This is my first Ffc of Harry Potter, so please be kind! Also English is not my first language, and I don't have a Beta... so all the errors are mine D: My mother language is Spanish, please deal with me.

So... this is very AU. Is in the time of the Marauders, Voldemor was stop by Albus Dumbledor and killed, (I know I fucking with the plot of the books and movies, but this IS AU) So there is no Dark Lord here, but there is Death Eathers leaft behind, that going to make things dificult and dangerous!

Also, the group are in school, and the story start in second year/ third year and on! I hope yours Reviews! Please Don't shoot me for this!

The couples are the next:

Severus Snape X OC.

Sirius Black X OC.

Remus Lupin X Nymphadora Tonks.

James Potter X Lily Evans.

Lucius Malfoy X Narcissa Black.

Declaimer: I own nothing! If I did Severus Snape would be mine and wouldn't have Die! Q_Q All belongs to J.K. Rowling!


Chapter 7

When they returned to the great hall, people were already sitting and chatting. Severus was still holding her hand, and they were walking at a slow peace, for her injury. But just outside of the door Raven pause; making him halt in his walk and the black hair boy turn curiously to see what has made her stop. Her face was a bit white, and she was biting her lip nervously.

"What?"

"Severus… I- never mind" she was gonna say something, but in the end chose not to. It wasn't the best moment or the best place to, anyway.

"Raven" was all he said. His black eyes narrowing slightly, a warning to say what she intended to or else.

"It's nothing… I just… I'll tell you tomorrow" she finishes lamely, shrugging her shoulders but grimacing at the pain that that simple move gives her.

He just observes her a bit more, and then nodded once. Then turn to the door, and opened it for them, letting her get in first and soon following her in. Their friends were curious about where they been and what were they doing, but she only smile weakly and he just shrug and both start eating. The conversation was then change to classes and the soon openings to the Quidditch team, and so on. While Pam, in the other side of the room, was watching them closely for any sign of hostility or something, but got nothing. Or Raven didn't say anything or Severus was a better actor than any of them new, and was keeping his thought about the situation to himself.

"Hey, Belflour, are you okay?" Sirius Black, who has just arrives shortly after both Slytherins, was watching her with an uncommon serious expression in his face.

Confuse and somewhat annoyed, Pam turns to him, and frown.

"Peachy, Black. Not that is any of your business" the blond hair girl said, dismissing him at the next minute and turning to her left, continuing her conversation with Tonks, without noticing the speculative and pensive look he give her.

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The next day was Saturday, and no-one has classes. So Severus got up really early in the morning and went to the common room with his potions books, and a notebook, and start researching healing potions and stuff, by the time the others in the house start to get up, he already have what he wanted, and went to the second floor to the girls bathroom where Moaning Myrtle lives and usually nobody went there. And starts doing the potion, fortunately by sundown he could have the potion ready to heal the girl, but he has to be there all day without stopping for a break. He didn't mind terribly.

Severus was totally concentrated in his work, and the hours pass by without him noticing. When the door opened he didn't even pay it any mind, stirring with a mechanical and precise move the potion, while adding some ingredients in the caldron, his eyes glue to the color and consistence of the brew.

"Severus?"

He turn startled to the sound of his name, and there in the entrance was little Raven standing with a dark purple sweater, black leggings and flats, her hair was in a bun. In her hands was bag. She blinks a bit, and then walks to him, sitting at his side but not that near to disturb his work.

"Have you been here since morning?" she asks, looking curiously at the caldron. She has never seen him make a potion before and was curious.

"Yes" was his vague answer, his attention again in the potion.

"I imagine. I bring you some food" she said, taking a sandwich out of the bag and a cup that was charmed to hold the liquid in it without dropping out when incline to a side.

"Give me a comment" was all he said. Stirring some more the brew, then stops and let it simmer for a while like the recipe said, and then turn to the food, with a thank you nod to the girl. Both were silence while eating, but it wasn't uncomfortable or awkward, their silences were calm and both enjoin it greatly. When they were done, he turns and checks the potion to see if everything was okay, and then his gaze was firmly in her face.

"There is something you need to tall me" he inform her, at seen her confuse expression, he clarify. "Yesterday, you said that today you'll tell me whatever you couldn't said, and just so you know, Raven, you still have to tell me about how that hit happen"

She grimace, but this time it wasn't for the injury in her side, but because the things she will have to say weren't pleasant and it was something she has never talk about but with Pam. For her it was very complicated to speak about her personal life and feelings, but he was something special to her, her very first friend at Hogwarts, even when nobody say it out loud, she knew Severus and the others have been keeping anyone from younger to older to mess with Pam and her, and she feel she has a deb with him.

