CHAPTER ONE: A new year
The cold, unfeeling walls of the dungeons welcomed the new Potions Master, seeming to suck her in. Minerva glanced around, her emerald eyes searching her new classroom for the first time. A dark figure sat at the desk on the raised dais that dominated the front of the room. Black hair concealed his face, onyx eyes scanning the parchment in his hand, making marks here and there. Minerva straightened, ran her slender fingers through her long, glossy red hair, and cleared her throat. The man's eyes never left the page; in fact he didn't even flinch at the echoing sound.
"Severus." Her crystal voice sounded, making