A Lee En: I see your point with the spelling (I'm trying.) About why she's so protective it's in her nature, which will be explained in later chapters.
MarauderinglyMagical: Yes its the dark lord XD Maya talked him LOL I couldn't stop laughing when I wrote that, I could just picture it to, she dives at his legs he has this momentary look of 'What the hell is she doing?' And they both go crashing into the sea of blood, as far as stupid ideas I think that Mayas worst... still funny though, oh and thanks for reading it's nice to know I have peoples interest.
Alice19thgirl: Yes I tackled lord Voldemort I could not stop laughing when I wrote it either I mean if you want to vent some pent up rage there's no better way then tackling one of the most feared wizards in Great Briton.
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Obsidian eyes opened and glanced around, she was there, sitting in the leather arm chair Maya was fast asleep. For the past week she had been slipping into this room at night and falling asleep in the same arm chair facing him, by morning though she would be gone back to her room. Severus had figured out no logical explanation for this strange behavior but it wasn't doing any harm, at least he hoped it wasn't. Over the week they had started taking the dreamless sleep potion when they went to sleep and though he was feeling much better with rest, good food, and plenty of things to do; Maya was another story, each day she looked completely wiped out.
"What are you doing that's causing this?" He muttered propping himself on his elbows, logically she didn't respond but the less then calm expression on her face made him frown
"She can't be dreaming... can she, of course not the dreamless sleep won't let her..." he muttered she shifted a little her brow furrowing she almost seemed like she was battling something in her dream he was tempted to wake her up
'Unless she hasn't been using it...' part of his subconscious piped in that little voice that every one had in there head that always seemed to have the right answer whether one listened to it or not. He shook his head she absolutely no reason not to take the potion, no logical plan... as far as he was concerned the idea was foolish,
"And why wouldn't she?" he demanded she shifted and he shrank back in to the covers but she didn't wake he sat up again
"There's no good reason for her not to use the dreamless sleep potion." He muttered shaking his head, he would talk to her about it in the morning, the half finished bottle waste sitting on the floor next to the bed right were he had left it, finishing it off he settled back in bed his mind shutting down he glanced at Maya again
"You better not be doing something foolish..." he muttered closing his eyes and settling into a restless but dreamless sleep.
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As he expected when he woke that morning she was gone and there was no evidence that she had been there at all the arm chair was back in its place in front of the fire and there was no sign that someone had fallen asleep in it.
"Either their very strange dreams or she really doesn't want me to know she's been sneaking in here at night..." he muttered just as he finished speaking the door was opened and Megumi bounded in balancing a tray of various breakfast foods on her head
"Miss Maya wants to know if you want to eat in your room again or whether you would like to join her in the dining room for breakfast, also if you do wish to eat in your room she asks that you go to her room when you are done because she needs to talk to you about our living conditions and the idea of moving away for a little while for safety reasons." Megumi said Severus stopped and looked at her
"I'll join her in the dining room but what do you mean moving away for safety reasons?" he asked, the elf shrugged
"I don't know I just had to deliver the message but since your eating with her I don't have to understand, and I didn't have to carry this up here." she said with a grin and bounding back out the door
"Megumi wait a second... I don't know the way to the dinning room you psychotic elf..." he muttered throwing off the covers and following her quickly she led him to a door with a table and a chair engraved on it
"Sir do you eat half naked in front of ladies?" Megumi asked Severus looked at her confused till he finally realized that he was actually standing there shirtless
"OH!" he frowned and stomped back to the room, after finding his way back to the dining room (Now with a black silk button down shirt and dark blue pants) he pushed the door open only to have his nose assaulted by so many smells it wasn't even funny.
