Back again?? Excellent. First things first. There are thousands of stories on ff.net and I unfortunately have been unable to read them all. If my story bears any resemblance to another story, it's coincidental because I believe this fic is original. Thanx!

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I don't own Snape or any of the other Harry Potter characters…I am only using them for my dark little pleasures. I do own Raven Darkmoon *laughs evilly*...yes, well anyway…that's all folks.

Thank you's:

LilPurplFlwr: what 'relationship' are you talking about? They have no relationship….yet *evil grin*. Really? Anxiety? Cool!! Hey!! Snape is only a man, and might I add that Raven has one hot body (hahaha I just haven't let you all know that yet). I like My version of Snape. Teehee!!! That is a very good point. Well I hope this chappie is more in character. It is very hot in hereJ

Mage Kitty: I know you meant it as a compliment, I just enjoy messing with peoples heads (no really its my favorite past time). Yea I like that too! She warned him!!! Thanx for sticking with me!!

PLEASE READ THIS PARAGRAPH!!!!

Okay, yes I know I know you just want the story…well….too bad. A certain Pandemonium Black started me thinking on the nature of my characters *tries to glare at PB* I always dislike reading stories where Snape is totally out of character. Of course I always read the stories anyway, but they lose a little bit of magic because it makes the whole story and plot even less likely to occur. And of course, I don't want that to happen with my story. You are totally right in your questions, why would he cry. I am very sad that I put him out of character. So, SORRY FOR THE CRAPPIE WRITING!!!! Thank you very much for sticking with me!!!!!

Previously from chapter four:

Raven was just as shocked as he. She stared at him while his eyes openly looked her body up and down. He couldn't help that his instincts and hormones were taking over, neither could she. He was only a man, she a woman. Suddenly, both of them came to their senses. Professor Snape shut his eyes tight while a very embarrassed Raven grabbed her robes to cover herself up with while attempting to hide her cut wrists.

Update: In this chapter I have tried harder to put Snape in character. Please tell me if I did a good job or not.

And now, Chapter Five: Guardian Angel in the Darkness

Snape was at a total loss for words. He had just seen a naked student. Well that was fine, it couldn't be helped. But, the bad thing was he had stared. Wow, I'm really out of it. Must have had too much coffee this morning, he wondered. He had stared at a naked student! As he calmed his racing heart, he tried to reason it out. If he had been a young boy, he could have understood. What with all those raging hormones and such. Raging hormones can make people do crazy things. But, as far as Snape remembered, he was far beyond that stage, and he had gotten control over such petty things as emotion and attraction. Attraction! Good god man, don't be ridiculous! You are obviously not attracted to her. And of this he was quite sure. It was definitely the coffee this morning. I mean yes you have been looking out for her, but that is only because Dumbledore asked you to. And, fine, she is unique. Different from the other first years, but that is only because she is eighteen and when you have her in class you only have obnoxious first years to compare her with. She's just like all other eighteen year olds. No matter how he tried to convince himself of this though, he was quite sure that wasn't the real reason.

Snape brought his contemplating mind back to the situation at present. He decided that the way he could save himself the most embarrassment would be to turn the situation onto Raven (his ungrateful mind kept reminding his that Raven had indeed told him not to enter). He cleared his throat.

"Ms. Raven Darkmoon! What on Earth are you doing? I will NOT tolerate a first year student trying to seduce me. One, your grades are perfectly fine, so it seems there is no need for that and two, I am many years older than you and third it is NOT proper conduct! I am not interested in an immature, bratty first year (he carefully did not mention the fact that she was much older than normally first years). What wrong Ms. Darkmoon? Hmmm? Did Potter turn you down again? Or were you so sad about "never finding love" that you decided to skip class and pleasure yourself? To try and prove to yourself that you don't need anyone else to make you happy? He yelled. Pausing to take a breath, he knew he had crossed the line. He had taken what someone had told him in confidence and turned it against them. Sure, no one had ever confided in him before, but her was pretty sure that what he had done wasn't what he was supposed to do. He risked a glance at Raven's face.

Her light yellow eyes (with a slight green tint Snape noted) were wide in shock and her luscious red lips trembled. From the corner of her mouth trickled a small stream of blood. She had bitten the inside of her check so hard to refrain from showing emotion her face, she had bled.

It went totally against Raven's upbringing to show any emotion on her face. She had been taught never to allow another to see how she felt. The fact that even her lips trembled and her eyes showed surprise would have disgusted her parents. She felt her eyes tingle. Her parents… her thoughts were quickly interrupted by Snape (who she had forgotten was there). His voice was quiet and cold.

"Ms. Darkmoon. Put on your robes and we will continue our talk. And, clean yourself, Ms. Darkmoon, you're bleeding." Snape knew that he had to get Raven away from him. It was instinct. He didn't really enjoy hurting her, and he knew the only way to not hurt her, was never give her or himself another chance. He couldn't say anything to heal the wound he had just created, so he figured he might as well start the separation before it was ever given a chance to start.

