Raina found Airiala and Snape in the Potions' classroom. Airiala was lying across a couple desks sleeping while Snape was brewing two potions.

"I found you!" Raina exclaimed as she entered the room. Snape glared at her before motioning to the wind elemental. It was obvious he was telling her to shut up cause Airiala was sleeping.

"Sorry," she whispered as she moved closer to the boiling cauldrons. "What are you working on?"

"I'm trying to figure out how to get Airiala her powers back and brewing some wolfbane potion for an…acquaintance."

Raina nodded, "Ah, that makes sense."

Snape worked in silence for several minutes before looking at Raina and pointing at Airiala. "Wake her, gently."

Raina raised an eyebrow at his gentle tone, but she wisely said nothing. She moved to Airiala's side and gently began to shake her. "Airiala, wake up."

Airiala moaned before slowly opening her eyes. Airiala smiled before trying to sit up. Her body had grown a little stiff from sleeping an the desks so she almost fell off the table when she moved too fast.

Raina almost smirked as she noticed Snape catch the girl in his arms and held her gently against his body while she balanced herself.

Airiala was in slight shock at being caught in his arms. For once she was grateful her powers were on the fritz. She just prayed he wouldn't notice the red in her cheeks.

Snape was having his own problems. He was angry at Lucius for everything that had happened this evening. Lucius was ready to take revenge for what Airiala had done to him the last time he had entered Hogwarts, and Lucius would make sure she suffered for protecting him. Unconsciously, his arms tightened around the girl in his arms.

"Professor, I can't breathe," Airiala said after a few moments. Snape looked down at her before releasing her completely.

She looked at him with confusion in her eyes. He too was confused by his actions. He had never felt this before, this insane need to shield and protect her.

He held the potion out to her. "Let's see if this works," he said in a calm, collected voice. Airiala looked down at the bottle in his hands before reaching out and taking it.

Snape almost dropped it as her fingers brushed against his own, causing tiny, pleasurable tingles to spread up his arm. Airiala held the bottle up and said, "Here we go." She downed the contents of the bottle quickly before looking back up at Snape.

"Did it work?" Airiala said in a quiet voice.

"I don't know," he replied.

Raina smirked. She decided to test the potion, as well as the two deniers in the room. Without drawing any attention to herself, she maneuvered behind Airiala and shoved her hard into Snape.

In fact, Raina shoved the girl so hard that both the Potions Master and the wind elemental toppled to the floor. Within seconds a cool breeze was circulating the room.

Airiala knew Raina had pushed her, she knew she would run into Snape, what she didn't know was that Snape would lose his balance and fall with her landing on top of him with her legs straddling his waist.

She could feel his body beneath her own and she could feel her body heating up rapidly. She tried to move, but she couldn't cause his arm was still around her, pinning her down.

Snape could feel the pain from the fall on his body, but that wasn't as strong as the knowledge that a young, beautiful girl was on top of his body with her legs around his waist. His body was reacting without his help due to the close proximity of her body.

For several moments neither moved nor looked at the other. Raina interrupted their silence after what seemed like hours. "It worked."

Airiala jerked out of Snape's arms and stood quickly. Snape also stood, but at a much slower pace.

"How do you know that?" Snape asked once he was standing again. Raina smirked slightly while Airiala was begging her with her eyes to keep quiet. Raina sighed.

"Airiala knows the answer, and since I'm feeling generous I'll let her explain."

Snape turned his onyx eyes on Airiala, who was mentally cursing and thanking Raina. Her clear gray eyes turned to Snape's and she sighed. "She knows it worked because…because she can feel it."

"The wind?"

"Yes."

Snape narrowed his eyes. "I don't feel anything."

Airiala narrowed her eyes right back at him. Her anger rose and the wind began to blow gently about the room.

"Can you feel it now?" she asked through clenched teeth. He smirked at her.

"No," he said even though it was obvious he could. If you asked him why he was egging her on like this, he couldn't answer. He only knew that he wanted her to be back to normal.

"You jerk. I know you can feel it."

"I assure you I can't."

The wind began to pick up as she started to yell at him, and he was just egging her on.

Raina's laughter broke the game they were playing. The wind stopped as the two stared at the girl.

"What's so funny?"

Raina looked from the Potions Master to the Elemental and smiled.

"I'm Just happy that things are back to normal."

The End of part 2

Stay tuned for As the Fire Burns (3rd in the Elemental Series)