Severus found himself once again in the presence of Hagrid, inquiring into Chido's again.
"Proffesor, I 'onestly don't see why you're so in'errested in 'em. Do you need their feathers fer yer potions or something?"
"No," Severus snapped, quickly getting bored of the half-giants accent, "I simply need to know what properties their blood has."
"Their Blood? Uh, I believe it's kinda like unicorn blood."
"In what sense?"
"Healing powers and such, except its far more powerful then that. If you're an inch from death, it'll bring you back to full health and then some. It also makes you immortal for about a month."
"So that would explain why that man needed the blood...but who was he?" Severus thought to himself. He strode off without so much as giving a thanks to Hagrid.
Severus was getting more and more impaitent on the following lessons - he just wanted the day to be over and done with so he could station himself by the lake, and this time, catch the man and the Chido.
"Miss Simander...you're homework, I must say, was above acceptable. Bordering on an B. But I must give it a C, it missed vital information."
"Uh. L-like what, Sir?"
"You failed to tell me who made these potions, and their motives behind making them. You'd do well to remember that."
("Dammit, that excuse was crap.") Severus thought - it was certainly not in his nature to give out A's to any students, even to those in Slytherin. He watched Amelia stumble out of the classroom, and strode off to his chambers.
Severus stationed himself behind a large bush, the same, infact, which he used to sit under every lunch time to try and avoid the gaze of Sirius and James, who would no doubt start to use their assortment of charms and spells to make Severus' life hell.
Three hours came and went, and Severus was getting impaitent. No Chido, no hooded figure, nothing. He let himself fall backwards to let his eyes fix themselves upon the night sky, and unconciously ley himself drift off into sleep again.
"Snivelly!"
Severus winced as the familiar voice of his older brother echoed off the corridor walls.
"Oi!"
Before Severus could turn around his brother had whipped out his wand and thrust Severus into the wall, letting him slide down into a small heap.
It was at that point that a man man with a crooked nose came striding down the corridor, sneering at Severus.
"What do you think you're doing?" he said calmly, with a hint of menace tinting in his voice.
"I wasn't doing anything, I - I was just oing to my bedroom and he Stupey-thingied me!"
"Don't be daft, idiot boy. Your older brother knows no spells, he is only yet to go into Hogwarts. As a punishment for your lying, hmm....let me think. How about....no food tommorow? I think that would suffice."
"Lucifer, don't you think thats a bit...harsh?" came his mothers voice.
In an instant Severus' father had whipped around and slapped his mother across the face. She stumbled and whimpered in the corner, cupping her cheek.
"Now, what was I saying? Oh yes..."
He whipped out his mahogany wand from under his black robes.
"Crucio."
Severus snapped out of his dream, in a cold sweat. He ran his fingers through his hair and rubbed his eyes - definetly not one of his favourite memories.
"...You may have escaped me last night, but it's not going to happen again." came a deep, male voice from across the lake.
Severus lept up and hid behind the rock, peering out the side to get a glimpse of the scene.
"You're not getting anything from me. I'm not letting you come back to full power....never."
And who he saw made Severus swear under his breath, cupping his hand to his mouth.
Amelia was standing there, opposite the hooded figure of the night before. she had a very scared yet determined look about her. She caught sight of Severus, and her eyes widened. She quickly looked away from him, back into the eys of the hooded man.
"Try to stop me all you want. You're not going to succeed."
Then the figure turned to Severus.
He had been spotted.
"And I'm afraid your Proffesor is going to have to go. Who is he? I cannot make him out in the darkness..."
Severus' forearm had been burning for a whole ten minutes now, and it was only when the hooded figure turned to him that it burned again, this time catching his attention.
"He's....no one. I don't know him. This is between you and me, leave him out of this."
The figure raised its wand, straight at Severus.
"Avada Keda-"
"NO!"
Amelia had lept at his wand and jogged his arm, making the green lightening bolt fire into the sky, illuminating the clouds a bright shade of emerald. He pushed Amelia back from him with all his might, sending her flying. He aimed his wand at him again, and muttered another Unforgivable under his breath.
