Chapter 6: "The Eventful Night"
(A/N: Over one year has passed, sorry but I didn't feel like writing out a whole year (I didn't want to bore you to death, the last chapter did the already). The year has passed without incident and Pyretta has truly convinced he father that she is on his side. or so she believes evil laugh heard from author.)
It was October 31 and the Halloween spirit was definitely in the air at the estate. Pyretta and a few other Death Eaters were sitting around playing a wizard card game called "Dragon crap!" (kind of like the muggle game of "Bullshit", except in this version if someone would call your bluff, your cards would scream "Liar, liar, liar!" and blow up in your face). Merrily drinking shots of Fire whiskey if they lost, most of them were already about to pass out.
Crabbe had just played his round (claiming he put down 6 kings), Pyretta gave an evil laugh.
"Dragon Crap, Crabbe!" she yelled out.
Immediately his cards jumped up, screamed and blew up, knocking him over. Pyretta laughed again.
"Another one bites the dust! Let's see, Ah, Lucius come over and play a few rounds, we just acquired an empty seat."
Lucius Malfoy just walked in the room, carefully stepping over the passed out Death Eaters. "I think not!" he said very disgusted.
"Yeah, you better not. So are you taking little. oh what's his name. oh yes, little Dorko trick or treating?" Pyretta asked.
"It's Draco, not Dorko, thank you very much! And no, how could you ever imagine that I would let my son do a thing like that?" Lucius was clearly agitated.
"I don't know, maybe because it's fun?!?"
"It's what bloody muggle children do!" Lucius yelled. "Can you honestly believe that I would lower my values, dress my son up in some ridiculous costume and have him go begging door to door for sweets? Please Pyretta! I have much more self respect then that, unlike you I guess. You're a damn Ancient, have some bloody pride will you!" He slammed his fist down on the table.
Even though she knew how he felt about muggles and half bloods, Pyretta had never seen Lucius act so upset about it as he was, something was up with him. He had been acting very odd around Pyretta all month. She didn't know what but something was definitely bothering him.
"Lucius, I'm gonna ignore what you just said to me, but I want to know what's up with you lately?"
"N-nothing is up with me!" Lucius snapped. "Look, your father needs to speak with you. I suggest you don't keep him waiting!" he turned and left the room.
Pyretta couldn't help but to wonder why Lucius was acting so strangely as she walked to he father's chambers. A sickening feeling came over her. "what if he had told my father about me and Severus?" She asked herself "no, he wouldn't do that Severus, plus, he would be in just as much trouble!" Pyretta calmed herself before she entered the room. She took a deep breath and walked in.
"And here she is." Lord Voldemort said to a man Pyretta did not recognize.
He was a short, nervous looking man with facial features much like a rat. His squinty eyes stared at her in awe. Right away, Pyretta got a bad feeling about him.
"This is my daughter, Pyretta." He said to the man. "Pyretta, this is Peter. He has just recently joined our ranks." A twisted smile played upon Voldemort's face.
Peter held out his hand to shake Pyretta's, "H-how d-do you d-do?" he stammered.
Pyretta looked repulsively at his hand (which was in badly need of some lotion) and ignored him. "You summoned me here for what reason?" she asked her father.
"I need you to show Peter around, show him the ropes if you will." He replied.
"Why me?" Pyretta snapped. She didn't have time to be bothered with Peter, she was meeting Severus tonight. Of course she didn't tell her father this. "Why can't you get some lower level git to do this? I have better things to do with my time then to baby-sit this nobody!"
"I want him to learn from the best. Besides this nobody might become one of my right-hand men if the information he provided me is correct."
"And what information would that be?" Pyretta asked eyeing Peter.
"I will reveal it to you when I see fit." Voldemort said in a final tone "Now, go do as you're told or else!"
Pyretta glared at her father then left. Peter followed her.
Pyretta looked down at her watch. 7:30pm, she was already 15 minutes late from meeting Severus. She had been conversing with Peter for three hours now. and from everything he talked to her about he almost sounded like a squib. There was something odd about him though. When she gave him a tour around the estate, he acted as if he pretty much already knew his way around and he kept asking her to re-explain thing after she had already explained it 3 or 4 times. Either he was a complete moron or he was trying to delay her for some reason.
Pyretta looked at her watch again. "Look, I've basically told you everything you need to know plus more." She said heading to the front door. "Excuse me but I have more pressing maters else where!"
Peter jumped in front of the door, "Wait. hold on. tell me more about. about. about the Dark Lord summoning us, I still don't understand about the mark and."
He was trying to delay her.
"GET OUT OF MY WAY. NOW!!!" Pyretta yelled, her eyes full of fury.
"I'm sorry, I have orders not to let you leave." Peter said trembling.
"Oh, is that so. have it your way then. CRUICO!"
