don't know how I got the idea for this story, but I hope you enjoy it:)

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Harry Potter Characters, they belong to JK. However, I own Elisabeth (Els) Vinyal, she's my character, if you want to use her, send me a PM so I know;)

"Enjoy your holiday guys, I'm sure you'll have fun at the Burrow", I said as I walked with Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny to the gates.

"I still don't understand why you don't want to come with us Els, we've got enough space for one more person", Ginny said.

"I'm sorry Gin, I promised my parents that I would stay at Hogwarts, they are going to France, so I can't go home", I gave her a hug when we reached the gates, "But I promise I'll write you, and I will send you your Christmas presents next week, I don't want you to open it before Christmas."

Ginny pouted, she could get really excited over Christmas presents, and would open them before Christmas if she had a chance. I hugged Harry, Ron and Hermione also, wished them a good holiday and made my way back to the castle. I was really quite in the castle, most of the students had gone home to celebrate Christmas, there were no Slytherins left, two Sixth Year's from Hufflepuf and a last Years from Ravenclaw. I slowly walked back to the Gryffindor Common Room, enjoying the quite halls. I went up to the dormitory to get my Potions essay I had to finish over the holiday, I took the Christmas presents out of my trunk, there was nobody who could take them anyway, and saw Professor Snape's present. To be honest, I had forgotten a bit about it. I still hadn't thought of a way to give it to him, if I just walked to him to give it, he would probably laugh at me, maybe I could ask one of the house elf's to lay it in his room.

It was late in the afternoon by the time I finished my essay, it had really taken a long to time to finish it, I couldn't remember the last time I had done so long over a Potions essay. I laid it on the table next to and grabbed a Chocolate Frog somebody had left, as I ate it, I stared into the fire and saw it getting blurry as my eyes were growing heavy.

"Stop it!", Petunia shrieked.

"It's not hurting you", Lily said as she closed her hand around the flower. "It's not right", Petunia said, "How do you do it?"

"Isn't it obvious", a young Snape said, Petunia shrieked and ran back to the swings were Lily was. "What's obvious?", Lily asked. Snape looked at her, "I know what you are."

"What do you mean?" "You're… you're a witch", Snape whispered.

"Wash out your mouth", James said, "Scourgify!" Bubbles streamed from Snape's mouth, chocking him.

"Leave him ALONE!", Lily shouted. "All right Evans?", James said. "Leave him alone, what's he done to you?"

"Well, it's more the fact that he exists, if you know what I mean… ", James said.

Lily scowled at him, "You think you're funny, but you're just an arrogant, bullying toerag, Potter. Leave him alone."

"I will if you go out with me, Evans", James said.

"I wouldn't go out with you if it was a choice between you and the giant squib!"

"Bad luck, Prongs", Sirius said as James turned around, "OI!" Snape had pointed his wand at James, and with a flash of light, a gash appeared on James' face. James shot a flash at Snape, and a moment later Snape was hanging upside-down in the air, his robes falling over his head, revealing a pair of pallid, skinny legs and greying underpants.

"Let him DOWN!, Lily said furiously.

"Certainly", James said, jerking his wand away from Snape, who felt into a crumbled heap on the ground, but before he was able to stand up and take his wand, Sirius said, "Petrificus Totalus."

"LEAVE HIM ALONE", Lily shouted, pointing her wand to James and Sirius.

"Ah, Evans, don't make me hex you", James said.

"Take the curse of him, then!" James sighed and muttered a counter-curse, "There you go, you're lucky Evans was here, Snivellus –"

"I don't need the help of filthy little Mudbloods like her!", Snape sneered.

'Mudblood, mudblood' that word kept echoing in my mind –

"Miss, wake up Miss!", someone shrieked next to me, I opened my eyes and looked around.

I saw Dobby standing next to the chair, his big, green eyes reflecting the light that was coming from the smouldering fireplace, "Are you okay Miss, Dobby was cleaning and then you started to scream. It took Dobby almost 10 minutes before Miss woke up", the elf said.

I smiled at him, "Thank you, Dobby, I was having a nightmare, thank you for waking me up, but why are you here Dobby?"

"Dobby is cleaning Gryffindor Tower, Miss, that's what I always do after the students go to bed."

"What time is it –", I looked on my watch, half past 3, then my stomach started to rumbled, "Oh no", I said, "I've slept the whole afternoon."

"Is Miss hungry?", Dobby asked, I nodded, "Yes, I've missed Lunch and Dinner."

"I can get you something to eat Miss, if you want", Dobby said. "Could you do that for me", I asked, Dobby nodded happily, "Yes Miss, I can", and with a plop the elf disappeared.

Dobby returned after 2 minutes with a plate of Sheppard's Pie, Pumpkin Juice and some apple pie. He sat it on the table next to my table, "anything else Miss?" I was about to shook my head, but then thought of something else, "Can you wait one minute Dobby?", I asked, the elf nodded, "Of course, Miss, Dobby will wait."

I ran upstairs to get Snape's Christmas present, and gave it to Dobby, "Could you give this to Professor Snape on Christmas morning? And please don't tell him that it's from me."

The elf nodded happily, "Yes Miss, Dobby will be happy to do that for Miss."

Because I hadn't seen any elf cleaning the Tower, I asked Dobby if he knew why there were not other elf's. "Last year someone left clothes in the Tower, and the other elf's saw that as a treat, so Dobby cleans the Gryffindor Tower now on his own, but sometimes another elf will helps me."

"Okay, again thank you for the food Dobby." The elf bowed and disappeared with a plop. I picked up my plate and started to eat.

.xXx.

