Look, I'm back! ^^;;; Please don't shoot me. Remember, kill the author, kill the story. So... Have mercy. I know I was gone a long time, at least it felt like it to me. But it did me some good. I have a few new ideas, and I feel refreshed. Hopefully my story won't be as horrible as it has been. Has anyone noticed that? The beginning was much better written than, say, the last chapter. Hopefully any skill I had hidden inside me somewhere will have recharged itself.
A few people have expressed their regrets about Snape's death. I have to agree. I searched for all kinds of excuses not to kill him, but it had to be done in order for the end of my story to really work out. Yes, I already know what will happen at the end of my story, and have since the beginning. Oh, I'm considering making a website for my stories on here to be put. it would be a free site, probably angelfire, but it would be something. It'd be cool if I could get some opinions on this idea? I'd probably even have a Memorial for Sevvy on it. ^^ Maybe even put the chapters of my stories up too. Anyway, give an opinion! Oh, and sorry, Sevvy isn't coming back. :P
Oh, and the part Simon put in before was the stepping on of Brone's tail. He put a larger, more evil part in this chapter, but I only let him because all the stuff about to happen is necessary.
An answer to Temporary Insanity's question. It's their first year. I'm a firm believer that everything everyone does somehow affects a lotlotlot of people in the world. Say you step outside and accidentally knock into someone right outside your door. That person ends up being five minutes later to the airport than they were going to be (because they had to pick up scattered papers or whatever). That person has to rush to get to their plane, so they're now in a bad mood. When they get to their destination, say Japan, they're still in a bad mood. Because of that bad mood they get a headache, so they take a detour into a store to buy tylenol. Then they continue on their way. But what they don't know is that if they hadn't taken that ten minute detour for tylenol, she would have been hit by a car outside the airport and died. The driver of the car would be in a lot of trouble. So see, you just saved someone's life. That was lnoger than i intended. ^^;; But anyway, so because Sable is now a character, things are way different. Not to mention the fact that I'm not paying as much attention to the timeline of this story as I should be. :P So yeah, ending this now.
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For the next few months, the whole of Hogwarts mourned Severus Snape's death, even the ones that had despised him. Sable and Draco visited the unicorns every night, and Sevvy eventually warmed up to them. Brone (Snakey, remember?) had taken to hiding under a rock whenever someone, even Sable, came into the room. People began to hear howling late at night in the trees, and a few days later Brone disappeared and was never seen again. Scared for her little fox's life, Sable closed up the doggy door that led outside and instead brought in a litter box for Keishin.
The teachers, feeling sorry for Sable, gave her a room to herself. Draco was the only one (other than Keishin and Brone) that was allowed inside her room. They spent most of their weekends lying on her bed, usually in silence, but sometimes talking. Sable closed most people out of her life, but Draco wouldn't let her close him out, and as a result they grew closer.
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"Draco," Sable said softly. Draco, who was lying on the bed beside her, looked away from the ceiling and to her.
"Yeah?" He asked, watching her.
"Have you ever thought about what it would be like to be a muggle?"
"A... Muggle?" Draco raised an eyebrow. "I can't imagine it would be very fun."
"Why not?" Sable asked, finally looking back at him. "We wouldn't have to worry about all this crap. It would be fun."
"We wouldn't be able to do magic," Draco said simply. "The muggle world is simple, and prehistoric."
"Prehistoric?" Sable grinned. "Not quite that bad. I mean, sure, no magic. But it is a lot like the wizarding world. If we went to the muggle world, we could start a whole new life. And we could use magic on occasion."
"Sable, are you actually thinking about leaving?" Draco asked after a moment of silence.
Sable nodded and looked up thoughtfully. "Yeah, I am."
"I'd go with you," Draco said, sitting up and pulling her with him and into a hug. "You know I'd go with you."
"I know," Sable said, leaning back against him. "But I'm not leaving. I mean, it's just some silly little day dream I have, you know? Who would want to live without magic anyway?"
"You," Draco laughed.
"I never said I wanted to," Sable protested. "I just said it might be fun."
"Liar," Draco rolled his eyes. "Anyway, we should be getting to the unicorns soon, before it's too late and they leave."
"Yeah, I suppose we should," Sable said, sitting up.
