Chapter 7- Who are You?
Author's Note: OK, for all of who read the Half Blood Prince already, I'm not changing the time line and stuff like that, I'm too lazy to. (Sorry. . ) Some things learned in that book will be incorporated into the story though. I already have a time line in my mind anyways. Oh, and in advance, I'm really sorry for the bad quality of this chapter.
Warnings: A very OOC Snape. Alternate Universe. Problem child memories (like those kids who get drunk and come to school the next day with a hang over.)
Dumbledore paused from the morning announcements and smiled. "Hello Mathilych. Please sit down where ever you wish."
The students stared at her while she chose her seat at the Slytherin table. She scanned the professors table for Severus and gave him a small wave. The students were still staring at her. "Today is the meeting for DA students and for those of you in Gryffindor don't forget that tomorrow is the quidditch tryouts."
The students began eating and when they finished, they went off to do homework or to get ready for the meeting. Mathilych stood up and walked over to the professor's table and said. "Hello. How have you all been?"
"We've been doing great Mathilych. How have you been faring for the last few years? And what brings you here?" Minerva said.
"I'm doing well. I'm here because I'm kind of on the brink of being bankrupt."
As soon as everyone heard this, they groaned loudly and Severus put his head in his hands. "Geez, Mathilych. I mean, every time you tried to save up you couldn't help but spend it all in one day. You're lucky you still have some of your real parents' savings in that account Albus and Minerva wouldn't let you near. Why are you dressed like that? Your eyes weren't grey and what happened to your glasses?"
"I'll explain it to you after I ask the Headmaster for some money. Can I have a job teaching here or something like that Albus? Or can you at least give me some money? Can I crash here?"
Everyone laughed and the Headmaster said, "I'll see what I can do. But first where are you staying?"
"I'm staying at the inn at Hogsmeade. Why?"
"Dobby!" Albus called out. A loud pop was heard and there was Dobby saying, "Yes sir? What can Dobby get for youse?"
"Can you please go to Hogsmeade and got to…Which room number?"
"27."
"Dobby will get things for Mathilych."
"Where would you like to stay?"
"Can I stay in those spare rooms I stayed in when you found me at Diagon Alley?"
Dumbledore said, "Well, I have to be going now. I have to attend to things. So have fun catching up you two."
"Yes sir." Mathilych said. Turning to Severus, she said, "It's good to be back in the wizarding world. It's so different than the Muggle world."
"You still owe me my explanation."
"Alright. After Hogwarts I decided to study theatrics and music at a muggle university. There I did a lot of things. I had lots of fun there, except those times I got into trouble."
"What about your eyes? What happened to your glasses?"
"I still have them, but I have contact lenses. They offer them in different colours and just regular lenses."
"What about the way you dress?"
"Oh, I did tell you in that letter that I did travel around a bit did I?"
"Yes."
"It's the clothes that I got from around the world."
"Severus, I'm going to check out my room."
"Let me come with you, it's been a while since we hung out."
Mathilych and Severus went to her room and they arranged her things. She gave Severus a book about how to swear in different languages and gave him a package of gummy worms. He opened the pack and tried one and declared that he liked it. Mathilych smiled goofily and she decided that they should go to Severus' office to kill time by marking the Defence against the Dark Arts assignments. After they finished marking the assignments, Mathilych complained about being bored and said that she wanted to walk around the grounds. "This place hasn't changed really has it Severus?"
"No it hasn't."
The students were busy with their homework and doing other things. Some of them stopped to say 'Hello' to her and to make her feel welcome. She made her way to the Room of Requirement and Harry had to stop in the middle of reviewing how to cast the Patronus charm because he didn't expect Severus to be there also. "Oh, I'm sorry. You can continue what you were doing."
With one last glance, Severus and Mathilych left the room and Harry continued on teaching and reviewing spells with the members of the group. He told them pointers about how to cast the spells. "Hey, Harry doesn't Professor Snape seem a fraction more relaxed now that lady's here?" Hermione asked at the end of the meeting
"Yeah, which reminds me, I have an Occlumency lesson tonight." He looked at his watch and saw that it was almost time to stop the meeting of the DA. "Alright people, it's time to go."
They filed out of the room and the golden trio saw Severus smiling and eating his gummy worms with Mathilych. She was laughing and saying, "Remember that time Lucius tried asking me out? God, Narcissa was so mad!"
The Gryffindor trio hid themselves because Ron walked into the other direction as soon as he saw Severus. They stood there in their place, just watching them reminisce.
"Well at least it wasn't when Sirius tried asking you out… That girl… I forget what her name was… She jinxed him and broke his arm."
"I know… Poor Sirius… How is he doing?"
