Ah, Hopefully this chapter will be as good as the last!

I do not own any of the Harry Potter characters. Though I do claim Raven Michelle (including her Valkyrie side). While Diego Owens is owned by My partner in crime, Chemi ~

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Raven had been woken up not long after she had giving into sleep. She groaned and turned over pulling her pillow over her head, "GO AWAY..I command you!"

Minerva would have left her to sleep if it wasn't for the fact that she was to be sorted this morning, "Miss Michelle, you need to get up and get dressed, I brought you your uniform."

Raven's first thought when she sat up was to throw the pillow at the older lady, but when she saw her face, Raven thought better of it and followed orders. Taking the uniform out of her hands, she could tell that the lady seemed to know she was still upset about last night. Sighing she walked into the bathroom to change.

"Raven you've been in there for almost an hour!" Came McGonagall's voice, as she tapped her foot on the bedroom floor.

"Done!" Raven looked pleased with her outfit, which she had altered to her liking. McGonagall rolled her eyes, though she had to admit what she did to it was cute.

"Come we'll be late for the sorting ceremony."

Dumbledore's eyes twinkled when Minerva walked in followed by a curious Raven. He stood up and called for quiet in the Hall.

Diego's eyes widened huge, dropping his fork, "Harry! Ron! Who is she? She's kind of cute." Harry and Ron both shrugged their shoulders as if to say they didn't know. Just like everyone else in the Hall, their eyes also became glued to the teen.

"I'd like all of you to welcome our newest addition to Hogwarts, Miss Raven Michelle!" He said putting his hand on her shoulder. Everyone clapped for her, but all she did was let her pale eyes roam the crowd of students. Her eyes stopped upon the boy she had met last night, Diego. She let her eyes lock into his for a minute before she turned her eyes in the other direction.

Diego's breath caught in his throat, "That's her! I saw her last- " he shut his mouth immediately after that when the trio was looking at him

"You know her?" asked Harry, he was friends with the 7th year, more so than the others in the "gang". He knew that Diego knew more about the girl than he was going to tell.

"No, mate, I thought I recognized her before, but I was mistaken."

Snape's eyes locked with Ravens when she turned to the Professor's table, now it was her turn for her breath to catch, as Snape noticed this he let his trade mark sneer be seen.

"Now we shall see what House Miss Michelle shall be in! Please have a seat on the stool." Raven did as the Headmaster said, and he put an old raggy looking hat on her head.

"Ah, You have unimaginable power inside you, what wonders you can do!" said a voice in her head. She wasn't surprised with this, "Yeah but they'll be gone soon, leaving me a normal human! I'll be nothing, worthless!" she replied to the voice her eyes tearing up. For a minute Snapes face with that damned sneer popped into her head, but she quickly made it go away.

"Ah, you have feelings for him I see. But being as the teen you look like now, He'll want nothing to do with you."

"But when my powers are gone, I'll be left in my adult form… maybe he'd want something to do with me then?"

"We shall see, my little Valkyrie… we shall see."

"SLYTHERIN!!!!" the hat shouted and the other Slytherin's shouted and cheered, while Diego stared in disbelief , how could someone so kind, be in that house? The left corner of Snape's mouth twitched a bit which caught Minerva's eye.

"You better be nice to her, she has been through so much, and so much more is to come." she said to Severus with a stern look. For some reason she felt obligated towards the girl, like she was her own.

Raven pulled at the Headmaster's sleeve whispering that she didn't feel very well. Dumbledore nodded at the teen, he knew why she wanted to return to her room and he couldn't blame her. He watched her run off and out of the Hall. He then turned to the Professor's table, "Severus would you mind following her? She might pass out on the way down to the dungeons."

"I'm sure she'll be alright on her own." Severus said continuing to eat his food, Dumbledore shot him a look. He groan and obeyed. Why did the teen have to go to the dungeons for her room? Wasn't she to reside with the other Slytherins in the dorms? No of course not! Nothing is normal about a teen who is a transfer to Hogwarts…but those eyes…they were so…beautiful. He shook his head, she is a child, it's not right for me to say such things.

"Valkyrie Silmeria, Why did he do this to me? Why'd Odin decide after all this time that he didn't want a Half-Blood Valkyrie?" a young woman with white wings with blood red tipped feathers stood in front of a portrait of another woman with the very same wings. Snape couldn't see either one's faces due to their helmets.

"Valkyrie Freyja! You know not to question Odin's ways! It is unheard of! He has a reason for everything he does!" her voice was stern but when she noticed the other woman he face grew into compassion, "He'd never do anything to hurt you, and you know that."

"Yes I know...but still I wonder.." she said turning to walk away, but stopped at the site of the man in front of her. His hair was greasy looking and he had a hooked nose. His eyes were black as ebony, which seem to hold wonder in them now. Freyja gasped then started to turn in the other direction.

"Wait! Who the Bloody Hell are you?" Severus said reaching out a hand to stop her, but she was to far away to reach her. He followed her around the corner until she was no where in sight, only a trail of feathers leading him to Raven. The young teen was curled up crying silently, Severus felt his heart hurt at the sight of her, something he would never admit to. For some reason he wanted to run to her, wrap her in his arms and tell her everything was going to be okay, that she would be okay but he didn't.

"Ahem…you shouldn't be wondering the dungeons by yourself, Miss Michelle. I'll help you to your room and you shall stay until dinner, is that clear?"

Her pale eyes looked up at him, they seemed so wise beyond their years, full of knowledge that he himself had never known. He tried to sallow but his throat was so thick for some reason. She lifted herself up off the floor and started past him. He watched her go and then started to follow.

"Valkyrie Silmeria…please lets us in?" it was the first thing Raven had said the whole time Severus was walking with her.

"We?" he thought to himself, "When did I say I was to join her?"

"Fre- Raven, yes of course I shall let you in." the portrait swung open and Raven stepped through, Snape on the other hand stood there for a second then he decided to also step through. The room was utterly amazing, furnished with gold, silvers, whites and pinks, not to mention the furniture in it was highly elegant. The room had a mysterious aura to it, not to mention it's owner also had one about her too.

"Professor, why did you follow me to the dungeons?" She said sitting on her bed and motioned for him to have a seat where ever.

Severus sighed and sat in one of the chairs, "I didn't have a choice, Headmaster ordered me too. But why should I tell you why I do what I do?" He said getting up and headed toward the exit, but he stopped and looked back at her. Her eyes seemed to be holding back tears and pleading with him to stay, here with her.

"Profe-" she started but he cut her off, "You need to get some sleep, I'll brew you a sleeping potion if you insist that you cannot." He hadn't a clue why he was being so kind, usually he wouldn't the type to say or do anything of the sort, but there was something about this girl, something he yearned to know more of. She nodded and scooted under the covers a bit and watched as he brewed her tea.

She had been sleeping an hour now and for some reason he just couldn't leave her here by herself. "Valkyrie Freyja was the name of the winged woman…then Valkyrie Silmeria is the woman in the portrait…what do the two Valkyries have to do with Raven?" he thought, his eyes roaming the girls face as if he were to get an answer from her, but nothing but the sound of her faint breathing was heard. It wasn't long that Severus himself had drifted off into sleep due to thinking about the Valkyries and what they were to Raven….

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