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Here's another chapter. A lot is going to happen! *wink
Only a week passed, but to Lily it felt like years. In that short time, she had lost weight, for Voldemort had just enough food given to her to keep her barely alive in her dark prison. Lily knew that she was getting weaker, and she probably wouldn't be able to fight Fenrir when he finally came for her. It was usually Fenrir that brought her meager meals, and he always made comments about how he couldn't wait to have Lily.
"You won't have to wait much longer, doll," Fenrir would chuckle, and slide a grimy dish with some bread on it to her.
Sometimes he would chase her around the dungeon, and when she slipped on the filthy floor and fell, Fenrir would stand over her and say, "Gotcha, love," and when she tensed her body, ready for an attack, he would laugh and say, "Not quite yet, but soon," and leave the dungeon.
Lily would sit in her corner, trying to think of a way to escape, but there was none. She had already felt along the walls for any secret openings, but there were none; it was solid stone. So the only exit was the trapdoor, which was always locked{she had tried opening that, too} and every time it was open, Fenrir was standing there.
Lily began losing hope in Severus; he should have come for her already! Maybe he really didn't love her. She tried to avoid thinking of Severus, because it made her heart ache; she cried when she remembered the smell of his shampoo, or the taste of his lips on hers. Why didn't he come?
"My Lord, I have succeeded in killing Albus Dumbledore," Severus said, bowing before his master. It was a week later; Severus didn't want to wait that long, but as Dumbledore pointed out, if Severus came back the very next day, that would be quite unbelievable. So Severus sat in his old armchair in his small house, staring at the wall, thinking of Lily, the smell of her perfume, the way her lips tasted on his, and waited.
"Already, Severus? That was quick. It is one of the old fool's weaknesses, to trust people." Voldemort's dark eyes bored into Severus', trying to confirm this information, and Severus tried to prevent Voldemort from using his Legilimency to see into his mind, but it wasn't working; he was too worried about Lily, and he couldn't focus.
"What is this? You dare deceive me?" Voldemort shrieked, for he saw in Severus' mind that Dumbledore was still alive. "CRUCIO!"
Severus screamed and writhed on the ground in pain; it felt like there were a thousand knives being jabbed into his body at the same time. He sat up, sweaty and trembling, when the pain was gone.
"I suppose you want the girl, don't you, and that's why you lied," Voldemort sneered, walking around Severus, so that they were face to face. "Love. One of the greatest weaknesses you can possess. You should know NEVER to lie to Lord Voldemort! CRUCIO!"
Severus hit the floor again, screaming.
"Do you want her so badly? Fine then, she will returned to you in pieces!" Voldemort pressed the Dark Mark on his arm, and someone apparated into the room; it was Fenrir Greyback.
"Is it time, My Lord? Can I have her?" Fenrir said eagerly, licking his lips. That long week of waiting to finally taste the woman's soft flesh had been torture.
"Do as you please, Fenrir, and we will make Severus watch." Voldemort flicked his wand, and ropes wrapped around Severus so that his hands were behind his back and he couldn't move.
Voldemort walked over and pried Severus' wand from his tight grip.
"My Lord, I beg you, please don't, take me instead!" Severus sobbed; he didn't want Lily to suffer because of him.
"Don't worry, Severus, your time will come," Voldemort smirked. Then he called Nagini in to make sure Severus didn't move from his corner, and she wound her strong muscular body around Severus, so he couldn't move an inch.
Fenrir lifted the trapdoor and disappeared below.
"Come out, come out wherever you are." Fenrir whispered, and shot a spell that lit up the whole dungeon.
Lily had been sleeping, and was awoken at the creaking sound of the trapdoor being flipped open.
Fenrir looked around, and saw Lily curled near the wall in a ball. She sat up and stared at Fenrir in fear, and her eyes darted toward the open trapdoor, but she couldn't escape, because he was standing right in front of her. Fenrir grabbed Lily roughly, and hauled her up, sniffing deeply.
