"I-I'm s-s-sorry I promise you not to do it again," Alicia's voice trembled in the cold,her shoulders shook violently out of shear fear,and her eyes did not waver from the rope in his hands.
The man smirked,and without warning grabbed her by the hair, " There's no second chance little girl; I've given you too many."
"I-I beg you," Her lips,now a light blue, felt numb in the cold.
His grip loosened around her hair,not out of mercy,and not out of pity,his grip loosened so that he'd be able to get his belt. Alicia didn't hesitate,she didn't think it through; she ran.
"GET BACK HERE! GET BACK HERE YOU FILTHY LITTLE FREAK!"
She did not look back,her legs threatened to collapse beneath her,her teeth clattered against each other,but she kept going.
She broke her way out of the forest and onto the main road,only to get greeted by a truck which to her young eyes,seemed to be as big as twice the biggest house she'd ever seen. The nine year old squeezed her eyes shut,her legs didn't move,and her breathing got ragged.
'At least he won't kill me his own way' She thought to herself,from her place on the unpaved ground.
The big red lights of the truck blinded her temporarily,she gritted her teeth,and tried to move her legs ,but they did not move, 'This is it:one,two,th-three and-"
It did not come. Slowly she opened her eyes,and she was surprised by what she saw. In front of her was tall man in a black cloak,his hair was a very very dark black(if that makes sense). Her heart threatened to break out of her rib cage. It took her a second to realize that her rib age was broken. She winced,and then remembered that she was in the middle of the street with a very weird stranger. Fear flooded her body, " Th-Thank you sir," Her voice trembled against her will.
It wasn't of Snape's nature to show any concern,but the way the little girl looked and the way her teeth clattered against each other was enough to break anyone's nature.
"You cannot walk,you've broken your ankle," He said.
Alicia winced,not out of pain but out of fear. She was scared ,very scared.
"I-I can ,thank you very much sir." She finally got up, her bones throbbed,and when she looked down at her t-shirt she was surprised to see the amount of blood that had soaked it. But Snape saw nothing other than her broken leg. She had concealed her bloody shirt with a spell she heard her mother say before she'd passed away. It was a spell that hid things,it made things disappear. Lena Grey (her mother) had used it to hide herself and her daughter from her husband,but the spell only hid Alicia,and so,her husband ended up killing her. So you see, the spell doesn't hide everything,it hides only the things you fear for most.
"You cannot walk home alone,at least let me help you get there." And so he gently took her hands. The poor girl winced,other than that,she did not show her fear. She'd learnt the hard way not to show her fear to anyone. Snape was shocked at how bony her hands were,and when he placed his hands on her shoulders to steady her walking,he breathed in surprise yet again at how the bones stuck out from her back;they were like shards of glass.
"Where do you live?" He asked and he could not restrain the anger in his voice. How dare anyone treat a child this way? How dare anyone do all of this to a child?
But the little girl didn't answer-she could not speak.
Her head felt light,she'd lost too much blood,her ribs throbbed like hell,as for her legs,she could no longer feel them;but she kept on going and she forced the words out with great difficulty, " Sugarcane Street,sir."
Snape stopped and bent down so that his eyes were in the same level as hers, " Are you okay?"
"Yes sir I am." Her eyes were a fierce blue,void of any fear,even though she felt her heart beating in her throat.
He got up,and again,they began walking. He would stop every now and then to let the little girl rest,and it was she he would end that resting time not him.
"It's okay sir,I can continue on from here,thank you very much."
"No you cannot,look at yourself."
"I'm okay sir." She insisted,but Snape took her by the hand gently.
"You cannot go alone,it's dark."
Alicia began coughing violently,her shoulders shook against her will,her breathing once again got ragged and her face turned blue.
Snape was not going to wait,he carried her and dis-ape rated.
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Alicia Snape
Fanfiction'I know that it's hard,but you'll have to keep going.' Those were the last words Alicia heard her mother say before she died. Edward now loomed over her,and Alicia,who was only six,bit into the man's leg with all her strength. Her eyes stung with te...
