Blossoming Love

by miss.salvatore1995

Edward never knew Bella's deepest secret, she is really a witch. When the Cullen's leave, Bella goes back to her real life at Hogwarts school where she faces danger, friendship, drama, and romance.

17. Chapter 17

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BPOV

"Bella, wake up," a soft voice murmured in my ear.

"No," I whined impatiently and they chuckled. The train ride wasn't long enough for me. I could sleep for another couple of hours.

"Bella, we're here. You have to wake up now."

Sighing heavily, I opened my eyes and saw Draco gazing into my eyes. "Did you sleep well?" He asked, trying to hide the humor in his voice.

"Yeah," I mumbled, stretching my stiff muscles.

He offered me his hand and pulled me up. "C'mon we have to get up to the castle."

I got up and walked up to one of the empty carriages. We were one of the last ones off of the train so the platform was empty except for a couple of people who were talking animatedly to each other.

Draco and I got into our own carriage and enjoyed the gorgeous view of the castle during the bumpy ride. We sat there in silence, and just enjoyed being back in each other's presence again.

Once we reached the castle, I kissed Draco and headed over to Gryffindor Tower while he headed toward the Slytherin Common Room.

I spent the rest of the day unpacking everything. Hermione and I chatted about our holidays while we did this, sharing out favorite stories and telling each other about the gifts that we had received.

After a few hours, I went down to Snape's office.

"Hello Bella," Snape greeted. "Did you have a nice journey?"

"Yeah, it was alright. I spent most of it asleep, because Harry and I were up late last night."

"Bella, I am so glad that I have you," Snape said out of nowhere, completely catching me by surprise. "You are an amazing person and I am so proud of you. You have really proved yourself and you have grown into a wonderful young woman. Your mother would have been very proud."

I had no idea why he was saying this all of a sudden, but I wasn't complaining. "Thank you."

"You're welcome."

"I love you daddy," I said, giving him a hug.

"I love you too sweetheart, never forget that."

Everything was finally okay between us. After all of those years of our rocky relationship, everything was finally fixed. I never thought that I would see this day, but I was glad that it had finally come.

"Even if I'm not there with you physically, I will always be with you in your heart, looking after you and making sure you're safe. Don't ever forget that, my sweet Isabella."

"I won't." All the stuff that he had done for me and said to me since Christmas showed exactly how much he cared, and it was something that I would remember for the rest of my life.

Snape pulled away. "You had better get to dinner. You wouldn't want to miss the welcome back celebration."

"Okay. I'll see you later."

On my way to the Great hall I ran into Draco. "Hey!" I greeted, running over to him and giving him a hug. I had missed him so much, and it was great to be back with him.

"Hi," he said, returning my hug. "Where have you been? I went to the Gryffindor Common Room, but Harry said you weren't in there."

"I was talking to Snape," I explained, smiling.

After I said that, my scar started searing with pain and I caught a quick glimpse of the Great Hall. Dread washed through me as I realized what that meant.

I ran toward the Great Hall as fast as I could, and I faintly heard Draco following me, asking what was wrong.

"Where are you going?" He called out, worrying lacing his words.

"He's here!" I yelled back, too out of breath to elaborate on what I meant.

Voldemort was here in the castle and he only came for one thing; me, and I knew that he wouldn't stop until he got what he wanted.

I burst into the room and saw Voldemort staring at me. I flinched back from his piercing eyes, but still held my ground. Draco came in after me and froze at the sight before him. He didn't understand who I was talking about when I said 'he's here,' but he sure did now.

"Well Isabella," Voldemort said in a quiet, deadly voice. "You have escaped me many times before, but you will die tonight in front of all of your classmates.

"Go ahead," I said, trying to sum up all of my courage. The truth was that I was scared out my mind. I didn't want to die, but I knew that this was the end. I wasn't prepared and I didn't know what to do. Voldemort knew this and he smiled his cold, ruthless smile at me.

Voldemort drew his wand out and pointed it at me. "Goodbye Isabella Snape."

"No!" A voice cried from behind me, and I watched as Snape dove in front of me, taking the hit. He fell to the ground, lifeless, and there was nothing that I could do. In what seemed like an instant, it was all over, and he was gone. In all the movies and books when things like this happened it was in slow motion, but not this. It happened so fast that if I would have blinked, I would have missed everything.

Screams of terror filled the Great Hall, but I barely noticed them. All I could see was my dead father lying at my feet. I dropped down on my knees at his side.

"Daddy?" I asked, tentatively, my voice breaking. "Wake up daddy, you have to wake up!"

Draco came up next to me. "He won't wake up, Bella, he's go-"

"Do not say he's gone!" I snapped. I shook Snape, desperately praying for him to wake up. Tears started pouring down my face as I realized that he was really dead. He would never hug me again. He would never be able to comfort me, and would never say 'I love you' again.

A sob wracked through my body and I buried my face in Snape's chest.

There was a loud commotion across the Hall and I saw Voldemort standing there, smirking at me. Rage burned through me, and all I wanted was the death of the man who had murdered my father.

