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Snape's Reward
Chapter one : Hogwarts' fight
Draco Malfoy's plan had worked, the Death Eaters were invading Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry and Dumbledore were alone on the roof, facing a weak Draco Malfoy and some other Death Eaters Harry had never seen. Voldemort attacked, without even knowing it, Harry reacted to the attack, some ghostly shapes started to get out of Voldemort's wand. Harry knew what they were, he had seen them before, all Voldemort's victims, it was them who tried to help him save his life after Voldemort had killed Cedric Diggory two years ago. Suddenly, a green light flashed, Harry felt on the floor, when he got on his feet he saw Dumbledore laying on the floor, everyone else were gone, everyone but Severus Snape and Cedric. Cedric explained to Harry that he did not had the time to go back in Voldemort's wand before he left. Snape told them that Cedric was now free. When everyone else came on the roof, they saw Dumbledore's body but nothing surprised them more than Cedric's comeback. Harry was devastated but everyone was asking questions to Cedric about death and stuff, he did not want to make them face the truth: The greatest wizard of all times was now dead. Snape knew what really happened that night, Dumbledore let himself die, it was him who had casted Avada Kedavra, to save Dumbledore life. But this was not the time to let others know what plan he and Dumbledore had for Harry. After all, the hard work had just started and Severus did not need everyone to dislike him, even if it was only a little bit more.
The day after, Harry heard what happenned that night, Neville had killed Bellatrix, Harry was proud. Neville had been able to kill her after all, she deserved it. That was also the reason why Neville was not at Hogwarts that day. He stole Bellatrix wand and had been able to cure his parents, they were still in the hospital but they remembered Neville and were a lot better. Harry though Neville was very lucky to get his parents back, he would like to have his parents back, even if it was only one of them, it was his lifetime wish.
Later that week, after what turned out to be the biggest lost in the history of the Order of the Phoenix, everyone had been invited to Bill's wedding with Fleur Delacour. Everything was really awesome, it was the first magical wedding Harry ever had been to, actually the only wedding he ever had been to. Harry did not care, he danced with Ginny, had fun with Ron and Hermione and tried really hard to forget about the death of Albus Dumbledore. The only person who was missing was Snape, Harry knew he had not been invited, no one liked him enough to invite him somewhere.
The school year ended, Harry did not want to go back to the Dursleys so Ron invited him to stay at the Burrows all summer, obviously Harry accepted. For the first time of his life, he would not have to spend the whole summer hiding from his cousin's friends or even from his uncle.