Chapter 1

Angel ran around the hall frantically... for some reason she was feeling really hyper and wanted to get rid off it... She just couldn't. Muttering in rage she stumbled over some one.

"Oh I am so sorry are you alright?"

"Yeah I am okay the girl muttered laughing, what were you doing?"

Angel giggled "running around... I feel like I am in my Owls year again" she laughed. "I am so sorry" she said after helping the girl up.

"My name is Crystella, but call me Cryssy" the girl smiled as she grabbed Angel's hand and pulled herself up.

"Hey are you new" Angel asked "I have never seen you before and you don't sound English?"

"Yep" Cryssy smiled, "I am exchanged here from Beauxbaton"

"Wow Beauxbaton's... how is that school?" Angel asked delighted, "my name is Angel by the way, nice to meet you Crystella"

"thanks, its wonderful though I am glad to be here… it is quite difficult though exchanging here in my last year, but I will manage, and you… Your language is not exactly entirely English either"

"Yes you are right, I changed here from Plantus... A Dutch wizarding school but that was a few years ago" she shook Crystella's hand and smiled as Professor Snape walked by and sneered at them... A twinkle lit in her eyes and she muttered a curse. A little scar appeared at Snape's forehead, he did not notice.

"Uhm that's professor Snape" Angel said when the great hall burst out into laughter.

Severus did not even look in the mirror but turned around on his heels and started chasing Angel

"I uh got to run" She giggled "I suggest you do the same, he will run over you without saying sorry" Now in a fit off giggles Angel sprinted around the hall carefully avoiding Harry and Ron. She almost toppled over when she heard Ron make a comment and Snape sneering in return.

"Miss Dean Get back here!" He screamed through the halls, never in is life had he been so humiliated... Why did all the woman he liked act like lunatics around him.

Angel who had rounded a table headed back to Cryssy pulling Harry along with her... "You know that Cryssy she is new. Go say hello"

Harry was dragged to Cryssy and blushed when he looked at her "hi" he stuttered as she smiled at him.

"Hello Harry" Cryssy said as she shook his hand "I am Crystella, Cryssy"

Angel waved happily at them, noting that they made a nice couple. Finally sick off running she hopped around the great hall waiting for Snape to catch up on her. "You miss Dean, My office now" he growled

"Why ever do I get the pleasure off exploring your office"

His face turned scarlet as he told her to keep quit "Fine two weeks off detention miss Dean, my office tonight"

"Yes sir" she smiled sweetly

Angel smiled when she joined the group and tickled Ron from behind, she liked Ron he was funny. Hanging over his shoulder she nudged him trying to make him move away from Cryssy and Harry... he however would not budge.

Ron smiled when he shook her hand thinking she was pretty. Angel who had the ability to read minds poked him and shook her head whispering "look at Harry"

As he did what he was told his eyes widened, Harry was staring dumbstruck at Cryssy and was a the brink off drooling.

Angel smiled when Harry started to stutter and felt a piercing gaze on her back wondering slightly if he was staring at her she filled in the blanks for Harry. "He is in his seventh year now, like us" she smiled at Cryssy.

"Wow" Cryssy smiled, "hey then you and I are Gryffindor's right Harry"

Harry nodded and smiled "yep"

Angel nodded too, she was a Gryffindor as well and she knew that bugged many people especially the man she loved "here" she said extending her hand. That's our time table

"Thanks" Cryssy smiled as Angel felt some one approach her, she frowned as she was being taped on the shoulder and immediately said "I didn't do it" when she looked into Snape's eyes. She heard Ron chuckle and poked him the back.

"Hey" he muttered before looking at her and Snape "What the..." he said surprised as he saw what Angel saw...

"Professor what happened to you" Angel stuttered as she saw the damage some one had done to him. His hair was pink and his eyes fire red, his hands were wringed together and he seemed to be shorter than he was before.

"I hoped Miss Dean" he squealed in a high pitch voice "you could explain that to me.

