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Chapter 21
"I should have known you'd be so foolish as to join him." Malfoy spat as he gestured toward an unconscious Harry on the floor. Snape scowled but did not respond. He gripped his wand as tight as he could while still holding onto the boys.
Lucius stepped forward and raised his wand.
"I have told the Dark Lord for years that you could not be trusted but still he kept you inside the inner circle." He said.
"I never gave the Dark Lord reason to doubt my loyalties as he believed me to be spying on the Order for him. On the occasion he did question me it was not difficult to clear myself of the pitiful accusations you set against me." Snape responded. Lucius' scowl deepened and his hand tightened around his wand. Snape began to lower the unconscious boys to the ground without taking his eyes off Malfoy. Predictably the elder Malfoy shot a curse at the potions master while he was at his lowest point. Unfortunately for him Snape had been expecting that very action and threw up a shield without a second to spare.
Both men fell into a dueling stance but neither bowed before shooting off long waves of curses at one another. Snape fought to prevent the curses from hitting either of the boys as the duel went on but it was becoming increasingly difficult as Malfoy fought harder and faster.
"Sectumsempra!" Malfoy cried. Snape dodged but not before the curse caught him in the shoulder. Ignoring the pain the man shot back a stream of cutting curses.
The lights from the flying spells lit up the pitch black hall as bright as day. The red light that had surrounded Harry and Draco was now completely gone but both boys were still completely out.
Suddenly the temperature plummeted. The curses stopped flying as the men realized what was happening.
"Dementors." Snape said.
"Yes it seems Voldemort is more anxious then I realized to deal with a traitor." Malfoy hissed. Snape didn't respond as he heard the gasping breath of a dementor not so far down the hall.
"Stupefy!" Snape called. He knew the curse had hit when he heard the sound of a body thump on the floor.
"Expecto Patronum!" Snape shouted. A shimmering white doe shot out of his wand and for a moment merely stood there before shooting off in the direct Snape had come from. In the glowing light of his Patronus Snape saw two Dementors swooping towards him from the direction he'd come. The man lifted the boys and left Lucius stunned in the middle of the hidden halls floor.
The sound of the Dementors ragged breathing faded and Snape reached the exit he'd been searching for. Weary of how Lucius had entered the tunnel Snape only opened the door a crack to check if the coast was clear. Thankfully it was and he dashed forward. He checked on the boys quickly, concerned to see they were both unconscious. When his hand brushed over Draco's head Snape jerked it back in horror. He gently placed his palm on the boy's forehead only to find it dangerously hot. Touching Harry's head he found it deathly cold.
"What in Merlin's name is happening?" Snape whispered to himself. He pulled the quill out of his pocket and was relieved to find it shining a deep purple. Placing a hand on both boys Snape touched the tip of his wand to the object and muttered the activation spell. Feeling the familiar jerk around his navel Snape was unconcerned as the walls of the room exploded and no less then 100 death eaters swarmed in.
Voldemort watched in pure fury as his the trio disappeared. He let out a roar of anger and all his followers scattered, hoping they were fast enough to escape the Dark Lord's fury. A few weren't so lucky and were struck down at once others ran as fast as their legs would carry them.
Snape landed at the edge of the wards surrounding Hogwarts. He conjured up two stretchers, cast levitating charms, and made his way up to the castle. Once he pushed through the entrance hall doors he began shouting for anyone who was near enough to hear him.
Minerva McGonagall was first to arrive.
"What is the meaning of all this?" She asked. Her eyes widened as they fell on the still forms of two of her students.
"Get Dumbledore and take him to the hospital wing. I will take these two there immediately." Without waiting for any form of understanding from the witch Snape headed for the hospital wing. McGonagall watched the man disappear from sight before going to fulfill her duty.
Poppy Pomfrey was already waiting in the Hospital wing when Snape burst through the doors. Snape had told her of his plan to rescue the boys and she had been only to ready to help. The nurse didn't waste a second before shoving out orders which Snape followed without question.
"Measure out 4 drops of the opal potion and mix it with the Fever reducing potion. Inject that into Harry's bloodstream. I will take care of Draco." She barked.
The pair worked for fifteen solid minutes, casting every spell they could think of before the headmaster arrived. Snape found it nearly impossible to face his mentor after ignoring a direct order. The older man's eyes held none of the twinkle they were famous for and his face looked older then anyone had seen ever before.
"We must know more about this potion before we can do anything else." He said firmly.
"The boy's don't have a lot of time Albus we need a plan right now." Madame Pomfrey explained quickly.
"I understand that Poppy but we could cause more harm then good if we go about this incorrectly." Dumbledore reasoned. The medi-witch huffed but said no more. Dumbledore turned to Snape who fought to meet his eye.
"What was the potion designed to do?"
"The initial potion I created and showed to the Dark Lord was meant to bond the pair and forcefully switch their minds back. It's a very complicated process but I noticed it wasn't going correctly immediately." Snape explained.
"What exactly went wrong?" McGonagall questioned slightly nervously.
Snape closed his eyes and pinched the bridge of his nose.
"Some one incompetent in potion making must have re-heated the potion before switching it with the fake I created. During the reheating process the chemical bonds of the potion were destroyed and as it cooled they bonded again but in a different order. Meaning it would no longer switch their minds but their energies; both life and magical and because they were moved so much during the transfer there is no way to know which energy went were until the boy's wake up."
No one spoke as Snape finished speaking. He continued to keep his eyes shut and massage the bridge of his nose but still felt three pairs of eyes staring at him in shock.
"So what precisely does that mean?" Madame Pomfrey questioned.
Dumbledore waited for Snape to answer and when he didn't he stepped forward and spoke in a grave voice.
"I'm afraid Poppy that it means that it is entirely possible that one boy might have all the life and magic of two while the other has none."
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