Everyone sacrifices in war. Harry Potter knew this, but not to the extent that he knew it that cloudy night in July.
"Harry Potter… why have you come to me willingly?"
"I want to end this. Enough people have died in this pointless war. I am here toffer a compromise… of sorts."
"Ah… what would that be?"
"I stop fighting and you get the wizarding world. I'll disappear, never to be heard from again." Voldemort thought this over.
"Give me a few days to think on it. I will send a couple of my people to get you when I have decided." Harry nodded disapperating.
XX TWO WEEKS LATER XX
"Harry… both Remus and Severus are missing… no one has heard from them in a few days." Harry nodded, a sense of foreboding coming over him.
"Thank you, headmaster… I will see if I can find out anything."
XX TWO WEEKS AFTER REMUS & SNAPE GO MISSING XX
"About bloody time." Harry groused as the two deatheaters apparated into his home. "Lets go. No, don't touch me. I can apparate myself, thanks." Harry disappeared, reappearing in Tom's antechamber. "Well?"
"I have come to a decision. You can disappear, never to be heard from again, but first you must make a choice. Who to take with you. Bring them forward." Harry froze as his lover and his father were brought forward. They both looked well, given the circumstances. "Who to save… we all know you are a valiant Gryffindor, but you cannot choose yourself to die." Harry looked from Remus to Severus, completely lost, then it hit him.
"You are a half-blood Tom, so you know muggle sayings, yes?"
"Yes." He muttered.
"Well, they say blood is thicker than water, and Remus is my blood." Tom raised his wand at Severus, prepared to kill the man when Harry spoke again. "But, they also say that melted chocolate is thicker than blood, and Severus is my chocolate." This time Tom frowned.
"Which means?"
"I love Remus… but I can't live without Severus. I have chosen. Can I take him and go?"
"Of course."
"Oh, and send the body to Dumbledore… say it's a present from me, would you?" Voldemort got a sadistic smile on his face.
"My pleasure." With that, Harry Potter ran away with Severus Snape. True to his word, he was never heard from again. The world was plunged into darkness as Dumbledore realized he'd pushed his weapon one step too far. Now… it was time to pay for his sins… and pay he did.
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A/N: I've been on vacation for a while, and recuperating for a week. I was pissed when I returned home to find that my computer had a virus (thanks to my brother) and that I have to redo all the stories that I had started. I'm sorry for the inconvenience, but such is life. I'm still trying hard to get it all sorted out, and I'm almost there. This is a one-shot that has the potential to be a full story, I haven't decided yet. Reviews make me do a dance…