The Potions Master Becomes My Father

Silence || 3 ||

Elaine lost her voice.

She lost the will to speak.

She is trapped in her own mind.

And so far, no one ever thought about it.

Not even the professors.

Reese seems to be annoyed at the broken girl's blank response. Lelia's taunts and lies does not affect her anymore because it is a fact for her. Elaine no longer has the guts to answer a question given by the professors.

Especially in Potions.

Snape wants to teach the girl a lesson, unaware of her current state. As of now, their lesson is about creating their very own potion.

"Did anyone attempted to make their own potions?" He asks them, the ice sending the room goosebumps.

A few raise their hands, including Elaine and Lelia.

He smirks. "And what is your motivation to create your very own potion," he pauses for a dramatic effect. "Ms. Riley?"

Every head turns towards her, some even scowling.

"Attention bitch," a female Slytherin whispers to herself. He looks at her sharply.

"Five points from Slytherin for language." The girl shuts her mouth for good.

"So," begins Snape, "Why did you create your very own potion?"

Elaine gulps. Before she came to school, she learned about sign language. When she didn't want to talk, she just signs everyone. So, in this situation, she signs, "I was curious."

Severus scowls at that, having the knowledge about sign language. "Curiosity killed the cat, Miss Riley, still, it needs the guts to create a potion. A point will be deducted for creating a potion without the superintendance of a professor."

All Ravenclaws glared at her.

"But," he continues. "If you can make the Draught of Living Dead, which is our lecture for today, I will give your point back with an additional fifteen points. Same to the others, just plus fifteen. Now go!"

So for approximately ten minutes before the period ends, everyone was done. Severus looks at his students, and mostly he sees Bellatrix-looking ones.. But two of them stands out, Elaine and Lelia.

Severus requests for their potions in a vial as he does his paperwork. As Elaine approaches him, she gets tripped by her fellow Ravenclaw, causing her potion to fall and hit the floor, the vial getting smashed. Everyone laughs at her. Lelia takes a fistfull of her collar and "helps" her stand up, just to throw her back to the ground, the glass shards hitting her right arm. The pain strucks her like lightning, but she didn't shout nor cry.

Severus looks up from his work and sees the state of the Ravenclaw girl. His eyes glow with a black flame as the scene was being played in front of him. He grabs his wand and approaches the two.

"What is the meaning of this?" His venomous question puts a stop to everyone's movement in the classroom, except for Elaine. Elaine could feel the addicting pain on her right arm as she fights away the demons in her head to listen to what the teacher must say. But somehow, her mind is forcing her to sleep.

And she obliged.

The last thing she heard was silence.