"Ah, the smell of fear, that's what gets the old juices flowing." Fenrir growled.
Lily struggled against his strong grip. "Let me go!" she yelled, clawing at his face.
"Oh, feisty thing aren't you? This just gets better and better. We're going to have so much fun." Fenrir squeezed her tighter to prevent her from wriggling out of his grip, and began dragging her to the steep stone stairs. "This is going to be quite a show for your boyfriend to enjoy."
When he got to the top, he dropped Lily to the ground, and slammed the trapdoor shut; then he turned and gave the red haired woman a wicked grin.
"Lily!" Severus yelled. He couldn't let that filthy werewolf touch his beautiful Lily.
Lily looked around at the sound of Severus' voice; Severus was tied up in the corner, with Voldemort's giant snake, Nagini wrapped around him.
Lily tried to run to him, but Fenrir grabbed her and pushed her to the ground. He leaned down and kissed her hard on the lips, then licked the sweat off her brow. Lily could hardly breathe under the heavy werewolf; it felt like he was crushing her lungs.
Voldemort sat on his throne, amused, watching like it was an interesting dinner show.
"Lily!" Severus screamed, struggling against the powerful snake. He almost forgot the plan, what he had to do to defeat the Dark Lord, and save Lily. He had to kill the snake. Severus tried to wriggle his hand so he could position the object in his left hand; Voldemort had only taken Severus' wand from his right hand, but he had not checked Severus' other hand for concealed weapons.
Lily had broken free of Fenrir, and ran towards Severus, this time, reaching him before Fenrir hauled himself off the ground.
Nagini's whipped around towards the woman, but she dared not attack without her master's permission.
"Lily, I told you I would come," Severus said, forgetting for a moment about destroying Nagini.
Lily was filthy; she looked like she had lost weight, and her beautiful red hair was dull and greasy. Her eyes were dark, full of despair. Lily, what did they do to you?
"Yes, but now we're both going to die," she smiled sadly. "But if I have to die, your face is the last I want to see; I thought Fenrir would kill me before I saw you again" Lily reached out for Severus, but was pulled back by Fenrir. Her head hit the stone ground, and she was stunned for a moment; Fenrir ripped her shirt open so her neck was exposed, then looked at Severus.
"You have a good catch here, comrade, look at that neck!" the werewolf licked his lips.
The plan! Severus thought through his anger and revulsion. Severus jabbed the object he was holding into the snake, and the syringe injected a fatal dose of basilisk venom into Nagini's body, and within seconds, Severus felt the snake loosening around him; the venom had poisoned the snake and killed the horcrux inside her. That was the last horcrux dead; now it was up to Dumbledore to fight the Dark Lord and destroy him, because nobody else was really a match for him. Severus removed a small golden snitch from his pocket, and it whizzed from the room; it was the sign that Nagini was dead.
Voldemort stood up when he saw Nagini's body slacken; his eyes narrowed in confusion, and he headed over just as Dumbledore and Sirius came bursting into the room.
Fenrir Greyback didn't notice; he was having too much fun with Lily, who was screaming nonstop, as he licked her all over with his foul breath, causing her to gag in revulsion.
Voldemort spun around when the door crashed opened, and he stared, surprised at Dumbledore's presence, as if he wasn't sure how the old wizard was able to find him. Then it dawned on the Dark Lord that Severus had probably led Dumbledore here so he could save the Mudblood. No matter, Voldemort though as he drew his wand and fired a spell at his rival. They couldn't kill him anyway, because he had his horcruxes, and when Dumbledore was lying dead on the floor of, he would make Severus pay by the most excruciating means possible.
Dumbledore blocked the Dark Lord's spell, and the two began fiercely dueling.
Sirius started over to Severus to help get him out of the ropes, but Severus, more concerned about Lily, yelled, "Help Lily!"
