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Severus was attending one of Voldemort's meetings, but he couldn't concentrate on the Dark Lord's words; instead he was thinking of Lily. He was trying to focus, but Lily's beautiful face kept popping up in his mind.

The meeting was soon over, and all the Death Eaters got up to leave, and Severus was making his way to the door when the Dark Lord called him back.

"Severus," the way the Dark Lord said his name was so much colder then when Lily called him.

Severus bent before his master.

"What is it, My Lord?"

"You may rise, Severus. I wanted to speak with you about Hogwarts," Voldemort said, leaning back in his throne-like chair and twirling his wand in his long fingers. "I want to make it a school for the Dark Arts, for future Death Eaters in training."

"But what about Dumbledore?" Severus frowned, taking a seat next to Voldemort.

"Ahh, but that is where you come in, Severus. I want you to go to the school and apply for a job there as a teacher. Once the old fool trusts you, you will be able to destroy him." Voldemort cackled.

Severus stiffened. Voldemort wanted him to kill Dumbledore?

"I'm sorry, My Lord, but if I may ask, why did you choose me above the others for this task?"

"Because you are intelligent, and cunning. If you haven't noticed, Severus, most of my followers aren't exactly on the bright side. You will be able to fool Dumbledore." Voldemort suddenly hissed, and a giant snake slid toward him out of the shadows. Voldemort stroked Nagini's head, and she slithered up his chair and wrapped herself around his shoulders, as Severus watched in revulsion.

"You know, Severus," Voldemort continued, still stroking Nagini. "Hogwarts was the first place I ever felt at home. I want to take control of it, snatch it out of the wrinkled hands of that old muggle-loving fool, and cleanse it of its impurities, make it perfect. With Hogwarts, I can create an even bigger army of followers, and we can start concurring the whole country."

"Yes, I believe that is a very good idea, my Lord." Severus said, and shuddered as Nagini slid onto the table and curled up, her piercing yellow eyes staring at him.

"There is one more thing I want you to do for me." Voldemort said.

"Yes, My Lord?"

"I want you to retrieve the horcrux I have hidden at Hogwarts and bring it to me. It is hidden in a secret room on the seventh floor, opposite the tapestry of Barnabus the Barmy being clubbed by trolls. The room will appear to be a blank wall at first, but a door will appear when you walk past it three times and repeat what you need inside you head. The room changes according to what you need; I had used it many times in my days at Hogwarts, and I don't believe that anybody else has found it."

"If I may ask, My Lord, why do you require your horcrux?" Severus asked, curious what Voldemort wanted with the piece of his soul; Severus hoped that Voldemort had not found out about the horcruxes that had been destroyed, although Dumbledore said Voldemort would not being able to feel if his horcruxes were killed because his soul was too mutilated.

"Ahh, Severus, that I'm afraid I cannot tell you." Voldemort replied, getting to his feet.

"Is there anything else that you require of me?" Severus bowed his head.

"No, you are dismissed, Severus. And see to it that you get that job and destroy Dumbledore, or you will be punished." Voldemort said, staring at Severus intently, and Nagini wound herself around Severus, opening her mouth to show him her sharp pearly white fangs.

Voldemort called Nagini with a series of hisses, and she returned to the table.

Severus kneeled, kissed the hem of his master's robes, and hurried from the room. He had just found out where the next horcrux was.

Lily was washing some dishes in the kitchen when she heard a knock on the door. She glanced at the clock; it was almost nine thirty. Who would be visiting this late?

Lily grabbed her wand from the kitchen table, and slowly proceeded to the door, her wand held in front of her, and glanced out the peephole.

It was Severus! Lily threw open the door and gave him a hug, but he pushed her back onto the floor.

"Sev, what is wrong with you?" Lily said angrily as she got to her feet.

Severus suddenly reached out and grabbed her wand, and threw it out the open front door onto the lawn.

There was a figure coming up the front walk, and Lily stared into the darkness, trying to recognize who it was. She got a sudden chill as she saw his face when he reached the porch. Voldemort!

Lily gasped, and Severus grabbed her arm to stop her from running.