"Crucio Maximus."
As the bright crimson light shot towards him over the lake, illuminating the ripples, Severus froze - Crucio Maximus was nearly the same as the Killing Curse, except the unfortunate victim died a slow, and extremely painful death. There was no counter curse, no way to avoid it....all he could do was watch the light glide over the lake, taking what seemed an eternity, watching as the moon finally peeked over the moutains...
And then it happened.
Amelia took a running jump at the lake. At first, Severus had thought she was going to dive into it, but then something startled him - she muttered something under her breath as she noticed the moon revealing itself, and she sprouted wings.
Sprouted Wings? That doesn't usually happen to a human, thought Severus.
It must been the shock of it all...perhaps this is all another dream, and this is another twist. As soon as the bolt hits me, I'll wake up.
Amelia's limbs had started to widen slightly, and her clothes dissolved into her skin, making way for a rich silver colour fur to sprout. Her ears elongated and climbed up her forehead, while a long, feather-ended tail began to sprout from the bottom of her spine...
Amelia the Chido raced across the lake at top speed, where her wings flapped frantically o the waters surface small droplets of water flew into the air, splattering the man on the other side, who merely smirked.
Here it comes. As soon as this bolt hits me I'll wake up, in a cold sweat.
But the bolt never did hit him. It hit Amelia instead, who had swirved awkwardly into the bolts path, hitting her in the chest.
The force of the bolt threw her back to Severus' feet, as she twitched and cried in pain as the curse began to sink into her veins, spreading through out her entire body. Her eyes glazed over, and what were chocolate brown pupils were no now more then pure white, almost invisible...
This is the part where I wake up.
Any minute now.
But Severus did not wake up, and Amelia moved no more, save the extremely laboured breathing.
"Oh dear God..."
Taking one last look at the stranger and turning his glance into a death glare, he raised his wand, cried "EXPELLIARMUS!" and called his broomstick to him, and conjuring a stretcher to hold the Amelia-Chido, flew up towards the hospital wing, not looking back to see whether his spell had hit the stranger.
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"Proffesor, I 'onestly don't see why you're so in'errested in 'em. Do you need their feathers fer yer potions or something?"
"No," Severus snapped, quickly getting bored of the half-giants accent, "I simply need to know what properties their blood has."
"Their Blood? Uh, I believe it's kinda like unicorn blood."
"In what sense?"
"Healing powers and such, except its far more powerful then that. If you're an inch from death, it'll bring you back to full health and then some. It also makes you immortal for about a month."
"So that would explain why that man needed the blood...but who was he?" Severus thought to himself. He strode off without so much as giving a thanks to Hagrid.
Severus was getting more and more impaitent on the following lessons - he just wanted the day to be over and done with so he could station himself by the lake, and this time, catch the man and the Chido.
"Miss Simander...you're homework, I must say, was above acceptable. Bordering on an B. But I must give it a C, it missed vital information."
"Uh. L-like what, Sir?"
"You failed to tell me who made these potions, and their motives behind making them. You'd do well to remember that."
("Dammit, that excuse was crap.") Severus thought - it was certainly not in his nature to give out A's to any students, even to those in Slytherin. He watched Amelia stumble out of the classroom, and strode off to his chambers.
Severus stationed himself behind a large bush, the same, infact, which he used to sit under every lunch time to try and avoid the gaze of Sirius and James, who would no doubt start to use their assortment of charms and spells to make Severus' life hell.
Three hours came and went, and Severus was getting impaitent. No Chido, no hooded figure, nothing. He let himself fall backwards to let his eyes fix themselves upon the night sky, and unconciously ley himself drift off into sleep again.
"Snivelly!"
Severus winced as the familiar voice of his older brother echoed off the corridor walls.
"Oi!"
Before Severus could turn around his brother had whipped out his wand and thrust Severus into the wall, letting him slide down into a small heap.
It was at that point that a man man with a crooked nose came striding down the corridor, sneering at Severus.
"What do you think you're doing?" he said calmly, with a hint of menace tinting in his voice.
