Two Half's Of One Whole(Put on hold)

Chapter 8

"What the bloody fuck is wrong with you three?" I began to laugh at question "I have no clue, but don't worry Draco," I said getting close to his face and holding on to his tie, making him get extremely red in the face "Next time that could be you." I whispered the last part. He quickly cleared his throat, adjusted his tie and left. Running up the stairs and into my dorm I started to get ready for dinner.

Dinner was abnormally boring considering the fact we had too listen too the frog choir perform. I look over too see Blaise, Draco, and Theo all asleep on each other, poking pansy I silently point to the sleeping trio and we both instantly burst out laughing earning a few looks from the prefects at our table. I look across to the gryffindor table too see my brother sticking french fries up Ron's nose, He see's me starring and gives me a thumbs up.

I just shake my head and wave turning back to the podium. After what seemed hours, it was over and we could leave, Pansy, Susan and I each grabbed a boy and dragged them back to the common room were we left them on the front step of the entry way. Pansy, Susan and I take a seat on the couch while Caroline plops down on one of the arm chairs.

"So what are you all doing this weekend?" Susan asks. "Well Blaise and I are planning a little after hours party for 4th years and up, we are still trying too figure out how to sneak in the booze." Caroline says while looking through a witch weekly maganize, "How bout you pans?"

"Oh well I'll probably do some much needed shopping in hogsmed, How bout you Sarah?" Looking up from my Quizzler, "Oh well harry wants me too hang with him and his friends, so I'll probably be gone most of tomarrow." I say shrugging my shoulders looking back at the article I was reading, I hear all movement stop and I look up too see my friends starring at me like I had four heads.

"What?" I ask, Pansy and Susan exchanged glances then Susan comes over and places a hand on my knee "Sarah, dear We know you want to get too know your brother but-" Pansy cut in "But are sure you want too be messing around with the Lions den?!" I was completely appalled "Yes I'm bloody postive! Honestly you two are horrible!" I yell, Pansy and Susan jump back not expecting me too fire back.

"I think she should figure it out for herself, then she'll come crawling back." Caroline says not looking up from her magazine. I got up from the couch, and began to plan how I was going to prove too them that Snakes and Lions CAN get along! I walked into the small library, determined to figure this out. Finding a nice quiet place in the back, i sat down on a corner cushion and I pull out my ratty old sketch book, that I had even before I was in Ms.Colwell's care.

I began to flip through all the pages, starting from when I was just 6 years old, For some reason I was obessed with Snakes and lion's, Now allot of it makes sense now that I'm where I truly belong, but the one part I don't get is why in the corner of each of the drawings I drew a skull with a snake coming out of it. Why would I draw the dark mark? It just didn't make sense, I'm on the good side.

I countinued to look through the pages of my not so normal childhood. I turned to a page too see a drawing of what looked like me when I was 5 and a man with a cloak over his head walking towards an open door, holding hands. Just like that I was jumped back into my first flashback..

~Flash-Back~

*Sarah age 5*

I crept silently out of my big bed, and I tip toed across my room towards my bedroom door, opening it abit before I ran down the hall to my father's bedroom. I quietly turned the knob only to be found out by the damned squeeky door. Sighing,I continued to my target location; My father's Black cloak.

I had seen him come home late wearing it and I'd always had been interested in it , the way it flowed around his feet, making him look almost snake like. I'd ask him if I could play with it but he would always sharply tell me no that "It had dirty things on it and a girl my age shouldn't get her hands dirty." But me being the curious cat I decided to take matters into my own hands. So I armied crawled across his floor to the wardrobe that I knew kept the cloak, I looked across too make sure he was sound asleep and quietly as I could opened the door to reveal the only item hanging in there; his cloak.

I giggled reaching up and grabbing the item by it's long, draping sleeve and I watched it fall to the ground pooling around my feet. I let out a huge grin before pulling the oversized sleeve on, then the other.

I flapped my arms around, I began to giggle some more. I then decided to put the hood on so I grabbed the way too big hood, put it on my head and I watched as everything quickly went black.

Me not being the least bit scared of the dark began to toddle around the room, humming a melody my father sung to me when I had a nightmare.

As I continued walking around I became bored of my fathers room, so I started to walk towards the door or what I thought was the door but instead was stopped short by this hard object in my way, not thinking at all I kept ramming into it an before long I felt two hands grab me and pull me into their chest.

"Sarah Elizabeth Snape! What have I told you about going near my cloak?!" I heard my father ask angerly. Sighing I pulled the hood off and looked straight into his eyes and said,

" I just wanted too be like you daddy." All at once the anger that I saw in his eyes was gone and was replace with an emotion I didn't know. Confused I put my hand to his cheek and asked " what's wrong Daddy?"

"Nothing Princess, just promise me that you won't put that on again." He said with a grave tone. Wrapping my tiny arms around his next I said Quietly "I promise."

After he removed the cloak and returned it to the wardrobe, He carried me back too my room. Tucking me in real tight, my father handed me my Skel-o-Bunny,Kissed my cheek and left me.

I hugged my bunny tightly as I was once again met by terrible nightmares about a man with bright red eyes staring at me.

~End of Flash-back~