Disclaimer: I do not own in any shape or form these characters. They all belong to JK Rowling. I just borrow them for my own twisted amusement.
A/N: I know I promised that I would try to have this chapter up several days ago, but my internet went out a couple of days ago and I just got it fixed. So on to the story!
Chapter 2
Harry and Severus ended up about 30 feet away from where Ron was being held captive. They had apparated in at the homing beacon that Severus made Ron keep on him at all times. Within 3 seconds of landing they got into a fighting stance wands held at the ready to take on any threat that may have appeared. When the area was declared clear by them both after numerous spells where sent out to make sure there was no ambush planned, they pushed on to where the Death Eater camp was located. When they were about 30 yards away they heard voices and slowly made their way forward. What they saw made them both sick, Ron was tied up to a tree with a single Death Eater standing next to him. Voldemort was suspiciously absent from the gathering. The rest where standing in their half circle formations, waiting for something it seemed. Though Harry knew they were waiting on him to come in charging to save the day like he always did. Time to apply a little of his slytherin cunning.
"Alright Severus here is what we do. They most likely have wards set up to let them know as soon as we get in the area. So we will send down magic from up here. We need to seem like as many people as possible to confuse them. You take the north ridge and I will head to the south side to get as close to Ron as possible. When I grab him I want you to make it seem like everyone apperated away. You are to wait and then go down and start to check on everyone, make it seem like the idea was just brought up and you had no time to warn them".
Severus nodded and made his way over to the north ridge to get into position. Harry made his way as close to Ron as possible and then gave Severus the signal. A valley of spells flew down on the unsuspecting Death Eaters making them scatter. The single Death Eater standing closes to Ron did not run. He just started casting spell after spell up at the ridge. He was so busy paying attention to the attack on their position that he almost didn't feel the magical signature coming ever closer to him. He turned and put up a shield quickly. Everyone stopped and stared as the 2 men dueled each other. Harry did a mixture of offense and defense while the Death Eater attacked him.
"Who are you?" Yelled Harry over the din their spells were making.
The man smiled. "I am Signore dei Serpenti, formally known as Lord Voldemort. I was given my new name after I had completed certain trials to finally defeat you Potter. But first lets see what your little friend thinks."
He turned around to Ron after throwing a binding spell at Harry. He took off his Death Eater's mask and smirked cruelly down at him. With a simple wave of his wand, Ron was hit with the killing curse and the light left his eyes.
"NO!" came the twin yells of despair. Harry broke free of his bonds and stood tall, staring Voldemort down. He took out his wand and without even waving it had Voldemort bound and gagged in the middle of a runic circle that had appeared.
"This is for Ron. Dilectione mea conburet anima vestra!*" Harry shouted at the top of his lungs. With a scream of pain and fear Lord Voldemort left this realm never to return. With anger in his eyes, Harry looked for Severus, knowing that he too was suffering from this. When he found him, Severus was a mess. Tears ran down his face and dripped off his chin. Harry ran over and looked Severus in the eye.
"It is time Severus. You are to go and grab the others and let them know what happened. I will be here cleaning out the trash and making sure our friends are okay. Go swiftly my friend and now second in command." and with that Harry stood to make his way over to the platinum blonde hair that belonged to only one family. Severus stood and made his way over to Ron's body. Kneeling down, he closed Ron's eyes and gave his cheek a gently kiss. Then, in a swirl of black robes, Severus Tobias Snape left to do as his Lord had ask him too. He could fall apart later.
Severus apparated back to the safe house and quietly made his way up to The Room. This was where the others Harry talked about were waiting. Sirius, who lived through the Department Mysterious battle, warded the room so not no one but those that Harry trusted could enter the room. Everyone but Hermione was in the room when Severus came in. Aruther, Bill, Charlie and the twins were sitting, tense around the table with troubled faces. Hope came in their eyes when they all noticed Severus standing in the door way. When a tear slipped down his face and he shook his head they all bowed their heads and started to cry. When they got a hold of their selves they all looked at Severus to get the new orders from their Lord. Severus cleared his throat and wiped his eyes.
"Due to what happened today, Lord Harry has excelled his planes. Voldemort has been killed and unfortunately so was Ron. Our Lord is currently binding those who have pledged their serves to him and taking the rest to the Ministry. Ron will be remembered as a hero and Lord Harry's place will be cemented as the Man-Who-Defeated-He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. Molly and Ginny will not know about Ron till it is announced. You are to help Lord Harry to bring down Dumbledore". With that Severus went down the hall to Hermione's room.
He knocked on Hermione's door and walked in. She looked up and stared at Severus. She had been sitting on the bed reading a book before he had came into her room. She had the 2 way parchment laying on the table next to a bottle of ink. Her face was contorted in confusion since Harry didn't walk in right behind him. Severus sat down cross from her and took a deep breath.
"There is a lot you do not know as of yet.