Turn to Stone

Selling out
Is not my thing
Walk away
I won't be broken again
I'm not
I'm not what you think

Dream away your life
Someone else's dream
Nothing equals nothing

Letting go
Is not my thing
Walk away
Won't let it happen again
I'm not
I'm not very smart

Why should I feel sad
For what I never had
Nothing equals nothing

Turn to stone
Lose my faith
I'll be gone
Before it happens

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Chapter 4 - Gaining Enemies

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Allura woke slowly, remnants of the pain still inside her body. She opened her eyes warily around her, finding herself back in bed, dried blood staining her sheets. It was still dark outside, and no light filled her room except for a small candle on the table beside her. With a groan Allura put a finger in her mouth, feeling teeth missing. As she examined her hand again, it was dripping in blood coming from her mouth, which was getting active again. Quickly she put her mouth to her bed sheets, trying to stop any more blood from getting loose.

She looked at her hand and it was getting paler by the moment, Allura pushing extra hard to stop bleeding. God, this hurts ... Allura thought irritably, the blood flow finally beginning to stop. She sighed in relief at this, putting the sheet back on the bed, now drenched in her own blood. She lay back in bed and closed her eyes, trying to forget what had happened the day before. Suddenly Allura felt someone putting a hand her shoulder, and she leapt up in alert, though groaning from the pain of her shoulder, which hadn´t recovered yet. "Who is it?" she murmured almost inaudibly, finding one of the Death Eaters sitting next to her quietly, eyeing her bloodstained sheets.

"He really hurt you, didn´t he." Snape. Allura nodded softly at this, reliving the memory. "I´m sorry, Allura. It´s my fault. I was taking my time with you, I should´ve told you the three Unforgivable Curses at the beginning -"

"No, Snape. I should´ve known by now that I´ll never be as strong as my brother." There was silence for a moment, Allura turning away from him and eyeing her pale hands. "I´m losing blood, Snape. Too much blood. I don´t know how long it will be until I´m dead."

Snape looked paler than usual, taking off his hood. "Don´t say that, Allura. Please." He looked around cautiously. "I only came here to tell you to get ready. We´re leaving."

"Now? In the middle of the night?" Allura asked, Snape nodding.

"Try not to get in Lord Voldemort´s way again, Allura. It´s too dangerous. He almost killed you back there."

Allura hung her head. "I know." Again there was silence, finally Allura speaking up again. "You should get out of here. He won´t want us to be seen together anymore. Might think you´re telling me how to kill him or something."

Snape laughed mirthlessly at this. "Believe me, if I knew that, he´d be dead by now." Silently he moved his hand to her face, smiling softly. "Goodbye, Allura. This may be the last time I see you." He left.