Chapter 7: Who is Severus?

There was a crisp chill in the dimly lit room. It looked familiar. The walls were all a smooth gray slate and there were rounded glass chemical bottles and various things in jars lining the walls. She was sat in a hard wood chair in front of a crowded desk and for some reason, she was extremely nervous. Was she supposed to be here? Were those footsteps she heard coming from a distant hall? The only light flickered from the candles on the desk. There were no windows. Where was this? She turned quickly in her chair as she heard the door slam shut. She knew this man. From where? His long greasy looking black hair hung in his face and his black cloak hung loosely at his sides as he advanced on her. She couldn't even move, she couldn't look away from him. He reached her and put his hands tightly on her shoulders, holding her down in the chair. He lifted his left hand and brushed the long red hair away from her intense green eyes.

"I've wanted this for so long…" he choked out before pressing his lips hard against hers.

She was filled with terror and excitement. What was this?

He released his grip on her shoulder and grabbed her hard by the hair, jerking her head back and feverishly kissing her neck. What was this?

He slid his hands down the side of her slender body and firmly grasped her by the hips, lifting her from the chair and slamming her onto the desk. Who is this?

She wanted to call out, to make him stop somehow as he began to undo her robes but she couldn't make a sound. She slammed her hand hard onto the desk and swept it sideways, knocking several glass vials to the floor and shattering them.

Alexis woke, startled. She looked around the room; relieved to see that she was far from that place she had just seen. She felt her face and realized she had broken into a cold sweat.

"Are you alright?"

She turned to see Samantha sitting up in her bed with a concerned expression.

"I…I just had a bad dream I guess." Alexis shook her head.

"Who is Severus?" Samantha asked.

"What?" Alexis responded.

"You said, 'No Severus, please don't!' you kept saying it." Samantha said, stepping out of her bed and walking over to sit beside Alexis, whom looked very confused.

"I didn't speak at all in my dream…it was vivid though. It was me, I think. It looked like me. It felt like me, really. I don't know where I was. I know I was scared, though. Then this man…he just…I don't know. I don't really want to talk about it." Alexis mumbled.

Samantha looked at her sympathetically and ran a hand through Alexis' long hair.

"Try to get back to sleep Lexx." She said.

Alexis laid back in her bed and faced the window, watching the silver stream of moonlight dance across the hard wood floor. It would be a while before sleep would come to her again.