6. Not without my muggleborn!
Hello,
This chapter was very fun to write. Most of the time I was thinking about what I wanted to happen. I hope you guys like it. From now on, Lily and Snape's story will start to moving along to Leyla's. Lily wants to talk to Leyla, and will find any way to find her. And you guys know..
Lily doesn't give up!
Enjoy this chapter,
Tempe Geller
"My lord.." Snape came out of nowhere. "You promised me she would not be harmed, and now you're attacking her. Is there something I missed.."
"Severus, she attacked me.." Voldemort stood up. "She tried to kill me, there's got to be some kind of punishment to attacking Lord Voldemort. And that's simple, it's dead.."
"Isn't that a bit too much my lord?" Snape's voice was very insecure, you would have noticed a small stutter if you were listening. Especially when you were listening to his scared undertone.
"Severus, is it acceptle for someone to try to kill the strangest witch in the world?" Voldemort turned to him. "Is it now Severus?"
"No, My lord…" Snape said in fear.
"Oh, please.." Lily started to talk
"Shut up!" Voldemort pointed his wand at her, she screamed it out in pain. "You filthy little mudblood!"
"Please, my lord.." Snape turned to him. "She's in pain, can't you stop it?"
"Stop it, is that the way you train pets, with a soft hand.." Voldemort reacted "No wonder she escaped and tried to kill me. Just like your wife.."
"She was just trying to piss you off.." Snape replied "My wife that is.."
"Ex-wife I remember correct.." Voldemort replied "She sure as hell pisses off a lot of people does she Severus? Or don't you agree with me?"
"She was mad my lord.." Snape replied "You did kill her aunt.."
"Well, she wasn't that perfect woman.." Voldemort laughed "We all make mistakes once in a while. Killing Katharina McGonagall was anything but a mistake.., she was annoying.."
"My lord.." Snape stopped talking.
"What's it you wanna say Severus?" he stared at her. "Spit it out!"
"I don't think we should.." he paused "I mean you should give me another chance to knock some sense in Lily. After all, she didn't bit anyone."
"She did stab me.." Voldemort replied
"It's not like it would have killed you, my lord." Snape replied "Give me a chance to rain my pet."
"I'm not a pet!"' Lily screamed out. "You guys are sick!"
"Shut up, mudblood!" Again he pointed his wand at her. She screamed it out in pain. "We don't need your words, filthy mudblood!"
"My lord, I think she gets it!" Snape replied "I'll keep her on a shorter leach my lord."
"Severus, I trust you would do that.." Voldemort laughed "But you didn't keep your wife on a short leach. I mean she did fight for the other side.."
"You know who her mom is.." Snape rolled his eyes.
"Minerva, one of my death eaters got her job.." Voldemort laughed "Dumbledore is such an idiot. Your mission to kill her is no longer needed."
"You moron!" Lily screamed "She was family.."
"Shut up!" Voldemort heard her scream. "See how easy it is to train a mudblood pet. Yet he couldn't seem to train his wife to fetch.."
"My lord.." Snape stare at him. "She was my wife, I.."
"What's it with your wife?" Voldemort stared at him. "You married her because you desired her. That's all. I assume you're not talking about the fact that you loved her, we all know that love doesn't exist Severus. A death eat like you know sure would know.."
"That's because you're a moron.." Lily screamed. Snape wanted to agree, but he didn't dare to. His fear for Lord Voldemort paralyzed him.
"Are you okay?", Leyla stepped from the kitchen. "Hard day?"
"Very hard.." Snape sat down. "Where's Katherine?"
"I'll get them.." Leyla kissed his forehead. "What happened?"
"He.." Snape stared at her. "We.."
"You don't have to tell me.." Leyla turned away. "He's crazy, I'm still in a bit disturbed by hearing whatever you death eaters do."