As Sirius turned to look where Lily was, he was shot down with a jet of light from Fenrir's wand, who had finally noticed what was going on.
Severus struggled desperately against the weight of the snake and he finally pushed it off, but he was still bound by the ropes. He rolled awkwardly across the ground towards the unconscious Sirius, listening to the sounds of Voldemort battling Dumbledore on the other side of the room. Severus grabbed Sirius' wand out of his limp hand, and said, "Diffindo!" to slice the rope.
Then he ran over to where Fenrir had Lily pinned against the wall, avoiding the bits of rubble on the ground and that were raining down from the ceiling from the spells that were being shot every which way by the two dueling wizards.
Severus grabbed the werewolf around his neck, and pulled him off werewolf roared, angry to be taken away from his prey, and before Severus could curse him, stabbed Severus in the chest several times with a gleaming silver knife he was carrying in his leather belt.
Severus staggered backwards, feeling the blood oozing from the deep cuts, as Fenrir advanced on him.
Lily, who had fallen to the ground, picked up Sirius' wand, which Severus had dropped when he attacked Fenrir, and
screamed "Stupify!", and the werewolf slumped to the ground.
Lily hurried over to where Severus was lying on the ground, his blood staining the stones beneath him.
"Sev!" Lily cried, holding him tightly, his blood running down her arms. "You're going to be okay!"
"Lily," Severus drew his hand weakly up to her face; it was covered in scratches and grime, and her shirt was torn almost completely off by Fenrir. "He didn't...do anything to you did he?" Severus whispered.
"No, I'm fine, but we have to get you out of here," Lily glanced behind her as the two most powerful wizards of all time still continued their fierce duel, destroying the room in the process.
"Give me that wand," Severus pulled Sirius' wand out of Lily's hand, and pointed it toward Voldemort. He looked Lily in the eye, and said, "This is for you, Lily,"
Severus thought about everything the Dark Lord had done, all the pain he had caused, the families he had killed and broken up, and how he stole Lily and let Fenrir have her.
"AVADA KEDAVRA!" The green jet of light shot from the end of Sirius' wand, and all time seemed to stop; Dumbledore and Voldemort both turned to look at the green jet, Dumbledore with a small satisfied smile on his face.
Lily stared as the green jet hit Voldemort in the chest; he was wearing the ultimate look of fury on his face; how dare one of his Death Eaters turn against him. When he was reborn with the help of his horcruxes, he would kill them all...
As the Dark Lord's limp body landed on the floor, everything suddenly became quiet. Lily watched as Dumbledore walked over to Voldemort's body and closed his eyelids. Then he waved his wand over the body, and it burst into blue flames. When the flames were gone, nothing was left, not even ashes.
Lily looked down at Severus in her lap.
"Severus, you did it, he's gone..Severus? No! Wake up!" But no matter how much she frantically shook Severus' limp form, he didn't open his eyes; his head just lolled from side to side.
"NOOO!" Lily hugged Severus close to her; why did she have to lose someone else? First James and Harry, and now Severus. She sobbed into Severus' robes as Dumbledore and Sirius, who had woken up, stood behind her.
"Sirius," Dumbledore said quietly. "Take Lily."
Sirius pried Lily off Severus and held her, and a sense of de-ja-vu struck him; not too long ago, Lily was sobbing on his shoulder for another man that she loved.
Dumbledore kneeled down, his old bones creaking, and traced his wand over the deep cuts, causing the flow of blood to lessen somewhat.
"He might make it, but we must get him to St. Mungo's right away," Dumbledore said, and Sirius nodded, still trying to comfort the distraught Lily. Before they left, Dumbledore waved his wand, and a strong steel cage appeared around Fenrir's unconscious form; Dumbledore would escort him to Azkaban later.
The Healers rushed over immediately when they saw Dumbledore's imposing figure in the reception room, with the injured Severus and Lily and Sirius. As the Healers carried Severus away, Lily went to follow, but Dumbledore put a hand on her shoulder to stop her and said, "The Healers will take care of him, Lily, and he will live, because he has you to live for."