Peter fell to the ground, howling in pain.
"Next time I won't be this nice!" She said stepping over him.
Pyretta quickly apparated in front of "Snape Manor". Her stomach churned as she saw the Dark Mark in the sky above. "Oh my god!" She said as she rushed inside. Everything was quit. Pyretta's heart began to race as she searched frantically for Severus.
"SEVERUS." She yelled, "SEVERUS! PLEASE ANSWER ME. SEVERUS?"
Pyretta ran up the stairs to the bedroom, the door was cracked open. She started to shake as she opened the door more. "Severus." She said in a tiny voice as she made her way in. "OH MY GOD. NO!!" The horror that filled her eyes was unbelievable. Severus was face down on the floor in a pool of his own blood.
Pyretta rushed over to him. She turned him over and saw that his wrist had been slit. there was a blood stained dagger a few inches away. Tears started streaming down Pyretta's face. "WHY, SEVERUS, WHY??" She cried. Then Severus gave out a low moan. he was still alive, but barely.
"Severus, what happened? What."
"Voldemort." he said in a harsh whisper "Imperius. I. couldn't. stop." he managed to get out, "I. love. you. Pyra."
"No, my love I won't let you die!" Pyretta had to think fast, Severus didn't have much time left. She cast a healing spell on his wounds to stop the bleeding but she had to get him to Dumbledore, he was the only one who could help him. She gathered up all the power she could and used it to transport them to Hogwarts.
"HELP!" she screamed out "SOMEBODY. PLEASE HELP!"
"What's goin' on?" Hagrid's loud voice boomed. "Pyretta. is that you?"
"HAGRID, PLEASE HELP ME! SEVERUS IS HURT, BAD!" She yelled.
Hagrid ran over and picked him up, "Need ta get 'em to the hospital wing right o' way!" They quickly made their way to the hospital wing.
"MADAM POMFREY." Hagrid yelled as they went in "POPPY, COME QUICK!"
A middle-age witch came bustling in. "Hagrid, for goodness sake, what is all the yelling about? I was just about to. My word, is that Severus Snape? Merlin's beard. what on earth?"
"Poppy, see what yeh can do for 'em, I'll go get the Headmaster."
Pyretta sat back and watched Madam Pomfrey tend to Severus, she couldn't move or speak. "This can't be happening!" she said in her mind. A short while later, Hagrid returned with Dumbledore. He spent a while examining Severus then walked over to Pyretta. A somber expression was on his face.
"What happened to him Pyretta?" he asked her.
Pyretta spoke in a very tiny voice, "he was only able to say a few words but I think that my father put him under the Imperius curse and made him cut his own wrist."
"I very sorry Pyretta." Dumbledore said in a sorrowful voice, "He has lost a lot of blood, I fear for the worst. There is nothing more we can do for him."
"NO!" Pyretta screamed as she ran to Severus' bedside. "SEVERUS PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME! PLEASE!" Something was taking over Pyretta's sadness, the feeling was consuming her. She felt her blood boil, her eyes turned dark red, her hand clenched tight in a fist, she was more then angry. she was PISSED OFF!
"He won't get away with this!" She hissed as she started to leave.
"Pyretta, where are you going?" Dumbledore asked her.
She said one word before she left. "Revenge!"
Peter Pettigrew was sitting alone at the estate, thinking about what was going to happen to him when the Dark Lord returned when he was picked up and thrown against the wall. He opened his eyes, Pyretta had him pinned.
"WHERE IS HE?" she yelled.
"I-I d-don't k-know." he stammered.
"DON'T LIE TO ME YOU SPINE-LESS BASTARD! NOW TELL ME WHERE IS OR I SWEAR I'LL MAKE YOU WISH YOU NEVER LAID EYES ON ME!"
Peter visibly scared out of his mind broke down. "THE POTTERS!" He cried.
"THE POTTERS?? YOU. YOU WERE ONE OF THEIR FRIENDS. WEREN'T YOU? YOU TOLD THEM WHERE THEY ARE?? THAT'S THE INFORMATION YOU GAVE MY FATHER, ISN'T IT?"
Peter nodded his head slowly. Pyretta threw Peter against the wall again.
"I'll deal with you when I return. YOU BETTER PRAY NOTHING BAD HAS HAPPENED TO THEM!" she said in a murderous tone, her red eyes burned into his.
(A/N: Okay, here's the deal. This turned out to be a really long chapter. So I'm breaking it down into two parts, this obviously is the first part, the second will be on soon! So please have some patients with me! Oh come on. You know Severus doesn't die. how could you even think that I could kill off my Sev. Anyways!!! Have to say "Hi!" to my girls Traci, Aime'e and Maria, thanks guys for being there and reading my story!!! Love ya all! Please remember to review!!!! I need reviews!!!)