Angel felt embarrassed, yes she played jokes on him but this was taking it too far. She would never to that to a man she loved. As her eyes scanned the hall she saw several students pointing and laughing, shooting them an angry glare she looked back at Snape. "I am sorry sir, but I did not do that... That is too much, even for Me." she tugged on his arm and saw that his feet were locked together now as well. Scanning the hall one more time she mumbled a spell and helped him along. "Mobilicorpus... lets go to the dungeons" she suggested when she hovered him down the stairs, a sad but serious look on her face. It was not her doing but she was going to fix it no matter how. She grew angrier by the minute; whenever she looked back something else had changed about him. By the time they were in the dungeons he looked like a sort off weird bird... His beak bright green and his hands clawed into each other. His eyes no longer showed anger, they now showed pain. Which he obviously had without a doubt. Angel growled low under her breath and said the words to lower the wards to his quarters. He was surprised that she knew them but said nothing off it and let her guide him to his armchair. Sitting him down she pulled a stray strand off hair out off his face and walked to his books. After a few hours she looked up from her books to see how Snape was doing... he hadn't changed anymore in the last half-hour but he had begun to drift in and out off consciousness. She sighed deeply when the answer dawned on her. A mandrake draught could do the trick, their properties were to restore a person to there former selves. Angel ran down to the Slytherin common room and bugged in trying to find Draco. They had been friends since last year when he accidentally found out her true feelings about Snape and she magically tied him to her arm to keep him quiet. She never thought that it would turn out this way but she knew he was the only one Snape trusted enough to see him in this state.

"What are you doing here" Pansy snarled at her when she pushed her aside

"None off your business" she spat back in the same cold manner before spotting Malfoy "Draco I need your help can you please come with me?"

Draco who saw the seriousness in her eyes followed her immediately and gasped when he saw Snape. "What happened to him?"

"I don't know" Angel said sadly "but he is slipping in and out off consciousness, I need to go to madam Pomfry to get a mandrake potion"

"But the mandrakes are not grown yet"

"I know" Angel said desperately "I just hope she has some in storage or else knows were I can find them"

"but wont she ask who its for"

"Probably but she knows Professor Snape hates to go to the infirmary and I hope she will understand that he does not want to be seen in this state... Only myself and you know how he looks now. The students saw him before but he looked nothing like he does now" She rambled as tears formed in her eyes

"Angel" he said as he grabbed her and hugged her. Something he never did, unless he was as close to them as he was to her. She in a way saved him, by letting him know he was not alone in his choice to follow his father or not. "Its going to be alright, I will stay here. You go find poppy okay"

She nodded silently and then ran from the dungeons to the hospital wing bumping into Harry and Cryssy on the way up.

"Oh my god" Angel mumbled "Cryssy I am so sorry" Her face was dark and stained with tears... Yet the shock off running the girl over had taken her off hand.

"Angel" Cryssy said surprised "are you alright?"

"What's wrong?" Harry asked concerned when he saw the tears still evident in her eyes.

"I... Okay" She stuttered "I was going to see madam Pomfry... Professor Snape is in a really bad state... he is bleeding heavily and slipping in and out off conciseness... I need a mandrake potion. What if she doesn't have any" she rambled on "I.. I'm terrified Harry" she hiccupped "Why would someone do this to him, I mean I know many people hate him. But this." She let her eyes fall to the ground and let out a wail before sinking to the ground... Why had she not realised how much he meant to her... Getting angry with her self she started muttering and pulled herself up... "I need that potion"

"Angel" He said as he kneeled next to her, he hated seeing his friend like this.

"No" she muttered as she crumbled back to the ground

"Don't worry, I will get the potion" Cryssy said as she ran off to the infirmary.

Angel hugged Cryssy when she came back with the potion "Thanks you saved my... well Snape's life." She hurtled off towards the dungeons shouting that she had to do this alone or Snape would never forgive her. Crashing into his office she looked at Draco "How is he"

"Hasn't woken up since you were gone, did you get the potion?"