"Mathilych, I kind of didn't want to tell you this considering how much you've gone through in your life but, Sirius is dead…"
"WHAT? You… You didn't tell me? Oh my god… I lost another important friend… First Lily and James, then Narcissa and Bella… Then Sirius… Your sister… I don't want to lose anymore people. I don't want to feel like I'm alone again. "
The golden trio looked at each other surprised and Harry said monotonously, "She knew my parents? And she knew Sirius?"
"Harry, she knew every one, well that's what your sister says Ron. She seems like she didn't care about the 'rivalry' of Gryffindor and Slytherin. What house was she in? I'd like to know." Hermione said
"She sounds like my sister. Pretty, popular, guys asking her out, how did some one like her be friends with Snape?" Ron whined loudly, "She mentioned that Snape had a sister… I thought he was an only child. I heard that he had an estate up north… And the estate was only passed onto him; there was nothing of siblings in the will. And they're sitting in the way that we take to visit Hagrid!"
Mathilych moved to sit next to Severus and started to cry. "Maybe we shouldn't go this way…"
"There, there, it's all right." Severus said soothingly. He was running his fingers through her hair and he began humming a quiet tune
"No it isn't!" She moaned, "I'm going to be all alone again! I don't want to be all alone!"
"You're not alone, you have me, one of your best friends, and you have the people who were like parents to you, even though you never met your own. You're going to have the students, who are going to be like little brothers and sisters to you."
"Yeah, you're right. I'm over reacting. There's no Dark Lord around to who's going to kill people I love. Not anymore he's going to do things to the people I love." Mathilych started hiccupping and soon she fell asleep. Severus leaned and kissed her forehead and said, "I know you miss my sister, I do too. Every time someone close to you dies, a part of you dies; I don't want to see you like this Mathilych."
He picked her up and headed in the direction of the Slytherin dormitory and found the trio trying to act busy. "Yeah… We should try doing that next time…" He glared at them and said curtly, "Harry you do remember that you have a lesson after dinner with me right? And oh, all of you have detention with me after Harry's lesson. "
"Sorry sir… I have to help my sister with her homework, and it's really important!"
"I have to help Professor McGonagall with something!"
"I didn't do anything, I was just going over the plans for the next DA meeting with them so we can post it as soon as possible."
"You all are terrible liars. Learn to lie first before reasoning with me. Do you want me to add to this and make it a week?"
"No sir."
"5 points for lying to a teacher. Oh, and 10 points off for listening in on a private conversation between two teachers. You know what? I suggest you accompany Potter to his lesson tonight because I don't want to wait for some snivelling snot nosed brats who can't lie properly." Severus said. He continued to make his way to Mathiylch's room and once he was there, he laid her on her bed and left the room. But before he did, he said, "Remember, you're like family to me. Never ever forget that you're not alone"
Meanwhile the Gryffindor trio was making their way to Hagrid's hut and they were talking about how Snape had acted so out of character, well at least to them. When they reached Hagrid's hut they saw him walking from the forest with a bunch of flowers and a unicorn was following him. "Oi! Hello Hagrid who is that for?"
"Oh, it's for Mathilych. She used to help out when ever she got into detention. She's such a kind girl. I'm going to see her. Professor Snape owled me about what happened. I'm kinda disappointed in yeh. Would you like to come with me? I'm pretty sure she wouldn't mind having extra guests to visit her."
"Sure. Do you know what she's teaching?" Hermione asked
"Yeah. She's teaching Muggle Studies. She kind of blew up yesterday at her welcome back party when she saw a wizard dressed up like a Muggle. Says the muggle would be spotted quickly and if it was a kid, that kid woulda bin made fun of. She made a point though."
"Why is there a unicorn?" Ron asked
"Oh. This unicorn is the one she found and nursed back to health, it found its way near the Herbology greenhouses in her first year. Like I said, very nice but she sometimes gets in trouble for doing a lot of things. I'm pretty sure you'll hear about it soon."
In a matter of time, it was not long before Hagrid and the trio entered the room of Mathilych. She got up from her work and greeted them. "What brings you here Hagrid?
"I'm here just to say hi. Yeh know catch up and things like that." Hagrid moved aside to show that the golden trio was also with him, "They wanted to meet yeh."
"Oh that's so sweet. What are your names?'
"Harry Potter."
"Hermione Granger."
"Ron Weasley."
"I've heard about you all. I know your older brothers Ron. And Harry, I knew your parents." She flashed a goofy grin," Oh my! Where are my manners? Please make yourselves comfortable. Please let me get some tea for you."
She laid out a tray with an assortment of tea bags and hot water and snacks. "So Hagrid, how have things been since I was gone?"
