Break me down {Sev/Open}

[Remus John Lupin]

I try to find myself, I find the stranger trapped inside
And I'll take one more step away from the face
I used to recognize

The small framed prefect gently walked through the hallways, his thin form gingerly passing people. He wondered why the corridors were so packed. His light hair fell into his eyes and the teen swept the loose strands from his eyes in a fluid motion. He couldn't help but wonder where all of his friends had gotten to, he had yet to see them today. A sigh surpassed his lips, not even wanting to think of the trouble they could be getting into. Remus smiled a bit, he was sure they were alright. He was a bit tired but not too bad, a full moon was approaching but he was handling himself rather well. Sure the boy was rather exhausted but he needed to keep his strength up.

There had been so much going on in Hogwarts these days, rumors of a Dark Lord rising and Remus could only hope it was merely hearsay. Moony clenched the two books to his chest as he moved past an oblivious group of chatting girls and into the library. He wanted to get some studying done, though he was quite prepared for the upcoming test one could never be too prepared. Remus moved through the quiet room, it was huge and the boy smiled, it was one of his favorite places in school. The brunette found a small table and took a seat, placing the books on the tabletop before him. He ran a hand through his hair, stifling a yawn. He was so happy that they had made accommodations for him... just so he could attend school.

He could only hope that this transformation would go better than last months, how could he be so careless. He pinched the bridge of his nose trying to recall what had exactly gone so wrong.

"Moony," the sound of James' voice broke through the brunette's thoughts. It wasn't until he felt Sirius place his hand on his shoulder that he had even realized he was being spoken to. Amber eyes looked up in exhaustion, he was tense and wanted nothing more than to sleep. He could see the concern in his friend's eyes and he didn't want to have them worry over him. He tried to offer them a smile but it was gone as soon as it came. "Sorry," his voice was soft and nearly lost in the sound of the harsh winds outside.

As the rest of the marauders told him he had no reason to apologize he placed his head in his hands. This headache was unbearable. He hated his 'affliction'... what else could he call it? Some werewolves enjoyed it, much like the one who had burdened Remus. Fenrir Greyback loved it and harmed as many people as he could. Not Remus, he hated it so much. He never wanted to hurt anyone.

Remus rested for a bit and before he knew it he was being shaken into consciousness by a panicked Sirius, who was shouting that they needed to get to the Shrieking Shack immediately. Sirius half dragged, half carried Remus out of the dorms and down where the other marauders were waiting. Shock and pure anxiety was setting in, Remus could already feel the early signs of transformation.

By the time they had made it outside it was too late, it was going to happen there. There was no way they could make it to the Whomping Willow in time.

Ripping, scratching, the screams. Remus was transforming right there. The pain was intensified, hunched over and omitting nothing but something that sounding like he was growling and wailing in pain all in the same breath. Tearing. In an instance his body was rigid, his head now upright, facing the sky. He was no longer the innocent, he was no longer the kind boy. The animal had taken over.

The others had instantly let their animagus forms take over.

The boy shook his head, they had eventually gotten him to the forest at least. It could have been so bad and he couldn't control himself. He had been in the hospital wing for a total of four days after that one, he was so angry at himself. He would not allow himself to rest beforehand again, the boy grabbed his Ancient Runes book and began to look over the chapters they were covering. However, he soon found he could barely keep his attention tethered to his studies after rereading the same line four time she closed the book and placed it back down, leaning back into his chair.

Listening to: Break me down- Red
Outfit: HERE
Tags: Seveurs/ Open
Notes: Hope that's okay!
Words: 757

[Severus Tobias Snape]

Severus slinked up the stairs leading up to the ground floor from the dungeon common room the Slytherins were housed in. In is arms he held his own copy of “Advanced Potion-Making”, a book he had grown very fond of over time. He had written various ideas and discoveries within its yellow-white pages. Words were literally anywhere and everywhere in the book you could imagine; the margins, at the top of the page, between paragraphs, you name it.
Aside from the precious cargo he was carrying, he was able to breathe and tread lightly. It had been awhile since his last unfortunate run-in with the group of hoodlums called the “Marauders”. Severus had not had to put up with their relentless bulling and pestering, so he worked on himself, creating and testing out new ways to brew potions, and making up a few incantations of his own. However, their strange absence of pestering was growing somewhat suspicious. Normally the troublemakers would be on his back given a chance….
Full moon isn‘t far off. Remus is probably the only reason they‘ve not sought me out yet.
With this in mind, Severus reached the top of the staircase. His robes billowed away from the thin half of his lower body as he took a left towards the library. Now was a good time to study anything he could about the Dark Arts. It was his passion after all. Any dirt he was able to scrounge up would be an excellent addition to his current knowledge. Snape only strived to be the best, nothing more, nothing less.
The corridors were dimly lit with torches that stretched on forever on the walls, accompanied by many equally styled Victorian windows. They were open to let in the last breaths of summer air, which Severus happily appreciated. He really liked the summer, probably because of the summers he spent with Lily, you know, when they were actually friends.
He clutched onto his book a little tighter.
Now she thinks I’m a monster.
For the rest of the time he spent scurrying to the library (bumping angrily into other students along the way) his darkened eyes were kept on the dusty marbled floor. Conflicting emotions quickly built up inside his chest, turning his heart inside out and threatening to make a fool out of him. Lily was not something he enjoyed thinking about, not lately. She was a bittersweet subject.
Severus shook his head, causing a few strands of greasy hair to lay across his face. She was nothing. Lily was a Mudblood, a Gryffindor, a goodie-goodie for god’s sake. He was supposed to hate her.
Then why do I feel this way?

