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Chapter Seven

Severus's Point of View

I could see Lily stir, she was strapped to a chair. Her beautiful hair was plastered over face; I felt a terrible yearning to kill every person in this room. I looked at all of them now, staring down at her like she was dirt! There must have been about ten, all wearing the same long black robes, with a hood covering our faces as I was. She was worth more than all of these... scum. The room was dark, only the place where Lily sat was illuminated.

I could not lose control. It might make things worse...I needed Lily to survive. How would I go on if she died here today?

'Wake up Mudblood!' screeched Bellatrix Le Strange. Her voice made my skin crawl.

Lily's eyes opened, her deep green eyes took a moment to register the sight before her.

'Severus?' she said weakly.

Her voice was so... strangled, God what have I done?

'What have you done with Severus?' she said, stronger now.

Bellatrix cackled hair-raisingly. A chill started at the bottom of my spine and my stomach dropped. I stood very still as Lily looked around wildly. I was hidden in the figures of black.

'Didn't you know Mudblood? Your old friend Severus was the one who drugged you!?' I could hear the glee in her voice.

The betrayal in Lily's eyes was only equal to the anguish I felt.

'Oh yes, filth' she spat 'Severus orchestrated this wonderful opportunity' I could hear the smirk on her face.

'What do you w-want with me?' she whispered.

'We need to know everything you can tell us about the Order of the Phoenix' another voice said from behind me, it was that of Bellatrix's husbands.

'B-but I don't know anything' she whimpered. It tore at my heart.

'Lies!' Bellatrix screeched again 'Crucio!' she bellowed.

Lily's screams bounced grotesquely off the walls of my dank house.

'I'm not part of the Order!' she wheezed, her head nearly bent between her knees.

'Huh...Don't fret Mudblood; we have plenty of time to get the truth. Take her to the cell' Bellatrix ordered.

Two of the figures dragged her to a cell beneath the house, to let her await the same treatment.

I'm a monster.