"The creatures of the forest are doing fine. That centaur you befriended is now the head of the clan. And that unicorn you nursed back to health, it's been coming by lately. Maybe later on today yeh can come by and say hello. I'd like to hear about your travels and what yeh've been up to."
"I will. Well, I went to Japan and China, very pretty places. Went to the States for a while, and finally stayed at Canada. I got a few jobs acting, singing, modeling and the like. I broke my arm a while back; I was carrying a whole bunch of papers and tripped on the stairs. I went to a muggle university and managed to scrape a degree in Psychology."
"Wow. You sound like you've done a lot of things." Hermione said awe-struck
Mathilych said, "So Hermione, I hear that you've been the top student in your year six years consecutively. Bravo! I was pretty good too but I was a bit of a trouble maker."
"Really?"
"I was just like your twin brothers Ron. I made trouble, but much more serious. I got arrested once…or twice… I remember how mad Minerva was."
"WHAT? Hagrid that's not true? Is it? You don't seem like the type to get arrested…"
"Oh yeah, it's true. I remember when Dumbledore had to pick her up and McGonagall was staying at the castle trying not to jinx anybody."
"How about I tell you of one time I got arrested?"
"Erm… Which time are you thinking about Mathilych…." Hagrid asked worriedly
"Oh, you'll know which one." She smiled devilishly.
"When I was 16, I was in a rebellious stage. I would go out drinking with a bunch of my muggle friends throughout the year. I'd smoke too"
It was a Friday night at Hogwarts, and it was a Hogsmeade weekend. Mathilych was planning to go off to the nearest muggle settlement to meet some of her muggle friends to hang out. She sneaked off to the border of Hogsmeade and magically unshrank the car she kept hidden from the teachers and other students. She drove off to Aberdeen city. There she parked her car at her friend Diana's house. She greeted her friends and entered the house and caught up with her friends.
"Well, now that's out of the way, what do you want to do?" Mathilych said to her friends, Diana, Sara, and Jessi.
"It's Friday right? Let's go out to the mall! Then maybe after we can get a movie and hang out." Diana said.
They went off to the mall and flirted with guys. While they were waiting for Sara's boyfriend to pick them up, they started to smoke. "So when are you going back to your school?" Jessi asked.
"I'm going back on Sunday, I don't know when, but that day. Besides, it's been too long since I came here." Mathilych replied
Soon they heard a car horn and there was a teenager yelling, "OI! SARA! LET'S GO! ALICE SAYS SHE CAN'T WAIT ANY LONGER!"
"Who the hell is Alice?" Mathiylch asked
"Alice is my cousin. She's staying with my family, but she tags around Daniel. I know for sure that she thinks that he's hot. I don't care because we've agreed to see other people. We know we're gonna break up sooner or later."
"Wow. I've missed a lot since I was last here…"
"Yeah, where did you go that night you had to leave early? You know, last time you came here?"
Mathilych was thrown off by that question and said quickly, "Oh…One of the teachers said if I broke curfew early, I'd have detention for the month. And I won't have any privileges to go out for the next couple of outings…"
So then, they went to the local movie rental place and rented a movie and got food so that they could eat and drink while watching the movie. After the movie they all went back to their houses and Mathilych spent the night at her friend Diana's house. The next day she and her friends spent it just hanging out drinking and talking. Before she left she was tipsy and decided to apparate to back to Hogsmeade.
Luckily, she apparated to Hogsmeade in one piece and she lit up a cigarette and made her way back to the castle. There she found Professor McGonagall and her head of House waiting there with the Headmaster Dumbledore.
When McGonagall found out, I thought she'd kill me. I was a troubled kid. I don't know how many times I broke curfew and come back with hangovers spending the class muttering and cursing. But this time I got into a fight with a muggle girl in a club. She said that I was a loser because I had a weird style. I mixed popular wizarding and muggle fashion. I got mad and punched her lights out. Her friends got mad and started calling the cops because a few of them decided to get into a fight with me and my friends too. I remember one of them was saying, 'Please help us! There's this crazy chick that's trying to hurt us!' I got mad and just used magic. I went to the station; Dumbledore bailed me, and used a memory modification charm and nearly got expelled from Hogwarts."
"Whoa… How can Snape be friends with you? He seems so…. Uptight. No offenses to you or him, but you seem so…. Laidback." Ron said shell-shocked
"I know. I thought so too Ron. But I noticed he's different around those he trusts and has let his guard down with. I'm a few years younger than him and I remind him of his baby sister, you know? He's protective of me, even when I moved away; he made sure that I wasn't doing anything stupid. He even sent a howler to my editor once, and… a few times to me too. I had to obliviate that stupid editor…" Mathiylch replied softly.