"I am to every single day.." Snape replied
"Then stop." Leyla replied "I call Dumbledore and he can get you out. We can get out, it's putting pressure on our relationship. On our family life. I mean what do I need to tell Katherine, when she asks where you are. I can't tell your torturing and killing people! It gets harder and harder as things go along. He's wrong, people are dying without any reason. I just can't watch.."
"If I get out, he'll go after all of you.." Snape replied "An eye for an eye.."
"A life.." Leyla slapped him. "I don't like his philosophy. I keep getting mad with you, with no apparent reason. It's just, you're going after people like me. Muggleborns, how would you react if he went after Lily? Our friend. You're keeping a hand over my head, but I can't watch you. You pay a to high price for nothing. He's a stupid jerk! He is, Severus. You're only too tired to even notice. You don't notice."
"I do notice, but I'm keeping my family save.." Snape reacted "That makes me a hero!"
"No, it does not!" Leyla replied "It makes you someone's willing slave. And you are doing wrong things, but you are doing them for the wrong reason. That's wrong! Yet everyone keeps saying it's right. It doesn't justify the horror going on out there, he's keeping the same thing over everyone's head. It's so much easier than a Imperius curse, because you do it willingly. There's only one way.."
"Ley, please.." Severus reacted "I know it's wrong! Very wrong!"
"I don't think you know how wrong your crimes are!" Leyla replied
"Ley, it's not like I murder people.." Snape replied
"Oh, yeah, you only torture them until they lose their mind!" Leyla gave her a fake smiled "Nice going, Severus. If you keep this up, you'll win the nobel prize for good human behavior."
"Leyviena, don't overdo it!" Snape replied "It's not that bad."
"So, previous week.." Leyla replied "You tortured my aunt, am I supposed to say: Thank you that you didn't kill her! He's a complete psychopath!"
"what about Dumbledore?" Snape stared at her. "He lost his way.."
"Yes, but he is on a non-killing path right now.." Leyla replied "The mistakes as a teenager will always be there, but he turned his life around. He's not walking around, telling everyone they're the strangest wizard. And Voldemort is just a bad man! A real creepy snake guy!"
"Can we stop talking about this?" Snape turned to her. "I like to come home, pretend there is no war going on. Can you do that?"
"No." Leyla replied "I can't pretend when he's taking over the ministry. Dementors are flying around in the neighborhood, so I can't pretend there's no war going on! I don't know how you do it!"
"Well, let's just stop communicating about it.." Snape replied "Let's just talk about Katherine.."
"She's good.." Leyla replied "End of story. Lily called, she's getting married to James Potter.."
"That bastard!" Snape replied "You know how I feel about that guy!"
"Well, I hope it doesn't stop you." Leyla replied "Lily invited me, plus 1. I hope she got over the whole mudblood incident. Since you haven't spoken ever since."
"Yeah, I know how mad she is about it!" Snape replied "I'm not going! I don't want to face James Potter.."
"Oh, yeah.." Leyla rolled her eyes. "Cause he's going to turn you upside down, just because you're attending his wedding. He will be too busy being in love with Lily. So you should go with me?"
"I could babysit!" Snape sat in a movement to not go to the party. "I mean Kat and Sel need a babysit."
"And I already got a willing grandmother who's going crazy over spending the night with her grandchildren." Leyla smiled "Unless you want to be changed in something icky for the night."
"I know that Minerva is kind of.." Snape paused
"She's okay.." Leyla replied
"She calls me a no good for anything jerk." Snape replied "She's been sabotaging our marriage ever since it started!"
"You forgot that she was sabotaging our relationship way before.." Leyla replied "Remember the fact that she gave you detention, just so you would not hang out with me. And then later, I got in trouble just to get her to stop it!"
"Minerva is just an old crazy insane catwoman!" Snape said meanly to Leyla.
"Well, I'm not ganna talk about your crazy father who likes to chase your mother around the house with a chainsaw!" Leyla reacted
"It was not a chainsaw." Snape reacted "It was a butchers knife."
