A SevLily Moment

Severus and Lily are walking around the lake talking about the old days. Snape is trying not to mind the fact Harry is with them. "Severus, remember you first showed me the lake?" Lily asks.

"I do." Snape replies. "You were so scared when I told you about the Giant Squid."

"But then we realized the squid is nice." Lily comments.

"But some students don't know that yet. We could threat those students." Snape suggests.

"Severus! We can't do it." Lily replies, horrified. "Even if the Giant Squid is nice."

"I meant a bluff." Snape explains.

"Like that teacher who threatened to paddle us back at primary school?" Lily asks.

Snape's reaction suggests he's trying to decide between telling or not that it's not a bluff. Whatever Lily's about to say about that is interrupted by an owl that brings her a special edition of the Daily Prophet. She's horrified about what she reads. "Severus! Barty Junior was exposed as a death eater!"

"It was expected." Snape calmly replies.

"You knew!?" Lily asks, her shock even bigger.

"Yes, Lily, I knew Bartemius Crouch Junior is a death eater." Snape answers like it was the most natural thing on the world.

"Why didn't you say anything?" Lily asks.

"I told Headmaster Dumbledore, who suggested, and I agreed, that it'd be risky to use the word of a recently forgiven death eater against the son of the Minister of Magic." Snape explains.

"Not Minister for long." Lily says. "Several officials are asking Crouch to resign."

"And I bet some officials have already offered applications to become the new Minister of Magic." Snape replies with his usual scowling face.

"You win, Severus." Lily replies. "Cornelius Fudge, head of the Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes; Dolores Umbridge, Senior Undersecretary for the Minister; and Amelia Bones, head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement have announced their intention to become the new Minister."

"If Crouch leaves, I hope Ms. Bones takes his place." Snape says.

"Mummy, will Mr. Crouch leave the Ministry?" Harry asks.

"Only time will tell, son." Lily replies.

"Why doesn't nice man Dumbledore become the Minister?" Harry asks.

"Well, the article does mention that although Albus Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Order of Merlin, First Class; Supreme Mugwump of the International Confederation of Wizards, Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot, and Grand Sorcerer was suggested to become the next Minister of Magic, Dumbledore has yet to announce any intention to run for Minister'." Lily says.

"Then I bet Rita Skeeter must be trying to get Dumbledore to say anything about it right now." Snape disdainfully comments.

At Dumbledore's office, Rita sneezes at the Headmaster. "Sorry about that, Headmaster." She says. "Somebody must have said something about me. But about our interview, what do you think about becoming the next Minister of Magic?"

"No comments, Ms. Skeeter." Dumbledore replies.

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