Easy Way Out

Okay I have gotten a few really great insightful reviews from the last chapter. Many thanks to them! Also wwwendy- good catch with the red eyes thing, you are very close.

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Last chapter:

He watched in horror as his body started to twitch and come to life. Suddenly the body sat up and with red eyes looked directly at him and smiled a malicious smile. And suddenly it all clicked, and Salazar's memory became as good as new, as he watched his dead father come back from hell to possess his own son's body-as Salazar's spirit got kicked away to be replaced by his father.

Chapter 10

Panic Attack

Professor Snape and Remus Lupin looked worriedly at the child cradled in Snape's arms. Not a minute ago the boy had begun shaking like crazy, and whimpering as though he were reliving some terribly painful event. They had immediately tried to wake the poor child, but both knew it was pointless. Salazar would only wake up when he had fully recovered his forgotten memories.

Suddenly Salazar awoke with a gasp. Tears were trailing down his face and his breathing was coming in short painful gasps. Immediately recognizing the symptoms of a panic attack, Snape quickly yelled at Remus to go get some water. Then he worked on trying to calm the boy and get him to take deep slow breaths. When that didn't work, Snape pulled the boy into his lap and pressed Salazar's back tightly to his chest. He then repeated the phrase that Salazar needed take deep breaths with him over and over again. Soon they had a pattern going. They breathed together. Every time Snape's chest filled with air, Salazar's would fill with air as well.

"That's it Salazar. Just keep breathing with me. You are doing good," Snape whispered to Salazar with pride. Then he looked up and noticed Lupin standing a ways off with a glass of water in his hand. Motioning for him to come closer, he took the glass from Lupin and held it to the boy's lips. "Take a sip," he ordered the boy gently. Salazar complied without much thought. Then he was ordered to take a few more deep breaths before taking another sip of water. As weird as this process seemed, after a few minutes of repeating it, Salazar felt a lot more in control, though he did feel very weak. Feeling tired, Salazar rested his head against the Professor's chest and quickly fell asleep.

Twenty minutes later, Lupin and Snape, after getting Salazar into bed, sat together in the kitchen and discussed what they thought had happened. Obviously the memories that Salazar had recovered were anything but happy. They in fact seemed to scare him quite badly. Badly enough to send him into a full scale panic attack. The extent of which Snape hadn't seen in over six years, when one of his Slytherin's got the news that Voldemort had killed their parents for insubordination.

Both Snape and Remus agreed that when Salazar woke up they would get to the bottom of this and try and help the poor boy. Just as the two were about to head upstairs for bed, they heard a scream. They looked at each other in alarm and then raced upstairs to Salazar's room and saw him thrashing around on the bed screaming "It's my fault! It's my fault!"

AN: Well, how was it? Short I know. But we got to see how caring Snape can be and how badly Salazar is taking his restored memories. Next chapter Salazar will explain to Remus and Snape what happened. Please REVIEW!