Here's the third Chapter everyone...please read and review

"Serenity Snape." Minerva yelled and Severus watched as his daughter went up to the stool.

Serenity took in a deep breath and held it. What was she to do? Where would the hat put her? Where did she want to go? Well it was a little late to be asking all these questions but at least now she would get a definite answer.

"Hmm," the hat hummed in her ear, "what and interesting mix. A Slytherin and a Gryfindor? How in the world did your mummy and daddy manage that? Well Slytherin would do you well as would Gryfindor…I will allow you to choose…Hogwart's little princess would definitely be a wonderful match for any house."

Serenity sighed and closed her eyes thinking hard. What was she to do? Where should she go? WHAT SHOULD SHE CHOOSE?!

"Slytherin." She said quickly.

"Are you sure?" the hat asked slowly.

"Yes…I am positive."

"Very well if you are sure…better be….SLYTHERIN!"

Serenity looked over towards her father and saw that he wore a small smile on his face. She waited for a nod or some sign of pride but none lingered on his face. Wasn't he proud of her? Now, what had she done?

Severus sighed and looked at Albus who was watching Serenity talk avidly to a blond hair boy.

"You know my boy, because you are her father she will not fall like you did."

"Albus-"

"Do not argue with me my boy; I know that is exactly what you were thinking. She will do fine if not better."

"I just can't help but you know…worry." Snape said facing his mentor.

"My dear boy, you would be one of the worst parents in the world if you did not worry, but you must give the poor girl room to breathe and grow. You don't want her to grow up and become resentful of you and your overly protective behavior."

Severus nodded and turned towards his baby girl. She was so gorgeous and…happy. Too bad it wouldn't last for long; Severus knew that it wouldn't last for long. Just as he was about to confide further in Albus a figure sat between him and the Headmaster.

"Excuse me?" he snapped scowling at the man's rudeness.

"Now is that anyway to say hello to your old student Sevvy?"

"Ugh." Snape groaned and looked away. "Hello Alex." He said trying his hardest not to smack him.

"How are you Severus?"

"Fine." He said rapidly.

"And how is Serenity?" he asked using his hand for a head rest.

"Very well thank you." Snape said trying to avoid conversation,

"Not very talkative are you Sev?" Alex grumbled getting annoyed.

Severus turned around and gave him a long mean look. How dare he, the boy had left with no explanation of where he was going or his plans in the future.

"And I wonder why?" he snapped.

"Well I wonder."

"That's because you are a moronic Gryfindor." Snape said standing. "And I actually thought you were different." He spat spitefully.

Serenity looked and saw that her father was leaving the feast, he hadn't even eaten. Serenity stood and went up to Dumbledore. He looked up from his plate and shook his head.

"Please?" Serenity asked innocently,

"I do not think that the wisest thing to do my dear but please feel free to chase after him."

Serenity nodded and ran out the door following her father's quiet footsteps. She could just barely make him out and Serenity knew exactly where he was going. She turned and looked at Alex and saw him flash an innocent smile her way. She couldn't resist sending one back but quickly frowned, because Alex had left for so many years at a time Severus found it hard to trust him.

She ran to keep up with her father but it seemed that he was trying to keep his pace fast and evasive.

"Dad!" she yelled finally out of breath.

She watched him stop and turn to face her. His eyes met hers for a brief moment but then he dismissed the gaze by turning on his heal and walking in the other direction. Something was wrong, Serenity knew that much.

Severus could not believe that Alex had the gull to speak with. After the grief that boy had put him through! With his mad suicide attempts and other idiotic stunts! Once Alex left school, not once had he made it his mission to write or speak with him. And hell would have to freeze over before he let that go. He knew that Serenity probably wanted to talk to him about it and he knew that his daughter would never understand his predicament. She may have known Alex when he was younger but she knew nothing of what happened behind closed office doors, and Severus was not in the mood to explain it.

Serenity was taken back when the portrait entrance door was slammed in her face. She stared at the wood for the longest time feeling tears stream down her face. She had gone into Slytherin but he now hated her for it. What had she done wrong?

She sat against the wall near the portrait hole and sobbed, she knew the password to get in and Salazar would never lock her out but it still hurt her to know that her father was not proud of her placement in Slytherin House. Especially since she wanted nothing more then to please him. Her body was getting cold sitting on the stone floor and it was then that she realized her father was not coming out for her. She sighed and began making her way to Slytherin Common Room. Severus had told her the password just in case she was sorted into his house.

The picture was of a woman with a snake and Serenity had always guessed it to be Salazar's wife, but she knew that the old Slytherin had a fairly strong crush on the lady of Ravenclaw.

"Aconite." She said calmly.

The portrait swung open allowing her entry. She walked inside and collapsed on a chair. Her eyes were so heavy and all she wanted to do was sleep. Serenity placed her hand under her chin allowing her support just in case such a thing happened and closed her eyes. She was just resting them for the moment, just until she heard students come in.

Serenity awoke with a start to find someone tapping her arm rather impatiently.

"Wha-"

She opened her eyes and looked up into the face of a fellow Slytherin. Serenity swiped at her eyes wiping away the sleep, but it didn't work very well. She was tired as all hell and she wanted nothing more then to fall back asleep.

"C'mon Serenity."

"Go away Flint." She grumbled.

Flint was a prefect and had assumed the role as her protector when he first met her. He watched her like a hawk always, making sure that no one caused her harm or that she never got herself into too much trouble.

"If you sleep like this all night you will have a crick in your neck."

She closed her eyes and sighed.

"Oh…weeelll." She yawned.

