Gone Twisted

A yawn escaped the girls lips, as the first light rays reached out for her and captured her body.

"Good morning, Miss Weasley," a elderly house elf said softly as the girls eyes fluttered open and looked over at her.

"Morning," she said with a slight smile on her lips.

A bit confused, the house elf coxed her head to one side and said, "If I may say so, you seem very happy today, miss."

Ash raised her eyebrows at the nosy elf, "and normally I don't?"

"Not really, ma'am," the elf said honestly

Ash looked at the house elf a bit confused with her morning blurred sight, but then smiled and chuckled, “You’ve got a point there, Fina.”

Still smiling, she slowly slipped out of the bed covers and moved towards the bathroom door.

Ash wasn't sure what had gotten into her, but she felt as if a weight had been lifted off her shoulders. Stretching her limbs on the way, Ash noticed that she was in her birthday suit, but shrugged it off. Then stifling a yawn, Ash pushed open her bathroom door and froze on the spot.

"Good Morning," a voice echoed through the bathroom. On the other side of the bathroom door looking at her over his shoulder, a boy stood, wearing not much more then her.

"Draco! What are you doing here?" she gasped and tried to cover herself as she noticed she was standing in front of her ex.

The blond boys eyebrow moved up and his eyes strayed a bit upwards to the right - he was remembering something,- "Don't tell me you don't remember..." he said softly, ignoring her failing attempts to hide herself behind her small hands and walking up to her.

Suddenly it all came back to her.

They had been dancing. They had been talking. They had been drinking... They had...

“Last night...” Ash shook her head furiously. “Fuck.”

“That we did,” Draco joked trying to hold back a sly grin and failing miserably.

Ash looked up at the boy annoyed, but then couldn’t keep annoyed at him and started to giggle quietly. “Why?” she asked herself jokingly and shook her head.

“Why what?”

“Why did I let myself be caught in your spider net once again?”

Draco looked at her confused before smirking, “Because I weave them to good,” he chuckled and grabbed a hold of her, pulling her into his embrace and picking her off the ground. Giving off a soft squeal, Ash tried to free herself of his clutch while he carried her back to the bed. When they arrived there, he let her fall onto the soft covers of the bed.

Next thing she knew was her body touching the silk sheets of her bed and Draco looking down at her with a very intriguing smirk.

“I have a deja vu,” Draco chuckled softly as he leaned down. Ash felt the bed give into his weight as he hovered above her.

Ash chuckled as well, “I’m having one as well, but I don’t think we’re having the same one...” she said grinning.

“What do you mean?”

Ash showed a smirk of her own as she pushed Draco to one side, so that she was now hovering over him and he was holding himself up with his elbows. Seeing him getting excited, Ash leaned down and kissed him on the cheek before pushing off the bed and walking away, “I have to work.”

Draco stared after her, mouth open and eyes glistening in annoyed shock, before letting himself fall backwards and giving a short laugh, “I should have known.”

Ash - half dressed - stuck her head out of her walk-in-closet, “Should have known what?”

“That it won’t be that easy.”

“Yeah, you should have,” Ash snickered pulling a shirt over her upper body and walking back towards her bed and leaning over his figure again. “But... I think I can assure you that it won’t be all that hard either,” she whispered into his ear before tugging his earlobe lightly with her teeth and pulling away again.

Smirking down at him, Ash straightened up and walked out of the door.

Letting the door fall shut behind her, Ash leaned against it lightly. “Merlin...” she muttered to herself, still shocked that she allowed this to happen. “What was I thinking?” she asked herself as she pushed off the door and started walking towards the stairs and the kitchen, thoughts racing in her head.

Lost in thought, she didn’t notice somebody coming around the corner until she ran into them and fell onto her buttocks.

“Ouch,” she growled, “watch -,” she started but stopped when she saw who was in front of her. “Severus,” she said surprised, “I’m sorry I didn’t see you there. But what a pleasant surprise, I thought you were already back at Hogwarts”

“That's alright,” Severus said in his usual dark voice, “I wanted to talk to you before I left, I was just about to go look for you.”

“Well, you’ve found me, what can I do for you?” she asked while accepting his hand to pull her off the ground.

“I need to discuss something with you, do you have time right now?”

Ash straightened up, “I was just on my way to the dining hall and then to the dungeons on a request from the Dark Lord...” she said debating. “But you have to get going, so I’m sure I can squeeze you in,” she smiled and motioned for her former potions master to follow her.

“I appreciate it,” Snape said as he followed his junior open a door to an office and chant a silencing spell - blocking anyone eavesdropping to listen into their conversation.

“So how can I help you?”

“I was wondering what the Dark Lord is up too. He seems restless.”

“Yes, ever since his little ambush on Harry failed he’s been frantically searching for a wand strong enough to defeat Harry’s.”

“How is that working out?”

“Not good, we already have Olivander, a goblin and a couple of other weird people sitting in our dungeons. If he doesn’t find some clue soon he’ll flip,” Ash told.

“Good.”

“Good? I don’t see how this can be good.When Voldi flips, more then just a few Death Eaters have to suffer the consequences!”

“Yes, but at least he won’t have a wand that could allow him to defeat Harry.”

Ash sighed heavily. “Yeah, your right. It’s probably for the best. Anyway, how’s things going in Hogwarts? Are you enjoying yourself?”

Snape snorted, “Enjoying is an overstatement. Your little cousin has the same annoying traits as her oh-so-wonderful siblings,” he answered sarcastically.

Ash grinned, “Just as I expected of her.”

Snape rolled his eyes at her. “Well, if she goes on behaving like this I don’t know how long I can continue to keep my back turned.”

“Just try your best to not let her get hurt, alright?”

“You know I will.”

Ash smiled and nodded. Suddenly she remembered one of her other family members. “Severus...”

“Yes?”

“Yesterday... Yesterday Ron and the others showed up.”

“Potter?”

“Yes. They came to rescue me from the clutches of the Death Eaters,” Ash snickered sadly.

Snape didn’t say anything for a few moments, just stared at the young girl that suddenly looked so fragile. “What...What did you tell them?”

Ash snorted, “Lets say, I’m pretty sure that I am not welcome at home any more.”

Another moment of silence filled the room.

“I’m sorry, Ash.”

Ash smiled a sad smile, “No need to be. I knew this would happen at one point in time.”

“Still, you shouldn’t have to go through this,” Snape said and balled his hand into a fist.

Ash looked up at the new headmaster of Hogwarts and smiled, “Oh look at you! You’re starting to blossom in your role as Headmaster! You’re starting to like youths!” she giggled playfully.

Snape looked at Ash aghast, which made her laugh all the more. “I’m joking professor!”

Bearing a minimalistic smile, Snape shook his head at the girl.

Suddenly they heard a knock on the door and froze in place. Swiftly Ash motioned for Snape to take a seat on one of the chairs and got rid of the silencing spell around them while taking her own seat across the desk.

“Yes?” she called out when the knock came again.

“You asked for me?” a man of about 30 asked, sticking his head through the door.

“Sullivan?”

“Yes.”

“Ah, alright, please come in. Severus thank you for letting me know about the situation. I believe that is all?”

“Yes. That was all I had to report. Thank you for seeing me.”

“I wish you a good and swift trip back to the school,” Ash said with a fake and distant smile as she shook her fellow conspirators hand and watched him walk through the door, while a fear-filled Sullivan sat down in the chair that Snape had occupied just a second ago.

Again, Ash cast a silencing spell around the room as the door fell shut and she started her "investigation" on the case of the “escaped” prisoner...