Lily stared at Severus pale face resting on the soft hospital pillow. He looked untroubled as he lay there. She brushed his dark hair away from his face, and pulled the covers higher over his bare chest. The Healers said that Fenrir's knife had punctured several of his internal organs, and it might be a few days until he became conscious.
Lily still couldn't believe that Voldemort was gone, dead. But there were still the Death Eaters to round up, which Dumbledore and the Order were busy doing now. Lily took a seat besides Severus' bed, watching his face twitch as he dreamed for hours, until the room darkened and an assistant Healer came in to tell her visiting hours were over.
Lily came back the next day with Sirius, and they talked quietly as they kept the unconscious Severus company.
On the third morning, Sirius and Lily stopped at the cafeteria to get some muffins and tea for breakfast before they went up to Severus' room.
Severus opened his eyes to a blinding light which stung his eyes, and immediately closed them again. He opened his eyes again, but slowly this time, so his eyes could adjust to the light.
Where was he? Was he dead? Severus took in his surroundings; he was a small room that had a bedside table, a bed and a chair. The light was coming from a small window.
He tried to sit up, but found that it was too painful; he looked down and saw that his bare chest was covered in bandages. Severus sighed, and let himself sink back into the soft, comfortable pillows; he must be in a hospital, but what happened to him?
He tried to remember...and suddenly an image of Fenrir popped into his mind...Oh, God, what happened to Lily? He remembered her being attacked by Fenrir, and then it was blank; he had to find Lily! Fear overtook Severus, and he rolled out of his bed, despite the intense pain, tore open the door, and started running down the clean, white corridor.
Patients and Healers stared at Severus as he flashed past; he had to get out, and find Lily! He suddenly collided into someone, knocking the muffin out of her hand and fell to the tiled floor; he tried to get back to his feet, but found himself gasping in pain.
"Sev!" Lily was on the floor beside him; she was the someone he had crashed into. Sirius was there too, and motioned to a Healer to come over and help.
"Lily, are you okay? What happened to Fenrir? I can't remember what happened."
Lily helped him lean up and embraced him, being careful of his injuries. She kissed his forehead and smiled.
"I'm fine, but you aren't, so you can't go running about until you're better,"
The Healer that Sirius had called over brought a friend, and they lifted Severus onto a stretcher and carried him back to his room, with Lily and Sirius close behind. People stared at Severus as they went past, pointing and whispering. Lily smiled; the story of Voldemort's death, and who had killed him was spreading.
When Severus was settled back into his bed, Lily laid on the pillow beside him, and Sirius took the chair. Then Lily told him everything that had happened, how Fenrir had attacked him, how he killed Voldemort, how she thought that he was dead. When she got to this point, she teared up, and leaned against Severus.
"I was so afraid you were gone, Sev," Lily pressed her face into Severus' shoulder, and he put his arm around her, trying to comfort her. "There was so much blood... Dumbledore sealed the wounds as best he could, and then we brought you here, to St. Mungo's. You lost so much blood, and you had serious internal injuries, the Healers thought you might not live. They gave you blood replenishing potions, bandaged the wounds, and then we just waited. You were out for three days. I was so scared."
Sirius nodded in agreement in his seat.
"Well, I'm fine, so don't worry, Lily. I'm just glad you two are okay and Voldemort is finally gone." Severus felt free for the first time in his life; for once, no one was controlling him, not his parents, and not Voldemort. And now it was time for him to control his own life.
"Lily, I want to ask you something," Severus said nervously.
"I'm going to go get another tea," Sirius said, sensing what Severus was going to do, and got up to leave, winking at his friend.
When Sirius shut the door behind him, Lily said, "What is is?"
