Those Long Nights- Killer Goldfish
'Well we were making a highly dangerous potion and then we lost track of time and it blew up the cauldron. No, I can't say that! Ugh!' Severus thought as he carried Stacey down to the Hospital Wing.
When he arrived Madam Pomfrey did not look happy.
"What now Mr. Snape?" She said looking highly annoyed but her expression changing when she saw Stacey. "What did you do?" She said.
"Nothing." Severus said racking his brains to find a story that could fit why Stacey was unconscious.
"Well who did that?" The nurse asked pointing to Stacey's forehead.
"Well it was an accident. She…umm…hit her head on the side of a desk." Severus said uncertainly.
Madam Pomfrey looked at him and shook her head. "Clumsy girl." She said plainly. "I'll keep heal her cut and she can stay here until she wakes up. You may come back after lunch Mr. Snape."
'Phew.' Severus thought. "Thanks." He turned and went to his dorm. He hadn't seen Alfred since he woke up. He reached his room and found Alfred napping on his bed. He looked over at his nightstand and saw the horrible letter that his father sent him. He read it over again.
Dear Severus,
Lucius has sent me very interesting information about you. Apparently you have found a friend. Took you long enough but still. I was delighted to hear this. But then after hearing about this girl I was not as delighted. She is a pureblood, but she is a blood traitor. I will NOT have you associating with a traitor! Snapes do not enjoy the company of riffraff of that sort. I am your father and I know what is best for you. You will do what I say or suffer the consequences.
-Artemis Snape
Severus scowled. Alfred woke up immediately and ran over to Severus. The little creature looked up at him and his eyes turned bright red.
'That's strange.' Severus thought. Alfred started to hiss and then ran out of the room when Malfoy came in.
"NO! ALFRED COME BACK HERE RIGHT NOW!" Severus shouted as he ran to catch Alfred.
"Having trouble there Severus?" Lucius said blocking the doorway.
"Move Malfoy." Severus snarled.
"I don't think I will." Lucius said with a smirk and pulled out his wand. But Severus was quicker.
"Expliarmis!" (sp?) Severus shouted and ran out the door leaving Lucius' wand on the ground. He ran as fast as he could. 'Where the bloody hell could he have gone?' Severus thought as he ran down the long corridor. 'Stacey!'
Severus ran as fast as he could down to the Hospital Wing. When he got there Stacey was still unconscious and Alfred was curled up in a ball on her stomach. He seemed to have gone to sleep. Severus smiled and sat down in a chair next to Stacey's bed. He looked at her hand and then put his over it. After about 15 minutes Stacey started to wake up. Her eyes fluttered open and she looked at Alfred then Severus. "Hey you sexy thang." She said sleepily to Severus.
"How you feeling?" Severus asked.
"Good, good." Stacey said sitting up and stretching. She looked down at Severus' hand in hers and blushed.
He removed his hand quickly and turned away.
Alfred woke up too and started licking Stacey's face furiously.
"I love you too Alfred." Stacey said grinning. She turned to the table beside her bed. A mischievous look crossed her face. The piece of cloth that Severus wrapped around her head was there still bloody. She took it and wrapped back up around her head.
Severus looked at her with a confused look on his face and said, "What are you doing?"
"I've got an idea." She replied as the doors to the Wing were thrown over and Lily and the Marauders ran in.
"STACEY!" They all shouted at once.
"Hey guys." She said smiling.
"WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?" Lily asked and ran to her other side with the boys.
"Well today I woke up and decided that I wanted to go get some goldfish. You know for a little cooking or something." Severus bit his lip to stop himself from laughing his head off. "So me and Severus went down to the lake in our swimsuits and we took some harpoons." Lily did the same as Severus. Remus rolled his eyes but Sirius, James, and Peter looked at her very seriously. "The harpoons weren't that big seeing as how we were only catching goldfish. So we jumped in the lake. And it was all fine until we found the goldfish. And of course Severus and I being the totally stupid people we are forgot that the goldfish were magical. Cuz I mean we're at Hogwarts. We didn't realize that the goldfish were…dun dun dun KILLER GOLDFISH! So we were swimming as fast as we could but one of the killer goldfish stole my harpoon and threw it at my head." Stacey smiled and looked at Severus who started to burst out laughing.
