A/n: Phew, that was… intense don't ya think? Anyway, after that I just had
to take a little break from this story to deal with a major writer's-block.
And so I started a completely meaningless story, which I've named
Durmstrang Masquerade. It's about a girl starting at Durmstrang, meeting
Viktor Krum, hating him a little since he's a total snob and so on. But I
do think Viktor Krum is absolutely adorable…
Thanks to…
Lady Doncaster - *takes a bow* I was really satisfied with that part, I just had this perfect mental picture of how Severus looked as a child so I waned it to show in the story.
Clover – wait and see, for further complications, read Revenge on Reality.
Laurs – Thank you thank you! I also miss really good Snape stories, also I hope this one makes him justice…
Natalie – Aahh… pretty please always gets me writing, her you go and thank so much for reviewing.
SilverFang – Hey look, I finally updated! Please update your story soon!
Arabians - *beams* you made me very happy.
HgS – what's that supposed to mean??
And just so you know, this is the last chapter. *sob* I'll miss this! Or maybe I won't… I've done this as a sort of songfic of Creed's One Last Breath. If you don't like that song, just read the chapter and ignore the lyrics put in between.
Hmm anyway, If you guys want to know what later on made Severus once again turn to the Dark Side, read my sequel: Revenge on Reality
Enjoy, after all this is the only happy ending you'll ever read coming from a sad little writer like me!
7: FROM NOW AND ON
A couple of weeks later
Can a heart survive something like this? Can it stay alive when its love's denied for too long, in too many ways? When it's all over and your life is left in a heap of broken thoughts, can it be saved? Can it go on?
Could it find love and claim to that light?
Please come now
I think I'm falling
Falling on a road I think is safe
I seems I've found the road to nowhere
And I'm trying to escape
I yelled back when I heard thunder
But I'm down to one last breath
And with it let me say, let me say
The sunlight made her figure glow so beautifully as she bent down in the grass, her hair fallen forward, dressed in breathtaking white. On the top of that hill, she looked like an angel who had fallen from the skies. The tomb in front of her gleamed in the sun; reflecting the names of her parents, her longed ones, her loved ones. She placed a forget-me-not on the ground next to it, so gracefully. But she did not cry, for she was done with sorrow and through with mourning. In her heart, she knew they saw her, and she knew she would go on the rest of her life missing them still.
"Don't forget me, okay?" She whispered softly, tracing her fingers on the carved letters. "I'm still down here and I won't ever forget you guys."
And, as small smile spread on her face, she got up and turned around.
Hold me now
I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking
Maybe six feet's not so far down
He stood there waiting. Hands in his pockets, barely a weak smile on his lips but with so much love and understanding in his eyes hid did not need to speak. She smiled at him, walked down the hill and up to him.
He felt himself go warm inside; he took her hand and drew her to him. They kissed for a long time, and she could feel him smiling against her lips.
And they turned away, his arm around her shoulders as they started walking back to their lives. With only each other to rely on.
I'm looking back
Now that it's over
Reflecting on the hole of my mistakes
I thought I'd found the road to somewhere
Somewhere in his grace
I cried out, heaven save me
But I'm down to one last breath
And with it let me say, let me say
"I love you," said Severus, and then quickly got back to studying the beautiful flowers as they kept walking. Avalon turned her face towards him, her eyes shining.
"Is that so?" Severus laughed at this and held her even closer with his arm around her.
"Obviously. I didn't plan to say that now." Avalon stifled a giggle. "I mean," Severus scratched his head, "I was actually going to talk to you about where you were going to live from now on and…" Severus always started to stutter his way through complete nonsense when he got nervous. "'Cause I thought maybe this wasn't the time to come forward with those thoughts, even though I… I mean I don't know why it just slipped out of me. But anyway, since summer vacation is coming up I thought -"
"Severus," Avalon interrupted.
"Hm?"
"I love you." Severus felt his heart jump twice in one second.
"Oh." … … … "Then… we have an understanding…" Avalon smiled at him.
"I guess we do."
"So… You want to live with me this summer?" Avalon stopped walking and stared at him.
"Live with you? At… Snape mansion?"
"No! I'm not staying there, my mother had a lot of homes before she moved away, there is an empty house in Hogsmeade that's mine now, and I just thought…" Damn, it was still so hard to put in to words. "I… don't think I could spend the summer alone, and now you're alone as well, and god forbidden I won't let you be sent to some orphans'-home in London." He was going to go on but was cut off as Avalon kissed him again, clearly showing her approval.
"What would I do without you." She whispered.