Finally, he had reached the library. Severus shifted his Potions book to his left arm, and used his right hand to soundlessly open the entrance door to the library. He casually stepped inside, shutting the door just as quietly as he had entered through it.
Turning around to face the books, he headed toward the back of the room to find an isolated seat, passing a loud group of girls as he walked. He didn’t like being around a lot of people, especially not those who were very chatty like them. That species of girl was just annoying. How could anyone stand them?
Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, someone caught his attention. Remus Lupin was lounging carelessly in a chair, which looked like it was unsteady enough to tip over. Severus silently wished he would fall backwards and hit his skull on a bookcase. All Remus needed was a little push.
What an idea.
Snape reached carefully into his robe pocket and curled his fingers around his wand. Using his book to cover himself, he lifted his arm slightly just so that the tip of his wand would be aimed directly at one of the two back legs supporting Remus.
Severus parted his lips unnoticeably, ensuring his voice would be kept to a whisper.
“Diffindo.”

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[Remus John Lupin]

I try to find myself, I find the stranger trapped inside
And I'll take one more step away from the face
I used to recognize

The teen was balancing with elegance, though he was doing so absentmindedly. He was so restless lately. He opened his eyes and looked around the library, it was pretty dead today. The boy ran a hand through the soft brunette locks. Through the silence, he heard a distinct and absolute slicing sound and felt a very unnatural lurch backwards. Normally he would have been able to catch himself rather well, however being so close to the full moon and being so exhausted he felt his head slam into the book shelf behind him. Falling to the side Remus fell from the chair which had quite obviously been severed on purpose. He felt a warm small trickle of blood running down the back of his neck.

Black blotches skewed his vision and he sighed, producing his wand and muttering a spell he had come to learn over time. After all transforming back into a human he was often covered in open wounds and so he learned how to fix them. The spell closed the wound well enough though it was still throbbing from the painful impact. Remus watched as Madam Pince came rushing over, "oh dear! you really should o to the Hospital Wing." Remus gave her a careful smile, "I appreciate your concern but I'm alright. Thank you, I've handled it, just a bit clumsy I suppose." He gently rose to his feet and picked the chair up though the two back legs were considerably shorter now.

Shaking his head he looked in the direction of where the spell had come from and spotted Severus Snape. He laid the chair against the table and heaved a rather heavy sigh. His vision was still a bit blotchy but he would manage just fine. He was sure that the other boy did it out of spite and deep hatred for Remus' friends often picked on him. Though the boy never personally took part he had always feared speaking against it to his friends. He could understand why he would wish to harm him, though Remus would not fight with the boy, nor tease him.

He had faced the same sort of thing all his life and it did not seem fair. Though he knew if any of the other Marauders were here they'd be on him in a matter of moments. He crossed over nonetheless now needing a new place to sit anyway. He took one at the same table but further away fro the greasy Slytherin, "I'm afraid you've stained my shirt Severus," he addressed him by his name instead of the favored nickname by James and Sirius. His tone was soft, not hostile though if the boy were to attack him again Remus would protect himself, not allowing the boy to just wail on him.

Listening to: Break me down- Red
Outfit: HERE
Tags: Seveurs/ Open o.o
Notes: Remus is so nice

[Wilhelmina Rose White]

There was a loud yawn within the Gryffindor dormitory, not that there was anyone else around to hear it. Apparently Miss White had decided to skip out on her classes for the day, claiming to be sick when in reality she had only been rather nocturnal last night. It wasn't a rare thing. The young girl had had problems with sleeping at night since she was very young. There was just too much one could do at night that one could absolutely not do during the day. This was especially true when attending Hogwarts. Rules were easier to break at night when there were less teachers and prefects around to yell and deduct points from her house. Besides, the night was the most beautiful time here at Hogwarts. With the moon shining bright upon the lake in the distance, and the hauntingly beautiful aura that the Forbidden Forest put off. It was all rather..exhilarating, really.

