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Title: The Flip of a Coin: The Girl who could mean Victory.

Plot: An interesting girl with an interesting past confronts Dumbledore with her Horrendous Nightmares. And then the fun begins, when a certain Professor (have any guesses?) enters the seen.

Author: Miss Elvira Dark

Chapter Five: Death Eater Gathering and Confronting Shadows
---Severus Snape's Point of view---

He was going insane, he knew he was. That girl, she was only sixteen. She couldn't have possibly seen all the horrors that were being shot out of her mind's eye. She couldn't have seen so much and lived. Even as a Death Eater, what he saw in her mind was too much for his stomach to handle.

He ran straight for his bathroom, and regurgitated his meal. He couldn't hold his stomach. What he saw he had to get it out of his mind before he was completely insane, better yet before the Dark Lord called him. If he had those memories, he would surely be found out as a spy. He couldn't possibly allow that.

He took out a pensive, and started to pull his forced memories of the girl's mind out of his head with the aid of his wand, the silver liquid drained into the bowl. It took too much time to extract those horrors; however he managed to do so on time, though he felt light headed afterwards. His mark burned on his left forearm, a searing burning sensation of the Dark Lord's beckoning. He rushed his closet and grabbed his Death Eater garbs, and ticked their shrunk form into his pocket and tossed floo powder into his fireplace. "Dumbldore's Office" he commanded as he placed his head through the floo.

"Albus, ALBUS! Where are you?" He was seething from the immense pain in his arm. He then jumped through and left a note on the headmaster's desk saying he was going to meet the Dark Lord for a meeting. If he was any later he knew he might not survive this meeting. He rushed to the fire place and tossed floo powder into the flames and shouted "Snape's Private Rooms" and then he ran for his secret passage way.

He had to keep the girl in the back of his mind. He placed up his wards in his mind from finding any information other than the girl's arrival. When he got to the gates, he placed on his death eater garbs and he concentrated on his mark and he apparated. The moment he arrived he felt the effects of the Cruciatus Curse.

He dropped to his knees immediately and crawled to Voldemort's feet and kissed the hem of his robes. Which was when his majesty decided to take off the curse, and he stood up immediately and walked to his place in the circle between his friend, Lucius Malfoy and Bellatrix Lestrange.

"You are late Severus!" Hissed the man in the center of the circle, who you really couldn't call a man any longer, he was deformed from his rebirth into this world. His eyes were crimson except for his pupils who were black, he had no hair, his skin was deathly pale and he appeared to be more snake than man, he was frail, unlike his former self who was the most handsome boy in Hogwarts fifty-five years ago.

"I apologize, master; I was detained by the oaf Dumbledore. We seem to be having a very distasteful guest in our midst." He said scornfully as he could. His body still under the affects of the cruciatus curse. Voldemort tilted his head to the side a bit, "What sort of distasteful guest?" he inquired in a hiss.

"Some girl, I believe her name is Vivian Shadow, although I believe she is being deceitful. When she arrived, she confronted Dumbledore; they had a conversation in his office earlier this morning. Than I was requested to lead her to breakfast." he paused a moment, recollecting his thoughts. "That was when Miss Chang arrived in tattered robes, and the girl slid under the table. It was the most horrible, yet amazing sight I ever seen, master." He said with awe in his voice.

"She held onto Miss Chang's face and her skin started cracking, and blistering far worse then the condition Miss Chang was in," The visual of it appeared in his mind's eye. "Her screams were heard through out the entire school. When she was finished screaming," he paused and swallowed. "I pulled the girls out of there and tried to lead them to Madam Pomfrey. But by the time we got out of the Great Hall, the girl somehow healed Miss Chang's wounds as well as her own. I don't know how she did it, but it was so incredible, the wounds lit up and then vanished." He stated in exasperation.

"Then she said something along the lines 'I know you wouldn't want Miss Chang to suffer anymore than she has to, from your own experience with it, you could understand why I had to heal her.' I tried to scold her, but she ran outside. I believe she had a conversation with Dumbledore some time after that. Then she ended up in the infirmary, I believe her wounds were reopened, however I don't know much after that besides that the fact when she appeared to lunch with Miss Granger in toe, and she was introduced to Mr. Potter. After a while, she seemed not entirely there, and then everyone in a certain radius of her had felt excruciating pain far worse than anything you could dream of-"

He was cut off, "So she was the one to cause the Potter boy that immense pain earlier this afternoon?" He smirked. "Severus, why is it the pain was stopped?" This is when he felt his master's presence in his mind; it felt cold as ice, his spine shivered a little bit. He allowed his master to see the girl and her healing power, as well as the attack she made, however when it came to stopping her, he replaced his image with Dumbldore's. He made it so that Dumbledore stopped her tirade, and not himself.

