
"Care to share?" She said aloud. Snape just sat there looking at her and she smirked. She kneeled down at his feet and whispered in his ear, "You spill or I do. Either way your in deep shit and you have to find your way out. I won't protect you this time." She smiled sweetly and backed up looking him in the eyes. He pulled a looked of 'whatever' on his face.
"Suit yourself. Ron, Snape didn't not sleep with Alexis, He tried to make it look like it to piss all of us off. He expected you to profess your like for her and you to be so embarrassed you would not do anything to him. Remus, He expected you to get on Alexis for sleeping with one of your colleagues. ...." Artimis looked at the two who stood up and walked forward. "Nope, He's mine! You just sit there and wait your turn." She looked back to Severus, who was wheezing and trying to breath. "What's the matter Sev? Wolf got your tongue?" He glared as he painfully sat himself up.
[Watch it Callabella. Thin ice]
{Snape You are lucky I am in control of my emotions or you would be dead! So be a MAN and fess up or Let me do it!}
"Draco, Dear he expected me to get mad at Alexis and admit I had feelings for him, making a wedge in our relationship. I am sorry for breaking your jaw." She said quietly as he rubbed his bruised and broken face. She turned to Hermione., standing back up and moving to sit by Snape's head, since he had laid back down. "Hermione, my guess is he messed up your room to get you mad at the twins instead of him cause who would suspect Him to do it if he was with Alexis. In a nutshell he set us all up to fight each other and him to get off Scott free. He told me yesterday morning that he had more years of messing with people. This was his payback for us making him look like a girl. The personal attack on Alexis was not only for that but for all those years at school. So Severus, any last words?"
Severus growled at Artimis grasping her arm and tossing her to the ground beside him. "You deserved it. Alexis needed to be taught that torture is not the way to introduce someone to their surroundings. You needed to learn that everything is not under your control, Hermione needed to learn perfection is not everything, and Hailey needed some public exposure." He said, climbing over to her and looking her in the face. His blood trickled out of his nose and dripped on her cheek but she just looked at him. She firmly grasped his shoulder and flipped over pinning him under her. "You are not our parent or our Teacher any longer. We were planning on making the other night up to you, and apologizing. Whether or not you saw fit that we needed a lesson you nearly killed at least three relationships. Mine and Alexis's friendship, Mine and Draco's relationship and Remus's relationship with Alexis. YOU HAD NO RIGHT!" She hissed her face leering over his. She smiled sweetly looked to Draco who was turning many shades of angry red and then back to Severus. "I think I may have to protect you. We do need to return you to Dumbledore in at least one piece." She said smirking. She quickly pulled back her fist and hit him in the jaw and his head looked back just as Alexis started to moan."MAN THAT FELT GOOD!" Artimis said, getting off of Snape. She picked him up and carried him out of the room, Hailey following. They walked him upstairs and tossed him on his bed. Artimis wrote him a quick note and hung it from a string in front of him.
"Breakfast?" Artimis asked.
"I think so, but you better get dressed." Hailey replied.
"You get to cook this morning. Me and Draco need to talk." Artimis replied walking out of the room and locking the door. Hailey smiled and went downstairs just as Draco walked up. He opened up the door for her and closed it behind them. Neither of them were seen all day.-----------------------------------Alexis moaned and awoke, gazing around dizzily. "What tree did I run into?" she mumbled, watching Artimis drag a semi-conscious Snape out of the room. Her jaw throbbed horribly and she remembered very little since she stalked out in wolf form from the kitchen. She fuzzily saw Ron rushing towards her worriedly. He kneeled next to her and helped her sit up. "You alright?"
"Hmmm... did I beat the shit out of Snape?"
"Um... yeah."
"Then I'm perfectly fine."
She rubbed her jaw and Ron picked her up to her feet. She wavered, then slurred, "Think I could do with a nap."
Ron supported her and escorted her up towards her third floor room. As they proceeded up the stairs, Alexis wavered and her knees gave out. Ron scooped her up into his arms as she fell asleep. He proceeded to her room, gently sitting on her bed against her headboard as Alexis napped cradled in his arms. In the middle of her nap, Ron cramped and slowly shifted, slowly setting her on her bed. He thought a moment, then moved to a nearby stone chair in Alexis's room, not wanting a repeat of this morning and knowing this was a much safer position.-----------------
Severus let Remus hold his arms knowing that if he struggled Remus might lose control. Alexis sat across from him and he decided to have some fun with her. She looked up at his staring eyes and he initiated a conversation. Starting in on her not saying good morning, hinting to the way he would expect her to react, were she interested in attacking someone in such a way. She didn't respond and he decided that it best if he taunt her till she did something to upset Artimis. He thought about Alexis and her bragging about her new chocolate lip gloss. He suddenly had an evil idea and licked his lips. He knew Alexis was watching so he simply mentally commented on it and then slid in a comment about her sweat for good measure. She shuddered and simply told him nothing happened simply because she could not remember. That was when he decided to make a nice little tale to add salt to the wound. I'll make her think she initiated the tryst. That will tip her over the edge. He thought as he asked her if she would like him to refresh her memory. She yelled mentally for him to shut up and he decide to go on without her consent.