Unfortunately for Mina, missing another day of class meant getting even further behind on her school work and study. She could hear her father's voice in her head now, full of anger and disappointment, telling her that he had expected her to work as hard as she could after getting the chance of a lifetime. But it wasn't like Mina didn't try. It was all just a little overwhelming. I mean, come on. She had been nothing more than a strange muggle three years ago, then that charming little letter showed up and everything seemed to make sense. She was not like the other children who poked fun at her, she was special. Special..like that word mattered now. She wasn't special among these people, she was just as strange as a witch as she was a muggle. It was a bit disheartening, but Mina did her best to push through it with the dream of someday being a famous witch, a witch who did something to save the magical world, a witch that the people who here would someday look up to.

With a tired sigh, Mina glanced around the dimly lit dormitory. It was empty. Which was alright on one hand, but a little lonesome on the other. What did it matter? There wasn't anyone she shared this room with that was interested in being her friend in the least bit. The curly-haired gryffindor took a deep breath, then turned on her bare heels to stare down at the large stack of school books on her trunk. She knew that she needed to catch up, or there was no way she was going to get through this term. Mina lifted her hand and ran it through her dark locks before bending lazily to pick up the four large books. Her small back popped as she stood back up, shifting the large books around in her thin arms before turning and scurrying out of the dormitory, through the common room, and into the full corridors.
Mina hadn't bothered to change out of her red and gold pajamas, nor put any kind of shoes on. So it was normal for the young gryffindor to get some strange looks on her way to the library. She could care less, strange looks were nothing new to her. In fact, she didn't really mind the looks so much. If they couldn't help but stare at her beauty, then so be it.

Wilhelmina finally stepped into the library, pushing the door open with her foot. She froze for a moment, happening upon a boy who had apparently just fallen backward in his chair. Raising an eyebrow, Mina watched the incident closely before realizing the obviously older boy was someone that she knew. She had met Remus when she was a first year, but they hadn't really started speaking to one another until this year. There had been an occasion or two when she happened upon him and his group of friends that people often called the "Marauders". She wasn't technically friends with any of them, including Remus, but she knew of their antics and had secretly wished to be invited into their little group for quite some time now. It wouldn't happen, though. The Marauders, as they were called, were popular and Mina was no where near that level of superiority.

She shook her head after several minutes of staring off into space, and quickly realized that wasn't the best thing to do at the moment. With her weight in books in her hands, that slight movement had set her off balance. The tiny girl stumbled forward to the nearest table, slamming the heavy books down immediately. It wasn't until after she regained her footing and stood straight up that she had fallen right in front of Severus Snape. The small gryffindor gasped quietly and immediately took a step back. "Er..I apologize," normally, Mina wouldn't apologize to someone she didn't exactly like. But she was, well..a bit frightened of this boy.

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[David Val'Lauren]

What have you done now?
I know I'd better stop trying
You know that there's no denying
I won't show mercy on you now
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David smiled to himself as he walked along the limitless amount of literature books. He had used many of these in his past years and some of them he simply used for just reading. He yawned lightly pickking up another book and setting it on the stack to read. So far he had seven books to read three of them for school work and the others just to catch up on this adventure novel he had started to read during the summer.

Hearing someone say a spell he sighed lightly walking toward the direction putting his books on a table. Looking to see who it was he easily spotted Severus and growled in his throat seeing the spell hit Remus' chair leg. He then saw Remus just get up not even paying Severus much attention.

David walked over to Remus speaking lightly in his accent,"You alright there Remus? I saw what happened..." David shot a glare at Severus saying to the slytherin, "I thought I warned you once already???"
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Lyrics: What have you done now-within temptation
Words: I dont like counting
Comments: Hello again Severus!!!

[Wilhelmina Rose White]

Hey, guys. We now have an order to keep this thread from getting messy, if you know what I mean. So, our order from now on would be Xanthe, Sev, Remus, Me, and then David.