"Yeah, because that's o much better!"
Snape closed his eyes, as he remembered the awkward argument. He hadn't remembered it before, but now it seemed like they always got along. They did, but Leyla would never stop to get him to join the right sight. Especially when she saw the pain he had, the pain that was caused my causing pain to others. No, Severus Snap didn't like harming people. He didn't like it, and everyone assumed he did.
"My lord, please.." Snape kneeled down. "I'll do anything. If you just give me another chance.."
"I will.." Voldemort threw Lily at Snape's feet. "But if I ever see her holding a knife. I'll make sure she won't breath."
"Thanks my lord.." Snape turned away, grabbing Lily's arm. After a couple of seconds they were once more in the house as Spinner's end.
"What the hell were you thinking Lily?" Snape stared at her. "I needed to risk my own neck so I could save you! Stab him? Why?"
"Because he killed my baby!" Lily replied "But you wouldn't understand, since you're so cold. You have no feelings, just like your dark lord. You are cold inside, if you weren't you wouldn't be able to live the death eater life."
"Right.." Snape turned around "You know, this times you need to sort out your priorities. And they're not fighting the fight. It's surviving. Being on his side makes that easy."
"Easy, but wrong.." Lily reacted "Very wrong!"
"You don't understand any of it.." Snape replied "You didn't go outside for almost 6 months. You attack him, you don't think about anything. That's not smart. You just wanted to piss him off. That's never smart, he doesn't like that.."
"Oh, yeah.." Lily replied "You are a coward."
"Don't call me a coward!" Snape replied "I'm not.."
"Oh yes you are!" Lily replied "The biggest of them all. You are the coward of all cowards! You just follow him around, to stay save? That doesn't make sense!"
"Right.." Snape turned away. He walked out of the room.
"Oh, yeah, cowards walk away!" Lily replied. She walked to the other room. Slowly she walked in the room with the bright colors. The room that was different from the whole house. Or the only room that she found. She thought that Leyla would have changed things. For instance the bright white colors in the dining room. That mad the dark room, a bit less dark. The kitchen was bright blue. But the sitting room however bathed in darkness. The fact that it was Snape's room mad that clear. Lily expected there to be an art room. Since Leyla liked to paint, make music and that kind of stuff. That was clear when you looked at this room. Castles were painted on the windows. Princes were drawn on the walls, and little trains were glued to the wall. It was the kind of room she expected of a creative mind like Leyla. She missed her, it would have been nice to have a voice of reason near. Especially if she were attacking Voldemort. Leyla would have helped her, or she would have told her not to take the risk. She didn't know what she'd say. Leyla hated Voldemort, and what he did to her family.
"Can you imagine the conversations we have?" Leyla stared at Lily. "Hello, honey, how was your day? Killed anybody today? How was your daily torturing? What's for dinner?"
"Well, I ask after James' day.." Lily replied
"Yeah, but his day doesn't consist of torture, killing and one certain 'person that can't be smelled." Leyla replied "That and I don't feel like updating my torture techniques."
"I would.." Lily replied "If I can use them on he who must not be smelled."
"Yeah, I'll just give him to you.." Leyla replied "I'm sure you will know what to do…"
"I know.." Lily replied "When I'm done with him, a dementor's kiss would be heaven."
"That bad huh?" Leyla stared at her. "Maybe…"
"I would show him every place of the room.." Lily replied "I would beat him up!"
"You would beat him up?" Leyla raised an eyebrow. "I'll help.."
Lily opened her eyes as she remembered the scene that happened over 3 years ago. The scene was interesting. Since she tried to remember how Leyla would react right now. What would Leyla say on the idiotic plan she'd been having. Leyla would have told not to do anything stupid. That's what she would say.
"Lily.." Lily said in Leyla's voice. "Don't do anything stupid. You should know by now, that.."
