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Chapter 3Rude Awakening, The Truth, Nothing left
It was morning; Kylu lay in her bed with her eyes closed. The rays of sunlight that filtered through the leaves of trees left warm golden patterns on her skin. She stretched and smiled despite the pain she was in; all her muscles were aching. What did she do last night? Then it hit her. As if struck by lightning, she sprung up into a sitting position, ignoring the pain. Wide eyed, she stared at the unfamiliar room. White walls, white bed spreads, everything was white. This wasn't her home; this place wasn't even in her village! Kayla gasped, so that terrible nightmare had been real! The blood, the fire, and the death…
Kylu panicked, she had to find an escape, make her way to her village, and help her family. She wasn't safe in the outside. Kylu remember vividly what her mother had told her when she was young.
Flashback
"Urahso*! Are you home?"
"Yes Kylu, what is it?"
"Where do I come from? Mikin, you know the big fat meany, told me that I'm not "Hrus-yorwn*" like everyone else. And that I don't belong here! He says I'm from…the outside!"
"Kylu, it doesn't matter where you were from originally. There are other people here that are also from the "outside". And just like you, our goddess accepted them into a Magus family.""Really? Have you been to the outside? What is it like there? Can I visit it so…"
"No Kylu I'm sorry but you can't go to the outside. It is very complicated out there, maybe when you are much, much older. You see there is a very mad, mad, man out there. He wants our tribe to work for him. But working for him is very, very, very bad. You look frightened Kylu! Don't worry; we are safe here. In time you will learn of the outside, but I can tell you, it isn't all that great. Its full of war and death. But never mind, lets go out and play with the pafradas*!"
"Yeah! I get to call them this time remember! You said you'd teach me."
"Alright, fine. Now once we get down to the ocean I want you to concentrate on bringing them to you. Then you say the words…
End Flashback
Kylu couldn't help but smile at that memory. She ended up dating Mikin for a very long time and she had called the pafradas on her first try. Her lip started to tremble; what had happened to Mikin? Or her Urahso? What if they were dead? Willing herself not to cry, she swung her legs over the edge of the bed, trying to get up. Bad mistake. Kylu felt the world spin around her as she fainted and luckily fell back into her bed.
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"Poppy how is she?"
"She is fine. Its simply the exhaustion and shock that is keeping her from jumping out of that bed."
"Good. Thank you, Poppy, for coming on such short notice."
"Oh, its fine. The poor dear, she has been through a lot, and it's just the beginning."
"I know, I know."
Albus Dumbledore turned from the girl's bedside and came face to face with none other then Severus Snape.
" You do realize that you will have to tell her about what happened back there, Severus"
"I know," the raven-haired man snarled, "but why me? I think I am hardly the proper person to break the news. Such emotions I do not display, if she expects pity then she is mistaken." Dumbledore placed a hand on the teacher's shoulder.
"Oh, but I think you are. She doesn't want your pity. She wants the truth; she is lost. And you are the only one who can tell her exactly what happened. I'm sorry. Now go to her."
Severus Snape grumbled something.
"Pardon me, Severus?"
"I said," he snarled, "she won't like the truth."
"Ahh, I think that is for her to decide, hummm? Remember, she isn't one of your students, yet. You don't have to treat her like one." Dumbledore's eyes twinkled with silent amusement.
The professor chose to disregard his comment and shrugged the older man's hand off his shoulder. Squaring his shoulders, straightening his robes, Severus Snape prepared himself for another ride through that treacherous hell he had to go through 3 nights ago.
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Flashback
The red pair of eyes of which many thought was death glistened with vengeance as a circle of death eaters formed around them. The ruby eyes were part of a face so pale it looked like curdled cream. There were two slits instead of a nose and a thin line for a mouth. The face was expressionless; it was the face of Voldermort.
