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Serenity walked through the halls as quietly as possible as she got a few flashes of her visions to see if there were any people around.
I'm getting better at this...Guess those pointers mom placed in her book really did help.
She safely went through the familiar hallways til she got to the entrance of the Headmaster's office. She saw the gargoyle and gave a small curtsy as she whispered the password. The statue moved to allow her to enter inside, letting her walk up the stairway. She heard harsh whispers as she stood of the other side of the door.
"-For I find no reason to do such a thing."
"There is every reason to do it, for she doesn't need the extra time nor do I want an annoying girl in my classroom."
"You find her annoying? Strange most other professors find her quite charming."
"Well I'm not like the others, and you know as well as I do about that Albus."
It was Professor Snape's voice as Serenity tried to listen a bit better. She pressed her ear against the door, as it sounded as if one person was walking back and forth and another just standing quietly .
"Is there any reason why you would want to remove her from your potion's class."
"I want to limit her to only one, she doesn't need to use the extra time that she doesn't need."
"But that time is for you to teach her advanced potions, have you not been doing so?"
"I would much rather use the extra time on something more productive than to watch over some foolish little girl who thinks she knows everything."
"...On the contrary she's very quiet when it comes to her knowledge...Are you sure there isn't something else?"
Serenity heard the footsteps stop and a small shuffle like a person turning.
"What are you implying? That I just want to get away from an imbecile child?"
"No...That you may have grown some kind of affection towards her."
"That's ridiculous! She's just a student, why would I gain "affection" for her? Especially one who's friends with Potter."
"When will you let this go...Harry is James and Lily's child yet you act as if he's a disease. As for Serenity, her own situation has been...Difficult recently, but if you truly find this necessary…"
Serenity glanced at the window to see she didn't have that much time and she needed to act fast. She knocked on the door and felt as if she needed to hold her breath.
"Enter."
She heard Snape's voice as she suddenly was a little hesitant to actually enter inside. She opened the door to find the two men standing by the desk as they turn to look at her. She gave a polite curtsy to the men as she looked up to see the Professor's face. His face didn't show anything but there was a flare in his eyes as if he was surprised to see her.
"What are you doing here Aragon?"
"Ah, I have actually called her here...We'll speak about this again tomorrow Severus."
Snape nodded curtly at the headmaster before stalking off the room. He stared at her as he left that sent chills through her spin but she didn't say anything and just returned a curt nod of her head. Once he left and waited for a few moments she released the breath she held.
"What brings you here Serenity?"
"How did you know I was coming?"
"An old wizard's intuition?… I hope certain matters have been settled."
"Indeed they were...I'm glad I got to talk to him."
"I'm glad to hear that child, but anyway why are you here? Why aren't you back in your dorm?"
"I need to speak to you about something that has been in my mind for a while."
"I see, but why couldn't this wait?"
"Because if I wait then I'll feel even more restless, and it just keeps bothering me. I need to ask you...I would like you to bring back the Order, and allow me to join."
"...Do you know what you are asking child?" He said as he slowly sat in his chair as Serenity sat across from him. She glanced at his desk to see it clean for once.
" Yes. I know it seems foolish but I think its time…And that I can help."
She glanced again to see the headmaster have a grim look on his face as his eyes moved up to stare back at hers.. She looked at him as she said softly,
"...Please Headmaster Dumbledore, if I don't do this Harry might be in more danger that we could possibly imagine. Please...He's family."
"We will see...You are too young to be working in the Order, surely your...Uncle disapproves of such things."
"He did and that's why I came to you. You know about what I can do that no normal witch can do, just like my mother. If I go undercover I can help my friends more, please sir. I don't want my nightmares to become real...Let me do what I'm meant to do."
"Nightmares?"
"Yes, visions that haunt me to the point that it feels real and…"
"...Give me time, child to think about it..."
She looked up at the elderly wizard and slowly nodded her head. She didn't want to talk about the haunting things she has seen in her dreams as she slowly says,
"...Next year will be nothing but suffering in disguised...I must warn you about that sir."
He looked at the young girl as he nodded his head for they both realized this year is just the calm before the storm...And when the storm hits the casualties will leave scars.
"…Serenity, instead of going back to the dorm, why don't you spend the rest of your break with the Orphanage? Hope clear your mind."
"...That would be nice, Sir…If I can just use your floor powder, I need to get to Diagon Alley to the leaky cauldron and I'll be able to walk back home."
