Heathen (Severus Snape x Reader)

3 - Bracelet

The thoughts that will be shared between you and the other main character, will be underlined and in italics. If the thought is not in this style, it is only being heard by the person it originated from. This stems from the bracelet that will be explained in this chapter.

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Once I had unpacked all of my things, I sat my owl on the window in my dorm room, thankfully we had separate cubbies here, so nobody could see what I did at night. I plopped down on my bed and reopened the drawer, noting that everybody was now asleep. It should be safe to read. I picked the book up, and closed the drawer as quietly as I could, successfully not making a noise. I smiled and finally opened the old book. The book immediately let out a shot of bright light, I quickly slammed the book shut, and heard footsteps. My eyes widened and I stashed the book under my pillow, closing my eyes and pretending to be asleep.

"Y/N, I know you aren't sleeping. It's just me, Draco." I opened my eyes, staring at the blonde boy. "How on earth did you get into the girls' dormitories?" He smirked and sat on the end of my bed. "I have my ways, Conway." I grimaced at the name, which gained a laugh in response. I was half tempted to throw the book at him. "What are you doing up anyways? It's 12 AM." He asked me quietly. I struggled to find an excuse but managed anyways. "I needed to unpack. Took me quite some time, seeing as my owl, Panini, is so demanding in where she sits." Thankfully he spit out a laugh at this news.

"Alright, alright. I'll leave you be. Maybe you should actually show up to class tomorrow, Snape was pretty mad when you weren't there." I rolled my eyes. "Not much of a surprise there." He laughed and left the room. Finally, some quiet. I brought the book out again, going under my covers to conceal some of the bright light. "Lost", I read. Maybe I shouldn't read it. I mean... Dumbledore knows everything.

Eh, couldn't hurt. I opened the cover, the light once again piercing out of the yellow-stained paper. "Hmm." I quickly cast the quieting spell, "Quietus." The room suddenly got entirely silent, I smiled. So peaceful. I looked back down at the book, the first page just reading, "To Lily." Who is Lily? Turning to the next page, I saw a small illustration of a red bracelet.

(Inspiration for the bracelet is shown in the photo at the beginning of the chapter.)

Oh, it's the soulmate bracelet. What makes it so important to be in the first page of this book?

"I have only seen your bracelet turn pink for one person. I always imagined it would be me, yet it never was. I do not blame you. James just happened to be your soulmate." James who? Oh well, I'm too tired to continue on. It wasn't really that interesting anyways... just a sad story. Not my type of book. I reversed the quieting spell on the room. Then, I stashed the book back into my nightstand and turned over, shutting my eyes and falling into a deep sleep.

(You know what time it is 😏. Time-skip!)

I woke up to the feeling of somebody shaking me. I opened my eyes and rubbed them groggily. "Good morning, Y/N! The birds are up and so are we!" I groaned, not ready to hear Luna's chirpiness right now. "Ugh. What time is it?" I fully opened my eyes now, sitting up on my bed. "Why, it is 7 AM! Almost breakfast time, silly!" I glared at the blonde girl. I realize she is always like this, but she should know to step down when it comes to my sleep.

I nodded and watched her walk out of the room. I plopped myself back down and closed my eyes once more. It didn't last long. "Don't you lay back down either!" I sighed and sat up again, actually planning to get up this time. "Yeah, yeah. Fine." I heard her giggle and leave the dormitories, getting what she wanted. I huffed and stood up, getting dressed and fixing my hair. Finally, I greeted Panini and then headed out of the dorm. On the way of walking to the Great Hall, I bumped into the headmaster. Shit... I forgot about the book this morning.