(A/N: Over one year has passed, sorry but I didn't feel like writing out a whole year (I didn't want to bore you to death, the last chapter did the already). The year has passed without incident and Pyretta has truly convinced he father that she is on his side. or so she believes evil laugh heard from author.)
It was October 31 and the Halloween spirit was definitely in the air at the estate. Pyretta and a few other Death Eaters were sitting around playing a wizard card game called "Dragon crap!" (kind of like the muggle game of "Bullshit", except in this version if someone would call your bluff, your cards would scream "Liar, liar, liar!" and blow up in your face). Merrily drinking shots of Fire whiskey if they lost, most of them were already about to pass out.
Crabbe had just played his round (claiming he put down 6 kings), Pyretta gave an evil laugh.
"Dragon Crap, Crabbe!" she yelled out.
Immediately his cards jumped up, screamed and blew up, knocking him over. Pyretta laughed again.
"Another one bites the dust! Let's see, Ah, Lucius come over and play a few rounds, we just acquired an empty seat."
Lucius Malfoy just walked in the room, carefully stepping over the passed out Death Eaters. "I think not!" he said very disgusted.
"Yeah, you better not. So are you taking little. oh what's his name. oh yes, little Dorko trick or treating?" Pyretta asked.
"It's Draco, not Dorko, thank you very much! And no, how could you ever imagine that I would let my son do a thing like that?" Lucius was clearly agitated.
"I don't know, maybe because it's fun?!?"
"It's what bloody muggle children do!" Lucius yelled. "Can you honestly believe that I would lower my values, dress my son up in some ridiculous costume and have him go begging door to door for sweets? Please Pyretta! I have much more self respect then that, unlike you I guess. You're a damn Ancient, have some bloody pride will you!" He slammed his fist down on the table.
Even though she knew how he felt about muggles and half bloods, Pyretta had never seen Lucius act so upset about it as he was, something was up with him. He had been acting very odd around Pyretta all month. She didn't know what but something was definitely bothering him.
"Lucius, I'm gonna ignore what you just said to me, but I want to know what's up with you lately?"
"N-nothing is up with me!" Lucius snapped. "Look, your father needs to speak with you. I suggest you don't keep him waiting!" he turned and left the room.
Pyretta couldn't help but to wonder why Lucius was acting so strangely as she walked to he father's chambers. A sickening feeling came over her. "what if he had told my father about me and Severus?" She asked herself "no, he wouldn't do that Severus, plus, he would be in just as much trouble!" Pyretta calmed herself before she entered the room. She took a deep breath and walked in.
"And here she is." Lord Voldemort said to a man Pyretta did not recognize.
He was a short, nervous looking man with facial features much like a rat. His squinty eyes stared at her in awe. Right away, Pyretta got a bad feeling about him.
"This is my daughter, Pyretta." He said to the man. "Pyretta, this is Peter. He has just recently joined our ranks." A twisted smile played upon Voldemort's face.
Peter held out his hand to shake Pyretta's, "H-how d-do you d-do?" he stammered.
Pyretta looked repulsively at his hand (which was in badly need of some lotion) and ignored him. "You summoned me here for what reason?" she asked her father.
"I need you to show Peter around, show him the ropes if you will." He replied.
"Why me?" Pyretta snapped. She didn't have time to be bothered with Peter, she was meeting Severus tonight. Of course she didn't tell her father this. "Why can't you get some lower level git to do this? I have better things to do with my time then to baby-sit this nobody!"
"I want him to learn from the best. Besides this nobody might become one of my right-hand men if the information he provided me is correct."
"And what information would that be?" Pyretta asked eyeing Peter.
"I will reveal it to you when I see fit." Voldemort said in a final tone "Now, go do as you're told or else!"
Pyretta glared at her father then left. Peter followed her.
Pyretta looked down at her watch. 7:30pm, she was already 15 minutes late from meeting Severus. She had been conversing with Peter for three hours now. and from everything he talked to her about he almost sounded like a squib. There was something odd about him though. When she gave him a tour around the estate, he acted as if he pretty much already knew his way around and he kept asking her to re-explain thing after she had already explained it 3 or 4 times. Either he was a complete moron or he was trying to delay her for some reason.
Pyretta looked at her watch again. "Look, I've basically told you everything you need to know plus more." She said heading to the front door. "Excuse me but I have more pressing maters else where!"
Peter jumped in front of the door, "Wait. hold on. tell me more about. about. about the Dark Lord summoning us, I still don't understand about the mark and."
He was trying to delay her.
"GET OUT OF MY WAY. NOW!!!" Pyretta yelled, her eyes full of fury.
"I'm sorry, I have orders not to let you leave." Peter said trembling.
"Oh, is that so. have it your way then. CRUICO!"
