On his way back from the toilets, his muscles still twitching from his uncontrollable fit of laughter, Severus strode about the school in search for Ari; he knew she had something to do with it and she was in a lot of trouble...

Ari was sitting in the courtyard doing her potions homework Severus had assigned her just days before; Snappy Snapey continued his stride about the school until he found her.

'She probably isn't inside; perhaps hiding from me...' he said to himself and strode outside. "It would have been a nice day..." he muttered to himself as he saw the bright, cloudless sky; the grass as green as it could possibly be; it didn't suit his mood at all. He strode about Hogwarts grounds for a little bit; although she was sitting plain sight, a few feet away from him; he failed to notice until he caught sight of her as he glared around the school grounds watching a few kids. 'Studying... perfect time...' he said to himself as he silently strode up to her and stood behind her, looking down at her, anger written all over his face.

Ari hadn't noticed him; she was too busy doing her homework and he had approached too silent for her to realize he was there.

Severus' already red face, flushed a deeper red; anyone who saw him, would swear steam was about to burst from his ears and nostrils; it, already was almost visible. "How, might I ask, did you manage to get hold of Alihotsy and HOW DARE YOU use it ON A TEACHER!" he fumed.

Ari, jumped slightly; she had just realized he was there, she concealed her smirk and turned around to look at him, "Alihotsy?" she said. She felt her smirk return; she knew she could cover it though by telling him she found it amusing, or something that Severus was in a laughing fit.

Severus' lips quivered with rage, "Yes... Miss. Dumble...dore..." he stammered through anger and swallowed, "Sneaking into my office and stealing Alihotsy... BUT GIVING IT TO A TEACHER! That teacher being... me... do you have any idea how much trouble you're in?" he spat.

Ari forced herself to look confused by this; she set her books and parchment aside and stood to her feet, facing him, "What are you talking about, professor?"

Severus stepped forward, his face red, fists balled as he shook with rage; he looked as though he were about to shoot to the skies at any moment, "You know very well what I am talking about!" he snapped, "Alihotsy... not a weed anyone just happens to have lying around in their pockets; nor is it found..." he paused, his lips curled into a smirk, "...in school grounds..." he glared at her, obviously suspecting she had either stolen it from his office or had left the school grounds. "Giving it to me, also... that would be... what." his fists balled tighter as he trembled with rage.

Ari calmly reached towards her back pocket, still looking at Severus, to check she had her wand with her. "If you must know, professor..." she said once she realized she did, indeed have her wand, "it was given to me by a Ravenclaw who works in the greenhouses and knows where to find things like Alihotsy, in return of doing something for him..." she shrugged, "It wasn't really that hard."

"You admit!" Severus declared harshly, "you and your sneaky little friends stealing from the school; using such a weed... ON. A TEACHER!" he spat. "Do you have any idea how much trouble you're..." he paused as she reached into her back pocket again; this time Severus noticed, "What would you be looking for now, Dumbledore? Another prank, I daresay?"

"I must daresay it was quite funny." Ari bothered not to conceal her smirk this time, "Don't you think sir? I mean... you were, afterall,rolling on the floor, laughing."

"It's. NOT... funny..." Severus drew his words out in a strange tone as his voice cracked, his hands quivering worse than before, "You don't realize how serious this is!" he spat, "If it had have been a student; it would lead to detention... but... A TEACHER... on the other hand..." he spat again, "No exceptions! If you weren't Dumbledore's child, you would be o the train. HOME, TONIGHT... Don't... you... dare smirk at me..." he said menacingly; his eyes flickered as his lips quivered more.

"You can't do anything more to me than what you already have, professor." Ari continued to smirk.

Severus could, no long hold off his rage, in one brisk movement, he moved right up, in her face and spat. "You... don't know what I can do. I will not tolerate you and your friends' nonsense! You're making friend with the..." he gazed at her, taking note of the flicker of anger in Ari's eyes and smirked. "...wrong sort." his lips curled as his eyes flickered; he took a step back from her. "Pulling pranks on teachers... your father... he's to blame for this!" he spat again.

Ari calmly wiped the spit from her face and replaced her hand in her back pocket, ready to make a sudden grab for her wand. "My father has nothing to do with this. The prank yesterday, I did by myself... I don't even know who the Ravenclaw, who gave me the weed, was. Nor did he know what I was going to do with it."

Severus moved back, in her face again, "I don't care what you think of your father... he lets you get away with too much." he said menacingly. "Associating with such... disgraceful people has taken a toll on you." he saw her hand in her back pocket again, "Back in your pockets, are we? What else did that Ravenclaw give you?" he asked and took a step away from her in case she had another Weasley Wheezer product or something.

Ari's eyes flickered, her anger boiling inside her, "My father! Doesn't give a crap about me! Why do you think I prank so much? To get his attention! He doesn't care!" she said, standing her ground, "The Ravenclaw gave nothing else to me; just Alihotsy in return, for giving someone a rose."

"DUMBLEDORE CARES FOR NOONE BUT HIMSELF! YOU SHOULD REALIZE THAT BY NOW!" Severus snapped. "...Then what's... in your pocket?" Severus spat in her face again, subconsciously reaching for his own wand, "A rose? Into sappy romances are we now? I think... I may vomit."

'He cares about mum...' Ari thought to herself and she slowly took her wand from her pocket, and raised both hands in the air, her wand in her left. "Just my wand, professor..."

"Your wand, you say...?" Severus said, now intrigued; he quickly whipped his wand out. "Attacking a teacher again, now are you? Well, well... perhaps, it's time to show who's the actual boss..." he said and flicked his wand before she had the chance to use any spell on him, "EX... PELLIARMUS!" he smirked as Ari's wand flew from her grip, her hair changed to bright red. "Your ways intrigue me, Dumbledore; your arrogance can't be looked past." he sneered.