Some secrets need to be kept

Some stories should never be told

For the second time in one week the room of requirement found itself a large, padded space. The light was dim; coming from a magical source that would not go out if hit by the dark spells which it knew would soon fly. The two teenagers had snuck here in secret nearly everyday for the past year.

Some reasons shouldn't be understood

They just might turn your blood cold

Severus waited impatiently for Amber to arrive. She would have to give Sabrina some reason as to why she was sneaking off on her own again. Severus could not figure out why someone so bent and dark as Amber would hang around with someone as… naïve as Sabrina.

Who needs all the answers?

Who takes all the chances?

Who said the truth's gonna save you?

When the truth can be dangerous

"Amber, you vanish to 'study herbology' nearly every evening and your grade hasn't changed a bit." Sabrina argued with her.

"And I know you're not in the library, so where are you studying?" Amber wished she wouldn't ask so many questions. The truth was so dangerous in this situation. Amber kept her secrets for good reason, the truth would ruin everything.

Like the way I feel

It's alright to steal

What I need from you

Do what I have to do

The tone of Severus Snape's voice was utter reverence as he asked,

"Where did you get this?"

"I took it, from Borgin and Burkes, down in Knockturn ally. That bloke, Borgin, he rather likes any girl who can bat their eyelashes and claim to be seventeen." Amber said proudly.

She was displaying a large book, the cover set deeply with emeralds. The books was made of cracked, old leather, apparently from before the time of leather preserving charms, and was bound by fastenings that appeared to be real silver. This title of the book, set in the same silver read, 'Maddening Magic, a guide to the dark arts'. There was no authors name.

"This must be worth a fortune." Severus said.

"It is."

Say what I have to say

Go where I have to go

And that's dangerous

Dangerous to know

Amber crept along the darkest part of Diagon ally, she had to go unnoticed entering Knockturn ally, otherwise she'd have to explain why she was headed there. She really disliked the dark ally, always worried that she'd be caught, or that she'd meet up with someone more powerful than herself who would take a disliking to her.

Sabrina had tried to follow her, a while ago, and she had nearly been killed. Amber had luckily saved her without her knowing, and had managed to steer her away from the ally. It had been necessary to feed her a lie about why she was hanging around there. There was to much danger involved if Sabrina found out.

I was a law onto myself

When you found me out on my own

Together nothing was sacred

Together we where alone

Severus Snape was the dark child of the school. Even in his second year his teachers were wary of this. Amber was beginning to find herself listed along with him, alone, now that Sabrina wouldn't speak to her, and without boundaries. The two of them tore apart the light arts, proving that even such 'good' things could be used for bad things with bad intentions. Somehow they were still alone, but they were alone together.

Who needs all the questions?

Who lost their direction?

Who said a lie's gonna break you?

When a lie could be dangerous

"Where do you keep going? Where?" Sabrina was shouting loudly, looking tearful, an odd phenomena for her.

"I've told you, I've been studying herbology!" Amber continued to insist it, but the old zeal was lost, it wasn't much good.

"Stop asking, you don't understand." She said. All these questions were killing her, slowly but surely. This was a dangerous lie, with a worse truth.

Like the way I feel

It's all right to steal

What I need from you

Do what I have to do

Say what I have to say

Go where I have to go

And that's dangerous

Dangerous to know

"What ar you doing, Amber?" Remus asked.

"Stealing your innocence." She teased, kissing his lips.

"Oh?"

"Yup."

Remus knew there was something wrong, and had been for a while. He would love to be satisfied with the notion that his girlfriend was fine, happy, healthy and whole, but he knew that was wrong.

She'd said she wasn't cheating on him, said she and Severus were just friends. How did he know? How did he know she wasn't lying? She'd always been one to say whatever she felt like, truth or no.

Plus, her vanishing all the time, it worried him.

Another dangerous truth, but he didn't ask questions. He didn't want to know.

Ignorance is bliss

You're safe when you resist

There's no safety in a kiss like this

It's dangerous

So kiss me

Kiss me!

"He won't know."

"Severus this is wrong."

"Amber…"

"I like wrong."

She leaned up for the kiss, the one that made her more than just a liar, the one that made her a cheater. She was sealing her fate, she just didn't know it. Hurting Remus was the last thing on her mind, so far behind the thrill of kissing Severus.

Like the way I feel

It's all right to steal

What I need from you

Do what I have to do

Say what I have to say

Go where I have to go

And that's dangerous

Dangerous...

Like the way I feel

It's all right to steal

What I need from you

Do what I have to do

Say what I have to say

Go where I have to go

And that's dangerous

Dangerous to know (know, know, know)

Of course, she was stealing Severus from Lilly, she knew they belonged together, Severus like Lilly, not her, she was a cheep replacement. Yet, for that darkness, she would steal anything, say anything, do anything.

Just for a small taste of that which Severus could offer, that lack, and yet consumption of innocence. Remus was always too close to finding out. He never asked questions but he always seemed near answers.

He couldn't find out, if he did, she would lose them both, it couldn't happen.

Some secrets need to be kept…

"I don't know you anymore."

"Remus please!"

"I've got to tell Sabrina, now that I know. You're dark, you're dangerous."

"This is why I was keeping it…secret."