Lookin' for myself
Sober
When it's good, then it's good
It's all good till it goes bad
Till you try to find the you that you once had
I have heard myself cry, never again!
Broken down in agony
Just tryin' to find a friend
(Pink)
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May 1997
Severus hurried to the Headmaster's office, concerned at the man's absence from the final Quidditch game of the school year.
The expansive office was eerily silent. The professor was nowhere to be seen.
Silently, the Potions Master made his way up the steps to the Headmaster's private quarters. He knocked on the door, but received no answer.
"Albus?"
He entered the private quarters into what was a sitting room, but it was empty. He spied a door down a hall and knocked on it, calling out for the Headmaster as well.
At first, only ominous silence greeted him. Then he heard his name. He knew the voice it belonged to.
He immediately shoved the door open, meeting with quite a bit of resistance just to squeeze himself through.
As soon as he fully entered the room, he saw why.
The Headmaster lay on the floor just in front of the door. He was covered in blood.
Standing over him was a young woman he knew very well. In her hand, she held her knife, the blade stained an unmistakable crimson.
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June 1996, 11 months before.
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"You want to go into the future, snatch a young woman from her life and bring her back here, so you can impregnate her with your heir?" Severus Snape looked incredulously at the blue eyes twinkling at him behind half moon glasses.
"Yes, I believe it is time for me to have a son. Before Yagar Borlosi cowardly fled to the US to escape his brother Scorpio, the powerful dark wizard, he promised me one of his daughters. The young woman I have chosen is one of his descendants. She has Malfoy, Black and Borlosi blood in her. Yagar put a curse on his family and all his descendents that they would forever live as muggles, to protect them, but I believe her magic can be returned to her."
The Headmaster spoke as if he were discussing the buying of a house or perhaps a mule, not the kidnapping and rape of a human being.
"And if she is unwilling to share your bed or carry your child? What will you do then?" He already knew the answer, and it made him want to vomit.
"I will use magic, Severus. She will submit herself to me." Albus's voice was even, but something in it sent a cold chill down the potioneer's spine. As he looked again into the blue eyes, now cold and hard instead of twinkling, he realized he now served two dark masters. Dumbledore's quest to have more power than and defeat the Dark Lord had corrupted his mind.
"When will you retrieve her?" He kept his voice even, with much effort.
"Tonight. I will bring her to Grimauld place until I can restore her magic, then bring her here and carry out my plan."
Severus left the Headmaster's office at that point, formulating a plan in his mind to intercept this disgusting plot.
He sent a patronus to several other Order members, asking them to be at Grimauld place that night. Kingsley Shacklebolt, Remus Lupin, Tonks, and Arthur and Molly Weasley.
Everybody arrived while it was still light out. Severus explained to everyone what the Headmaster's plan was. Already expecting their disbelief, he had a pensieve and showed them all the conversation that had taken place earlier that day.
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Shari slung her work bag over her shoulder and nodded at the night shift nurse.
"Have a good night!"
"You, too. See you tomorrow. Get some sleep."
She sighed, thinking of the hot bath she'd take when she got home. "I will."
Shari made her way to the time clock and punched out, then started walking to her car. It was 11:30 at night and her car was at the back of the lot due to the high volume of cars when she'd arrived in the early afternoon. Her residents had kept her too busy to go back outside and move it closer to the door. She kept a vigilant eye out for any motion around her.
Someone was suddenly walking towards her and she jumped. It was a man, with a long grey beard, long grey hair and peculiar lavender robes. She hurried to her car, but he was quicker. Before she could react, he pointed something at her head and everything went black.
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In the 12 Grimauld Place kitchen, three wizards and two witches sat at the long table in silence. Cold cups of tea sat in front of them untouched.
"I'll bring her to Spinner's End with me, restore her magic and let her continue to live there when I return to Hogwarts in August. We cannot allow him to take her with him anywhere." Severus had stood up and was checking the wards around the house.
"I agree. Now that we know what his intentions are, we have to keep him from harming her." Tonks picked up a chocolate biscuit but then set it back down, feeling too nauseous to eat.
A pop sounded outside and Dumbeldore entered the house moments later, an unconscious woman in his arms. He laid her down on a couch, looking shocked that anybody else was present.
He pointed his wand at her. "Re-enervate!"
