Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, I do not make any money from writing these fic's and I do not have any rights to Harry Potter.
A/N: This fic is written for Oujo ha Rippa's 'The Ultimate FanFic Challenge 200 Prompts' Challenge and the prompt for this fic is 'Prejudice'. I'll put a note of the word count that I have before I add the disclaimer and the author notes and all at the end of the chapter for the challenge.
Prologue
"Why? Why did you do it for?"
"I'm sorry, I didn't know, please forgive me," Severus Snape cried out as tears ran down his soft pale checks, "I did not know, I promise you that I will make it up to you, I promise you that I won't let any harm come to you no matter what."
From where he lied on the cold stone floor with blood pouring out of him from multiple places Harry let out a harsh laugh only for it to come out like a harsh chock due to the blood pooling out of his mouth.
"You think that you can make everything right again with just those three little words?" Harry asked with a sneer placed firmly on his face, "You think that your three little words can bring me back from the dead?"
"No, I do not but I will do my best to heal you," Severus said softly as he lovingly stroked Harry's face with a fatherly touch, "I promise you that you will no longer feel or know just pain as you have ever felt."
It was all Harry could do but to look up at Severus Snape with hate filled eyes as he lied dying on the cold stone floors of the castle he once thought of as home. As he watched his once Potions Professor turn to fumble about in his black robes a simple yet painful and complex question aroused from Harry's lips.
"Why?"
At Harry's words so blank yet so full of emotion Severus froze in his actions of pulling something out from his robes.
"I honestly do not know Harry, I think it was because of Dumbledore and The Dark Lord and their manipulations, did you know that I was meant to take you in when your parents died? Your mother named me as her choice for your Godfather," Severus answered softly as he slowly pulled out of his robe pocket a glass potion vile filled with a strange almost glowing green liquid.
"Why...why did you stand by and do nothing for?" Harry asked between chocked sobs as he tried to prevent any tears from falling, "Why?"
"Oh Harry, I didn't just stand by and watch them hurt you, I did everything in my power to protect you," Severus answered softly as he gazed down at the badly injured Harry with a fatherly expression that spoke of parental love, "But with how powerful Dumbledore and the Dark Lord is I could not do anything but try to help you."
"And now?" Harry crocked out tiredly as he eyed the glowing green potion vile that Severus held carefully in his hand.
"Now I am going to make everything up to you and make sure that I keep my promise to you," Severus said softly as he uncorked the potion vile carefully, "I promise you Harry that you will never feel this sort of pain again."
It was all Harry could do but to drink the potion that Severus poured down his throat, after all Harry had nothing to lose. As Harry drank the last few drops of the potion he found darkness eating away at the edge of the vision and the sound of a familiar yet strange song coming to his ears.
Severus let out a heavy sigh as he sat back and watched as a soft glowing yellow light covered Harry in a comforting blanket as a mother would tuck in their child. As he continued to watch the bright light covering Harry's body Severus kept singing the lullaby that he had once heard Lily singing to a baby Harry all those long hurtful years ago in an attempt to sooth the pain he knew that Harry's battered and broken body was going through.
"It is for the best Harry, it is for the best," Severus said softly as his face turned into a blank mask free of emotion through his eyes shone brightly for all to see with his true emotion, "I promise to protect and love you Harry, I won't let anything harm you ever again.
To Be Continued...
Word Count so far: 682
