"Poppy!"
Severus, wand held out in front of him, carefully manouvering the large stretcher which held Amelia-Chido through the hospital wing doors, ran into the room, very breathless as if he had just run a great distance.
"My goodness, Severus! What on earth is that? I can't fit it on a normal bed, its far too big!"
"Poppy..." he managed in between heavy breaths, "It must be an Animagus or something it's a human...it's..." Severus couldn't bring himself to tell her that it was infact a student, "a human. I don't know who."
"Well, I can't treat it in this state! Accio Transfiguration Potion!"
The vial flew to her hand. She immediatly poured it into Amelia-Chido's mouth before Severus had a chance to object.
"There. It'll take a few minutes to take effect. This is certainly unlike you Severus, saving a wild animal?"
"I told you, it's a human...uh, yes. A human."
"Age? Gender?"
Severus watched as the silver fur started to shorten and change back into the Hogwarts robes.
"....Fifteen. Female. It's a student at this school, Poppy."
Poppy let out a long gasp, "Well, that's not something that happens everyday...an Animagus as young as fifteen? Who is it?"
"I..."
Severus hesitated - Amelia now lay in the spot where her Chido form had lay, still twitching. It was only then that he remembered that she had been hit with the Crucio Maximus spell.
"Poppy, she's dying, she was hit with a Crucio Maximus spell," Severus said, trying to hide his sadness. Though he wasn't particularly fond of students, he always thought that he would certainly be stressed watching the slow death of one, and he was right.
"She's going to die."
A smile gaced Poppy's features.
"Not today. She's in luck, a new potion was discovered by an Asian fellow, only last week, that can take the effects off."
Severus looked surprised - why had he not been informed? Being the Potions Master of the school he would have thought that he would be the first to know.
"Well?! Do it! Give her the damned potion!"
Poppy was already through an Accio spell when he snapped at her. She tipped the contents of the vial down Amelia's throat, who stopped twitching almost immediatly.
"Will...she be alright?"
"In a few days at the earliest, yes."
Then an emotion which Snape hadn't felt in such a long time kicked in - guilt.
"Severus, you should go to sleep. Go back to your chambers or something, there's nothing else you can do."
"I'm staying here," he said, sitting down on the bed next to Amelia's.
Poppy sighed annoyingly, but turned on her heel and went back to her office.
"Uh, Poppy? Could you not tell any of the students, or Proffesors about this?"
"Why would I need to do that? Well, I can understand about the students, but nine tenths of the Proffesors already know."
Severus' jaw dropped.
"Well, Dumbledore knew when he admmitted her. She told the rest of the Proffesors, because they were always inquiring to why she looked so ill. I had totally forgotten about the hunch when you brought her in. Y'know, I went into that nurse mode. So that's why she always looked so tired. Hey, Severus are yo-"
But Poppy's question was left unfinished as she noticed that Severus had fallen asleep, his head resting on the back of his palm.
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"Don't even try to defend him again, you stupid woman!"
Another sound of skin hitting skin hard.
"P-please...don't hit me again....please...don't...hit him..."
Another hard slap across the womans face.
Severus hugged his legs to his chest, huddling in the corner, trying to shut out the carnage that was his fathers abuse on his mother.
His father smirked.
"As you wish."
He suddenly turned to Severus, black eyes glinting furiously, an evil smirk creeping upon his face.
"Crucio."
"SEVERUS!!"
Severus' eyes snapped open - he was still in the hospital wing, and judging by the shadows cast on the beds by the sun light, it was about midday.
"Damn!!"
He looked around - Amelia had left, and it was time for his lessons. He got up groggily, and rushed off to his dungeon.
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Severus' late arrival to his lesson was greeted with loud giggles from every student in the classroom, even the Slytherins.
"May I enquire into what is so funny?"
He turned on a Hufflepuff student.
"You."
The Hufflepuff tried desperetly to stiffle his laughter, "It's just that, uh...(snort) You have a really bad case of bed hair."
Severus ran his fingers through the back of his hair - indeed, his hair was so tangled that he could not even pull his fingers through. He gave everyone a death glare, with immediatly shut them up.
"20 points from Hufflepuff and Gryffindor. Page 276. NOW. copy notes and diagrams."
A loud groan emmited from everyone in the room. Severus strode up to his desk and started writing down everyone that would be put into detention, carefully trying to untangle his greasy hair with his fingers.
He looked around - Amelia was no where to be seen. He sighed.
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"Proffesor."
