• 1-Dark Souls, The Journey Home
• 2-Where Danger Lurks
• 3-The Bodhisattvas
• 4-Knocking On Your Chaimber Door
• 5-It's Alive
• 6-The Nature Of Man
• 7-Don't Step On My Glass Slippers
• 8-The Faux Pas
• 9-Ammends And Alters
• 10-Heart in the Night
• 11-Dreams and Nightmares
• 12-play It Again
• 13-Peace, Hope and Understanding

“You!” Snape hissed from where he appeared beside her.

“Snape? You’re a Death Eater!”

“Does Dumbledore know about you? ” the man spoke in hushed tones of fury.

“Does he know about you?” she responded in kind.

This was a no win situation, Snape thought. If she is by some chance working for Dumbledore she can’t
tell me and I can’t confess that I’m a double agent for the same reason. Ye gods if Dumbledore brought
another Death Eater into the school and didn’t tell me I’ll ring his bloody neck! If this woman thinks
she’s going to walk in and undo everything I’ve worked for I’ll ring ‘her’ bloody neck! Angry
recrimination seeped from him as they walked into the gathering.

“Finally answering the summons are we Severus?”

“Malfoy, you know I have duties at the school that prevent me from leaving at will.”

Morgan turned her eyes to the attractive man as they spoke, his pale blond hair setting off the arrogant
face to a tee.

“And look who we have here? If it isn’t the Black Witch back from,re wre was it you were off to?”

Morgan thought the fair man’s smile might actually be charming if it wasn’t backed by sarcasm and
degradation. “Hell,” she responded. She stared him in the face and graced him with a slight smile “or
was it detention with your son? Both were equally painful.”

“Quite charming company you keep Severus.”

The room became silent and everyone bowed deeply as Lord Voldemort came forth, settling himself
down in chair set up like an elaborate thrown on the dias. Cloaked in a black hood his red eyes bore
into the group as he spoke, “Snape, Rheged, I would speak with you. The rest of you are free for
now.”

They moved forward and Snape watched as the Dark Lor217;217;s snake slithered around his chair. It reared
up several feet in the air and stared at them from behind it’s forked tongue as it hissed. The Potions
Master narrowed his eyes at the woman beside him as he listened.

“Treyhaasssssa heessshh hasssah, “as Morgan spoke in Parseltongue the snake turned it’s head and
hissed again, “ssssiiahasietthh.”

“Nagini has missed you Morgan. I am very pleased that you have infiltrated Hogwarts my dear. Now
there are two of my best to set mischief afoot under that roof.”

“Thank you my lord,” she said bowing slightly, “I was quite surprised to find another of us there as
well.”

“Ah, yes, Snape.” Red eyes roamed over the Potions Master briefly, “ the deeper I can ingrain my
following into Hogwarts the better. Dumbledore will fall one day. Keep an eye on him the both of you
and report back to me.” He paused once again, breathing deep as if weary. That the Dark Lord had
not yet regained his full strength was obvious. “You have come far my Black Witch, more so that I’ve
ever expected and I can see it’s taken a toll on you. Such a powerful witch, it’s a pity. There are many
whom would take you to mate if you took better care of yourself. Your Ragged robes and dirty hair
disgrace me and I expect you to clean yourself up before presenting yourself to me again. Dismissed”

As they made their way to the door Lucius Malfoy grabbed her arm, “yes I agree with our lord
completely. You do make a disgraceful woman don’t you. Despite your pureblood pedigree no man
will have you eh? Maybe you’re not a woman at all under those robes,” his fingers grabbed the hem of
her cloak and then he wiped them on his own garments as if to rid them of filth. He leaned forward and
looked closely in her face as he turned his head from side to side, “I really don’t see anything feminine
in you at all.”

“Perhaps I can borrow some of your femininity Malfoy, you seem to have an over abundance.” Raising
her chin Morgan headed to the entry and Apparated back to the edge of the Forbidden Forest, the tell-tale crack of Snape’s Reapparating soon followed.

The two walked swiftly and silently back to Hogwarts, both consumed in thought. Upon entering the
hall they paused and without bothering to look at each other headed to each’s own rooms.

Morgan’s thoughts were garbled and she splashed water on her face as she tried to sort things out. It
shouldn’t surprise me that he’s a follower of the Dark Lord, she mused. Pity, much as I try to hold onto
my grudge, the man can be tolerable at times.

Deciding there was only one option Morgan went to Dumbledore’s office. “Lemon pudding,” she
breathed out the password and climbed the stairs only to see the Potions Master was already there.
Unsure what that meant the two glowered at each other in silence, Morgan pacing, Snape standing still,
seething with his arms crossed over his chest.

“Ah, Professor Rheged come in, come in. I believe I have some explaining to do,” the Headmaster
started.220;220;Let me start by saying we are all on the same side so if you would please sit down and relax.”

