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When There Is No War	By : lexiatel Category: Harry Potter AU/AR > Slash - Male/Male Views: 6320 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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A/N: Woot another Chapter in Severus' POV :)
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Kat: **giggles* I can't give nothing away, but I really love your speculation :)
loisa: Yes, I want to punch Ted so bad! :( You should like this chapter!

Chapter 17: It Is Indeed A Small World
Severus collapsed onto the bed of the motel he had checked into. He was exhausted after apparating around the region looking for Audrey. He was starting to believe that she may have used an alternate name.
He had went to every place he knew that Audrey could be at. Evidently, the search wasn't as easy as he thought it was going to be. Now he was somewhere in Scotland, ready to sleep the night away. The receptionist at his last stop had mentioned an affiliated branch in Scotland, so he was going to search there next, but after a full rest. Casting twenty seven apparation spells would drain the best wizard out there, and he was on the brink of passing out.
Severus had just took a few potions to help him replenish his energy. With a huge sigh, his eyes shut, unable to stay open any longer.
He woke nine hours later, feeling fully charged and almost energized thanks to his reviver potion. He did a small list of things before beginning his search all over again.
He did this for three days, and was beginning to think he would never find Audrey until a woman gave him the best news he'd heard a long while.
"Audrey Grady?" The woman behind the counted asked to make sure she pulled the right file out of her desk.
"Yes. Is she here?"
The woman thumbed through the papers before asking, "What's your name again, sir?"
"Severus Snape." Severus tried his hardest to not sound annoyed, he had lost count on how many times he had said his name in the last four days.
The woman nodded in contentment. "You are listed as her Prescriber."
"I am." He simply confirmed.
"She is here. Though, she's not capable of speaking at the moment."
"That is fine, I would just like to check in on her."
"Very well. Room 5A." She stamped a tiny card before handing it to him. "If anyone gives you an issue, just show them this." She said handing it too him.
"Thanks for your assistance." He pocketed the card. A wave of sudden relief flowing through him.
Hers was the first room on the left on the fifth floor. Just as he turned the knob to go in, something stopped him.
"I told you to get out of here!" A man snarled.
"Please, let me stay! I won't be any trouble!" Severus saw a teenager being lead away by a man who had a hold of his ear. "I swear it!" The boy pleaded.
"You must be accompanied by an adult to be on this floor. I already told you that!"
"I just want to see her!" The boy tried struggling free.
"Stop that! Security!" A red light immediately went on and started flashing in slow pulses.
The boy finally slipped away and he ran toward Severus, skidding to a stop when he seen the tall man. Severus raised an eyebrow.
"Please let me see her!" The boy had a layer of tears in his eyes.
The man had snatched the boy's upper arm and pulled him away just as two new men- bulky men- came onto the floor. The lights then stopped flashing, their task finished.
Severus eyes didn't remove from the pleading blue ones of the teenager before him. He noticed the kid packed a black eye, and there was a cut on his lip. "Wait." He called out.
Everyone paused to look at Severus. "What?" The first man snapped.
Severus stiffened. "He's with me." He held out the card.
One of the security men took it from Severus and needed only a glimpse before he nodded. "Release the boy."
"Oh, come on! That man's lying! This boy's been pestering this floor for days now, and I haven't seen that man until just today!"
"Release the boy." The man repeated, sending the other a threatening look.
The first one growled before pushing the boy roughly toward Severus. The boy straitened himself, and gave the man a glaring look.
Severus opened the door to Audrey's room. "This way." He gestured the boy inside, who rushed into the room instantly.
The boy didn't hesitate to join Audrey at her bedside. He silently placed a hand on her arm. Audrey didn't respond to it. She appeared to be sleeping.
"She should rest. Don't wake her." Severus told the boy. "So, is she your mother or something?" He asked, fishing for answers.
"No." He removed his hand from her. A tear fell from his eye. "Do you know when she will wake up?"
"I do not."
"Are you her healer?"
"I am one of her Prescribers." Severus answered.
"What's that?"
Severus took two chairs and brought them to the bedside, setting one down next to the boy. "Strange how you know what a healer is but not a prescriber."
"This place is strange." The boy said looking around. "I found out she was transferred here almost two weeks ago. The last place wasn't so strict."
"How do you know Audrey?" Severus asked. "What is she to you?"
"Well..." the boy folded his hands together, looking at the floor. "I was hoping she was going to be my mother."
"Your mother?"
He nodded. "You see, a few months ago, she was dating my dad."
Severus leaned back in his chair as a light bulb hit him. His eyes glazed over, adding everything together. "What happened?" he asked.
The boy, who Severus was sure was named Langston, wiped his eyes dry. "She got sick." His voice croaked.
"She's been sick." Severus told him. "For years now."
