Screaming Echoes
Disclaimer: see prologue
Chapter three
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Severus paced as he thought, he moved over to the fire place and was jolted out of his thoughts by a sharp knock on the door. striding over to it he flung it open snarl in place ready to snap at whoever it was that had interrupted his evening.
The person on the other side stopped his tirade before it began, she smiled up at him,
"Told you I would remember you Severus." Her voice was cracked, probably due to her screaming. He thought to himself.
Severus opened his mouth to say something, ask how she got out, how she got to him and more importantly how she killed her Dementor guards, but all he could do was stare at her pale stretched sickly skin. At a loss for words.
She tutted, "Speechless. If I had known that I would have knocked on your door years ago." She moved past him into his rooms, no more like glided past, and sat down in one of his chairs.
Finally coming to his senses Severus shut the door and moved over to join her, he however remained standing.
"How?" he asked eventually.
She looked at him, cocking her head to the side slightly. "How? How what?" she stood and glided over to him. "How did I get out of Azkaban? How did I kill the guards? How did I get here?"
She stood in front of him, anything but intimidated.
Severus cleared his throat. "D. All of the above." he replied sarcastically.
She smirked and sat down again. Severus blinked, one moment she's standing directly in front of him, the next she's sitting down on a chair more then 7 foot away from her. He shook his head to clear his thoughts and moved over to the sofa where she sat staring into the fireplace. "In time, you will get your answers Severus. In time."
She was not going to tell him anymore this night, and the two sat in a companionable silence until the early hours of the morning, staring at the flames. When the sun began to rise Severus got up and moved over to his lab, leaving the door open so the girl didn't feel shut out.
He had thought a lot that night, and yet almost all of it still made no sense. He didn't sense, see or hear her come to the lab's door and watch him brew potions all morning, it wasn't until the fire flared green again did he look around for her.
Disclaimer: see prologue
Chapter three
# # #
Severus paced as he thought, he moved over to the fire place and was jolted out of his thoughts by a sharp knock on the door. striding over to it he flung it open snarl in place ready to snap at whoever it was that had interrupted his evening.
The person on the other side stopped his tirade before it began, she smiled up at him,
"Told you I would remember you Severus." Her voice was cracked, probably due to her screaming. He thought to himself.
Severus opened his mouth to say something, ask how she got out, how she got to him and more importantly how she killed her Dementor guards, but all he could do was stare at her pale stretched sickly skin. At a loss for words.
She tutted, "Speechless. If I had known that I would have knocked on your door years ago." She moved past him into his rooms, no more like glided past, and sat down in one of his chairs.
Finally coming to his senses Severus shut the door and moved over to join her, he however remained standing.
"How?" he asked eventually.
She looked at him, cocking her head to the side slightly. "How? How what?" she stood and glided over to him. "How did I get out of Azkaban? How did I kill the guards? How did I get here?"
She stood in front of him, anything but intimidated.
Severus cleared his throat. "D. All of the above." he replied sarcastically.
She smirked and sat down again. Severus blinked, one moment she's standing directly in front of him, the next she's sitting down on a chair more then 7 foot away from her. He shook his head to clear his thoughts and moved over to the sofa where she sat staring into the fireplace. "In time, you will get your answers Severus. In time."
She was not going to tell him anymore this night, and the two sat in a companionable silence until the early hours of the morning, staring at the flames. When the sun began to rise Severus got up and moved over to his lab, leaving the door open so the girl didn't feel shut out.
He had thought a lot that night, and yet almost all of it still made no sense. He didn't sense, see or hear her come to the lab's door and watch him brew potions all morning, it wasn't until the fire flared green again did he look around for her.