Sirius jumped onto the bed and hugged Stacey while her and Lily laughed. "I'm so glad you are okay!" He said looking at her as though she almost died. "We have to tell Professor Dumbledore about those fish!" He said as he got up and ran out of the infirmary.
Remus, James, and Peter followed him and Lily, Stacey, and Severus just laughed harder.
"Can you say gullible?" Stacey laughed.
Severus and Stacey explained what really happened down in the dungeons to Lily. She launched into a disapproving lecture on how you should be safe when dealing with potions.
"Honestly Lils, you sound like a mom!" Stacey said rolling her eyes as they walked down to lunch.
Stacey and Lily said goodbye to Severus and headed for the Gryffindor table.
"So you were on top of Severus?" Lily asked with a grin.
"Not like that you loser!" Stacey said blushing.
"But you did like it right?" Lily raised her eyebrow.
"I was unconscious you dork." Stacey said narrowing her eyes.
Lily sighed and started eating.
Stacey looked up at the Slytherin table to find Severus looking back at her. They stared at each other not realizing it for almost 5 whole minutes before the Marauders walked in. Sirius ran to Stacey and hugged her tight.
She slipped out of his embrace glaring at him. "Do you have to touch me all the time?" She asked dully.
"Yes. In fact I do." Sirius said.
"Ugh." Stacey said going back to her food.
Sirius started flirting with her for the rest of lunch.
Severus watched as Black continually touched Stacey.
'She deserves better.' He thought coldly.
'What? Someone like you, eh? Stop kidding yourself.' A voice in his head said.
'Anyone is better than Black.' The other voice said.
'Ugh why am I fighting with myself?' He shook his head and looked back at Stacey. She looked bored. This was a good thing for Severus. He didn't want his best friend going out with his arch nemesis.
He got up to leave and so did Stacey. Black followed closely behind her.
"Hey Sev." She said throwing him a helpless smile. She pulled out an invisible knife and dramatically pretended to kill herself. Severus smiled at this but Black wiped the smile right off his face.
"Laughing at my girlfriend eh Snape?" He said glaring at Severus.
"Phh you wish I was your girlfriend!" Stacey said to Black with a scowl. She turned back to Severus but Sirius gently pushed her to the side.
"Stay away from Stacey. She's too good for the likes of you." Black said grabbing Stacey's arm and pulling her away from Severus.
She looked as if she was going to kill Black. Severus really didn't mind if she did, he just didn't want her to get in trouble.
Stacey kicked Black's foot out from underneath him causing him to lose his balance. And with a great amount of strength she flipped him over on his back. "LEAVE MY FRIENDS ALONE SIRIUS BLACK!" She shouted and grabbed Sev's hand and ran out of the Great Hall.
They ran to the classroom they were in that morning. Stacey sat down on the bench and put her head in her hands. Severus sat next to her staring at the wall. After about 15 minutes Stacey wrapped her arms around his neck. They sat in comfortable silence for a bit and then they decided to go to dinner after they finished their transfiguration essays.
Severus still felt kinda bad about the potion.
"Hey Sev, cheer up buddy. It wasn't your fault." She said and then gave him a hug after seeing his strangely guilty look on his face.
Severus returned the hug. He had never felt so wanted in all his life. It felt like heaven. Stacey was heaven. She was perfect in his eyes.
Stacey felt so warm as Severus' arms were wrapped tightly around her.
"Ahem." Someone coughed behind them.
The let go reluctantly and turned to see none other than Sirius Black and James Potter standing behind them with amused looks on their faces. "Well, well, well Snivelly. It's time we take Stacey to go to lunch with her REAL friends. Serioulsy, nobody as goregous as her would ever want to be around someone as ugly as you." Sirius said with a smirk.
Stacey snapped and ran at Sirius tackling him to the ground. "YOU BASTARD DON'T TALK ABOUT HIM LIKE THAT!" She screamed as she punched him hard in face. James started throwing spells at Severus and Sirius eventually got Stacey off of himself. He pinned her against a wall with a spell and went over to James to help him torment Severus.
"NO! STOP IT! PLEASE DON'T HURT HIM!" Stacey yelled as loud as she could. It was not long before James threw a silencing spell at her. Her mouth opened wide and then after a while just closed as she watched them torture Severus.
Severus couldn't fight back because James bound him with invisible ropes as he watched Stacey jumping on Sirius.
James and Sirius said a couple of spells and walked away.
