A Werewolf Romance

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any of the characters

This story contains several of my own characters, if you wish for more detailed profiles please don't hesitate to ask.

A/N: Sorry that I haven't updated in a while but my brain decided to go on holiday and it left me with writer's block, it did send me a postcard though, that allowed me to write this.

Michaela wished that she didn't have to leave from the comfort of Lupin's arms but she knew that sooner or later the others would start wondering where she had gotten to. She promised Lupin that she would come again when she had some spare time and then left his office and then she made her way back to the Gryffindor common room.

As she walked through the castle she began to really think about what had happened in these few hours. She had lost her temper so easily today and could have possibly killed Flint if given half a chance; what surprised her the most was Snape's reaction today. He was never one for blasting out of anger and she never thought that he would attack a student.

"What was that all about?"
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you Kassi. You've asked about him before."
"Go on try me."

She would never believe the truth, it was the one thing in her life that she had managed to keep secret from Kassi in all the years she'd known her, she knew what had happened to her mum, how it had affected her, everything. But this one piece of information was the one thing she had kept totally private.

She reached the portrait of the fat lady, said the password and went inside, she needed to find Kassi, Micky had made a decision whilst walking up that she had to tell Kassi what was going on about Snape, or more to the point, what was still going on, as this was not a thing that was liable to change overnight.

She finally found her sitting in one of the armchairs near the fireplace, bizarrely she was alone, although, the twins were probably causing mayhem elsewhere. Micky walked up to her through the busyness of the common room and, upon reaching her, tapped her on the shoulder.

Kassi nearly jumped out of her skin before turning round and seeing who it was. After cursing several times she agreed to follow Micky into the dormitories, as they'd be empty at this time of the day.

They had barely got in there and shut the door when Kassi spoke up,

"So are you going to tell me what the hell's going on with Snape then?"

"Yes, ok? Can I just say in advance, don't judge me on what I tell you."

" I won't Micky, I promise. Now what was all that about before?"

Micky drew in a long breath, trying as hard as she could to delay this next sentence. That's all it was, just a sentence, yet it was one that brought a mixture of feelings to Micky.

"Ok" She started of slowly, procrastinating for as long as she could. "You heard what Flint was saying about my mother didn't you?"

" Yes, he isn't that good a whisperer Micky."

" Right well, since Snape also heard it… He took offence to it maybe even more than I did. Since he…"

"Micky will you just spit it out, whatever it is, it can't be that bad."

"Don't you believe it. Fine. Snape is my uncle ok, he's mother's brother, and therefore he naturally got defensive when they started bad mouthing her. That is the reason that he struck Flint in the chest and no doubt why he was probably so harsh on Flint after class today."

Silence fell between them, a silence that Micky couldn't stand. What was Kassi thinking right now, the horror that Snape was related to her or the fact that she had never told her before now?

"Why have you never told me this?" Kassi finally said.

"Quite a few reasons to be honest. I'm slightly ashamed, who'd want be a student here related to Snape? I mean, just think about it. If it was you, would you tell anyone?"

"No to be honest." And at that a small smile came over her face, a one of mischievous nature.

"Oh my God, Snape's your uncle?" She laughed away and Micky had the feeling that she'd missed something.

"Yes?"

"Go on then, you must have some dirty laundry on him, from your parents' stories or anything, come on fess up."

At this Micky started laughing, she did know quite a few things about Snape that many others didn't know, but wasn't stupid enough to cough them up to Kassi.

"And what?" was her eventual reply. "Get my own head boiled by him when he realises I'm the source of these juicy pieces of gossip? Not on your life."

The tension between them was over, the last Micky said to Kassi before leaving for tea was to make her swear not to tell a soul saying that she preferred 'a quiet life'.

Teatime was actually quite quiet; Kassi thankfully seemed to keep her word to Micky. They, Fred and George merely chatted about the stacks of revision that was being put upon them for their OWLs.

After a little while Micky's attention moved away from the conversation and her eyes started to drift down the Gryffindor table. Along the way she could see many of the third years gathered together with the paper, no doubt discussing Sirius Black, it said in the paper that there was still no sign of him and that more dementors may be arriving to Hogwarts. Micky had hoped that this wouldn't be the case, but unless Sirius was caught soon, the ministry would more dementors as the possible answer.