"Blast that Bumblebee!" Voldemort snarled, as he blinked out of Severus' mind. "I want someone to bring me this girl, this Vivian Shadow!" He hissed in the direction of his inner circle. This is when Lucius made a step forward. "Lucius, why have you asked to speak?"

Lucius smiled behind his mask. "My son, Draco contacted me master. He says that Vivian Shadow had dragged him outside, and had an interesting chat with him, and he also said she was healed of the wounds he knew she had earlier. He tells me Miss Shadow felt his mark; however I don't think that is possible since he hasn't joined our ranks yet." He said with eloquence.

"And what else does young Mr. Malfoy says, Lucius? I know you wouldn't interrupt me if it wasn't important." his crimson orbs narrowed, in irritation. He so hoped that was all he had to say, so he could cause Lucius pain for his insubordination. He saw Lucius gulp, and he sneered, however when he lifted his wand about to punish him Lucius spoke timidly, "My son says, he can bring you the girl, if you just tell him when and where. He says she will only come by his hand alone. Otherwise she will possibly kill any who try. She even called Albus Dumbledore as well as yourself 'Old Fools playing a game of wizards' chess.' He also says she is the one you are looking for, whatever that may mean. "

That was when Voldemort laughed, his searing cackle sending shivers throughout the inner circle. "Tell young Mr. Malfoy, I wish to meet with this Vivian Shadow, Friday night in Hogsmeade under the disguise of Mr. Wanton, the old beggar near the Shrieking Shack." Lucius nodded, "As you wish, master." and he retook his place between Severus and Crabbe Sr.

Severus' mind was seething, 'Why would she do that? Why would she confront Dumbledore, than arrange a meeting with Voldemort?' he thought in anger. He stood in his place, listening to the meeting progress. He kept to himself as he listened intently, his mind warding itself more as he watched Voldemort as he was proclaiming that they would do such and such things. It seems like hours had past but it only has been five minutes since Lucius had proclaimed his son was bringing Miss Shadow to see him. Then it soon became social hour, as he so deemed it.

"Ah, Severus…you seem bored out of your mind." drawled the Dark Lord himself. Severus blinked a few times. "I apologize, master," he said quickly yet, not in vain. Voldemort just laughed. "It's quite alright, how is the recruiting coming?" 'He's acting odd, and very much too calmly around me.' Severus thought to himself. "So far, it looks decent, subtle resistance in the House, but other than that, we have some fine recruits ahead of us." he said without malice.

"Good, good, I'm glad. So tell me more about this girl, this Vivian Shadow." ordered the menacing lord. Severus swallowed as he didn't make exact eye contact with him. "Well, she is a menace that is to be sure. I believe she befriended Miss Granger, however other than that I know nothing. Yet I do know that Miss Granger got the worst of the attack, so it makes me wonder if she really is a friend to the Gryffindor trio."

Voldemort nodded, "Some present she gave for her new acquired friendship, pain and suffering. She is my kind of girl." He laughed, at Severus' horrified silence. "So, besides that, how is the Bumblebee treating you? With respect I hope." To say that Severus was baffled would be an understatement. "Indeed, but he suspects something. I'm not sure what, but he might be on to Me." he stated in a grimace. "Not to worry, in a few months, that Blasted Bumblebee will no longer haunt your dreams."

Severus only nodded, as he watched the Dark Lord recollect himself and clapped his hands. All attention went to the center of the circle. "I'm going to have to break this party up; Aurors have reached the first marker. Leave immediately, and be sure not to be LATE, for the next meeting when you are called." He proclaimed and with a crack he was gone. Severus sighed and apparated back to the gates of Hogwarts, his mind going back through what he had just witnessed.

When he arrived, he wasn't expected to be greeted. There was a girl leaning against the tree nearest to the entrance. She was accustomed in black, from her boots which went up to her knees and had three rather large straps with silver buckles, to her skirt which was at the least five inches short of her knees, to her shirt which had two straps which crossed over her chest with large silver buckles like her boots to her hair, which was held up in a pony tail and hung down just past her knees, the wind blowing it slightly around the tree she was leaning against. Her skin was pale and looked white in the moon light, he also noticed a silver cross around her neck; he recognized it immediately to be Vivian's.

But she looked different, taller, leaner, sharper nose, higher cheek bones, and she also had an air about her he couldn't place. When he walked towards her, he noticed her eyes were glowing silver. That's when he stopped in his place, 'Why are her eyes glowing?' he blinked to see if his eyes were just playing tricks on him, but he found out he wasn't mistaken.

Vivian Shadow's Point of View---

Her mind was whirling about the possible out comes. She knew Professor Snape had been marked previously, and that he had been forced to endure her memories. She only hoped he didn't reveal anything about them to Lord Voldemort. She knew he had been summoned. She also knew this would be the only chance she could confront him.