Hold me now
I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking
Maybe six feet's not so far down
They soon reached Hogwarts in time for the spring feast.
Slytherin won the House Cup, Gryffindor won the Quidditch Cup. Severus and Avalon sat at their own tables, saying their goodbyes to their friends for this summer.
"You're not coming to the Hogwarts Express?" Lily asked, trying to be heard over the cheers and screams. Avalon shook her head.
"I'm staying in Hogsmeade with Severus this summer." She explained. Just at that moment, every student took of their hats and threw them into the air, Dumbledore as well. In an instant, Severus was behind her, smiling broadly at her.
"Hey there!" Said Avalon cheerfully.
"Not just for the summer," he smiled. "I kind of had my heart set on… I don't know, like every other summer and year from now on?" When Lily heard this, she giggled madly and turned away. Avalon stared at him as if he was crazy.
"N- not just this – w- what?"
Severus got her on her feet and walked her out of there.
"You packed? I wanna beat the crowd, everyone knows about our little series of events by now…"
"You call me sometime!" Lily called after them.
"Mm…" Avalon mumbled, still a little flabbergasted. They were at the end of the Great Hall, ready to leave Hogwarts once again…
Sad eyes follow me
But I still believe there's something there for me
So please come, stay with me
'Cause I still believe there's something there for you and me
For you and me, for you and…
"Snape! Lambert!" Severus and Avalon froze with identical looks of disappointment over the fact that they couldn't sneak out unnoticed.
What did that brat want now?
The boy in front of them smiled arrogantly, leaning against the doorpost to block their way.
"Leaving so soon? Are you sure you should move in together? Maybe you'll end up killing each other, I mean it must be in your family genes." Enough is enough, thought Avalon. She gave him a straight punch in his face, making him fall to the floor immediately.
"See you next year, Lucius." Severus growled, opened the door and stepped over the silver-haired boy lying on the floor crawling with pain.
"Nice hit." He admitted as Avalon stepped over him and followed Severus out the door.
"Why thank you, Malfoy." And then they were gone.
Please come now
I think I'm falling
Falling on a road I think is safe.
End.
This summer: Lucius walked around with a black eye, James Potter proposed to Lily Evans, and Avalon spent her vacation with Severus at his house in Hogsmeade, which needed a lot of cleaning up…
Later in their happy little lives: everything messed up again. Please read Revenge on Reality. It will be published in a few weeks.
Special thanks to: SilverFang and Lady Doncaster.
Tell me!
Thanks to…
Lady Doncaster - *takes a bow* I was really satisfied with that part, I just had this perfect mental picture of how Severus looked as a child so I waned it to show in the story.
Clover – wait and see, for further complications, read Revenge on Reality.
Laurs – Thank you thank you! I also miss really good Snape stories, also I hope this one makes him justice…
Natalie – Aahh… pretty please always gets me writing, her you go and thank so much for reviewing.
SilverFang – Hey look, I finally updated! Please update your story soon!
Arabians - *beams* you made me very happy.
HgS – what's that supposed to mean??
And just so you know, this is the last chapter. *sob* I'll miss this! Or maybe I won't… I've done this as a sort of songfic of Creed's One Last Breath. If you don't like that song, just read the chapter and ignore the lyrics put in between.
Hmm anyway, If you guys want to know what later on made Severus once again turn to the Dark Side, read my sequel: Revenge on Reality
Enjoy, after all this is the only happy ending you'll ever read coming from a sad little writer like me!
7: FROM NOW AND ON
A couple of weeks later
Can a heart survive something like this? Can it stay alive when its love's denied for too long, in too many ways? When it's all over and your life is left in a heap of broken thoughts, can it be saved? Can it go on?
Could it find love and claim to that light?
Please come now
I think I'm falling
Falling on a road I think is safe
I seems I've found the road to nowhere
And I'm trying to escape
I yelled back when I heard thunder
But I'm down to one last breath
And with it let me say, let me say
The sunlight made her figure glow so beautifully as she bent down in the grass, her hair fallen forward, dressed in breathtaking white. On the top of that hill, she looked like an angel who had fallen from the skies. The tomb in front of her gleamed in the sun; reflecting the names of her parents, her longed ones, her loved ones. She placed a forget-me-not on the ground next to it, so gracefully. But she did not cry, for she was done with sorrow and through with mourning. In her heart, she knew they saw her, and she knew she would go on the rest of her life missing them still.
"Don't forget me, okay?" She whispered softly, tracing her fingers on the carved letters. "I'm still down here and I won't ever forget you guys."
