Snape's Apprentice.
It is said that the most hurtful scars are the ones that you cannot see. Of course, translated into non-technical language, people would regard this statement as a professional self-harmer's declaration. One could easily conceal these scars underneath a sweatband or a long sleeved blouse. Easily enough they could wear a mask of hardened emotion; forever building barriers between themselves and society. One affected can withstand the taunting and return it twenty times harder upon the offender. They loath all even though deep down they crave for forgotten affection.
No.
I am referring to the deep emotional scars. The ones that do not show on the surface, they do not leave behind a skinned red mark but they do implant and root a troubled mind. Then again, not all people seem affected by these emotional scars and troubled past times. Some can easily draw a red line beneath that era of their lives and begin a new chapter on fresh paper. The new chapter will of course contain many troubled memories that do not make themselves present on the page. Instead, they linger on the horizon, lurking in the shadows and waiting; waiting for that precise moment to make themselves known once more.
There is no such thing as happily ever after.