Second Chances for the Soul

Summary:

Severus Snape has been found out as spy before Dumbledore's last request has been fulfilled. Tortured and on the cusp of death, he apparates. Misjudgment in the destination and the distance, he appears in Edwards field. Unconscious he awakes up in Forks Hospital, his magic drained. Snape might be a werewolf instead of a vampire. Werewolves live for an eternity in my world.

Prologue

Severus POV

There comes a time in life were the choice between life and death becomes crucial in the advancement of a greater purpose. My time had come. I have straddled the line between life and death, dark and light, for many years; I've seen the atrocities that both sides have, one masked the other prominent. They think they're different, one side entirely good, the other entirely bad - what most don't see is that they are merely extensions of each other. Without life there cannot be death, without light there can be no darkness. I've seen the evils in the light and I've seen the good in the dark - this war is a war between opposites that cannot exist without the other and it is a war that can never be won.

I die, its over; I live and we still have a chance.

I've spent these last few months licking the dirt off the Dark Lords feet with nothing but a little bit of information to go on. Until earlier. He hid it from me, all the crucial information that could have changed and saved lives. I'd spent a better part of my adult life answering to one man or another, following without question and protecting the ungrateful ass of a teenage boy. In the end it would seem that the boy is to die. I gave up everything to keep that little shit alive, only to find, in order for the Dark Lord to fall, Potter has to die at the tip of his skeletal white wand.

I feel I've failed. And I despise that feeling. I promised and made an unbreakable oath. Damn Dumbledore. Damn Prophecies. Damn Lily. Damn Marauders. Damn James Potter. Damn Sirius Black. Damn Remus Lupin. Damn Peter Pettigrew that filthy disgusting rat. Damn the Dark Lord. Damn this war. Damn Harry Potter. Damn the Order of the Phoenix. Damn Promises. Damn emotions. Damn Horocrux's. Damn Students. Damn Hogwarts. Damn Ministry.

And Damn that motherfucking werewolf pacing before me. Fuck Greyback. I could damn the whole fucking world, it wasn't going to change that, yes, I was going to die and I didn't have much of a choice. Couldn't apparate, damn bastards stole and snapped my wand. I don't know if I have enough in me to do a wandless apparation. It takes amazing concentration, an amazing amount of magic. I'd need to take down my occlumancy shields - shit, I've lasted three days beneath all their wands and it hasn't broken. Secrets must be kept. Shields are magic. Needed the chance though - couldn't fail any further, promised. Bloody Unbreakable Vows.

Greyback paced and snarled and saliva dripped from his yellow teeth as his back arched and his fur bristled in anger. The silver cage held him at bay for the moment. Voldemort stood behind it, a smirk on his lips, his eyes glinting in amusement. Greyback's yellow eyes glinted with hunger. They were wild, insane. The man was gone, but the man wasn't very sane either.

I let my shields drop and kept my eyes on the beast. It couldn't read my mind; if I looked up, he'd know everything I knew. I watched every paw step in front of the other, I felt the excitement of the others around me, all safe and tucked above the arena. Sadists. Images swirled in my thoughts, past conversations, emotions raged and I was an open book. Everything I fought to hide, everything I fought to keep myself functioning swirled in a tempest to the forefront of my mind and the pain in my body became prominent.

Lacerations from hexes, whips and knives, Death Eaters. Muscles clenching and unclenching from the cruciatus, Dark Lord. Body slightly numb, Poison, Bellatrix. Broken nose; Breathing shallow, understandable, bruised, two fractured, three broken ribs; Headache and nausea - head wound, concussion, MacNair. Lost feeling in the right arm - possible nerve damage, Yexley. An irritating itch beneath the skin - Lucius and his bone burning hex.

I cataloged it all.

Concentrate. Feel the magic, pull it, release it, and breathe. Concentrate on breathing, on building it. Feel it. Warmth, power.

Greyback rammed against the silver cage, a howl pierced the air. My gaze never wavered, but my concentration broke.

Breathe, Concentrate.

Ignore the cheers and the geers. Ignore the smells, the sounds.

Its quiet.

There's no one here, just me and the wolf. Breathe, concentrate, warmth. Magic, pull and release. Concentrate, don't break your gaze. Will it, wield it, accept it, release it. Let it flow, inside and out. Breathe in and out. Concentrate.

Voldemort lifted his wand and flicked his wrist. The silver cage door creaked open slowly before it swung open and Greyback dashed from his confines.

Concentrate. Determination, Destination, Deliberation. Forbidden Forest.

I watched steadily as the yellow eyes got closer and closer as the ratty looking grey wolf charged at me, its jaws open, drool frothing and dripping. Rage and Hunger. I was its prey, weak and vulnerable. Easy pickings.

Determination, Destination, Deliberation. The three D's of Apparition. Concentrate. The Forbidden Forest, Hogwarts.

Greyback's jaws clamped onto my shoulder and his claws racked across my chest. Pain flared and I breathed in and out. Greyback's growl rumbled in his chest and rippled across me. My gaze was getting spotty.

Concentrate. Determination, Destination, Deliberation. Forest, safety. Crack!

My magic swelled around us and I released it. There was a resounding pop and everything went black and it seemed as if I was being compressed into a straw. I could still feel Greyback's jaws, but there was a yelp. I couldn't breathe as the magic compressed my lungs, it felt like an eternity. And in a rush I landed with a thud, Greyback's jaws ripped through my shoulder as we landed.

Pain flared and consumed me and I fell beneath the depths. Darkness quickly became the only thing I knew.