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Sable sighed and looked up at the tree she was under. Leaves were just beginning to sprout, bright green leaflets easy to see even in the darkness of night. Draco was beside her, watching the unicorns romp around. Sevvy was teasing Ethenion, as he often did. Ethenion, fed up with the little black unicorn, snorted angrily and trotted away, amking sure to kick dust in Sevvy's face. Sable grinned at the disdainful look on Sevvy's face, his black coat now grey with dust and dirt. but with a quick shake of the main and a gallop, hios coat was just as beautiful as before.
"I read something a while ago," Sable spoke softly. "A few days ago during lunch."
"What was it?" Draco asked after a moment of silence.
"That unicorns can change shape," She said, watching Sevvy chew on Ethenion's hair and dart away before the other could catch him.
"Change shape?" Draco raised an eyebrow. "Not that I know of."
"Oh," Sable shrugged.
"Oh!" Draco sat up. "They CAN hide their horns from sight. They don't change shape, just kind of make their horns invisible. They can probably hide other parts of them too, but I dunno."
"Yeah, that might have been what the book said," Sable nodded, satisfied.
"Why do you ask?" Draco settled back down.
"Just curious," Sable smiled. "Come on, let's go. I want to go to bed."
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Sable dived into the cold pond. She could hear Draco's sigh just before she was submerged in water. Her feet kicked behind her, propelling further into the water. There was a splash and a cloud of bubbles beside her, then Draco came into view, swimming beside her. Feeling herself start to run out of air, Sable turned and headed back up, kicking furiously. Her head broke through to the surface, Draco appearing as she gasped for air. They pulled themselves out of the lake and lay, panting, on the dock.
"What are you thinking about?" Draco asked after catching his breath.
"I hate it here," Sable said softly, panting.
"I thought you liked the lake," Draco said, looking up at the sky.
"I do."
"Okay," he nodded.
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"What's this?" Draco asked, picking up a bottle of liquid.
Sable paused a moment, staring at the bottle. "It's, uh, a potion..." Memories of Severus, making the potion, rushed back to her. "It makes chocolate frogs jump and act like real frogs. I even saw one eat a fly once."
"Oh," Draco nodded and set it down. "For pranks?"
"Yeah," Sable nodded, picking Keishin up and sitting on her bed. "I used to love playing with the chocolate frogs when I was little."
"Wouldn't that be weird?" Draco asked, scratching the fox behind an ear. "I'd feel like I was eating a real frog. A real frog that was alive."
"But a /yummy/ uncooked frog," Sable smiled slightly.
"Ew," Draco made a face.
"Oh, hey!" Sable sat up and reached down, pulling a small round disc from somewhere under her bed. "Look what I got, a new cd!"
"Oh gods," Draco groaned.
"Don't be so dramatic," Sable rolled her eyes. "It's only one song. Holding On, by VNV Nation." (GET THE SONG GET THE SONG! It's great!)
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"Uh, hey, Sable."
Sable looked up, the surprise showing in her eyes. "Er, hi Harry."
"Go the hell away Potter," Draco spoke up, sneering. "We don't want you here. This is the Slytherin table, in case you hadn't noticed. Sable's a Slytherin. You wouldn't want to talk to her."
"Stay out of this, Malfoy," Harry glared. "I need to talk to you, Sable."
"Okay," Sable nodded and got up, casting a silencing glance at Draco. Draco glared at Harry as he led Sable out.
"I um, I heard that Professor Snape was your father," Harry said, looking down at the floor.
"Yeah, he was kinda," Sable said. "How did you find out?"
"Dumbledore told me," He said, shuffling his feet nervously. "I um, i just wanted to apologize for being a jerk, and to say I'm sorry about what happened to Snape."
"Uh, thanks," Sable looked around uncomfortably, unsure of what to do.
"I better go, bye Sable," Harry said, turning around and walking quickly away.
Draco appeared a minute later. He stood beside Sable, who shrugged and turned around.
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"So what did he say to you?" Draco asked as they settled down under a tree, it's green leaves rustling in the wind.
"He apologized," Sable shrugged, lying down beside him. "And said he was sorry about what happened to Sevvy."
"He knows that Snape was your..." Draco stopped, looking thoughtful.
"He knows," Sable nodded, ignoring Draco's loss of words.
Draco nodded, and there was a few minutes of silence. "Let's go back early tonight."
"Okay," Sable nodded and stood.
Sable stretched, her arms over her head. There was a gentle tickle on her palm. She brought her hands down and saw in her hands a green, star-shaped leaf. She smiled and handed the leaf to Draco. She kissed his cheek then ran back towards the school, challenging him to a race. Laughing, Draco dashed after her.