"I… well… its complicated" she sigh, starting to play with the hem of her sweater sleeves, and biting her bottom lip.

"Take your time" was his response. His sharp eyes never leaving her features, he wanted to now.

After a few minutes in silence, she sighs again, and lowered her eyes to the floor before start speaking.

"when my parents die, I was very young, and was living at that moment in Venezuela, a tropical country, that's why I can speak and write Spanish like a native" she pause to organize what was she will reveal and how much. "I went to live with my relatives at the United State, they were Pam's parents, and for a few years it was a good life, I get along pretty well with my uncle and aunt, and Pam was more like a sister to me than a cousin… I'm sure you guys has notice that by now" she smile slightly at the memories of those days. "At eleven our Salem letter arrives, informing us that we both were witches and were accepted at the school… Most of our life we been living and passing as Muggles, our parents keep the magic at a minimum around us, even when our family is pure blood, they keep it like that until they were sure we were magical, and until the letter arrives we believed to me normal and know nothing about the wizarding world" she explain, moving a bit in her spot, but stops it when a sharp pain shoot to her side, and she grimace again, putting her hand in the place. "Our first year at the school was okay, magic is still wonderful and there is much to learn… the point is, that finishing the school year, Pam's parents die in an accident of sort at the Ministry of Magic, they were Curse-Breakers you see" Raven pause when he put a and up and then turn to check the potion.

"Okay, continue" once he was sure the potion was doing fine, he turn around and focused on her again.

"After that, our custody was pass to our uncle and aunt here at England" she keep quiet a few minutes, looking at a far corner, her lips pressed together in a tin line and then her face relaxed and the same doll-like empty expression was on her face. Like her emotions, that were few she show normally, she was a serious and calm person after all, didn't exist at all. "The first week it was… difficult, to adapt to a new house and country, especially after a loss… a few days into the living arrangements, we notice that our aunt was always out and he has episodes around us… like he could not stand us but force himself to do so" she mutter slowly. "We didn't think much about it, and simply stay out of his way… but apparently it wasn't enough… one day, it was just us and him, our aunt was out at the MoM working, and he just…" here Raven stops, struggling with the words and what has happen that disastrous day long ago. "He just, wake up extremely mad one afternoon, and the next thing I knew was that Pam was at the cross of the room unconscious and my face hurt badly and I was bleeding from my mouth" she whisper quietly.

Severus was having problems controlling his rage, even when his features and body didn't let out who he was feeling, in the inside; he was bowling and feeling particularly murderous. But willing his temper to cool and do not blow up just yet. However he take her hand in one of his, in a silent support, his black eyes never leaving her pale and emotionless face.

"He has hex her, and backhanded me… he warn us that if we speak of it to our aunt or somebody else it would be worse… but it got worse anyway, no matter how good we were, he still came for us and *punish* us for no reason… even when it isn't that frequent, every time it happens it hurts worse than the last time"

They were silence for a few minutes, each one lost in their own head and thoughts. But there have to come to the real word when the simmer of the potion start to boil, and Severus move to attend it, while Raven composed herself.

"It is ready?" she asks curiously.

"Yes, just we have to wait until it cools off" he nodded after putting the caldron off the fire and then turns around to face her again. "Raven I will try to help you and Pam in any way that I can, that much I can promise"

Her eyes got wide, and she bit her lip.

"You aren't going to tell professor Slughorn or anyone, right?" she mutters a bit insecure.

He observes her for a few minutes.

"No, I promise you I would not tell anyone, and I will not. Anyhow, that does not mean that I will stand by and do nothing to help you or Pam" he said totally serious.

"I- thank you Severus" the dark hair girl smile kindly to him, making him feel something warm inside of him, and turn to look at the potion when he feels his face heat up to cover his blush of embarrassment.

"D-don't mention it" was all he could muster to said, feeling irritated by the stutter.

They sped the next half an hour in silence and just enjoining the company of the other, with bits of conversation now and then. Soon Severus bottles the potion and gives one of it to her. Curious and eager for the pain to go away, Raven took it and gulp down the content, making a face at the bad taste, but then start to feel a cool sensation in the part in which the bruise was, and then there was no pain. Curious about it, she lift the hem of her sweater until below her chest and observe amazed the black and purple bruise disappear.

"Move around a bit to see if you still in pain" the dark hair boy suggest.