And, as small smile spread on her face, she got up and turned around.
Hold me now
I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking
Maybe six feet's not so far down
He stood there waiting. Hands in his pockets, barely a weak smile on his lips but with so much love and understanding in his eyes hid did not need to speak. She smiled at him, walked down the hill and up to him.
He felt himself go warm inside; he took her hand and drew her to him. They kissed for a long time, and she could feel him smiling against her lips.
And they turned away, his arm around her shoulders as they started walking back to their lives. With only each other to rely on.
I'm looking back
Now that it's over
Reflecting on the hole of my mistakes
I thought I'd found the road to somewhere
Somewhere in his grace
I cried out, heaven save me
But I'm down to one last breath
And with it let me say, let me say
"I love you," said Severus, and then quickly got back to studying the beautiful flowers as they kept walking. Avalon turned her face towards him, her eyes shining.
"Is that so?" Severus laughed at this and held her even closer with his arm around her.
"Obviously. I didn't plan to say that now." Avalon stifled a giggle. "I mean," Severus scratched his head, "I was actually going to talk to you about where you were going to live from now on and…" Severus always started to stutter his way through complete nonsense when he got nervous. "'Cause I thought maybe this wasn't the time to come forward with those thoughts, even though I… I mean I don't know why it just slipped out of me. But anyway, since summer vacation is coming up I thought -"
"Severus," Avalon interrupted.
"Hm?"
"I love you." Severus felt his heart jump twice in one second.
"Oh." … … … "Then… we have an understanding…" Avalon smiled at him.
"I guess we do."
"So… You want to live with me this summer?" Avalon stopped walking and stared at him.
"Live with you? At… Snape mansion?"
"No! I'm not staying there, my mother had a lot of homes before she moved away, there is an empty house in Hogsmeade that's mine now, and I just thought…" Damn, it was still so hard to put in to words. "I… don't think I could spend the summer alone, and now you're alone as well, and god forbidden I won't let you be sent to some orphans'-home in London." He was going to go on but was cut off as Avalon kissed him again, clearly showing her approval.
"What would I do without you." She whispered.
Hold me now
I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking
Maybe six feet's not so far down
They soon reached Hogwarts in time for the spring feast.
Slytherin won the House Cup, Gryffindor won the Quidditch Cup. Severus and Avalon sat at their own tables, saying their goodbyes to their friends for this summer.
"You're not coming to the Hogwarts Express?" Lily asked, trying to be heard over the cheers and screams. Avalon shook her head.
"I'm staying in Hogsmeade with Severus this summer." She explained. Just at that moment, every student took of their hats and threw them into the air, Dumbledore as well. In an instant, Severus was behind her, smiling broadly at her.
"Hey there!" Said Avalon cheerfully.
"Not just for the summer," he smiled. "I kind of had my heart set on… I don't know, like every other summer and year from now on?" When Lily heard this, she giggled madly and turned away. Avalon stared at him as if he was crazy.
"N- not just this – w- what?"
Severus got her on her feet and walked her out of there.
"You packed? I wanna beat the crowd, everyone knows about our little series of events by now…"
"You call me sometime!" Lily called after them.
"Mm…" Avalon mumbled, still a little flabbergasted. They were at the end of the Great Hall, ready to leave Hogwarts once again…
Sad eyes follow me
But I still believe there's something there for me
So please come, stay with me
'Cause I still believe there's something there for you and me
For you and me, for you and…
"Snape! Lambert!" Severus and Avalon froze with identical looks of disappointment over the fact that they couldn't sneak out unnoticed.
What did that brat want now?
The boy in front of them smiled arrogantly, leaning against the doorpost to block their way.
"Leaving so soon? Are you sure you should move in together? Maybe you'll end up killing each other, I mean it must be in your family genes." Enough is enough, thought Avalon. She gave him a straight punch in his face, making him fall to the floor immediately.
"See you next year, Lucius." Severus growled, opened the door and stepped over the silver-haired boy lying on the floor crawling with pain.
"Nice hit." He admitted as Avalon stepped over him and followed Severus out the door.
"Why thank you, Malfoy." And then they were gone.
Please come now
I think I'm falling
Falling on a road I think is safe.
End.
This summer: Lucius walked around with a black eye, James Potter proposed to Lily Evans, and Avalon spent her vacation with Severus at his house in Hogsmeade, which needed a lot of cleaning up…
Later in their happy little lives: everything messed up again. Please read Revenge on Reality. It will be published in a few weeks.
Special thanks to: SilverFang and Lady Doncaster.
Tell me!