Severus didn't answer right away; he brushed Lily's red hair behind her ear so he could see her bright green almond shaped eyes, her soft cheeks, her lips, curved into a sweet smile. There were a few faint marks left on her neck from the scratches Fenrir had given her, but she looked fuller and happier then she had in Voldemort's hideout.
He was more nervous now then any time he had ever lied to Voldemort; he took a deep breath and plowed on.
"Lily, will you marry me?"
"Yes, Sev, I will." Lily didn't even pause for a second before answering. She looked into Severus' eyes, and continued. "I know you were afraid I was going to say no, Severus, but I could never say no to you." then she kissed him on the cheek, and laid peacefully beside him, snuggling into him.
Severus looked down at his soon to be wife lying next to him, and put his hand on the back of Lily's head, pulling her closer to him, hugging her tightly.
Lily noticed that Severus was shaking, and she sat up in alarm and looked at him, thinking that was he was having a seizure of some kind, but no, he was sobbing.
"Sev, what's wrong?" Lily asked in worry.
"I just never thought you would even speak to me again after everything that happened at school, but now, we're getting married...I just can't believe it...this is the best thing that has ever happened to me..."
Lily pressed her lips against Severus', stroking his hair, and they stayed like that for a few moments, until Sirius came back in with his tea.
They broke apart, and Lily squealed to Sirius, who returned to his seat, "We're getting married!"
Sirius was about to congratulate them, when another voice interrupted.
"But you were supposed to marry ME!" Bellatrix Lestrange was standing in the doorway, chest heaving angrily.
Severus mouth hung open as he stared at the crazy woman in the doorway.
"How did you..." Severus spluttered.
"Oh, when I found out you were here, I had to come and see you, Snapey, even though you cheated on me."
She started toward Severus, but Lily immediately stood up to block her.
"Didn't you learn the last time? Didn't I warn you?" Lily said angrily.
Sirius was sipping his tea and watching like it was an interesting film; he loved cat fights.
Lily started over to Bellatrix, a furious glint in her eyes, but she tripped over Sirius' foot, and onto the floor. Bellatrix took this chance to hop over Lily and onto the bed with Severus, who tried to push her off, but was still too weak. She sat on top of him, and caressed his face.
"I know you love me, Snapey, SHE gave you a love potion so you'd fall in love with her, but I'll take you away and we could do things, crazy things!" Bellatrix whispered in his ear.
She started kissing him and Lily got up, glaring at Sirius, who shrugged, it wasn't his fault she tripped over his foot, but before Lily could do anything, two members of the Order came into the room, and pulled Bellatrix off Severus.
"We followed her here," Sturgis Podmore said, fighting to hold on to the struggling Bellatrix.
"Yes," Dedalus Diggle said, holding on to Bellatrix as well. "Apparently she's infatuated with you, Mr. Snape. It is a good thing too, or we wouldn't have caught her so easily. The only thing on her mind is you, and she even forgot her wand at home. "
"We must be going now," Sturgis said. "Lots more Death Eaters to catch."
Dedalus gave Severus a grin. "Thank you so much Mr. Snape, for destroying You-Know-Who, and freeing us all from his reign of terror."
"Ditto," Sturgis nodded. They left, dragging Bellatrix, who was screaming, "Not Azkaban! Let me stay with Snapey! I'll be good! I won't kill anyone, or torture them anymore! Well, maybe once in a while, if someone gets on my nerves and deserves a nice cruciartus curse, but just let me stay with Snapey! He was going to marry me you know, with a ring and everything..."
"You better not have enjoyed that kiss too much, Sev," Lily said to Severus, who was wiping the lipstick off his face with his blankets.
"Don't worry, my heart only belongs to one woman, no matter what Bellatrix says," Severus smiled.
"You really have to teach me your tricks, Severus," Sirius muttered. "Two girls after you...I really need a suit."
Aww, they're getting married! *wipes a tear from eye
Poor Bellatrix, I hope she hooks up with someone in Azkaban.
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