2
It took you a long time to wake up, but maybe you were under a spell. You can never be sure what is happening around you, these people were much stronger and smarter than you. You were sleeping but not dreaming. Maybe it can't even be called sleep because you could wake up at any moment, but you didn't want to. If only you could sleep through the whole day, month or however long this miracle will last. You never thought you'd say this, but... You missed home, maybe even your parents. Your sister came to your mind; what is she doing; is she worried about you; where is she now???
At this point you were surely awake. You knew that because you could hear things around you. It seems like there's nobody in the room with you. But wait, are you in a room? You moved slightly, pretending that you're turning in your sleep just in case someone's there and it definitely felt like you were in bed, a very comfortable bed with silky bed sheets and pillow covers. Unlike the one Sirius put you in, this bed smelt so good, like you were put in field of flowers. Now you definitely didn't want to "wake up." You hummed in your "sleep" from being overwhelmed with these scents. Suddenly you stoned as someone barged open the door as if they were chasing someone, which was again, a very well known feeling to you. "She's not awake yet?" - you heard a voice. "I'm going to wake her up with spell; A-" - *cough cough* - you started coughing uncontrollably, or so they thought, heh, that was the only thing you taught of in this moment. These spells were very specific and if he used a spell to wake you up while you were in fact awake? - Who knows what could happen. Even though you didn't know anything of these mystical people you wanted to keep it safe. You coughed your way up and sat in bed, your back on the back of the bed. You finally opened your eyes and got to see around yourself. The bed you were laying in was huge. Victorian style room with many, many emerald green details. Even the sheets of your bed were in this color, the curtains on windows. Windows? - More like portals. Everything was huge and you felt tiny. For a second you thought you turned tiny, so you dramatically turned towards the two men standing next to your bed to check if they were normal sized and they were. Well the Snape guy, from the office was pretty tall already and he looked like his size hasn't changed. The other man, a new character, was taller then him. He was probably just tall anyways. He had a long blonde almost white hair but not they gray kind, he wasn't old. His hair was shiny and looked well taken care off. He was wearing all black and even through his clothes one could see his solid build. He looked handsome but in a scary way...
"She's awake finally" - he turned to you at that last word and slightly frowned. "Now Lucius, do you mind leaving us alone for a minute, I need to tell her some important information." - he spoke to the other man who looked at you for a second then looked at Snape and left the room without saying anything. There was something off about him and his presence made you uncomfortable. You didn't know what Snape wanted but he didn't look pleased. "You are to never mention "that man's" name while you're here." - "Which man?" - "The one who brought you into this world and only made problems for all of us, imbecile." - he said madly. He looked like he would slap you right now if he could, and he could. What would you do? - Maybe just cry...
"While you're here, you're going to listen to those people and do as you're told." - he continued talking but you interrupted again.
"What people? Are those Malfoys Remus was talking ab-" - before you could even finish your sentence, a hard smack pinned you back against the bed. You felt your cheek still trembling from the hit. Covering the painful cheek with your hands you turned to look at man who did this, your eyes filled with tears waiting for him to say another word before you could start sobbing. "I forbid you to speak the names of these two people while you're here!" - you started crying but he ignored it. What a horrible man you thought. but he was helping you so it's okay.
"And yes, these are the Malfoys and you're going to stay with them. Do you understand?!" - He raised his voice on that last part. You just nodded your head, cheek still stinging from pain. It will leave a mark for sure. "However, don't be afraid, I'm going to tell Narcissa to take care of you. Nobody will hurt you." then he added: "Or at least not kill you..." You were scared of this man, the things he said, scared of this place and if that blonde Barbie was one of those Malfoys you sure were scared of them too. What is the point of trying to keep you safe if he's going to leave you with people who might hurt you? Who was that Narcissa he mentioned? Why would he believe her so much that she won't hurt you? At least that gave you a little bit of comfort knowing she might not hurt you. "Now" - he flicked his wand and some clothes flew their way to the bed. "You're going to get up and put this on while I go invite them inside so I can properly introduce you. Oh and, if they ask you something about your life and how did you get here; You're my distant relative who needed a place to stay and I hate you. Alright?" You just nodded and he proceeded to turn around. You assumed it was so you could start getting dressed and so you did. You picked this dress that was on the bed and it smelt just as amazing as the bedding. You didn't have time to express your emotions towards that smell because Snape already started walking towards the door which meant he would invite them in. You took off your dress you were wearing at your birthday and threw it on the bed. He had already opened the door when you were putting the new clean dress over your head and almost got stuck. Damn your head isn't even that big... You finally managed to pull it over your head, almost ripping your hair off and you also heard fabric tear at some place from the pulling. It was inhumanly tight around the space for head. Ridiculous. The dress was greyish, a little lighter then plain white. It had a white collar around the neck, big puffy white sleeves and it was about knee length. It looked cute just a little depressing.
