Fan Fiction ❯ Everlasting Sacrifice ❯ Snape in the moonlight ( Chapter 5 )

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter; don't you realize it by now? I mean, c'mon! I'm not a billionaire and I don't plan on being one as a teenager, so please, get it through your heads…

A/N: Well, I'm back, and thanks for all the two reviews I received for this chapter. I am very appreciative for them… I will stop babbling and write. Okay, just a little Angst, and more Drama… and Dumbledore shall have some explaining to do to Snape…

Cover-ups

~Crystal~

"Someone, please help me…" I muttered, curling up into a ball.

"Ah, here they are… these contacts should still be okay for you," said Madame Pomfrey. I felt my eyes being opened, and some sort of wet material being placed into my eyes.

"Okay, now you can blink," said Madame Pomfrey, and I did, and looked around. It was blurry, but I could make out shapes.

"Is it supposed to be blurry?" I asked.

"That's right!" McGonagall exclaimed, "Her eyesight had changed a few years later. Oh, that's not good… if she isn't…"

"The Blood curse of Dreams will surely come back as well, as did her blindness," Madame Pomfrey whispered.

"What's that?" I asked.

"It's a curse that causes the person affected to bleed in their sleep on certain nights. It can only be lessened by standing up to the one who cursed you and removed entirely by the person who cursed you removing it willingly, or they die…" McGonagall seemed a bit reluctant to answer that at first, "And if you stay up all night on a curse night, when you will be affected, then the next bout of it is worse, much worse…" I was about to reply to this when there came some loud voices coming into the infirmary.

"I don't care if she is just a first year, that behavior of hers is nothing short of rude!" one voice said, and I saw a shape I believed to be Madame Pomfry go to greet them.

"She didn't know what she was doing, I assume she just is a little confused," came another voice, gentler and yet, loud as well.

"What is the meaning of this, I am trying to treat a patient, but you are providing distractions, and if you cannot lower your voices, I have to ask you to leave," Pomfrey said sternly. I looked around, still trying to see.

"I apologize for the noise Poppy. Severus just had some trouble with Miss Riyusaki and wants to see why," a voice said.

"I want to see her expelled!" Severus exclaimed.

"She doesn't know what she did wrong! Where she's from, it's normal to do that sort of thing," the other voice said.

"Dumbledore, it doesn't matter, wasn't she told OUR rules here?" Severus asked. I couldn't believe this; this man wanted me to be expelled…

"Apparently she was told them; however, she might not understand them because her background is different than ours," Dumbledore said calmly.

"Then get her out of my class!" Severus exclaimed, then seemed to check himself, "Out of the class she is in now and into a different one, where she can do less to interfere with the particular class she is in now."

"That is an excellent idea. Let's see, Miss Riyusaki, how would 3rd year potions sound?" Dumbledore asked. I looked through blurred eyes at him.

"How could I? I can barely see!" I exclaimed, oh shit, he didn't know, did he?

"Say what?" Severus asked in complete disbelief.

"Apparently Crystal is blind," Pomfry said. All hell broke loose…

~I'm changing to third person~

Severus was furious!

"How can a 1st year that is blind do potions at all?" he exclaimed.

"Severus!" McGonagall chided severely, "It's not her fault that she's blind!"

"Then what the hell was she doing acting like a smart ass in my class?" he yelled back at her.

"That has nothing to do with the fact she's blind!" Dumbledore pointed out, his voice raised a notch. Crystal was starting to tear over.

"I'm sorry…" she murmured, but at the moment no one was listening to her.

"A blind girl needs to be protected, she can't learn potions if she can't see what she's using!" Severus argued, and then turned and began to storm out, the issue of what Katy did in potions class today already forgotten.

"She did," Dumbledore murmured. Severus stopped dead in his tracks, and looked at the floor.

"She had the second sight, and those contacts of hers," Severus muttered.

"And what makes you think this girl is any different?" Dumbledore inquired.

"She is! No one can replace Her and no one ever will!" Severus exclaimed, and Dumbledore, pausing before speaking, lowered his voice.

"I am not trying to replace her. I am merely saying that this child, Crystal, is in the same boat, and that means she needs some respect," Dumbledore said, then turned to Crystal, "You will be in third year potions and so I will adjust your classes tonight and deliver you a new schedule. It will take some time, but I'm sure you're going to be alright. Severus, is there some punishment you wanted to discuss with Miss Riyusaki?"

Severus looked at Crystal, she was still tearing over.

"Detention Miss Riyusaki and I hope we never have an incident like that again," he replied, and she thought she could see a tear glimmer in his eyes. With that, he strode out of the hospital wing.

