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The Defense Against the Dark Arts Teacher

Chapter 10

Lines Crossed & Drawn

It was after another first year DADA class that Harry Potter found himself walking up to his Professor's desk.

"How can I help you Mr. Potter?" Benjamin asked

"Um, well Hermione and Neville told me how you talked to them, and I heard a rumor that you and Professor Snape are friends-"
"He isn't being fair to you is he?"

The boy nodded his head and with a sigh he gestured for the student to sit down. There was silence for a few moments.

"Mr. Potter before I tell you a few things I want to say that I think your parents were heroes. But it is also important to remember that they human and had flaws. It is also important to know that even though I was in the same year as your parents I didn't know them. So take everything I say with a grain of salt. Do you understand?"

The boy nodded.

"I will start with your father. I won't mince words Mr. Potter your father along with his three friends were bullies, and there target was Professor Snape. Not that this rivalry was one sided, Severus gave as just good as he got, but that is neither here nor there. This rivalry was based around the fact that Professor Snape was friends with your mother. But sometime around fifth year words were said between the two. Words that couldn't be taken back, and there friendship was ruined. Not soon after her and your father began dating. But the most important thing to remember about your father is that he grew up. The boy who I knew during school wouldn't have had the courage to sacrifice himself Gryffindor or not." Benjamin finished with a smile.

"What about my Mom?" Harry asked quietly

"The best way I can describe your mother is that she was as smart as Ms. Granger expect she had people skills. From what I understand she was quite popular with a fiery temper." He finished with another smile.

The boy tried to hide it but he saw that the child's eyes were getting misty. Thinking quickly Benjamin ducked his head and signed a random piece of paper. That gave Harry the chance to wipe his tears away.

"What is your next class Mr. Potter?"

"Charms sir."

"Okay here's a note. Now get a move on your late already."

"Sir thanks."

"No problem Mr. Potter and remember my door is always open."

As Harry left the small smile on the Professor's face turned to a frown and he headed toward the dungeons.

Knocking on the classroom door Benjamin entered to see Snape at his desk grading.

"Severus I was just visited by Harry Potter." Snape glared at the mention of Harry and his friend just sighed. "I thought you had gotten over this."

"You think it is that simple-"

"The man is dead Severus! You are alive and if you claim to love Lily as much as you did you would let the matter drop. Harry is not James nor is he Lily he is a child that needs our help. If I spotted it at the Welcoming Feast then you did as well. He was small and under fed. The boy has had led a hard life, and if two men can understand that it is us." Benjamin narrowed his eyes, "Unless, Severus please don't tell me you get some sick pleasure out of seeing the boy hurt."

Snape surged to his feet, "What do you take me for Benjamin. Of course I don't!"

"Then what aren't you telling me?"

Snape paced back and forth, "I begged the Dark Lord to spare her."

Benjamin eye widened, His voice was soft almost disbelieving "You didn't it, you did. YOU OBESSIVE, PATHIC, WASTE OF A MAN!" Benjamin drew his blade and had it at Snape's throat the tip of the blade crackling with magic as Severus pointed his own wand in between the DADA teacher's eyes.

"The Dark Lord was going to target them no matter what I did, the least I could do was save my old friend." Severus said

"We both know it had little to do with saving Lily. This was all to one up James Potter, because you can't the reality in front of you."

"Oh and what would that be?" Snape sneered

Benjamin sighed, "Even if James Potter didn't exist Lily wouldn't have fallen for you."

Snape's sneered intensified by it was a distraction. It gave Benjamin enough time to smack Snape's wand with his sword and force him to drop his wand.

"Who are you to talk to me about love? You never dated, you have always been alone."

"No Severus I haven't and neither have you; we had each other, but now we are simply colleagues nothing more. As with Lily your words and actions have destroyed another friendship. Make no mistake the Dark Lord will return and when he does I will fight against him. Be warned Severus if you are foolish enough to once again join him., I will do the same to you as I did to the others who bare his mark. Then you will have the chance to explain yourself to Lily personally."

With those last words an eerie silence hung over the Potions room as Benjamin made his way back to his quarters.

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