"Wow. So who else do you know from your time at Hogwarts?" Harry asked hoping to hear something about his parents or Sirius.
"I knew your parents, Draco Malfoy's parents, and Sirius. I'll never ever forget the day your parents died… Would you like to hear about Sirius, Lily and James?"
"Yeah."
"Sirius was a goof off. He was funny. But the thing that annoyed me in all my years being at Hogwarts was that he started the whole fiasco of guys asking me out. I swear I was like Akane from Ranma ½ … They were all nice people."
Mathilych walked into her Charms classroom and sat near the back and scanned the classroom to see if Severus or sister was in the same class as she was. "Great. There are no Slytherins here that I like… And all the other students I don't know that well or don't know at all…" She sighed and sat in a corner. She was early for class and when the bell rang, the other students filed into the classroom. "Hi. I'm Lily. What's your name?"
"Mathilych. What house are you from?"
"Gryffindor. What about you?"
"Slytherin."
The Marauders walked into the classroom and saw that Lily was talking to Mathilych and Sirius said to Lily, "Lily don't talk to her, she's from Slytherin."
"Why?"
"They believe that Muggles shouldn't be attending schools like these. They're mostly purebloods like me or James."
"Hey loser!" Mathilych angrily said, "Does being in Slytherin make me trash in your eyes? I don't believe that crap about pure-blooded stuff. I've learned about it and I don't care about it. Besides does it look like I care? I can see the badge from your House on Lily's robe. I would have told her to bugger off after she said hello to me."
"I don't see your badge on your robe…" Sirius said
"I sewed a black patch over it because I didn't want to get into a troublesome situation like this, if I ever talk to people from other houses. I still wear the tie so teachers can tell which house I'm from. "Mathilych replied rudely. "I get in trouble for it. So what? As long as I can avoid situations like these. So Lily, would you like to sit here?"
"Sure."
The Marauders sat relatively close to them because James didn't know who Mathilych was and once he saw her, he said, "Why don't you trust her? She seems pretty nice; she's not doing anything to Lily. And to add she's cute to boot…"
Sirius was still boiling over the fact that Mathilych was in Slytherin. At the end of class, Mathiylch stood over his desk and said, "I'm sorry for my earlier outburst, but I don't like being put into that stereotype about Slytherin students… I think you should give me a chance. Maybe this weekend we could hang out, your friends can come along too."
"Alright…"
Mathilych hugged him and said, "Thanks!"
That weekend Lily, Mathilych, and the Marauders met in one of the many courtyards of the castle. "So every one is here and accounted for. So what do you guys want to do?" James said
"Well, you guys want to go meet my other friends? I have an idea where they might be."
"Yeah. At least they might have an idea what we can do."
Mathilych lead them to the dungeons but they didn't go in the direction of the Slytherin dorms. When they were in the hallway of Mathyilch's room in the dungeons. Sirius asked, "Your room is outside of the Slytherin dorms? Why?"
"That's a story I'll need to tell you later. I bet my friends are right out side of my room." Soon they saw Severus, Willow, Lucius, Narcissa, Bellatrix and Regulus standing out sided of her door. "What are you doing with them?" Bellatrix asked angrily.
"Hey Bella. You know what I said about me being in Slytherin. I don't care for these stupid prejudices. You all get along otherwise you all can get out of this hallway in case some teacher comes down here rampaging about the next set of rules I happened to break." Mathilych retorted irritated
"What are my cousin and brother doing here?" Sirius asked pointing to each person respectively
"I didn't know that Bella was your relative, but still, she's my friend. You keep your mouths shut about that prejudice between Gryffindor and Slytherin students; I don't want to hear about it here in my room. By the way Sirius it's impolite to point, didn't any body teach you that?"
The others let out small giggles and entered the room. Lily was taken aback by the size of Mathilych's living quarters. "Wow, it's bigger than the room that I have to share with the other girls!"
Sirius made a couple of jokes and the Gryffindor and Slytherin rivalry was dropped in the privacy of these people.
A few years later….
"Oi Mathilych! Wanna go out with me?"
"What? I don't even know you! Who told you that I liked you?"
"Erm, Sirius said if we could get a date with you he said we'd be prank free for a month."
"What? What do you mean by prank-free?"
"Him and his friends stay clear of us for a month, no pranks pulled on us."
"Grr… I'll show that moron. I mean what is this? Will he honestly think that I'll go out with him after this?"
When we were fifteen, James introduced me and all his Gryffindor friends to his parents, they were so shocked. My appearance was what you could call punk-ish.
"James, are you sure you want to introduce me? I mean look at me, I'm dressed in a mix of muggle and witch clothing and I have two lip piercings."
