Chapter 2:

A/N: This is mostly an A/U fic. Most of the things that happened in books 1-5 will be the same with a few changes where I feel like changing things. I have no clue who I am going to pair Harry up with, but I am open to suggestions. This fic is mostly going to revolve around the Potter twins since they will become known as 'An Angel's Twins', which refers to Lily and her two children, but that will become more clear with time. I'm mostly going to be doing this fic for my enjoyment, so if anyone does not like the way I'm going to go with this than feel free to not read it. With that said, I would also like to say that I do not mind if someone wants to be a critic about this fic as long as they are not trying to be nasty or trying to flame me.

Severus quietly spelled the door to the house open when he got to it minutes after the girl had been dragged in there. He entered the house quietly and instantly heard the teenage girl not only screaming, but pleading with the adult who had dragged her off some where in the house.

"Please, sir, stop!" The girl's voice was coming from where the basement would be. "I'm sorry, I promise that I'll behave and do better. I'll never try to run away, I swear. Please, please stop!" It was obvious from her tone that she was sobbing as well as being tortured.

"I don't think so, you little whore." The man yelled. "It seems that I need to remind you of your place and your lessons. You would make a good little slave for the Dark Lord once he returns."

Severus's blood ran cold at hearing that being said to the poor girl. At least the girl didn't respond to that, it would have made things worse for her. Severus was feeling very frustrated ten minutes later when he finally found the door that led down into the basement. Having to listen to the teen's screams and sobbing was heart wrenching, even to someone like Severus who had believed for years that he no longer had a heart.

By the time that Severus was finally able to take down the wards on the basement door he was beyond furious because it had wasted even more precious time, which meant that the girl was going through more torture. It had taken Severus between twenty and thirty minutes to dismantle the wards on the blasted door. He was snarling silently to himself, now he knew why he was a potions master and not a bloody curse breaker.

By the time that Severus finally opened the door to the basement the screams and sobbing had lessened. Severus was worried about what he would see when he reached the basement, but refused to let his mind dwell on it because the teenager needed help as soon as possible. And Severus had every intention of helping the girl. Half way down the stairs it was clear that the sobbing and screaming had turned into whimpering.

Severus had to force what little emotions he had away, otherwise he would be of no use or help to the girl by the time he reached her. Severus could feel that time was running out for this mystery girl and the thought of that made him angry. That also made it a struggle to keep his instincts under control, but he forced his instincts away so that he would be able to at least think properly.

Severus had made it to the bottom of the basement stairs in under a minute. Severus took a few moments to take a quick look around the rather large basement. The basement had been sectioned off in many areas in order to form rooms. Severus scowled darkly; it looked like he was going to have to use some of his instincts after all if he wanted to find the girl before her captor decided that he was going to kill her.

After a few seconds Severus's senses flared out to scan the area. All at once too many different smells assaulted his sensitive nose, telling him exactly what had been transpiring while he had been trying to gain access to this prison like hell hole. With that knowledge, Severus had to fight down not only his anger, but nausea as well. He could now also tell for sure that time was quickly running out for the teen. Severus also vaguely noticed that there was also another scent that he could not completely identify, so he pushed it to the back of his mind to ponder later.

Severus began to follow his senses and nose as quickly and as quietly as he could. He knew that he could not waste any more time. Time was quickly becoming precious when it came to this mystery girl. Severus refused to let the poor girl die like this, it wouldn't be right for him to just turn around and pretend that there wasn't someone who needed his help. He knew that he could help her and because of that he refused to let that girl die if he could prevent it in some way. With his newfound determination, Severus rushed in the direction that he could sense where the girl was.

It didn't take Severus long to find the teen and her captor. When Severus did find them he had to struggle with himself in order to stay in control of his emotions and magic. As Severus took a quiet breath, he realized that neither occupant of the basement had noticed his entrance in the prison like cell. That gave Severus more of an advantage since the other male in the room would not be able to retaliate when Severus made his move. Without a second thought, Severus had flicked his wand and the girl's torturer was bound, gagged, and unconscious. Severus smirked briefly in satisfaction, and then he rushed to the teenager's side to see how much damage had been done.

Severus sucked in a breath and tried to calm himself. He didn't think that the damage would be quite as bad as it really was. As it was, the girl was lucky that she was still alive with the amount of wounds she had on her naked form and from the amount of blood that she had lost. Severus was at a loss at what he should do. He wasn't really sure if he would be able to save the young teen after all. It was to his great surprise that the girl weakly opened her eyes and lifted a shaky hand toward the potions master.

"Please." Her voice was very soft, so soft that Severus had barely heard her. "Please, help me…." She gave a small gasp. "If you can."

"Shh." Severus soothed as he took her shaky hand. He was thinking very hard about what he could try to do to help her. "Save your strength. Everything is going to be okay." Even though he said it gently, he knew that there was a good possibility that the girl would not survive for very much longer. There was some part of him that did not want to let this girl go or to let her die. There had to be something that he could do, anything at all would do.

A/N 2: Hehe, sorry about leaving you guys hanging like this, but this seemed like a good place to leave off. Who could this mystery girl be? Is there something that Severus can do to save her life? Or is she going to die despite all of Severus's efforts to save her? You'll just have to wait and see.