"Severus, let me go, what are you doing?!" Lily cried, frantically trying pull her arm out of his grasp.

Severus growled, and Lily stared at him as his face changed; it became grubby and dirty, unshaven, and she could see long fangs hanging past his lips. The man had obviously taken Polyjuice Potion to look like Severus so she would open the door without a fight and he could take her wand.

"Hey, doll," the man rasped. "I'm not your precious 'Sev'. But I could, if you wanted me to be," he drew his long tongue across Lily's cheek, tasting her, and she felt like throwing up; his breath smelt like dead things.

"Fenrir, control yourself." Voldemort was standing there in Lily's house again.

Fenrir? Lily thought. It could only be Fenrir Greyback, the notorious werewolf-Death Eater. Her heart turned cold; what were they going to do to her?

"We don't want her hurt; yet." Voldemort cackled.

"My Lord, why are you here?" Severus was on the stoop, looking throughly taken aback; he had come to tell Lily about the horcrux, and wasn't expecting this at all.

"Sev!" Lily cried out, and Fenrir shook her roughly to quiet her.

"I wanted to make sure that you would complete the task I assigned you, and what better way then to use something you care deeply about?" Voldemort caressed Lily's face with his long fingers, and Severus paled.

"I assure you, My Lord, I will complete the task, you don't need to take Lily!" Severus said desperately.

"You need not worry, Severus, she will be treated with the utmost care as long as you kill Dumbledore!" Voldemort motioned to Fenrir, and they left the Potter house, pushing past Severus.

Lily reached out to Severus as Fenrir dragged her past, and he grabbed her hand and whispered, "I love you Lily, and I will save you!" and then her hand was pulled from his as Fenrir followed his master, and all three figures disappeared into the night.

Severus leaned against the doorframe, breathing heavily, still holding his hand in the air where it had been grasping Lily's.

How could he kill Dumbledore? But he had too, or Lily would be murdered by Voldemort...

After Fenrir, Lily, and Voldemort disapparated, they appeared in a dark room. Fenrir threw Lily to the ground, and then lit several torches that were held in brackets along the walls with a wave of his wand.

Lily crawled into a corner, and took in the large room; there were no windows, and only one doorway. There was nothing in the room except for a long table and many chairs surrounding it. The floor was dirty and dusty, and she could see footprints in the dust.

"Throw her below," Voldemort gestured, taking a seat in a throne-like chair at the head of the table.

Fenrir nodded, and started toward Lily, who made a beeline for the doorway.

Voldemort hissed, and suddenly Lily's path was blocked by a giant snake, whose sharp fangs dripped poison as it stared at her with its yellow eyes.

Lily jumped back, into the arms of Fenrir Greyback.

"Rather face me then the snake, eh? Are you sure that's wise, doll?" Fenrir gazed at her neck hungrily, and licked his lips.

Lily's heart pounded in fear.

"Fenrir, you could play with her later," Voldemort said in a bored voice. "Once Severus kills Dumbledore, you can have her. I should not have spared her life in the first place, the filthy Mudblood. Severus will find another more suitable witch, perhaps Bellatrix Lestrange. A fine, pureblood witch. Now, lock her up."

Fenrir dragged Lily over to a trapdoor in the floor that she hadn't noticed before, flipped it open, and pushed her down the stairs. Lily tumbled down into the darkness onto a cold, hard concrete floor.

She looked up and she could see Fenrir's eyes glowing in the light from the torches.

"I'll come back for you, love," Fenrir grinned evilly. "And then we can play." Then the werewolf slammed the door shut, leaving Lily in pitch darkness. She crawled across the grimy floor until she came to a wall, which she huddled against, trying to keep warm in the chilly dungeon.

Fear gripped Lily as she thought of Fenrir; he was going to come back for her, and he would kill her.

Lily thought of Severus and sobbed; she wished he was here to take her away.

Severus was slumped in a chair in front of Dumbledore's desk, his head in his hands; he had just finished telling Dumbledore about Lily's abduction. He wondered what they were doing to Lily now.

