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Chapter Twenty One: Talkin'

Christina woke up the next morning to Minerva's voice singing in the shower. She looked out her window, it wasn't even day break yet.

"DAD I SWEAR TO MERLIN I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!" She yelled before rolling over and putting her pillow over her head. It didn't work, her father just used the Sonorus charm on himself. Christina sat up and yawned. Pudge immediately pounced on her. He bit her fingers for a good five minutes before she figured out what he wanted. She pointed her wand at his food and water bowls and muttered a charm. As soon as Pudge saw the bowls fill up he took a flying leap off her bed and landed on the floor. He pranced over to his breakfast and begin eating with relish. " You'd think I never fed you, you brute." Christina said scowling and rubbing her sore toes. She got up and headed for the shower. Her father was just coming out when she got to the door. She shot him the patented Snape Glare of Death then took over the bathroom.

When she had finished her shower she felt more awake. She dressed in robes of electric pink and lavender. She grabbed her pillow and went dad hunting. She found him in the sitting area reading. She took careful aim, and clobbered him with her pillow. He took one look at her robes and scowled. She felt perfectly avenged so she left for breakfast.

Breakfast was a quiet affair that morning. Afterwards Christina wandered around the castle. She missed Manda something terrible. She was halfway down the DADA corridor when she ran into Remus.

" Care to join me for a cuppa?" He asked her.

" Cuppa?"

" A cup of tea."

" I'll never understand how you Brits can drink so much tea. Sure I'll tag along, there's not much for me to do." Christina and Remus made themselves comfortable in his office and had a nice cup of tea.

" So what's it like being the child of Severus Snape?"

" Like being the child of a foul tempered bat."

" Harry said that very same thing when I asked him."

" Well, what can I say. You should probably ask dad what it's like being the father of Christina " Merlin I'll kill you if you do that again" Snape."

" I'll be sure to. So tell me about yourself, I know very little."

" Well uhm I'll be twenty one in December. I grew up in the states, I like annoying my dad. I didn't know I was a witch until August, I have a kitty named Pudge, and an owl named Merlin. I have a bit of a temper, and I'm the adopted sister of Harry 'The Boy Who Wouldn't Bloody Die' Potter. Tell me about yourself."

" I turned 39 in March, I grew up in Devon, I like annoying your dad. I come from an all wizard family. When I was very little I was bitten by a werewolf. I don't have any animals. I don't really have a temper at all. I concidered James Potter and Sirius Black to be my brothers."

" What's it like to be a werewolf."

" Lack of jobs, gotta become a wolf once a month. I have highly developed senses because of it. Like I know you and your kitty got into it this morning."

" How did you know?"

" I can smell cat saliva and blood on you."

" Damn it all, they're bleeding again?"

" They're?"

" My toes. That furry little bastard bites my toes when he wants me to feed him." Remus just chuckled. It was very strange for Christina to sit and talk with him because he had her father's voice. Christina excused herself a little later, she was very confused. Remus was her father's age, so why was she attracted to him?