A/N: DO NOT OWN ANYTHING. Usual disclaimers apply and all that jazz.
The only thing I own is my body and the brain that sometimes stops functioning. where can I get an upgrade or a virus scan for my brain?
ENJOY!
Harry Potter has won! News of the Dark Lord's demise has spread through the Wizarding World like wild fire. Everyone was cheering Harry's name, everyone was celebrating, even the families of those who have fallen in the war, were glad that the deaths of their love ones are not in vain.
In Hogwarts every inhabitant was jubilant, their wounds and pains can't take away the smiles on their faces. They have succeeded in defending their home, although the school had received the brute force of the Death Eaters attack it still stood proudly like a symbol of hope. A lot of things will be in need of sorting but that can wait till the next morning, right now they can celebrate their victory. The triumph of good over evil.
Inside the Headmaster's room the Golden trio stood, the former headmasters before them giving applauses and praises. But one headmaster stood among the rest, his twinkling eyes says thousands of words, finally the applauses died down and Dumbledore spoke.
"You have succeeded my boy, very well done. You have rid the Wizarding World of its greatest fear, I'm very proud of you" he said to Harry
"And to you Ronald you have proven to everyone your courage, and have fought valiantly against the Death Eaters you should be proud of yourself. And you dear Hermione, you showed everyone your brilliant mind and that the world should not look down on blood status alone. Harry should be glad and be proud to have friends like you" he said
"Thank you professor, I'm glad that it's over." Harry said smiling
"Yeah mate, we can finally move on with our lives without any dark lords creeping around the dark" Ron said smiling and then suddenly looking sad "Professor Dumbledore can I please be excused? I need to get back to my family"
"Of course dear child, I understand. And I'm truly sorry about Fred, a brilliant boy gone because of this war, but his death was not in vain" Dumbledore said solemnly
Ron smiled sadly and left. Suddenly Professor McGonagall came in, looking very angry.
"Albus" she started "How could you? How could you have kept such a lie to me? You made me believed that Severus wasn't one of us, making him sacrifice his life. Do you know how we felt when we learned you made him kill you? Everyone despised him when he was here, everyone wished him to just die and the last thing I said to him was he was a coward"
"The poor man, if only I had known. He wouldn't have faced such hardship alone" Professor McGonagall finished.
"Minerva listen to me, Severus agreed to this. And with you knowing posed a greater risk of failure, and with my death it gave Severus the chance to move up the ranks of the Death Eaters giving him the chance to better assist Harry." Dumbledore explained
"I shouldn't have been that mad around him, I should have given him the respect that he deserves. If only I had known him better" Harry said sadly
In all of this conversation Hermione stood there quietly her thoughts around the said mysterious potion's master whose life was given in order to protect them. She felt guilty, as she herself lost her faith in the man ever since he 'killed' Dumbledore.
Just then a patronus came bursting in the room the voice of Kingsley Shacklebolt coming out of it.
"Come to the Infirmary immediately all of you. It's Snape, we found him alive. I'll explain to you when all of you are here. Quickly do not waste time!" and with that the patronus was gone.
All the occupants of the room fell silent, each one with a shocked looked on their face. Finally a voice spoke.
"Well aren't you all needed in the infirmary? What are you waiting for move it!" said professor black finally breaking the silence. With that Professor McGonagall, Harry and Hermione rushed out of the room and ran into the infirmary. Seeing the shocked faces of the people they passed they assumed that they saw Severus being carried into the infirmary, many of them had a concerned look on their faces.
Finally reaching the infirmary they went in, seeing Shacklebolt right away they approached him.
"Kingsley what happened? Where's Severus?" Minerva asked
"Listen to me carefully, right now as we speak Madame Pomfrey is treating Snape's wounds. He has suffered a fatal injury on the neck caused by Nagini's bite, and venom is still flowing in his body. I believe that the only reason he's still alive is because he had himself in a sort of stasis charm to prevent the venom from coursing through his body fast."
"Oh my God" Hermione said "We left him there to die, I should have checked his pulse. What have I done!"
"It's not your fault Hermione, we were at war. We thought that he died, after Nagini bit him there was so much blood and the way his eyes suddenly went blank, I thought he was dead" Harry said to Hermione and Shacklebolt
"It's okay Harry we know. It's a good thing I sent Aurors in the shack, they saw him breathing shallowly and called for Madame Pomfrey immediately. Unfortunately his injuries are serious and we can't apparate him to St. Mungo's"
They went to the far end of the infirmary where a bed was draped by white curtains for privacy. Professor McGonagall stepped inside to check on her fallen comrade. What she saw shocked her. In the bed was Severus Snape his skin paler than usual due to blood loss, the bandage on his neck has visible traces of blood in them and his breathing was still laboured. Madame Pomfrey was checking his vital and tutted when she didn't like what she read.
"Is he going to be alright Poppy?" Professor McGonagall asked in a trembling whisper
"I don't know Minerva, I can't tell yet. He is stable for now but there are still traces of venom in his body, the longer it stays there the more damage it will do. Also I need to have a sample of the snake's venom to know what the side effects are, as some venom attacks the nerves. We cleaned his neck and the bite will leave a scar as it is a magical creature. As for when he will wakes up? Time can only tell"
"The poor boy, he always gets into these sorts of trouble but he never once cried, no matter how painful the hexes that are thrown at him."Madame Pomfrey said reminiscing the time when Severus Snape was still a student
"Yes I know, he has immense courage and yet nobody knows it" said Professor McGonagall "You better wake up Severus Snape, you still have a lot of dunderhead students to teach and the people have yet to know the real you" she added affectionately
"You sound like his mother Minerva"
"I guess I do, and this boy clearly needs one, lying to all of us making us worried" Minerva said but without malice in her voice
"Madame Pomfrey can we please see Professor Snape?" Hermione asked
"Of course dear but be quite he needs a lot of rest"
And with that Hermione and Harry went in to see their Professor.
A/N: Dumdumdum...Well this is probably the longest story I have written for a multi-chapter. I am TIRED, and I think my brain started to melt a little while ago. So please dear reader, for the love of ice cream and everything sweet. Review, that's all I ask. even if it's just one word.. I'll update ASAP (n_n)
By the way I'm having difficulty updating my other fic. 'fate's hand' I've written the plot unfortunately the words are just beyond my grasp, that and I'm lazy...