After the talk with Faith, Severus walked up the corridor a bit, to Ariana Dumbledore; the daughter of Albus; she, too had found herself on his suspect list after pranks involving fireworks on the Grand Staircase, as well as Severus despised any child of Dumbledore because he could see they were always able to get away with everything.


"Up to mischief again, are we?" Severus asked Ari, as he found her not far away from where he'd just spoke to Faith.

Harry and Angel were still able to watch on from behind the door, however were able to poke their heads through a little more even; the hall was still empty so it gave them a lot of time to spy.

"No professor." Ari replied.

Severus glared at her, "Intriguing how chocolate frogs just happen to appear... in my office." he snarled; his voice quiet, yet audible.

Ari blinked, "The last time I was in your office sir, was for detention."

'Malfoy wouldn't have worked alone at this...' he said to himself as he glared at Ari. "I do not tolerate frogs... in my office." there was a slight pause, "You were last with Faith, correct?"

"Yes sir... but we were in the common room." Ari said; Harry and Angel could tell she wasn't lying.

"Malfoy... had... frogs." Severus said slowly, keeping his glare with Ari.

Harry and Angel sniggered to eachother, his wording was rather amusing. "Malfoy... had... frogs." Harry quoted to Angel, who sniggered.

"So?" Ari replied, outraged, gesturing with her hands, "we were eating them. In. The. Common. Room." she said, slowly; trying to get through Severus's thick head that she hadn't been the one to put the frogs in his office. 'We weren't even near the dungeons. We were clearly up on the Seventh floor!' she said to herself.

"Frogs... hop." snapped Severus. He looked in Harry and Angel's direction; the two slipped behind the door some more in case he'd seen them and sniggered to themselves at his amusing wording, Severus jerked his head back so he faced Ari; "Someone, with Miss Malfoy... put them in my office."

"Then it must have been after she was with me and before she was put into a coma, professor." Ari replied, with much agitation to her voice.

Severus sighed slightly as he thought, 'she knows something...' his eyes flickered darkly, "I don't know what's gotten into you... but I will find out!" he threatened. 'Other houses...' he glared at Ari some more, "And where would you be going?" he finally spoke as Ari rolled her eyes as she turned to walk away; the tips of her hair turning a bright red.

"Away from you" she snapped and glared at Severus.

Harry and Angel felt deeply inspired by her; her comebacks were perfect; she had obviously dealt with Severus quite a few times.

"Away. From me, you say? You and your sneaky little friends are up to something and believe me! I will find out what" he said menacingly. "You can't hide... from Me." he added coldly, spitting through his anger.

"YEAH?" Ari snapped, "I THINK YOU'RE FORGETTING WHO MY FATHER IS!" she yelled, took a breath to calm herself, "Need I remind you?" she said coldly.

"She's a bitch to him! I like it!" Harry whispered to Angel.

Angel sniggered and whispered back, "Agreed."

"I know... who your father is." Severus said impatiently, "and let me tell you. He will know!" he spat, "he will stand up for you but I know... different." he said coldly. 'Must keep his trust though...' his mind told him.

Ari couldn't hold her anger back, "If you don't stop making false truths about me and my friends, just because they are in different houses, or like to prank, then I will convince him to sack you!" she said, her angered tone now had a sharp threatening tone to it. Harry was certain she was going to hit him eventually... or worse. "Whether she trusts you or not; you are a bloody professor! You were a student once. I am sure you pranked. Live a little!"

Severus's rage boiled inside of him; "HOW DARE YOU!" he spat. "DETENTION!" he hesitated for a minute, "fifty points from Slytherin! You don't know anything about my youth." he felt his heart sink some more as he flashed back to parts of his youth, "Perhaps try not to give me reason to not trust you!" his eyes flickered through his rage.

"I know a bloody lot more about your days than you think!" Ari snapped, stepping closer to him, almost right in his face, "It comes with being the daughter of Albus and Minerva!" she couldn't control her anger by now; he had gone too far, "Just because you were bloody bullied doesn't give you the right to bully your students." she paused, taking in the threatening glare of Severus; the dark deadness in his eyes, yet filled with the fire of rage that burnt within him; she enjoyed every moment of seeing this. "You wonder why people don't like you. Or trust you? This would be the bloody reason!"

Severus's mind raced; his heart sank rapidly, 'she knows...' he felt betrayed within; would Albus have really told her about his past when it was sworn a soul would not be told? Severus replayed Dumbledore's words to Harry in his first year of school; 'It's a secret- so naturally the whole school knows.' was there reason to not trust Dumbledore? Severus couldn't stop the feeling of betrayal and hurt as his mind raced to James and Lily. "You arrogant little... how dare you speak to me like this!" he snapped, "You've just earned yourself four months detention!" he glared at her, the pain becoming too much at the thoughts of Lily and how James stole her from him; how the sorting hat placed her in Gryffindor; the bullying. 'Owned by a Dumbledore... again...'

"Fine!" Ari snapped, as she turned on her heel and strode off down the corridor, stopping for no one; her hair mainly red.

Severus spat bitterly as he turned on his heel towards the dungeons; the way he strode off in the opposite direction of his students always reminded him of walking away at the end of a duel. Harry and Angel watched on as Severus headed towards the dungeons.