"Mathilych, please relax. Just be yourself."
"…Are you sure? "
"Yes I am. Mum! Dad! I'm home and I've got some friends for you to meet!"
"Oh that's wonderful!" James mother said, "Oh My! What a… nice looking friend you have there James."
Mathilych pouted and whined "I told you James!"
"Ohhh. Don't feel bad. It's just that James' dad and I will have to get used to him having a friend like you."
"Thanks Mrs. Potter"
I tried so hard not to laugh when I met Sirius parents… We tried sneaking in, but Bella's family was visiting and well, Bella didn't like Sirius for a couple of reasons, he outright refused to follow that trash about being full blooded. She on the other hand didn't believe it but seeing as how Sirius was about to get the boot sooner or later, she pretended to, but that changed when Lucius joined the clan. I'm going completely off topic, sorry"
Sirius and Mathilych were sneaking to his room and Mathilych was getting annoyed at the fact that they were going there so secretly
"Sirius… Why the hell are we doing this?"
"We're doing this because I don't want my parents asking me all about the kids who are pure blooded and what they're doing to support 'their' cause. Oh bloody hell. Bella is here!"
"So?"
"She'll tell my parents that I have company over and then they'll ask you about the pure blooded stuff. I know how much you hate that."
Sirius saw his mother heading their way and frantically said, "Bloody Hell! Hide!"
"Well, well, Sirius. I thought you were going to stay holed up in your room." Looking to Sirius's right, his mother said, "Who the bloody hell are you?"
"I'm Mathilych. And who the bloody hell are you?"
"I'm Sirius' mother. Are you a full blooded witch young lady?"
"I don't know."
"Wait. How could you not have known if you were?" Hermione interrupted
"I'm an orphan but Dumbledore absolutely refused to tell me what I was. He only told me a few things about myself and my parents."
Hermione looked confused. She couldn't understand why Dumbledore would keep such important information away from Mathilych. "Why?"
"Until I was 5, I stayed in a muggle orphanage in London. One day, we were going out on an excursion. I got lost, so I decided to walk around to look for the matron. I found an old bookstore that nobody could see. There was a family who was walking into the bookstore and I decided to follow them, just in case they would help me get back to the orphanage. But instead, I ended up going to Diagon Alley. It was the first time I had been to the wizarding world."
'Hmm. Maybe if I sit there, maybe somebody will take me back to the orphanage' Mathiylch thought. She was interrupted by Florean Fortescue asking her where her parents where. "I don't have them. I'm an orphan. And I'm lost! Can you help me find Matron Daneen?"
Florean laughed and said, "You just stay here lass, I'll go get you something to eat and I'll get you someone who can help you find Matron Daneen."
By the time Mathilych was almost finished eating her ice cream, Abraxas Malfoy found her waiting for someone to come and help her. He looked at her and said, "Are you the child I'm to help?"
"Yeah, I guess. So you're going to help me find Matron Daneen right?"
"Yes. Come with me, I haven't got all day you know."
They used a port key to get to the Malfoy Manor. There she met Lucius, who was a year or two older than she was. He made fun of her and yanked her hair. Lucius' mother scolded him and gave her a small plate of cookies that were meant for him. "What is this girl doing here Abraxas?"
Abraxas said, "I'm supposed to get this girl back into the Muggle world. But what I can't help but wonder is how this girl got here in the first place…"
"Father, is this girl a full blooded witch or is she something else?"
"I don't know Lucius. Damn… My arm, the Dark Lord is summoning me…"
"There's no need for that Abraxas. I'm right here…" A cold voice said from behind the Malfoy family. "Who is this girl?"
Mathilych wanted to run away, but her fear made her immobile. The tall figure standing in front of her was dressed in black and was looking at her with his blood red eyes. "Are you a full blooded witch?"
"I… don't know what you're talking about mister."
"How long have you had this girl in your house, Abraxas?"
"Only today my liege. Supposedly she is from the muggle world. I don't know how she managed to get into Diagon Alley where I found her."
"I see. So, she has no idea of our world. I think this is a very good opportunity, allow me to have the girl, and I will allow you to move up a rank."
"Yes my liege."
"Tell the authority if they ask that she was being a petulant little brat and ran off and now you don't know where she is. You think that she found her way back to the muggle world. You, come with me."
Turning to Mathilych, Abraxas said, "Go with him. He'll help you find Matron Daneen."
"Alright… If you say so." Mathilych replied warily
Voldemort and Mathilych port keyed to the Riddle Manor. There, he said, "Tomorrow, you will learn how to use magic, wouldn't you like that?"
"Magic? That sounds fun, but didn't that man say you'd help me?'
"I will tomorrow."