"Alright well, be well child...And I will tell you once I've made a decision..."
Serenity gave the elderly wizard a smile before giving him a slight nod of her head. At least he was thinking about her request. She walked over to the unlit fireplace, gently took a bit of the floo powder in her hand. She stepped inside the floo portal and turned to look at the Headmaster one more time, giving a curtsy as she threw the powder on the ground.
"Diagon Alley!"
She felt the flame bursted up as she slowly felt her body move and stumble. A ringing sound appeared in her ears until she heard the chattering of people. Serenity opened her eyes to find herself in the corner of Diagon Alley.
"Ah...I made it in one piece."
Truthfully she never got to floo before so it was her first time. She giggles to herself at the thought of what Sirius, Remus, and the headmaster would have said if they knew what she did. She shivers a bit as she walked through the crowd, trying not to knock against people as she ushered herself into the brick wall of the leaky cauldron. She took out her wand to tap on the wall, seeing it open up for her to enter inside. She rushed in to get inside the building and gave a sigh of relief to feel the warmth back in her body. She relaxed a bit as she sat down at one of the tables near the fireplace. More people were out and about since it was almost Christmas time, getting ready for presents to give and such.
"Hullo. Would you like anything miss?"
She glanced to see a tall slim guy, looked a bit older than her as he smiled. He had short black hair with the most ice blue eyes. His was was neat but had a few waves in them that gave him a boyish charm. He wore a black button up shirt and simple jeans with a black apron on. She remember seeing him around as she smiled at him back.
"Some tea would be lovely, thanks."
"Yeah of course."
He slowly raised his hand as a tea cup floated over to her table, with hot earl grey in it from what she could smell. She smiles at him again,
"Thanks, oh do you accept muggle money?" She asked but he raised his hand.
"It's on the house."
"Oh well...Thank you."
"My name is Adam by the way."
"Oh, Serenity. So do you go to Hogwarts? I've never seen you around before."
"Ahh...You're a Hogwart's girl."
She looked at him as he slowly sat across from her at the table as she try to think.
"...You're not from Hogwarts...Oh! Are you from Durmstrang?"
"Ah! You got it! But how did you figure that out?"
"Lucky guess?"
Then ended up talking quite a bit, chatting about their schools. Of course they couldn't tell each other's secrets but she found quite a bit on Adam. Adam is about sixteen, and he comes from a pureblood family. Though he's good in his classes and such, he has been working with magical creatures such as dragons and hippogriffs. They ended up talking about creatures he helps take care of and later they went to talk about Serenity. She told him about her hobbies and such but when she mentioned singing he gave a grin.
"You're a singer?"
"Yeah...I know, lame right?"
"Naw, that's pretty cool...I'm the lame one because I have a band."
"Oh my goodness! Really? That's so cool, what's the name of your band?"
"...Don't laugh..."
"I won't I promise!"
He looked at her as a small blush appeared on his cheeks as he said,
"...The Exiled Dragons...We're still thinking of names but that one is a very good possibility..."
"That's such a cool name! So who's in it?"
"Well me, and three other friends of mine."
"That's so cool! It must be so much fun."
"Kind of, we're looking for a lead vocal and one that can do multiple instruments..."
He stared at her as she took a sip of her tea as she looked at him back.
"What?"
"Wanna try out?"
She almost spit her tea out in surprise as she stared at him.
"E-excuse me?"
"Come on try out! You said you sing and you've learned a bit of instruments from Beauxbaton. Please just try out."
"Well...Maybe." She looked at his face as he gave a grin at her and pleading eyes as she gave a long sigh.
"Alright, I'll give it a shot."
They shook hands as they started to talk more about music until Serenity realized she should really go back home. She told Adam this as he insisted on walking her home. She tried to refuse but he shook his head.
"It's fine, my dad can take care of the inn with the other workers. I just help whenever I can it's fine. Plus, it's super late and it would be bad if anything happened."
She finally gave in as she let him walk her home. Adam stood up first and held his hand out for her like a gentleman as she took it and got up. As she stood up she heard a familiar voice behind her that made her freeze.
"Miss Aragon…"
Serenity turned around to see Professor Snape, wearing his usual dark robes and a black scarf over his neck as his piercing dark eyes looked down to her and Adam's hands. She quickly pulled away as she looked down blushing,
"Um...Do you know this man Serenity?"
Serenity glanced back at Adam who had a confused look on his face as she tried to mask a smile, and said,
"Yes, this is Professor Snape. He's my potion professor at Hogwarts."
