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Chapter Twenty Three: Fighting With Father.
Severus made a come here motion with his hand. Christina was actually too scared to move, but with a look from Remus she did as her father wished.
"I'll deal with you when I'm done with my daughter." Christina could hear the venom dripping from Minerva's voice, which made the effect somehow worse. Christina walked out of the room ahead of her father. They walked in silence to the flat. Christina thought he was too angry for words. She was wrong he was just saving it for the privacy of home. " Christina Gail Snape, what in the name of Merlin were you thinking? He's a werewolf… have you no idea what that means?"
"It means I can't see him for one night a month?" Christina kept her tone respectful and light.
"No, it means that a werewolf, under stress, near the full moon will lose control of himself when he is tempted. You have no idea what he could do to you."
"Remus isn't like that dad, he wouldn't hurt anybody."
"You're wrong, when he loses it, it's not him anymore, it's Moony. Moony is a wild animal who would not hesitate to take what he wanted from you without a second thought. " Severus' voice was losing it's anger, and was now taking a tone of weariness and stress.
" I didn't know dad, I wasn't tempting him, we were just talking." She conveniently left out that they had been kissing.
" Christina, you're young, you're attractive, and you're inexperienced. I don't want you to continue with him."
" You can't stop me, I'm an adult. You just don't like Remus, because of some petty disagreements from your youth." Christina said, color coming to her cheeks as she grew angry, and frustrated.
" NO! You don't understand, this isn't about Remus, this is about a werewolf, a strained werewolf. I understand that you may have the instinct to find somebody, anybody in this time to comfort yourself with, but Remus is not that man. Do you have any idea what it would do to you if he should fall tomorrow, which is very likely? Have you thought about what it would do to him should you fall? It will only add more stress to him, worrying about you." Severus said, appealing to her heart as well as her head.
" I don't understand how you can be so against me being happy. It's not tomorrow that makes me want to be with Remus. It's the fact that he's a decent human being, and an attractive one at that." She saw an involuntary shudder run down her father's spine and knew what he was thinking.
" I'm not against you being happy… Remus is not a human being, he is a werewolf, but granted he is an excellent werewolf. Christina, I can see that glint in your eye. Your mother had the same glint in her eye when the doctors said you wouldn't make it. So, knowing I won't win this argument, or if by some great chance I do, you will do what you want anyway, I'll offer a compromise. After the battle tomorrow, after everything has settled, and if the outcome is favorable, I will give you my blessing to see Remus." Christina jumped up and hugged him. She was walking towards the door when he called her back. " Oh no you don't. Bed, I'll go talk to Remus." He gave her another hug, and then left the flat, returning to Remus' office. Remus was still sitting there. Severus smiled to himself to see Remus looking so worried.
When he realized Severus was staring at him he visibly shrank into his chair. He then pulled himself together.
"Severus… I… I…" Remus was floundering. Severus decided to take pity on him.
" It's alright Remus, Christina and I have discussed this matter, and I will tell you what I told her. I will not allow her to see you tonight because the danger to her, I know the strain you are under, and I cannot allow her to put herself into harms way. However, after tomorrow, if things go our way, I will give my blessings to you both. She is my child, and I will not see her hurt, so take heed this warning. Should you ever hurt my daughter, I will have a werewolf skin rug adorning my bathroom floor. Understand?" Remus thought for a moment.
" I understand completely Severus." With that, Severus returned back to his flat. When he checked on her, Christina appeared to be asleep. She wasn't. She was going over every detail of her plan for the next day. She had gotten confirmation from the mermaids and the house elves. Through word of mouth from the mermaids to the centaurs, the centaurs learned of her policy regarding what other wizards thought of animals, or substandard creatures. They had also sent word that they would join the fight, only for Christina. Christina had also had a conversation with Hagrid regarding his creatures. She had convinced him that they deserved a chance to fight for themselves. Hagrid had sent a list of all those who would fight for their side. The list included the Acromantulas, the skrewts, and the threstrals. Christina had hastily made a battle plan. It was left a great deal to chance, and she hated that, but she had no choice. With her thoughts weighing heavily on her mind, she rolled over and tried to sleep.