The next morning, when she woke up she found some new clothes at the end of her bed and some food. She changed her clothes and ate breakfast. She made her way down the stairs and found Voldemort in front of the fireplace waiting for her. Naga slithered near her and hissed. "Naga, it's alright. Come here, tell me young one, what is your name."
"Mathilych."
"I see. Today we'll learn how to cast Cruciatius, or at least see what it does. Now concentrate really hard, and say Crucio. Make a picture of something in this room and aim it but not me."
Mathilych did as she was told and there was a small beam of magic that nearly hit Voldemort. "Did I do it?"
"Yes. But you nearly hit me you stupid child! I distinctly remember saying don't aim at me!"
"I didn't mean to do it on purpose!"
Smack Mathilych began crying and then a burst of magic hit everything in the room, including Voldemort. Shaking his head, he said, "You are not going back to your muggle orphanage, not after what power I feel radiating from you. "
The following year, I was taught Dark Curses and such. I had magical outbursts when I was angry. But in a way, I thank Voldemort for getting me out of there; I was often teased and made fun of because the children were scared of me. I think I came into my powers during that time when all of them began making fun of me. Before I was returned to the Malfoy family, I received the Dark Mark."
"Wake up you brat! Today is a very important day!"
"Nnn… Wha? What is it?"
"Today, you will get a very special gift, and you won't have to deal with me for a few years."
She got dressed and went outside where she saw all the members of the Death Eaters forming a circle.
"Today, we are getting a new member. She will not be involved in many things that most of you are involved in, but she will be useful for recruiting many to our purpose. She is young, which means her mind will be easily swayed into our ideas. Come here brat. She has learned many spells and now she can cast many of them flawlessly. Give me your left arm."
"Why? Are you going to zap it again?"
"No you stupid child." Voldemort began the ritual of branding his mark onto her arm.
"OW! You liar, you said you weren't going to zap it! It hurts…"
"Just keep your bloody mouth shut and just let me finish brat."
When he was done, Mathilych's arm was still smarting and she now was sporting the Dark mark.
"Wait. Didn't Voldemort give the mark when the child was of age or a little younger than that?" Hermione asked trying to figure out why a Dark Lord would give a 6 year old the Dark Mark.
"Yes he did. But he altered the spell so that the mark grew with me. As I got older the pain became more intense."
"Oh. Why?"
"He told me once that he could sense great potential in my abilities. If I was taught properly the way to use my magic, I could've become the first Dark Lady in ages. He emphasized to me the proper use of magic according to him.
Mathilych was beginning to grow tired of the exercises that Voldemort was making her do, so she decided to try and float things and see how long she could float them. Meanwhile, Voldemort was busy cackling and going over his plans to take over the world with Naga. "What on earth is that noise?"
Storming into the living room, he found Mathilych with two broken vases at near her and a third floating in midair. "ARGH! You stupid girl! I told you to practice using your magic on the dummy! Reparo! Reparo!"
"Why bother? It's so boring. I want a wand like yours."
"If you get a wand now, people will find out that you can cast spells earlier than children your age. Your power is strong, if you keep it up, you can be as strong as me! Don't you want to be strong and have people do what you want? You could be a Dark Lady, maybe the first one in history. The proper usage of your magic is important, you can defend yourself with it, and you can make people do what you want with it… There are many useful uses for learning to do magic without a wand."
"But it's so boring."
"Go outside and play for half an hour. But I expect no foolishness when you come back. By then, I'll be able to teach you some more magic."
Anyways, when I returned to the Malfoy family, they were surprised at how much I had grown. The plan was to have me there until I was ready to go to Hogwarts but… unfortunately, I got lost a week later after I went back. They were taking me to Knockturn Alley to get me some things so that I could learn more magic and learn how to read and things like that. I went to Florean's place again and there I met Dumbledore."
Again, Mathilych found herself sitting at Florean Fortescue's ice cream shop waiting for the Malfoy's to get her. Albus saw her sitting there and asked her, "Where are your parents?"
She answered it as if it was nothing big to her, "They're dead. I don't have parents."
Albus just nodded his head and said that he would take her along to see Diagon Alley and to buy things. Since for the past year she lived at Voldemort's mansion, she didn't trust people she didn't know. She wanted to run or use magic on him, but she remembered how Voldemort would reprimand her, and she thought that was how all adults dealt with misbehaving children. She remembered how Voldemort would yell at her and threaten to cast spells on her. So she decided to go along with him.
"So in a way, he was like an abusive parental figure?" Harry asked.