"You will die Isabella," he said. "But first I'll let you mourn your dear father's death."

Voldemort cast me another smirk and then dissaparated.

My rage vanished once he left and I fell to the floor next to Snape once again. Dumbledore came rushing over to me. "Bella, you need to get up. We need to move his body."

"No! I'm not leaving him!"

Strong arms wrapped around me and picked me up. I looked up and saw that it was Draco. "Put me down!" I yelled, trying uselessly to get away from him.

"Bella, you need to calm down," he said, trying to restrain me.

I said nothing. I just wordlessly sobbed into his shirt. It seemed as if the entire world had ended. Snape was my only parent left and now I had lost him. There were a lot of things that I had never learned about him and I felt so stupid now for not taking the time to find out more about him.

Draco took me to the hospital wing where I saw that Dumbledore had already brought Snape in. Draco set me down and I ran over to his bed and dropped to my knees again. "Oh daddy! I'm so sorry!"

Dumbledore placed his hand on my shoulder. "I'm sorry about what happened, Bella, but dying for his only daughter was how he would have wanted to go."

"He didn't want to go at all!" I shouted.

Dumbledore said nothing, he just stared at me with a sympathetic expression that I just wanted to wipe off of his face. Nobody else in the room seemed to know what to say either, they just stared at me in sympathy.

I couldn't take it anymore. I couldn't take the pain and the sadness, and I couldn't take their compassion. I ran out of the room as fast as I could and went to an empty classroom.

Draco came in after me and tried to comfort me by putting his arm around me. I shook it off and pushed him away. "Leave me alone."

"What?" He asked.

"You heard me," I said. "Leave me alone. I don't want to be with you right now," I choked out between sobs.

Draco stood there, looking shocked and hurt. But at the moment I couldn't care less. I knew that he was worried for me and he only wanted to help, but the only thing I could think about was Snape and how he would never smile at me again.

I ran out of the room and headed outside toward the lake. I slumped against a tree and tried my best to regain control of myself, even though I knew that it was a pointless attempt. I let it all out. All the pain, misery, anger, loneliness, and sadness flooded out of me, and after a while I couldn't stop it.

Over the next few weeks I avoided other people as much as I could. I spent my days on the grounds, in various empty classrooms, or in my dormitory. Harry had tried talking to me before, but I just slammed the door in his face. I felt bad about doing that, but couldn't bring myself to go and apologize to him. My life felt empty after Snape's death and I had no idea how to improve it.

DPOV

It had been a week since Snape's death and I had not seen Bella since she told me to stay away from her. It broke my heart to see her in so much pain, and it hurt me even more when she told me to leave her alone.

One day, I ran into Harry and asked him about her. "How is she doing?" I asked, hoping that he would be able to tell me that she was better.

"I honestly don't know," Harry said. "I went to talk to her a few days ago and she slammed the door in my face."

"What should we do?" I asked, worried. Harry was the person Bella was closest to, and if she didn't even talk to him, I didn't know what we were going to do.

Harry sighed. "Just give her some space. She'll talk to us when she's ready."

I took Harry's advice and didn't push her, but it was hard. I missed my Bella and I hated to know that she was in pain and that there was nothing that I could do. Every meal time I scoured the Great Hall looking for her, but I never saw her.

I kept wondering where she was and what she was doing. I just hoped that she would come back soon.

BPOV

I spent all of my time wandering around all alone, trying not to think. I felt miserable and I knew that what I was doing wasn't helping anything. Snape would want me to be happy and move on with my life. Just because he died doesn't mean that it is the end of the world. It was the end of a really big part of my world, but life would still go on. I was surrounded by people who cared about me and they would make sure I got better.

So after hours of debating with myself I finally went out in the open and talked to Dumbledore.

"Bella!' Dumbledore exclaimed when he saw me. "I haven't seen you in a long time. How are you doing?"

I shrugged. "I'm coping."

"I'm so sorry Bella. It is cruel how both of your parent have now gone."

I grimaced at that, but didn't say anything. If I started talking about what had happened, I would end up losing my control and crying.

"I think I know how to make you feel better," Dumbledore said, and I looked up at him curiously. How on earth could he possibly make me feel better?

"I understand it that you like to sing."

"You want me to sing?" I asked disbelievingly. How on earth was that going to help me get over my father's death?

"You could sing a song about your father and maybe that will help you feel better."

I stared at Dumbledore. I doubted that singing would solve any of my problems, but I decided to give it a try. I was tired of moping around all of the time, and if this helped me get over that, I was ready to do it.

"Okay, I'll do it. Just tell me when."

Dumbledore smiled. "Today at breakfast."

I simply nodded and walked out the door. Students were making their way to the Great Hall. Sighing, I joined the mass of bodies. I was dreading entering the Great Hall. This was going to be the first time that anybody has seen me since the night he died, and I wasn't sure that I could handle all of their questions and sympathy. I had been getting my food from the kitchens so I wouldn't have to talk to anyone.

As soon as I entered the Great Hall it was just as I had feared. People stared at me and whispered to their neighbors. I tried my best to look forward and ignore them, but it was pretty hard.