First a little reluctant she move her body, seeing no pain shooting at her ribcage, she jump and spin laughing doing little jumps while at it. Then pause and smile brightly at him, giggling happily.

"You made it Severus!" the dark hair girl exclaim merrily. "I can move without pain!"

And then she went, and before he could even blink, he had her arms around the middle of his chest hugging him, and her chin in his clavicle, her smiling face turned to his, her big dark brown eyes sparkly merrily at him with a bit of pink in the cheeks and he just could thought that she look too cute that way. Soon his face turns a bit red too but for other reason, nobody has ever hugs him like that, but his mother.

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After that day, Raven could move freely again, and Severus wasn't that preoccupied with her health, and he has given Pam some of the potion too even when her injuries weren't that bad like her cousin. A few weeks pass by and things were normal again in the group, even with the occasional confrontation between the marauders and them. Classes were like ever, some somewhat difficult or boring, and other interesting or funny.

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"Do we have to?" Pam whine, walking beside her best friend and cousin toward the Quidditch field.

"You don't have to come if you don't want to, Pam" Raven said distractedly.

It was Tuesday afternoon, and neither have classes anymore, so the dark hair girl had decide to go for a fly in the new broom Nimbus 2000 that she has purchase that year, she has miss do in it; Pam who couldn't find Lily or anybody else for that matter, has tag along with her, even when flying wasn't her best ability, but she could always do her homework and watch her cousin fly at the same time, a bit of quiet time wasn't bad.

When the two arrives at the place, they notice that they were the only ones there. In the center of the field were two students, one that appear to be a Ravenclaw second year, and a Hufflepuff apparently fourth or fifth year, and in between them was the box that contain the balls with which the teams play. Confuse they start to get near and they hear what the older student was saying.

"And I will let the balls go, and blame you for it if you don't stop humiliating my little brother in class, do you understand?" he threatened the little boy.

"But I just answer question in class… I didn't do anything to your brother!" the little boy said insecure. Neither notices the two girls getting near.

"Hey, you!" Pam screams angry. "Don't blackmail people! That's low! If your brother isn't smart enough it's not this kid fault!"

"Who ask your opinion scum!" the guy scoffs disdainfully at her, gaining a glare from her and a scow from her companion.

"What? You bastard!" Pam wanted to punch him in the mouth so much, her eyes became dark amber.

"Fraternizing with the Slytherin trash" he curves his lip in disgust, like it was the worst thing ever. "You should be ashamed of yourself!"

Now the blonde girl was fuming and wanted to punch him, or hex him, whatever she could do faster. Advancing towards them, with the sole intention of making him hurt, the guy turn around and let out the balls from the box, the two bludgers and the snitch went out, going everywhere.

"Shit!" Pam exclaims, throwing herself out of the way of a bludger that went straight to her.

The other one knock out cold the idiot that let it out while he was laughing like crazy. While Raven and little boy were searching the balls with their eyes.

"I'm gonna catch the Bludgers!" Pam said to her cousin who turns to watch her. "Go and try getting the snitch! And you!" the girl turn to the boy look startle for a second. "Go fetch Madam Hooch and Professor Flitwick! Now!" she demands, dodging another bludger.

The boy did just that, while Raven mount her broom and kick off the ground getting higher and higher, her dark eyes trying to glimpse of the little gold ball, when suddenly there it was, passing right in front of her face, and she dip after it. Flying the best she could and only concentrating in it. The thing was fast, but the dark hair girl was almost sure she could catch it, and just when she was about to, the other bludger went for her, almost knocking her out the broom.

"Joder!" She exclaims in Spanish barely dodging it, when she looks behind and saw the ball still in her heels, her face went pale but determinate. Her glance came back to the Snitch.

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Severus and Lily were walking around the Hogwarts ground talking about some assignment of DADA, and the dark hair boy was feeling happy, because he was spending time with his crush. Since the start of term that year, he had been too worried and distracted with the little Slytherin and classes, to pay much attention to the girl he likes, and now he was recovering the lost time. Unfortunately, destiny was a bitch and didn't want him to be happy for too long, 'cause Potter and his gangs came around out of nowhere, and intercept them.

"Now, now who do we have here? Snivellus, Evans" said James Potter, smiling to her and frowning to him.

"Potter" was all that Snape said with all the disdain he could put in his voice. His hand was touching his wand, prepare to hex him if he so much as to make a wrong move, with his friends or without them, he will jinx him anyway.

"What do you want, Potter?" Lily said, furrowing her brow, her pretty green eyes watching him and his friend with a bit of annoyance.