All of the sudden, she had no idea what to do. Since Leyla's voice seemed to weaken in her mind. She had no idea where she was. If Leyla even knew she were alive. She needed to find were Leyla was. A talk with her best friend would help right now. Lily lay down on the floor. She stared at the picture. She was going to find her best friend.
He stepped in the attack, for once he sank to the floor. He was worried that Lily would have died. The fear that he had was great. Severus Snape, the man that was not known as the protector. His wife was that, Leyla was fire and ice at the same time. He was nowhere near that. Leyla was the one that created safe havens, not just for other people. Also for her own people. Snape knew that Leyla would have noticed what Lily was up to. She would have been able to prevent it.
Leyla was impulsive, but she never forgot to think about anything. She thought about every single aspect of her life. Of plans she made. About potions she made, spells she made up. The things it would do to the world. Severus Snape on the other hand was dark, he made spells to get back at people. Most of them that could be used against him in a cruel way. He Severus Snape, was someone who didn't like light. The darkness was where he lived. Leyla brought a certain light in his life, but yet understood the darkness he needed to keep existing. She didn't change the sitting room, she never even thought about it. That was the place for him. The rest of the house was invaded by a touch of light. Yet, darkness seemed to reside in every corner. The room for the baby, was the place in house were light resided. Leyla had told him, she wouldn't take his idea's. And she really hadn't. The bright colors made him happy. Although it didn't to as much when she was gone.
How was Harry? – Snape's mind drifted off to Harry Potter. The boy that lived. In Lily's mind he was the boy that died. Snape turned around, thinking about kept his life going. It didn't always seem that good. Specially now, when everything slipped underneath his feet. Voldemort, Leyla, Snape, Harry Potter: things that kept him busy. What was going on in his troubled mind? Did Leyla always see things this way.
Just today, he'd noticed Voldemort's cruel mind. Only now he noticed that he wouldn't let her live, if it weren't for him. He wouldn't have let her die. Specially not now. He closed his eyes. As he thought about the past. Somehow, he always thought his home was a place he could run from it all. It had turned out that his daughters looked at him, as the hero he could never truly be. His daughter thought that she was a true hero. Snape placed his head to his hands. Again, he thought about the bright and shiny mind his wife had. In her mind there was no room for hate, revenge or anger. Only towards Voldemort and Bellatrix. Leyla would never shout at anyone for doing something stupid. She would never openly admit that you weren't doing the right thing. Yet no one said Leyla was dishonest. She was fair, without being angry. She gave comments without attacking someone in their personality. She knew how to say something, without being a coward. He smiled as he stared at Leyla's handwriting. God how he missed her. He didn't know where she was. She offered to tell him, but he believed that he shouldn't know. He couldn't tell something he didn't know. It brought a fake feeling of safety. The feeling that he couldn't rat on her. That feeling was almost heaven.
He stared at the empty bed, his daughters were gone. 'Selena' and 'Katherine' were the names written out above the windows. His wife liked to take them up to her art room. They made drawings, all kind of stuff. He stared at the picture. A dark man was drawn on it, it was obviously drawn by a young mind, although you could recognize Severus Snape in it. By the hooked nose, the dark black hair. And the black eyes. 'To the best dad in the world' was written above it. Leyla's handwriting he knew. The word 'Dad' was written across it. In an big handwriting, that was considered good for a young witch. Leyla thought them how to write, they were already enrolled in Magic school, which was a small school led by Leyla. By and for young witches. Even before they went to Hogwarts. Now some other teacher had taken over.
Snape sat down. He took a little book, and stared trough the window.
'Voldemort tried to kill Lily..' Snape wrote down. 'I hate how Voldemort thinks, I always have. I am glad Lily is still alive. I have to step up, change. But I don't know how to.'
Snape put down the pen, and looked at the front of the room. He put the book down, and turned around. Another day, another month. He hoped the horror would stop.
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