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Chapter 3

Five days later...

Marion was sitting in math class, trying to pay attention to what the

teacher was saying. She really should have, seeing as math was her

worst subject, and she wanted it all to just die and leave her alone.

Goddamned numbers...when the hell are we going to use this stuff anyway? It's

pointless and it makes my head hurt. Even though this was true, Marion

knew the real reason her head hurt was because she hadn't had much sleep

in the past five days, due to Severus's rather quick departure. She

hadn't been eating much either. Enough to avoid passing out, but that was

pretty much it. Marion's mother began to notice the change when she

turned down dinner the night Severus left. Marion was worried sick, she

saw how much pain he had been in before he left. It broke her heart,

which was rather silly as she had only known him for a few hours.

Yet, no matter how hard she tried, Marion couldn't shake the feeling

that something was wrong. When she touched Severus' arm a couple of days

ago, she felt an overwhelming wave of pain and misery. It chilled her

to her bones, and whenever she tried to get at least a few hours sleep,

she would see people in black robes with white masks bowing down to

someone sitting on a throne. The first two times, Marion couldn't see his

face. But the third time will be branded into her mind forever...

DREAM

Marion was standing in what looked to be a graveyard. She almost threw

up at what she saw. Dozens of dead bodies littered the ground, making

it almost impossible to see the ground through all the blood. The body

closest to her on her left, had no face but it's eyes(it was so mangled

she couldn't tell if it was boy or girl)

were wide and glossy with fear and pain. From what Marion could tell

the person was only around 14 years old. She looked deeper into the

body's eyes and saw they were once some kind of green color. The person's

hair was matted with dried blood, and on it's chest was a skull with a

snake coming out of it's mouth. Marion would have dismissed it as a

tattoo, but she saw the skin had sealed over it. With a start, she saw that it

in fact wasn't a tattoo. Someone had branded it into him. Judging by the

fact the blood had clotted, it had been done while he was still alive.

'Poor kid...' Marion said out loud. She was shocked when a voice answered

her.' Yes, it was very tragic indeed. Oh well, life must go on.'

Marion turned around to face where the voice was coming from. Behind her stood

a tall man wearing a long black robe with a blood red snake on it.

The snake curled around the man's waist and it's embroidered head came

to rest on the man's shoulder. Marion had to admit it was beautiful in

a morbid kind of way. The man shifted casting his face into her line of

view. Marion gasped and stepped back stumbling over the bloody body

behind, leading on her backside. The man's face was extremely white. He

looked as if he hadn't been in the sun for over at least 6 years. He had no

nose, just slits, that flared out slightly as the hideous man inhaled.

His eyes were slits as well, and had the most unnatural red color.

'W...who...are you? What happened here? Who is this boy?' The man let out a

shrill, ugly laugh. He sneered at her which only caused her to back up

more out of fear at the contorted face that was in front of her. '

First off muggle, you are to treat my with respect, if you value your sorry

excuse for a life. Second, I am Lord Voldemort, the last heir of the

great and noble Salazar Slytherin! As for what happened here, well,

let's just say some old fool thought he could beat me with his little

pawn.' Voldemort pointed to the battered body laying in a heap in front

of the frightened teenager. Marion stared at the body in front of her.

Sudden compression dawned on her as she realized what had happened. To

say it sickened her would have been a vast understatement.

"How could someone use a child like that?"

That thought was running through her head over and over, each time

growing louder and louder with outrage. In fact, she barely noticed when

Voldemort had started to speak again. 'The child's name was Harry Potter.

He was useless, a thorn in everyone's side. His own family didn't even

care about what happened to the whelp. It was sad really. I did him a

favor by killing him. His parents would have been ashamed at what had

became of their son.' At that Marion's self resolve had snapped. She

stood up to face the man who was currently looking at the body in front of

her with distaste. 'Shut the hell up! I may not have known this boy,

but I can tell he was more of a man than you will ever be! You're evil

and foul, you deserve to die, not him!' Voldemort stared at the girl wide

eyed, but not because of the outburst. The heir of Slytherin was

staring at what was behind her. An angel-like being, with long straight black

hair, tied in a pony tail. Dressed in pure white robes with gold

trim, the robes had slits up both sides allowing fast movement for

battle. The figure had tan skin, and light brown eyes, and upon closer

inspection, Marion realized that the figure was female. In her left hand,

was a golden bow with something carved into it in a language Marion nor

Voldemort knew. On her right shoulder was a quiver of crystal arrows.