Mathilych looked a little pensive for a moment and then said, "Yeah. Very rarely he would let me just relax and be a kid. I sort of had to grow up fast to meet his expectations…So the Dark Mark grew with me because of his plan to use me to try to get others to join his cause, he insisted on the fact that the earlier I did that, the more followers. I thought it would never work and often wondered why the other kids couldn't do it, but then I learned that those kids had parents who were linked to Death Eater activities and they didn't want the truth to be confirmed by their children getting others to join their cause. And that's also why Dumbledore never told me whether I was full blooded or not, he thought I did really believe in that hate muggles stuff, even though I outright refused to and did stuff showing that."
Hermione looked at the clock on Mathilych's desk and said, "Oh, it's almost time for dinner; we'll see you both at the Great Hall."
"Well Hagrid, let's go to the Great Hall, I'm hungry…"
They went to the Great Hall and Mathilych found that she had a spot next to Severus, "Hey Sev."
"I see now you're feeling better. I'm glad. I'm going to be busy after dinner. I have a lesson with Potter and detention with his friends including himself."
"That's okay. I'd like to see you teach and maybe I could help you."
"I'm pretty sure you can. After all, it was You-Know-Who that taught you most of the things you know. "
After dinner, the golden trio went to their dorm rooms to wait for Harry to get his things and then they made their way down to go to Professor Snape's office. Mathilych saw that Severus was teaching Occlumency and decided to get her pensieve too. The trio entered Snape's office and found Mathilych there also. "Oh hi you guys! Severus said I could help out teaching Harry. Is that alright with you?"
"Yeah." They all said.
"So Harry, the last time you were here, you were learning how to put your memories into your pensieve. You will learn how to deal with two people trying to use occulumency on you one after another. Remember clear your mind of emotions." Snape said.
"That's right Harry. It's very important that you do clear yourself of emotions; otherwise your attacker can find a weakness in the memories that you show them. Those emotions are linked to different emotions you have. But if your attacker didn't clear themselves of emotions, you can find a weakness in the memories that they show you." Mathilych added.
"Occulmens!" Severus said.
Harry managed to successfully fend off Severus but when Mathilych tried it, he felt he couldn't stand an invasion to his memories one after another and then let down his defences because the effort was taking its toll on him. He accidentally sent a spell at her and managed to see a glimpse of her holding a baby and hearing the words, "Well, Kaori, now you have two godsons. Are you going to spoil them?"
After that, Severus was standing over Harry and said, "Why did you do that? I thought you were past that stage!"
"Was it tiring?" Mathilych asked. "That memory brings a lot of regret back to me. I regret not doing some things when I had the chance."
"Which one Mathilych?" Severus asked
"The one with my godsons, right before… James and Lily…" Mathilych replied
They tried a couple more times until Harry managed to successfully protect himself from a continuous mental invasion from two different people. "Hmm… I might as well start detention now." Severus said after he looked at the grandfather clock in his office
"What did they do?" Mathilych asked
"They were listening in on that conversation we had earlier…" Severus replied
"You should've known better you three. From what I've heard about you, you sound like smart kids! I'm disappointed in you all." Mathilych said to them shaking her head.
They felt guilty and said sorry, Mathilych said to them, "Oh, I'm not mad at you just so you know… I don't want you feeling bad for being curious about the new teacher."
"Umm… Can I ask you a question?"
"Sure Harry."
"Um… What is your real name and why do you have another name?"
"The fake name was because I didn't know my real name; the woman who ran the orphanage said that I had no name. She told me loved Welsh mythology and she named me Mathilych after Mathowlch because she had admired this myth. I found out my real name the very first day I came here to Hogwarts. The headmaster told me it was Kaori Chiba and said that he would change the muggle records of my name so that it would be true to how my parents named me. I decided to keep my first name as a nick name and tell my real name to those who I trusted as a sign of trust."
After she said that, she started to trace a pattern onto her left forearm. She unveiled it and saw that the Dark Mark was still there, and Severus leaned over and said, "We should go to the Headmaster about that… Look at mine, it's there but only faintly…Why is yours still there?"
The golden trio tried not to eavesdrop but Mathilych and Severus knew that they were going to do so anyways and just continued talking. "I honestly don't know Severus. I remember you telling me that you guys had an Order of the Phoenix meeting. Bring me up to date with every one else."
"There's a new Dark side, it's growing and Lucius is the leader of it."
"Shit. Who knows what he'll end up doing… What about Draco and Narcissa? Has Draco been forced to swear allegiance to Lucius?"
"Draco has the new Dark Mark, and if Lucius ever gets wind of you being back in England, he's going to go on a rampage. He won't stop until he has you on his side."
