Duplicate {Severus Snape}

Chapter Twenty-Six: Hogwarts Welcomes the Newlyweds

Cassie's POV

I kept rehearsing what was going to happen in just moments. It never really occured to me the matter of telling the people in my life, I just assumed they would all be there but it was different. Nothing was as it seemed anymore and I wasnt going to be played by guilt but more as what I felt in the moment.

Besides the fact that I am now "married", I am still in the middle of what felt like a war. I was to return to Hogwarts today, and there I would come face to face with not only Dumbledore but Molly. No one knew besides Remus and it was more because I didnt want my owls to be intercepted like last time.

No matter the happiness I felt, I was still scared.

However, all of this didnt help the fact that I was to go back to Professor Sheen who I now know is Aiden. His face began to run through my mind and I couldnt help but feel pity. The sweet soul I once loved was now the one who tainted me. I needed to know his reasoning and I planned too. The end of the school year was getting near, and by then I would have the answers I needed.

Today was the start of the plan.

You see I knew one thing of both Aiden and the Black Hood, he lacked patience, but was still percise. He was one step ahead of us and the only thing he still held was Sirius whereabouts.

I only hoped with this plan that it put everything in motion. Good or bad, it was coming to an end.

The plan was simple. I go as it if the Black Hood never existed. He never took anything away from me and as if all my memories are restored. He is arrogant and he will want to be remembered, so we act as if he did nothing. He will begin to think that Severus and Kreacher found a cure, not only leading them to the right one but also Aiden revealing himself.

It was dangerous considering I knew what he was capable of, but I had no choice. We know its him and if he takes me again, well lets hope he doesnt.

I need this to work. The rest will follow but nothing can go wrong. For my sake and for my brothers. The only problem was I was going to have to tell him that I married Severus, and I just hoped that if everything went like it was suppose to, he wouldn't unleash any anger yet.

I walked into my chambers not really knowing what to expect, I mean he was here just a few weeks ago, but by the looks of it now it doesnt like either of us have been. Everything was clean and refreshed in a way. It wasnt really until I saw that Kreacher was walking into the living room that I understood why. Him and I havent really talked about anything since I saw him back in Spinners End, but I didnt want to push him. I know his intentions and they have always been to protect me, so what else could I want.

"Master Snape has said that he will be in the Great Hall when you are ready," Kreacher said before going in his room I made him all those months ago.

I left again walking past Aiden's chambers, I began to think what would have happened if I were to ever go into his chambers. I mean Aiden always had a particular way of living which only led me to believe that I could have figured it out. Then again, I still thought he was living a better life with another girl as that was the last time I saw him. It seems that he really has always been a step ahead of me.

The corridors still was filled with the sounds of the students talking. I made sure to check the placement of my wand before continuing. I couldnt help but feel as if I was going to ruin it all before it could take place. I was sure that Aiden was not dumb in any way, but I also wasnt sure what he was going to do when he saw the ring on my finger, especially since the last one that was there was his.

I looked down at my hand as the engagement ring was now accompanied by the wedding ring. It made for a great match and I couldnt help but love it either way. When I first saw the ring it felt as if an instant connection, and when I told Severus he said that was his plan all along. I know we arent actually married but this just made my decision easier even if I wasnt to give my answer right now. The ring he chose was a pearl as the gemstone for June, the month Regulus was born. My dear brother was being remembered in more ways then one, and all I could hope was that it would never seize until the day I can be with him again.