Chapter 3
A NEW FRIEND
A/N Eli the house elf is not mine sadly! Enjoy! And don't forget to rewive!
I felt safe there. Like all my worries were behind me, and I could be myself. No one could hurt me here. I liked it here, I didn't want to leave but I had to. I awoke from my dream feeling sad. I realized I was back to my reality, hell on earth if you ask me. But I was back. Remus was sitting behind me on the bed. I was sprawled across the bed, a leg hanging off one side as the other hooked in a weird manner. My arms were under my head like a pillow. My hair was a mess, it looked like it was draped on my head in front of my face as I sat up rubbing my eyes. I yawned loudly, waking up Remus in the process. He stretched and pulled me into a hug.
"Good morning, you feeling any better?," he said to me as he wiped my hair out of my face. I looked into his eyes smiling.
"Yeah, because I have something to look forward to.," I giggled, hugging him tighter, "When are we leaving?"
"As soon as you get something to eat," he laughed, letting go of me as I let go of him. I jumped up and off the bed. Remus got up an walked to the door. I followed him. He stopped and turned around to look at me. I stopped to an cocked m head at him. "Your NOT going out there looking like that. As much as I love your night gown, I don't think everyone else will, so go back to bed and wait for me to come back, okay?"
"Fine," I skipped back to the bed and plopped down on I. "Hurry up back," I giggled as he walked out laughing at me.
_|2 HOURS LATER|_
I was bored the entire time he was gone. It was nothing new to me but, knowing he might come back gave me something to look forward to, and a reason to go on. The was a door creeping open and his head popped in looking around to see if I was still there. I was lying down on the bed propped up on my elbows reading ,Cinderella. "I wish life was a fairytale," I said, putting the book down looking up at him with tears in my eyes. Remus came over and hugged me putting down his shopping bags.
"Well our about to take a step out of reality when you see what I got you," he stepped back, picking up the bag thrusting it into my arms. I peered in, gasping. I ran into the bathroom trying on the new outfit.
(just the outfit not the girl D) MIROR VIEW
I had finally got the outfit on. It's nice, kinda like a school uniform. I thought standing in front of the mirror turning from side to side to get a full view. So I looked nice. Then I jumped up smiling clapping my hands together bolting out of the bathroom and tackling Remus, pulling him into a hug kissing his cheek multiple times. "Thank you, Thank You, THANK YOU!," I screamed squeezing him tighter.
"Okay, now that you are dressed we can go," I let go of him and tilted my head.
"Where?" hopped on to the bed and gathered my things.
"Your new home, a place you will stay safe and out of harms way," he walked to the door opening it, running his fingers through his brown and slightly mess hair that had an out-of-bed look. He turned and looked at me. "Well, you coming?" sticking out his hand.
I took hold of his hand and held on tightly as we disappeared.
We arrived at a beautiful castle glowing from the lights on in the distance and the mist twirling in the air. It was beautiful, like it was telling you a story about it's past. I turned around looking back at the town in the long distance. Turning back around to look at the castle I noticed Remus was still, unmoving.
"You okay, Remus"
He shifted slightly looking back at me. "Yeah, just remembering old memories," he smiled and started to walk toward the castle's huge gates.
I sped up next to him, "Remus, what is this place?" I looked u at the gate. It said something, so I squinted my eyes...
Hogwarts
School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
"Hogwarts!" I looked confused. "Why did you bring me to a school?"
"It's the safest place in the world, they keep secrets, personal treasures and a life," he smiled and kept walking, "you know what, I'm thankful for all the hard times I've been through."
"Why?"
"Because, it led me here," Remus gestured to the castle. I looked surprised. He opened the gate and we walked across the grounds and into a Great Hall.
{SEVERUS'S POV}
"ELI!," a small elf appeared before me as I entered my house falling into an arm chair hanging my head over the back of it, "the usual please," Eli nodded and popped out, a few seconds later the elf popped back with a shot of Firewiskey. "Thank you," I said. I eagerly took the drink, drinking it in one gulp. I sighed and ran my fingers through my hair. "I've got to see Albus," I rolled my head to one side of the chair, looking out the tall window drinking the darkness of the sky, I groaned, "maybe I'll sleep first."