Her eyes then moved onto the teachers' table; most were eating and chatting just as much as the students. As she scanned along her eyes found Lupin, he looked happier then she had seen him in a long time, a huge smile was glazed across his face as he spoke to Prof. Sprout.

That was a stark contrast to Snape though, he sat in the corner quite in silence with the look of one ready to murder. Bizarrely she actually felt sorry for him, she knew that him and her mother had been quite close before the… accident, so the mention of her in such a bad light today would have made him angry. Although Micky had to admit to herself, she would never have thought he'd get this angry.

After tea was over, Micky saw that Snape had already gone, probably to his office. As she left the Great Hall she turned to the right in route to go the dungeons after him.

"Where are you going Micky?" Came Kassi's voice from behind her.

"Erm… Library, need to go and look something up for Herbology."

Kassi seemed to accept this and allowed her to leave. Micky swiftly made her way down the dungeons until she reached the door of Snape's office. She was really nervous about this now but she just wanted to ensure everything was all right with him. After a long pause and a few deep breaths she knocked and the door of the office.

"Enter." Came the very familiar cold voice.

She slowly opened the door, it squeaked rather loudly and she saw Snape sitting at his desk not even looking at who was at the door.

"Whatever it is you want you better make it quick, I'm in no mood for fun and games at the moment."

Micky tried to pick her words very carefully before she spoke, she knew he could be very cruel when he wanted to be, but she thought she better ask him straight.

"Why did you do that today sir?" She knew formality was a must.

At the sound of Micky's voice, Snape finally raised his head from his work and looked her in the eye.

"I'm surprised you of all people would be asking me such a question." His voice was little more than a whisper. "I could have very easily punished you for threatening another student in front of me."

Every word he said was quiet yet Micky was almost stabbed by every single one. His eyes seemed colder than ever and quite menacing. He slowly stood up and leaned forward on the desk so that he was looking her straight in the eye.

"And yet," He continued on. "I hear from Prof. Lupin that you did indeed jinx him after you both left my class. He tried to make out that it was self-defence on your part but personally I don't believe him."

Micky said nothing but her eyes could no longer look at his, so she just stared at the ground. It was self-defence, he came and attacked her, and she defended herself. She didn't know what Snape was implying.

"And I'm right aren't I?" He eventually said. "You really wanted to hurt him, perhaps even kill him." A small smirk was appearing on his face.

"Shut up!" Micky shouted which seemed to surprise Snape as he shifted back a way. "Even if I had the thoughts to kill him I wouldn't dare, I'm not a death-eater Snape. I don't kill without thinking."

She regretted those words the moment they left her mouth, she had attacked him for the one thing he wanted to forget. The look she received turned sour and he raised himself to full height.

"Get out Black."

"Sir I didn't mean to say that, but you got to understand I wouldn't attack anyone unless given good reason."

They had both touched a nerve in each other it seemed, and Snape realised that.

"I possibly did speak slightly carelessly" He said finally. "But I am warning you, keep your knowledge of me to yourself Michaela. Otherwise you will find yourself in lot of trouble." He paused for a moment and then said, "I suppose I better check that you are ok after this afternoon's episode."

"Fine sir… and what about you?"

"I was relatively unaffected by the event."

"That's a lie."

"I beg your pardon."

"I said that's a lie sir. You and my mother were very close, or so I've heard."

He looked at her intently at her before saying,

"Yes your mother and I were quite close, especially since she was the only member of my family that didn't seem to despise me. I wish she wasn't gone."

He said the last sentence so quietly that Micky barely heard it, but it proved that even Snape was only human. And with that she made her way to the door to leave.

"Oh, and Michaela," He called to her. "Next you get involved in a slight scuffle and I will be forced to punish you for attempted harm, whether in self-defence or otherwise."

Micky merely nodded at this statement and then left the office and made her way back to the common room.

A/N: My GCSEs are finally finished and I have two and a half months of nothing to do so I should be able to write some more of this very soon. Btw please review :)