Snake And Wolf: The Finding

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Snake and Wolf: The Finding

Chapter 14

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Saerry woke to find herself on the couch, her brother asleep in her arms. She blinked for a moment then disentangled herself, gently leaning Severus back onto the couch and lifting his legs up onto it as well.

Pulling the chair at the desk over to the couch she sat down in it and watched her brother sleep peacefully without the aid of the Dreamless Sleep Potion.

Smiling, she brushed back a lock of his hair, reminding herself to tell him to wash it. She herself needed a bath but she was not going to leave him alone. Not after last night.

Leaning back in her chair she recalled what had happened. How her brother had confessed to raping Harry Potter’s mother. Saerry was appalled by the thought of her brother, who she had thought highly of ever since she could understand what he was saying, had done something like that. But then again – he had done it so the woman would not be hurt or killed by the other Death Eater’s.

She sighed then snapped to attention when someone, or something, rattled the doorknob. Rising she called, “Who is it?”

“Remus.”

Saerry blinked. Remus?

Moving forward she unlocked the door and opened it, letting the werewolf walk in. He smiled at her then spotted Severus on the couch. His eyes narrowed for a moment before he turned back to Saerry.

As Saerry closed the door she felt her hackles rise. She could sense a great amount of anger radiating off of Remus and she had a feeling she knew why.

“I suppose Albus told you.”

Remus gave a curt nod and glared at Severus. He snarled, “The bastard. I can’t believe he did that to Lily.”

“You knew her?”

“Yes. She was one of my best friends.”

Saerry nodded and said, “I’m sorry.”

“You have nothing to be sorry about. It him that should be sorry.”

“He is.”

Remus snorted. “I doubt that.”

“Trust me Remus. My brother feels horrible for what he did.”

Remus sighed and looked at her. His brown eyes met her black and he gave a half smile.

“Alright. I’ll trust you.”

Saerry smiled warmly then asked, “So, what are you doing down here?”

“Ah! Albus asked me to take you to get a wand as I don’t have a class until after lunch.”

“I can’t. I swore I wouldn’t leave my brother’s side while he’s asleep.”

Remus frowned.

“Hmm. I don’t know what to do about that. Do you know when he’ll wake up?”

Saerry shrugged and replied, “Half and hour, an hour at the most.”

“We’ll have plenty of time.” He smiled and added, “And I’ll cast protection spells on the door, so you won’t have to worry about anyone getting in.”

Saerry looked ready to refuse but Remus said, “You do want a wand don’t you?”

“Yes!”

“Then stop worrying. Everything will be fine.”

Saerry gave him a skeptical look but gave in. Remus grinned and escorted her out of the room, casting a few protection spells over the door as he closed it behind them. As they stepped out from behind the portrait of the stone-faced wizard Saerry cried, “Oh! My robes!”

Remus looked at her robes, which were wrinkled and had a stain near the bottom. He smiled and flicked his wand at her. Instantly the red robes vanished and were replaced with dark green robes and a black cloak. Saerry blinked at the clothes and Remus said, “We’ll have to buy you some robes while were getting that wand.”

“With what? I don’t have any money.”

Remus smiled and said, “Albus said to charge it to the Snape’s.”

“Oh Severus will be furious.”

“Can he afford it?”

“Certainly. The Snape’s were quite a wealthy family before . .” Saerry’s voice trailed off as she remembered the night fifteen years ago when the Death Eaters has set fire to Snape Manor, killing her parents, and forcing her to flee into the forest, where she had been bitten by a werewolf and then forced to live until two days ago.

Remus noticed that her voice dropped off and that her eyes suddenly blazed with cold fury. He waited until she shook it off then asked, “Shall we be going?”

Saerry forced her memories back down and straightened her shoulders.

“Let’s go.”

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A few minutes later Saerry and Remus were walking out of Mr. Ollivander’s shop, Saerry staring at the sleek wand in her hand. It had taken a few tries to get it but she had it now. Twelve inches, ash, with a phoenix feather inside. Saerry twirled it in her hand, drifting back to her childhood when Severus had let her play with his wand one time. He had ended up regretting it as she had turned his robes a brilliant shade of pink, his dark a dark orange, and the entire room had been splashed with all the colors of the rainbow. But he had laughed about it and picked her up, turning to look at every corner of the room. Still laughing he had said, ‘You’re a wonderful painter Saer.’ Saerry had giggled and hugged his neck.

Smiling at the memory, she wondered where that little girl and her gentle, older brother had gone. The past seemed almost like a story than she had not lived, but watched.

As a hand fell on her shoulder she jumped then looked at Remus, who was smiling.

“Sorry.”

“No problem Saerry. I’m used to people doing that.” A shadow briefly crossed his face before he continued, “Now, how about we get those robes?”

Saerry noted the shadow but had it forced out of her mind as Remus steered her into another store where Madam Malkin, the owner of the shop, immediately greeted them. She said hello to Remus and smiled at Saerry, before leading her over to a stool and taking her measurements.

A half-hour later they walked out of the store, each with an armload of boxes. Remus directed her over to a shaded spot and pulled a battered looking pocket watch, which was a Portkey back to Hogwarts, out of his robes. As Saerry shifted her bundles to her other arm and reached out to touch the watch she spotted someone glaring at her from across the street. Looking quickly she saw no one. A second later Remus activated the Portkey and they were gone.