The Beautifully Tragic Life of Kassandra Snape

chapter 41- a friend in need

It was the day of the last of our Owls examinations that everything when to shit again and I found myself straight bang in the middle as I usually do.

It started simple enough, I was storming through my theory of charms exam as Umbridge stood menacingly at the front.

Suddenly some grumbling is heard from outside the room and the pink woman trots her way to the back to try and figure out the cause of the disturbance when without warning fireworks explode in the hall. Followed by the Weasley twins storming their way to the Hall on brooms as they throw more and more fireworks around, they seem to be targeting mainly Umbridge, and some completely destroy the wall of educational decrees but some targey members of the Inquisitorial squad too.

I double over in laughter when Draco has to duck to avoid one to the face. and then in true Weasley fashion- time for the grand finale. A huge Dragon like firework is sent and it directs itself at umbridge as she screams for help in her high pitched wailing. We all run out of the Hall following the twins as they set off a huge W in the sky, we cheer and we errupt into shared laughter and appreciation for the twins.

The crowd is soon ordered to disburse and we do so quickly, everyone talking about the surprised show from the twins dramatic goodbye.

I'm just roaming aimlessly in the halls when I'm approached by a running Neville and Luna.

"Harry needs us." He pants, obviously he'd been looking for me for sometime considering how out of breath the boy is.

"What are you?-" I don't get to finish though as he begins to pull me away in the direction they came.

"We will explain on the way now come on!" He yells as she sprint through the halls.

I should turn back, I should just leave and not give it a second thought, but I can't. It sounds pretty serious from the fragments that Neville and Luna have explained to me, especially as he told them to come find me. I couldn't refuse, whether I liked it or not, we had gone through hell and back together. We couldn't deny that.

We meet up with Harry and the others near the edge of the Forbidden Forest, where I am given a hasty yet more in depth explanation as we travel to London of the schools thestrals.

Before I know it we are wondering through the department of mysteries, I stay near the back though and I can't shake the feeling that we are being watched.

I am right though, as Lucius and Bellatrix Lestrange approach Harry, but something distracts me from their exchange as I thought I saw a familiar silhouette behind me.

And there she stands in front of me my mother. I dare not move. She doesn't approach me, she just stands there, arms in the air and watches me.

My attention is bought back to the situation unfolding behind me when Bellatrix grabs me and I'm taken against my will to where Lucius stands.

"Maybe the boy needs incentive? What about this pretty one here? " She frantically exclaims. She must be like my mother- a lover of destruction and violence.

"No Bella-" I hear Lucius start but that's when I fall to my knees in the most excruciating pain I've ever experienced. Every part of my body feels like it's on fire, like a thousand blazing hot knives are punctured into my flesh repetitively. I'm a dying? I hope I am. I would do pretty much anything to make it stop.

The curse soon lifts but I dare not move, each moment is painful as I feel the after effects. I don't even move when the many orbs shatter around me. All I can do is stay curled on the stone cold marble flooring. My body twitches from the shock of the curse and I close my eyes saying my goodbyes to my Arabelle in my head when I'm picked up off of the floor. I open my eyes but at first I'm conforted by my own, it takes me a while to recognise that my mother is ushering me towards a large but dark ministry of Magic.

She places me on the floor while my fellow students and what must be the order of the phoenix that was told about on the way here are in a battle against many deatheaters but I just stare at my mother in complete confusion.

"You're safe now Selene. Till we meet again my child." She whispers before dissapearing completely.

Through the chaos, Harry let's out a blood curdling scream, a scream like that can only mean one thing.

But before I can look, a death eater charges at me from where I sit in the corner, they caught me by surprise but I'm still quicker.

"Stupefy!" I yelling, sending the death eater flying.

I quickly stumble my way over to where i caught a glimpse of Harry running, having broken free of Lupins grip. He might have left me at the department of mysteries, but I still care for the boy, I needn't worry though as Dumbledore has arrived and in mid battle with Voldemort. He almost appears as if he has disappeared but that's when I realise that Harry is also fighting his own battle.

"I apologise for my use of the cruciatus curse." A voice I've come to recognise as the voice of Bellatrix whispers to me.

I turn to face the woman I know to be Draco's Aunt, absolutely speechless at the apology.

"I'm sorry I didn't recognise you at first Selene."

"How is it that you know who I am?" I ask.

"My dear, I was present at your birth. I'll see you soon Selene." She tells me and then I realise that the battle between Voldemort, Dumbledore and Harry has ended and I run over to Harry lying exhausted in our Headmasters arms.

We look up at Cornelius Fudge just in time for him to mutter the terrifying words that us three already knew, but no one else wanted to believe:

"He's back."

Do you believe me now Draco? I ask myself.

END OF ORDER OF THE PHOENIX