"Yes" she nodded, "Look would you go and thank Harry and Cryssy for me, they really helped out... And could you explain why I ran off not wanting them along..."

"Sure" Draco nodded as he headed out the door

"they are one there way to the Gryffindor common room. And Draco thanks" she gave him a thankful smile before walking up to Snape."

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Draco walked through the hall when he spotted Harry and the most beautiful girl he had ever seen in his life. "Potter" he yelled "and you must be Cryssy" he added. "Angel wanted me to thank you for what you have done for her. She is really grateful for it, she also wanted me to tell you that she was sorry to hurry off like that but she knew that Snape did not want any one else involved. He looked really bad" Draco kept looking from Harry to Cryssy his eyes lingering on her every time she looked at him.

"That's okay" Cryssy smiled "and you are?"

"I am Draco Malfoy" he smiled

"Nice to meet you Draco, I hope Professor Snape will be alright"

Harry had not said anything yet, he hated Malfoy and yet he was thankful the boy would do this for Angel.

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Angel paced around the room; she had given the potion to him 5 minutes ago and still nothing happened. Letting go off an exhausted wail she sank down into a chair next him and stared into the fire.

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Draco nodded "Yes he will be I am sure. Angel will help him all she can." he smiled at Cryssy
"Does any off you perhaps know who caused this" he asked curious

"No" both Cryssy and Harry said

"Hmmm I still think it is strange"

"Yep" Harry finally spoke frowning

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Her dreams were insecure and dark, Snape had died and she found herself crying at his feet. Screaming she drummed on his chest "No don't leave me, how could you Severus noooooo please nooo!" She was startled from her sleep when a hand touched her shoulder. Opening her eyes she saw Snape's black eyes look at her and let out a cry with joy flying around his neck and giving him a hug.

"Thanks" Snape muttered taken aback by Angel's sudden outburst. She could not feel the same for him as he felt for her could she…

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Draco notissed Harry's frown and looked at him "I suppose I should go to Dumbledore" he shrugged "and since Cryssy helped to get the potion and saw the beginning back in the hall it would be smart if she went along" a smirk had formed across his lips.

"I don't think that will be necessary Malfoy" Harry snapped

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Angel released Snape when she realized what she was doing and looked at him with a blush on her face "I'm sorry" she muttered "I am glad you are okay Professor"

"As am I" he reassured her

"I" she started trying to let him know she had not done it.

"I know Miss Dean; if you would have done this to me you would not have gone so far to help me. This takes very powerful magic, one you do not yet posses." He had seen the tears on her face when he woke up and knew this had taken her deeply "I believe your detention is no longer needed"

"Thank you Professor" she nodded. She wanted to tell him, but she didn't dare.

"I will see you in class Miss Dean" he said curtly before letting her go out to the hall.

"Yes sir" she smiled when she ran onto the hall and looked for the rest.

Draco smirked at Harry "Well I suppose it's her choice Potter, not yours" His eyes turned colder and he was about to make a remark when Angel ran up to them. A smile across her face and a happy twinkle in her eyes "He is okay" She yelled when she felt the tense feeling between the three. "Draco" she asked when she walked up to them "What's up?" but she was afraid she knew, Draco felt the same for Cryssy as Harry. Sighing she walked up to Cryssy "Common lets go to the common room, I will show you the girls dormitories. Harry, Draco thanks for everything" she smiled

Draco nodded and gave them one last look before returning to his own common room, he had to have Cryssy no matter what it took.