[Xanthe Lynnette Murder]

“What was that, David?”
Xanthe Murder swung the door to the library open dramatically, a snarl slowly creeping up on her face. She had heard what happened in the boy’s bathroom not too long ago with Severus, Sirius, and David. The two Gryffindors had ganged up on him when he was vulnerable and without any backup. She didn’t like that. Xanthe was highly protective of what she considered to be her best friends, her Housemates, her Slytherins.
Her forest green eyes glinted at David, threatening to burn the very skin off of his flesh. In all honesty, she would if she could for the “crime” he had committed. Her stride was confident as she walked across the red carpeting of the library. Her glare never strayed from David all the while she passed up Severus, who she had noticed when she arrived, and Mina, who was thankfully overlooked for the time being. Remus could also be seen, but David was Xanthe’s target for the moment.
She approached the oldest Gryffindor and stopped at his left side, her face in a stiff scowl. The Slytherin girl attempted to look him in the eye, but it seemed he wasn’t paying any attention to her. She processed to grasp his left wrist, squeezing it, and pulling him close as hard as she could with all the strength she could muster. No one was going to ignore Miss Murder while she was talking to them, especially not a stuck-up Gryffindor like David.
“Listen to me. You’ve made a big mistake, David, for messing with my friend,” Xanthe said coldly, yanking him downwards to make direct eye contact. “I swear on my life that you’re got going to get away with messing with Severus. He doesn’t deserve your crap, or anyone’s for that matter. You mess with him,” she said, taking her free hand and pointing a finger at Severus, indicating his presence, “you mess with me.”
A noise behind her caused her to turn around. It was quite a slamming sound, followed indistinctly by a loud bump. Her expression changed quickly from curiosity to irritation once she found out who was the source of the distraction. Mina White had fallen right on her bum in front of Severus. The library became eerily silent, just enough to hear a small gasp escape her lips. Xanthe couldn’t help but feel slightly amused.
Mina was such a clumsy girl, a scared one by the looks of it, too. The simple way the color escaped her face, the way she gazed up at Severus was simply priceless. Was she scared of him or something? Wouldn’t be the first time a “brave” Gryffindor backed down from a fright.
“Er..I apologize.”
Murder’s look of disgust masked out the animosity she felt from David. She still kept hold of his wrist, digging her fingernails into his skin out of pure frustration. Her voice was bitter when she spoke, her words strung together perfectly in a sour tone.
“It would help if you said it like you meant it, without the obvious tremble in your voice.”

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[Severus Tobias Snape]

The way Remus had addressed him came as a slight shock to Severus. He was used to being called Snivellus by the Marauders, of course, but he hadn’t heard Remus actually use it himself, come to think of it. You know, when he really thought about it, Remus never joined in the bulling. Normally, the brunette Gryffindor was reading a book tediously, or writing on a piece of parchment. Not once did he use a single spell on Severus.
His black eyes slowly moved to the crimson flooring of the library. He was partially ashamed of how he acted on impulse. What if Lupin really got hurt for the hostility he truly didn’t deserve? Hasn’t he been enough, being a werewolf and all, forced to seek help once every month for something he painfully could not control?
No. Even if Remus had not contributed to Snape’s torment, the boy did not do anything to stop his friends from hurting him. Maybe once he could have actually stood up and asked them to stop, or stated his personal opinion on their ruthless actions. Perhaps Remus didn’t care at all about what James, Sirius, and Peter did to him; he was just too busy to be a part of it.
His gaze adverted when David came out of the mountainous rows of books. The second Gryffindor passed him up with hardly a glance until he actually scowled over at him.
"I thought I warned you once already???"
Severus blinked at him, expressionless, remembering how David had barged in on him and Sirius in the bathroom. David unnecessarily took the confrontation into his own hands, something Snape was not thrilled about at all. He wasn’t supposed to have been there at all. It was none of his business.
“What was that, David?”
Oh God.
The aura of Xanthe Murder washed over the room like a treacherous tidal wave, turning such a (normally) peaceful setting into a newly proposed battleground.
He watched her as she passed him, her robes coming close to hitting his own. The Slytherin proceeded to threaten David, and though he couldn’t see her face, he was very sure she was giving him the one she was famous for, the one no one actually feared. Xanthe liked to believe people would cower to her. Sure, she has done some pretty bad things to people in the past, but her attitude threw people completely off of who she really was and what her intentions were. It wasn’t like Severus cared. Frankly, her coming to his rescue was embarrassing. He didn’t need saving.
You know, David and Xanthe were kind of the same. Both of them stuck up for the people in their House, and their best friends, no matter the situation, but they wouldn’t see eye to eye. The two were probably so similar in that aspect that they never could.
Those types of people annoyed him.
A small figure broke the silence of his thoughts, a tiny black shadow whooshing in front of him out of the corner of his vision. Everything happened all at once, too fast for Severus to register in his strong mind what was exactly happening. His first instinct was to slightly jump back from whoever had fallen at his feel far before he showed any interest to look down at them.
Mina White’s caramel eyes stared back at him, somewhat wide and caught off guard. He did nothing but gaze back at her, wrinkling his thin face for the fact she nearly touched him.
Er..I apologize.
Before he could speak, someone spoke for him.
“It would help if you said it like you meant it, without the obvious tremble in your voice.”
Severus paid no attention to her apology, which he would‘ve done regardless of Xanthe chiming into a conversation that wasn‘t hers. He crossed his arms. Now he was just waiting for the bombs to go off.

