𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐀𝐕𝐈𝐎𝐔𝐑 ✭ascendance to power

05- a new character?

The train finally halted at the Hogsmeade station, the young students scrambled hurriedly to get out the train. Aaliyah rubbed her sides to withstand the brooding chilly wind due to the dementors.

The 7th graders and the twins walked towards the old musty stagecoaches.As the carriage trundled toward a pair of magnificent wrought iron gates, flanked with stone columns topped with winged boars, Aaliyah gulping nervously as she saw  two more towering, hooded Dementors, standing guard on either side. Though she knew how to produce an almost perfect patronous , the dark hooded creatures were a horrific remainder of what Sirius had to go through and what Harry would. And a horrific remainder that an innocent man was in prison, due to her decision.

"You good?" Xena asked having had noticed her best friend's distressed behavior.

"Absolutely" she gave a charming yet believable smile.

They got out as the carriage came to a stop. The group rushed through the stairs towards the great oak doors seeing that they were the last trip of the carriage. Aaliyah jerked her head towards the side as she saw something move from the corner of her eyes. She took a slow and few steps back detaching herself from her friends, who had already walked in the doors. She took in a deep breathe as she walked towards the place she had heard the commotion from. She rubbed her sides again as she felt a sudden coldness creeping up her body.

She jumped out of her skin as a ginger cat ran quite speedily before her. She sighed in relief swiftly turning on her feet. Before she knew it, her eyes rolled up as she felt all the happiness being sucked out of her. She tried to reach for the wand in her boots, but soon she felt a blinding light scaring the dark hooded figure away.

"Are you alright?" a faint voice held onto her shoulders to keep her steady from falling.

"Uh yeah I-I'm fine." she tried to compose herself from the previous incident as she looked at her feet to steady herself "I just didn't expect that."

"I think you better get inside, wouldn't want to miss the feast now would you. First day as a professor and I'm running late myself " the person who helped her up spoke.

The witch furrowed her eyes, as she finally looked up taking in the man's feature.He was a middle aged man, grey hair sprinkled over his scrubby black beard and hair and a hollow shaped brown eyes. "Professor?" she mused confusedly.

"Where are my manners" he offered his hand. "Lesley Hewwit, the new charms teacher."

Aaliyah blinked, but she shook his hand anyways.

"Here" he offered her his jacket, after noticing her shivers. The duo walked towards the great door . Swiftly, the door opened and the hall was filled with silence . All eyes were now on the pair standing by the entrance

oh no

The brunette thought as she grew nervous of the prying eyes. She tried to hide herself behind the older man tightening the jacket on her shoulders, but it was no use as the new professor had already started walking towards the teachers table having had apologizing aloud of his lateness. Aaliyah sighed in relief as most of them were now looking at the professor, not looking, they were drooling.

She masked her face with a confident expression for those who were still looking at her as she walked towards her house table. She mentally thanked Amelia and Oliver for sitting nearer to the door.

"Let the feast begin." Dumbledore announced after introducing Hewwit.

"Where were you?" Oliver asked as he dug into his pumpkin tart. "Out?" the brunette told incredulously as she didn't want her friend to worry. Oliver dismissed the matter with an eye roll.

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'Lava' the brunette told herself as she skipped on the tiled floors, dismissing the one in middle two tiles considering it as lava. After finishing her food Aaliyah decided to give her father a visit, and maybe even discuss who this new mysterious teacher was. She skipped again before she her head touched a toned chest as they let out an inaudible 'hmph'. She felt the other person hold both her arms. A similar shock passed through their bodies.

"I'm so sorry" the witch apologized before she looked back up at those beautiful eyes of his, of Remus.

Remus let out a throaty chuckle "It's alright Aaliyah" he started. "May I know what you are doing here, if I remember correctly the Gryffindor common room is on the other side."

"Well I-""Lupin" her father's voice interrupted as the duo looked at the the black haired man. Aaliyah tensed as Severus' eyes landed on where Remus' hands where. Remus now realizing that he was still holding the brunette's hand, slowly unlatched after seeing that this somehow angered the Slytherin head.

"Severus" Remus smiled as he shoved his hands in his pocket , knowing very well that Severus would ask the brunette what she was doing here Remus continued "Miss Aaliyah here was just helping me with unloading the grindylows into the classroom for tomorrow."

Severus patently ignored the words of his childhood arch-nemesis as he looked at his daughter "My office, now."

Aaliyah nodded as she walked forward but in an instant she felt a hand gently pulling her wrist "It's not her fault Severus, I think it's better if she returned back to the common room seeing that the curfew starts in a while."

Severus clenched his jaw as he took a dangerous step towards Remus. "Get your hands off my daughter." he threatened as he grasped on Aaliyah's forearm, unclutching Remus' hand from her wrist, as Aaliyah pushed on Severus' chest warningly muttering 'dad'.

"d-daughter?" Remus stuttered, blinking confusedly. He looked at Aaliyah,"Adopted"she plainly stated ."Well I'll see you tomorrow Snape, Mini Snape" he greeted as he walked back to his quarters.

The brunette tittered at the comment, but she stopped it after receiving a glare her father.

"Come on" he drawls.

"Am I in trouble?"

"We shall see."