Onya turned to Snape,
"Yes I am going to feed her from here, I'm not getting any nearer Severus."
Snape raised his eyebrows,
" Onya, don't be so stupid, you will never get to the squid from here." He told her.
"I will and I do, every time I go out here."
Snape nodded and then suddenly looked behind him and gasped,
"Ah, the water's behind you RUN!" He shouted, Onya cried out as Snape grabbed her arm and pulled her much nearer the lake. Onya turned around wide-eyed to see what had happened, but was confronted by the completely normal sea of grass they had just been walking on.
"That wasn't funny Severus!"
"I beg to differ. Now look, we are much nearer the lake, wasn't so hard was it?" He answered with a smug half-smile.
" Oh great so every time I want to feed the animal I have to have you pretending there is some catastrophe behind me so we have to run near to the lake?" Onya retorted breathing deeply. Snape nodded. He noticed Onya's terrified face and he felt a form of sympathy towards her, she was so scared of a little bit of water. She shakily brought out the onion roots and looked to Snape. He gave her a nod as she stepped right onto the lake edge. Onya scouted around for the creature but could not make out where it was, so she nervously threw the roots into the depth of the water. As she watched the roots sink she breathed a sigh of relief and turned to face
Snape.
"See, easy isn't it?" Snape told her as he watched her beam at him.
Just as she open her mouth to answer a giant tentacle forcefully protruded from the water, it swerved around and firmly wrapped itself around Onya's waist. Snape seemed to see the scene in front of his eyes in slow motion, one second he was watching Onya smile at him, then he saw her scream and reach out for him as she was pulled into the murky lake. Snape darted up to the edge of the lake and began to franticly search the water for Onya. He saw her, underwater, her dark hair spreading around her and tangling between the underwater plants as she struggled out of the squid's grasp. Snape pushed his hand through the water and managed to grab onto Onya's arm before she sank any deeper. He felt her hand tighten around his arm as he desperately started pulling her up from the murky lake.
Onya's other hand shot out of the water and grabbed onto Snape's arm too, he pulled with all his might and slowly dragged her out of the lake.
Her face was matted with her hair and dirt, and her clothes clung to her as she lay in the mud on the edge of the water. Snape quickly pulled her up in his arms so she was sitting, leaning in his arms. "Onya" Snape said as Onya took a huge intake of breath, struggling to breath. As Snape saw tears trickle down Onya's already dripping face he embraced her in his arms. He pulled her close to him as he wrapped his arms around her, feeling her soaking clothes. Onya didn't know what was happening; her brain had frozen as she still struggled to breathe even out of the water. She felt tears fall from her face and Snape's arms around her. She felt him stroke her drenched hair. She tried to breath through her mouth but it didn't seem to be working, she felt herself go cold, scenes blurring in front of her until she blacked out and became motionless, still held in Snape's arms. As Snape noticed her body fall limp he pulled her away from him so he could see her face, her eyes were closed and her skin was paler than usual.
"O-Onya?" Snape stuttered and shook her gently, when Onya did not respond he quickly stood up and lifted her in his arms, he held her legs over one arm and the top of her back draped over the other one. His arms soon became soaked as he began to walk towards the castle holding her safely in his arms. Snape ignored the many stares at him as he walked up to the hospital wing as quickly as he could with Onya's motionless body.
He burst through the hospital wing door,
"Pomfrey! She needs help!" Snape demanded as Madame Pomfrey beckoned Snape quickly over to a spare bed. Snape lowered Onya onto the bed as Madame Pomfrey got her wand out,
"What happened to her?" She demanded to know.
"She was pulled into the lake" Snape said taking a deep breath. Madame Pomfrey nodded and uttered an incantation as a green wisp came out of her wand and floated swiftly through Onya's mouth,
" What are you doing to her?!" Snape's worried voice asked desperately. Onya lay still motionless on the bed as the green wisp came back out through her mouth, this time with a certain blue tinge.
Madame Pomfrey stared at the wisp and nodded, and then with a wave of her hand through the air, the wisp disappeared.
"Look, you have to go Professor." She told him, whilst walking over to a strange looking cupboard.
"What's wrong with her?" He asked with urgency ringing through his usually so in-control voice.
Madame Pomfrey took a deep breath in as she realized Snape would not go unless he was told,
"She has been poisoned, when the squid is attacking it lets poison into the water, she has obviously swallowed a large amount. But I really need you to go Professor." Snape closed his eyes as he heard the news and slowly nodded, he took one last glance at Onya, straightened up, and at a quick pace, walked out of the hospital wing.
