A/N: Ok so here is the next bit, I personally think that making a movie of this battle scene and the rest would have been easier to create then to write, but then that's just me and I enjoy that kind of thing. I think it would be a really epic battle and I would really enjoy making it, anyways I hope you all like and I look forwards to your reviews. Oh just so you know... expect people from the past to show up in the laters chapters and expect an evil-esque Dumbledore... cause I have a bit of a bone to pick with this guy.

The last thing that Severus remembered was the green eyes of Lily and the glowing blue of his friend, he did what he was supposed to do and he died knowing that he gave it his all to Harry Potter even if he verbally treated the boy like dirt. With his dying breath he took in Erik's words that Harry was very much like his mother and that there was so much more to him then just seeing James' face.

What Severus didn't expect was to feel his heart start to beat, each of the thuds of his heart pushing whatever blood was in his system throughout his body, and as his heart starting to beat his sense of feeling returned to his body and his lungs burning for its need for oxygen. Opening his mouth Severus tried to breath only to find that he was sucking a liquid into his lungs an when he started to cough up a copper tasting liquid he heard a voice shout at him.

"Stop trying to breathe you idiot!"

Snapping his eyes open Severus found burning blue eyes, not blue glowing, but full on burning blue eyeballs looking at him holding pressure to his torn throat. Starting to panic Severus found that he was being held down and there was a slight purple tint to his skin.

"Severus stop, stop moving!" It took a few minutes but Severus soon calmed down enough that he was looking at Erik directly; it was then that he noted how dirty his friend was and the strange glow coming from his chest plate and shoulder. Reaching up Erik grabbed the black cloak by his left should and pulled it off revealing the other cloak and the armour he was wearing.

"I need you to listen to me very carefully Sev, I've done what I can and brought you back but only for so long, I don't have a lot of energy left for is kind magic that I've invoked. I need you to take this letter and yourself to a specific location in the forbidden forest. There will be an open portal don't hesitate, don't think or falter go through it. It'll take you to a place you have never been, and it'll take you because you have died, and that's one of the stipulations of going through the veil.

Give that letter to the first person you see, there should be people fighting but you will know the right person to give that letter to because it will glow blue to the person that can read it and take it. And so you know how serious this is, when you pass through that portal you only about thirty minutes before my magic wears off and you will die and you won't be able to come back. The person that will help you will seal the magic that I have invoked and you will keep your second chance at life, and believe me you will need that life because if you don't take it, that mark will keep you where you don't want to be." Severus took in everything that Erik was saying and he didn't know what to do other then listen nod his head, Erik had held out a hand and Severus took it and was pulled up as Erik went to the water and rinsed his hands off of the blood before putting his gauntlets back on.

"Severus, I never wanted you to find out this way, but when it is over you will get the full story on how I died, why I was brought back and how… I'm what Dumbledore said I am; I am a creature of darkness, death and I was created by evil, but I am not evil." Wrapping the cloak around Severus, Erik offered a smile and he unshrunk his helmet in which Severus did a double take before Erik put it on.

"Go and head to the forest, don't look back and don't come back for me, I'll find you… remember that Sev… don't ever look back" Erik pushed Severus out of the boat house and towards the forest with a letter in hand, Severus looked back one last time as he felt magic bolster him even though his neck was thoroughly destroyed. Watching Severus head to the forest Erik took a deep breath and turned back to the school, hopefully there was something there for him, his body needed to feed as he was running low on energy, life and time.

When Erik had made it back to the school there were bodies littering the stone courtyard, there was apparently a message that he missed while he was at the boathouse and people were taking the students, staff members and people of an Order of the Phoenix. With the Death Eater bodies still lying in the courtyard Erik found one that wasn't exploded or harmed in anyway and he picked the man up by his collar and hoisted him up with a hand, with his free hand he pulled his helm off and dropped it to the ground and pulled the man's head to the side and dug in biting,. It had been a very long time since he had fed from a body when he normally had potions that someone made for him, but because he wasn't where he should be he had to do it the old fashioned way and he had since been nicknamed "Daemon the Blood Tank".