Severus realized he could move and as soon as he did his hair turned gold and his robes turned red. He felt every inch of his skin burn as pimples started covering his body. He unbound and unsilenced Stacey. She ran too him and took his pimple covered hand and they ran too the emty classroom where the potion was.
Stacey muttered a few incantations as she went around the room finding the ingredients she needed. "Why don't you lay down." She said as Severus's hair and robes began to change to their normal color.
He nodded and layed down on the couch that Stacey had transfigured from a chair. Every inch of his skin icthed horribly. All he wanted to do is close his eyes and make it all go away. Soon, he gave into sleep.
Stacey looked over at him with concern filling her eyes. "Why do they have to be so cruel?" She thought sadly.
The potion simmered for 3 minutes and then Stacey took some and dabbed it on a rag. She walked over to Severus's sleeping form and gently applied the solution to his face. As she rubbed the potion lovingly on him, his face looked contorted with pain. Stacey started whispering comforting words and phrases to him. She held his hand and put her head on his chest. His face grew peaceful and Stacey smiled. She soon fell asleep with his hand in hers and her head on his chest.
Severus woke up with a light weight on his chest and something in his hand. He looked down to see Stacey curled up on top of him. He smiled. "Wow, she's beautiful. NO Severus. She is your friend!" He told himself over and over not to get attached to her like that. "She will never like you anyways." His mind told him. But here she was laying on his chest, holding his hand. "I wish we could be like this forever."
Stacey started to stir. Her eyes fluttered open and met Severus's. She blushed bright red and looked down at their hands. They stayed like that for a little longer and then Severus said "Thank you for helping me."
Stacey grinned and jumped up. "NO PROBLEMO!" She smiled real big and then a look of horror struck her face.
"OH JEEZ! ALFRED!" She said looking at Severus with fear in her eyes.
"Come on we'll go get him right now." Severus said standing up and running out of the room.
They ran as fast as they could to the Slytherin common room. Stacey waited outside while Severus ran and got Alfred. Stacey was standing up against a wall when she heard voices around the corner.
"God, Tatnall is so hott. I just wanna eat her up man."
"Holy hell yes! She is sexy!"
"I dare you to ask her out Lucius."
"Alright I will." Said the cold voice of Lucius Malfoy as he rounded the corner. He looked right at Stacey and a cruel smile crossed his features. "Hey Tatnall." He said as he looked up and down her body. "What brings you to the dungeons?" He asked in a cool tone.
"Umm…nothing…just waiting for someone…that's all." She answered not liking where this conversation was going and the stares the Slytherin boys were giving her.
"Oh, you must be waiting for Severus." Lucius said sneering. "Well hunny, you could come with us instead and we will show you a good time." He said with a wink.
"Oh…well thanks for the offer…but I'm good." She said with anger in her voice.
"Why would you want to hang out with him anyways. All he does is read all the time." One of the boys said.
Lucius started walking towards Stacey. He roughly pushed her up against a wall and stared her straight in the face with a cruel smirk on his face.
"Get away from me Malfoy." Stacey said with hate.
"Not until you say yes." Malfoy said pressing his body against hers.
"I would NEVER choose you over Severus. Not even if you were the last person on the earth!" Stacey said and brought her knee up into his crotch. His face contorted with pain and anger as he fell to the floor. Stacey hopped over him with her wand out. "Don't come near me." She said glaring at the other boys. They pulled out their wands too. It was four to one.
"Oh crap…I can't take them all down at once. Where is Severus?" Stacey wasn't about to show that she was panicking. "I can take you!" She yelled as she started backing away.
"STUPEFY!" She shouted as one of threw a curse at her. She hit him in the chest and the others were coming at her. The three remaining boys had her cornered.
An incantation that Stacey had never heard was thrown at the Slytherin boys and they all fell to the ground unconcious. She looked up to see Severus looked angry as hell with Alfred under his arm.
"Did those bastards hurt you?" He asked looked down at the boys with disgust.
"No, I'm fine." Stacey smiled at him. "You look really cute when you're angry." She said cocking her head to the side.
Severus blushed bright red.
Then Stacey realized what she had said. "Oh gosh, did I really say that out loud?" Stacey started blushing herself. They looked at eachother and they both started laughing. Alfred's eyes lit up bright green.
Yayyyyy! Wasn't that dandy? If you could review I would be very happpppppy!