This chapter may be a little bit long. Okay maybe around 1500+ words. @ThatLittlePotterhead

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I opened the door, to reveal Xander Alex Smith, wearing a excited smile on his face. "What are you holding?" she asked, looking at the muggle toy sword Xander was carrying. "It's Halloween!" he answered with an obviously tone. "So? I'm not going to be a sparkling fairy princess that shoots glitter out of her wand." Scarlet joked, holding her wand wobbly. "Well, then let's go! The feast is about to start." Xander exclaimed, pulling her hand, and dragged her to the Great Hall, where at least every inch of the huge room was decorated with Halloween decorations.

"Woah..."

>THIRD PERSON< (sorry if I switch so much of the character's persperctives too quickly...)

"Woah, indeed. Now let's sit next to them!" Xander exclaimed, now making Scarlet have the most difficulty of walking properly. "Xander-" she shouted, dodging a couple who were wearing vampire outfits. "Alex-"

"Smith-"

"Slow-"

"Down-"

"Now!!!!"

They both reached the table where Hazel, Lyanna, Professor Granger or Hermione rather, Arabella & Jackson, were sitting, having a light conversation somewhere about what will happen if a vampire bit a werewolf, and the exact werewolf bit a zombie, and the exact zombie bit a normal wizard. "Hey Scarlet!" all of them greeted her. Hermione pulled her next to her, giggling. "So...?"
"Mmm?" Scarlet muffled, yawning. "How are you? We barely see each other!" Hermione said impatiently, with a little bit of laugh in her voice. It was true. Ever since Scarlet was being hunted down, security has been upgrading a lot faster. "I'm alright! You? I heard you can rarely teach anymore!"

"I'm alright. Want to join us to Hogsmead later?" she replied. Scarlet shook her head with a smile, and grabbed a handful of candy corn. "Speaking of teaching, have you done our homework from Transfigurations yet?! It's going to be passed the day after tomorrow!" Xander exclaimed, that with so much anger, he stabbed his knife straight into the chunk of meat that was placed atop of his plate, now with a huge hole on it. "Oh calm down, you idiot!" Lyanna yelled at her bestfriend. "Guys, stop fighting" Scarlet begged, ripping the two apart from each other. "She started it!" Xander said pointing his index finger to Lyanna like a child, blaming. "Oh stop it, the both of you. Or else." Scarlet said threatningly. "Or else what?" both said in unision. "I have the power to persuade Snape with 5 months of detention."

Her words instantly shut them both up, and Xander peered over Scarlet to look over the teacher's table. "So where's Snape?" he asked curiously. "At a party. Alongside Professor Felixa and Jones."

"Hey, have you heard? Defence Against The Dark Arts will be ending next year!"

"What?"

"Yeah. They said the subject is as good as jinx, and there us no other way than to remove it. And the bad part is, Professor Jones is finally softening up." Lyanna said, rolling her eyes. "Jones? Softening up?" Scarlet asked, leaving her food to cold. Something was strange with Professor Jones. She seemed to become more absent than usual that you can rarely see her passing by the corridors, shouting & yelling at Peeves who would gratefully drop a bucket of ice cold water onto her head. "Hey guys" Ginny Weasley said, trying to get away from the crowd. "Hi" Scarlet greeted happily. Scarlet looked towards the crowd, and tilted her head curiously. "What's up?" Arabella asked, tapping her shoulder and looking at the direction she was spying.

"I-I thought I just saw.... Nevermind."

"Oh come on, Scarlet. Tell me who!"

"Nevermind... Excuse me." she said standing up, and bolted to the girl's bathroom. Unfortunately, Moaning Myrtle's was the only one nearest, that Scarlet was forced to use it. "Hi Myrtle," Scarlet said, smiling at the pearl white girl, and entered a empty cubicle. As she was done, she left but saw Myrtle looking out of the circular window. Scarlet thought maybe she was thinking of death again? "Myrtle, are you alright?" Scarlet asked to the ghost. Myrtle suddenly flew in front of her face and shook her head. "Unfortunately, no!!!"

"Why?"