As she stood there watching the gates into Hogwarts, she came to a few conclusions in her mind. He was on Dumbledore's side, he was a double edged sword, he pretended to spy on Dumbledore, and was actually spying on the Dark Lord, the one who had haunted her since before she could remember. She knew this. She knew he would probably be angered by this Death Eater gathering, about how she was to meet Lord Voldemort. She knew he would think she had betrayed them. However how could she betray them if she was never on their side to begin with?

She knew she would never allow that future she had seen in her dream to become reality. She would not allow Voldemort his success. She couldn't bare it. Even if they were soul-mates, as his future self claimed. No, she wouldn't allow that. She would die first, though she still hasn't figured out how to do that. She wouldn't join Voldemort, however if she could bring back Tom, and save Harry she would do so.

She hated death, she knew of its existence at a young age. She hated that feeling which came with death; it was an unbearable pain inside her heart, and soul. It was eating her from inside out, she knew this was what came with death and if she could keep both parties alive in this war, and she would. She cared too much, she wouldn't allow unnecessary casualties.

Her eyes burned her out of her thoughts, they glowed silver in warning. 'Severus Snape' she thought as she opened her eyes, and watched him freeze when he caught on to her. She kept her mouth firmly closed, he was going to approach her. She knew he would, and she would allow it. She had to confront him about her memories as much as he had to confront her about his last meeting.

She then watched him approach cautiously. She smirked as her mind skimmed across his a brief moment, he felt nothing from what she read, he was very angry indeed. "Miss Shadow, why are you out here?" He stated very coldly.

"You know why, Professor Snape. I want my memories back and I want you to tell nothing to Headmaster Dumbledore about went about in the meeting about me, other than what you announced my presence and he was mildly interested in me. Understood?" She said with confidence.

He blinked. "What do you mean give you back your memories? And I will tell Albus of what I heard! I will not let you betray us!" He said coldly his fingernails were digging drastically into his palms. She could smell his blood.

She sighed, he was making this harder then it had to be. "Professor, calm down." She said calmly. "Everything will be ok, I promise. Please, don't tell Headmaster Dumbledore. I need to sort my affairs out." She sighed again when she noticed he was getting angrier by the moment.

"Why are you doing this, don't you know what you may cause--" He was cut off swiftly by her glowing red eyes, her powers manifested and he was choking. "You listen here, Professor. I will not be judged by the likes of you, one who crawls at the Dark Lord's feet. You will tell -no one- of this meeting, and you will not tell Headmaster Dumbledore of what you heard about me within the meeting. Understood?" She said through her teeth, seething. "Blink if you understand!" She barked, and when he blinked she released him from her hold and her eyes went back to glowing silver.

Severus Snape's Point of View--

Severus gasped for breath as he fell to his knee, 'what the bloody hell was that?' he cursed inwardly for his carelessness. He then stood up, his eyes locked with her glowing silver hues. "What did -you- do to me?" He said with venom.

"Do you really want to go through that again, Professor? I would think you would learn from your first mistake." She said sadly. "I'm sorry, I really didn't wish to hurt you. It's just you weren't even listening to reason. If I do not confront the Dark Lord, sooner or later he would have had me, head on a silver platter. He would kill countless of innocents in my name. I could never allow that." She sighed, as she offered her hand to assist himself up.

He looked at her hand, then up to her. "Are you telling me you have Gryffindor bravery on your side?" He said with silky sarcasm. He then stood up without her assistance. "Why would you -willingly- turn yourself in?" He asked as he towered over her.

"Hmm…I don't know,… maybe because I want to end the damned cursed nightmares I am haunted with, every time I close my eyes." She drawled sardonically. That in turn, made Severus blink and it made him believe he was talking more to himself then, the interesting vixen before him.

"Miss Shadow, if that is truly who you are, why did you come here in the first place?" He asked in a sardonic-vehement tone. His arms crossed over his chest, as his dark orbs met her now silver hues. "Well, I haven't got all evening!" He exasperated.

Her eyes narrowed as she locked his gaze with her own, "I do not like your tone, Professor. You are too -cocky- for your own good!" She said seething through her teeth, "I suggest you hold your tongue about my business with the Dark Lord." She said her eyes blinking from silver to red, as in warning. "And I would appreciate it, if you -would- give me back the memories, that are -rightfully- mine." She said with silky venom.

As he saw her eyes flash red and silver, he bit his tongue before he said something he would soon regret. "Are you telling me those memories you had projected into my mind, no longer exist in your mind, Miss Shadow?" he asked calmly. When she nodded, he groaned as he looked onward to the castle and began walking towards it.. "Well, you might as well follow me, then…" He stopped and glanced back to where she was just standing, to find he was talking to himself. "Miss Shadow?"

A/N: Ha ha ha! I know, I'm evil. I decided to end at a cliffy because I had paused this chapter too many times. Meaning, I know you want to know what is happening next, and quite frankly, you are probably worried about me not finishing this fan fiction at all. So here it is, not where I really want to end it, but hey, you get to read something, right? So please review!

Miss Elvira Dark