You were now fully ready when Snape walked in again, after him again the tall blond man, just this time he had a cane in his hand. It was in distance but you thought you saw a snake on the top of the cane and it moved its tongue. After the man, a woman, who you assumed was Narcissa. She was a lot tinier then the two men. She was much shorter but still she looked taller then you. She was wearing all black also but the very first thing you noticed about her was her hair. It was so unusual but pretty. It looked like the hair on top of her head was black and she had black bangs but the inside was blond, whiteish. It was pretty cool and the way her hair was tied, few blond pieces from the inside tied in the back made it aesthetically pleasing. ( Idk how to explain that hairstyle she had in the movies). Her skin was very pale with pinkish undertones. She was very skinny and petite but with some feminine curves. You didn't know whether to be scared of her or not, but for now, she looked scary enough to keep you scared. You stood next to bed as they approached. You could feel your knees starting to shake and your hands already were. You looked at Snape who hasn't changed his expression ever since the first time you saw him. You were starting to think this was his default face and he couldn't change it. The other two people on the other hand looked different, the man looked serious, stern and it made you think your stay at this house won't be very pleasant or fun, the woman looked a bit confused but also serious or mad. You weren't sure exactly what was she thinking right now. As you were looking at her, you accidentally made eye contact which lasted at least 2 seconds which was long enough for you to feel something. Something. You weren't sure what but something. You felt your stomach turn and you started sweating which was weird. You never felt this way about a woman before. It was like when you first time saw your 3rd grade crush and felt those butterflies in your tummy. It was embarrassing considering you're now 21 and this is a woman who is also married and possibly could hurt you. You looked away from her and looked at Snape again. As he was about to say something he was interrupted by the other man: "I'm assuming you would now tell us her name and why is it so important nobody knows she's here." - he was rather rude and the woman slightly squeezed his forearm.
"I see you're impatient Lucius." Snape replied in his usual tone. "She's a very, very distant relative, or so she claims." It made you lift your head up. "However, I'm going to try my best and find out if that's true. She suffers from memory loss and can't be trusted. I'm not even sure if she's a witch, she could be a muggle." Blond man looked a lot more mad now. You didn't know what a muggle was but obviously something bad. "I can't let her stay with me, so she needs to stay here with you until i figure things out. Is that alright with you?" - he crooked his head to blond man, then looked at the woman. The man and woman exchanged a few looks. It was like they were communicating with looks and in the end both nodded slightly. The woman finally spoke for the first time since you saw her: "She can stay here as long as you want." - after which she smiled at you. "Just," - off course, if there isn't a "but" then there must be "just"; "You didn't tell us her name." She was looking at you and you had no idea she meant for you to introduce yourself. When you realized and were about to start talking the man next to her said: "Do you talk or don't know that either?" - it made you mad, but you didn't show it. "I do talk." - "Then spit it."-he said rudely. It was so unnecessarily rude and made you think of the way your mother would talk to you, which would always make you want to rip her throat out. "My name is Anya. Thank you for letting me stay in your house." - "Anya what?" - he was definitely getting annoyed with you but Snape saved you: "Lucius, I said she's my relative, her surname is apparently Snape." Ohhh so that was a surname... You honestly had no idea. Lucius looked back at you and you just nodded and put your head down, playing with your hands. If he was acting like this in front of Snape who just told him not to hurt you, how will he act when you're alone with him. You just hoped to never be left alone with him.
"Alright then, Severus come downstairs for a glass of wine and I have something important to talk about." he had already turned around to leave the room when he turned around once again: "And you" he was talking to you and you started shaking as you looked up at him. "Get a bath, you look filthy." He and Snape even laughed a bit mockingly and then the man turned around again to leave the room. He placed his hand around the womans waist and pulled her to go but she didn't move. He looked at her and she said: "I'll stay and get to know our guest better. You go with Severus." she had to raise her head up in order to look at him when she was talking. He didn't look as scary when he was talking to his wife. He was definitely softer so that made you feel a bit more safe knowing he would probably listen to her. The man just nodded his head and placed a kiss on her cheek before he left the room with Snape, actually Severus. You had so many names to catch up. But what took your attention was the fact that her face didn't change a second, she had that doll like default expression, somewhat like Snape just prettier and less frowned.
