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Severus gripped his arm hard and fell to the floor as a familiar pain shot through him. He cursed aloud as he quickly donned his robes and said a small charm to straighten his appearance out. He could only scratch two words on a sheet of parchment before running out the door.
Hagrid had happily accepted the unicorn into his abode. Fang was thrilled also, giving Nero a slurp-filled kiss.
Siani walked happily back to her quarters, ignoring the few looks she got because she was in her bedroom robe. She couldn't imagine a time when she felt this light, she was convinced that if she though hard enough she would float.
Siani opened the door to her room only to find it empty, Severus's clothes gone as well. Her features dropped and she was about to start bawling when she noticed the ripped piece of parchment left on his pillow.
"Voldemort Calls." she read aloud. The writing was very irratic and shaky; Siani could only imagine the pain her lover was in when he wrote the note.
~What am I going to do? Just wait and see what happens when he get back? I know that he gets hurt everytime he goes to that bastard of a Dark Lord. I can't just sit here... oh oh oh... what am I going to do?...~ Siani slumped into a chair and rubbed her temples with her index fingers.
She slowly changed to her gryphon form and made her way over to the window. Flight might help.
She leapt out the window and into the sky.
True to form, her wings carried her right to Dumbledore's office window.
He must have heard her approach for he turned in his chair and smiled at her through the pane of glass. Siani hovered for a moment as the Headmaster opened the large window. "How are you on this fine morning?" he said brightly.
"Severus has been summoned." she said in a low growl.
Some of the light faded from the Headmaster's features and he stepped aside, allowing passage for the gryphon into his office. "Yes, I know." he said.
Siani returned to her human form and sat down in one of the poofy maroon chairs. "I can't just let him suffer there..." she sighed.
"And I cannot allow you to go galavanting off after him." the Headmaster sighed, understanding the woman's concern, but knowning all too well that there was nothing to be done.
Siani growled to herself, crossing her arms over her chest and resigning to the fact. She scowled at the cheery fire that inhabited the fireplace, thinking maybe that something could suffer with her.
"It does no good to stew over such things. So how about some breakfast?" Dumbledore tried to make the last statement full of his usual twinkle, but the thought of Severus being called again put a damper on his twinkle- mustering abilities.
Siani tried to loosen her scowl before looking back to her superior. It only half-worked. "No... I'll just... oh I'll just go back to bed!!" she threw her arms into the air and stood up in a huff. Without waiting for a response from Dumbledore she transformed and launched out the window back towards her room.
Shan was standing on her desk, reading Severus's scribbled note, when Siani rushed through the window. She didn't return to her human form, just collapsed on the pillows at the foot of the great gryphon tapestry.
Shan, concerned for his friend, fluttered over and sat down against her feathered cheek. "It will be okay. He will be fine." The ravix had witnessed first hand what the likes of Voldemort could do and somewhat understood the implications of being summoned by the Dark Lord. At least he understood enough to be concerned.
"You know that I cannot handle feeling helpless... especially after Rhianon. I just couldn't bare to be locked out of the situation again... to be unable to save someone I care about." the gryphon cooed, indicating incoming tears.
Shan just nudged Siani's cheek, giving as much of an impression of a hug as a seven pound bird could give to a three-hundred pound gryphon.
Siani slowly changed back to her human form and shuffled over to her bed. She glanced at the clock, noticing that she had only been awake for a little over an hour. And yet she felt completely drained.
She collapsed onto the bed with a muffled thud. As soon as she hit the pillow Siani groaned. Her bed smelled so strongly of Severus that tears immediately fell from her eyes. She knew that he had been called many times before and that in all likelihood he would come back reparable, if not in one piece. But past experience rules many a person's thoughts and well, Siani just couldn't deal with the fact that there was a part of Severus that she couldn't protect. There was a time that she would be completely unable to watch over him. And maybe he didn't need watching- over, but damn she wanted to make sure he was safe.
Rapidly, the stress of mulling over such details of life caught up with her, and Siani fell asleep.
