His Half-Blood Princess {Severus Snape}

Keep Her Safe With You

>THIRD PERSON<
Scarlet's eyes started to tear up again, and she shook my head. "I did too, Sev. But look at what it got me." she replied. Snape stepped foward to hug her, when she backed away. "And sometimes, maybe... I need to breath for a while." she added, smiling weakly.

She turned back, running off.

Snape looked at the wall, and punched one of his fists, making it bleed. "I'm a bloody idiot... I'm a bloody idiot.... I'm a bloody idiot!" he roared, and roughly combed his hair with the other hand. I don't understand! Why can't I just have one thing?! Scarlet! But no! Life was too poor to give it to me!

As he got back to his chambers, Severus plunged into his arm chair, and gulped on one of the glasses of wine. His owl, black as midnight, kept on eating pieces of corn beside him, that didn't really do much help. He looked at a picture of Lily on his desk, but smashed it, as he slammed it downwards. "I've already made a mistake... And now I've done two!!!" he bellowed. He suddenly looked towards the door when someone came in. "Severus, there's something we need to talk about." Felixa's voice said.

"What is it, Flora."

"Raven.... You know the relationship between us two. And, there's something more to her than meets the eye. You know her past... Scarlet, she can't bear to find out. Severus... You know what Teresa Carter told you."

"Flora, she won't even talk to me! This isn't working. Teresa trusted you first! Why wouldn't you do it?"

"You were better than me. Jones knew me too well, and now she's slithering up to you. You need to stay away from her. Not please, but must."

"I'm broken. I can't do this! I'll fail her! Like how I failed on Lily!"

"Please, Severus. Scarlet loves you too much. No matter what she says, deep down she's screaming it. Please. Time changes, and I know, this time, you'll succeed."

"I'll do the task. But I need to regain her trust."

"That I can't do."

"Mhmp!!!!" a voice muffled, echoing across the dungeon halls. Felixa and Snape suddenly looked at each other. "Wait..."

"Scarlet... She's the only..."

"Come on!!"

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~MINUTES EARLIER~

Scarlet finally arrived at the common room and threw herself towards the bed. But even after the twisting, and turning, nothing seemed to work on helping her sleep. She groaned quietly, then stared at the starry night. What to do... What to do.... Out of her mind, she slipped out of the common room, and thought of going back to that old mirror.

But Hogwarts was so huge. She forgot the way there and accidentally found herself at a dark corridor.

"I'm not supposed to be here...."

Scarlet shrieked loudly as a man grabbed her and pinned her against the wall.

"Get off me!" she screamed, trying to break free. The man pressed his body against her, brought out a blade, and smiled as he laid it down flatly on her throat. Scarlet went silent, & tightly closed her eyes. "Very good. We need to get you out of this place."

He whipped his wand, and Scarlet's mouth, arms, legs & eyes were tied with white pieces of cloth. "Mhmp!!!" She screamed, trying to run. Someone was kidnapping her, with no clue of who it was... And the fact no one will ever find her again nor save her. Later another man arrived, and carried Scarlet outside. She kept on driving her feet everywhere, trying to fall off the man's muscular arms. "Sir, the girl won't stop."