"Oh well pleasure to meet you Sir." Adam held his hand out for a handshake but the professor merely looked at it and gave a sneer. Adam slowly moved his hand back down as Serenity turned to him and said,
"Well thank you again for that offer Adam but I think I'll just go home by myself. Thank you though. I'll see you around Adam…Professor."
She gave a little curtsy to Professor Snape and a wave to Adam before picking up her things from her chair. She walked pass the professor, having her hand knock against his as she made her way through to the door. She placed Remus' coat back over herself as she quietly walked through the streets of London as she felt a presence behind her. She looked to her right at the shop window to see her reflection and that a dark figure was behind her. She tried to walk a bit faster but suddenly felt a hand lurched out to grab her arm, pulling her to an alley way.
"Ugh! Get off of me! Someone help me-"
She felt a rough hand cover her mouth as she looked up to see who the strange was. It was dark with very little light as she tried to move away but his grip was like a vice on her arm, as claws digged into the coat to pierce her skin. A car passed by as the headlight streamed the light into the alleyway for a moment to be able to see fierce features of what looked like a man but a wolf at the same time. A curve appeared on his face to show to gleam of his yellow sharp edged teeth.
"Yo..Not young enough…But, will be another excellent addition!"
Serenity tried to scream as he pulled her head to the side to expose her neck, with the tears streaming down her cheek. Her eyes were wide in fear as she saw him bear his teeth,about to bite into her as she heard a yell,
"Expelliarmus!"
She fell onto the ground, hitting hard against the concrete as she looked to see the monster run down the alley with a howl, while the other dark figure ran to her. Familiar hands pulled her up into a warm embrace as something warm and sticky trickled down her arm. Her visioned blurred as she looked up to see dark obsidian eyes looking at her. His deep baritone voice was full of what sounded like concern as she leaned her head against his chest for comfort, and faded to unconsciousness.
She felt herself chained down onto cold metal chains and with harsh marble biting on her skin like frostbite. Her hair was tattered as a few strands were smeared with what it looked to be blood...Her blood. She tried to sit up but the scratches on her back burned like hell itself as she flinched at the pain. A sudden bang of a door reached her eyes as she looked up to see men of masks floor into the room and one that was their leader enter inside.
"You truly thought you could have prevent the inevitable…"
His eyes looked at her like a snake would as she tried to speak but a bit of blood coughed out instead. Her eyes trailed back to see one of the death eaters drag in a body of a young boy. His clothes were tattered, with dirt and grime all over him his glasses were shatter and broken. They dragged the body in front of her as she tried to inch closer as she choked the sobs. Her weak, trembling hand reached out to gently touch the cold hand of the boy as she could whisper only one thing,
"...H-Harry…"
Voldemort sneered as he kicked the poor dead corpse closer to her.
"No! Stop it!"
"Serenity!"
She looked up to see her friends in a row in chains as death eaters stood behind them. Hermione, Ron, Ginny, the Twins, Neville, Luna all stood in a line with shackles on her wrists and ankles together. She could see the tears in their eyes as she heard the monster's voice close to her ear.
"You can save them...All of them, just pledge your allegiance to me."
"Don't do it Serenity!"
Neville cried out to her as she looked back at him with a plead not to speak anymore.
"Serenity...Don't do it...We'll be alright." Hermione whispered as she tried to smile at her. The twins tried to look strong as the slithering voice appeared in her ear again and whispered,
"Time's up."
Slowly, one by on, a death eater stood behind each teen and pointed their wand against their backs. They all looked at her as Luna said,
"We lov-"
"Crucio
They all screamed out in pain as Serenity tried to reach for them as she saw their bodies drop and sprawl in pain. She couldn't hear their screams though, instead a voice came in her head like a slither and a hiss.
"You could have stopped all of this...You can change the future if you only gave into my command..."
She whispers back weakly,
"N-never..."
"So be it..Avada Kedavra!"
"NO!"
Severus stood in the kitchen, making some coffee as he heard yelling and screaming coming from the second floor. He dropped the cup and cursed as he rushed up to the room to find Serenity with her wand up. Her hair was a mess as she trembled with her wand in her hands. Tears ran down her cheek as she looked to him with her eyes that looked as if she saw death itself. She pointed her wand at him yelling,
"No! Stop it I need to save them! Stop!"
