Severus sat impatiently awaiting the headmaster's arrival. 'Damned old man' he thought angrily. He heard a whimper escape from the adjoin room and all thoughts returned to the young woman…who fought her personal demons alone. Pinching the bridge of his nose he tried to regain control of the situation, in all his years as a teacher he had never once cared about a student, yet again his mind retailed 'she's not just a student she's a brilliant young woman.'
'You again,' he snapped back at himself mentally…He had struggled with this irritating voice, more then usual. Sighing softly in frustration he paced, pacing always helped it gave his body something to do and kept his mind from thinking, theorizing and trying to formulate answers it should never.
"Severus?" a voice spoke. Looking at direction of the voice he saw Dumbledore's head floating in the center of the fire. Nodding to tell the headmaster to continue, he sat down across from the fire.
"Forgive me Severus, something has come up. I hope this won't matter, what is it my boy that you need to speak to me so urgently. "
"Headmaster," he said, pulling his wand out he cast a silencing spell on the room. Dumbledore looked curious, his eyes alert and questioning.
"Did you receive my owl explaining what happened?" Snape asked his employer.
"Yes I did" was his reply
"What do you make of it?"
Sighing Dumbledore spoke, "I am not all to certain, but I believe there is only one explanations to what happened to Miss Granger. As you very well know her parents have just passed. We are both aware that magic is concentrated on the persons emotions along with their knowledge. "
Snape nodded waiting for the headmaster to continue.
"Miss Granger has been a state of pain and self destruction, her parents and she were close, and though I fear they drifted apart slightly once she became a witch their bond was still strong. Are you aware Severus that the night before her parents died she "dreamed" of it?
Severus looked towards his bedroom door before returning his attention to the headmaster, "no."
Dumbledore nodded continuing his theory, "I believe she did not just dream it but witnessed it. Her mother Severus, she described in detail how her mother died, she though I am quiet curtain is unaware of this, died the exact way she described, she is slowly piecing it together. Her mind is brilliant, and her emotions at the given time when the accident occurred were very frantic and unstable."
Snape looked at him he was calling it an accident what happened to her, being thrown 20 feet across a room and slammed into his bookshelf an accident. He glared at him; he still didn't understand…Not many people did. Sighing he began to pace.
"Severus the information you sent me, is it complete, have you overlooked any little detail?"
"No, I told you everything, you're theory still does not explain why her wounds reopened or why she was thrown across a room" He snapped angrily
Dumbledore looked at him. "You care for her" he stated looking at the man before him.
Stopping dead in his tracks he slowly turned to look at him. Sending daggers with his eyes his direction he continued to pace.
The headmaster watched him for several minutes. "Severus please sit down you're making me dizzy with all you're pacing, sit so I may continue."
Snape did as he was told.
"Miss Granger emotional state may have caused her to as you say thrown across a room. She has kept all her pain, most..."he corrected looking at Snape's eyes… locked up inside, negative like positive energy causes a witch or wizard to perform magic differently. The negative energy she stored inside finally over flowed and unable to control it harmed herself as a punishment."
"Why didn't she harm me?" Snape questioned an eyebrow raised.
"She could have, but it is not her way, her body is punishing itself for being what she is a witch, a magical being."
Nodding he waved the headmaster to continue as he pinched the bridge of his nose trying to find a solution to this mess.
"She has very powerful magic, not many in the magic community know that muggle borns can tap as they do to the magic around them…Miss Granger did that, but she tapped into something deeper, the magic in her blood, her great great grandmother I believe was a witch, magic runs through her as it does through you, but the force she used, better yet the magic she demonstrated came from a deep place, inside herself, her soul - love, love for her family. The death of her parents was not the first scratch on her soul, it was a wound that you very well know takes time to heal if it ever does. "
"Are you saying Miss Granger accessed ancient magic we all carry?" Snape asked his mind buzzing with thoughts.
"Yes I believe that is what accrued. She Severus will never be the same, we must be careful; unlike Harry she is can do great harm when provoked or stirred to."
Severus nodded he understood, she was capable of many things her knowledge was vast, and if she had reached inside herself and awoken magic long ago forgotten she would be in danger as would every Death Eater that crossed her path or anyone who attempted to harm her mentally or physically. His mind recalled the memory that he along ago had stored away; - what he had done to the man who had harmed his mother, the only person who had loved him without expecting something in return.
His wand was pointed at him, hate, loathing ran through him. He had killed her, taken the only person he had. He dug his wand further more into the mans throat
"Severus," the man said shakily. He loved it, to finally have control. This son of a bitch had harmed him. Harmed her, and then stolen her life. I'll protect you my little man he heard his mothers voice whisper to him in the wind. Tears stung his eyes.
Determination running through him he told the man to stand up. The man did as he was told. He removed his wand from his throat and stepped away…
"Now father," he spat the word father as though saying it caused his tongue to burn…" You will pay for what you did to mother. "
His father's eyes widened. He watched as his son raised his wand and pointed it directly at his chest ones more time and mutter "Crucio". An agonizing scream escaped his lips, and then the pain stopped. Then again he heard him say it with more strength, the pain was worse, his body felt on fire as though thousands of knifes cut into him. He panted looking at his son. His eyes, identical to his own were full of hatred, pain, and a desire to harm.
Raising his wand again he practically screamed the curse. He saw his father cringe in agony. A cold smile ran over his lips.
"Does it hurt?" he asked keeping his wand steady, memories of his mother begging the scum before him to please not harm him floated to the surface of his mind.
"Remember, when she begged you to stop, to not harm me, who will protect you," he said kicking the man with all his might in the head. Releasing him from the curse he watched as he coughed blood and struggled to get up. He watched with sick fascination as the man he hated moved back as he approached.
"You will pay with blood, tears, and you're life!" Severus said darkly raising his wand again, but this time it was thrown from his hand. Turning around he looked at the stern eyes of his former teacher. Albus Dumbledore. …
"SEVERUS," he heard someone say loudly, snapping back to the present he looked at the same man who so many years ago tried to save him, but had failed only to try again.
Looking at him telling him to continue whatever he was saying.
Sighing the headmaster looked at the younger man, like a son to him.
"My time is up Severus, I am needed we shall continue this conversation some other time. Take care my boy" with that he vanished leaving Severus to contemplate his words
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