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I hate this story. -_- It's almost over. One more chapter prolly. I've been planning this ending since the beginning, and have been preparing for it the past few chapters. Well, I've been preparing the whole story, but even more so the last few chapters. Please review!
Special thanks to Demon of Fear, who reviewed my other story too. ;)
A few people have expressed their regrets about Snape's death. I have to agree. I searched for all kinds of excuses not to kill him, but it had to be done in order for the end of my story to really work out. Yes, I already know what will happen at the end of my story, and have since the beginning. Oh, I'm considering making a website for my stories on here to be put. it would be a free site, probably angelfire, but it would be something. It'd be cool if I could get some opinions on this idea? I'd probably even have a Memorial for Sevvy on it. ^^ Maybe even put the chapters of my stories up too. Anyway, give an opinion! Oh, and sorry, Sevvy isn't coming back. :P
Oh, and the part Simon put in before was the stepping on of Brone's tail. He put a larger, more evil part in this chapter, but I only let him because all the stuff about to happen is necessary.
An answer to Temporary Insanity's question. It's their first year. I'm a firm believer that everything everyone does somehow affects a lotlotlot of people in the world. Say you step outside and accidentally knock into someone right outside your door. That person ends up being five minutes later to the airport than they were going to be (because they had to pick up scattered papers or whatever). That person has to rush to get to their plane, so they're now in a bad mood. When they get to their destination, say Japan, they're still in a bad mood. Because of that bad mood they get a headache, so they take a detour into a store to buy tylenol. Then they continue on their way. But what they don't know is that if they hadn't taken that ten minute detour for tylenol, she would have been hit by a car outside the airport and died. The driver of the car would be in a lot of trouble. So see, you just saved someone's life. That was lnoger than i intended. ^^;; But anyway, so because Sable is now a character, things are way different. Not to mention the fact that I'm not paying as much attention to the timeline of this story as I should be. :P So yeah, ending this now.
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For the next few months, the whole of Hogwarts mourned Severus Snape's death, even the ones that had despised him. Sable and Draco visited the unicorns every night, and Sevvy eventually warmed up to them. Brone (Snakey, remember?) had taken to hiding under a rock whenever someone, even Sable, came into the room. People began to hear howling late at night in the trees, and a few days later Brone disappeared and was never seen again. Scared for her little fox's life, Sable closed up the doggy door that led outside and instead brought in a litter box for Keishin.
The teachers, feeling sorry for Sable, gave her a room to herself. Draco was the only one (other than Keishin and Brone) that was allowed inside her room. They spent most of their weekends lying on her bed, usually in silence, but sometimes talking. Sable closed most people out of her life, but Draco wouldn't let her close him out, and as a result they grew closer.
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"Draco," Sable said softly. Draco, who was lying on the bed beside her, looked away from the ceiling and to her.
"Yeah?" He asked, watching her.
"Have you ever thought about what it would be like to be a muggle?"
"A... Muggle?" Draco raised an eyebrow. "I can't imagine it would be very fun."
"Why not?" Sable asked, finally looking back at him. "We wouldn't have to worry about all this crap. It would be fun."
"We wouldn't be able to do magic," Draco said simply. "The muggle world is simple, and prehistoric."
"Prehistoric?" Sable grinned. "Not quite that bad. I mean, sure, no magic. But it is a lot like the wizarding world. If we went to the muggle world, we could start a whole new life. And we could use magic on occasion."
"Sable, are you actually thinking about leaving?" Draco asked after a moment of silence.
Sable nodded and looked up thoughtfully. "Yeah, I am."
"I'd go with you," Draco said, sitting up and pulling her with him and into a hug. "You know I'd go with you."
"I know," Sable said, leaning back against him. "But I'm not leaving. I mean, it's just some silly little day dream I have, you know? Who would want to live without magic anyway?"
"You," Draco laughed.
"I never said I wanted to," Sable protested. "I just said it might be fun."
"Liar," Draco rolled his eyes. "Anyway, we should be getting to the unicorns soon, before it's too late and they leave."
"Yeah, I suppose we should," Sable said, sitting up.
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Sable sighed and looked up at the tree she was under. Leaves were just beginning to sprout, bright green leaflets easy to see even in the darkness of night. Draco was beside her, watching the unicorns romp around. Sevvy was teasing Ethenion, as he often did. Ethenion, fed up with the little black unicorn, snorted angrily and trotted away, amking sure to kick dust in Sevvy's face. Sable grinned at the disdainful look on Sevvy's face, his black coat now grey with dust and dirt. but with a quick shake of the main and a gallop, hios coat was just as beautiful as before.
