Storm of the Year

[Professor Severus Snape]

The intensity of the storm increased as it passed over head, any caught out in it where, weak compared to the force of the storm, that was quickly turning into a blizzard that was sure to leave a good a mount of snow on the ground before it was over & done with.

Anyone on the street was forced to take cover fast of, they found them self in danger if not lose all together a reason not many where out or should be out in a blizzard like it was become fast.

The wind whipped threw the area like a knife threw butter & that was not the worst of it the fact was the wind was the least of the trouble that came with the storm for the temps alone was bad & the ice that fallowed at times that stung more then the snow ever could setting in the bitterness of cold & chill as well in some cases frost bit if not heeded quick.

At times you could make out things threw the blizzard but, most the time it was a white out where you did not see any thing & could barley see the hand in front of your own face let alone anything else.

Snape watched form a window as he looked out at times to the the storm that had quickly turned into a blizzard of the year. In side his home it was nice & warm but, he pitted any that where out on a night like tonight for there was little comforted to be gained form such a storm.

It was clear as well, this was likely a sign of what the weather would be for the months to come, perhaps it would not be as bad but, form the looks of it at the moment it would be something they would be seeing much of in the time to come.

A fire crackling & popping is what drew Snape's mind form the events out side, he turned to look at the fire before he glanced around the setting room he was in before he moved to take a seat knowing he could only waited out the storm for nothing more could be done & he was ready for it so he did not fear running out of food, water or that to stay warm & well off tell the blizzard was long over & go with.

[slytheringal]

Alexis had been up in her room most of the day so far as there really was not place to go, nor would she with what it looked like outside. It was nasty out, wind blowing and howling, and you barely could see out the windows it was blowing the snow around so bad. Alexis had been journaling a little bit as she decided to grab an old Potions book and head downstairs. It had been awhile since she had her first meeting with Jamie, which did not go all that well, and she had not really talked to her father since then. No, she was not mad at him, but just really did not want to talk about the meeting with Jamie, for she really wanted to join the DE and it hadn't gone as Alexis planned.

She walked downstairs to see a fire crackling and it made the room feel warm. She saw her father sitting there, seeming relaxed that this storm would not get in his way for he had been prepared with food and water and the essentials.

"Hello father, quite a storm out there," Alexis replied as she laid down on the couch, Potions book on her lap, "At least we have everything we need here."

[Professor Severus Snape]

Snape heard Alexis as she came down the stairs though the sound was light, his years of being a spy had trained him in skill for such a thing & not be killed, at least he had lasted this long but, with the way things where going with Jamie he did not know how long it would last. Though he had a good chance that he would live a long life, it was just the idea of knowing that gave him some peace of mind that he was good enough to out last this rain of Jamie & hopefully the D.E. would fall after words.
Snape looked at Alexis as she entered the room, with her words he smirked after all it was so in his nature he did not know at times he did it.

"Hello Alexis, yes we do & it will out last well past the storm. I see you are reading a book, any good? Or somthing something to read to help pass the time with the storm?" He figured it would be the first one for when did she read something just to pass time in such a way, she was not one to waist her time in such a way but, at least he could ask & wait for her answer that he all but, knew already.

[slytheringal]

As Alexis made herself comfortable on the couch, wrapping a blanket around her to help keep the warmth around her, she looked at her father when he spoke. Holding up the book, being the Most Potent Potions book, she smirked, "There are really only two subjects I would read leisurely; dark arts books and potion books. I wonder whom I get that from." She chuckled a bit as she knew her father knew that she got her skills from him.

As she laid there, she could hear the wind howling outside and it just made her be thankful she was inside where it was warm. "I figured flipping through the pages of this book, I could then experiment with Potions later," she replied. She often wondered what would have have happened if she would have been sorted into Ravenclaw with her love for reading and intelligence, but she could think of that thought very long for she could not place herself in any house besides Slytherin.

[Professor Severus Snape]

Snape watched Alexis a bit before he looked to the fire, for a moment as he listened to Alexis though with her first words Snape smirk only broadened into what could of been close to a smile.

"Where indeed, though I know you do read other topics you are just not a smitten with them as dark arts & potions but, I expected you to remember that there is a reason most subjects classed in dark arts has there reasons & you should be leery on how you use them"

He spoke from what he knew all to well but, then if it would not been for his interested in the dark arts they likely would of lost Albus way before his time not that Snapes hand in the issue of killing him was meant to be his time but, it would of been cut much shorter if he had not had the skill to slow the curse down.

There was not missing Alexis as she wrapped the blanked around her self, for the time Snape did not need any more but, like her he might a bit later to keep the chill away that was sure to come. With her last words he looked at her "And what potions are you looking to experiment on?" He was interested o see what she was going to try & also to know if he should worry about his lab being the same as it was to start with.

[slytheringal]

Alexis smirked a bit as she heard her father's words. "Hmmm, where? I am not sure, but I think the person is in this very same room," she replied laughing a bit, "I cannot believe I learned about Potions when I was just eight years old. Was I really that curious of my abilities when I was that young?"

She thought about her childhood, growing up with just a father, becoming a lot like him; personality and traits and strengths. Alexis was also learning Occulmency and Legilimency as well, and has been since she was a fifth year. She could not imagine what she would be like if she did not have her father to help her, guide her.

She then looked at him when he was curious about what Potion she wanted to experiment with. "Oh well, I kind of wanted to experiment with the Pepperup Potion, just to have some on hand for myself in case I would get a cold or feel sort of run down. This one, out of the rare few, has not been my strong one to make," she replied, "Perhaps later you could assist me in making it."

[Professor Severus Snape]

Snape gave Alexis a flicker of a smile with her words before it was gone, there where few that could give him reason or make him smile but, for Alexis he would. "I would have to agree with you though, I am glade that you are not fully like me, for more people have taken to you & it is good that you have those you can if you choose to hand out with"

Snape looked at Alexis with her second words, before he spoke "Yes, you where & in many ways even before then" There was no missing her words on her working on the potion & her reasons for doing it but, so how he though it would of been a harder potion but, he knew why she wished to work on it with the rest of her words. "I can help you if you want, you only need tell me when you want it"