Chapter Four

(this chapter really is chapter 4, the chapter before this is suppose to be Ch. 3 and so on)

By Shadow-Demon14

Disclaimer-not mine

Rain was lying on the hospital bed, covered with new unused white blankets. It looked like she was sleeping to everyone else, though she really had just awoken to hear some people talking about her. And couldn't believe it, it just couldn't be true, there was no possible way for her to be pregnant. They were lying, just some joke.

'God please, don't let it be true. I can't be pregnant, I can barely take care of Eric and myself, how the hell will I be able to do that with a bloody kid growing inside me! I never even wanted it!' Depression washed over her like if she jumped into a lake with freezing water in the middle of December. Though she knew that she would have to deal with being pregnant, she didn't have the heart to kill it. But if she went back on the streets in her condition, she wouldn't survive. Other girls on the streets that ended up pregnant were usually dead one they first started showing.

Rain didn't notice the people that were talking 'bout her being pregnant had stopped talking, till she felt their eyes on her, "Rain, we know that you are awake."

Rain opened her eyes, waited a little for things to come into focus before turning her head towards the old man, and the guy she recognized as her rapist. Though she still wasn't angry with the guy. She remember when she had awoken just before it happened and looking into his eyes, they were glazed over but yet she could still see the pain behind them, and it almost seemed as if he were struggling against some type of force.

Albus got up and stood beside rain, she was on the bed right next to Severus, "So you know the truth now, do you know what you are going to do?"

Rain glared at the man, "Wha' do ya think? I woke up an' found out tha' I'm pregnant, and you go an' ask if I know wha' I'm gonna do? For bloodies sake, I jus' woke!"

Severus could barely hold back a chuckle at the girl's response, instead he just coughed to try and cover it up. Albus smiled, though he did agree with her, decisions like these couldn't usually be made easily.

Rain looked down at her hands, "Though…" Severus and Albus looked at her, "I don' think I'd be able ta kill it… or give it up."

Severus was shocked, but Albus was happy with the news. "That is good to hear my dear, I think a child should be treasured no matter what the circumstances. Now Severus, since you are the father, what are you going to do? Only fair that I ask you to."

Severus cast a long, hard, and deadly glare towards Albus, "I will help anyway that I can."

"I don' need ye'r 'elp. I can take care o' mehself an' a baby jus' fine."

Severus looked at the girl, they would have trouble if she were as stubborn as he was, which it did seem like she was, "And just how do you know that you can?"

Rain smirked, " Surviving meh whole life bein' on the streets makes meh think that I could survive being pregnant. I know wha'll 'appen if I go back to da stree's like this. I gotta find meh some place to stay an 'opefully somewhere ta work."

"You can stay with me," the words came out of Severus's mouth before he even had a chance to stop them. Though he couldn't just let the girl go off and most likely both her and his child end up dead. Plus, if she was going to keep the kid, he wanted to be there since it was probably going to be the only kid he ever will have.

Rain stared at Severus, no one had ever offered to help her with something on their own, she always had to bribe them with something. She was sort of speechless, having no idea on how to react to this.

Severus continued when it didn't seem like she was going to talk, "Since you have no place to go, you can stay with me and let me take care of things."

Rain looked at Severus dumbfounded, before a question suddenly came to her, "Why… um, w-why did you do i'?" with that question Rain could see the pain in the man's eyes.

Albus was the one who spoke for Severus, "This may take a while to explain completely," Rain nodded, "You see, there is a war going on right now. A war between us, and a man who calls himself Lord Voldemort. Now, there are many that follow him and do as he bids, and in doing so there have been many casualties. About seventeen years ago he left to attack a certain family, two parents and their year old son. The parents were killed with a curse called the killing curse, killing them instantly. The mother died pleading for her son's life, then when Voldemort tried to kill the boy, the spell backfired because of the love the mother had for her son. The boy survived, but Voldemort was weakened enough that he had to go into hiding. About seven years ago is when he made his first appearance though it wasn't until almost three years that he came back fully by using the blood of the only boy who had survived the killing curse."

"His followers are called Death Eaters, they are the ones that were in the black cloaks tat you saw. Now, Severus here is one of them, though not completely. We needed to know what the man was planning, so he become our spy and would feed any information that he could get his hands on. The night of the raid of London, he was called to go as well. When he got there, one of our forbidden curses was used on him. The Imperius curse, it causes the victim to remain trapped in their own mind and leaving the caster able to make the victim do anything he wanted. In Severus's case, he was forced to rape you against his own will."

"The reason Severus is even in this hospital wing is because he tried to throw the curse off, but couldn't and ended up weakening himself quite considerably. So I ask that you please do not blame him for what has been forced upon you, because the same has been done to him."

Rain looked carefully at Albus, searching for any sign of deceit. It was one of the things that Rain prided herself with, she could always tell when someone was not being trustworthy. And so far, the old seemed true to his word, "If I do, wha' 'appens ta Eric?"