"Good morning Severus..." Mayas voice sounded distracted and when he saw her he understood why, she was pouring over several documents muttering to her self while seemingly unaware that she was munching on a strip of bacon half of which was pocking out of her mouth
"There headed right for us if they keep to the list... there slowing though, they've had more interference, must be the ministry..." she muttered in a second the other half of the bacon was gone and she glanced up, Severus was just standing there watching and looking clearly confused
"Well sit and eat, we haven't got long, we're moving." She said going back to her papers, Severus sat and started picking out food he glanced at the papers several maps and seemingly blank rolls of parchment were strew about in front of her right now she was tracing her finger along a smaller map the heading caught his eye 'Privet drive' her finger followed a two small dot's one with the label 'Harry potter', the other one didn't have a label but Maya didn't seem all that concerned she was actually looking more annoyed and with her mutterings Severus quickly understood why
"Stupid boy, any moment that Dark lord could show up and blast him to kingdom come and he's out taking a walk! I know being trapped in that house is no fun but... this is a bit extreme... never seems to care about his own safety..." she muttered shaking her head she moved to another map pocking it, a large birds eye view of London webbed across the page in an instant
"House six four nine eight, Gromiyo Apartment Complex." She said very clearly the ink smeared across the page till she was looking at one building
"Floor five, room five-hundred-and-six." Again the ink smeared a set of small numbers flicked at the top of the page till they read F5 several rooms were pictured with lots of dot's all the labels cramped the paged for a second before the ink started to smear and another set of numbers came up. Finally the ink stopped and the numbers halted at 506 yet instead of drawing out the room the page went blank Severus looked up confused but a smile of relief was on Mayas face
"That's good the wards are still up that means their still alive..." she said leaning back in her chair and looking at Severus with a grin he frowned and she sighed
"Had I been able to see the apartment then that would have meant the concealment wards were down, and since Sally put them up they are way to good to have failed on there own, thus that would have meant Sally was dead, and I doubt death eaters would just kill one. There's nothing to worry about though because the wards are up so, they are both alive." She said Severus nodded
"Very interesting map you have there..." he muttered she smiled
"I have several I have a huge one that covers all of Great Briton it's hanging on a wall in the map room." She said with a smile standing
"Leave your plate I'll show you were we are going to relocate." She said walking for the door he nodded and stood following her from the room and up the corridor towards his room she stopped in front of a room with carvings on the door that looked like treasure map. Waving her hand over the door handle she pushed the door open and the air was filled with the scent of aging parchment and ink
The room was dimly lit the walls covered in maps, several tables doted the room on which dozens upon dozens of maps were littered about. Some were plain muggle maps unmoving and merely showing roads and good rest stops, were as many were notably magic maps, some done in such fine detail one couldn't be sure if it was a map or a painting, some with moving dot's with names, but Maya walked past all of these with out a second glance to the one bare wall in the room
"This is on of the greatest maps of Great Briton, and it's enchanted on my map room wall, that makes you feel a little special." She said with a grin obviously joking Severus offered a slight smile still only seeing blank wall
"Oh! Right... I knew that..." she muttered pulling out her wand and tapping the wall a few times in three different places. The areas were her wand hit the wall instantly started to darken, on closer inspection Severus saw ink webbing out rapidly until the wall was on huge map of Great Briton
"Nice isn't it? I love this map." She said with a grin
"Like any other map I can't see warded areas but everything else is shown with disturbing detail." She said this time with out her wand she lightly touched the Kingslynn area were a soft pulse could just be seen the area enlarged and she tapped it again
"Maya Solensen." She said clearly in an instant the was a birds eye view of the room and two people standing in it, one of the was red Severus stepped back and as he moved the black dot moved away from the red one
"That's amazing..." he muttered moving forward and reaching out to touch the wall as he did so a little arm came from the dot reaching for it's wall
"And incredibly creepy if I must say so..." he muttered Maya laughed
"See, I told you the detail on this map was way too good." She said tapping the map rapidly it went back to a full view of England and she tapped an area a little north of the soft pulse
"We'll still be in Norfolk but we're going north up here I had Family up here for a while they had a small house not far from Hunstanton beach, the town is small every body knows every body sort of place, but it's basically a large muggle community." She said tapping the map till it centered on a small but quaint house with a long back garden
"My grandmother's house, she wanted a large family so she convinced my grandfather to buy a house with a big backyard. There both dead now but the house was left to the Family, no one uses it because it's to much of a hassle and it's a bit run down, but it's that safest place is could find, They wouldn't think of this place because..." she stopped shaking her head
