//Running Out of Breath // A Severus Snape Story: Book One:

Chapter Sixteen: Blood and Sacrifice

Chapter Sixteen:

Blood and Sacrifice

Severus walked the Neu-Entumer Strasse, in Krummhörn, Northwest Germany. His blood boiled with rage. He could hardly keep his composure.

...

Vicktor rubbed the scars on his back, a bitter reminder that he was powerless against Jonathan.

"I just need his blood!" growled Vicktor.

Vicktor's body was dying. He couldn't drink blood and he couldn't eat food. He would go into hibernation if it lasted any longer. He straightened was was left of his tattered robes. Walking to the window. About a kilometer away Vicktor could see the dark figure of Severus.

For once the sight of him made him cry out in joy. He had gotten the notebook and made his way to Germany!

"Gott sei Dank! Danke Severus Sie brillante Mann!" cried out Vicktor in his father's tongue.

...

Adriana was in her cell. She had bruises all over her body. She laid

In her bed sore and beaten down.

She resembled a broken china doll.

The door opened and there stood Andrew dressed to the nines. Jonathan stood behind him dressed almost as well.

He walked up to her, placing a kiss on her lips. She learned not to fight him, other wise Jonathan would come back and punish her.

"Happy Birthday mein Liebling" he said darkly.

...

Vicktor summed up all the strength he could to conjure a patronis. A very weak patronis escaped his wand, taking almost all of the energy out of him.

He fell to the cold stone floor, drained.

...

Severus listened as Vicktor explained through his Patronis where to find Adriana.

"there's not much time. Andrew will preform the ritual tonight! The curse will be complete! Hurry!"

....

Adriana stood in front of a grand mirror. She was dressed in a lavish white bridal gown. A veil covered her face.

Andrew grabbed her shoulders, looming over her.

"I will marry you tonight Adriana, and I will take you to my bed. Whether you come willingly or not you will be mine and mine alone. Do you understand." he whispered into her neck

Andrew grabbed her waist leading her to a room lit entirely by candles.

Jonathan stood at the front of what looked like an altar his evil grin on his face.

Andrew pushed her on the altar tieing her wrists and legs down.

He got on top of her, straddling her waist. Andrew pressed his hand on her forehead and began his ritual.

"Ego precor vox Ego amatus aedilicius donatus per meus Abbas!" he chanted in a language she couldn't understand.

"Quisnam suscipio is ex suus Abbas!"

He grabbed a knife slitting a part of his wrist. He grabbed a goblet letting the blood fall in as he began to chant again.

"per farrago of mevs cruor!"

He grabbed Adriana's wrist cutting it, letting her blood poor into the goblet.

She screamed in pain as she felt her blood pour from her wrist.

"Quod cruor of meus carus!"

He placed the cup to his lips drinking from it.

"Ego unify nos in matrimonium.." he said in a raspy voice as he forced the blood down her throat.

He pressed his lips onto hers, filling her mouth with the taste of blood once more. He threw the goblet aside. The deed was done. Adriana was now his wife, bound in blood. To complete the curse all he had to do now was consummate their marriage.

As he was about to rip off her dress Severus bursted threw the door with Vicktor right behind him.

Andrew grinned getting up.

"how sweet Severus you came to save the day!" he said sardonically.

"Jonathan! Take care of these two while I attend to my wife." he said going back to Adriana.

Severus pulled out his wand.

"CRUCIO!" he snarled, a green arch jumped from his wand.

Jonathan dodged the spell and lunged at Severus with his fangs bared.

"Sectum Sempra!" he yelled.

Jonathan was taken by surprise. He fell to the ground, his blood pooling around him. Vicktor lunged at him bitting his neck drinking his blood.

He lifted his head.

"you are no longer my master you bastard!" he yelled slashing his face with his nails.

Severus pressed his wand into Andrew's neck.

"give me a reason... Why I shouldn't kill you where you stand." he snarled.

"oh and let your precious Adriana see that side of you? That dark demon of your past that you so skillfully kept hidden all these years." said Andrew laughing.

...

"Adriana!" called out Jonathan in a raspy voice.

She walked to his side, she could see tears welling in his bright blue eyes. She took hold of his blood drenched hand.

"I never wanted to hurt you." he whispered as he choked on his own blood. His fangs were gone, he was human once more.

"it was Andrew... He made me what I am. That monster that I am." he said his voice becoming lower and softer.

"I'm just glad I got to see you one last time before..." he cringed in pain, for a moment before taking his final breath.

Vicktor stood up walking towards Andrew. He pushed Severus aside.

"you have caused me so much pain. You attacked my sister. You killed my mother and my father. And you tried to rape my sister. I want nothing more than to see you die." Vicktor pulled out his own wand pointing it at him.

"AVADA KADAVRA!"

And down fell Andrew from the window his now lifeless body plummeting to the sea...

End of Part One

Author note: ok I have a question for you. Should I continue through the fifth through the seventh book or would would you want me to go straight to the deathly hallows. It would be the same amount of chapters but just done differently.