Seth Roth-Salli was caught completely off guard by all of what was happening. He had just met his father for the first time in 14 years and his werewolf mate. He was standing in the hall of this completely new place with only his sister for support. His mate, Remus Lupin was his name, was with them and was unabashedly staring at Seth. Not that Seth had the power to do anything but stare back.

Mate. He had a mate. He definitely hadn't expected this to happen so soon, or at all. But here his mate was, in flesh and blood, standing right before him.

His mate was older, about the same age as his father, it seemed. He had longish sandy colored hair and full amber eyes. He was moderately built with muscle, as if he had recently had a job in labor. He was also taller than Seth by about five inches.

"So…mates?" Seth breathed out awkwardly.

"Yeah," Remus replied with a benevolent tone to his voice.

"This is so weird for me."

"It's okay, I understand."

Seth exhaled and absentmindedly reached a hand up to tug on his hair. Remus immediately jumped forward and batted his hand away; his little mate shouldn't hurt himself in any way. His mate put his hand down, but took two steps back in fear. That is when Madildae Roth Salli exploded.

"Okay, mister, you get your grubby little paws off of my brother! You barge in here right after we meet our father for the first time in a long time and you interrupt my poor brother's world in such a way that…that…you need to take a step back! Who the hell do you think you are and what do you have to say for yourself?

"Tills…" Seth said, trying to calm his ferocious sister.

"Quiet Seth, dear. I'm dealing with this." Matildae said in a way that reminded Remus of the way a mother would speak to her children.

"I…I'm sorry Seth." That was all Remus could say before Matildae exploded again.

"Damn right you're sorry and you should be!"

"Tills, you need to calm down." Seth said with the most confidence Remus had heard him talking with. Not that that was very confident at all, but it was an improvement in Remus' eyes.

"Sorry, Seth. You know how I get."

"It's okay. I accept both of your apologies. "

"Thank you, Seth," Remus said in a voice with a slightly satisfied undertone. He wanted to hug his mate to his, but he didn't want to scare him, or offend his mate's sister again.

"Wait a minute here…they are brother and sister and she said that they had just met their father who must be…Snape! I'm mated to Snape's son? Wow…this is an interesting development, isn't it? No wonder Albus looked so amused." Remus thought. It wasn't that he was at all mad about his mate being Snape's soon. No, that wasn't how mates worked. It was just a minor thing that Remus now had to consider when he was around Professor Snape. He wished he had made his friends act nicer towards Snape, but it was too late for that now.

Just then, Dumbledore popped his head out of the door and invited them all back in. They walked through the doorway and took their seats; Matildae making sure to sit between Remus and Seth.

"Okay everyone, it's all been settled. The house elves will set up rooms for Seth and Matildae in Severus' quarters. You will spend the rest of the summer here at Hogwarts and attend school here in the fall. Remus' rooms will be moved closer to yours to help him stay close to his new mate Seth, and I encourage you to spend lots of time together, not only Remus and Seth, but also Seth, Madildae, and Severus. Does anyone have a problem with that? No? Good." Dumbledore said with his famous eye twinkle.

"Sir, I was wondering if Hogwarts had a library that I could use?" Said Matildae, obviously to look up her brother's new predicament.

"Of course! What house of learning is complete without a library! You may use it anytime you like. I'm sure our fine would be glad to show you there." Said Dumbledore with an almost song-like ring to his voice.

"Severus will show you and Remus to your new homes and then Remus can bring Matildae to the library! It will work out wonderfully! I hope you love your new home at Hogwarts. Remus, you are now living behind the portrait of the Yellow Fairy and the password is 'Chocolate Frog.' Of course you may change it if you like. Well, off you go! Have a lovely day!" said the oddly cheerful Dumbledore.

Matildae caught Remus' arm as he was about to leave the library.

"I think we need to have a little chat." She said with an almost menacing tone to her voice.

"Yes?" Remus said back, tiredly.

"I just want you to understand that if you hurt my brother in any way, shape, or form, whether it be mentally, physically, or spiritually, I will be forced to kick your ass so hard you will go forward in time by a week and a half," the girl said with a sweet voice that dripped with sugar.

"I understand," Remus said, not quite done, "But what you need to understand is that I would never, ever, not under any circumstanced intentionally hurt Seth. That is what it means to have a mate. I ould protect him and go to the ends of the earth for his well being. I think we have an agreement here?"

"Yes, yes we do," Said Matildae as they shook hands, "Yes we do."