I made my way toward Harry who was looking intently at me. "Bella. How are-"

I glared at Harry. "Finish that sentence and I'll jinx you so bad that you won't be able to walk straight."

Harry's eyes widened at my outburst and looked down.

I sighed. "I'm sorry Harry, I just don't want to talk about it."

"It's alright Bella, I understand," Harry said quietly.

Throughout breakfast people continued to stare at me and whisper things about me behind my back. I felt someone staring at me and I turned around to see that it was Draco. He looked at me with worry and hurt on his face and it was then that I remembered what I had said to him. Guilt washed through me and I forced myself to look away even though I wanted to run over to him and beg him for forgiveness.

Dumbledore stood up and everyone quieted down and looked up at him expectantly, finally pulling some of the attention away from me.

Dumbledore spoke in a grave tone. "As you all know Professor Snape died a few weeks ago."

I carefully looked at the ground and tried to ignore the stab of pain I felt as Dumbledore said that. A lot of other students gazed at me to see how I would react, and I tried my best to avoid them.

"You all know that Isabella Snape is the daughter of Professor Snape and I imagine that she has gone through a very tough and trying time," Dumbledore continued. "As we all learned at the ball a while ago is that Bella is an exceptional singer, and I have asked her to sing a song to help her express her feelings. So would you all put your hands together for Isabella Snape."

Silently, I made my way to the stage and spoke into the microphone. "This song is dedicated to my father. He was a very brave and courageous man, and he didn't deserve to die the way he did."

The music began and I started to sing.

Sha la la la la, sha la la la la
You used to call me your angel
Said I was sent straight down from heaven
And you'd hold me close in your arms
I thought of the way you felt so strong

I never wanted you to leave
I wanted you to stay here holdin' me

I miss you, I miss your smile
And I still shed a tear every once in a while
And even though it's different now
You're still here somehow

My heart won't let you go
And I need you to know
I miss you, sha la la la la
I miss you

You used to call me your dreamer
And now I'm livin' out my dream
Oh, how I wish you could see
Everything that's happenin' for me

I'm thinkin' back on the past
It's true the time is flyin' by too fast

I miss you, I miss your smile
And I still shed a tear every once in a while
And even though it's different now
You're still here somehow

My heart won't let you go
And I need you to know
I miss you, sha la la la la
I miss you

I know you're in a better place yeah
But I wish that I could see your face, oh
I know you're where you need to be
Even though it's not here with me

I miss you, I miss your smile
And I still shed a tear every once in a while
And even though it's different now
You're still here somehow

My heart won't let you go
And I need you to know
I miss you, sha la la la la

I miss you, I miss your smile
And I still shed a tear every once in a while
And even though it's different now
You're still here somehow

My heart won't let you go
And I need you to know
I miss you, sha la la la la
I miss you

Once I finished there were several people in tears. While I was singing I realized that I had to move on and continue to live my life. Snape would have wanted that for me. He died to save my life, now I had to start living what he had so nobly given me.

"I actually have one more song to sing," I said. "This next song is dedicated to someone who I have treated horribly over the last few weeks because of my father's death, but that is still no excuse for what I did. You know who you are, and I'm sorry and I hope that one day you will be able to forgive me.

I looked at Draco the entire time and he gave me a small smile. I started singing, praying that by some miracle Draco would forgive me. I've never gone with the wind
Just let it flow
Let it take me where it wants to go
Till you open the door
There's so much more
I've never seen it before

I was trying to fly
But I couldn't find wings
Then you came along
And you changed everything

You lift my feet off the ground
Spin me around
You make me crazier, crazier
Feels like I'm falling and I
I'm lost in your eyes
You make me crazier,
Crazier, crazier

Watched from a distance as you
Made life your own
Every sky was your own kind of blue
And I wanted to know
How that would feel
And you made it so real

You showed me something that I couldn't see
Opened my eyes and you made me believe

You lift my feet off the ground
Spin me around
You make me crazier, crazier
Feels like I'm falling and I
I'm lost in your eyes
You make me crazier,
Crazier, crazier, oh

Baby, you showed me what living is for
I don't want to hide anymore

I looked over and stared right at Draco, singing this last part directly at him.

You lift my feet off the ground
You spin me around
You make me crazier, crazier
Feels like I'm falling and I
I'm lost in your eyes
You make me crazier,
Crazier, crazier
Crazier, crazier

When I finished students everywhere broke out into deafening applause and Draco made his way up to the stage.

"Draco, I'm so sorry for what I said. I didn't mean any of it and I'm sorry for ignoring you. I know I don't deserve it, but can you ever find it in your heart to forgive me?"

"There's nothing to forgive," he whispered before pulling me to him and crushing his lips to mine. I wrapped my arms around his neck and savored the moment. Everything was fine with us now, and I knew that with Draco by my side I could do anything.\

Author's Note:

I hoped that you liked this chapter! Thank you to those who reviewed the last chapter, I really appreciate it. I will try to get the next chapter up as soon as I can.