"It doesn't matter." She said taking her wand and tapping the map, it faded slowly and Severus looked at her
"What's wrong?" she shook her head
"It's nothing I promise, just something from that dream..." Severus frowned
"He asked you about your family... what was that about any way?" Maya smiled turning away
"He knows my brother; he knows all of his followers doesn't he? Even if it's just their name he'll know them all." She said shaking her head walking away she obviously didn't want to discuss it but Severus wasn't letting her get out of explaining this
"What do you mean? Are you telling me your brother is a death eater?" he demanded reaching forward he grabbed her arm she turned to face him
"Yes, My brother became a death eater to please my father, He demanded strength from both of us, I coped with it but Mamiya took it badly, he could never do any thing right in fathers eyes, so he found away to become the strongest, he joined that man!" she tried to pull away frowning when she realized just how strong his grip was
"Let me go! I told you about brother now just let go." She said he didn't move, the golden eyes, what Bellatrix had been about to call him
"Sol... Solensen." He let her go and she stepped back
"What are you talking about? My name? What about it?" He looked at her
"You brother, I know him as well... Mamiya Tokida... a power hungry little bastard who helped put me in the state you found me in... He apperated away maybe a minute before you showed up." He said Maya shook her head
"Tokida, Our mother's maiden name... he doesn't want to be found... I've been... that's it... this is... he... I'll... I'LL SKINE HIM ALIVE!" she yelled turning away and grabbing one of the maps she dashed for the door
"MAMIYA TOKIDA!" She yelled out the name throwing the door open Severus chased after her as she hit the map with her wand
"Maya wait what are you going to accomplish!" his own wand out now he shot a leg locker curse at her and she collapsed to the floor the map and her wand falling away
"No! Don't stop me I'll skin him alive for what he did!" she yelled Severus walked over and she lashed out at his legs nails digging into skin despite the fabric
"Release me! Let me go!" He dropped to his knees her hand puling away before he crushed it. He grabbed her shoulders and pinned her to the floor her eyes were wide but she looked enraged
"Maya listen to me, he is a death eater and because of this he won't be alone. If anything he'll be at the manor, and if he is then you won't even reach him you'll be dead before you get to the door, the guards will kill you and if they don't they'll hex you till your blue then use you in ways you don't even want to think about!" he said harshly she shook her head
"I don't care! He'll die for what he did! He stole everything, father may not have been the nicest man but he was all I had Mamiya killed him! Used that damned curse and showed off his damn mark and laughed about it!" she said rapidly losing steam, she wasn't fighting to get away any more, and Severus pulled away she just lay there her face in her hands now
"He laughed and tried to kill me... that's when I got away, I met Dumbledore and he offered to help I took it and promised to repay him, that's when he gave me the order to be Harry's watcher... I took the job with out question; I owed him my life... I though Mamiya had died because no matter where I looked Mamiya Solensen was gone..." she said through her hands
"But you know he's alive now... You can't go after him what would happen to Matchi and Megumi if you were killed? I'm not going to take them in; they'll be out on the streets." He said she moved her hands looking up at him with a raised eyebrow
"Your mean you know that? Not even willing to take in defenseless house elves that look to you like a second master." She said he frowned
"Don't even joke like that..." he said she grinned
"Why not? It's true, Megumi even more so then Matchi she thinks your one of her masters and has no problem following your orders even with out the magic making her." He said she paused taking a moment to consider the position they were in; he was sitting over her she was pinned to the ground wand less his face just there his eyes met hers and she felt her face grow warm
"C-can I sit up now?" she asked trying to looking but unable to bring her self to actually move he leaned back a soft pink ting in his own cheeks she sat up and looked at him their faces so close she could feel the soft breaths he took
"I'll stay for all three of you..." she muttered looking down he looked at her
"All three of us? But..." he shook his head standing
"Don't say things like that you're acting so strange." He said turning and walking off as soon as he made it to the room and went in quickly and shut the door leaning against it he let his head fall back against the wood
"What was that? Just now... the same thing from before... when she thanked me, stupid woman..." he muttered sitting on the edge of the bed Maya sat one the floor her face still red
"Was that... did we almost... Kiss?" she muttered bringing a hand up to touch her lips lightly she could just feel the ghost of his breath, still felt like she was sinking in deep onyx eyes
"This can't be good... I can't be... falling for him? It's not possible; all I did was save him...
'Then he saved you...'
"All we do is talk..."
'And eat together...'
"We keep fighting..."
'The correct term is dueling...'
"And... this is not helping me win this argument I can't like him... I'm not supposed to fall for the bad guy..."
'When was he ever the bad guy?'
"He killed Dumbledore"
'Because Dumbledore asked him to'
"Who are you?"
'The little voice in your head that tells you when you in love with someone.'
"Damn..."