"Why, I can't pass by to say hello?" he exclaim widening his eyes innocently, making Sirius Black snort and Peter Petigrew giggle.

"No"

They both said at the same time. James eyes flashed with something akin to resentment and jealousy, but it soon disappear and Severus didn't knew if he has actually see that or was just his imagination.

"Now get out of our way Potter" Snape said disdainfully.

"You don't give me orders, Snivellus" he spat at him furious. Drawing his wand, and at the same time the dark hair Slytherin boy did the same. But neither could do much more than that because a gasp halts them in place.

Both boys turn to see Lily, who's eyes were just ready to pop out of their sockets, and she was following something with her glance.

"What…?" Sirius Black start to said, but his other companion the one that has been quiet until then speak.

"Over there!" Remus Lupin point out to the sky.

"Raven!" Lily exclaim in horror when the bludger that was follow the little girl almost hit her if she hasn't dodge it at last minute.

Severus feels the blood get drained from his face at the sign of the petite girl begin follow by that ball, and if he hasn't has known that any spell fire to the object could hit her instead, he would have blasted the damn thing instantly. But be as it is, he could just watch helplessly as she dodge and fly away and follow… he pause a second, realizing that not only she was trying not to get hit but to catch the golden snitch that was flying ahead of her.

But faster than anyone could do anything, she was heading back to the Quidditch Field, the bludger hot in her heels. Severus, Lily and Potter and his group run after her, some of them, Potter, Black and Lily shouting things indistinguishable, Ramus and Severus just were with their eyes glue to the girl, and Peter was running last one and out of breath.

When they finally enter the Quidditch pitch, they notice Pam, trying to catch another bludger without much luck. Sirius blink a bit at the scene, his light grey eyes not believing what they were watching, and then without much thinking he run toward Pam, who in that instant has lost the ball for watching her cousin fly around, and forgot the bludger coming her way. He throws himself against her, making them go sprawling to the ground, he on top of her, while the ball passes them nearby.

"Uh…" Pam was a bit disoriented, she blink and spot two bright grey eyes looking at her from above. "What the…? Black?! What the bloody hell are you doing?" the blonde girl said furiously at the young man atop of her.

"Trying to stop a hit that surely could have broken you a few limbs" Was his annoyed response, while keeping her glue to the floor, and his eyes in the ball, that in that moment Remus with a *Bombarda*make it explode.

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Raven meanwhile was solely concentrated in the snitch and do not be hit by the bludger. The golden ball has guide her again to the Quidditch pitch, and finally she appear to be able to get it, so the dark hair girl extended her hand toward it, but it was still some inches away. Suddenly the snitch went down, a few two meters and a half from the ground, and again, the petite girl follow, with the other ball hot behind. Frustrated and calculating rapidly in her head, she with an agile move put her feet in the broom, shakily standing, eyes in the golden snitch. Her heart was beating wildly and her hands were sweaty and cold, but the determination in her dark brown eyes was final. And with an impulse she lunge for the little golden ball with her hand stretching all she could, and just when she feels her hand taking the ball, the void down registered in her mind and she just could fall.

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Severus has just breath more lightly seen Black taking Pam out of harm's way, but that rapidly went forgotten when his black eyes got sign of Raven. She was standing in the broom shakily, and without him thinking it consciously, his body was running full speed towards her, willing his body to be there when she falls. And fall she did. He swears that his heart stop beating at all.

He lunge for her, like she did for the stupid ball, and fortunately, thank Merlin, he catch her in time. But both of them ended in the ground, him below and she above. Severus with his eyes close held her near his body, willing his heart and mind to now that she was save for now, in his arms. With him. But the raw fear was still clutching to his gut. He didn't like it one bit.

Breathing slightly shakily, Severus rolled them to the side, his arms still around her tin and petite body. Opening his eyes he looks directly at the top of her head, her face was pressed to his chest, same as her hands.

Raven slowly raises her head from where it was press into, and blinks owlishly at the face that was looking at her from above. The smell of species. Smoke. And something more, fresh and unique. There was just one person who smells like that, and when she finds those black eyes with hers, the dark hair girl just could smile, even when she herself didn't know why. Even when inside of her there was something warm stirring when she was subjected to his intense gaze, but in that instant she could not for the life of her know what that was about.

She just wanted to stay there with him for more time.


So there is the seventh chapter! I hope that you have like it! and I'll wait for your fantastic Reviews in the form of you opinion!

Any way I hope for more reviews!

Also, I'm oing to start a new work soon, so I don't know when I'm gonna post the next chapter so... sorry!

Until next time!