She yelled out a spell as it hit the door and scorched the outside of it. Severus rushed it and avoided the spells as he quickly grabbed her wrists, making her drop her wand. She hissed and yelled as she tried to get away from him in fear, feeling her body tremble.
She cried out as she twisted around but his hands wrapped around her shoulders to pull her back, having her back against his chest as she felt her small hands grab onto his forearm for support. He felt her legs give as she crumbled to the floor as he gently tried to keep her steady. He leaned back to have his back lean against the bed as he felt her shift slightly, wrapping her arms around his neck as her head laid perfectly in the crook of his neck, feeling her breath against his skin.
He gently moved a strand of her wavy hair away from her face as her delicate green eyes looked up at him with fear haunting them. The proud Gryffindor, the one who is loved by all...and the one that has strained his heart, now looking like a broken doll. He placed the strand behind her ear as he felt her move her hand over his. She looked up as he saw something strange with her eyes. The still emerald green iris' changed and shimmered like the ocean waves and slowly fading back to their beautiful brilliance.
That's when he started to question something about her in the back of his mind, but the longer he stared into her eyes the more he felt lost in them. Severus held her closer as he could feel her breathing slowing down as her eyes turned heavy to go into a deep sleep. He quietly held her until he knew for sure she was asleep. He then slowly got up and placed her on the bed, pulling the cover over her and glanced back one last time before leaving the room.
Serenity woke up in an unfamiliar bedroom as she groaned a bit as she tried to get up. She looked to see Remus' coat on a coat rack at the corner of the room. She adjusted her eyes to see and winced when she tried to move her arm. Her right arm was bandaged up as she tried to remember what happened. She slowly sat up and swung her legs onto the side of the bed. She quietly stood up and found her wand on the floor, and after she picked it up, she walked over to the window to figure out where she was. From what she could tell she was in some kind of condo or loft at the top of some building. She glanced around the street and noticed a sign that said Knockturn Pub on a building across the street. She winced again at the pain of her arm as she heard the door open.
Serenity quickly jumped back into the bed and pulled the covers over her, as she turned her head to see Severus Snape with a tray of what looked like potions and some bandages.
"You're awake."
Serenity looked at Professor Snape as she tried to recall what had happened, but felt nothing but a blur except her vision from last night and even that was still a bit hazy for her. As she tried to think, she winced by the headache as she heard his footsteps come closer to her. He placed the tray on a small table next to the bed as he reached up to gently touch her head. Her eyes slowly moved up to see stone face but his eyes were soft. He turned away from her for a moment to reach out to get a roll of bandages as she asked softly,
"W-what happened?"
He looked back at her as he took her arm and started to unwrap the old dressing.
"You were attacked by what looked to be a werewolf...Lucky for you, you weren't bitten."
She flinched as she saw angry healing scars on her forearm to her shoulder as if someone shoved in steaks into her skin, with purple bruises around it.
"Yeah...Lucky me." She murmurs as she felt him put something over her wounds making her hiss and looked away. She covered her mouth with her free hand as she tried not to cry out in pain. It suddenly felt cool as the pain disappeared as she looked back to see it healing quite fast but one could see the harsh scabs and the bruises still there. She looked to see the Professor place the vial down as his eyes look back up at hers. His cool calloused hands slowly started to wrap the bandage around her arm.
She tried not to stare as she moved a strand of hair that fell on her face, away behind her ear. His dark obsidian gaze was hard to look away from but he shifted his gaze back at her wound, wrapping it nicely as she blushes a bit. Once he was done he just let go of her arm and let it plop on her bed, making her wince at the pain. She glance back up at him as he turned to the tray, rolling up the leftover bandages.
"Excuse me but…"
"If you want to speak, speak...Instead of just staring like some idiot."
She relaxed a bit to see he was still himself as she asked,
"Where are we?"
"My home."
She then couldn't help but stare at him for a moment in complete disbelief as he saw her and sneered,
"You didn't expect me to live in that Insufferable castle during my vacations do you? And close your mouth, you look like Weasley about to eat something."
She was somewhat shocked at what she was hearing as she closed her mouth. She looked back at her arm and back at him as she saw him getting up to leave. He was at the door when she said something but he didn't catch it.
"What did you say?"
"Oh um...Thank you...For saving me sir."
He looked back, and it was the way his eyes held her, something behind those mysterious dark orbs held something but she couldn't figure it out as she saw him leave. She laid back down in the bed to relax as her body felt heavy again, as she felt her eyes droop heavily to a deep sleep and drifted to dreamland.