The first week took by slowly, I didn't have anyone to talk to and I already had finished my homework. I received some letter from Ginny, Harry, Ron and Hermione, about how they missed me, that was Ginny, and that they hoped I enjoyed my holiday so far. I went for a walk outside a couple of times, I had taken my broom and practised some Quidditch on my own. One afternoon I was on the field, training while there was a gale outside, when I dropped the Quaffle. I sped down to catch it, but I wasn't fast enough, I tried to break, but I was too late. With a big smack I hit the ground, I saw stars around me and closed my eyes, my head was throbbed as hell. After a few moments, my head felt better and I tried to get up. A pain shot through my right leg, and I felt down. The rain was flowed over my face, and I was starting to feel cold, I started to panic a bit, how would I be able to get back to the castle? I shivered as some rain crept into my robes.

Then I felt some weight on my shoulders, a black robe laid around my shoulders, I looked behind me and saw Professor Snape standing in the rain, "You seem a bit uncomfortable, Miss Vinyal", he sneered.

"I was practising Quidditch Sir, but I dropped the Quaffle and tried to catch it, but I was to close to the ground, and smashed into it. And now my head hurts, and I can't stand on my right leg, it hurts."

Snape walked around me and crouched in front of me, he pulled his wand out of his robes, murmured a spell and moved his wand above my right leg. "That doesn't look good, Miss Vinyal, your leg is broken on at least 4 places."

I looked at him, "Can you heal it, Sir?"

He shook his head, "No, it is broken on too many places, you have to go to the Hospital Wing."

I closed my eyes for a moment, I hadn't expected that, but it was my own fault, I should've noticed how close I was to the ground, and should have stopped my broom earlier. Speaking of my broom, I hadn't seen it after I'd hit the ground. "Sir", I said, "Have you seen my broom?"

He looked around and pointed to something on my right side, "I think that that's your broom."

I looked in the direction he pointed to, about 2 yards away was my broom, but it was broken into 3 pieces, "Oh no", I moaned, "How can I play Quidditch now."

Snape looked at me, "Playing Quidditch?", he asked, I nodded, "Yes, because Katie's still in St. Mungo's, the team was a Chaser short, and I offered to help out until Katie was back and if she isn't recovered by the time we play against Hufflepuff I'll be taking her place as Chaser."

Snape walked over to my broom, or at least what was left of it, and shrunk it, he put it in his pocket and walked back to me, "You can worry about that later, Miss Vinyal, first you need to get to the Hospital Wing."

He walked to my side and placed his arms under my knees and shoulders, "What are you doing?", I asked.

"I am taking you to the Hospital Wing, Miss Vinyal, and you are not able to walk with that leg of you", he stood up and started walking to the castle, "Sir, why were you outside, the weather is horrible."

He looked down at me, "Am I not allowed to walk over the grounds, when I want to, Miss Vinyal", he said, I shook my head, "Of course you're allowed to walk outside, it is just that the weather is so bad, that I was curious about it."

Snape didn't response, and just kept on walking back to the work, when he walked through the front doors, he responded, "I like to be outside in this weather, because it clears your mind, because of the noise outside, I can't hear my own thoughts."

I nodded understandingly, "Anyway, thank you for helping me, Sir, I don't know what I'd done if you hadn't shown up."

"You'd probably stayed outside all night, and got under cooled, maybe almost dead before someone had found you", Snape said darkly, "Never go out playing Quidditch in this kind of weather, when nobody knows about it."

"You do sound a bit worried now, Sir", I said, "That's so not like you."

Snape scowled at me, "Just be glad that I found you, and bring you to the Hospital Wing."

He walked into the Hospital Wing, and laid me down on one of the beds. Madame Pomfrey can running to us, "What happened, you look terrible, Miss Vinyal."

"She was playing Quidditch outside, and collide in the ground, she has her leg broken on several places."

Madame Pomfrey shook her head, "Students are all the same these days, thank you for bringing her here, Professor Snape."

Snape reached in his pocket, got out the pieces of my broom and enlarged them, "I don't know if you want to keep them, Miss Vinyal, but I don't need them."

He placed the pieces on the ground next to the bed, turn around and walked out of the Hospital Wing. Madame Pomfrey handed me some night clothes, "I am afraid you have to stay the night here, you got some nasty fractions."

I quickly changed into the clothes and took the Potion she handed me, Skele-Gro, it tasted nasty. She handed me some Dreamless Sleep too, "It's going to be painful, so it's better if you sleep whole night." I quickly drank it, and felt my eyes grow heavy, vaguely I heard Madame Pomfrey say goodnight to me, but then everything turned black.

.xXx.

When I woke up, I heard someone breathing steadily besides me, as if he was asleep. I opened my eyes, it was quite bright in the Hospital wing, I must have slept really tight last night. The curtains around my bed were closed, on my left side, someone sat in a chair. I moved my head to see who it was, and was surprised when I recognized Professor Snape. He seemed sound asleep, but he was muttering in his sleep, "Lily, no. Don't hurt her, please – My Lord, I promise, please –"

Then he started to move, and woke up, "Sir", I asked carefully, "why are you here?"

Snape looked a bit dazed around him, "I fell asleep?", he mumbled, he looked at me, "Good morning Miss Vinyal, how is your leg doing?"

I shrugged, "don't know yet, sir, I woke up a minute ago."

"Well, I'm off, I just wanted to check on you, but it seems you're doing fine. But if you are in need for a Pain Relief Potion, feel free to ask for one." I nodded as he walked out of the Hospital Wing for the second time. I got out of bed and tried to walk around, my leg felt good, maybe a bit sore, but definitely better than it had been yesterday. Madame Pomfrey did one last check on my leg, and said that I was free to leave. I changed back into my Quidditch robes, Madame Pomfrey had them cleaned last night, and walked back to the Gryffindor Tower to put on jeans and a sweater.

You know, this chapter was finished so fast, I think it's my favourite so far:)

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