Sighing Angel said the password to the fat lady and entered the room... "Well this is the common room" she smiled. "We usually hang out here, or study. If you want the good seats you have to be quick" she guided her up to the girls dormitories, "every floor is a different year" she told Cryssy "because we are seventh years we all have our own room with a small bathroom" she smiled "Thankfully" she added with a giggle. "This will be your room ,its right next to mine." she swung the door open and looked inside "Its not much yet but you get to do with it as you please, so you can make it as homey as you like. Uhm the girl's dormitories are no longer guarded for boys but they never really show themselves up here, but if you like your privacy I suggest you ward your door, other girl's tent to come crashing in for the silliest things." She smiled at the thought and flicked her hand at her own door and it flew open. "Uhm if you need me just knock at my door, because I do have it guarded." she walked inside and sat down onto her bed, her room was lit by candles giving it a sinister yet homey look. Her fireplace was crackling and the dark black armchair was accentuated by the flames. She had a few paintings on her wall that were made by Muggles and one wizard picture off her father and older sister Candia, her comfy four-poster bed was dressed with black satin sheets and white pillow sheets. The wood off her bed, study table, closet and bookcase were made off dark firewood. She smiled when she looked at Cryssy "Welcome to my world"

"I like your world" Cryssy smiled "its awesome"

"Thanks" she laughed. Most people found her room freaky and did not understand how she could be so hyper when her room was so dark and dreary. But she loved it anyways... she had a lot off sides to her and different ways off showing them. Smiling when Cryssy told her about her own room she offered a hand "Can I help you with anything..."

"No thanks I need sometime alone for that…" Cryssy said as she walked out into her own room.

Angel, who had peeked around the corner, noted the bags and trunks flying open smiled. "Hey you do wand less magic to" she asked now curious she had never met anyone other than herself who had the gift, and she was wondering if she wasn't alone.

Cryssy jumped surprised, "uhhhh yes and no… just little things, I love my wand… Would you mind not telling anyone though?"

"I wont" Angel smiled "Though I think it's cooler without a wand" she giggled "You wont find me using one" Smiling she turned around "sorry bout the spying, it wasn't my intention" but she said it with a laugh as she walked over to Hermione's door and knocked on it. A tired Hermione opened the door and looked at her as if it was the middle off the night.

"Been here long" Angel asked quirking an eyebrow

"Yeah" Hermione said yawning "I came up right after the feast. I haven't slept in days"

"Ohw sorry for waking you then, but I wanted to tell you we have a new student in the house. A seventh year from Beaux buttons. She is in between off us."

"Thanks" Hermione said thankfully. She liked to keep up with all the new stuff happening around her.

Angel returned to her room and curled up into her bed muttering the spell for the wards. She had not seen the dark figure moving in the shadows.

Her ears peeked when she heard something move in the darkness and she looked about her,. "Who is there?" The hair's on the back off her head standing up straight. It could not be a boy or the alarms would have gone off... Sitting up she muttered a spell and a light shone from her hands "Lumos, Who is there" she asked again as her eyes carefully scanned the room. A dark tall figure stepped out off the shadows across her wall and her breath cached in the back off her throat. "Professor" She whispered when he sat on her bed and crushed his lips against hers...

Angel was overcome by the pureness off the kiss and she kissed him back with the same passion he showed her. When he finally stopped for air she looked at him her face flushed and her hair a mess from his hands. "You" she whispered as he laid his finger on her lips.

"I am sorry Angel"
"No don't be" she smiled when she trusted her body against him making him fall backwards onto the bed. "Don't be" she smiled again as she kissed him.

Smiling he curled his hands around her waist and held her to him, she truly did feel the same.

Angel kissed Severus good bye when he stood in front off her door to leave. "Good Night Professor" She smiled.

"For you its Severus" he said a smile across his face "if not in class off course"

"Off course" Angel smiled nodding, she hugged him as he started to walk away and whispered in his ears "Never change Severus, stay the way you are that is why I fell in love with you"

Looking her deep in her eyes he kissed her again before walking down to the common room and the portrait.

She curled back into bed, her mind full off thoughts and dreams, he had come to her, hell he had kissed her. She felt happy and yet exposed. What would the other students think; she decided not to tell anyone, not even Hermione... Immediately she regretted that, she wanted to tell some one but whom?
It took her only minutes to fall as sleep and she almost fell out off bed from shock the next day when her alarm rang