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The library was silent, the thickness heavy within the building. Only a few people were around, scattered about, outnumbered by the numerous books that lined the heavy wooden shelves. The librarian was smiling at a few children with startling green eyes just as she finished a children's book. Noticing Severus' arrival she grave warm smile, which Severus responded with a nod.

Bypassing the librarian, he made his way to the mythology section. The section was over flowing with books, both thin and big. The titles were printed in a multiple fronts. He pulled out a few that caught his eye. He quickly looked at the indexes, getting an overview of the contents. He ended up picking ones that spoke of the gods and goddess that lined the Greek tales, and he even grabbed a few about the heroes of the gods, and the monsters that were born from the follies of gods and humans. He figured it was best to get an overview of a world that Asellus had hinted to, and gathered a more in depth one later.

Though Severus grabbed a few books about ancient Greek worship, as he felt it was best to thank the gods for the abilities he was blessed with. He also didn't want to offend them in anyway, as they could probably kill him, or worse.

With a pile of books in his arms, he turned to leave, his task currently done, he ran into someone. His books were scattered across the ground. Severus could only stare dumbly at the opened books, their bindings and some pages bent. Disbelief was quickly followed by anger. His magic and shadows almost lashed out in anger, but he quickly suppressed it.

The boy in front of him, had light curly hair, and tanned skin. His eyes were a deep brown that seemed to study him with interest, though his expression was painted with surprise. Sturdy crutches were on both sides of him, the metal shinning under the artificial light.

"Sorry about that, I didn't exactly expect you to turn around so quickly."

Severus scowled. "You shouldn't be walking behind someone anyways. Its basically common sense."

The boy's smile seemed to become strained. "Well I too was interested in the Mythology section, it hardly belongs to you."

"Well you should have waited" replied Severus.

Silence was their answer, neither one was willing to turn away. Brown eyes vs. black eyes, a contest of wills, had begun.

"What are you doing?! If this is how you treat the books, then leave." Said one of the older librarians that walked passed. Her expression was less than pleased.

Her voice broke the staring contest with ease.

Surprised the boy turned away, leaving Severus the winner. A smug smile stretched across his lips. The result left the other boy with a scowl, and the old librarian forgotten in their game.

"Do not ignore me." She moved quickly despite her age, grabbing their ears within her grip. The boys were now unable to ignore the looming figure. "Now that have caught your attention, I will not have any fighting in my library, nor will I have anyone treating my books like this."

The boys grimaced in pain.

"Now I know Severus, but I don't know you, but I'll give you another chance. Clean up these books and cool your heels and I won't ban you from this establishment. This time anyways. Understood?"

"Yes ma'am." said both boys at once.

She let go of their ears, and she stood by as she watch them pick up their books. Her green eyes watching them like a hawk from above, or prey to be eaten. Pleased she left them to their own devices, but not before giving them a lecture that was worse than the ear pulling.

"Old hag." mumbled the boys once the librarian's tall figure was out of sight.

The boy smiled at Severus, all hard feelings from before gone, like smoke in the wind. Since the true enemy disappeared.

"No hard feelings?" asked the boy cautiously, not knowing how Severus would take it.

Severus rolled his eyes, knowing that he had overreacted, somewhat. "Whatever." said Severus, taking his books, and leaving the boy behind without another word.

"So I heard you got in trouble from Helen, she told me to keep my eye on you." Said the younger librarian with nearly the same green eyes as the older one, but hers had a spark of humor and filled to the brim with kindness, when Severus came up to the front desk.

"I did nothing wrong Miss Kate, it was the other boy's fault, and it's not my fault that the old hag is so uptight with the books. They do manage to survive against the messy, loud, and annoying children."

Miss Kate smiled. "You too are a child Severus, and I highly doubt it was just the other boy's fault. It takes two to fight."

"It wasn't even a fight; the old hag is exaggerating, again."

"Stop calling Helen an old hag, she's just been here for a long time, and she takes great pride in her management of the library. If I was in her shoes, I too would do the same. Besides, I bet you too would get along great, if you'd stop calling her such names."

She ignored Severus disbelief, as she began going through the books, checking them out under Severus' name.

"I didn't know you liked Greek Mythology. You normally check out the non-fiction section." asked Miss Kate, her tone rather curious.

"A friend of mine knows the tales amazingly well, and he always makes references. He seems to enjoy them and I was rather curious, besides I have some non-fiction books, see the book about Greek Worship." Replied Severus as he made a motion to one of the books in the pile.

"I see, keeping with the theme I suppose. Here are your books." said Miss Kate, as she handed Severus books, in a bag. "I expect you to bring them when their due."

Severus nodded. "I will." Not noticing the slight glow that had appeared when his and Miss Kate's hand had briefly touched during the exchange.

With his books in hand, Severus left the library, and not wanting to go home he made his way to the park.

The weather was just right for a day of reading, and he sat beneath one of the towering trees. The bright sun was truly a gift from Apollo, bringing just enough warmth that sunk deep into his very bones, with a light breeze bringing a sweet coldness that tangled his dark locks.

Severus opened the first book. He found himself immersed in the world of the gods. The words painted a vivid story of powerful beings with all the flaws of humanity. He could see the way they all tied together. Every tie started with chaos, and from that point, a tree was made. A large tree with intersecting branches that twisted in unknown patterns, with strong roots just as tangled as the branches above.

Time passed quickly. People came and left the park, but it wasn't until a screech, that he bothered to look up from his book.

A girl was floating. Her auburn lock flew behind her, and her green eyes glistened in joy. The smile that stretched across his face was like a miniature sun. Magic wrapped around her in joy. The lightness of her magic was the opposite of the darkness that was comprised of his. It seemed familiar somehow.

Seeing her family, he figured that she was a muggleborn, seeing how it was the blonde sister's screech that had interrupted his reading in the first place. Figuring that he should be helpful, (it didn't have anything to do with her familiar magic at all), he walked up to her, while ignoring the elder sister entirely.

"You're a witch." Severus told her simply. He didn't expect the slap that came his way.

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