Flint rolled his eyes and picked her up as if she weighed next to nothing.

"C'mon little snake, you know that your father would not let you sleep there."

She didn't say anything, just listened to Flints calming heartbeat as he carried her up to the girl's dormitory. She felt her body being placed on something cloud soft and a warm blanket being pulled up to her chin.

"Good night Ren." Was whispered in her ear and then she fell back into a peaceful sleep.

Morning came and the sun leaked into the room and covered her body. She moaned having to wake up when she was so cozy in her bed. Still with her father being head of her house she doubted that sleeping in would be a very intelligent thing to do. Serenity sat up and saw that her dormitory was already empty! She must have slept in!

Quickly she got up and dressed, grabbed her bag with all her class supplies and ran down the dormitory steps at full speed. It was empty which only made Serenity's fear grow more. She prayed that everyone was still eating breakfast. Running down the steps was easy seeing that none of the students were there, she was happy for that. Serenity remembered how much of a hassle it had been to walk down these steps when she was younger. Her father used to have to carry her because all the students would be walking either too slow or wanted to just stand there and talk.

She ran until she had to stop because she was out of breath. Her eyes wandered on people who were just coming out of the Great Hall. She closed her eyes with relief, she was late but she had only missed breakfast. That was a good thing; Serenity never really enjoyed eating breakfast anyway. She slowed her pace as she walked to her first period class; it was Defense Against the Dark Arts with Alex. Serenity sighed; she had known Alex very well when she was younger. She had absolutely no idea why he just chose to disappear out of her life. Her father took it particularly hard considering he had always considered Alex like a son to him but there was nothing he could really do to find him.

Serenity walked into the class unthinkingly, her father was there talking to Alex in nothing over a whisper, this made Serenity feel extremely uncomfortable. She honestly wondered what they were talking about. Suddenly the whispering stopped when Alex looked up and straight into her eyes. His hair was lighter than Icary's and his eyes were blue, he was now the youngest teacher at Hogwarts School. She guessed her father probably took that as some great insult.

"Good morning Serenity!" Alex said standing from his desk and entrapping her in a hug.

Serenity looked over her shoulder at her dad and saw that he wasn't exactly thrilled with this arrangement. His lips were in a straight line and Serenity was sure that he was about to explode. Still she could not resist hugging Alex with all her might, despite the feud with him and her father she did adore this man.

"Morning Alex." She said happily.

He pulled away and tried to put on a serious face. It failed miserably as Serenity began to dissolve into giggles.

"Now, Ms. Snape," he began and Serenity recognized that he was trying to impersonate Severus, "you must refrain from calling me such a formal name. For now and forever you must always refer to me as Professor Awesomeness."

Serenity rolled her eyes.

"Or Professor Wollingberry." He said ruffling her hair.

"Yeah, that sounds a little more believable." She said still laughing.

Alex huffed and folded his arms over his chest so he looked like a child.

"Well, I must go. See you Mr. Wollingberry." Severus strode out of the room without even giving Serenity a second look.

Suddenly all the fun and happiness that was with her had left, her face sunk to a frown and she no longer found Alex's antics funny…okay maybe just a little funny.

"C'mon dear…I had you laughing yourself to death! Don't let the dungeon bat suck the fun out of the room!"

Serenity looked at him and made her eyebrows rise.

"That's my daddy buddy." She said trying to use her father's legendary tone.

Alex pretended to cower back in fear and through a salute her way while sitting at his desk.

"You might want to take your seat Ren; the other students will be coming in soon." He pointed with his wand to her assigned seat and Serenity found that it was right in front.

"Who's sitting next to me?" she asked trying to get a look at his seating chart.

"Go sit, you'll find out as soon as they come in."

Serenity pouted at first but then quickly sat when she saw Harry come through the door. His hair was messed up but that only made him cuter in Serenity's opinion.

"Hey Serenity." He said happily.

"Hi Harry…how was your dinner last night?"

Harry smiled and sighed.

"It was okay…but it would have been better if you would have been sitting next to me."

Serenity's eyes lit up and her lips curled into a large smile.

"That's a really nice thing to say, Harry." She said blushing.

Harry's face went red as well but he quickly turned back to his normal skin tone when he saw Alex come back in.

"Okay midgets!" he yelled loudly.

They all looked at him strangely and Serenity had to cover her mouth with her hand to stifle her laughter. Alex looked at Serenity from the corner of his eye and smiled.

"I have your seating chart right here…M'kay row one!"

Serenity listened as he sat people down in the rows, the seat next to her remained empty for a while until the door to the classroom opened and another student walked in. He walked so gracefully and without fault, his hair was short and blond, he almost looked like Draco only much more humble. He walked up to the teacher, placed a note on his desk, and then went to sit next to Serenity.

He sat down and leaned back in his chair.

"Hi." Serenity whispered.

The boy turned to face her for a brief moment and then turned back.

"I'm Serenity." She held her hand low enough so Alex would not notice but high enough for the blond boy to shake it.

At first he looked at her questioningly, but then he placed his hand in hers and shook it gently.

"I'm Ashley."

Serenity smiled brightly at him.

"You have a cool name Ashley, it is very nice to meet you."

Ashley smiled at her, this was the first student that didn't taunt him about having a first name that was meant for a teenage girl. Serenity smiled and faced Alex.

"I guess this makes us friends now." She whispered.

She heard his soft chuckle.

"Yeah, I guess it does."

Here's the next chapter my peeps...hey guys I love Ashley he is one of my favorite characters that I came up wit!!! Anyway please READ and REVIEW!!!