A/N: I don't own Harry Potter
This is for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Mythology Club
Character: Severus Snape
Insane Prompt Challenge
144
Plot Point
Seeing a creature for the first time
Season Challenge Spring
Days of the Year
8th June: World Ocean Day - Write a pirate!au. Alternatively, write about someone who loves being on water.
Earth Prompts:
(word) Dirt
Hufflepuff Prompts
Other Prompts: 3: (creature) Badge
Word count: 645
He was drowning. The water surrounded him, pulling him deeper and deeper into the darkness. He was weightless, his cloak floating around him. He clawed at the water wondering why he was trying to fight.
"I'm here," a voice gurgled, singing in a way that pierced his very soul. "Come swim with me," she called. Her voice surrounding him. She was nowhere to be seen, a flash of a fin, a flicker of light. He tried to pull himself from her call.
"Swim with me." The words echoed through the water, filling his heart with desire. He'd come so far on his quest. Now, now it was about to end, in a watery grave. He closed his eyes ready to give into the voice, ready to swim with her now and forever.
"You're a bloody idiot!" He blinked his eyes open. He was on land, waterlogged and exhausted, but on land.
"Captain?"
"Who else would save your ass, boy. That siren nearly had you." Severus sighed. Getting accepted as part of the crew of The Slytherin had been the best day of his life. Now, he'd almost blown everything, and for what?
"She gets to most of us at some point, lad." Severus nodded looking back at the waves. They'd landed on this island in search of something. Captain hadn't quite told them what exactly they were looking for, but he kept waving around an aged sheet of parchment.
The crew of the Slytherin had found many interesting treasures, including a gold and black goblet that had been guarded by a strange ghost like badger.
"Glad you weren't killed," Lucius stated walking past Severus. He nodded. "What'd she look like?" Lucius asked him suddenly.
"Who?"
"The siren! Did she have long blond hair and these cold eyes?" Severus shook his head.
"Nothing like that, her eyes were warm, the color of polished wood. And she had brown hair, not blond. Why?"
"Different siren then. I was nearly killed my first year too, thankfully Captain saved me. Any idea what treasure we're after this time?"
"None. Got to be better than that bloody goblet. What was so special about it anyway?"
"Belonged to some great pirate, Bonny Lass Hufflepuff, from what I understand. Probably has special powers of some sort, that's what Captain seems to like." Severus nodded his head. That much seemed true. Their captain did like his powerful treasures.
"Hurry it up you two landlubbers," Captain called back to them. Severus and Lucius hurried to catch up with the rest of the crew. The Captain paused at a stone wall, grey and damp.
"Yes, I feel it here." He pulled out the map and studied it again nodding. "Dig there," he ordered. Severus and Lucius grabbed their spades. Dirt flew in every direction while the Captain stood over them eagerly. Finally Severus' blade hit something hard. The Captain pushed him out the way and knelt down to the hole. Lucius paused letting the Captain dig with his bare hands.
"It's here! It's here!" he yelled pulling a box from the ground. Lucius and Severus held their breaths as he opened the box to reveal a sparkling tiara.
"Finally the the lost diadem of Rowena! It's finally mine!" he shouted. "Back to the ship!"
"All that work for a tiara?"
"Must be powerful,"was all Severus could say. Lucius nodded.
"Wonder if one has to wear it for it work," he commented. Severus paused as both of them tried to picture Captain wearing the diadem.
"Should have let the siren take me, I'll never get that image out of my brain."
"She might still be waiting for you," Lucius smirked as Severus kicked sand at him. Ahead of them, they could see Captain gently place the tiara on his head. Neither one held back their laughter, thankfully they were far enough Captain Voldemort didn't hear them.