AN: I was watching videos and came across this song and Severus Snape just jumped into my mind. Who better?
Disclaimer: I own nothing, not Severus Snape, not Voldemort, not "In the end" by Linkin Park. Okay now that I'm thoroughly depressed…on with the story.
The black haired potions master slowly closed his eyes as the large snake flew toward his body. He could hear the soft spoken mockery of an apology as the man who flew the snake toward him spoke. The snake slammed against him and slammed its teeth hard into his neck. A scream escaped from his throat as Severus Snape fell back toward the ground. A shiver ran through his body as the snake pulled away and flew to circle Severus' former once more. Severus didn't move as his former master left the room. An old song started to run through his head, an old song that he heard one summer when his Lily still spoke to him. He could almost hear the music and because it seemed so right he began to murmur the words.
(It starts
with)
One thing / I don't know why
It doesn't even matter
how hard you try
Keep that in mind / I designed this rhyme
To
explain in due time
All I know
time is a valuable thing
Watch
it fly by as the pendulum swings
Watch it count down to the end of
the day
The clock ticks life away
It's so unreal
Didn't
look out below
Watch the time go right out the window
Trying to
hold on / but didn't even know
Wasted it all just to
Watch
you go
I kept everything inside and even though I tried / it all
fell apart
What it meant to me / will eventually / be a memory /
of a time when I tried so hard
And got so far
But in the end
It
doesn't even matter
I had to fall
To lose it all
But in the
end
It doesn't even matter
One thing / I don't know why
It
doesn't even matter how hard you try
Keep that in mind / I
designed this rhyme
To remind myself how
I tried so hard
In
spite of the way you were mocking me
Acting like I was part of
your property
Remembering all the times you fought with me
I'm
surprised it got so (far)
Things aren't the way they were
before
You wouldn't even recognize me anymore
Not that you
knew me back then
But it all comes back to me
In the end
You
kept everything inside and even though I tried / it all fell
apart
What it meant to me / will eventually / be a memory / of a
time when I tried so hard
And got so far
But in the end
It
doesn't even matter
I had to fall
To lose it all
But in
the end
It doesn't even matter
I've put my trust in
you
Pushed as far as I can go
For all this
There's only
one thing you should know
I've put my trust in you
Pushed as
far as I can go
For all this
There's only one thing you
should know
I tried so hard
And got so far
But in the end
It
doesn't even matter
I had to fall
To lose it all
But in
the end
It doesn't even matter
Severus's eyes fluttered for just a second; each breath even harder to draw than the last. He had tried so hard to right the wrong he had done to Lily, tried so hard to be a good servant to Voldemort for so long before the man betrayed him. His eyes fluttered closed knowing he had betrayed the man just the same. But it was the end of his life and it mattered to no one. He would slowly rot on this dusty floor only to be found by some kid dared to go see the ghost. A laugh bubbled up along with the blood as he realized just how true the song was, he had tried so hard all his life and none of it had ever mattered.
Just as his eyes fluttered again, he caught sight of movement and made a soft sound.
"Professor?"
"Potter?"
Maybe with his last few moments he could make his life matter after.
THE END
AN: I actually do have the seventh book but I'm not sure where I put it and I'm too lazy to go look for it when my muse has finally spoke to me. Well read and review. If you do go and listen to the song just think about how they would sound singing this after they had screamed their throat raw and you'll have a thought on how Severus Snape would have sounded.
Bye