The figure walked over to Marion, who had turned around to see what

Voldemort was staring at, and extended the bow to her, as well as the

quiver, which was also made out of gold. Marion reached out to take the

items, and when she did the being turned to the Dark Lord and spoke. "'This

girl will be your downfall, evil one. Her light shall overcome your

dark, and the light will banish you to the darkest pits of hell." The

being's voice echoed in the empty graveyard. The ground began to shake, and

crack, revealing the fiery pits the being had spoken of. Voldemort began

to back away under the powerful stare of the mystical being in front of

him.

Screams could be heard and the sky became over come with dark clouds

and lighting began to strike. The being turned to Marion, who was

watching all of this in morbid fascinating.' Take an arrow and shoot him.' For

some reason Marion felt compiled to obey her. She removed a crystal

arrow from the quiver. Marion put the arrow on the bow string, posed to

strike. She didn't know if she even knew how to use a bow but she obeyed

the woman beside her. Marion pulled back on the bow, and released the

arrow.

END DREAM

Marion had woken up at that point in a cold sweat. That was Sunday

Marion had that dream. Four days ago, and she hadn't slept since. Thanks to

coffee.

" Miss Williams!"

As Marion was still lost in her dream world, she hadn't noticed her

math teacher calling her name. The teacher slammed his ruler on her desk.

Sadly, this caused Marion to jump and fall out of her seat. Marion

stood up rubbing her ass where she had landed. She looked up at her teacher

and winced as her hands hit a sensitive spot. " Yes sir?"

The teacher looked at her for a moment and said, " First of all, silent

lunch for a week. Second of all, someone's here to pick you up." Marion

looked at her slightly overweight teacher in surprise. Mom didn't tell

me if someone was picking me up today... She thought in bewilderment.

So she didn't anger her teacher further, the confused teen picked up her

books and walked out to her locker, her thoughts turning to Severus's

kiss...

MEANWHILE IN THE FRONT OFFICE...

Severus Snape stood in front of an old looking woman with gray hair, a

double chin, and lines all over her face. Stupid bloody muggles...can't

do a thing right.

Severus thought he would take Marion out to lunch, to make up for what

happened five days ago. But unfortunately, the woman, if she can be

called that, said he couldn't take her to lunch because his wasn't on her

sign out list. But the thing, as Severus started to mentally call her,

agreed to call her up to the front office. So Severus was forced to sit

on one of the many couches in the lobby. While he was waiting, Severus

began to reflect on the days after the Death Eater meeting. After the

Death Eater meeting, Severus had gone back to Hogwarts battered and

bloody. Voldemort had somehow found out about Severus being a spy, and

punished him thusly. The heir if Slytherin hadn't used the Killing Curse,

claiming Severus should feel as much pain as humanly possible. After

about three rounds of beatings, Severus somehow found the strength to

Apparate Out of the Dark Lord's clutches. It had taken the ex-spy three days

to fully recover.

So here he was, sitting on a couch in the front office of Spring Creek

High School, (Albus was able to find out where Marion went to

school) waiting for Marion to arrive. To say he was nervous would be an

understatement. He managed to keep cool on the outside, but the inside was a

different story all together. He was so afraid that she would be angry

with him. She has every right to be... He thought sadly. He had enjoyed

their time together, no matter how short it was. He had felt more alive

with her than anyone else. Severus only vaguely registered someone

calling his name, he was so deep in thought. "SEVERUS!" Said person jumped

so high that he fell. On his ass. Hard. Severus was about to turn and

give a verbal lashing to whoever had the gall to do that, when he heard

giggling. Severus whipped around, and saw Marion with her hand covering

her mouth, smothering her soft laughter. All Severus could do was

stare. Marion was wearing tight jeans with tennis shoes as well as a black

hooded shirt that curved down with a white shirt underneath. Her

soft brown hair was tucked behind her right ear, and the hair on the left

side fell in her face. Her shirt was hanging off her left shoulder.

