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Mr. Achmetha was a strange man, he would sit down while everyone was doing their work and pet his snake cooing it at. If anyone ever tried to touch it he would quickly move his shoulder and practically growl at him. Whenever he walked he had his hands clutched tightly together, hunched over and snake wrapped around him. Still the girls thought nothing of it except his good looks, but they all soon became jealous of Ophelia. The teacher would praise her every chance he got , he would stand behind her and watch her do her work and every time she made a small mistake from smudging ink or writing a word incorrectly he would offer to give her extra points since it wasn't her 'fault' . Once after dinner Ophelia had choir auditions.

''Ophelia Asta Daae, please sing a song for us and try your best'' the teachers who were judging her stared at her, Mr. Achmetha sat at the end of the table, Severus stood behind them nervously and gave Ophelia a dumbs up. He was positive he was much more nervous than Ophelia herself. She instead took in a deep breath and began.

''Green finch and linnet bird , nightingale , blackbird and little lark , sing for me sing for me , let me hear your little tweets , soft and sweet as beckoning comes from the stars , lovely glow up above , little birds sing for me sing for me and tell me what is love and purity , let me hear you sing sweet little birds. Green finch, linnet bird, nightingale, black bird and little lark'' once she finished there was a gasp and everyone turned to look at Mr. Achmetha who was now standing clapping.

''Beautiful, beautiful really I have never such a voice before, who taught you how to sing like an angel'' Severus stepped forward, their teacher was acting much stranger than usual as the snake gave a soft hiss and turned its head to look Severus in his eyes.

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''He's really weird don't you think? I have a theory!'' Ophelia whispered as they walked to their dorm a few days later after their teacher's strange behavior.

''And what is it now?'' he asked, he was much too tired to stay up all night and hear her usual theories.

''What if Mr. Achmetha was a death eater?'' Severus stood still, he heard his heart beat rapidly in his chest.

''A death eater…no…that'' She nodded and looked around.

''Come with me tonight, I'm going to test the theory, I heard some students who broke curfew say they have heard him talk out loud to someone''

''Perhaps a teacher?'' Severus said hopefully, he certainly didn't want his problems from England to follow him here, though he hadn't found many friends' people still talked to him nicely and the best feature? His peculiar friend.

''nope, the voice always responds and they say it doesn't sound like any of the other teachers, come with me Severus please!'' she pleaded with him, whining and giving Severus her puppy dog eyes.

''Alright but if we get caught it's your fault you hear me?'' he grumbled and in return she giggled

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Severus and Ophelia sneaked out under a large black cloak she stole from the defense against dark arts teacher, an invisibility cloak. They shuffled slowly up to the alchemy class where they stopped by the door when they heard someone walking by.

''What do you mean I need to be more careful?'' Mr. Achmetha spoke. Severus looked at Ophelia with side eyes and scooted to the side careful not to make any noise.

''you're an idiot Corvus'' an unfamiliar voice whispered.

''shut up Cygnus I have this all undercool'' They came into view, Ophelia was about to let out a gasp but Severus caught it in time and slammed his palm on her mouth. The strange blonde man looked up, his eyes a cool sharp blue. He had heard them.

''Did you hear that Corvus….'' He hunched over and began sniffing the air.

''You're paranoid mate, come on'' Their teacher opened the door for him and they slipped in. Ophelia turned to look at Severus with wide eyes.

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''I TOLD YOU DIDN'T I!'' she yelled as they hid in the old abandoned astronomy tower.

''Shut up everyone will hear your bloody yells'' Severus mind began tick, what would he do now? They were probably after him.

''You okay Sev? You look like you've just seen a vampire and they're classes are at midnight it's only ten so we have 2 hours left'' He looked at her annoyed and sneered.

''are you mad making jokes right now knowing that a death eater resides at our school?! They're probably trying to recruite students from here, vampires, werewolves and any pure blood they can convince''

''Do you think….do you think they're after me?'' Severus looked at Ophelia, eyes filled with pure fear.

''They are trying to get me because of my family history, do you think Judge Throttle is with them?'' she began to shake and Severus crossed the room placing his hands on her shoulder but she flinched away.

''Look don't worry about me, I'm more worried about the other students alright Severus'' she said and looked away facing the window.

''You're more powerful than me Severus, we can try and get more proof and get them out…'' she said not looking him in the eyes. ''Halloween is tomorrow…'' she whispered ''my father's death anniversary and….the ball'' she turned to him trying to hide her fear with a face of pride and strength.

''Let's do this Ophelia…together , at the Halloween feast we'll sneak into his office and fin d the evidence we need to send him to Azkaban , you and me Ophelia you're…you're my best friend…'' He smiled and reached for her hand holding it tightly.