A/N: This one's dedicated to Tempest Nightmoon, owlcity89 and Nizuna Fujieda.

Chapter 37: Nightmares.

Skye's POV

I woke up to a scream. A bloodcurdling scream. In seconds I was up and headed to Laud's room. I don't know how I knew it was him, it's just one of things you know and don't question. Or I know and refuse to question.

"Laud!"

He jerked awake. His pupils were dilated.

"You are telling what these nightmares are about, now." I said firmly, sitting down next to him.

"I… I can't tell you…"

"Why not?"

"You… you'd hate me…"

"I won't." I promised.

"Still…"

"Laud…" I began to demand, but then I realized that I didn't know his last name. "What's your last name?"

He dropped his eyes.

"Night."

"Laud, I'm not going anywhere!"

"No! My last name is 'Night'."

I stared.

"I… I was married before Lila… I mean, I'm about forty years old…"

"Were you married to my mother?"

He looked back at me and nodded.

"And she named me Skye Night, because my father liked the name 'Skye'…"

"I'm not your father Skye."

"I know. Dad's told that he's always liked that name… but she gave me her last name…"

"I can't tell you how much I miss her…"

"What do you mean?" I asked, sharply.

"Well, she's been gone for a long while…"

"She's not dead, Laud."

"I know, I keep dreaming about her…"

"What do you dream?"

"She's locked in a small room… and she keeps calling out to me… that's why she keeps calling out to me… I thought she was dead until a few months ago when I first dreamt about her…"

"What do you see?"

"She's small… and being starved…"

I'd heard enough.

"I'm sorry, you must hate me…"

"No, Laud, I don't."

"But…"

"You loved my mother, why would I hate you?"

"Not loved… I've always loved her… I still do…"

I put a hand on his shoulder.

"We'll find her."

He looked up gratefully.

"Just don't tell anyone my real age…"

I smiled at his joke.

"Of course not. Hey, if you dream about her again, try and talk back to her and find out where she is."

"I'll try…"

I went back to bed that, only to be awakened four hours later by another scream, but this time an excited one.

"Oh, thank you, thank you, Snape!"

"Please, Black, contain yourself."

"I can't! You testifying that Peter's alive just set me free! That's twice you've saved me, now!"

"Just don't give me flowers."

I jumped out of bed – and regretted it. I was still a bit sore. I made my way down the hall.

"I won't make that mistake again, but your expression had been priceless." Sirius laughed.

"If you dare hug me, I'll call Skye."

"I'm already here." I announced myself. Both pair of eyes turned to me. They were standing in the living room. Dad was wearing his grey night shirt, and Sirius was donning a fine looking cloak – he looked much less shabbier than normal.

"Hey, Skye!"

"Morning, Skye."

"Hey. Congrats on getting out."

"Thanks, but it's all thanks to Snape here."

"I thought we had settled this." Dad said impatiently. "My name is Severus."

"But that's so long to say!" Sirius moaned.

"I called him Sev at first. Ask him if that's okay." I said, looking past dad.

"I'm right here, you do realize that?" Dad said dryly, but he smiled a bit.

"That's going to take a bit getting used to." Sirius said, looking at dad. "Sev." He added.

"Isn't he beautiful when he smiles?" I winked at Sirius – teasing dad.

"Please do not discuss my beauty in my presence."

Sirius and I laughed.

"Well, I'd better go tell Harry." Sirius made to leave.

"Your godson doesn't seem too pleased with me." Dad spoke up.

"He is, I promise. He's just…"

"Confused?" I guessed.

"Yes." Sirius sighed. "But he'll come around."

"And you do know you're not supposed to tell him about Skye?"

"Yes, I know that, Sev."

Sirius left us then, possibly bouncing off the walls.

Dad turned to me, shaking his head.

"Sleep well?"

"Yes, until Laud had a nightmare."

"What about?"

"I don't know." I lied.

"Where's Draco?" Dad asked. I'd wondered about that too. Draco hadn't been in my room when I woke up in the middle of the night either…

"I don't know." I answered.

"He'll probably pop out sometime or another."

"Can I go visit Hagrid today?" I asked dad. "I want to see if there are new unicorns."

"Of course you can go, just don't overexert yourself."

I smiled at dad before going back to my room.

"I'll try."

Laud was still in his room, cleaning up.

"Hey, Skye." He smiled.

"Hello, Laud. Any dreams?"

"Yep." He turned around at me and smiled.

"And?"

"She's in a place called Little Hangleton."

"Oh. Do you know who has her hostage?"

"Yep."

"And?"

"It's Merope Gaunt."

"Who's she?"

"The Dark Lord's mother."

"Voldemort has a mother?"

Laud chuckled.

"Of course he does. Do you think he just fell out of the sky?"

I laughed nervously. "Yes. I just can't imagine him as a child. Or Dumbledore for that matter."

Laud laughed again.

"Do you want to go get her?" I asked. Laud looked up at me, shocked.

"Yes, but now is not the time…"

"It's now or never. Well, give me a minute to get dressed and shower… not particularly in that order."

"But…"

I was already on my way to my room. I got one of the cloaks he'd given me, along with a mask. I quickly changed and went to find dad, who was in his class. Luckily it was between periods.

"I've found out where Storm is." Was my greeting. Dad's head snapped up.

"Where?"

"In a place called Little Hangleton."

"Really?"

"Yeah. And I found something else out too, but I'll tell you that when we get back."

"Who's we?"

"Me and Laud."

"How long are you planning on being away?"

"You don't mind?" I asked, frowning. Dad sighed.

"I couldn't control even if I wanted to."

I smiled at him from under my mask.

"Thanks. We should be back by nightfall." I turned around again.

"Just… be safe…"

I turned to look at dad. "Of course. What could go wrong?"

Little did I know that I'd just jinxed myself.

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A/N: Notoriously short chapter, I know, and a futile attempt at a cliffhanger. But, eh, that's me. Oh, so fics you guys might want to check out concerning this story:

Shocked – On Lucius and Narcissa, my own

The Breeding Program – Sev and Storm, by StormTheVeela

Final minutes – On Skye, also by StormTheVeela

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