*Flash*

"Severus, you… you came for me!" Katy cried.

"How could I not?" he asked, "I love you."

"But… but… how… without getting caught?" she asked. He put a hand to her lips and then kissed her cheek.

"That will be my secret," he whispered and embraced her, engulfing her into his arms and kissed her hair, "I love you."

*Flash*

~Crystal~

Why me? Why the hell did I get these flashbacks?

"Miss Riyusaki, I should tell you now, you won't be leaving just yet. I have a friend I'm going to contact, to see if they can obtain something that might help your sight. I recommend you rest right now, you are welcome to leave, but I should expect you here tomorrow after lunch… no excuses," Pomfry said, and then turned to leave, and walked out towards her office, well, I think it was her office.

"I must be going Miss Riyusaki. I shall rearrange you're schedule tonight, as promised," Dumbledore said, and I heard his footsteps as he left.

"Why me?" I repeated to myself.

I couldn't sleep again that night. I seemed a bit worried over Severus's reaction to me and my blindness. I sat up and got dressed. Maybe a walk would help me to sort out my thoughts, or maybe, I should go look at the stars for a moment. I headed up towards the astronomy tower, careful that I wouldn't get caught. I ran up the stairs to the astronomy tower and looked out over the school grounds. It was a beautiful night. I listened to the sounds of the night, and then began to hear something out of the ordinary. Someone was up upon the highest part of Hogwarts! It was just a roof, but it was the highest point on Hogwarts anyone could think of. I crouched down, afraid to be seen, and then looked over the edge, and saw Severus! He was out here at this time of night?

*Flash*

"Um, okay, Severus, why have you called me up here tonight?" I asked.

"It's something… I haven't had the courage to do in a long time…" he said, and kissed me softly, and pulled out something from his pocket, and used it…

"Sev?" I asked, breaking away, but he merely smiled.

"Cat, my darling Cat, will you… will you marry me?" he said, offering a beautiful ring. I lost me breath in that moment. He had decided to ask me. He had asked me!

"Yes!" I cried, and he placed the ring upon my finger, and then kissed me again, slowly, deeply, engulfing me in his warmth and love.

*Flash*

Not another one… I hated these. I sank down and held my head in my hands. It hurt now, not much, but it hurt in a way. So much love and pain… and I couldn't make sense of it at all. I didn't remember… and I knew I was supposed to love this man! Something deep inside of me was telling me that he was waiting… for me… and yet… how could I love someone I didn't remember? I let out a sound, a small sob…

"Who's there? Who's out there?" Severus asked, looking up and around. I sat down and curled up. I hoped he wouldn't get down and see me!

"I heard someone! Who's out here at this time of night?" he asked. Wasn't he being hypocritical? He was out late, and he's chiding me? I stayed silent, until I didn't hear him for a while, and I scurried out and ran down the stairs and back all the way into my bed. I was shaking with that, I had almost been caught. I sank back down into my bed and wiped some of my tears away. I had been crying? Oh yeah, from that flashback…

"I don't know what's happening to me," I muttered, and cried myself asleep.

~Severus~

Someone was here. I know they were. Spying on me? Only Dumbledore was brave enough to do that, and he would have said hello and asked questions. Well, him and maybe my wife. I was up here on the roof, because well, it was our special place. Katy and my place, we came here all the time when we were at school, and she would sometimes fall asleep in my arms. This was kind of our place. I missed her still. Remus was right, I still hadn't gotten over her, and I still needed her. Why the hell was I the one to loose someone I loved? Why was I the only one still truly crying over her death? It was over 10 years ago! I guess I just had to suffer. It was for her that I did so anyways. I sighed; wouldn't this be a fun year?

~Crystal~

I woke up the next morning in a little bit of pain. I looked around the room with still foggy eyes and say the girl named Hermione staring at me.

"What?" I asked her peevishly.

"Um… well… I think you should go see Madame Pomfry about those cuts on your face," she said softly.

"What cuts?" I asked, and felt at my face, there were cuts there! What the hell was going on now? Was it that blood curse that McGonagall had talked about? What keeps on happening to me? Who did I used to be?

A/N: And that's a wrap! I hope you like this one… I'm trying to alternate between songfics and no song. For one thing, it takes time to pick the perfect song, and any song that I have, I have it fitting into other chapters in the way future. I don't think I should use songs from other fictions I have up, but I don't know. Tell me if I should or not! Read and Review!

P.S. To Cassie, I hope you don't hate me… I'm sorry if I did anything to make you hate me… I won't ever do it again if you tell me what I did wrong… I apologize… Please don't hate me anymore! You just sort of seem upset with me…