-1Title: The Flip of a Coin
Plot: An interesting girl with an interesting past confronts Dumbledore with her Horrendous Nightmares. And then the fun begins, when a certain Professor (have any guesses?) enters the seen.
Author: Undead Soldier Girl
Chapter Six: The Promise of a Potion's Master & The will of a Childe
--Albus Dumbledore's Point of View--
He sighed as he saw to Severus' return, he quirked his head to the side when he saw the young man pause upon entering the castle. 'Who was he conversing with' thought Albus silently as he watched his youngest professor in such pain. 'What's going on?' when he viewed in the direction Severus was looking, he saw no one, 'was Severus facing an enemy within his own mind?' Albus desperately wanted to go to the boy's aid, however he didn't move as to watch the progress with his worthy spy. He stood looking down at the scene from the clock tower. Glancing down as he watched Severus leave the scene, with a questioning look in his eye. Albus shook his head and left the tower to meet Severus in his office. 'Maybe Severus will tell him of what had just happened down there? Or perhaps he won't?' Albus sighed as he looked down to view the map he borrowed from Harry, as it appeared Professor Snape was alone, however…the girl may be more powerful then they originally thought. 'This is going to take more research…' he smiled softly, remembering how easily she had broken into his mind, 'She is different….I wonder what made her revert to such a weak state….perhaps…the fact she wished to remain unbeknownst…?' He shook his head as he managed to make it to the phoenix statue just outside his office.
"Milky-way" he spoke quietly as the staircase lifted and he rode the stairs upwards.
--Severus Snape's Point of View--
'I wonder if I imagined her?' he brought his hand to his throat, no he couldn't have imagined that. He grunted as he entered the castle. 'How is it, a mere girl can do…she must have had remarkable parents…' he shook his head, 'No, they were quite average according to her memories…yet they died protecting her?' he sighed as he looked up. 'Albus must be expecting me….should I tell him? Or should I obey the wishes of…Miss Shadow?' he was deep in thought when he felt a slight pinch in his mind. 'Don't you dare disobey me, Professor Snape!' her voice rang in his ears, although it echoed in his mind. 'I don't like causing you pain, but if I must…I will, dear Professor.' he was shocked to say the least, that she could break through his guarded wards within his mind, although he couldn't penetrate her mind if he wanted to…he shook his head. 'I will not disobey you…however, I am at liberty to tell him some of what I know?' He could hear her pause…she was still there, he wondered if she could be there without him knowing… 'I trust your judgment, Professor. However I do make one request…let me expose myself…within my own due time. I know you seen what had happened with my parents…I know you know practically everything about my past…please…don't tell anyone about it. I need more time.' she sighed, 'Please don't make me punish you Professor.' he heard pain in her undertone, how could one so young feel so…isolated within her own limits? He nodded 'I give you my word, whatever I feel wise to take to Dumbledore I will tell in good time.' he felt her relief and he smiled as he stopped in front of the statue.
---Vivian Shadow's Point of View--
She was relieved to say the least, Professor Snape agreed to keep most of what he knows under the surface of his mind. She nodded her head in triumph when she successfully extracted the memories from his pensive as he was busy talking to her celestial form. However tears wouldn't stop cascading down her cheeks as she absorbed all her memories and placed them back under lock and key within her own cranium. 'Mum…dad…I'm sorry.' she sighed as she placed Professor's pensive back to where she found it. 'It's time to face the piper…' she laughed at her own joke, 'too bad the piper had to be mad.' she shook her head as she placed a piece of parchment on Professor Snape's desk. Writing in her own petty scrawl "I have taken back what was rightfully mine to take.-VES" She smiled at her note and folded it over and dripped hot wax from the nearby candle and impressed her ring on the note, leaving a very notable seal of arms of A Raven with it's feet clutched around a serpent and a vibrant lighting strike illuminated in the background. 'That will be the first real link I will give them….' she sighed as she left Professor Snape's private quarters replacing the wards she torn down to recognize her as well as the Professor. 'I hope he notices the difference…for his sake.' she smirked as she looked back to the entrance to the professor's rooms.
--Dumbledore's Point of View--
"Ah, Severus. What has Tom informed you of?" Albus asked quite flatly. Severus sat down his hands covering his face, "Viv- err...Miss Shadow is to be taken by the hand's of Draco Malfoy." he had caught himself before he addressed the girl by a first name basis. He cringed when he thought of what Miss Shadow had warned him about. "Miss Shadow's loyalties are to be questioned, Albus. She wants to remain neutral. Yet she approached both sides..." Albus closed his eyes in thought. "The memories, Severus...what have you learned from them?"
Severus gasped, his jaw dropping. "I can't, you mustn't ask me." he was flabbergasted, 'How could he ask me' he seethed as she viewed Albus' eyes, seeing there was no emotion, no sparkle..."Albus, she had suffered a great loss...her parents died protecting her." he viewed the floor then, Miss Shadow wasn't going to approve of this, he knew it in his heart. "How were her parents?" Albus asked softly, Severus looked up matching eyes with Altus's blue's "They were average...it seems their 'daughter' didn't belong to them, yet they had died protecting her..." he looked to the wall, where the sorting hat lay dormant. 'I wonder what house she would have been placed in...? Gryffindor...most likely...but then again...she had second thoughts about approaching Albus...and then she went behind our banks and approached the Dark Lord...she may have done well in Slytherin...and her knowledge...it exceeds all the students in Hogwarts...may even rival Granger's...as well as my own.' he shook his head as he went back to the conversation at hand. "What was that Albus?" he asked mildly, hearing his question, yet not hearing it in his mind.
"I was asking who her parents were protecting the childe from..." Albus asked, and Severus looked up to him and swallowed. "I believe...they were Vampires."
A/N: Well you've finally received an other addition, I hope you approve. Sorry it's short, I'm just so happy to say I'm back in full blown force.
Undead Soldier Girl