Author's Notes: Please R&R! ^o^
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Chapter 2: Old Saviour
'Hello, Severus. It's nice to see you again'.
He frowned.
'Why have you come here? Or, I must say, where have you been all this time?'
'Oh, just calm down. I'll tell you the whole story later. I have to ask you many things, too. And let me say, I think today's lesson was wonderful'.
'Have you been at my class? Well, start explaining yourself, girl'.
'You haven't changed at all', she grinned. 'You love authority, don't you?
'What do you think that bunch of young brainless teenagers would do with me if I didn't behave in this manner?'
'Well, you're right'.
Snape calmed down and with a spell he made sure that nobody would enter the dungeon. He stared at Spella's ivory face and thought that she looked as young as she did when they were twenty.
'Do you remember it? The night you saved my life?', she asked, sitting on a table.
'I didn't. I just told a lie'.
'You were able to lie to the Dark Lord! That was brave of you'.
*FLASHBACK*
It was a moonless summer night.
'That's your mission for today', said Robert Lestrange.
Severus Snape and Stella Rageard, who wore masks as any other deatheater, nodded. They had just been told to go and "threaten" a wizards family who lived not very far away from London. When they were left alone they dissapparated, apparating again near a small village. Snape looked at his colleague.
'Are you OK, girl?', he asked.
She slowly took her mask off her pale face; her eyes were filled with tears.
'I can't! I just can't do this any longer!', she cried. 'Kill me, I don't mind. It's not worth living to hurt innocent people. Everything has been a big mistake!'.
Severus was shocked. Any other deatheater would have punished her but he couldn't do that. The girl was being sincere, she should have the right to go away from that slavery. Of course, he was already working for Dumbledore, but nobody knew that.
'What will you do, then?', he asked.
'Aren't you going to hurt me?'
'No. Listen, Stella, you can leave'.
'What?!', her mouth fell open.
'Run away! Run to a faraway country and lead a normal life. I'll tell them that one of your spells didn't work and you were killed'.
'Will you??'
'Yes, just leave, girl, so that they won't find you. If they do, I'll die next'.
She smiled and took Severus' hand between hers.
'Thank you! We'll meet again, my friend'.
Snape stood in silence and saw how she turned into a black bird and flew away.
*END OF FLASHBACK*
'You weren't made for that job', he said in a harsh voice.
'Did everyone believe you?'
'Yes. They didn't even search for you. You didn't know that, but when I let you go I was spying on Voldemort. I was at Dumbledore's side'.
'Oh, I see! And when the Dark Lord fell he asked you to be a teacher, didn't he?'
'That's it'.
'I've lived in many countries. You know, there are amazing things out there. But I've missed this place so much, and I also wanted to thank you…so here I am'.
'Are you a registered animagus?', he asked suspiciously.
'Er…well…no. I learnt to transform myself during my seventh year here, and it's come to be a very useful thing'.
They stood in silence for a moment, and realized that both of them where thinking the same. Eventually, Stella spoke, taking a strand of hair out of her forehead.
'Now he's come back. And terrible things may happen'.
Snape's expression darkened.
'You wear this, don't you', he asked, showing her the Dark Mark printed on his arm.
'I do. It hasn't erased and…I think that he can find out that I'm alive. It doesn't hurt now because they believe I'm dead and he hasn't called me…yet'.
'Can he detect you if you turn into a raven?'
'I'm not sure. He's capable of anything. But if the moment comes, I'll fight', she said, with a note of decision in her voice.
'It's one o'clock in the morning, girl. What are you going to do?'
'I though I could sleep in the dungeons in my raven form'.
'Sorry?!'
'I mean, may I sleep here as a bird, please? I don't need much space', she blushed.
'You must talk with Dumbledore tomorrow'.
'OK'.
She transformed and slept on a cushion which was on a chair, near Snape's bed.
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Notes: Oh I want to share room with Sevvy tooo. What do you think about the story? Well tell me please! To be continued, the whole thing has just started.