A/n: Oki doki, here it is… It's not completed yet, but I'll keep uploading
chapters if you all want to see what happens. Enjoy!
Prologue…
Believe it or not, but before Severus Snape started at Hogwarts (and of course got into Slytherin), he had a childhood friend. Her name was Avalon, a girl he had been secretly playing with sins they where eight years old. Severus' father was of course a Death Eater, and wouldn't like his son to be spending time with a girl that was born in a half-mudblood family. But Severus didn't care about that when he was so young, Avalon was like his soul mate. He could come to her when his father had been beating him, or his mother, and Avalon would always let him stay in her room all night. She would sing to him until he fell asleep, and then silently stroke his head and watch over him, 'cause sometimes it happened that his mother came by to bring him back home.
And then, as it was their turn to travel to Hogwarts, they swore to each other that they would stay together, just like before. And what happened? Severus got sorted into Slytherin, which wasn't really surprising, and Avalon got sorted into Gryffindor, which wasn't such a big surprise either, giving it a thought. The two friends were but in front of a dilemma, they hadn't thought of this before… Avalon's family were all Gryffindors, and Severus was bound to be a Slytherin. Would their friendship survive this?
Severus was walking past a big window on his way back from detention one late Saturday night, as he stopped and took a step closer to the glass.
The rain was falling hard on the Hogwarts grounds, and it was hard to make anything out in the dark, but Severus was sure he had seen some-one standing by the lake.
A lightening flashed in the sky, and for a second, the entire lake was lit up. Severus gasped, he could recognise the long, wild curtain of black- brown hair on the back of the person's head. As the dark again lay over the ground, Severus took off down the corridor and made a turn to find the entrance hall. He was wearing a big, black cloak, which's hood he drew over his head as he opened the big oak door and narrowed his eyes in the rain.
Avalon was standing in front of the lake, her hood was down, and he could see from long distance that she was completely soaking.
"Oh, Christ…" he mumbled, and quickly made his way over the wet grass.
"Avalon!" He screamed through the rough wind and the splattering noises of the rain hitting the surface of the lake. "Avalon, what are you doing? You're going to catch the flue!" The girl stood still, pale in her face, looking over the landscape in silence.
"Don't you wanna come in?" Severus asked, trying to make himself heard.
Avalon turned her head and looked lamely at him. Now Severus could see her green eyes were filled up with tears; it wasn't just the rain that was flowing down her cheeks.
"Why?" She demanded, not as loud as Severus, but somehow, it was easier to hear each other when you were standing face to face.
"Because it's raining!" Severus exclaimed, gesturing wildly with his hands towards the dark night-sky.
"Exactly…" Avalon turned her face up against the clouds and closed her eyes.
Severus sighed.
"Are you upset about our houses again, Avalon, 'cause I thought we could live with this?"
"It's hard, but you're right, I can live with that."
"Then what, what is it?" He didn't get an answer this time. Severus looked at her hood; totally soaking wet…
"Then at least let me give you some shelter!" Severus gripped the side of his big cloak, and held a part of it over her head, to make the rain stop splashing down all over her.
Avalon turned to Severus and caught his eyes seriously.
"Do you remember all those times I stood up for you and comforted you when you were upset, Severus? Before we came to Hogwarts?" Severus wrinkled his forehead.
"Of course I do, Avalon! You always took care of me." Avalon bit her lip and Severus wondered if it really was the cold that made her shiver so violently.
"Well, now I think I'm the one who needs a friend, 'cause I think I'm dying inside."
"What…?" Severus held his breath patiently. Avalon bit her lip.
"It's my parents… They…"
"Avalon?" The girl was now sobbing violently, and moaning words he couldn't hear the meaning of. "My God Avalon, what has happen?" But now she was crying so helplessly, he couldn't hear what she was saying between her sobs. But as she had thrown her arms around his neck, something had fallen out of her hand. Severus picked up a soaking wet letter, written from the Ministry of Magic.
1.1
1.2 Dear miss Lambert,
1.3 It is our sad duty that we have to inform you about a terrible event that took place last night. A group of Death Eaters found their way to the Lamberts' house, and brutally killed Ben and Gillian, claiming that Mr Lambert was a shame of the wizard raze for choosing a muggle-wife. One of the Death Eaters was captured, and will be in brought into court on next Sunday.
We are terribly sorry for your loss, and hope you will contact us regarding the prisoner's trial.
My honest regards – Cornelius Fudge
This couldn't be true. Severus stared at the paper. He just couldn't tear his eyes away, as if he was in some kind of shock.
Avalon's parents… were dead?
