I do not own Harry Potter. I only own Tiffani.

Story Start

I walked around Severus' living quarters and it wasn't big but it was comfortable. I walked past his office where he was sitting at a desk and cursing about some dunderhead's paper. I snickered at the word dunderhead. I didn't really hear that a lot. I kept walking through his home in the castle and walked to a bedroom. The bed was a nice king size bed that looked great to sleep on, but my mission was for the bathroom. Thankfully, his bathroom was connected to the bedroom and the door was open. I almost cried in relief when I saw he had a normal toilet. I was nervous what a toilet would be like in a magic castle.

I pushed the door closed a little more, but not too much since I would need to get out of the room after I was done. I eyed the toilet and the flusher and took a breath for courage. I jumped up onto the seat and smiled in victory when I was able to move myself just enough so this could work. I flushed the toilet and even washed my paws a bit in the sink. I quickly jumped off the bathroom counter and walked out of the room and to the hallway because I heard Severus rushing towards the room.

He looked at me curiously as I walked past him before he continued to the bathroom. "Not using a stupid litter box," I thought as I heard him muttering in confusion. He left the bathroom and bedroom to find me back on the couch in the living room.

"Couldn't be," he muttered before shaking his head and going back to his office.

"Oh yes it could," I meowed back but he didn't hear me. I sighed and stretched out on the couch. "Ok so that problem is solved, but what do I do now? I don't want to be stuck as a cat any longer than necessary," I thought and hid my face in one of the couch cushions.

Next thing I knew, I had fallen asleep. I guess all the craziness and stress had made me exhausted. I woke up to someone scratching behind my ears. I slowly opened my eyes and meowed a little pitifully when I realized that I was still a cat. I turned my head so I could see who was scratching behind my ears and it was Severus. He was sitting beside me on the couch and reading some more papers. I guess he didn't finish all of them last night. I meowed again and he looked down at me.

"I guess you'll need a name," he muttered as he started petting my back. "How about lady?" he asked and smirked when I started purring since he was petting my stomach.

"Lady it is then," he said and stood from the couch. "I guess we have to do another day of teaching the brats," he grumbled and I jumped off the couch to stand by the entrance to his quarters that was covered by a large painting. "So I don't have to carry you today," he said with a smirk as he walked over and the portrait slid open to reveal the quiet hallway. I guess we were not on the main hallway in the dungeon. I hadn't really paid attention last night when he carried me here.

We left his quarters and started walking down the dungeon hallways and he went a different way this morning. It was kind of like a secret hallway and I was shocked when we exited it to be right by the large table in the dining hall with the teachers. Severus took his spot and I jumped up on the armrest of his chair and then onto the table. I pouted when I couldn't eat the beautiful breakfast he had but I made myself eat the fish and water again. "At least I'm being healthy, but I would love a hamburger right now," I thought while eating the fish and ignoring the fact that Hagrid was petting my back. He was nice and I didn't care, but I wanted to eat.

After eating, I looked at Severus, but he was busy speaking with the older man beside him. I started walking around the table and dodged the food and drink cups. I looked at all of the other people I guessed were professors here. I really wanted to go explore the tables where the students were, but I didn't think I could get away with that yet.

I was just about to sniff the fingers of a woman wearing a green robe and hat but I heard Severus call my new "name." "Lady," he called in a strong tone but not an angry one. I looked back at him and saw he was waving his fingers at me so I would come back to him.

"To listen or not to listen," I thought and he called my name again. "Fine, I'll listen," I muttered which came out as a few meows. I walked back across the table and jumped onto Severus' shoulder, which he was not expecting. I rubbed my face onto his cheek and he grumbled while I heard some of the other people around him chuckling.

"She seems to be getting along quite well with you," the older man said as he reached out and pet my back.

"So it seems, well I must be getting to the first class of the day," Severus said and stood up. I smirked when I was able to balance just fine on his shoulder as he walked from the table, back down the secret hallway, and to his classroom from yesterday. I jumped off his shoulder and onto one of the students' tables since none of the students were here yet. "You will behave today," he ordered me and I just tilted my head.

"He's giving me orders like I'm supposed to understand them. I don't think he's had a pet before," I thought and snickered again when he nodded and started working on putting the directions on the chalkboard with magic again.