| Dugbog
Join Date: May 2010 Location: Iowa , United States
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Second Year | 
Ok everyone this Chapter is small, but only because the next one has Ella's test and Harry's next challenge , so expect to see a lot more outside characters being brought in. I have an outline and I am pretty excited to see how it goes. Again everyone is great and I enjoy reading your comments.
Chapter 15
The hot sting of blood on Ella’s hand caused her to stir. She kept her eyes closed, but became fully aware of her surroundings. She passed out. She could feel everyone’s hot breath and there hands shaking her seemingly limp body. With some sort of courage she opened her eyes, but wished she could shut them again.
“You have to face your fears, Ella.” A slight whisper was faint in her ear.
Ella listened to the voice and slowly opened her eyes.
It took her a minute, but she soon reached her feet and quickly swallowed the potion Snape had for her. Her faint feeling went away and the wound on her head healed instantly.
“Have a seat Ella.” Dumbledore was the first to speak.
Ella sat in his chair and closed her eyes. She began a silent pray of courage.
“You probably have questions, which is normal.” Said her brash father.
Ella, her eyes barely opened began to scan the room.
She looked at her mother and then to her sisters.
“Why I was not informed is the main question.” Ella's voice cracked, as she tried to not show any emotion.
“We were told not to tell you anything about him” “He was supposedly dangerous.” Edward Greene said instantly. "That was the wishes of the women who bore you." Her father was frank and emotionless.
Not expecting anything less from her father she
glanced at Snape who stood at the door.
Ella wanted to ask why this Jane had said he was in too deep.
Could it be that he had ties with the dark lord?
Ella remained quiet.
She hated seeing their faces. They deceived her. Jenny and her shared everything.
Ella had enough.
She pushed her chair back, stood up and did not even glance at Snape who moved fast at her approach.
She opened the door, walked out, and slammed it shut.
She stood behind the door with her hand still on the latch when everything began to slow down.
She did what her body told her to do and ran.
She ran and pushed passed people to get back to the common room.
She didn’t even noticed Harry standing with Ginny.
All she heard was a yell.
“What the? Ella!” Ella could tell the yell was clearly Harry’s voice.
She finally reached the portrait hole. She stopped and pleaded with her brain to remember the darn password.
“ Snickleberry”
The door swung opened and to her happiness no one was there.
She walked to the dormitory and making sure the curtains were pulled, she laid in her bed. So many questions ran through her mind.
She could not stop the racing. What had to of been fifteen minutes, Ella awoke from her trance to the door creaking open.
“Ella… we know your in here, your curtains are pulled”
Ella sat up to the voice of her friend Hermione Granger.
Hermione opened the curtain to reveal herself with Ginny Weasley.
Ella glanced at her friend’s sister in suspicion.
Hermione sensing Ella putting up a guard began to reassure her.
“She won’t say a word.” Hermione said sternly nodding her head.
“Really Ella I won’t.” Said Ginny
Ella reached in her robe took out an envelope and handed it to Hermione.
Both girls sat on the bed with Ella and Hermione broke open the seal and read the contents.
Ella Rae Snape
05/17/1980
Mother Jane L. Bowman
Father Severus Snape
Healer: Thaddeus Legman.
Adopted at 1 day old to
Edward Greene
Deborah Greene
Hermione finished reading and with wide eyes she folded the paper and handed it back to Ella.
Ginny had the same wide eyes expression.
“Well everyone in school was right.”
Ginny said shrugging her shoulders.
“Everyone knew but me????” Ella eyes were beaming at the red haired Weasley.
“Ella, you do have a slight resemblance and well the whole potions thing.” Hermione said
“Do not tell anyone about this.” Ella said in a tone that silenced the other girls.
“Only Ron and Harry will know, and I will tell them”
The girls in front of Ella nodded.
“Hermione, will you do something for me?” Ella said.
“Yes, anything.” Hermione had no idea, what Ella would want.
“ Will you research the name Jane Bowman”
“Your biological mother?” Remembering the name she had just read.
“ Yes.” Ella said.
But as Ginny began to say something , The door to the dormitory opened and Jenny Greene walked in.
“Ella please come back” She pleaded
“What are you doing here?” Ella snapped.
“You’re my sister no matter what . Blood or not.” Jenny said her voice cracking.
Ella jumped to her feat and pulled her wand. In duelers stance she stood pointing her wand directly at the chest of her eldest sister.
“Sisters tell each other everything.” Ella said in a low voice.
