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What Makes a Snape?	By : MagicWords Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female Views: 6166 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Chapter Five – Only a Memory
Severus hurried back toward the dungeons and the Slytherin dormitory. He swept through the common room and proceeded directly to his own room, unlocking the wards as he walked. He hoped that Ella would still be there, but true to her words, she was gone.
He surveyed the room, wondering briefly if he had dreamt the entire incident. His discarded night clothes were nowhere in sight. His books, parchments and quills were neatly arranged on the small desk in the corner. His bed was made and he tried to remember how it looked with her lying there beneath the emerald green and silver duvet.
He realized then, that he hadn’t taken the time to appreciate the sight of her nestled there, and tried to conjure the image from the remembered feel of her curled next to him.
That, he had no trouble recalling in vivid detail.
He felt her warm, delicate limbs entwined with his and the long, loose braid that fell over her shoulder and across her breasts. He wondered how it might feel unbound and cascading over them both in a silken sheet.
He sighed deeply and sat on his bed and when he did, a small box appeared on his pillow. He saw a blank piece of parchment attached to it and when he picked it up, words slowly appeared.
My name from your lips is all you need.
Severus turned the card over and found nothing else written. He sat it aside, then carefully lifted the box and examined it. It was intricately carved, solid and had no visible hinges or locks. He looked at the card again and noted that the inscription had faded nearly away. He touched the paper and the words flared again.
My name from your lips is all you need.
He studied it for a moment, wondering if there was more to the message. He continued holding the card to see if anything else appeared, but to no avail. He re-read the words several times, both silently and aloud but nothing happened. At a loss, he sighed, and in barely a whisper said, “Oh Ella, what are you doing?”
Instantly, the original words were gone and new ones began to appear.
Dear Severus,
If you are reading this then you’ve realized saying my name is the way to open this message. Not terribly creative, I know, but I thought it would suffice on short notice.
I must be brief—
There are things I need you to know but didn’t have time to say this morning.
I told you I believe that you are a natural and powerful Legilimens, but you are not the only one in the castle. Your Headmaster, while well-meaning, inadvertently revealed that he, too, possesses this ability. We were able to block is subtle attempts to access our thoughts when we arrived, but it is imperative that you do the same. The box contains a talisman that will block any intrusion until you are trained to harness your Legilimency and develop Occlumency to counter future intrusion.
No one must know of my visit or of anything that transpires between us. You are the one chosen to accompany me at Hogwarts next term and you will be welcomed to Avalon as a favored son for the Master’s Apprenticeship.
However, this privilege comes with a price. The Secrets of Avalon must be guarded at all costs and that begins now.
If you truly wish to learn those secrets and protect them, then you must feel it in your very heart and vow now to do so…or decline the offer.
The choice is yours. Follow your heart, but choose wisely for there is no going back.
Hold the box and make your choice. If you are worthy and your heart true, it will open. If not, it will vanish and with it, all memories of the promise of Avalon…and of me.
--Ella
Severus read and re-read the note several times, and went from confused to elated and back to confused each time. His mind reeled as he sorted through his mixed emotions and the myriad of questions posed by Ella’s cryptic missive.
“Dumbledore is a Legilimens and he tried to enter the Avonleigh’s minds? Why?”
“I will escort Ella next term and go to Avalon…a Masters Apprenticeship in Avalon! The secrets to the most powerful magic in the world are mine for the asking.”
“Am I worthy? Can I vow to protect those secrets here and now? Is there more that Ella hasn’t told me?”
He rolled it over and over and it was Ella’s last words that continued to rise to the surface, “…it will vanish and with it, all memories of the promise of Avalon…and of me.”
He placed the message gently on the bed and as soon as he released it, the words began to fade to memory. Just a memory…
Severus picked up the box, held it close and made his choice.
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