A/N: Okie dokie, i know ive posted the story last night, but i had to re-post it, sence i didn't get to put this part in i don't think, but anyway, i own nothing, all credit goes to the great J.K.Rowling, expect of course for my own original charachters and the storyline somewhat. Anyway, hipe you enjoy and please oh please review!

"Wake up! You need to finish packing or we will be late!"

"Yes mum, as you wish."

It was morning again. She hated mornings, she just didn't understand how time can just fly by while she's sleeping. Why it seems that she just put her head down onto the pillow 5 minutes ago. Feeling very tired and very grumpy indeed, she found her way over to the mirror. 'Peachy, I look absolutely lovely this morning' she groaned inward. She hated looking in the mirror more than anything, especially in the morning. Her long brown hair was tangled and bushy from a restless nights sleep, her skin paler than usual. She left her mirror and went over to the bathroom to take a shower. This was all a part of her daily routine. Wake up, look in the mirror, glower, shower, and try to become "presentable". Today however, was not like most days. Today she would wake up, look in the mirror, take a shower, finish packing, race downstairs to get try and scrape a meager breakfast from what was left and head over to Snape Manor. The Snape's were never, well, kind towards her so to speak. While Mr. and Mrs. Snape were formally polite, their offspring lacked there "charm." Maxine, their youngest child and only girl was 13. Despite her age, she was a very brilliant and deceptive little girl. She seemed to be the perfect slytherin, yet she had ended up in ravenclaw, her intelligence far surpassing her deceptiveness. There, she formed a bond with Ashley, both being from old pure blood lines, expected to be slytherin, yet ending in ravenclaw. Then there was Fredrick, who was the twin's best friend. Fredrick was also a 7th year and a Death Eater with your brothers. He was the captain of the Quidditch team and pretty handsome, so naturally he was arrogant, even for a slytherin, though he made his parents exceptionally proud. Then there was Severus. Severus was an odd boy. He seemed separate from his family and he never really smiled. 'Typical slytherin" Though he was never welcoming or kind, he was never terribly brash or sarcastic either. He always seemed to catch her interest. She had finished packing and decided it would be best to head down to breakfast to try and rummage through what was left of the food and scrape out a decent breakfast. It took her 5 minutes to get down to the stairs, not due to her sluggish pace entirely, but due to the fact that she was on the top floor of 5. One floor belonging to each member of the family (one for the twins) and the first one for family gatherings and breakfast and such. Her parents had not installed any sort of elevator to try and discreetly dissuade their children from making to much unnecessary contact. No matter, she still made the trip up and down the stairs on a regular basis. Once down the stairs, she walked towards the kitchen. Just as she thought, there was only a single bagel left so she grabbed a bit of cream cheese and orange juice and ate for a bit in peace. Her breakfast was soon interrupted though by her mum walking in the room.

"Oh sorry Christine didn't see you in here. I thought you would dine upstairs on your floor, oh well, your father has your trunk and everyone is waiting for you by the fire place. Come on now, move along, wouldn't want to be late. Now goodbye dear, see you over Christmas holiday possibly."

"Ok Bye mum." With that she was shoved out into the living room and after ganging her composer walked over to the fire place. Her dad shoved her into the fire place along with her trunk and a handful of floo powder.

"Now Dear, You know where you are supposed to go. If you deviate from that in the slightest little bit, there will be hell to pay. Now, your brothers and sister just left, they are expecting you in the next two minutes, if you don't come within that time frame there will be serious consequences. Now goodbye Christine, have a lovely summer."

"Goodbye Father." She threw the floo power and yelled, "Snape Manor!"

After a bit of turning and spinning and what not, she arrived. She looked up to see her two brothers half smiling, half scowling at her.

"Took you long enough!"

"Yeah, in fact, if I didn't know better, I'd say you didn't want to be here."

"Wow, took you that long to figure out? And to think, Mom wonders why neither of you made Head Boy." She snorted; sometimes Alex and Jordan were just so daft!

"Oh shut your trap!

"Nice one Jordan, really cut me deep. Anyway, where is Ashley?" Not that she really wanted to see her sister; she was just the only one who knew where you were supposed to be staying in the house.

"She's upstairs with Maxine already. They told us to tell you where your room was."

"And that would be..."

"Why should we tell you? You haven't been very nice to us lately in the least bit!"

Christine had to hold back a snort, her not being nice to them? She rubbed her arm instinctively "Guys, come on please!"

"You know what Jordan? I reckon we shouldn't tell her. Nope, I think we should SHOW her."

'Oh god no, not again' "Guys come on please, don't!"

"But it's just so much fun!" With that said Jordan slung her over his shoulder while Alex levitated her trunk. They knew how much she abhorred being slung over their shoulders beyond all reason, so they took special pleasure in doing it. While bouncing up and down, she allowed her mind to wander, and soon, felt the need to ask her brothers something.

"So, why aren't you two and Fred not going with Mum, Dad, and the Snape's?"

Jordan was the one to reply, not having to concentrate on levitating a trunk. "We are still in school, they don't want us doing things we can't handle or doing something that would get us expelled from school. We would be much more helpful if we were graduates with influential jobs in the ministry."

"Oh well, that makes since, I guess."

"Well, here we are Chris, welcome to your new summer abode!" Jordan put her down but her face was as red as a beet from hanging upside down for so long. She stood in front of the door for what seemed like ages. She knew that once she went inside, it would all be final; she would be living at Snape Manor for three weeks. "Well, aren't you going in? I'm getting a little tired of levitating your trunk."

"Oh yeah, sorry." She opened the doors to reveal a room similar to the one she had at home. There were two big bay windows with breathtaking views of the grounds; the walls were a deep, blood red. The furniture was made from mahogany and the bed linens were made of a lighter crimson fabric while the bed curtains matched the walls. There was a fairly large sized closet and she had her own private bath. "Well, I guess this is home for the next few weeks."

She felt Jordan and Alex come up behind her and give her shoulder a reassuring squeeze. "Look, we know you have being here. I know we ride you pretty hard sometimes, but we'll try to ease up a bit on you for the rest of the summer." She let out a disbelieving laugh, "Ease up? I never thought I would hear that ever come out of your mouth, especially in regards to my torment." Alex looked a little hurt when he started to speak, "Yeah we know, its just we also know how much you loathe this place. You don't have anyone here, and you have less privacy. Besides, mum and dad gave you enough crap this morning." "Well, tank's guys. Now if you don't mind, I think ill unpack a bit."

"Sure bye sis. Oh, by the way, dinner will be at 6 and I assume you know where."

"Yeah thanks guys." She looked down at her watch and saw that it was only two; she had four hours until dinner. After finishing unpacking, she saw she still had an hour and a half until dinner. Deciding to spend the time reading, she grabbed her new book Advanced Potions Volume IV by Aurther VonTrogan. She was walking and reading so of course had no idea what was going on around her, so naturally didn't notice the person coming towards her also reading. The two crashed on the floor, Christine trapped under the other person.