"Why? Haven't you noticed? Malaine!"

"Malaine?" Scarlet repeated confusingly. "Students these days... Never listen." she was about to jump back into her usual U-bend when Scarlet stopped her. "What's Malaine?"

Myrtle cackled. "What? It's a who!"

"Then who is Malaine?"

"Only the most powerful she Death-Eater at Hogwarts!"

"Sorry, what?"

Myrtle sighed and sat at the toilet. "Why do I always have to explain everything!" she whined as she rolled her eyes. "We call her Mistress Malaine... Rather. She is a very powerful witch. We're not actually classmates. I already died years ago when she entered my bathroom.

"I tried to scare her away, but she didn't even bother look at me. She was doing something else."

"Something else?" Scarlet asked. Myrtle nodded her head once. "Yes. Something else. She was saying things like... Mother... Father... You know..."

>MISTRESS MALAINE<

A teenage witch can be seen, panting in front of a mirror. Behold in front of her was a black and dusty diary, full of writings. Each and every page full of names.

Malaine.

Her name wasn't exactly Malaine, in fact, it was her mother's. She was very beautiful and elegant indeed. Malaine was wearing a Slytherin tie, and her robes were on the floor, that she didn't care if they were soaked. Her hair was tied into a messy bun, revealing her hair colors, black, white, and blonde. "Let's see.... Rozel... Done. Janine... Done. Kaizer... Done. Romelea... Done. And now... Teresa -" she muttered ever so quietly to herself, when the restroom door slammed open that it shook the entire room.

"Sister!" a younger but beautiful young witch shouted that her voice echoed through the walls. "What are you doing here?! Shoo!" Malaine yelled, signaling -seems to be- her younger sister to leave at once. "I'm not leaving!" she yelled back louder, and grabbed her older sister's robes. "Don't hurt him! This isn't what Mum and Dad want -"

"Their dead, sister! Their gone! And there is no point. Look at what they have done to me!"

Malaine lifted her robe up to reveal her right leg with a huge burn and a scar across it. "If they are all gone, nothing can hurt us!"

"No! This is wrong!" the younger sister shouted, that her raven black hair swished out of the restroom, with her green robes of Slytherin flying behind her.

>SCARLET LIANA CARTER<

"So then... They were plotting something?" Scarlet asked. "Yes. And Malaine has retur-" The door threw open to reveal Arabella, and angrily thrusted Scarlet out of the restroom, ignoring Myrtle. "Where. Were. You?!" she whisper-shouted, grabbing Scarlet by the ear like a mother punishing her son. "Stop that! I drank to much water, alright!" she protested, and saw the Great Hall was already deserted. "It's 10!"

The two -well, maybe Scarlet only- bid their good nights, and went back to their respective bedrooms. As Scarlet came back to Sev's chambers, he still wasn't there. She grabbed a pillow & blanket from her room, so she can nap at the living room waiting for him to come back. After so many turns and twirls, nada. She can't sleep. And thoughts raced through her, again.

The one Myrtle told me... Malaine... What were they plotting?.. Why was Myrtle worried?.. Why isn't Severus back yet?

Scarlet eyes slowly started to drift, when it closed shut. But she was suddenly awakened to hear a familiar knock on the door, and as she opened it, Xander was there smiling sheepishly. "I may have forgotten my bag at the Great Hall... Wanna join me?"

"Xander Alex Smith. I swear. It. Is. In. The. Middle. Of. The. Night. Go back to bed." Scarlet said angrily, about to shut the door. "Please?"

"Uh. Fine. I'll get my wand." she shrugged, and muttered Lumos the way to the Hall. She truthfully regret that she forgot to wear her robes. It was freezing that night, that she was shivering like crazy. Her skirt flew along with the wind, and her shoes made sounds, bouncing to the walls. As Scarlet was prancing with Xander, she thought she saw something pass at the corner of her eye. "Hello?"

"What is it?" Xander asked. "Nothing. We should go back."

"No. My books are in there!"

>SCARLET'S POV<

I sighed and followed my one & only, stupid but caring, best friend towards the hall.