1.3.1 A/n: End of first chapter, it will happen much more exiting things in the next one…
So review now! Ya know it's gonna be fluffy later…
Prologue…
Believe it or not, but before Severus Snape started at Hogwarts (and of course got into Slytherin), he had a childhood friend. Her name was Avalon, a girl he had been secretly playing with sins they where eight years old. Severus' father was of course a Death Eater, and wouldn't like his son to be spending time with a girl that was born in a half-mudblood family. But Severus didn't care about that when he was so young, Avalon was like his soul mate. He could come to her when his father had been beating him, or his mother, and Avalon would always let him stay in her room all night. She would sing to him until he fell asleep, and then silently stroke his head and watch over him, 'cause sometimes it happened that his mother came by to bring him back home.
And then, as it was their turn to travel to Hogwarts, they swore to each other that they would stay together, just like before. And what happened? Severus got sorted into Slytherin, which wasn't really surprising, and Avalon got sorted into Gryffindor, which wasn't such a big surprise either, giving it a thought. The two friends were but in front of a dilemma, they hadn't thought of this before… Avalon's family were all Gryffindors, and Severus was bound to be a Slytherin. Would their friendship survive this?
Severus was walking past a big window on his way back from detention one late Saturday night, as he stopped and took a step closer to the glass.
The rain was falling hard on the Hogwarts grounds, and it was hard to make anything out in the dark, but Severus was sure he had seen some-one standing by the lake.
A lightening flashed in the sky, and for a second, the entire lake was lit up. Severus gasped, he could recognise the long, wild curtain of black- brown hair on the back of the person's head. As the dark again lay over the ground, Severus took off down the corridor and made a turn to find the entrance hall. He was wearing a big, black cloak, which's hood he drew over his head as he opened the big oak door and narrowed his eyes in the rain.
Avalon was standing in front of the lake, her hood was down, and he could see from long distance that she was completely soaking.
"Oh, Christ…" he mumbled, and quickly made his way over the wet grass.
"Avalon!" He screamed through the rough wind and the splattering noises of the rain hitting the surface of the lake. "Avalon, what are you doing? You're going to catch the flue!" The girl stood still, pale in her face, looking over the landscape in silence.
"Don't you wanna come in?" Severus asked, trying to make himself heard.
Avalon turned her head and looked lamely at him. Now Severus could see her green eyes were filled up with tears; it wasn't just the rain that was flowing down her cheeks.
"Why?" She demanded, not as loud as Severus, but somehow, it was easier to hear each other when you were standing face to face.
"Because it's raining!" Severus exclaimed, gesturing wildly with his hands towards the dark night-sky.
"Exactly…" Avalon turned her face up against the clouds and closed her eyes.
Severus sighed.
"Are you upset about our houses again, Avalon, 'cause I thought we could live with this?"
"It's hard, but you're right, I can live with that."
"Then what, what is it?" He didn't get an answer this time. Severus looked at her hood; totally soaking wet…
"Then at least let me give you some shelter!" Severus gripped the side of his big cloak, and held a part of it over her head, to make the rain stop splashing down all over her.
Avalon turned to Severus and caught his eyes seriously.
"Do you remember all those times I stood up for you and comforted you when you were upset, Severus? Before we came to Hogwarts?" Severus wrinkled his forehead.
"Of course I do, Avalon! You always took care of me." Avalon bit her lip and Severus wondered if it really was the cold that made her shiver so violently.
"Well, now I think I'm the one who needs a friend, 'cause I think I'm dying inside."
"What…?" Severus held his breath patiently. Avalon bit her lip.
"It's my parents… They…"
"Avalon?" The girl was now sobbing violently, and moaning words he couldn't hear the meaning of. "My God Avalon, what has happen?" But now she was crying so helplessly, he couldn't hear what she was saying between her sobs. But as she had thrown her arms around his neck, something had fallen out of her hand. Severus picked up a soaking wet letter, written from the Ministry of Magic.
1.1
1.2 Dear miss Lambert,
1.3 It is our sad duty that we have to inform you about a terrible event that took place last night. A group of Death Eaters found their way to the Lamberts' house, and brutally killed Ben and Gillian, claiming that Mr Lambert was a shame of the wizard raze for choosing a muggle-wife. One of the Death Eaters was captured, and will be in brought into court on next Sunday.
We are terribly sorry for your loss, and hope you will contact us regarding the prisoner's trial.
My honest regards – Cornelius Fudge
This couldn't be true. Severus stared at the paper. He just couldn't tear his eyes away, as if he was in some kind of shock.
Avalon's parents… were dead?
1.3.1 A/n: End of first chapter, it will happen much more exiting things in the next one…
So review now! Ya know it's gonna be fluffy later…