Summary:
When a Slytherin student dies because of abuse, everyone in Hogwarts is shocked. Many wonder how this could have happened at all and why no one saw the signs. How will this change things at Hogwarts? Does the Dark Lord really approve of it? And what has a certain teacher to say about this?
Rating: T
Warning:
mentions of child abuse, torture, death, suicide, self-harm and so on
slightly AU, slightly Dumbledore bashing, spoilers for Deathly Hallows
Author's Note:
Set somewhere in fifth year, but without Umbridge (I said AU), and no mention of Harry because he's not important for this story.
Though the summary also mentions the students, this fanfiction will mainly focus on Severus.
Sorry for that name of my OC, couldn't think of a better one. But I needed a known Death Eater name.
THIS STORY IS ABANDONED! You won't read a full story here. When I started writing it went quite well, but I soon got lost and I didn't know where to go. Now it's more than 1 ½ years since I stopped writing and I thought, just publish it. Reviews are welcome, of course, I just want to hear your opinion.
And sorry for the title, quick shower thought...
Disclaimer:
Everything, that in some way sounds like JK Rowling (Characters, plot, dialogues etc.) belongs to her.
Slytherin - House of Pain
Prologue
It was the first day of term after Easter break and it promised to be a nice and warm day. The sun was just beginning to rise and there were no clouds in sight.
Despite the early hour, each and everyone of the Hogwarts staff was in the Headmaster's office, waiting for him to tell them why he had called.
Dumbledore sat behind his table, staring at an open letter on his desk, reading the words over and over again.
Finally the old man got up with a deep and sad sigh. His eyes were blank, only sorrow could be found in them.
"A student has been killed", he said without further delay.
He hadn't expected much noise among his staff, not after this kind of news. But he hadn't expected complete silence either.
They looked at him in shock. None had been prepared for that. None had thought of a student being killed so shortly after Voldemorts return. Then their expressions turned into questioning looks.
"Who? And what happened?", Minerva asked what all of them wanted to know.
"It's Amilia MacNair, a Slytherin girl in third year. Her body was found some days ago under a bridge. It seems like she has been submitted to the Cruciatus Curse for years and finally got killed by that."
Now the murmuring started. Everyone knew what that meant. And everyone had the same question: Why did no one see?
All but one. The youngest of the staff, and head of the girls house, said no single word. He only glared, almost hateful, at the headmaster. Their eyes locked for a few seconds. Then the young man stormed out of the room, followed by the eyes of his colleagues.