But the figure was so tempting to catch, I just had to.

You can't blame a girl for being curious. Sometimes, we even wake up after we fell from a rabbit hole.

"Scarle- Wait?! Scarlet!!!"

Xander's footsteps dissapeared as I appeared to be in a dark part of the castle. It wasn't the dungeons. Where was I? I looked there, and leaning on the wall... W-Was a student? "Who are you?" I asked. He chuckled, and slowly slithered close to me. "Oh you know..."

"I don't."

But he suddenly pinned me against the wall, and looked at me with a familiar devious smirk... Wait... No... His lips slowly brushed on my neck, and I was stuck.

Wait... No... He can't... I know where this is going...

"Stop! Let go of me!" I shrieked, but my arms and legs were hard to move. "So much flesh... Ever... So... Delicous..."

"Don't touch me you dunderhead!"

But as I opened my eyes, the guy was on the floor... What?

"Scarlet."

I looked up surprisingly, to see Severus, with his fist clenched. "Did you just...?"

"Punch him? Yes."

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I jolted from the couch and looked around.

It was a nightmare.

"Scarlet? Scarlet? Oh finally, you're awake." a familiar voice said. I looked up, and my face bursted into a smile. "You're back!" I cried, wrapping my arms around Severus Snape's neck. "You were asleep and having a tantrum when I got back. A nightmare, I pressume?" he asked arching eyebrow... Must he always look hot? "Yup. Another nightmare." I replied and jumped off the bed. I was about to open the door to my bedroom, when Sev suddenly grabbed me from behind, making me tumble. "You must know... I've been waiting for that kiss you promised me." he whispered in my ear hotly. Ooh, damn I forgot. He suddenly started to stroke his nose along my neck, that my knees weakened. "Is that a yes?"

He flipped me around, my arms were now on his chest, and both of our bodies were against each other. "You drunk a glass did you?" I said, feeling his heart pound faster. "Maybe..?"

Without even thinking twice, my lips already connected with his roughly. He kissed me passionately, and I felt like fireworks were popping everywhere. From our standing position, Sev thrusted me towards the couch that made it groan. He kissed me once again, but now my lips were sealed tight. He licked my bottom lip for entrance, so being a tease I declined, and I was silently laughing. Severus looked at me, then slightly squeezed rear end causing me to gasp. He took the advantage and continued what he did earlier. I kept on purring softly as the man I'm with started circling his thumb on my skin. Sev was groaning uncontrollably, that made me laugh.

He broke away for both of us to breath,  and thank God, because I was panting. "And I thought you said just a short simple little kiss?"

"I believe you were also enjoying it, weren't you Miss Carter?" he replied, as I remembered he also told me that after our first kiss.

"Of course I was, Professor Snape" I told him, running a finger upwards his chest. He gave a small growl, and leaned to kiss me again. But I put two fingers on his lips to stop him. "Uh uh, Professor. I know where this is going." I said. He expressed a confused expression, so I gestured to the hand he had behind my back, that was ever so ready to unclasp my bra. "Fine you caught me."

"I'll give you the permission once all of these commotions are done. But nevertheless would it be possible that I might not notice I bended the rule for a night."

"Just tonight...." Sev whispered to my ear seductively, his hand slowly reaching my chest... Towards my stomach... To my -

"No."

"Please?"
"I knew you drunk a glass."
"Oh, Scarlet. I've been waiting far to long."
"What happened to the gentleman, earlier?"
"Oh alright. I'll.... Wait."

"Thank you." I said like a little girl, kissing his jawline. "But...?" he added quietly. "Oh what again?"

"You won't mind sleeping at my room from now on? Besides... From the relationship between us, I think a room apart is just ridiculous."

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Oh good Lord, that tired me out! This chapter had about 2146-ish words, what the bloody hell?!?! I kept on banging my head to the pillow during a certain scene... & I'm not telling which. And also, your wish is true now that you told me TO STOP SCARLET NOT MAKE THEM KISS. FORGIVE MEEEEEEE😫

So I'll see ya till I update? Adios!

>SEE YA<