Severus looked up. Amelia was standing in his doorway, looking a little shaken but much better.
"Miss Simander."
"I need to ask about the homewrok aga-"
"Not now. We need to talk about last night."
He saw Amelia gulp. He waved his wand towards a chair in the corner of a room, which pulled itself up behind Amelia.
"Sit."
Amelia immediatly sat down, looking extremely nervous.
"First of all, you are not allowed outside the grounds at night. Second of all, since when have you been able to take that form? Third, who is that man? And...fourth....thank you," Severus managed to say, with some difficulty.
"For w-what, Sir?"
"Saving me, of course, you stupid girl," his voice suddenly became harsh and serious.
Amelia put her bag down onto the floor.
"O-okay...first, I've been able to take that form since I went to Hawaii, fourteen years ago, when I was a baby. I wondered of and got scratched by a Chido, simple as that, and since then I've been able to turn into one at will, but only during the night. And second, that man....well...."
"Yes?"
"....That man is, uh...."
"Spit it out girl." Severus said harshly, making the girl jump.
"Voldemort."
Severus winced - so that would explain why the Dark Mark was burning on his arm that day.
"And what was he doing, going after you?"
"Well, you see....a year ago I was just flying over the Scottish mountains, minding my own business, when I was captured by a Death Eater. The next thing I know, I'm blindfolded, and I can hear something going on in another room. they were talking about extracting my blood and using it to fully regenerate Voldemort, and every Death Eater who's been reduced to a wizard with no magical power...who've been forced to live as muggles. And because I overheard them, and escaped, mind you, they're after me. And somehow, Woldemort's found a way to Apparate inside the grounds, so every student in this school is in danger, unless the barrier is strengthened, and I doubt anyones going to believe me. I also heard him say how he'll go under cover as a muggle to gain some new lackies. I wanted to follow him but...well, I was forced to go here instead."
"By whom?"
"The orphanage I stay at."
"Orphanage?" Severus asked, with a hunch about what the answer was.
"...Voldemort killed my parents while I was visiting relatives."
Severus' heart ached somewhat when he saw streams of tears starting to slide down Amelia's cheeks.
"Orphanages are horrible places. 'Specially when you're the most unpopular kid there, and the matrons are absolute bitches to you, night and day."
She sobbed quietly, obviously trying to stiffle them - it was obvious that she didn't want to be seen crying in front of her head of house.
Severus looked at the floor, stumped. What on earth could he do?
He did the only thing that he could do. He slowly got up, walked around the table, and put his hands on each of Amelia's shoulders.
"Come on, stop crying...it's...alright. Sssh." he said. He noticed how soft his voice was as he said this.
Before he knew anything else, Amelia had flung herself into his robes, hugging him around his chest, crying hysterically. Severus began to push her away, but thought better of it, and returned the hug, half sympathetically, half reluctantly. After a minute or so, he slowly but softly pushed her away. Her cheeks were stained red, as were he eyes. He handed her a tissue, and she dabbed her eyes with it.
"Sssh, ssh. Come on, you're not in the orphanage, you're at Hogwarts, no need to cry," he said, still in shock that he had actually hugged someone for the first time in years, even if it was half heartedly.
Amelia managed a smile.
"T-thank you, sir."
"For what?"
"For putting up with my babysih sobbing and whining...I know you're a proffesor, you shouldn't have to put up with it..."
"Don't say that....I've sort of gone through the same thing's myself."
Amelia looked confused.
"As in, my parents are...well, they're gone. I've been bullied to no end, aswell. I know what it's like. C'mon, I'm sure you've made friends here at Hogwarts."
Amelia looked at her feet, "One or two...they're in Ravenclaw, though. I hardly ever see the, except for Divination clas and at lunch, but seeing as he have to sit at our house tables..."
Amelia managed another weak smile.
"Anyway, sir, I....don't wanna keep you up."
"Amelia, I need you to stay. Tell me everything you can about what the Dark Lord is up to....listen. I'm a spy for Dumbledore. I go to Death Eater meetings, as I'm sort of one myself. I need any information I can get on the Dark Lord as possible."
Severus looked at the floor when he saw Amelia's reaction.
"W-well....uhm, yunno how he's going to disguise himself as a muggle? I'm still intending to follow him. I can look after myself, but seeing as you need to find out as much as you can...why not come?"
"Uh, come? As in....dress as a muggle?"
Amelia nodded.
"but they were such filthy clothes."
Amelia giggled through her quiet sobs, "You'd be surprised, sir, their fashion isn't all that bad..."