He was still attached to the dead man's neck when he heard a screech from behind him, he didn't care at all, but to the people watching they were watching large worm like leeches attached to various parts of the body and Erik's mouth the dead man's neck as he fed. When Erik finished he dropped the husk of what used to be a man and stepped back as the small dog sized worms dug themselves Erik's armour and body with a gross squishing sound. Turning around Erik looked the staff members that held their wands at Erik with fear in their eyes, Erik's own eyes where slightly hazed over but they were still a strong fire blue.

"Put those down, I'm not going to hurt you, besides this guy gave me enough till I can safely get you all out of here…"

"What did you do?"

Erik gazed at the tiny Professor Flitwick who all but squeaked out the question as McGonagall shakily held her wand, being slightly unimpressed Erik sighed and walked over to the older woman and pushed her wand down as he raised an eyebrow at her, his mouth was covered in blood and still dripping down his chin and the corners of his mouth and he looked like death warmed over.

"I fed, it's what I do in cases of emergency, because I've been in this realm for too long I have no natural way or regenerating my energy, my power, and my health… very rarely do I feed on someone unless I'm in risk of dying myself. And if I end up dying here… I am forever screwed over"

The rest of the teachers and the order put down their wands slowly; if Erik was going to attack anyone he would have done it already, but right now Erik had more important things to do as he started to search the student masses for something.

"Where is Harry?"

"Why do you need to know where Harry is?"

"What is my relationship to the boy Minerva… think… who was my sister?"

"My god… I completely forgot you are his Uncle"

"Help me find him, there is someone here that has changed the entire game for him… and if he dies… we all lose" Erik looked to the Order and Minerva who started a mass search of students, they ran into Hermione and Ron in one of the stair ways and when questioned Erik took off in a panic while everyone else stood by as they watched the man in the armour picked his helm up and while put it on leapt into the air with a roar and shifted into a massive red dragon heading to the forest. As Erik crashed into the trees he ran searching but stopped moving when he heard voices. Taking off in the direction of the voices Erik came across a boy standing amidst four ghost like bodies, he knew better then think that these were ghosts of his sister, brother-in-law, Sirius and Remus.

"Harry, they aren't real, no one can call those spirits back to this world, no one not even a thing like that. Your parents loved you, still love you, but each and every single one of those things are fake."

"You dare interfere Death Knight?" the four voices talked as one as Erik stepped into the clearing as Harry turned and looked at the man in the armour and the tusked helm, the four 'spirits' gathered around Harry who had no idea of the evil looks that had crossed their faces.

"I interfere because I know for a fact that you can't recall those spirits not when they are on the other side… you can make warped copies but never the real thing…. Kel'Thuzad" Erik reached forwards and with a hand as a purple light forming a hand shot forwards wrapping itself around Harry and pulled the boy to Erik as he made the motion for pulling. Harry had no idea what was going on or what just happened other then he felt cold and foreboding behind him where his family had once stood before he found himself next to the man in the armour who stood in front of him with a sword and axe in hand as he stood ready to attack the thing that had taken the spot of Harry's family.

"What did you do to my family!"

"Harry run, get out of the forest and run!"

Looking at the creature before him Harry saw a floating skeleton with a massive headdress and tusks coming from his own face not to dissimilar from the man in the armour that was protecting him, the chains that floated around the glowing blue figure seemed to just hang in mid air while the skirt or whatever it was wearing flared up at the bottoms showing no feet what so ever, not thinking twice about the creature and forgetting about Voldemort and his conditions Harry turned on his heel and ran for the school as he saw his protector get slammed with a blue ball ice. Erik knew he would have to fight one of the commanders of the undead at one point, but was getting weak again and knew here in this realm he would have no chance if he didn't have a proper energy restore. Stepping in the way of a powered ice ball meant for Harry, Erik was thrown back into the ground making a small crater from the impact, pushing himself up onto his onto his elbows Erik rolled out of the way from another ice based attack before he got himself to a stand. As he stood there off to the side of the man was someone he was rather hoping to avoid all together, it was none other than Voldemort.