Langston looked at him. "Really?" He asked. "She didn't look sick."
Severus shifted his eyes to Audrey, who appeared well. Her sandy, blonde hair, curled messily around her face. Around her tiny, cute, petite nose, and her natural pink, thin lips. She would look healthy to anyone. "Not on the outside, no."
"One of the Healers said it was because she had a baby."
"That Healer was wrong." Severus said. "She's been sick since the day she was conceived, but the child bearing probably didn't help, no."
"She's going to die, isn't she?"
"Do you have so little faith?" Severus refrained from growling. Audrey really didn't need such negative thoughts surrounding her at this time. It wouldn't help her in the slightest.
"I know what terminal means, sir. I am not an idiot." Langston looked bitter.
"How did you even get in this building? Do you understand what this place is?"
Langston looked around again, studying the room that looked very abnormal to him. There were no machines, nor electronics. Audrey didn't even have an IV in her vein. He shook his head. "All I know is that it seems like a hospital for people on the verge of death. But it's no ordinary one. It's strange. Unrealistic. Or maybe... something not from this time."
"Haven't you ever been in a hospital?"
"Not like this one, no."
Severus was confused. Langston was a Muggle, yet Muggles couldn't enter a Wizard's hospital. How did the kid manage to get passed the blockade?
"She's in good hands." Severus told Langston. "Audrey will be fine."
"What's wrong with her?"
"That is Audrey's thing to tell."
"Do you know her son? Are you his Prescriber too?"
"I've met him; and no, I am not his Prescriber."
"Well, one reason I am here is because he's missing. And she needs to know." Langston wiggled his leg nervously. "He was staying at my home and one morning I woke up and he was gone. I think he may have ran away."
Audrey didn't inform her boyfriend about Andrew's move? Merlin, what is wrong with her?
"Why would he run away?"
Langston avoided Severus' eyes. He shrugged.
Severus cleared his throat. "Where'd you get that black eye?"
"I got in a fight."
"Did you win?"
Langston crossed his arms and grunted. "No...the other person... he's a lot stronger than me."
Severus grit his teeth. "Who started the fight?"
Langston looked Severus in the eye. "Do you think I would start a fight with someone stronger than me?"
"Some people are thick minded." Severus replied dryly.
"Well, I am not."
"How about I walk you home?" Severus suggested.
"Uh..." Langston peered at Audrey.
"I'll let her know you came by." Severus promised. "And I'll give her your message."
"I've looked for him." Langston said, standing up. "Please let her know that I tried all I could to protect him."
"To protect Andrew?"
Langston nodded with tears in his eyes.
"Protect him from what?"
Tears slipped from the boy's eyes and he wiped them away swiftly. "I just hope he's okay." He said, ignoring Severus question.
"I am sure he's just fine. Perhaps even safer than he was before."

* / *
Severus took the bus with the boy and they got off fives miles from the hospital. He insisted on staying with Langston the whole journey. This way, he'd know where that bastard Ted lived.
Langston didn't appear to mind too much. The two talked on their way, getting along okay.
"Do you have one of those wands like the Healers do?" Langston asked, searching Severus' robes with his eyes for any sign of it.
"Yes." Severus said, extracting it from a pocket specifically designed for his wand.
"So you can do magic too?"
"Yes, I am a wizard. How do you know about magic?"
Langston shrugged. "Andrew can do it."
"Muggles usually don't notice such things. In fact, it's actually a crime to perform magic in front of Muggles."
"Muggles? That sounds like you're insulting me!"
"It's what we call non-magical people. It is not offensive in any way." Severus assured him.
"If what you said is true, how come I can see magic?"
"I don't know." Severus said, trying to think up a logical reason. "Can you see all magic?"
"I see a lot of it. Not just from Andrew. Magic is..." Langston glanced around. "Everywhere."
"Hmm." Severus mused. He couldn't be a wizard, otherwise he'd have a wand of his own by now. And possibly enrolled at Hogwarts, or a school of the like. "How about your parents?"
Langston sunk his head sadly. "Mum's dead. And Dad is not magical."
"Perhaps your mother was a witch. What was her name?"
"Beatrice."
"And her maiden name?"
Langston shrugged. "Sorry, I don't know. Dad doesn't talk about her."
Severus nodded. "That's alright."
They walked down a deserted dirt road for ten minutes without saying anything. In the middle of no where, they came along a drive path.
"I'll be fine from here, thank you, sir."
"My name is Severus." He tilted his head at the boy respectively.
"Langston." The boy held out his hand to shake.
Severus couldn't remember the last time he shook a hand. It was a Muggle thing, but he took the child's hand and they shook once before they released. "Nice meeting you, Langston." He said before shifting his eyes toward the large farmhouse down the long path.
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