Severus gripped his arm hard and fell to the floor as a familiar pain shot through him. He cursed aloud as he quickly donned his robes and said a small charm to straighten his appearance out. He could only scratch two words on a sheet of parchment before running out the door.
Hagrid had happily accepted the unicorn into his abode. Fang was thrilled also, giving Nero a slurp-filled kiss.
Siani walked happily back to her quarters, ignoring the few looks she got because she was in her bedroom robe. She couldn't imagine a time when she felt this light, she was convinced that if she though hard enough she would float.
Siani opened the door to her room only to find it empty, Severus's clothes gone as well. Her features dropped and she was about to start bawling when she noticed the ripped piece of parchment left on his pillow.
"Voldemort Calls." she read aloud. The writing was very irratic and shaky; Siani could only imagine the pain her lover was in when he wrote the note.
~What am I going to do? Just wait and see what happens when he get back? I know that he gets hurt everytime he goes to that bastard of a Dark Lord. I can't just sit here... oh oh oh... what am I going to do?...~ Siani slumped into a chair and rubbed her temples with her index fingers.
She slowly changed to her gryphon form and made her way over to the window. Flight might help.
She leapt out the window and into the sky.
True to form, her wings carried her right to Dumbledore's office window.
He must have heard her approach for he turned in his chair and smiled at her through the pane of glass. Siani hovered for a moment as the Headmaster opened the large window. "How are you on this fine morning?" he said brightly.
"Severus has been summoned." she said in a low growl.
Some of the light faded from the Headmaster's features and he stepped aside, allowing passage for the gryphon into his office. "Yes, I know." he said.
Siani returned to her human form and sat down in one of the poofy maroon chairs. "I can't just let him suffer there..." she sighed.
"And I cannot allow you to go galavanting off after him." the Headmaster sighed, understanding the woman's concern, but knowning all too well that there was nothing to be done.
Siani growled to herself, crossing her arms over her chest and resigning to the fact. She scowled at the cheery fire that inhabited the fireplace, thinking maybe that something could suffer with her.
"It does no good to stew over such things. So how about some breakfast?" Dumbledore tried to make the last statement full of his usual twinkle, but the thought of Severus being called again put a damper on his twinkle- mustering abilities.
Siani tried to loosen her scowl before looking back to her superior. It only half-worked. "No... I'll just... oh I'll just go back to bed!!" she threw her arms into the air and stood up in a huff. Without waiting for a response from Dumbledore she transformed and launched out the window back towards her room.
Shan was standing on her desk, reading Severus's scribbled note, when Siani rushed through the window. She didn't return to her human form, just collapsed on the pillows at the foot of the great gryphon tapestry.
Shan, concerned for his friend, fluttered over and sat down against her feathered cheek. "It will be okay. He will be fine." The ravix had witnessed first hand what the likes of Voldemort could do and somewhat understood the implications of being summoned by the Dark Lord. At least he understood enough to be concerned.
"You know that I cannot handle feeling helpless... especially after Rhianon. I just couldn't bare to be locked out of the situation again... to be unable to save someone I care about." the gryphon cooed, indicating incoming tears.
Shan just nudged Siani's cheek, giving as much of an impression of a hug as a seven pound bird could give to a three-hundred pound gryphon.
Siani slowly changed back to her human form and shuffled over to her bed. She glanced at the clock, noticing that she had only been awake for a little over an hour. And yet she felt completely drained.
She collapsed onto the bed with a muffled thud. As soon as she hit the pillow Siani groaned. Her bed smelled so strongly of Severus that tears immediately fell from her eyes. She knew that he had been called many times before and that in all likelihood he would come back reparable, if not in one piece. But past experience rules many a person's thoughts and well, Siani just couldn't deal with the fact that there was a part of Severus that she couldn't protect. There was a time that she would be completely unable to watch over him. And maybe he didn't need watching- over, but damn she wanted to make sure he was safe.
Rapidly, the stress of mulling over such details of life caught up with her, and Siani fell asleep.