"Shall I go after Potter?"

"Go ahead, he is your ticket to immortality" With a snarl Erik arced his sword over hand releasing a set of three green skulls that raced at the snake like man only to have the man throw up a shield and whip his wand in his direction before Erik was surrounded by a green rotating shield that protected him from whatever spell had been used. With a jet of black Voldemort had taken off with his snake in tow, turning Erik started to go after the man as he got hit in the back with spell even on the ground Erik felt something else, looking to the outline of the castle Erik rolled onto his back and offered a smile under his helmet.

"You've failed and those of the new lines are going back, you'll never get before he gets to the veil!"

"No!" the floating skeleton started for the castle as Erik looked at the figure before he put the sword down in his hand and raised it to the creature as chains and ice pillars broke the earth and wrapped themselves around the skeleton. Pushing himself up to a stand and getting his sword Erik gave one last look at the thing.

"You've failed Kel'Thuzad, and now you are going to be stuck here…" Taking off for the school Erik barely made it into his dragon for before he flew for the school when he got there he ended up crashing into the ground of the courtyard as an epic wand duel fought its way out along the strewn rubble. Having reverted back Erik stumbled to his knees and the ground as he arced his sword to the side and launched a single green skull that hit Voldemort knocking him into rubble as Erik crashed to the ground on his face.

A figure in black robes had hurried to his side waving a wand and muttering a complex spell as Harry looked on as Voldemort struggled to get to his feet before the man was picked up and thrown into the air towards the forest. Kneeling down to the armoured man Harry saw something that should have been impossible, he was looking at the back of the man he was certain had died, he saw Severus Snape holding the man in the armour on his lap.

"Get Harry out of her Sev, get him to the veil and leave, I am done…"

"You aren't done yet, and refuse to let you go like you did for me, I won't take Harry away from his uncle he never knew" Harry's eye brows ran into his hair line as he edged over to the fallen man and his teacher who he thought hated him and his guts.

"You can tell Harry who is family was, you can tell him all about me… I have no energy left…. I can't even get up…" Harry moved to the man's side and looked down at the armoured man, this man was his uncle supposedly, if that was true…

"Harry… I'm sorry you never got to know me… I… I was taken away when you were still so young… I missed watching you grow up… I missed a lot of your life… but I've given up mine twice now to protect you… go with Sev… he's the best that you can learn from…"

"You're my uncle?"

"Yeah… your mother was my sister…" the school had started to rumble as Severus looked around the rubble had started to float and there was only three people left it seemed.

"I got everyone through Erik, it's just us left… let me get you there…"

"Sev… look at me…"

"All the more reason for me to take you…" Harry looked at the two interacting and he remembered the memories that Severus had given him, this was his uncle, he never knew and now he wasn't about to lose another family member.

"Like he said all the more reason, I'm not losing another family member…" Erik groaned as he felt both his arms being pulled and he was lifted to a stand and he was dragged through the school, after what seemed to be too many stairs down and too many turns Severus lead Harry and Erik to a room with a tall arc and a veil in which they heard voices. Turning to look behind them Severus reached out with a free hand and put it against the stone wall of the school.

"It's time to go home, time to go home… you can go now" With that the school groaned and started to glow Severus lead Erik and Harry though the veil as they heard a scream piercing the air before they saw nothing before a bright blue sky opened before them and they were greeted with the sight of people and someone yelling for help.

Harry had no idea what he had just walked into when he pulled a man that was his uncle, he had no idea what he had just become of when he had made it through the other side of the veil. He was expecting to die much like Sirius had, but the bright blue sky and the people that had been there to greet them, it wasn't natural and he had to blink several times to make sure he wasn't dreaming.

