Year 7

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Two boys sat under a tree wrapped up around each other. The slightly stockier boy ran his hands across the other boys face and down his arms repeatedly. Sirius was trying to reassure himself that Severus truly was in his arms and as safe as he could be.

"Does it hurt?"

"What do you think? It's a violent shade of red and the black mark stands out quite well against it."

"Sorry that was a stupid question. How bad was it when they put it on?"

"Remember last summer when all four of our parents cast crucio on us and your brother simultaneously ."

"How could I ever forget? I don't think I could ever forget pain like that."

"It was at least 20 times worse. I thought my arm was going to disintegrate. I can't believe pampered purebloods are actually willing to go through with this and put their children through it."

"What are we going to do now?"

"We? There is no we in this situation. You are not going to be marked. I won't let it happen. You've already run away from home so the general public knows you stand against your family. You are going to be as safe as possible from this megalomaniac."

"It's going to be war Rus no one will be safe. If I get marked at least we can look out for each other. As an Auror I may have hurt you. Besides no one would be surprised if I got marked; I'm a Black we're evil."

"No, you are not getting marked. I've already spoken to Dumbledore. I knew my father would drag me to his Dark Lord sooner or later. If I have to be a deatheater the least I can do is be a spy."

"A spy! Rus, we are teenagers, what the hell do we know about spying? We have no training or knowledge on being spies."

"There is no we in this endeavor Rus. And honestly, all we have learned since we could walk and talk is to hide our true selves and to show no weakness lest we earn a beating. We mask our faces, show no emotion, lie, and hurt each other. We take the pain our parents and family inflict on us I'd say that's excellent training for spy work."

"It's dangerous."

"So is defying our families and becoming an Auror. One which you've done Sirius and the other which you are contemplating both are equally dangerous considering your family history."

"I don't want you to die Rus. I couldn't take it."

"There is much I wish to do with my life. With you. I will do my best to be a good little Death Eater Spy so that we might have a chance to live peacefully in the future."

"I still can't believe your father took you to be marked over Easter break. It's supposed to be a time of renewal. Not a time to be sentenced to slavery."

"Our parents don't believe in times of renewal or forgiveness, much less a God that accepts everyone. They have their Lord. A prince of darkness who will lead them to their righteous place in the world that is what they believe in and desire. Even if that Lord treats them worse than Malfoy does a house elf they have swallowed his propaganda and will do everything in their power to see he succeeds."

"I hope we live past these times. I don't like the darkness that is looming."

"Darkness is what we have lived in since we were babes. I want to a chance to live in the light."

"You'll take every precaution won't you Rus."

"Of course I will. I'll be as safe as a Death Eater as you will be as an Auror."

"In that case we are both doomed to infinite injuries and hexes."

"That is most probably true Ri but you better live to see happier times with me or I will find a way to haunt you dead or alive."

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What did you expect a happy ending? Haven't we learned our lesson about prequels. They are not always sweetness and light.

For whatever reason Snape was much more verbose than Black in this final chapter, he apparently wanted to speak. I'm just glad to be done with these little ficlets. There was a minor sequel to these stories once upon a time but I had trouble keeping it on track; it wanted to meander into other areas.

Once again sorry for the spelling errors, verb tense changes, comma splices, sentences ending in prepositions and other grammatical errors.

Thanks you to everyone who reviewed. It makes me so happy to see your thoughts on my scribbles.