"Yes I am going to feed her from here, I'm not getting any nearer Severus."
Snape raised his eyebrows,
" Onya, don't be so stupid, you will never get to the squid from here." He told her.
"I will and I do, every time I go out here."
Snape nodded and then suddenly looked behind him and gasped,
"Ah, the water's behind you RUN!" He shouted, Onya cried out as Snape grabbed her arm and pulled her much nearer the lake. Onya turned around wide-eyed to see what had happened, but was confronted by the completely normal sea of grass they had just been walking on.
"That wasn't funny Severus!"
"I beg to differ. Now look, we are much nearer the lake, wasn't so hard was it?" He answered with a smug half-smile.
" Oh great so every time I want to feed the animal I have to have you pretending there is some catastrophe behind me so we have to run near to the lake?" Onya retorted breathing deeply. Snape nodded. He noticed Onya's terrified face and he felt a form of sympathy towards her, she was so scared of a little bit of water. She shakily brought out the onion roots and looked to Snape. He gave her a nod as she stepped right onto the lake edge. Onya scouted around for the creature but could not make out where it was, so she nervously threw the roots into the depth of the water. As she watched the roots sink she breathed a sigh of relief and turned to face
Snape.
"See, easy isn't it?" Snape told her as he watched her beam at him.
Just as she open her mouth to answer a giant tentacle forcefully protruded from the water, it swerved around and firmly wrapped itself around Onya's waist. Snape seemed to see the scene in front of his eyes in slow motion, one second he was watching Onya smile at him, then he saw her scream and reach out for him as she was pulled into the murky lake. Snape darted up to the edge of the lake and began to franticly search the water for Onya. He saw her, underwater, her dark hair spreading around her and tangling between the underwater plants as she struggled out of the squid's grasp. Snape pushed his hand through the water and managed to grab onto Onya's arm before she sank any deeper. He felt her hand tighten around his arm as he desperately started pulling her up from the murky lake.
Onya's other hand shot out of the water and grabbed onto Snape's arm too, he pulled with all his might and slowly dragged her out of the lake.
Her face was matted with her hair and dirt, and her clothes clung to her as she lay in the mud on the edge of the water. Snape quickly pulled her up in his arms so she was sitting, leaning in his arms. "Onya" Snape said as Onya took a huge intake of breath, struggling to breath. As Snape saw tears trickle down Onya's already dripping face he embraced her in his arms. He pulled her close to him as he wrapped his arms around her, feeling her soaking clothes. Onya didn't know what was happening; her brain had frozen as she still struggled to breathe even out of the water. She felt tears fall from her face and Snape's arms around her. She felt him stroke her drenched hair. She tried to breath through her mouth but it didn't seem to be working, she felt herself go cold, scenes blurring in front of her until she blacked out and became motionless, still held in Snape's arms. As Snape noticed her body fall limp he pulled her away from him so he could see her face, her eyes were closed and her skin was paler than usual.
"O-Onya?" Snape stuttered and shook her gently, when Onya did not respond he quickly stood up and lifted her in his arms, he held her legs over one arm and the top of her back draped over the other one. His arms soon became soaked as he began to walk towards the castle holding her safely in his arms. Snape ignored the many stares at him as he walked up to the hospital wing as quickly as he could with Onya's motionless body.
He burst through the hospital wing door,
"Pomfrey! She needs help!" Snape demanded as Madame Pomfrey beckoned Snape quickly over to a spare bed. Snape lowered Onya onto the bed as Madame Pomfrey got her wand out,
"What happened to her?" She demanded to know.
"She was pulled into the lake" Snape said taking a deep breath. Madame Pomfrey nodded and uttered an incantation as a green wisp came out of her wand and floated swiftly through Onya's mouth,
" What are you doing to her?!" Snape's worried voice asked desperately. Onya lay still motionless on the bed as the green wisp came back out through her mouth, this time with a certain blue tinge.
Madame Pomfrey stared at the wisp and nodded, and then with a wave of her hand through the air, the wisp disappeared.
"Look, you have to go Professor." She told him, whilst walking over to a strange looking cupboard.
"What's wrong with her?" He asked with urgency ringing through his usually so in-control voice.
Madame Pomfrey took a deep breath in as she realized Snape would not go unless he was told,
"She has been poisoned, when the squid is attacking it lets poison into the water, she has obviously swallowed a large amount. But I really need you to go Professor." Snape closed his eyes as he heard the news and slowly nodded, he took one last glance at Onya, straightened up, and at a quick pace, walked out of the hospital wing.