"It has happened," she told the silent staffroom. "A student has been taken by the monster, Right into the chamber itself."
Professor Flitwick let out a squeal. Professor Sprout clapped her hands over her mouth. Snape gripped the back of a chair very hard and said, "How can you be sure?"
Severus had already looked into McGonagall's mind. Little Ginny Weasley had been snatched. He couldn't explain it but he had an uncharacteristic…fascination with her. She was shy and timid, but behind her eyes he could see a fire in those chocolate orbs.
A Weasley, but unlike the others, she was not obnoxious or trouble causing. She kept to herself mostly.
She reminded him a great deal of himself. She didn't appear to have any friends and always chose to work alone. He couldn't see why, he could see an extremely sociable person bursting to come out.
And a most curious thing, she would always give him a smile when leaving his class. Even if he took 100 points away and verbally abused her, there was something that made her smile at him every day. He never smiled back, truth be told he was convinced he couldn't anymore. And the way she smiled, sad but understanding like she saw all he'd been through and related to it. But, what a preposterous notion, how could a first year girl possibly relate to his horrors he would think.
His fascination was in no way sinister, though. Severus was a man of honor, despite rumors to the contrary. He wasn't attracted to her; there was just a certain magnetism he couldn't describe.
The news of her kidnapping struck him hard. He wasn't going to just let her leave, not without knowing what the power she held over him was. Though, he could do nothing, he had no knowledge of where the Chamber was, let alone how to get inside. He would just have to put it in fates hands and hope to Merlin she came back unharmed.
A/N: Yes, this WILL be a Severus/Ginny story, just later on. The italicized section was from Chamber of Secrets, page 293, where I got the inspiration for this story. This was just the prologue, the next chapter will be in Ginny's 7th year. I'll try to keep the A/Ns down or completely gone in the future. Gomen.