Beware The Billowy Cape of Doom

BEWARE THE BILLOWY CAPE OF DOOM- Chapter 8-
All I Ask of You.

By the end of the week, Krystall hadn’t heard from or even seen Severus on the matter of the letter. She was beginning to panic some as the date for the Masquerade Ball and the rehearsals were still going ahead, although the role of The Phantom still remained empty.
“Miss Calvet-Blott, is there any chance you have had word from Mr. Snape?,” Professor Flitwick asked after the latest of rehearsals. Krystall shook her head.
“No sir. And I don’t expect to either.”
“Have no fear my dear. There is one more thing we can try.” Krystall nodded and wandered off to the Ravenclaw Common Room, wondering just what her Head of House meant. She would soon find out, as would the rest of the school.
After Tuesday’s Potions lesson, Slughorn held Severus back and asked him to follow him without question. Slughorn led him to the staircase that opened up to allow them to mount them and climb up to the Headmaster’s office. Severus’ senses heightened and he was very apprehensive as to what was about to take place in the room ahead. The door was open and Slughorn walked straight in, beckoning Severus to follow. Severus had been in the office of Professor Dumbledore only once before, when he had been made to promise to keep a secret that wasn’t his own.
“Ahh, Mr. Snape! Please make yourself comfortable. Thank You Professor Slughorn, you can leave if you wish,” Dumbledore said as he lifted his head from the pile of papers on his desk. Slughorn sat his-self down in one of the chairs opposite Dumbledore. Severus took the remaining chair.
“I believe that you walked out of the rehearsals last week Severus. Now, I know about the blossoming relationship between Mr. Lupin and Miss Calvet-Blott, but there should have been no reason for you to leave. There is no time for another person to be taught the lines and directions of the role you walked out of, so you will just have to grit your teeth and bite your tongue and put up with the fact the pair are now in a relationship,” Dumbledore demanded, looking at Severus over his half moon glasses. Severus resigned his-self to the preachings of his Headmaster.
“I will return to rehearsals tomorrow night,” Severus said, getting up and bowing to his teachers before leaving the room.
‘Great! I’m having to humiliate myself once more,’ Severus brooded as he walked back to his Common Room. On his way there he bumped into none other than Krystall, who too was wandering the corridors brooding and hoping to bump into him.
“Oh Sev! I was hoping to find you and say that I’m so sorry and really want you to come back to rehearsals. They’ve been so boring without you to talk to.”
“What about Remus? Don’t you talk to him?,” Severus sneered.
“Of course, but not like we used to!”
“I am to return to rehearsals. I will see you there tomorrow,” Severus scowled at her.
“Oh. Were you cohersed into returning or is it of your own choosing? Don’t lie to me Sev, like I have to you,” Krystall pleaded as he moved away and once again towards the Slytherin Common Room.
“Dumbledore has had words with me and I have decided to return as it would not only benefit myself but the whole school too. You know that there are bound to be people coming from the Ministry and other countries,” Severus turned and spat at Krystall, who took a step back, fear flashing in her eyes. Severus noticed and tried to reach out for her, her name on his lips as a whisper but Krystall turned and fled from the monster she had just encountered.
Severus stormed into the Common Room, barking orders once again to be left alone. He marched into the dorm and right up to his wardrobe and punched it with some force. As he pulled back his hand, he not only could see blood but he could feel it too. MacNair walked in and immediately came over to see what had caused the bang the entire population of the Common Room had heard. He saw Severus’ hand and the pained look on his face.
“Girl trouble I take it!,” he sneered. Before he could move, Severus charged at him, his good hand wrapping itself round MacNair’s scrawny neck, pinning him up against the wall next to the door.
“Gees man!! Get yourself to the Hospital Wing and start chilling out!,” MacNair said once Severus had regained some composure. Severus took his fellow dorm mates advice and went to see Madam Pomfrey, who fixed his hand in an instant, but he knew she had no cure for an aching heart.
Whilst Severus was punching walls and strangling dorm pals, Krystall once again had hidden herself in the dorm bathroom, clutching her diary tight and her hand trembling as she wrote with her favourite quill.
Diary
He’s coming back! Dumbledore is really a great man, but why did it take his influence and pushing to get Sev to reconsider? Oh but I am glad he’s coming back! I’ve missed our bantering chats and how we could take the mickey out of Flitwick! The first costume rehearsal is tomorrow night. Whilst I can’t wait to try on the many costumes I have, I also can’t wait to see everyone else’s too! I know that Madam Chaminade will have done the best she can, but it’s now waiting time for us all.