Peter fell to the ground, howling in pain.
"Next time I won't be this nice!" She said stepping over him.
Pyretta quickly apparated in front of "Snape Manor". Her stomach churned as she saw the Dark Mark in the sky above. "Oh my god!" She said as she rushed inside. Everything was quit. Pyretta's heart began to race as she searched frantically for Severus.
"SEVERUS." She yelled, "SEVERUS! PLEASE ANSWER ME. SEVERUS?"
Pyretta ran up the stairs to the bedroom, the door was cracked open. She started to shake as she opened the door more. "Severus." She said in a tiny voice as she made her way in. "OH MY GOD. NO!!" The horror that filled her eyes was unbelievable. Severus was face down on the floor in a pool of his own blood.
Pyretta rushed over to him. She turned him over and saw that his wrist had been slit. there was a blood stained dagger a few inches away. Tears started streaming down Pyretta's face. "WHY, SEVERUS, WHY??" She cried. Then Severus gave out a low moan. he was still alive, but barely.
"Severus, what happened? What."
"Voldemort." he said in a harsh whisper "Imperius. I. couldn't. stop." he managed to get out, "I. love. you. Pyra."
"No, my love I won't let you die!" Pyretta had to think fast, Severus didn't have much time left. She cast a healing spell on his wounds to stop the bleeding but she had to get him to Dumbledore, he was the only one who could help him. She gathered up all the power she could and used it to transport them to Hogwarts.
"HELP!" she screamed out "SOMEBODY. PLEASE HELP!"
"What's goin' on?" Hagrid's loud voice boomed. "Pyretta. is that you?"
"HAGRID, PLEASE HELP ME! SEVERUS IS HURT, BAD!" She yelled.
Hagrid ran over and picked him up, "Need ta get 'em to the hospital wing right o' way!" They quickly made their way to the hospital wing.
"MADAM POMFREY." Hagrid yelled as they went in "POPPY, COME QUICK!"
A middle-age witch came bustling in. "Hagrid, for goodness sake, what is all the yelling about? I was just about to. My word, is that Severus Snape? Merlin's beard. what on earth?"
"Poppy, see what yeh can do for 'em, I'll go get the Headmaster."
Pyretta sat back and watched Madam Pomfrey tend to Severus, she couldn't move or speak. "This can't be happening!" she said in her mind. A short while later, Hagrid returned with Dumbledore. He spent a while examining Severus then walked over to Pyretta. A somber expression was on his face.
"What happened to him Pyretta?" he asked her.
Pyretta spoke in a very tiny voice, "he was only able to say a few words but I think that my father put him under the Imperius curse and made him cut his own wrist."
"I very sorry Pyretta." Dumbledore said in a sorrowful voice, "He has lost a lot of blood, I fear for the worst. There is nothing more we can do for him."
"NO!" Pyretta screamed as she ran to Severus' bedside. "SEVERUS PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME! PLEASE!" Something was taking over Pyretta's sadness, the feeling was consuming her. She felt her blood boil, her eyes turned dark red, her hand clenched tight in a fist, she was more then angry. she was PISSED OFF!
"He won't get away with this!" She hissed as she started to leave.
"Pyretta, where are you going?" Dumbledore asked her.
She said one word before she left. "Revenge!"
Peter Pettigrew was sitting alone at the estate, thinking about what was going to happen to him when the Dark Lord returned when he was picked up and thrown against the wall. He opened his eyes, Pyretta had him pinned.
"WHERE IS HE?" she yelled.
"I-I d-don't k-know." he stammered.
"DON'T LIE TO ME YOU SPINE-LESS BASTARD! NOW TELL ME WHERE IS OR I SWEAR I'LL MAKE YOU WISH YOU NEVER LAID EYES ON ME!"
Peter visibly scared out of his mind broke down. "THE POTTERS!" He cried.
"THE POTTERS?? YOU. YOU WERE ONE OF THEIR FRIENDS. WEREN'T YOU? YOU TOLD THEM WHERE THEY ARE?? THAT'S THE INFORMATION YOU GAVE MY FATHER, ISN'T IT?"
Peter nodded his head slowly. Pyretta threw Peter against the wall again.
"I'll deal with you when I return. YOU BETTER PRAY NOTHING BAD HAS HAPPENED TO THEM!" she said in a murderous tone, her red eyes burned into his.
(A/N: Okay, here's the deal. This turned out to be a really long chapter. So I'm breaking it down into two parts, this obviously is the first part, the second will be on soon! So please have some patients with me! Oh come on. You know Severus doesn't die. how could you even think that I could kill off my Sev. Anyways!!! Have to say "Hi!" to my girls Traci, Aime'e and Maria, thanks guys for being there and reading my story!!! Love ya all! Please remember to review!!!! I need reviews!!!)