The Years Before Us
Prologue
Harry felt ashamed. More ashamed than he had in a long, long time. Possiblyl more ashamed than he had ever felt in his entire life. It had been three days since the final battle. Three long days of tending to the injured, the dead and celebrating their victory. Not that Harry had done much celebrating.
But somehow Harry, along with everyone else, had forgotten one very important detail.
The collection of Severus Snape's body.
Harry crawled through the tight tunnel towards the Shrieking Shack, filled with more dread than he had facing Voldemort himself.
He reached the end of the tunnel and climbed out before he stood up. He dreaded seeing Snape again, but it had to be done.
"Harry." Harry nearly jumped at the sound of the familiar voice.
"Hermione?" He asked, confused by her presense.
"I'm going to help you." Hermione said crawling out of the tunnel. Harry sighed and nodded. As much as he didn't want Hermione to see Snape like that again, he needed her support.
They made their way to the room where they knew Snape's body lay.
"Harry ..." Hermione said looking at the giant pool of blood. Snapes body was ...
Gone.
TBC ... Please R&R tell me what you think. Short little prologue to get the story started.