Learning of Worlds-Private

[HopesWings]

//Yep. I've got some stuff up my sleeve.

There was no response to the man's shout. Only a lonely owl could be heard in the still, hooting softly. Everything seemed to have calmed, and there was no trace of the madness which had just occurred. Through the trees, soft beams of moonlight illuminated the forest. It seemed as though Severus was the only person in the world. Alone, and in the forest.

A soft cry suddenly greeted his ears. It was further ahead of him, echoing from the banks of the nearby lake. Though he had never heard the cry from the girl before, it was unmistakably Ellie. She sounded wounded, and scared. Moments after the sound, a cold dread blanketed the forest. Shadows passed over Severus's head, heading in the same direction he was. The dementors were on the hunt.

Arriving at the lake, a terrifying sight awaited. Black and Potter were together on the lake's bank. Black was sprawled across the ground, hurt and unconscious. Potter was in no better shape than he was, for he was draped across the man's chest where he had fallen. Overhead, the dementors were kept at bay by the silvery blue light of a fading patrounus. It was impossible to tell what it had been. There was no sign of Ellie.

For several long moments, nothing happened. Suddenly, one could detect soft crying. Huddled in the shadows, Ellie was on her hands and knees in the water, soaking wet. She was covered in mud and blood, evidence that she had fallen from the cliff's steep edge. She had not even noticed Severus was there, too consumed in her pain and misery. In the cold, it was only a matter of time before coldness crept into her small body, weakening and possibly killing her. She knew not the danger she was in. Even as he watched, the dementors began to notice the girl. They began drifting towards her.

//Thank you! I just find it amusing because the two of them end up together.