Severus hastily stood up, mentally berating himself for embarrassing himself

in front of Marion.

Severus cleared his throat, and extended his hand to shake Marion's (he

was still too nervous) when Marion flung herself into his arms and

threw her arms around his neck. " Oh Severus...I was...so worried..."

Marion whispered in his ear. Severus shivered as Marion's cool breath blew

in his ear. Severus wrapped his strong arms around Marion and held her

close to his lean body. "Shhh... it's alright...I'm fine..." He whispered

to her in turn. Severus than began running his fingers through her

hair, marveling at how soft it was. Marion pulled away to look into those

coal black eyes that had been haunting her mind. Without even realizing

what she was doing, Marion started to lean up, tilting her head to the

side.

Severus was taken by surprise and disappointment when Marion pulled

away. His breath hatched when Marion's soft brown eyes stared into his black

ones. When he saw Marion begin to lean up, he leaned down planning to

meet her half-way. When their lips touched, it felt like fire ran through

them. Marion moaned, closed her eyes, and brought her hands up to bury

them in Severus's soft midnight black hair, deepening the kiss. Severus

couldn't hold back his own sound of pleasure. He ran his tongue over

Marion's bottom lip, gently requesting entrance.

Marion gasped when she felt a soft, gentle tongue ran across her bottom

lip. The tongue gently pushed itself into her mouth. Marion moaned as

the pleasure-inducing muscle rubbed itself against hers.

Marion and Severus pulled away at that point, as air kind of became an

issue. Both were panting, and Marion flushed, embarrassed at what she

had just done, no matter how pleasurable it was. She buried her face in

Severus's chest, not wanting to see his reaction. Please...don't make

him leave me... Marion thought sadly, praying to whatever gods may be

listening.

Severus stared down at Marion as she buried herself in his chest. He

chuckled at this endearing display of innocence. Severus placed a finger

under Marion's chin, tilting her head so he could look at her.

Beautiful...absolutely beautiful.. Was the first and only thought going

through his mind.

" Marion, would you like to go to lunch with me? " He asked her with a

soft smile on his face as he gazed down at her blushing face. Marion

blushed a deeper shade of red and said in a soft voice, "Yes. I'd love to

have lunch with you Severus." Severus just smiled and gently brushed

his lips against hers, in a short but sweet kiss. He took Marion's hand

and was about to leave, when the thing stopped them. "You can't just

take a student like that! You have to be on their sign-out list and you

have to have proper id! I'll call the security!" She screeched. It wasn't

pretty, because her yelling caused her two chins to bounce up and down.

It was revolting, to say the least. Severus turned to Marion. " Why

don't you wait outside? I'll talk to her." Marion looked at Severus with a

worried look on her face. Marion knew how protective the adults in this

school were of their students. Odd seeing as half the time the adults

were yelling at the students and giving them silent lunch. Weird.

. " Severus, please she won't do anything. Just take me to lunch

please." Marion begged tugging on his arm. She didn't want the cops that

patrolled the school to come and arrest him.

Severus turned to look at Marion when he felt her tug on his arm.

Severus sighed. There was no way in hell he could say no to those brown

eyes. " All right Marion. We had better leave anyway. I have a surprise

for you." Severus smiled gently at the way Marion's eyes lit up. It was

adorable. Everything about her is adorable. Severus couldn't help but

wonder how much he had come to love this girl. He thought he could never

love again. Not after what happened the first time... No! Don't think

about that Severus. You have Marion now. Let it go. Severus took his new

found love by the hand and led her out the door. But not before

discreetly performing a memory charm on the sorry excuse for a woman at the

front desk. Ha... some muggles are so stupid. Severus looked down at

Marion who had her head resting on his shoulder. But not my muggle. Severus

then placed a kiss on the top of Marion's soft brown hair. He smiled to

himself. He couldn't wait to see Marion's reaction to his surprise.

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