"That's what stupid Tom Riddle did when he found out that I was spying on him way before you. Look where it got him, several cracked ribs and a broken leg, but look where it got me, nearly dead and missing from Hogwarts for a few weeks. I had to cram what I missed into the time I had left. You're lucky he never found out until the last few months before he died. I heard about it from Minerva. Even though he knew I was spying on him, I still had to be a Death Eater, he made sure of that. Look at the time, you guys should get going back to your dorms, it's almost curfew time and Filch will be on your back if he finds you out of your dorms late. Trust me. I know on first hand experience."
"Okay. See you later Mathilych."
"Excuse me; I think you are to address her as Professor Chiba."
"We're sorry, Professor Chiba."
Mathilych got up from her seat and said, "I'm gonna go out for a while."
Severus looked up from the newspaper and said, "Be careful Kaori. You know what I told you earlier."
"Yeah." Kaori nodded and walked to the Great Hall and made her way to Hogsmeade to go to the local pub. She lit up a cigarette and took a drag of it and made sure that she was armed. She thought about how much had changed in the years that she was away from home. She wondered about how her godsons were living at that very moment. She decided that she would talk to them tomorrow by mail first to see their reaction towards. Kaori found Madame Rosmerta's pub, said hello to her and asked if she could get some Butterbeer and other drinks and snacks. Once she had them, she shrunk them and headed to the other bar in town to get some drinks, she made sure that no one was following her and when she arrived, she ordered some Odgen's Old Firewhiskey and bought bottles of different brands of liqueur. There she thought she saw Lucius and she decided to leave the bar.
She was walking back to the castle and saw that someone was following her. By the time she had reached the front gates of Hogwarts she had become very paranoid, and decided to use the Petrificus Totalus on the person. "Dammit, I should've done this earlier…"
When she did, she found that it was not Lucius but Draco. She stopped the effects of the spell and Draco yelled at her, "What the bloody hell do you think you're doing you madwoman?"
She yelled at him, "Madwoman? How dare you call me that?"
"Who are you anyways?"
"I'm Mathiylch. You look a lot like Lucius Malfoy… You happen to be his son?"
"Yes. What's it to you?"
"I knew your mother and your father. What the hell are you doing out this late?"
"My father wanted me to meet up with one of his Death Eaters."
She changed her expression from annoyed to worried "That's it, you're going straight to Dumbledore. And Severus will hear about this too."
Draco became annoyed by how she was acting towards him, "What gives you the right to order me around?"
Kaori became frustrated and yelled at him, "I'm your godmother!"
Draco was speechless. 'This is the godmother that mother told me about…? The one that sent me gifts every birthday and father would take them and lock them up?' He looked at her and saw that she was smoking and cursing silently. "Alright, Mathilych, I'll come with you."
"Thank you Draco. You don't know how worried I am about you and your mother..."
They went to Dumbledore's office and there, Kaori contacted Severus. In a matter of minutes, he was there and they were all there waiting silently. Mathilych stopped pacing and said, "Sev…I'm so worried"
"Draco, please tell us what happened during the time you were at The Hog's Head." The headmaster asked
"Well, I met with one of the Death Eaters of Voldemort's group. It was Gregory Goyle's father. We were talking of how to try and injure Harry. My father sent me a message also for you Severus, 'Mathilych will be useful…' I guess he doesn't know you're back Ms. Mathilych."
"Please, don't use that in front of my name, that's just my nickname. It sounds… weird when you do that. If you want to call me Ms, say Ms. Chiba. Is that alright Draco?"
"Oh okay. I'm sorry, but I'm still getting over the fact that you're my godmother."
Severus' head shot up from his pensive pose, "You told him? I was wondering when you would."
Draco was startled that Severus knew and yelled angrily, "What? You knew? And you never told me?"
"Well, I decided to leave that part up to her." Severus replied, "So… Lucius doesn't know she's back. That means we will have to watch her and Harry closely. I don't know what Lucius is planning for you Kaori, but I don't like the sound of it…Is that all you talked about Draco?"
"Well, father also wanted to know what is going on here and if there was anything new going on and how I was doing in my schooling."
Mathyilch looked at Draco and said, "How are your mother and your aunt?"
"They're doing fine."
"I'm happy to hear that. If you ever get the chance to, say hi to them for me alright?"
"I will. I guess that's all it, sorry Headmaster for barging in here."
"That's alright Mathilych." Albus said, "Go and be careful."
They all headed to the dungeons and to their rooms. Meanwhile, Harry was still thinking about who else could be the godson of Mathilych and if he knew him. For some odd reason, he kept on remembering the time he had found a piece of mail and his aunt had refused to let him see it or open it. With a bit more thinking, he then realized it had to do with the magical part of his family. "Who could have sent it to me? Sirius? Remus? Or maybe Mathiylch? My god, this has been an eventful day…" he thought before falling asleep.