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Severus, wand held out in front of him, carefully manouvering the large stretcher which held Amelia-Chido through the hospital wing doors, ran into the room, very breathless as if he had just run a great distance.
"My goodness, Severus! What on earth is that? I can't fit it on a normal bed, its far too big!"
"Poppy..." he managed in between heavy breaths, "It must be an Animagus or something it's a human...it's..." Severus couldn't bring himself to tell her that it was infact a student, "a human. I don't know who."
"Well, I can't treat it in this state! Accio Transfiguration Potion!"
The vial flew to her hand. She immediatly poured it into Amelia-Chido's mouth before Severus had a chance to object.
"There. It'll take a few minutes to take effect. This is certainly unlike you Severus, saving a wild animal?"
"I told you, it's a human...uh, yes. A human."
"Age? Gender?"
Severus watched as the silver fur started to shorten and change back into the Hogwarts robes.
"....Fifteen. Female. It's a student at this school, Poppy."
Poppy let out a long gasp, "Well, that's not something that happens everyday...an Animagus as young as fifteen? Who is it?"
"I..."
Severus hesitated - Amelia now lay in the spot where her Chido form had lay, still twitching. It was only then that he remembered that she had been hit with the Crucio Maximus spell.
"Poppy, she's dying, she was hit with a Crucio Maximus spell," Severus said, trying to hide his sadness. Though he wasn't particularly fond of students, he always thought that he would certainly be stressed watching the slow death of one, and he was right.
"She's going to die."
A smile gaced Poppy's features.
"Not today. She's in luck, a new potion was discovered by an Asian fellow, only last week, that can take the effects off."
Severus looked surprised - why had he not been informed? Being the Potions Master of the school he would have thought that he would be the first to know.
"Well?! Do it! Give her the damned potion!"
Poppy was already through an Accio spell when he snapped at her. She tipped the contents of the vial down Amelia's throat, who stopped twitching almost immediatly.
"Will...she be alright?"
"In a few days at the earliest, yes."
Then an emotion which Snape hadn't felt in such a long time kicked in - guilt.
"Severus, you should go to sleep. Go back to your chambers or something, there's nothing else you can do."
"I'm staying here," he said, sitting down on the bed next to Amelia's.
Poppy sighed annoyingly, but turned on her heel and went back to her office.
"Uh, Poppy? Could you not tell any of the students, or Proffesors about this?"
"Why would I need to do that? Well, I can understand about the students, but nine tenths of the Proffesors already know."
Severus' jaw dropped.
"Well, Dumbledore knew when he admmitted her. She told the rest of the Proffesors, because they were always inquiring to why she looked so ill. I had totally forgotten about the hunch when you brought her in. Y'know, I went into that nurse mode. So that's why she always looked so tired. Hey, Severus are yo-"
But Poppy's question was left unfinished as she noticed that Severus had fallen asleep, his head resting on the back of his palm.
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"Don't even try to defend him again, you stupid woman!"
Another sound of skin hitting skin hard.
"P-please...don't hit me again....please...don't...hit him..."
Another hard slap across the womans face.
Severus hugged his legs to his chest, huddling in the corner, trying to shut out the carnage that was his fathers abuse on his mother.
His father smirked.
"As you wish."
He suddenly turned to Severus, black eyes glinting furiously, an evil smirk creeping upon his face.
"Crucio."
"SEVERUS!!"
Severus' eyes snapped open - he was still in the hospital wing, and judging by the shadows cast on the beds by the sun light, it was about midday.
"Damn!!"
He looked around - Amelia had left, and it was time for his lessons. He got up groggily, and rushed off to his dungeon.
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Severus' late arrival to his lesson was greeted with loud giggles from every student in the classroom, even the Slytherins.
"May I enquire into what is so funny?"
He turned on a Hufflepuff student.
"You."
The Hufflepuff tried desperetly to stiffle his laughter, "It's just that, uh...(snort) You have a really bad case of bed hair."
Severus ran his fingers through the back of his hair - indeed, his hair was so tangled that he could not even pull his fingers through. He gave everyone a death glare, with immediatly shut them up.
"20 points from Hufflepuff and Gryffindor. Page 276. NOW. copy notes and diagrams."
A loud groan emmited from everyone in the room. Severus strode up to his desk and started writing down everyone that would be put into detention, carefully trying to untangle his greasy hair with his fingers.
He looked around - Amelia was no where to be seen. He sighed.
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"Proffesor."
Severus looked up. Amelia was standing in his doorway, looking a little shaken but much better.