[Are you sure... I figured you would like to know that it was you who made the move, not I... I was rather surprised... You leaping at me on the stairs, me minding my own business, suddenly attacked by a former student... Then of course you dragging me to that dreaded 'tower' of yours... I feared you were going to kill me... But I got a bit of a surprise... Are you sure you don't remember? I remember quite clearly...] He thought to her. She was summoned by Artimis and quickly stood up shouting aloud to him. He snickered inwardly as she stormed towards the door. Suddenly Remus was in his face.
"What did you say to her?" Remus demanded, letting go of his wrists in favor of gripping his shoulders.
"I simply told her the truth about us last night. Nothing more nothing less." Snape replied relaxing and smiling calmly.
"Severus. I will get you for this. I am sure that Alexis would want nothing to do with you and that you either made her or tricked her into all of this! You will pay!" Lupin hissed at him and Severus wondered if he took his payback to far. He pushed the thought aside as Artimis threw Hailey out. Remus leapt up and moved to his chair glaring at Snape. Severus simply smiled and waited for the verbal fireworks about to leave the kitchen. He was surprised when Artimis came out and started yelling at him. He didn't quite catch it all but he heard Draco and saw Artimis duck. Alexis landed on Artimis's back and leapt towards him as he thought They know.
He fell out of his chair and rolled with her atop him. She quickly began yelling at him and beating him. When she kneed him in the groin he went into defense mode. She slammed her of and she kneed him in the side. The throbbing from his banged head was all he could feel at Alexis punched him in the nose, probably breaking it. The temperature rose and he cringed in preparation. She was thrown off, and Artimis began her tirade of informing the house of his plan. He listened to most of it, his mind blacking out occasionally. When she asked him if he had any last words he blew a fuse. He flipped her over and moved over her intending to scare her. "You deserved it. Alexis needed to be taught that torture is not the way to introduce someone to their surroundings. You needed to learn that everything is not under your control, Hermione needed to learn perfection is not everything, and Hailey needed some public exposure."
In Artimis's eyes he saw controlled anger, sorrow and pain. She closed her eyes and tossed him over, leaping atop him. She smiled over him, reminding himself of his earlier actions and she hissed out to him, "You are not our parent or our Teacher any longer. We were planning on making the other night up to you, and apologizing. Whether or not you saw fit that we needed a lesson you nearly killed at least three relationships. Mine and Alexis's friendship, Mine and Draco's relationship and Remus's relationship with Alexis. YOU HAD NO RIGHT!" He felt her shift her weight to her right arm as she cocked her left arm above her head. the last thing he saw of the kitchen was her fist and he thought he read her mind saying, {You deserve it but I'm sorry...} As he was tossed into unconsciousness. He came aware in someone's arms but didn't move for fear of beginning attacked again. He passed out in the person he knew to be Artimis's arms thinking on the irony of this. He felt himself tossed aside and some shuffling followed by a slamming door. He sat up and looked at a note dangling from the ceiling of his four poster bed. 'Severus, We will Not unlock your door until you apologize. You deserved this and we wanted to say we we're sorry for Ladie's Night. If you need any medic-potions you better apologize soon. When you are ready call for Tabby and she will tell me. Artimis'
He cursed himself as he felt his broken ribs.
"This is why the marauders wouldn't let you join. You take your little games to far." He said to himself, glaring at the note and knowing that he would need to apologize soon. Damn that woman can hit... Note to self, Make sure you are safe before plan is discovered... Damn it... I can't even beat Alexis at her own game... He thought as he fell into pained sleep.
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Aaron sat with Hailey, in her room, she was crying, very embarrassed. He felt bad for her, really he did, but he couldn't keep from falling asleep. He told her that he had been at work all night and would make sure Snape paid later. She understood and he went slowly to his room. His last thought as he collapsed in bed was; All I wanted was Breakfast......