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Fun Fact: Xayla was a year under Snape in Slytherin house and once defended him against the Marauders, when she was in her second year. At that time, she despised them and was even friendly with Lily, though when Snape and her stopped being friends, that stopped immediately, over time, she also started to see that maybe the Marauders were pretty cool.

There's a whole history there and I could go on, but ill leave you with this. If you guys really want it, I can eventually write a marauders story with Xayla in it.


(Harry POV)

When we arrived at Uncle Zanders quarters, he was already sat on a couch, while Hagrid sat across from him on a chair that had been enlarged for the half giant. Both were already talking as music played in the background. "Oh, I love this song." I said as Henry sat on the couch and I followed.

"Hi, it's good to see you, too." Uncle Zander said and Henry and I grinned.

"Hey dad." We said in unison. I was so used to switching between calling him dad and uncle that sometimes, I wondered if I should just call him dad, but Uncle Zander had always said that it would make him uncomfortable if I called him dad in private, because he'd loved and cared about my birth father and felt as if he was dishonoring him if he went around me, acting like James Potter.

"How's your week been?" He asked as he waved his wand and a kettle that sat on the table in front of us lifted and began to fill two cups with boiling tea. Immediately, we began telling him all about it all, talking about the teachers, students and everything in between, until finally, we got to Snape.

"I don't think he likes us." I finally said, quietly and as my uncle raised his eyebrows, Henry said.

"No, I don't think he likes anyone."

"What did he do?"

"Tried to embarrass us in front of everyone."

"That's odd." Hagrid said as he sipped from his own giant mug. "He's usually real friendly with Slytherin."

"Yeah…" Uncle Zander narrowed his eyes, "what did he say?" When we explained to him about the questions and how he'd asked us right in front of everyone, he pursed his lips and set down his tea. "Was that all he did in class?"

Shaking my head, I explained what he did to Neville when he made a mistake with the potion. "Yeah, that's definitely not okay." He said, "Don't worry boys, I'll speak with him, okay?" We nodded as he then moved on to telling us about his week of working and how he absolutely loved every single one of his students and how even though he was the teacher, he felt as if he was learning something new every single day.

By the time a quarter till ten rolled around, we'd all finished our tea and talked so much that our tongues felt as if they might fall out. "Alright boys." Uncle Zander stood. "I'll have Hagrid take you boys back to your dorms, while I get ready to go see your mother, okay?" Nodding, we stood, stretched and smiled at Hagrid as he stood.

"'Ight, yer better come with me." The half giant stretched as well, then thanking Uncle Zander for his tea, he turned to us. "Come on, Let's go." We were just following him out, when I spotted something on a side table that made me stop. It was the Daily Prophet from a while back and on the front page, it was talking about the robbery that had happened at Gringotts.

"Dad…" turning, I looked at Uncle Zander. "Do you know what the thief was looking for?"

He shook his head and exchanging a look with Hagrid, he said, "No and it doesn't concern you, okay?" I nodded, but looking at Henry, I saw that him telling us to stay away, only made my cousin want to go snooping.

I rolled my eyes as I turned away. "Can I keep the paper?" Henry asked and though my uncle narrowed his eyes in suspicion, he went ahead and let Henry have it as I turned to follow Hagrid.

(Zander POV)

After the boys left with Hagrid, I sent Rose a message, stating I was going to be a little late as I made my way from the room to find one Severus Snape.

When I found him, he was roaming the halls, making sure no students were sneaking out. "Snape." I said and he turned to me rather slowly.

"Darken." We stared hard at one another.

"Why did you bully my boys in class today?"

Snape scoffed. "Is that what they told you? If I remember correctly, I simply asked them a few questions."

I crossed my arms. "Questions that don't come up until at least their third year OWLs? What are you playing at?"

Snape now narrowed his eyes and stepping toward me, his black eyes were glinting in the dim light. "What are you hiding, Zander?"

"Nothing." I said.

"Why do your eleven year old boys know occlumency? You'd think that boys who know Occlumency would be able to answer three simple questions."

"So they're safe from people like you, who wish to probe their minds for no reason." I spat. "After losing Rose, I've been very careful."

"As you should be." Snape and I continued to stare hard at one another, neither showing any amount of weakness. I'd never known Snape personally, but Rose had met him a couple times as a teenager and Xayla had liked him for a time while in Hogwarts, but with everything we'd been going through, relationships had been out of the question. Having heard things about him from Rose and Lily though, I was not scared of Severus Snape and in fact, I found him rather pathetic.

"Are you threatening me?" I asked and he smirked.

"I'm just speaking the truth."

"You know, Snape." I began, keeping my voice even, "I don't know what gets you off on bullying literal children, but I've heard stories about you and I don't like them one bit." If looks could kill, I'd have been tried for murder the way I was looking at him. "Eleven years old and you're acting like a child yourself. Get a grip on reality and get out of the past. If I see you bullying my sons again, we'll see who begins making threats."

"I'm not scared of you, Darken."

"Apparently nothing scares you, not even losing your only friend because you're an arse, then going on to be a teacher so you can bully innocent children." In a flash, Snape had his wand out, as did I, but merely putting a barrier between us, I said.

"You may educate my children, but if I hear you're bullying them again, I will take action."

"Go shag yourself."

"Sorry, I'm married, but I have tissues if you're still using your hand." Swearing softly, he vowed he wouldn't let me get away with this as he stormed off, batcloak flowing behind him.

Turning on my own heel, I headed for the front doors, bringing my suitcase zooming after me as I did.

Tonight, I knew I had made an enemy of Severus Snape, but I really didn't care.

No one messes with my boys.