"I wasn't doing anything, I - I was just oing to my bedroom and he Stupey-thingied me!"
"Don't be daft, idiot boy. Your older brother knows no spells, he is only yet to go into Hogwarts. As a punishment for your lying, hmm....let me think. How about....no food tommorow? I think that would suffice."
"Lucifer, don't you think thats a bit...harsh?" came his mothers voice.
In an instant Severus' father had whipped around and slapped his mother across the face. She stumbled and whimpered in the corner, cupping her cheek.
"Now, what was I saying? Oh yes..."
He whipped out his mahogany wand from under his black robes.
"Crucio."
Severus snapped out of his dream, in a cold sweat. He ran his fingers through his hair and rubbed his eyes - definetly not one of his favourite memories.
"...You may have escaped me last night, but it's not going to happen again." came a deep, male voice from across the lake.
Severus lept up and hid behind the rock, peering out the side to get a glimpse of the scene.
"You're not getting anything from me. I'm not letting you come back to full power....never."
And who he saw made Severus swear under his breath, cupping his hand to his mouth.
Amelia was standing there, opposite the hooded figure of the night before. she had a very scared yet determined look about her. She caught sight of Severus, and her eyes widened. She quickly looked away from him, back into the eys of the hooded man.
"Try to stop me all you want. You're not going to succeed."
Then the figure turned to Severus.
He had been spotted.
"And I'm afraid your Proffesor is going to have to go. Who is he? I cannot make him out in the darkness..."
Severus' forearm had been burning for a whole ten minutes now, and it was only when the hooded figure turned to him that it burned again, this time catching his attention.
"He's....no one. I don't know him. This is between you and me, leave him out of this."
The figure raised its wand, straight at Severus.
"Avada Keda-"
"NO!"
Amelia had lept at his wand and jogged his arm, making the green lightening bolt fire into the sky, illuminating the clouds a bright shade of emerald. He pushed Amelia back from him with all his might, sending her flying. He aimed his wand at him again, and muttered another Unforgivable under his breath.
"Crucio Maximus."
As the bright crimson light shot towards him over the lake, illuminating the ripples, Severus froze - Crucio Maximus was nearly the same as the Killing Curse, except the unfortunate victim died a slow, and extremely painful death. There was no counter curse, no way to avoid it....all he could do was watch the light glide over the lake, taking what seemed an eternity, watching as the moon finally peeked over the moutains...
And then it happened.
Amelia took a running jump at the lake. At first, Severus had thought she was going to dive into it, but then something startled him - she muttered something under her breath as she noticed the moon revealing itself, and she sprouted wings.
Sprouted Wings? That doesn't usually happen to a human, thought Severus.
It must been the shock of it all...perhaps this is all another dream, and this is another twist. As soon as the bolt hits me, I'll wake up.
Amelia's limbs had started to widen slightly, and her clothes dissolved into her skin, making way for a rich silver colour fur to sprout. Her ears elongated and climbed up her forehead, while a long, feather-ended tail began to sprout from the bottom of her spine...
Amelia the Chido raced across the lake at top speed, where her wings flapped frantically o the waters surface small droplets of water flew into the air, splattering the man on the other side, who merely smirked.
Here it comes. As soon as this bolt hits me I'll wake up, in a cold sweat.
But the bolt never did hit him. It hit Amelia instead, who had swirved awkwardly into the bolts path, hitting her in the chest.
The force of the bolt threw her back to Severus' feet, as she twitched and cried in pain as the curse began to sink into her veins, spreading through out her entire body. Her eyes glazed over, and what were chocolate brown pupils were no now more then pure white, almost invisible...
This is the part where I wake up.
Any minute now.
But Severus did not wake up, and Amelia moved no more, save the extremely laboured breathing.
"Oh dear God..."
Taking one last look at the stranger and turning his glance into a death glare, he raised his wand, cried "EXPELLIARMUS!" and called his broomstick to him, and conjuring a stretcher to hold the Amelia-Chido, flew up towards the hospital wing, not looking back to see whether his spell had hit the stranger.
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