“It was us against Dad, Mom , Lisa, and even Angela heck even the world for that matter.” Ella’s voice was getting louder with every word spoken.
“They made me promise, Ella.” Jenny said nearly begging her sister.
“Get out!” Ella said softly.
“Ella, please.” Jenny said
Ella didn’t hear anything. Jenny was just moving her mouth , but nothing was coming out.
She was angry. Was she not aloud to be?
Hermione and Ginny just stared not daring to get involved.
“Jen, I will hit you with a charm if you do not walk out of here.” Ella said with a look of furry on her face.”
“I expected Lisa and Angela not to tell me, but you, I expected differently.” Ella said.
With that, Jenny walked out of the dormitory.
Without saying a word, Ella flicked her wand and the door slammed shut and locked.
Ella sat down on her bed next to her friends and sighed.
“I almost dueled my pregnant sister.” Ella whispered before tears began to stream down her face.”
Hermione patted Ella’s back and tried to comfort her.
“Ella , its me ,Harry, and well Ron is here too!” “What is going on?” “ You ran past me like a banshee, and your sister just ran out of the common room!”
“Please explain, I thought I could , but I guess not.” Ella spoke softly so the boys would not hear her.
Ella watched as Ginny and Hermione took the Birth Certificate and walked out to tell Ron and Harry what was going on.
“But Snape is evil!” Ella heard Ron say.
“Not to Ella.” Hermione said.
“He put my name in the goblet of fire!” Harry shouted.
“You do not have concrete evidence.” Hermione said sternly.
Ella heard their shocked voices.
She plopped back down.
Her wand twirling through her fingers.
After a few twirls she grasped her wand tightly and spoke “ordo sonitus” and from her wand came sweet classical music. She closed her eyes as the music comforted her.
She knew her friends could here the loud music, but she didn’t care. It calmed her.
She had a huge test tomorrow, and she wasn’t prepared. She needed to study. Poor Harry had his next challenge and she hadn’t even helped him with it. She began to breathe at a normal pace and her nerves began to calm down.
She opened the door to the dormitory and saw her friends outside sitting on the floor.
“Ok I am done.” Ella said shaking her head as if she was trying to reassure herself.
“I need to study.”
“You guys are amazing , and I am sorry I had to bring all this drama into the lives of people that REALLY don’t need it.
“Ella , you found out you were adopted.” Harry said standing up
“You are allowed to freak out.”
“Well thanks for everything, you guys really are amazing.”
“No problem” They all said in unison.
Ella hugged each of them and went to the library.
She sat there for a good while reflecting the pensive over and over in her mind.
He showed emotion when he read the letter from Jane. Her mother Jane. No her mother was Deborah. Deborah Greene. Edward Greene. Those were her parents. Controlling, obsessive, loving, endearing. All which described her parents. Ella’s mind was fighting a battle over the truth and what was in her heart.
As the battle continued, she did not notice the man who was the center of the conflict sitting in front of her.
“Oh my, you scared me.” Ella jumped at the sight of Snape.
“Sorry.” a whisper came out of his mouth.
“I don’t know what to say.” Snape said
“You don’t have to say anything.” Ella said solemnly.
“I thought about you every day.” “I fought myself daily on whether I should get you and raise you myself.”
“If only you should understand the situation I was in.”
“I know of the situation, but I dare not say it out loud.”
Snape nodded.
“I don’t expect us to be close, right away.”
“Has my family left?”
“Yes.”
“Your sister was distraught.” “It seems you were a dueler at Salem.” Snape said with a hint of a smile.
“Champion all three years.” Ella smiled.
“I play qudditch too.” Ella said as if she was in an interview .
“But I prefer dueling.” " But I feel so horrible wanting to stun Jenny" " I mean I can tell she is with child and I shouldnt of done that."
" Wait what?"
" She is glowing and she is never that sappy with me."
" Sirius, was never very responsible." Snape's face began to twist in disgust.
" You dont like him very much do you?" Ella knew the answer, but felt like asking him anyway.
" He is irrational and doesnt think" " We went to school together , he was the same then as he is now." Snape's voice was stern and hateful.
“Maybe this summer I can stay, and we can get to know each other.” Ella said shyly attempting to change the subject.
“ That would be nice, of course if and only if your parents allow it .”
“Yes of course.” Ella said nodding her head.
“No one can know about this.” As he said this he pushed in the chair and began to walk away
“I understand.”
Ella saw him leave the library and she began to study. She had lost a few hours of studying and needed to prepare for the exam which was the following day. |