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I woke up to the light of dawn, a crack in the curtains directing a soft, yet irritating ray of light into my right eye. I slowly stretched, then eased myself out of the bed. My bones were still stiff, and a migraine was beginning to throb in my head. I walked to the door and tested it. It wasn't giving.

'I've told Potter where the bloody horcrux is, now why won't he let me out?'

I tried the handle again, this time with more force. I almost fell stumbling when the door handle turned, and the door gave way. I stood glaring, then took in my surroundings.

There was a staircase leading down, wood, same as the floor. I walked stiffly down the stairs, hoping to scope out my 'prison' before Potter and his friends decided to come downstairs and lock me up. The unlocked door didn't cease to confuse me, and slightly worry me, as I couldn't fathom why Potter would allow my door to be left unlocked, or the owners for that matter.

All of a sudden, I heard the stair below me creak. I froze. I could hear shuffling on the floorboards of the second story, slightly behind me. After a few seconds, I heard a door opening.

"Who's there?" A deep, slightly rusty voice called.

That was the crack in the ice. My aching muscles unfroze, and a bolt of adrenaline shot through me.

I rushed down the stairs, nearly colliding with the closed door. I felt along the door, desperately searching for the doorknob…there! I pulled it open, then my former spy instincts kicked in and I stepped through then closed it as quietly and as quickly as I could.

I bent below the window line, making my way to the back of the house. I slowly lowered myself, twitching at the pain from the bruises caused in my interrogation, and sunk into the grass, slowly pulling myself to denser patches, trying to slightly cover myself with sand to make the thin Muggle clothes I was wearing less obvious against the bright sand.

I could hear the front door opening and another call of "Who's there".

I rolled behind the first hill I got to, hiding myself from anyone looking from the house.

Suddenly, I felt a cold shock of air then a sharp stab of heat near my heart. I cried out, despite myself, as the wave hit me and heightened the pain in my mid-torso.

'An extended revelio charm! Scouts the property of the wizard or witch for living people or animals, used most often for when one is pest-hunting.' I thought as I lay, as still as I could, letting sand trickle down the slope and cover me.

I felt a shadow pass over me, then stop. I stayed still, fighting my instincts to run, fight, or anything that would easily show my position.

"Snape."

I felt a cold hand clutch my heart and my breath began to get harder to control. 'He could just be bluffing. He could have just checked the bedrooms then seen I wasn't there, then heard the cry from around here. He could just be…'

"Stop hiding in that pile of sand and stand up."

Despair and fear threatened to overwhelm me. 'I don't want to die like this…' I stood up, trying to ignore the stabbing pain in my wrists, ankles, and torso.

"Follow me."

I reluctantly followed Bill Weasley back to the cottage, a cold sense of dread growing larger and larger as I neared it.

He opened the door for me, keeping his wand pointed at my back. "After you."

Mr. Weasley directed me to the sitting room near the kitchen and front door.

"Stay here." He told me, raising a barrier scaling the perimeter of the room.

I sat down and waited, my feet and ankles beginning to go numb with lack of use.

Unexpectedly, the door slid back to admit the elder Weasley, his wife, Ms. Lovegood and… Mr Potter. Unaccompanied by his friends it seemed.

Abruptly, I stood up.

However, the elder Weasley seemed to have anticipated the movement and subsequently pointed his wand to my chest.

"You can take a seat, Snape."

There's another chapter done! Sorry for the long wait. You wouldn't believe how many times I had to watch the movie scene to get a better bearing of the layout of the house!

Well, till next time readers! And have an awesome day!