"Ah yes, the boy who has adopted you as his mother. He seems to care a great deal for you. You have done a wonderful job raising him, and if I may say so, he will turn out to be a wonderful young man." Rain was embarrassed for once, she could normally keep great control of her emotions as well as hiding them, but now she felt vulnerable and exposed since she couldn't seem to keep them in check, "And I'm sure that Severus wouldn't mind hosting one more person. Besides, it wouldn't be very nice for us to separate a young boy from his mother."

Rain looked at Severus to make sure that it was okay with him, he nodded his head in confirmation.

"Well, now that is all settled, I'll leave-"

"Can I leave? I don' like bein' 'ere all tha' much."

"I'm sorry, Madame Pomphrey would have my head if I allowed you to leave without her consent first. I may be the Headmaster of this school, but with that woman in charge of the Hospital wing, I have no say of what goes on in here." Albus smiled at both Severus and Rain before leaving.

Once the door was closed, Severus and Rain both started to get out of their beds at the same time, without even meaning to. Severus was the first to notice what they were both doing since was busy trying to get over a wave of dizziness, "Where are you going?"

Rain first allowed her head to clear before answering, "I cou'd ask ya the same thing. An' I don' know where I'm goin'. Anywhere buh 'ere i' fine for meh."

Severus couldn't hold back a smirk, "I must agree, I've been here to may times for my likings."

"Where are you goin'?"

"To my chambers… you can go there as well. If I know Albus, he has already set up rooms for both you and tat other kid."

" 'is name is Eric." Rain glared coldly at Severus. Which he just shrugged off and started to walk to his chambers.

Severus didn't hear her following him so he turned around to see if Rain was coming, he was startled to see the girl right behind him, 'Must be something she had to learn on the streets.'

Severus reached the portrait that was leading into his rooms and quickly said the password. He turned to see Rain's eyes widen when she saw the person in the picture move and then even more when the picture itself moved without any assistance.

Stepping inside the rooms and looking around, Rain took in the homey and comfortable rooms. There were a lot of dark rich colors like black, dark blue, maroon, dark greens, and a few reds here and there. Though the most dominant colors were green and black. There were many books that filled the huge bookcase, a huge fireplace with a couch in front of it, there was a nice rug and a small table in between the fireplace and couch. There were a few comfy looking chairs on either side of the couch. On the other side of the room there was a small kitchen with a table. There was a small hallway with four doors. One of the doors led to Severus's room, which, surprisingly, had a lot of personal things in there. The other two rooms were for Eric and Rain. Eric's room had a lot of dark blues and some new toys here and there. Rain's room had a lot of dark greens and such. Each bedroom had its own full bathroom.

Severus stood beside Rain while she was looking around, " The last door is my office, which is connected to my classrooms, you are not allowed to go in there. What's his name is in one of the guest rooms by the hospital wing, he is most likely sleeping."

Rain threw a glare at Severus, "Eric."

Severus ignored the girl's correction, and went to his office closing the door. He left rain standing there, having no idea what to do. She had always been on the streets, never before having a real home.

And now, she had been raped, currently pregnant, and was living in an actual home off the streets. She didn't have to be alert every minute of the day, or constantly looking over her shoulder.

Rain stood there and looked around at everything in the room again, everything was going so fast for her. And she had to admit to herself, that she was scared for once in her life. She started to feel like she had to get away, so Rain turned and walked out of the chambers.

Once outside the room she just walked, not paying any attention to where she was going. She made turns at corners and turned around when she came to dead ends, but she was barely even aware of her feet moving.

She had been walking for a while when she started to once again feel dizzy, nothing like this had ever happened to her before, but she just chose to ignore it and continue walking through the dark hallways that were covered with paintings in every possible spot. The paintings were even snoring, though it didn't register in Rain's fogged mind. Ignoring the dizziness was not a good thing to do because soon, Rain was on the floor passed out from exhaustion.

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Snape came out of him office after grading the last few exams. He thought that the girl would be somewhere in his chambers, but after a quick look through she was nowhere to be found.

He had to find her, so Severus left his chambers and began to frantically search the castle for her. The more time that passed, the more worried he became. The girl, who he raped, had almost died and was now carrying his child. She had been placed in his care, and he couldn't find her.

Finally, quite a ways from his chambers, he found her. Severus saw her lying on the ground, he ran up to her and knelt down beside her.

Seeing that she was only sleeping, he let out the breath of air that he hadn't even realized he had been holding. Carefully, he picked her up and carried her bridal style all the way back to his rooms, which wasn't that hard considering how light she was.

When Severus was back in the chambers he had taken her to her room and laid her on the bed, gently coving her with the blankets.

It was when he took a step back, that he got a real look at the girl. Her hair was a dark brown, and quite long, down to her lower back. At the moment, her hair was sprayed around her. Her skin was pale and Severus could see quite a few ugly scars, there were some that didn't look so old, and others that seemed like she had for a very long time.

'Life sure has dealt her a rough hand, but she has kept herself in the game. Though things are not looking up for her any time soon.'

Severus shook his head, trying to clear it of his thoughts, before he left the room and going to his own bed that looked very inviting at the moment.

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