When they left the room you were still looking down, your heartbeat increasing every second, hands still shaking in fear. "Why are you still shaking?" - the woman in front of you said and her voice was so calm, yet so cold which made you shiver. You were very scared of her but you decided to trust Severus about her. You almost felt like her presence made the whole room cold and it was very uncomfortable. She walked towards you which made you move one step back unintentionally. She stopped immediately after she saw you were scared. "I see you're scared of me." she sighed: "Okay then, I wanted to meet you better since you'll be staying here but I guess there will be time for that." I mean she was nice, just she didn't sound it. Maybe it was due to her cold face and presence or this whole world was just that way... You didn't respond to that but just kept your head down. "I'll go now then, just there's really no reason to be scared. The bathroom is in the back you'll find it. Everything's you need is there, feel free to use it." - You nodded and said "Thank you." very quietly but loud enough to be heard. You decided not to look at her at all this time. She walked away from you and left the room.
You were standing there alone, finally normally breathing again. This is going to be a long day, you thought. You walked to the bathroom where you found a robe, some shampoos and hair stuff. Sponges, pretty little glass containers of some bath stuff like salts, bath bombs of some sort and other things you had no idea what they were. On the counter there were pants, shirt some underwear. It looked new which it probably was. It all smelt beautifully. You took off your clothes and filled the bath with water. It didn't even take a long time to fill like it would normally in normal world. The bathtub was big and the design was beautiful. The bathroom was as dark as the room and probably the rest of the house, which you never saw... But as the woman said, I guess there will be time for that. It was very aesthetically pleasing and rich. These people have to be rich... You got in the tub and water was perfect temperature, just how you liked it, burning hot! You poured some things from tiny containers in the bath and it bubbled up to top. You layed down and started scrubbing yourself. The lights automatically dimmed down and the atmosphere was even better. You didn't even notice when you fell asleep.
It must have been a couple of hours since you got inside of the tub when you woke up and saw a bunch of bubbles in front of your face. You sat up quickly and immediately felt your stomach drop when you saw the blond man, Lucius standing at the door. You were fully covered by the bubbles and nothing was seen but you still felt exposed. How long was he there and what does he want? You didn't even want to find out... "Well, well, well... I see you're getting very comfortable here. Much more then today when we met you." he started walking closer to you and your heart racing faster then ever. "It's almost dinner time so I suggest you get dressed, now." You nodded your head and swallowed. Suddenly the water felt cold, the air felt suffocating. "Get up." - "What?" - you were so afraid. "I said get up!" - he basically yelled at you. You started shaking again and wanted to disappear. You covered your breasts with both hands and slowly started to get up. It was incredibly humiliating. Your eyes were getting filled with tears and your whole body was shaking. "Get out of the tub now!" - he said sternly and you lowered your head down avoiding his eyes. He grabbed your face aggressively which made you almost fall, why you uncovered your breasts to hold to the wall. You saw that he looked at them and it was even more uncomfortable. "Look at me when I'm talking and now get. out. of. the. tub." He said word by word. He moved away and even turned his back and you got out. You were wet standing on the bath mat trying to cover everything you could. When he turned back to you he had your robe in his hand. "Take it." he put it out for you to take. You walked over slowly still covering up unsuccessfully. When you reached your hand out to take it he dropped it a bit behind you. You knew what he was doing. He wanted you to bend and pick it. You started crying and still shaking from before. "Is there a problem?" he said like he was mocking you and you bit your tongue before you walked over to pick it. You were standing now your back fully exposed to this horrible man, when you had to lean down and pick the robe as fast as possible but still not quickly enough to stop him from seeing anything.
He practically didn't even touch you but you felt like he did everything. It was a nightmare. "Good. Now I'm leaving, dinner will be done soon, come immediately after you get dressed and that is an order!" - he left the bathroom and you were waiting to hear the door of the room to close when you started crying and sobbing right there.
You weren't there for even a full day and you were already harassed. You had no idea what else would happen during your stay at that house but you knew you couldn't trust anyone!