"Ahh, my loyal servants," came the hissing voice of the slytherinth-heir, "the Magus people have betrayed us. We must show them that fighting is simply signing your death wish. Take all those that come with you willingly. Kill all those who object, or torture them. Take your spoils. This Ermia will show tonight we must capture it before it reaches the girl. You all know the spell. Now remember, don't kill the girl, capture the Ermia but don't forget to have fun…"
The snake man licked his lips as he finished his sentence. Severus had to restrain himself from gagging. However his restraint didn't keep him from scowling deeply behind his mask. One by one the death eaters apparated to the location that was given. Severus wondered how they got the location so easily. There must be a mole inside the Magus people, someone willing to sell out their family for a reward. The raven-haired man frowned at his slightly wandering thoughts. Not delaying anymore he apparated to the un-warded site near the Magus village.
End Flashback
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The waves of the turbulent silver sea crashed against the dark stones of the bay. The dark stones were engraved with snakes and skulls. The waves seemed to be trying to escape the pointed black peaks' grasp as they splashed randomly, swishing this way and that. The land was desolate; it was all dark stone and silver water. Suddenly the wind blew a leaf out of nowhere. It was an odd dark green feather like leaf. It floated gracefully down, down, towards the sharp rocks. It was impaled upon a dark rock, close to the sea. Blue mist rose form it. The sea rose up, the waves desperately trying to free the leaf as it slowly withered and died. Soon the silver water was calm, all was peaceful and dead.
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Kylu was thankfully awoken from a very disturbing and fitful dream. Golden met black; she stiffened and drew the blankets around her. I will not show my fear, she thought. Not to one of them, I know its one of them. I feel that mark burning on his skin, tattooing his soul. She narrowed her eyes, not looking away. Yet his gaze didn't waver.
"Miss Magus," he began expressionlessly, "I believe you know what I am, don't you? You can feel him in me can you not? Don't interrupt me. I must explain the happenings of a few nights back and precisely why I saved you."
Kylu's eyes widened quite a bit as she remembered the figure of a man standing at the entrance of the temple. Yes, it probably was him. As he talked she half listened as she examined him carefully, she didn't care if she was being rude. She wondered how many people he had killed, how many people she knew. He was tall and held himself straight. He had a commanding tone about his voice and an intimidating aura about him. His black hair looked oily and slightly un-kept, he had dark circles under his eyes and looked very tired. His large nose seemed to protrude from his face, but it was not the centre of attention, no. When you looked at his face you immediately noticed his sharp black eyes, swirling pools of power, knowledge, and…truth.
"…there is nothing to go back to. Your village has destroyed, you are the only know survivor."
As those words tumbled from his lips, Kylu felt her eyes burn. They were all gone, her family, her friends. She could never go back to enjoy the sunrise with Mikin, play in the ocean with the pafradas and her mother. They no longer existed.
"I'm sorry, there was nothing else I could do."
Kylu felt anger swell up in her but she knew that she shouldn't let it out on him. After all he had saved her from the "death eaters" as he called them even if he was one. He also brought her safely here, to Hogwarts, School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She actually had been listening. No, her anger she would save for those other bastards, she knew that she would meet them again and when she did…
Taking her silence as a sign for him to leave, Severus let go of a breath he didn't know he was holding and turned to leave. He had not gone two steps when he heard her calm yet shaky voice.
"Where do you think you are going? You are just going to leave me here to cry by myself?"
Despite the situation Severus couldn't help but smirk. He turned around and raised an eyebrow.
"Pray tell, Ms. Magus. What should I be doing?"
"You are staying here with me, I don't care if you have to be somewhere at the moment. Come here, NOW!"
Taken by Surprise, he made his way over to her. Kylu glared at him for a moment through her tear filled eyes. She then pulled him down on to the bed, crawled onto his lap and proceeded to cry her heart out, soaking his shoulder. All he could do was rub her back gently and wait for her pain to subside, for now. She finally fell into a deep sleep after 1 hour of crying and another of dry sobbing. Severus could no longer feel his legs.
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Vocabulary
* Urahso: Mother
* pafradas: Dolphin like creatures. Multicoloured and social, they have triangular bodies with flippers on each side.
* Hrus-yorwn: "home-grown"
* Ermia: soul
A/N: Ech, that took forever. That was really boring. And I can't do mannerisms of Snape for shit. But that's alright. I think I'm going to make her stay at Hogwarts until the sorting but I'm not really going to write all that down cause that's just BORING! Anyways, yeah. Please R/R and help me figure out what the hell I'm doing!
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