Forgotten Lies

Chapter One

Snape's office is a small shadowy room lined with shelves that hold hundreds of bottles and glass jars in which slimey animal and plant parts float in various colored potions. In one corner, there stands a cupboard full of potion ingredients. In the middle of the room is a desk piled neatly with papers and books. Two chairs sit on the opposite side of the desk. You find Snape sitting behind his desk and going over some papers.

He looks up and sneers, "Yes..?" he says quitely.

Looks at him with big eyes and one of those 'I'm-so-excited-i'm-gonna-burst-smiles' on her face.

"ssssssssss....SEVVIE!!!!!!!!!" With that, she lundged at Professor Snape and tackled him to the ground, his papers flying in every direction.

Snape stood up and pulled Azura off of him. He took a minute to compose himself, quite angry at being knocked over, and his face was distorted in rage.

"Never do that again." he said, trying to control his anger.

He had almost been done grading those papers, and now they were everywhere. He waved his wand once and the papers piled themselves neatly into two disordered stacks on his desk. He then looked up, still slightly angry at Azura.

"What do you want?" he said coldly, not entirely fond of his past.

She looked up at him. A lustful sorrow in her eyes.
"That night...On Halloween...All those years ago...When..." She paused. "When James and Lily were...murdered...You weren't there...I'd heard that you tried to leave the Death Eaters...I heard that you were tortured...I...Severus..." She leaned against him and started to cry. "I thought they'd killed you...I thought I'd never see you again...I...Oh God...Severus...."

She stood against him, weeping.

Snape had been attempting to organize the mess of papers on his desk, but stopped aburptly at the mention of Halloween. He stood to face her, and than felt her lean against him. His dark eyes seemed to glaze over for a minute as if far away, but he snapped out of it almost immediately.

"Don't be stupid." he replied quietly, not really wanting to admit it as the truth. "I got away...I'm here aren't I?" he turned her to face him as he said this; he talked quietly, most of the anger gone from his voice.

She sniffled a little. "Yeah...You're right...As usual." She let a small smile grace her lips. "I just...I haven't seen you for so many years....I've missed you...."

Snape let go of her, lost for words. He had never been an affectionate person, and had not really considered all those years before. He gave a bit of a bewildered look, but than came to his senses.

"I have not seen you for quite a while either.." he said finally, ignoring her last sentence, not knowing what else to say.

"I...I came back to see you again, of course, but...I also..." She paused, slightly uncomfortable about mentioning this. "I found a way to get rid of the Dark Mark..."

Snape tilted his head to the side a little at her last remark.

"How?" he asked.

It seemed to him to be almost physically impossible, and even if it was, he didn't think he could go through with such a thing.

"Just hold still..." She started to push his sleeve up, revealing the mark.

She pecked his cheek.

"Don't worry, it'll be all better now..."

She took out her wand. It was a yew wand, 9 inches and a unicorn hair core. She spoke quietly, but distinctively.

"Erdromsrom...."

A light emmitted from her wand and encircled Severus' arm.

Snape quickly pulled his arm from her gentle touch.

"No! I can't ..." he murmed almost inaudibly.

She stood back with an unreadable expression on her face.

"Severus...Relax...Or it won't work...I'm using my own energy to do this for you...Remember the sacrifices I've made for you and trust me..."

Snape retreated to a corner, clutching his left forearm tightly.

"I cannot do this Azura, and I have my reasons, although you may not completely understand...but it is...nice...of you...to try and help me.." He spoke these words clearly, but stumbled over the last few. He had always had a hard time when offered any type of help.

"If that's what you want...I just want you to be happy...After all I saw you go through in school..." She walked over to him and put her arms around his neck. "I still love you Severus...And I always will..."

With that, she kissed him, trying desperatly to not make him uncomfortable.

Snape nodded his head slightly, but when she came up to kiss him, he backed off just a bit.

"No..." he pushed her away as gently as he could. "You don't know what you're getting yourself into. I do not want you to get hurt..." he replied. He had something to tell her, but he couldn't bring himself to do it.