"SOMEONE GET ALEXSTRASZIA!" With the weight of a fully armoured man on his shoulder Harry was soon forced to drop the man's arm as his teacher lowered him to the ground before he turned and pointed his wand at the portal they had just come out of.

"BOMBARDA MAXIMA!" The portal exploded with the energy and rage that had been put into it and Severus turned back worried for his friend as he pulled off Erik's helmet and saw the man barely able to breathe on his own. "Don't you dare die, don't you even think about it…" Severus looked up as Minerva McGonagall stood at his back looking down at him realizing that Severus had single-handedly saved what was left of the school and had returned for his best friend, having put a hand on his shoulder she looked up and saw three figures rushing towards them. There was so much to this world that Minerva didn't expect a woman with pink skin and a big headdress that resembled horns to walk up, to say she was under-dressed was an understatement considering she was barely wearing anything to begin with. Tall boots, a cloak and a metal bikini with shoulder armour gave a whole new meaning to a word that Minerva would never repeat in her life. Flanking the woman where two men both where of a more flesh tone then the woman and they were wearing robes and had pointed ears with green eyes.

"I am the Life-Binder, Alexstraszia"

-2weeks later-

A low groan issued from a bed ridden man; blearily the man opened his eyes slowly and blinked just as slowly, blue eyes looked look in between the slow blinking to find that that he wasn't in a stone room but rather a well kept room that seemed to be made of logs, there was a smell of wood crackling and movement shifting around the room. Someone had come over to the man's bed and sat in a seat that scraped against the floor moving closer to the bed.

"Erik.. Erik?" a low groan answered the person that asked the question but the man couldn't seem to make out who it was. "Erik… open your eyes… come on that's it" Groaning again Erik forced his eyes open and winced at the bright line, but his eyes had soon adjusted as he saw the face of several people around the bed looking at him expectantly.

"What are you all doing here huh, not enough sheep to shear?" everyone laughed as his comment as someone raised his head and neck up and gently poured something into his mouth which he gratefully swallowed before he was gently put back down on his pillow.

"You are one lucky man Erik Destler… Very lucky"

"And how am I lucky exactly?"

"You're lucky for that Severus and I brought you through and did what we did to save you" came Harry's voice, looking to his side, it was Severus that had fed him the potion that he had taken and he looked at the man that clearly looked like he didn't get any sleep while Harry looked like he had a run in with a milling stone.

"Are you two getting along now?" Erik looked between the two of them as they eyed each other before Erik and all Erik could do is gently shake his head before he caught the smile from Harry and the grin from Severus. "What did you do Severus?"

"Oh nothing… my usual…. Showed him memories then stayed my time here with you if I wasn't brewing…"

"I'm glad you are getting better Uncle… Uncle Erik" Erik nodded his head and gave Harry a smile while he looked to his side and took a good look at Severus. The man had the scars from his attack on his throat but there was a sense of peace about him as he saw the boy that he knew from so long ago there staring at him.

"Alexstaszia give you hope Sev?"

"She did, but I still wish there was still…"

"More?" Severus nodded and looked at Harry with fondness as Erik saw that Harry meant more like Lily then he did James. Looking to the other side Erik saw a window and stone runes there were people gathered around outside as the pieces of stone where lifted and shaped.

"How much came through before your destroyed the portal?" Severus followed Erik's gaze and frowned a little as Harry left the room and gave the two men their space.

"Almost everything I should think, the Alliance has supposedly sent for the Mages from Dalaran to the original site where it once stood to get the rest of the stone pieces that weren't brought over. I was surprised when I came through and I saw all kinds of people. This is where you go when you die in the other realm?"

Erik nodded and watched the people as Harry joined them, letting out a soft side Erik turned his head and looked at the ceiling then closing his eyes taking in all the sounds, he heard his friend shift closer to the bed and he turned his head that direction and opened his eyes again.

"So what are you exactly Erik?"

"I guess I should tell you… what have you been told about the Death Knights?"