With his cold and emotionless comment past, he stepped out of the door to the bathroom to allow Raven a chance to dress and make herself presentable.

Raven's vision blurred and her heart pounded in her chest. She wasn't sure why, but she felt as though she had just been betrayed by a very good and trustworthy friend. She didn't realize that she had connected Snape's reluctant darkness, his calm and soothing voice and his soothing angel with a close friend, and a guardian angel. A guardian angel of darkness. Her darkness. She didn't realize how much she and Snape had in common, and how their connection would lead them down the same path together. In her ignorance, she found bliss, for if she knew what Fate had in store for her, her mind would be a never-ending tangle of questions. She also didn't realize that the darkness in herself was screaming out for the darkness in Snape.

Snape waited impatiently and patiently for Raven to come out. His mind was split down the middle. He wanted her to hurry up and come out so he could talk with her, then continue giving people 'F's on their essays in his dungeons. But, he also didn't want her to come out to soon because for once in his life he wasn't exactly sure what to say since he had never really walked in on a naked student before. That wasn't to say that he had never before seen a naked woman, quite the opposite, but he had never seen a woman under such circumstances. He HAD seen many a nude woman, though of course never of their own free will. Because, he thought sourly, no woman would ever freely show herself to him much less give herself to him. It had all been in his work with Voldermort. He tried to forget about the screaming bloodied woman of his past and bring his mind back to what to say to Raven. He decided the best way to handle it was to continue with what he had been doing. Keep turning the situation onto her. He couldn't think any more because the bathroom door swung open to reveal Raven. Her jet black was pulled back in a low ponytail and her robes flowed elegantly over her very feminine features. Snape, of course, carefully ignored all that.

"You certainly took long enough in there. What were you doing, having a party?"

Raven blushed but by now had recovered from his past explosion which meant she was no longer shocked by his stupid attacks on her which meant she could keep a level head. And yes, she thought they were totally stupid. His armor. So, she did the only reasonable thing, the same thing any normal person would do…She rolled her eyes.

"Yes Professor Snape. I had a fiesta with my toothpaste and," she paused. Oh, she knew how to get back at him. Two could play his game. "and my tampons." In truth, she had been piling on extra loads of concealer to cover up her tattoos. They had been slightly visible when Snape came in, but under the circumstances, he hadn't, luckily, noticed. Snape kept his face quite blank, but Raven's expert eyes detected the faintest hint of a blush on his pale, porcelain cheeks.

"Are getting smart with me?" Snape asked acidly.

Yes sir. "No sir"

"Are you sure about that?"

No sir. "Yes sir."

"Good."

Bad. "…"

An icy silence passed between them. "Well, are you going to tell me why you were…(pause)… in the situation you were in when I found you?"

Nah, I'd rather not. By 'found you' I'm sure you mean walked in on me. "Yes sir."

Another silence.

"Well?!" exclaimed Snape.

"Well what?" Raven asked innocently.

"Are you getting cheeky again?"

Yessir. "No, I was never cheeky before and I'm not being cheeky now." Hey this was fun. If she played her cards right, she could get him into a rage soon enough.

"10 points from Hufflepuff and the next words coming out of her mouth better be your excuse!" Snape smirked. It was clear Raven was getting under his skin.

Awww. Well that busts my bubble, Raven thought coyly. "Well," Raven was testing the limit by taking a long time to slowly speak her words. "I wasn't feeling very well. And, (pause), and it was getting really hot, so I thought I should take of all my clothes (she was choosing her words very carefully while making up this lie) to try and cool down. And then I had to go to the toilet (she smirked, truly proud of he elegant choice of words), so I went to the bathroom, and then…" Raven trailed off as though what happened next should be obvious.

"And then?" Snape urged agitatedly.

"Well, and then sir, I fainted," Raven finished. It was an awfully simple lie, but he would have lots of trouble proving otherwise, and so Raven was quite proud of her work. Especially her crude choice of words.

Snape didn't believe a word she said, and both of them knew it. "Well, Ms. Darkmoon, you could have informed someone this morning before you, errr… fainted, that you were ill. You will serve detention tomorrow night for me right after dinner. Till tomorrow," he turned to go, then turned back "Oh. Here is a list of everything that was done in your classes today and all the homework. Good bye, and get some rest so that you may be able to join us tomorrow in class."

Snape whipped around and made his exit. Raven soon fell onto the bed in exhaustion, still weak from blood loss. Looking back at this encounter, she found her performance had been top notch. And with all of this excitement and exhaustion, all of the troubles that drove her to cut herself in the beginning were temporarily expelled from her mind.

Okay how was it?? The 'troubles that drove her to cut herself' will e explained next chapter. There is a slight hint of what it is in the flashback from chappie 3 (I think). Review pretty please!!! Come back soon for chapter six!!!