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[Remus John Lupin]

I try to find myself, I find the stranger trapped inside

And I'll take one more step away from the face
I used to recognize

His head throbbed a bit but the soft mannered boy ignored it as small Whilhelmina White made her appearance, he flashed her a gentle smile. They hadn't exactly been friends but Remus still liked her company and the two of them had grown closer as of this year. Soft amber eyes swept back to Snape who chose to ignore Remus' words which was fine he was not really expecting an answer. After all the other boy nearly bashed his head in... well if Remus had been at another angle he might not have been as lucky. Severus obviously had a lot of hate for him and while he couldn't blame him, attacking him while his back was turned and in a manner where he could have seriously been injured was not very commendable but he would choose to overlook it as of now.

He was suddenly in the presence of David Val'Lauren, a friend of his. David was a year ahead of him and the Quidditch captain. Remus shook his head, "yeah I'm fine David, really. Thanks but it's fine no need to blow it out of proportion it's-" he was cut off by the very loud appearance of Xanthe, a Slytherin girl Remus didn't care much for. She was very rude and extremely opinionated. He heaved a sigh, everything seemed to be elevating and his headache was getting much worse. He pinched the bridge of his nose, trying to block out the noise and calm his headache down into submission. Though he nearly jumped out of his sin as he heard a loud bang, he opened his eyes once more and looked to Wilhelmina who seemed unable to hold her large amount of books any longer. His rang a little, "are you alright Mina?"

He gave her a reassuring smile as she looked a bit shaken, though as he heard the rude comment he turned back to the girl who was threatening David, not a rather smart idea. "Miss Murder, please," his voice was soft but audible all the same, "there is really no need for this. Let go of David, I would hate to dock points from your house for that." He was not looking forward to seeing any type of fight at all, with that the exhausted boy turned back to the table where he sat with Severus who looked rather unhappy about the appearance of his house mate... was he embarrassed?

He buried his head in his hands for a moment, stifling another yawn. He knew he had to look as bad as he felt, he hoped that David and Xanthe would just agree to disagree and sit down and rad a book or something though the reality of that happening was so far fetched he almost laughed. Though still he could wish it.

Listening to: Break me down- Red
Outfit: HERE
Tags: Severus/ Mina/ David/ Xanthe woo o.o
Notes: There is so much noise XDD lol

[Wilhelmina Rose White]

Wilhelmina quickly scrambled back onto her feet and pushed her wild curls from her face, but as she bent down to gather her books from in front of the frightening Slytherin boy, a voice filled her ears. A shiver went up Mina's spine, this familiar voice similar to the sound of glass shattering without any warning. Her nose wrinkled in immediate disgust, standing straight up again without picking up her books and glaring toward the female Slytherin. "Unlike you, Miss Murder, I only say things that I truly mean." Her attitude had changed quickly from fear to hatred. But, Mina couldn't help it. This girl had refused to leave her alone ever since she found out she was part of a muggle family, like it was some kind of problem. And, of course, Mina eventually learned that, to some, being a so-called 'mudblood' was a problem.

Now upset, Mina leaned over Severus and snatched up all of her books before moving around to sit near the middle of the long table, somewhere inbetween Remus and Severus. It wasn't until she was settled down in a seat that she realized Remus had spoken to her. With a shake of her dark curls, she turned to look at the timid Gryffindor. "I am fine. I guess I am still a little too sleepy to be up and walking around," she ended her sentence with a quiet sigh. "I was up late last night." Mina shook her head again, pulling a book in front of her and throwing it open. Why was she telling them this? Chances were none of them cared, and she knew full well that Xanthe was going to think of something ridiculous to say about it. Her eyes curiously wandered over Remus, noticing how horrible he looked at the moment. She raised a concerned eyebrow before opening her mouth again. "Mr. Lupin? Are you alright? You aren't looking too well." There was a large amount of worry within her child-like voice as she worried about one of the few people she could possibly call a friend.

The tiny girl had purposefully ignored the large, bumbling bully of a Gryffindor. She couldn't stand that boy, not one bit, and she was not going to put up with him and Xanthe at the same time.