Forgotten Lies

Chapter Two

"Severus...What's wrong?...I'm sorry...I'm being selfish again..." She turned around and walked slowly away from him, not intending to leave, just to think. "I...I wish I could've helped you...Saved you from Lucius and Voldemort...I wish I could've done more..."

Snape looked up uncomfortably, almost flinching, as she spoke the Dark Lord's name.

"Azura ..don't say that ..your not being selfish ..it's just something that I have brought upon myself..that I must tell you..because I can not risk losing you..." He said few words quietly...almost afarid to admit it.

She turned around and looked into his eyes. "What ever you need to tell me, I'll listen...Don't worry. And don't fear for me...I can't die, remember? Well, I CAN, but I just come back anyway..." She smiled a little and draped an arm around his neck.

Snape almost let a bit of a smile cross his face, which had not happened in years, despite of his discomfort. He took her hand from his shoulder in his.

"I must tell you...that I was tortured for a reason...it was punishment for trying to leave, but then I swore my allegiance again...but for only one reason...to help. I've joined the Order...and I've become a spy, thats the only reason I bare this mark..." he urgently whispered to her, with his last words he took a hand off of hers and clutched his left forearm as if to emphasize his point..

She smiled at him. "I thought that might be the reason. If you'd like more help...I'm here for you..." She cupped her hand over his which clutched his arm. "You're not the only one who still has it..."

"Azura, you do not need to keep it for me...it is a hidious thing, and I regret being the reason that you bear it..." he spoke softly, leaning forward slightly to look into her eyes..

"Don't worry about it. I can't get rid of mine anyway, so I've become quite fond of it." She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him. "When this is over...I wanna get married and have a family, Severus..."

"I see no end in sight...Azura, but maybe someday there will be one..." He wraped his arms around her and kissed her back, all the while wondering if he was exactly capable of having a family; he had never been quite fond of kids.

"I'm sure there'll be one...Maybe I should go fight...I always could beat Tom up...He was always pissed cause I'd use physical arts instead of magic when we dueled, and I always won." She leaned against him. "I think I should fight...One blast of a Fire Burst and they'll all go to hell." She looked up at him and smiled.

He gave a concerned look.."That might not be the best idea at the moment. Right now you should focus on staying safe...no matter how immortal you are..." he said this sternly but gave the slightest smile at his last remark..

"ok...You're no fun Sevvie..." Her face turned serious. "I really should fight though...Not just for you, but for my Godson as well..."

"There is no need for you to fight, and get killed again...you should not have been involved in this fight in the first place, I feel that it is my fault that you are. I can't understand why you followed me into it..." he replied..Snape looked her in the eyes as he said this.

"Because I love you. And I don't want you to get hurt...I'll never forgive any of them for what they did to you. Especially not Lucius...I have a hunch that he's even marked his own son..."

Snape turned away, and began pacing the room shaking his head slightly.

"The things people do for love..." he muttered inaudibily to himself, he found it quite a foolish emotion, yet he himself surrendered to its power. "Lucius would mark his whole family, just so he could have a traitorless line.." Snape remarked..

"...You do know about all the terrible things he's done to Draco, don't you? The reason he always wears dark clothes and why he never shows anything but his head and neck..."