#severusxamaryllis

[amaryllisxseverus-blog]

Severus continued to walk at a steady pace, still in thought, when a small force pushed in to him.

“Ouch” cried a soft voice. Severus looked in front of him, a woman, who was now on the ground. Her luggage was sprawled over the ground, and amid everything that had just happened, she was struggling to get up. Great, another Nymphadora, Severus thought with a groan. Severus held out his hand to her and she took it clumsily. With significant effort on her part, she finally stood up and Severus was able to look at her more closely. The woman looked to be quite young, she was at least a foot shorter than Severus, with wavy honey coloured hair. She had an extremely beautiful face which made Severus wonder if she was a Veela and her skin was fair. His eyes travelled up to her eyes, the most striking feature on her face, they were golden brown.

“I am so, so sorry!” exclaimed the woman, “I think I packed too much…it’s just…sort of everywhere”. She looked hopelessly at the ground.

“Students are not to arrive until 7pm” said Severus shortly.

“Oh! I’m not a student! Though thank you for the compliment!” she laughed, “I’m actually going to be teaching Muggle Studies this year…I’m trying to find the staff common room”.

“I see” said Severus flatly. He tried not to let his thoughts wander to Charity Burbage, the previous Muggle Studies Professor, whose unfortunate death Severus witnessed.

“I’m Amaryllis Swan”, she smiled warmly at him, “Or Milly – I know Amaryllis can be a mouthful”. She laughed awkwardly.

“I am Professor Severus Snape,” said Severus, I teach –”

“Defence Against the Dark Arts” interjected Amaryllis quickly, she looked bashful, “I did my research on all the staff before I got here”. Severus inwardly groaned.