"I read something a while ago," Sable spoke softly. "A few days ago during lunch."
"What was it?" Draco asked after a moment of silence.
"That unicorns can change shape," She said, watching Sevvy chew on Ethenion's hair and dart away before the other could catch him.
"Change shape?" Draco raised an eyebrow. "Not that I know of."
"Oh," Sable shrugged.
"Oh!" Draco sat up. "They CAN hide their horns from sight. They don't change shape, just kind of make their horns invisible. They can probably hide other parts of them too, but I dunno."
"Yeah, that might have been what the book said," Sable nodded, satisfied.
"Why do you ask?" Draco settled back down.
"Just curious," Sable smiled. "Come on, let's go. I want to go to bed."
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Sable dived into the cold pond. She could hear Draco's sigh just before she was submerged in water. Her feet kicked behind her, propelling further into the water. There was a splash and a cloud of bubbles beside her, then Draco came into view, swimming beside her. Feeling herself start to run out of air, Sable turned and headed back up, kicking furiously. Her head broke through to the surface, Draco appearing as she gasped for air. They pulled themselves out of the lake and lay, panting, on the dock.
"What are you thinking about?" Draco asked after catching his breath.
"I hate it here," Sable said softly, panting.
"I thought you liked the lake," Draco said, looking up at the sky.
"I do."
"Okay," he nodded.
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"What's this?" Draco asked, picking up a bottle of liquid.
Sable paused a moment, staring at the bottle. "It's, uh, a potion..." Memories of Severus, making the potion, rushed back to her. "It makes chocolate frogs jump and act like real frogs. I even saw one eat a fly once."
"Oh," Draco nodded and set it down. "For pranks?"
"Yeah," Sable nodded, picking Keishin up and sitting on her bed. "I used to love playing with the chocolate frogs when I was little."
"Wouldn't that be weird?" Draco asked, scratching the fox behind an ear. "I'd feel like I was eating a real frog. A real frog that was alive."
"But a /yummy/ uncooked frog," Sable smiled slightly.
"Ew," Draco made a face.
"Oh, hey!" Sable sat up and reached down, pulling a small round disc from somewhere under her bed. "Look what I got, a new cd!"
"Oh gods," Draco groaned.
"Don't be so dramatic," Sable rolled her eyes. "It's only one song. Holding On, by VNV Nation." (GET THE SONG GET THE SONG! It's great!)
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"Uh, hey, Sable."
Sable looked up, the surprise showing in her eyes. "Er, hi Harry."
"Go the hell away Potter," Draco spoke up, sneering. "We don't want you here. This is the Slytherin table, in case you hadn't noticed. Sable's a Slytherin. You wouldn't want to talk to her."
"Stay out of this, Malfoy," Harry glared. "I need to talk to you, Sable."
"Okay," Sable nodded and got up, casting a silencing glance at Draco. Draco glared at Harry as he led Sable out.
"I um, I heard that Professor Snape was your father," Harry said, looking down at the floor.
"Yeah, he was kinda," Sable said. "How did you find out?"
"Dumbledore told me," He said, shuffling his feet nervously. "I um, i just wanted to apologize for being a jerk, and to say I'm sorry about what happened to Snape."
"Uh, thanks," Sable looked around uncomfortably, unsure of what to do.
"I better go, bye Sable," Harry said, turning around and walking quickly away.
Draco appeared a minute later. He stood beside Sable, who shrugged and turned around.
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"So what did he say to you?" Draco asked as they settled down under a tree, it's green leaves rustling in the wind.
"He apologized," Sable shrugged, lying down beside him. "And said he was sorry about what happened to Sevvy."
"He knows that Snape was your..." Draco stopped, looking thoughtful.
"He knows," Sable nodded, ignoring Draco's loss of words.
Draco nodded, and there was a few minutes of silence. "Let's go back early tonight."
"Okay," Sable nodded and stood.
Sable stretched, her arms over her head. There was a gentle tickle on her palm. She brought her hands down and saw in her hands a green, star-shaped leaf. She smiled and handed the leaf to Draco. She kissed his cheek then ran back towards the school, challenging him to a race. Laughing, Draco dashed after her.
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I hate this story. -_- It's almost over. One more chapter prolly. I've been planning this ending since the beginning, and have been preparing for it the past few chapters. Well, I've been preparing the whole story, but even more so the last few chapters. Please review!
Special thanks to Demon of Fear, who reviewed my other story too. ;)