"Miss Simander."
"I need to ask about the homewrok aga-"
"Not now. We need to talk about last night."
He saw Amelia gulp. He waved his wand towards a chair in the corner of a room, which pulled itself up behind Amelia.
"Sit."
Amelia immediatly sat down, looking extremely nervous.
"First of all, you are not allowed outside the grounds at night. Second of all, since when have you been able to take that form? Third, who is that man? And...fourth....thank you," Severus managed to say, with some difficulty.
"For w-what, Sir?"
"Saving me, of course, you stupid girl," his voice suddenly became harsh and serious.
Amelia put her bag down onto the floor.
"O-okay...first, I've been able to take that form since I went to Hawaii, fourteen years ago, when I was a baby. I wondered of and got scratched by a Chido, simple as that, and since then I've been able to turn into one at will, but only during the night. And second, that man....well...."
"Yes?"
"....That man is, uh...."
"Spit it out girl." Severus said harshly, making the girl jump.
"Voldemort."
Severus winced - so that would explain why the Dark Mark was burning on his arm that day.
"And what was he doing, going after you?"
"Well, you see....a year ago I was just flying over the Scottish mountains, minding my own business, when I was captured by a Death Eater. The next thing I know, I'm blindfolded, and I can hear something going on in another room. they were talking about extracting my blood and using it to fully regenerate Voldemort, and every Death Eater who's been reduced to a wizard with no magical power...who've been forced to live as muggles. And because I overheard them, and escaped, mind you, they're after me. And somehow, Woldemort's found a way to Apparate inside the grounds, so every student in this school is in danger, unless the barrier is strengthened, and I doubt anyones going to believe me. I also heard him say how he'll go under cover as a muggle to gain some new lackies. I wanted to follow him but...well, I was forced to go here instead."
"By whom?"
"The orphanage I stay at."
"Orphanage?" Severus asked, with a hunch about what the answer was.
"...Voldemort killed my parents while I was visiting relatives."
Severus' heart ached somewhat when he saw streams of tears starting to slide down Amelia's cheeks.
"Orphanages are horrible places. 'Specially when you're the most unpopular kid there, and the matrons are absolute bitches to you, night and day."
She sobbed quietly, obviously trying to stiffle them - it was obvious that she didn't want to be seen crying in front of her head of house.
Severus looked at the floor, stumped. What on earth could he do?
He did the only thing that he could do. He slowly got up, walked around the table, and put his hands on each of Amelia's shoulders.
"Come on, stop crying...it's...alright. Sssh." he said. He noticed how soft his voice was as he said this.
Before he knew anything else, Amelia had flung herself into his robes, hugging him around his chest, crying hysterically. Severus began to push her away, but thought better of it, and returned the hug, half sympathetically, half reluctantly. After a minute or so, he slowly but softly pushed her away. Her cheeks were stained red, as were he eyes. He handed her a tissue, and she dabbed her eyes with it.
"Sssh, ssh. Come on, you're not in the orphanage, you're at Hogwarts, no need to cry," he said, still in shock that he had actually hugged someone for the first time in years, even if it was half heartedly.
Amelia managed a smile.
"T-thank you, sir."
"For what?"
"For putting up with my babysih sobbing and whining...I know you're a proffesor, you shouldn't have to put up with it..."
"Don't say that....I've sort of gone through the same thing's myself."
Amelia looked confused.
"As in, my parents are...well, they're gone. I've been bullied to no end, aswell. I know what it's like. C'mon, I'm sure you've made friends here at Hogwarts."
Amelia looked at her feet, "One or two...they're in Ravenclaw, though. I hardly ever see the, except for Divination clas and at lunch, but seeing as he have to sit at our house tables..."
Amelia managed another weak smile.
"Anyway, sir, I....don't wanna keep you up."
"Amelia, I need you to stay. Tell me everything you can about what the Dark Lord is up to....listen. I'm a spy for Dumbledore. I go to Death Eater meetings, as I'm sort of one myself. I need any information I can get on the Dark Lord as possible."
Severus looked at the floor when he saw Amelia's reaction.
"W-well....uhm, yunno how he's going to disguise himself as a muggle? I'm still intending to follow him. I can look after myself, but seeing as you need to find out as much as you can...why not come?"
"Uh, come? As in....dress as a muggle?"
Amelia nodded.
"but they were such filthy clothes."
Amelia giggled through her quiet sobs, "You'd be surprised, sir, their fashion isn't all that bad..."
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