I got up out of chair and dragged myself to the staircase tripping over the first step. Eli came and helped me back up. Gripping the railing firmly I managed to pull myself completely up the stairs and to my bedroom door collapsing in front of it. Eli opened the door grabbing me by the collar pulling me into the room. The elf had done this many times, since I was a Death Eater, she has gotten used to learning how to pick up my mangled body and heal my wounds, but tonight I was just tired as fuck. I hadn't slept since the night Ebony ran away. Ebony. I sighed, I miss her. Her black hair, white eyes and the way she smells, morning mist, hmm lovely. I just wish the truth wasn't do hard to tell her. Eli got me into the bed stripping me of my robe. Running her fingers down the front of my undershirt reveling my hard lean chest, un-zipping my pants and pulling them off my leaving me in my black boxers. My trainers and socks were pulled off and placed next my door. Eli pulled the covers over me as I laid in my King size, four poster bed lowering the curtain to block out the sun for the morning, turning out the light leaving me to my sleep.
About 1 hour after I had been asleep, which felt like 5 measly seconds, I was awoken by the slight throbbing increasing in my shoulder. I gripped my forearm and screamed out in pain as it felt like some one was stabbing me. "Fuck'" I breathed out as the pain began to die down, "I guess the Dark Lady and Albus now know I lost Ebony." There were two slight thumps in my shoulder, I pulled down my sleeve staring at the Phoenix tattoo's wings flapping, frowning I jumped out of bed grabbing my wand and disappearing.
I arrived in right in front of Albus's desk in his office very pissed off and tired. "What, Al...," I paused and looked over my shoulder and saw Ebony crouched down low in one of the arm chairs with her legs drawn close to her body, scared half to death, in the other chair was... Remus... Lupin...ugh. What is HE doing here?
"Severus, we have an important matter at hand," he gestured his hand to Ebony, "Miss Ebony is in a state of confusion of who exactly she is. Now will you kindly tell her the truth." Albus gave that twinkle in his eye, I had a look of disgust on my face as he tried to use his "charm" on me. I shivered.
"Yes, Headmaster," I gave a slight bow before turning around to Ebony, "Ebony, this is going to be VERY hard to explain. So you must stay quiet till I finish okay?," she nodded, "Draco Malfoy is not your Father, but Hermione Granger is your mother. Your dad is Sirius Black," everyone gasped, when I say everyone I mean EVERY ONE. Remus almost had a heart attack; Albus was at the Flu telling people like it was his business to tell. The pictures whispering cries of shock and disgust. But Ebony just sat there quietly, showing no emotion. "I'm sorry Ebony, but you're not a Malfoy, you are Ebony Lilac Black,"
Silence was all that came from her but then she spoke just four words in the most hateful voice, "I'm going to bed," she rose and left the room leaving the three men alone.
{EBONY'S POV}
"Wow...," I breathed as I walked down the long dark corridor, "I can't believe him. How could Severus lie to me, after everything I've been through he would still try and hurt me," I wiped the tears out of my eyes, "BASTARD!" I screamed at the top of my lungs losing my breath and collapsing on the floor. A woman appeared before me. She looked like me in the face but her hair was a mess, like a bush on top of her head. I blinked up at her as she smiled and bent down to help me up, taking my hand. I jerked away, quickly scooting across the floor to the wall huddling close to it. She tilted her head at me as if to question why I had done what I did. All I did was shiver and shake as the woman had frightened me.
Snape came bursting through the door and the end of the corridor walking swiftly over towards me. I looked in his direction for a split second, then back at the lady. She was gone. I went wide eyed and was breathing heavily trying to figure out exactly what just had happened. Severus walked up to me, "Ebony I'm So... You okay?" Noticing that I was in shock he picked me up off the ground then dropped me as he gripped his forearm in pain again. I was awaken from my shock grabbing onto Severus's robe as he disappeared dragging myself along with him.