Once again Krystall was forced to stuff diary out of sight as she heard footsteps and the tale-tale sound of the dorm door opening. It was Caroline along with Kiki, both of whom looked giddy over something.
“What’s up with you two?,” Krystall said as she exited the bathroom and cross over to her bed. She slid her diary from under her shirt to under her pillow whilst the two girls giggled uncontrollably.
“Oh we’ve just heard some news that will make you smile again,” teased Caroline.
“Hmm, let me guess! Is it that Severus is coming back to rehearsals?”
“How on earth did you find out before us?,” Kiki said with surprise in her voice and on her face.
“I bumped into him when I was walking around the castle the other night. He was walking away from Dumbledore’s office when he told me.”
“Oh tell her the best part Kiki,” Caroline added, bouncing up and down on her feet.
“Well, Severus nearly knocked out MacNair when he asked if he was having ‘girl trouble’,” Kiki giggled.
“Oh My God!! What happened? Where’s Sev now?,” Krystall panicked.
“Severus is in the Hospital Wing, getting his hand seen too. So is MacNair, with bruises around his neck from where Severus had strangled him,” Caroline informed her friend. Krystall started pacing and was soon too dizzy to continue. She flopped down onto her bed and lay there until Kiki and Caroline had stopped chatting and had finally left the room. She would have to wait until tomorrow to ask Severus and MacNair about their spat. In the meantime she left the Common Room and headed for the Owlery where she was meeting Remus. He was waiting for her with open arms and held her tight as they both needed comfort. Krystall told Remus about Severus’ little fight and it sent him into a fit of laughter.
“Snape tried to knockout MacNair? Is this serious?,” he said through giggles. Krystall was laughing now too, so just nodded to say that it was real.
“They’re both in the Hospital Wing under the watchful eyes of Madam Pomfrey,” Krystall managed to say once she had gained some composure. Remus stepped towards her, his eyes shining and burning her skin. Her head lifted to meet his waiting lips and they shared once more a plethora of passionate kisses that made Krystall melt and mould into Remus’ embrace.
“Maybe we should move this to somewhere less public and less obvious,” Remus whispered in her ear as he nibbled the lobe. Krystall was breathless and could only nod her consent. Taking her hand, Remus led Krystall down the steps of the Owlery and through the labyrinth of the corridors that made up the castle. They soon came to a room which was decorated with soft furnishings and a large double bed in one corner.
“When did you do all this?,” Krystall asked in wonderment, whilst looking around the opulent room, touching the fabrics and turning to find Remus with his back to the door. He turned the key, which locked the door and placed it in his pocket.
“This is the Room of Requirement. It will become anything you need in a instant. I came here just before meeting you, knowing that we might need a hideaway.”
He walked towards her and swept her into a passionate kiss and steered her backwards until her legs met the bed. Remus softly and gently pushed the willing Krystall back onto the bed and shivered as he felt her breath on his neck and her fingers entwine into his hair. They were both still in school uniform, which made it even more seductive for them both, as Remus un-tucked Krystall’s blouse from the waistband of her pleated skirt and ran his hand up her stomach and finally came to rest on one of her bra covered breasts. Krystall too had placed her hands under Remus’ shirt and began exploring his back, feeling the number of scars that flowed down it. He stiffened as he felt her trace the fingers down his scars, but soon relaxed once he got use to her fingers probing his scar-ridden body.
‘They don’t scare her,’ he thought as she lifted his shirt free of his body and gently kiss away his fears of his own scars and condition. He let out a small moan before he unbuttoned her blouse and kissed the soft skin of her raising stomach and breasts. Krystall’s heart beat rapidly with each fluttering kiss on her skin She ran her leg up Remus’ and back down it, hooking it over his and began to arch against it. Remus responded by holding her closer to him and pushing his groin much closer to her hip, in rhythm to her arching.
His lips moved from Krystall’s parted lips and down to her throat, chest and finally, once moving her bra to one side, taking her exposed nipple into his mouth and suckled on it, making her moan and writhe under his persisting and passionate kisses that had inflamed her body and his. As Remus made his way down her body, she moaned with desire and once he reached her waistband and began to pull it down so he could kiss even more flushed skin. Krystall suddenly sat up, knocking Remus on the head and hastily pulled her discarded clothes back on.
“What’s wrong my sweet?”
“I’m not ready Remus. Please understand that,” Krystall begged as she paced the floor, throwing glances of worry in Remus’ direction. He moved from the bed and stepped into Krystall’s path to stop her from pacing and enveloped her into a hug so warm and tender.
“I understand darling. Don’t worry about it until you know when the time is right.” He kissed her once more before turning to retrieve his own shirt and say to Krystall,
“You leave now my love. I will make sure that all is right here.” Remus didn’t hear her say anything, but did hear the door to the room close softly behind her.
Krystall made her way directly to her dorm and soon fell into a dream-like sleep, dreaming of what she and Remus had done and stopped at. Her dreams carried on from where they had left off, making her once again feverous and feeling very strange in herself.
‘What is wrong with me? What are these feelings?,’ Krystall mused to herself as once again she sort the comforting coolness of the window seat. She remained in the window seat for the rest of the night, curled up with just a blanket for warmth until daylight shone through the window and lit up her face waking her.
Remus on the other hand has too left the Room of Requirement and did not head to his dorm until daylight had broken. Instead he wandered the grounds of the castle, trying to shake off the uncomfortable feeling in his groin, but all he could do was imagine Krystall’s body under his and her delightful moans of pleasure. He could not shake the feeling until the chilled air had finally worked it’s wonders on his passion heightened body. He had been able to get a few hours sleep underneath one of the trees on the edge of the forest. He managed to sneak in just before breakfast and change in the dorm room before joining his chums at the Gryffindor table.