A/N: I don't own Harry Potter
This is for the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Insane prompt challenge: 266: Dialogue - "Are you okay? What's wrong?"
Trigger Warning: Child being trapped, claustrophobia warning
Word Count: 570
Petunia Evans had found it. The perfect hiding place! Lily would never find her all the way up here. The two girls were playing hide and seek. It was Lily's turn to seek. Normally Petunia hid in the linen closet, but this time she'd managed to find a new place to hide.
Their parents had just bought a new refrigerator and thrown the old one out. It was still sitting there as if challenging her not to hide there. She waited and waited. She was starting to get bored. Lily still hadn't found her.
She wondered how long she'd been hiding. Was it getting close to dinner time? She wished she'd been wearing a watch. She'd lost hers about a month ago and her parents had told her she couldn't have a new one until her birthday. That wasn't for another three weeks.
Petunia decided Lily must have given up looking for her. She pushed the door, but it didn't open. She blinked. It had opened earlier, she banged her fists against the door. It still didn't budge.
"Help! Anyone out there?" she yelled wondering if anyone could even hear her from inside the old fridge. Her hands were starting to hurt and her head was starting to spin. What if no one found her, what if... what if they didn't want to find her. Tears started welling in her eyes. They grew into fat tear drops and started sliding down her cheeks. She'd sank to her knees, her hands red and raw from banging. She was sobbing loudly, still yelling.
"Help! Lily! Mum! Dad!" She didn't think anyone could hear her. For the first time, she wondered if she was going to die. The thought sobered her up for a moment. Death was something that happened to old people, not little kids! She figured it had to be dinner time by now. Were they looking for her? Or were they happy she'd disappeared, leaving them with their perfect little Lily. She'd almost given up on being found when she heard someone outside, heard someone curse loudly. She didn't recognize the voice. The door flew open and cold air flooded the stuffy refrigerator. She looked up at her savior. He was younger than her, with dark stringy hair and a big nose. She'd seen him watching her and Lily.
"Are you okay? What's wrong?" he asked reaching down and pulling her to her feet.
"I... I think so," she whispered. "The door was stuck, it wouldn't open, I was banging and banging..." she wiped the tears from her eyes
"Come on, your parents are looking for you, they're freaking out that you're gone. Your sister is in trouble."
"Lily? In trouble? It's not her fault the door stuck?"
"She didn't know where you were. Let's get you home. I'm Severus by the way."
"Petunia, thank you for saving me." Severus nodded taking Petunia's hand and leading her to where her parents were desperately searching.
"Petunia! Oh my God! Thank you, thank you! Where have you been?"
"I got stuck, the door wouldn't open..." Petunia sobbed. "It wasn't Lily's fault," she added. Her parents pulled her and Lily into a tight hug. Petunia glanced over at Severus.
"He needs a hug too. He saved me," she stated. They nodded pulling him in also. Severus' face flushed but he smiled at Petunia glad he had thought to look inside the discarded fridge.