Hey,

Chapter 10 is here. I hope you guys like it. Just worked on a few chapters. And Luke's story, which I think is great. But I'm still willing to hear your opinion. Who do you prefer with Leyviena: Severus or Luke? Tell me!

Enjoy,

TempeGeller

Chapter 10: Me & you

Leyviena McGonagall

A month had passed, me and Severus grew closer and closer. There was nothing we didn't tell each other. I had still not told him about the incident yet. Sometimes I felt like I wanted to. He had started to call me Leyviena and after a while he simply called me Ley.
The nightmares came back, at first I hardly noticed it. In the next two weeks they became more violent. It was a Friday night that night the dreams grew worst and worst.

That night I couldn't sleep.
I tried to sleep, but when I closed my eyes I say visions of violence. I saw fire, I saw blood and I had no idea where they were coming from. Not a single memory of mine contained that. Were this memories? When I woke up, I screamed. Somehow I needed someone to take care of me. I stood up and there was only one person I could think of. One person that could calm me down. It wasn't my mother. I was Severus Snape. I stood up from by bed, took a night robe from my closet. I put some shoes on and made my way down the cellars.

I ran there, panic in my body. I don't know why I wanted to get to his office fast. Why was I heading there? He was my friend I thought. Do friends truly do that kind of things, my brain whispered. I ran down the stairs to the dungeons. I knew where to find his office, I had been there before. When I arrived at his door, I started knocking loudly.
"What…" He opened the door, when I threw myself in his arms crying. He moved his arms around my body, he softly stroked my hair as he pulled me inside the office. He kept trying to calm me down as he took a vial from his closet.

"Drink this, it will make everything better. I promise, Ley." I took the vial and drank it. It didn't taste well, after a few seconds I felt calm. I pushed my head to his body, I heard his heart beating. He kept stroking my hair, I could smell him. He smelt like herbs and coffee. I looked at him.
"I'm so sorry." I cried. "I…"
"You are in distress."
"I'll go now."
"You're staying. I won't be responsible that you'll wake up and panic again." He pulled me with him to his bedroom. Part of me thought I shouldn't be here. I was his friend, were friends supposed to be in each other's bedrooms? When I entered the bedroom, I noticed that this room was as dark as his office. A dark bed was in the middle of the room, there were four bookcases and a small desk. In the corner was a fireplace. He gestured that I should get on the bed, so I did. I looked at him, I was so scared to close my eyes.
"Ley, you can close your eyes." He looked at me. "I'm here."
I slowly moved closer to him and pulled his arms around me. I put my head on his chest. I could hear his heart beat. I knew he hadn't told me I could do this, but I simply needed him close. We hadn't done something like this before. He places his hand on my back. He whispered words to me as I fell asleep.

When I opened my eyes I was in a room, everything was blurry. The only thing that was not blurry was the image of Luke in the middle of the room. I slowly walked closer to him, he was in the middle of the room. When I came closer I noticed that the ground was covered in blood. I reached for Luke. He moved all of the sudden.
"Your fault!" He moved as I moved back. He reached his hands around my neck.

I woke up screaming. Severus's arms kept me close to him. I heard him tell me it was okay. I was hyperventilating and it seemed like I could no longer breath.
"No one is going to hurt you." He replied. "I promise you, I won't let anyone hurt you ever. Calm."

"It happened when I was 4." He looked at me in confusion. "The incident. I was four and I went to Hogsmeade with my mother. They knew I came there every Wednesday, they knew everything about me. I walked away from my mother and headed to the Shrieking Shack. They had a dog and there was Bellatrix Lestrange. That's when they caught me. I don't know how long they hurt me. They used everything, fire, knives and even the cruciatus. I wasn't strong enough back then. I was a child. They hated what I was. I'm a half blood god, my father is a god. It means I have exceptional powers. I can read and control everyone's mind, but I don't use it. I was just a child and they hated me for what I was. I was able to get away from them, I ran as fast as I can. I spent the next year in the hospital. And the scars never went away."

I sat up and pulled the sleeves of the robe, the show the scars down my arms. I trusted him enough to tell this story. He looked at me, I felt that there was an anger in him.
"If I…" He looked at me, he pulled me in his arms. "What happened to you was wrong. What I said is right, I will protect you."

I closed my eyes and felt how his hands stroked over my back.

Severus Snape

I had known Bellatrix Lestrange and I had never been a friend of hers. I had always known she had tortured people. When I heard that she had hurt Leyviena, I felt an anger going through my body. If I ever saw her again, I wouldn't be responsible for what I did.
When I went to bed this night, I was not prepared for Leyviena to come to my office door. Not even when she fell in my arms. She was panicked, I had never seen her this panicked before. I pulled a potion to make her calm. It seemed to work very fast.

I wouldn't let her go to her room once again. I felt like she could wake up screaming once again. So asked her to stay with me. I didn't know what I expected of this situation. I was aware that she would be in my bed. I hadn't predicted that she would put my arms around her body. I felt a sensation I hadn't felt before. I felt loved for a second. I moved my hands through her air and over her back. I knew after a few seconds that she was awake. I remained awake, slowly I pulled out a book. I read a few lines, when she started to scream. She pulled herself away from me in fear, but I kept her close to me. I calmed her down. That was when she told me that awful story.

She had been tortured by death eaters. A part of me thought I had done this to people, not in the same way. I had only used the Cruciatus curse. But why was that any better? I felt bad that I had ever done something. That moment I feared that this could all go away. I could lose her. I didn't ever want to loser her.
I told her I would protect her and I vowed to do so forever.

Than she closed her eyes once again. I took my copy of Pride and Prejudice from my bed stand. Leyviena had told me that this was her favorite book and I got it from the library. I started reading out loud from the book, hoping it would make its way in her mind.

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