Sooo...here's the first drabble from this collection. It's from GoF, at the third task. When Voldy called all the Death Eaters, of course that Severus felt it too...

I hope that it's not much bad ;)

Read, review & enjoy!

I. It Burns

Severus Snape had a bad day. It seemed that because of the last task of the Tournament all the children felt that they didn't need to pay attention at all. They managed to blow ten cauldrons up in one day! And now he had to sit on the bench, with a cold wall behind him, looking on the dark maze and waiting for the champions to end the whole freaking Tournament. All four of them already ran into the labyrinth, so he expected about a hour of boredom.

A small pinch of pain from his left forearm reminded him of the Mark, which was getting darker every day now. Sometimes he thought about what will happen and about his part in it. It weren't nice thoughts.

People around him were talking and laughing. He leaned againts the wall and looked on the sky. A single bird, probably a hawk, flew there, his yellow eyes searching for a prey. Another erruption of laughter from the crowd below made him shot out to the Forbbiden Forest. After a moment, a thestral saw him and ate him. Severus almost chuckled.

Suddenly, there was a scream from the maze and then red sparkles above. Miss Delacour is out, thought Severus. Proffesor McGonagall disappeared in the maze and after a while returned with the said girl, who was trembling.

Severus waited.

The sky slowly darkened,

And then it came, like a lightning from the clear sky.

Pain in his forearm, so much that he wanted to yell.

He knew that the Mark burned black on his skin, but he only grabbed his arm and tightened his jaw.

He searched through the crowd to find Dumbledore. When he found him, he saw that the blue eyes were already looking on him. The older wizard shot a look on Severus' forearm and lifted his eyebrows in unspoken question.

Severus nodded.

Dumbledore frowned, but then adjusted his robes and stayed in his seat. Severus stood up and walked to the group of teachers on the edge of the lawn. There he stood and thought: How did the old bastard make it? Who could help him? Pettigrew? I'm not sure if he would be able to think something out, with his brainpower...

With a loud crack, Potter appeared on the lawn. He was holding Cedric Diggory and the Cup. He was covered in blood and dirt. Severus immediately saw that Diggory was dead. Harry kept saying: „He wanted me to bring his body back...to his parents..." and there were tears in his eyes. Severus felt quite sorry for him. Despite his arrogance and father-likeness, he was still a teenager, and he most probably saw how Diggory died. Not counting the Dark Lord's return.

Moody took Potter and walked with him to the castle, talking in calm tone. Severus frowned. Moody and his „constant vigilance!", taking the main witness away? Something was wrong in this picture...

Dumbledore looked to the castle, to the dead Diggory, back to the castle, and frowned. Then the usual calm in his eyes disappeared and instead there was fury. He sped off to the castle, McGonagall on his heels. Severus swore, took out his wand and ran after them.

This is going to be a looooong night, he thought.

I solemnly swear that I'll try to update as soon as possible :D

~hervissa