Chapter 14: Pan to fire
Severus stopped thinking awhile ago. He is too numb with shock to even feel pain.
Aurors arrived with in fifteen minutes.
They would have taken Severus by force, but for Marriet, who for all her injuries, went at them like a angry hippogriff as soon as they came near Severus.
She refused to leave his side when healers wanted to send her to .
Severus did not come out from his stupor till Alastor moody made a magical firework explode in front of both of them, pulling Severus out of his shock. Marriet still clung to him like a life line.
He then answered all Moody's questions, who unlike his subordinates knew the spell his mother used, also, is able to find sufficient evidence to corroborate Severus story.
He was left alone with Marriet for the time being.
He pulled out his wand, started healing what little he can.
The Aurors came back to talk with them just as Severus healed last cut.
" , How are you doing?" Auror Shacklebolt asked with some concern.
Snape looked at him like he is gone crazy in response.
Kingsley just shrugged off Snape's impudence.
"We concluded your mother is perpetrator of the murder, ."
He pulled out Marriet's wand which is wrapped in silk cloth.
"Miss Marriet, The special circumstances needed for the last spell proves you are innocent. How ever, I still advise you not to use this wand." he told her holding the wand towards her.
Marriet raised her hand, tried to grab her wand with failing fingers. Severus took it from her hands, put it in her back pocket.
Kingsley moved a little back and observed the strange pair curiously.
They have tried in vain to send Marriet to healers. He could see her gashes are healed. He could only assume Severus healed her. He still hoped the girl will go to .
He turned to Marriet and delivered the news again.
"Miss Marriet, I know you have heard this already, but I strongly advise you submit your self to . These Injuries might not feel like much at the moment, but I am afraid that is only shock speaking. "
He paused to allow Marriet to respond.
"I stay wisth Severus." Marriet repeated in lisp due to lips being split.
Kingsley nodded.
"We talked with your guardians, they have arranged for a family nearby to take you in for tonight. I am afraid this arrangement is non-negotiable. You must go to either their place or ." he informed her.
"I stay wisth Severus" Marriet repeated again.
Kingsley looked towards Severus helplessly.
Severus him self is at loss for words.
A part of him said leave her to her fate, she has brought this upon her self. The other part whispered with out her, his mother never would have gotten time to impart the knowledge she did. It is his fault Marriet is in this state. He has no choice but to help her. Severus sighed.
"Marriet, how about I go with you and stay with you? Will you go with me to this place? "
Marriet nodded in answer.
"Can that be arranged ?" he asked addressing Kingsley.
"I will see what I can do, " Kingsley said in obvious relief.
The Aurors have been very reluctant to manhandle Marriet. She looked quite worse for wear. After all, it wouldn't do for the rescuers to start fighting with the one who needs rescue.
Kingsley came back after fifteen minutes to inform them that snape can stay at this place along with Marriet.
In the next hour, Aurors have procured a broom for Severus and Marriet, they are at sunset cottage.
It is quite homely looking place. It's a simple redbrick bungalow with white washed roof. It's surrounded by a meadow on all sides, a forest surrounded the meadow.
A homely looking woman took them inside.
Soon, they were fed, allowed to rest by them selves.
Marriet, in a strange bout of stubbornness, asked Severus to read to her. Simply put, she sat at the fire place held the book up, stared at Severus till he gave in, started reading from the book.
Miss. Abbey, left on an urgent business when an owl came for her.
She advised both of them supper is on the table provided she did not return by eight, urged them to sleep before nine.
Marriet sat almost like a stone at the fireplace. She listened to severus attentively as long as he read. He stopped it after half an hour. The book is a potions magazine, a potions magazine brought back what happened at his house.
He sighed, moved to window watching the clouds listlessly. Marriet just sat at the fire, watched severus as if he will disappear if she closed her eyes.
The first feeling of Deja vu came when he noticed a wolf that's out of formation. He moved to the kitchen, opened the doors to the cabinet. All of them are empty, save for his and Marriet's food.
"We need to get out of here." he told Marriet urgently.
He had no idea who's trying to kill Marriet, but for to day, he will keep her alive. That is the least he can do after the way his father treated Marriet. Even if she is the one who barged in to their home. He owed her that much.
"What? Why?" Marriet asked lethargically. She was about to fall asleep when Severus rushed in to the living room.
"No time now. Get up, take your wand, we are leaving now." Severus told her urgently as he looked around for Marriet's wand.
He thrust her wand in to her hand as soon as he found it, held her hand, tried to apparate both of them out.
Nothing happened.
The dread started creeping up his neck. He felt around for anti apparition wards. They are quite strong.
"Accio broom" he shouted with his strongest voice.
No response. Not even rattle of the brooms.
He went to the door, tried to open it.
It opened quite easily. Severus wondered why exactly they bothered to set up such strong anti apparition wards, while not even locking the door to hold them in
house.
In response, a wolf howled in distance.
Severus looked at the sky. It's like a stone dropped in to his stomach, and settled there.
It's fullmoon.
They are surrounded by werewolves, in a house which did not have locks.
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