Chapter 5: Remember When?
" AI!!" There was a pain and terror filled scream, a female's scream and a loud CRACK! A slightly older Anya was slammed to the stone floor of what looked like a dungeon of some sort. Torches burned in sconces on the walls, there were chains, and stonewalls. A tall man, with elfin ears and pure black eyes, no pupils wearing a royal blue top with long sleeves and the same colored loose linen pants with a lighter blue sash as a belt loomed over her. His hair was long, black and held back in a low ponytail
He'd just broken her left arm in about 3 places and then slammed her down onto the floor. And he was smiling through it all while she held back tears of pain.
She tried to get up and then winced, she had either broken or badly sprained her left ankle as well but she stood despite the pain. Albeit, using the rough stonewalls for support with her good arm.
" Kitten..." The man whispered menacingly to her as the Panther ears atop her head flattened against her skull and her orange eyes narrowed and glowed in the torchlight. He smirked at her maliciously. "My pretty little kitten..." he sped up, faster than anyone or anything Severus had ever seen and had her pinned against the wall as she gave another whimper in pain. Blood trickled out of the corner of her mouth, from various cuts on her body, the black outfit he'd seen in the other memory, bloodied and torn in the chest to near the point of indecency. (Even for these times indecency!) She snarled at him, baring her fangs and growling fiercely. But she!was still shaking badly, pinned up against a wall by this demon warlord person who'd been hunting her for a month.
She was DAMN scared!
" Back Off Akira!" She snarled again. Her answer was being slammed up against the wall harder. "Ai!" she hissed. That had hurt!
" See what happens when you disobey kitten?" He asked with mocking in his deep voice. "Such a pretty little creature...so sad I had to bloody you up a bit." He laughed darkly and stared her in the eyes. Orange meeting the coldest icy blue she'd ever seen, causing a chill to run through her. He licked off the blood that had tricked from her mouth, following the trail from the corner of her mouth to the crook between her neck and shoulder. She shuddered and gave a small whimper, shutting her eyes tightly. Akira pulled back smirking arrogantly.
Anya tried to put up a shield again but all she succeeded in doing was draining more precious energy. She collapsed to the ground. She'd finally figured out why Akira hadn't chained her up.... "That's right Kitten...no silly little magic tricks in here." He laughed manically.
Severus continued to watch this display of blatant torturing. He was appalled! Simply appalled, she'd gone through all this??
Akira suddenly unfurled a long silver whip from where it was attached to the sash at his waist and her eyes tripled in size. She gave a squeak and did all she could to get away from him while the lashes made contact with her flesh. The CRACK of the whip made Severus grimace and he could practically hear her skin rip as the silver and leather strip made contact with it.
After 10 or so lashes, her tolerance gave and she cried out with every single lash that hit her back, her shoulders, her arms, her legs and everywhere Akira could hit. Once Akira seemed satisfied with this...punishment he threw the whip to the side, far away from them both and smiled evilly.
Anya could hardly breathe the pain was so bad and she had tears running down her face uncontrollably, yet silently. Akira, satisfied with the now bloody, bruised and weakened half-breed he so affectionately (Snorts!) called kitten, scooped her up, exited the dungeon and walked up stairways and down hallways until they got to HIS room. The memory cut off right after she had been slammed down onto the bed with such a force it caused her to cry out even more.
The memory then shifted to her running away...she was in a royal blue shimmery outfit. Long skirt with slits up both sides higher than mid thigh, and a very low waistline. The shirt, if it could be considered a shirt had full bell sleeves and gold trim, but it ended right below her breasts and was VERY low cut, in a V neck.
She was running hard and fast, barefoot and scantily clad through Makai forests and AWAY from Akira...She knew he'd be after her again but she didn't care. Once her arm had healed and she could walk on that foot again, she'd hightailed it out of there.
She came upon the ruins again. "Zuzuko!" She called out as a white and red streaked haired woman, with wolf ears, eyes, and 3 tails poked her head out from around a corner. "Zuzuko! I need my Katanas!" She exclaimed.
"Anya You...you got away from him??" Zuzuko wondered aloud and ushered the girl inside. "Well...I fixed them for you." Zuzuko handed Anya 2 Katanas sharpened to perfection and a dagger too. "You take care of you're self Black Cat." She then ushered Anya out the other end of the ruins where she continued to run.
It seems that Anya had to be on the run half her life in Makai. And she'd suffered far more than fights...
Throughout that night, Severus saw more memories....
She had fought for her life.
She had fought for the lives of those she'd barely known.
She had been hunted by ruthless bandits, and Demon Lords alike.
She had been beaten to points where a normal person would have died...and then raped.
And she had been in the middle of a war between clans most involuntarily.
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Again...the hospital wing became icy, and the air as cold as the wintry winds that blew outside. Tabletops became icy. Icicles formed off curtain rods around beds and healing potions froze in their bottles, causing several to shatter.
It was agony, these nightmarish memories. Agony during what should be a release, and an opportunity still.
This was a look directly into Anya's soul. And Severus had front row seats.
While outside the Hospital Wing, the corridors had begun to turn icy as well. And as there breath became visible, Albus Dumbledore and Poppy Pompfry rushed towards the Wing with one thought between the two.
" Anya!"
Thank you to all my reviewers, I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I promise the next one will be much better.
