Harry Potter and the Catranas.
Chapter 7- The Falling.
Severus sat behind his desk waiting nervously for the battle to begin. He was worried that the plan would not work, he was worried that something would happen to Draco and the man he considered his father. Albus was the only one who believed that he was loyal to the Order. The only person who believed that he never wanted Lily and James to die, never wanted to be responsible for it. He was though and now all he could do was make up for it by fighting alongside the light side no matter how dangerous it got.
He didn't wait long before Filius came scrambling through the door. "Severus, there are Death Eaters in the castle! we need your help fighting them off!" He yelled.
Severus was into action as soon as he burst through the door. Thinking quickly he cast a freezing charm at Filius and ran out the door. Noticing the Gryffindors outside the door he ordered them inside to tend to Filius.
Plowing through the halls of Hogwarts he had only one thing on his mind... carrying through with the plan. Coming to the top of the astronomy tower through all the fighting going on everything was such a blur. He did not remember anything except casting the spell and then grabbing Draco by the scruff of his neck and fleeing the area, only to be pursued by Potter.
Calling him a coward, honestly, he hadn't even killed the old man! Oh well now was not the time to correct Potter, now was the time for running and escaping the madness while making sure Potter didn't die. All in a days work really.
Reaching the borders of the school he grabbed Draco and apparated away from the school. Now he was on the run and had to wait till Albus's funeral before he would be able to see the old man again.
The school was in an uproar. That Albus could tell from his position on the ground. He desperately wanted to help the people from the Order and check if all his students were in one piece but knew he could not risk it.
He laid as still as he could without breathing too deeply although he doubted Hagrid would have noticed as he dragged the supposedly deceased wizard through the halls of Hogwarts to place him in the castle for burial later. The inhabitants of Hogwarts would think that he was spectacular even in death when he portkeyed after the funeral.
He soon found himself being placed on a table in the middle of a dark room. He dared not move till he was sure there was no one in the room, all the time hoping that Severus and Draco had escaped the fight.
Moving carefully at the moment he sat up and began moving about the room working out all the cramps that he had developed during that jump from the astronomy tower. Walking around a couple of times he thought he needed a drink. Not really thinking about what he was doing he picked up the water that was to be used to clean his wounds before his 'burial' he swallowed some of it and placed it back on the table before returning to the table and lied back down moments before Minerva and Remus entered the room. Suddenly, the poison that was coursing through his veins was destroyed. 'Well who would have thought that one of the darkest poisons around could be taken care of by a simple sterilizing fluid'.
"Well Remus, looks like this is the end of the greatest wizard we will ever know" Minerva stated
'Little does she know'
"What is going to happen to the Order and the war effort?"
'Well try running it for yourself silly'
"Don't know Remus. Lets just get on with the cleaning shall we, his funeral is on on Monday and then we are going to send the students' home."
The two began clearing Albus of his clothes and then used the sterilizing fluid to clean his body.
Monday rolled around really slowly for Albus. All he could do during the day was meditate on what had happened and hope that he could escape without too much trouble. One good thing that came from all the waiting was that he found out Severus and Draco had indeed survived and were supposedly with the Death eaters.
On what Albus presumed was Monday, he was covered in a cloth and picked up by Hagrid. Hagrid took him to the grounds of Hogwarts so that he could say goodbye to the school before he was finally put to rest. Albus was very touched by Hagrid's gesture.
Hagrid eventually placed the old man on the table in front of the entire Hogwarts and then some. The funeral began. To say it was spectacular was the understatement of the year. There were wreaths scattered along the ground and all the students were dressed in their robes. Many people including Horace, who surprised Albus, said a few words.
Through the cloth, Albus could see the centaurs coming up from the forest solemn looks on their faces. They sat themselves down and waited till the end of the funeral just as Albus was about to portkey away leaving a stunned crowd behind but they appeared to be chanting something. Albus decided that it would be rude of him to leave while they were still chanting so he decided to stay.
The next thing he knew he was being surrounded by a white light that was so bright he thought he was going to be blinded.
When he looked up he noticed that he was covered up with a coffin. Deciding that this was the moment he had been waiting for he reached down for the small lemon drop that had been placed in there by Hagrid. And felt the familiar tug behind the navel as he was whisked away from the school.
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