"Yes, I agree that you are faced with quite a dilemma," Dumbledore frowned. "Either you kill me, or Lily is going to be killed."

"Well, we can't let either of those things happen!" Sirius said fiercely, pacing around the office. Severus had contacted Sirius to let him know what had happened, and then they both went to see Dumbledore. "Why don't we just finish destroying the horcruxes, and kill Voldemort, and avoid all of this?"

"I am still searching for the fifth horcrux, Sirius. I have yet to find it," Dumbledore sighed. "But I agree that we cannot let either of these things happen..."

"The horcrux is on the seventh floor, in a secret room," Severus suddenly said from between his hands. "The Dark Lord told me; he wanted me to retrieve it for him,"

"That is wonderful, my dear boy, wonderful!" Dumbledore looked delighted. "I'm sure you know your way around, so why don't you and Sirius go get the horcrux, while I ponder a solution to this situation?"

Sirius nodded, and Severus got up.

As they walked through the dark, quiet corridors of their old school where they had once been enemies, Sirius whispered to Severus, "Don't worry, we'll save her. She'll be okay."

They reached the seventh floor, and found the tapestry with the trolls. Severus paced in front of the blank wall while Sirius watched.

"I need the place where the horcrux is hidden, I need the place where the horcrux is hidden, I need the place where the horcrux is hidden," Severus repeated.

A tall wooden door suddenly appeared in the stone.

"Let's go," Sirius said, lighting up his wand and holding it in front of him as he opened the heavy door.

Severus followed, and bumped into Sirius.

"Why did you stop for?" Severus said, annoyed.

Sirius didn't reply; he was staring into the room. The room had suddenly lit up when they walked in, but Severus couldn't tell exactly where the light was coming from. Then he saw what Sirius was staring at; the room was gigantic, and it was almost full with mounds and mounds of stuff. Obviously the Dark Lord was wrong; other people had found this room.

"How are we going to find the horcrux in this?" Sirius said in awe, still staring up at the teetering piles reaching up toward the high ceiling.

"We're just going to have to search. You know what it looks like, right?" Severus pushed past Sirius into the room, and closed the door behind him with a boom that echoed around the large room. "It's an old tiara, worn by Ravenclaw; she's wearing it on her statue in the Great Hall, remember?"

"Oh, yeah, I remember," Sirius said.

"Let's split up," Severus said, and he began picking his way along a narrow path in all the junk, while Sirius traveled in a separate direction.

Severus looked up at the piles, his eyes searching for the tiara; there were loads of broken furniture, bent silverware, dirty clothes, broken bottles and vases and much more.

As he walked past a giant statue of Salazar Slytherin that was twice his height and had its nose chipped off, Severus called to Sirius, "Find anything yet?"

"Yeah, I found a bunch of cool stuff," Sirius replied. "But no tiara yet...wait a second; I think this is it!"

Severus ran through the maze of junk towards Sirius' voice, and found him standing besides a bust of Rowena Ravenclaw that was on top of an old cabinet.

Perched on top of her stone curls was an extremely old tiara with shimmering blue sapphires. Severus carefully lifted the tiara off the statue, afraid it was going to crumble in his hands.

"Let's go bring this to Dumbledore," Severus said, and they left the mysterious room full of broken and forgotten objects, and headed back to the Headmaster's office.

Sirius and Severus stood off to the side as they watched Dumbledore examine the tiara closely, then place it on his desk and sigh.

"It is quite a shame that all these relics that Voldemort placed his soul in must be destroyed because they are horcruxes; I'm sure many people would want to see heirlooms of the founders." Dumbledore shook his head, his white beard swaying slightly. "It is a pity."

Then he took out a small vile of basilisk venom, and dripped some of it onto the tiara.

Suddenly, the quiet office was full of an echoing scream, that contained such pain and agony that Severus covered his ears. The tiara seemed to curl into itself, almost like it was writhing in pain, and then it crumbled, a wisp of black smoke puffing out of it and dissipating into the air.

All three men stared at the pile of dust for a minute, and then Dumbledore clapped his hands and said, "So, about this mess with Lily... I have a plan."

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