"NO GREATER MAGIC THAN LOVE" A Severus Snape Love Story

DISCOVER YOUR PATRONUS

School started as usual. I haven't seen or heard anything from him since that day, although somehow I dread the day when I would just wake up and see him again. I met Severus before school started and he assured me that he had been through some of his old contacts and no one heard the name 'Rupert' anywhere. Also he promised that next time he comes back, he would be prepared to kill him, although I urged him not to, because I was the only one who should kill that motherfucker.

N.E.W.T. classes were even tougher to be honest. Endless home-works and tasks at hand had kept our heads down into the books all the while. Meanwhile Severus continued to train me in the Room of Requirement, with occasional kisses and make-outs. He even sometimes encouraged Sean, Haoran and Amy to join me for some of them;

By the way I told Amy about me and Severus. She was so surprised. She thought I would be lesbian since I have gay friends, although Haoran says she is somehow convinced I am bisexual.

This way Severus was quite interacting with my dear friends of school. It made me happy and he knew that well.

He taught us to use the Patronus charm. His Patronus was a Doe. It was beautiful. I remember how the light blue doe came out of his wand, leapt around the room, especially around me and nudged her nose into my arm. It was airy although I did feel it. As easy as it may seem, we took a week to discover our corporeal Patronus. Sean's Patronus was a Horse, Haoran's was Magpie and Amy's was a Squirrel.

I could not produce a corporeal one. I was very confused as to choose which happy memory for the Patronus charm. All my memories with my friend and my family were happy. But choosing the happiest was difficult to choose. Plus it had to be strong as well.

 "C'mon Rosa, help me out here. What memories are you exactly working on?" Severus asked, once the others were gone.

"I am confused Severus. I don't know what to choose between you and my family and friends. All the memories are good one. I don't know which one makes me feel strong. It is three of them together which makes me strong; my family, my friends, my school and you. All of them together are what makes me feel strongest. I wonder what my life could have been if I did not have any of them."

Suddenly an idea struck in my mind. I have been dreading it but the last line I said only reminded me of that again. I spoke again; looking at Severus's concerned expression, "There is this memory, it's not happy, but it is strong; It makes me feel strong. Should I try?"

"Yes, give it a try." He responded, he had an idea about it. He is that smart.

I stood up again, taking my position. I closed my eyes and thought hard about it. I was trying to remember the time when I broke free of the confines of my abuser. It was not a happy memory, but right now I was out of happy memory and this was the only thing I could have worked out. A part of me believed that it might work. It was the point where I feel I had been the strongest in my entire life. Since the last time I saw my abuser, the memories were running fresh in my mind all over again, and I was tired of running away from them. It's time I embrace them and use them to shape my Patronus charm.

The pain, the dark room, that smug face, all of it came in my mind. The moment when my power broke the lock and the chains of the gate and I ran free on the road without looking back, like..........like a......free bird running out of a cage. I was flapping my wings away, with the last bit of the dignity and energy I had left in me. I was so determined then. All that adrenaline........

I opened my eyes and spurted out, stretching out my wand in the air, "Expecto Patronum"

Fromthe tip of my wand, silvery light burst out and emerged into the room. Itlooked like a non-corporeal form at first and then it suddenly flew across theroom. I could see it had wings, but it was not flapping it. It was rather gliding all over the room and sometimes flapping to prevent itself from slowing down. Then the image was clear.