Morgan sat down on the opposite side of the couch from the dark man, “and will you kindly stop
picking at your fingernails,” he hissed softly.

“Since it bothers you so much I’ll be sure to do it more often.”

“I had debated on wether to inform the two of you or not and decided it best not to. I didn’t think any
harm would be done if you two found out naturally in the course of things, that way you wouldn’t have
anything to feign should it come up. It was my decision and one I stand by.” The Headmaster paused to
let this information sink in before he continued, “you have both been working for our side since before
Voldemort’s last fall and each of you has my explicit trust. Severus the Dark Lord had been sending
Morgan out on more and more dangerous missions. As the risk to her life became far greater than the
benefit of Voldemort’s favor I decided Hogwarts would give her a measure of safety, as it does you. I
would ask that the both you work together in any way possible and as always bring back as much
information as you can gather.”

Morgan absently strode over to where Fawkes sat on his perch and looked the creature in the eye.

The Pheonix uttered an ear piercing cry forcing the trio to cover their ears. “Damn bird never did like
me,” Morgan said as she stepped back.

“No and yet still you provoke it don’t you? If you would kindly refrain from bothering my old friend
professor?” Dumbledore cautioned her. “Very well then goodnight,” he said in dismissal.

Severus who was notably more relaxed after finding that she was also acting as a double agent,
followed Morgan to her rooms. The woman paused at the door, “I find myself in need of some wine,
you are welcome to a glass if you like?”

The Potions Master followed her inside, the room brightly lit and sparsely furnished in browns and
reds. Taking the offered glass he settled into an armchair. His mind was moving in many directions and
he tried to slow it down as he sipped the fruity drink. Snape watched her as they sat in silence, legs
folded underneath her on the couch, delicate fingers grasp the stem of the glass tightly as it rest on the
arm. There was much he wanted to know, to learn about the woman yet he didn’t want to press too
hard for those answers. “I&7;ve7;ve heard of the Black Witch.”

 Large green eyes locked onto his as she spoke, “the stories you have heard are greatly exaggerated.”
Her head bowed as Morgan stared into her swirling wine, “it’s true the Dark Lord has sent me into
many dangerous situations, battles. My stomach churns every time I think of the horrors I’ve seen. I did
as much as possible without giving myself away and I have killed many other Death Eaters in doing so. I
fabricated some stories to cover their deaths. Once I even cursed myself to make it seem more realistic.
My duality was discovered a few months ago as I was trying to save a family from massacre. Someone
saw me kill one of our own and came very close to killing me in kind.”

“You did escape though.”

“I have a talent for hiding. While the man was looking to destroy me I destroyed him. Needless to say
I was quite shaken.”

“And Dumbledore brought you here?”

“Yes.”

Death, destruction, torture and bloodshed flashed through Snape’s mind. Those were not easy things to
deal with and yet this woman hid it well. As he watched her the dark man touched her mind. He used
his Legilimency as a way to get the answers he sought and what he found was not what he had
expected.

The Potions Master stood in a small village, high mountain peeks covered in snow surrounded
him. A crisp breeze stirred the blossoms on the trees and they swirled around him like butterflies.
The buildings were wooden, the roofs the tall curving signature of Asian design. She was sitting
on a covered porch, legs crossed, her hands resting on her knees. His shoes crunched softly on
the dusty path as he made his way to the girl. A soft gong sounded in the distance and the
rhythmical chanting began, dozens of voices rising as one.

“It is nice that you could join me professor. Please sit.”

Snape sat next to her on a knotted bamboo mat and looked out over the distant land. “This
place is wondrous.”

“Tibet. I spend many years here after his first fall and I’d be here still if the Headmaster hadn’t
called me back.”

“Why here? Why among these people?”

“Several fold. I am an anxious creature by nature and here I find the calm, the strength of mind
to accept myself, to know myself and my karma. I knew the Dark Lord would come back one
day and the monks helped me explore my mind and it’s capabilities. Never before have I seen
such control and power over the mind and body as that which these gentle souls possess. They
have helped me strengthen my own mind, my Occlumency and Legilimency. Years of meditation
and training have done me well professor. Buddhist Tantrism is spliced with magic and
spirituality and while I am not truly a Buddhist, I found acceptance here.”

“That’s how you managed to bring me here? I am a strong Legilimens.” Her green eyes turned
to look at him as a small man approached. His head freshly shaven the man wore rust colored
robes draped around him, his feet bare upon the cold wooProfProfessor Rheged rose as the man
approached and they bowed to each other in turn.

“Professor, this is Guanyan. He is my teacher and Bodhisattvas or spiritual disciple of the
Shingon Sect. Master may I introduce you to Professor Snape .” The small man bowed before he
sat and Severus followed Morgan’s lead and bowed his own head slightly.”

“Peace, knowledge and understanding my children.”>