*~* A Long Dark Walk *~*
Epilogue: A New Adventure
Disclaimer: Still don't own them… would LOVE to own Snape even though I torture him but right now all I own is a bootleg LOTR soundtrack ^-^
A/N: well here it is... couldn't
decide if I wanted a sad ending or a happy ending and I'm sure as hell not
gonna tell you here but yeah ;p
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32-year-old Severus Snape groggily stood up and looked at the destruction about
him. Bodies of death eaters, aurors, and innocent bystanders were everywhere.
No blood was seen, for this was the work of the killing curse. Severus started
as he saw a great pile of ash under the form of Sirius Black. Struggling to his
feet and feeling as if he was run over by an 18-wheel muggle truck, he stumbled
over bodies towards Sirius. Ignoring the shouts of the rescue workers telling
him to stay put, he moved onward for some unknown inner urging told him he must
find out if his old school enemy was really dead. For once, I'm glad Potter
and his posse decided to stay put...
When he reached Sirius he was relieved to see that he was breathing, if barely.
Having lost his wand in the fight, he heaved Sirius into his arms and made the
slow and painful trek to the rescue workers. About 10 feet away from the
medi-witches and wizards, he collapsed unable to go on...
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Three years later, Severus found himself in his own bed in a pool of sweat from
reliving that entire day over. Flopping back onto his pillow, he recapped on
what had happened.
Ok, so Voldemort is gone for good, about 90% of the death eaters have been
caught and either been Kissed by dementors or killed, Sirius Black finally got
freed, half for being proved innocent and half for defeating the dark lord -
which I STILL can't believe! Honestly, either he was an idiot or he was just
brave but I would never had run straight into Voldemort in an animagi form and
slit his throat... I wouldn't have thought of it actually... It makes sense
though - since he was, well, Voldemort, he was immune to the killing curse and
had to be killed manually... Sometimes I wonder if Black just pretends to be as
stupid as he acts... Anyway Lupin got married and had triplet sons (god help
him) with a Ravenclaw auror named Jamie, Harry Potter - thank god he graduated
a while ago - proposed to Ginny Weasly, who accepted... Ron Weasly proposed to
a Gryffindor in Ginny's year, Rachel, and were promptly married the next
week... those stupid fools... He sighed to himself Even BLACK has a
serious girlfriend - a Slytherin named Sarah-Kate.... come to think of it
wasn't she in my year? Speaking of Slytherins, Draco Malfoy actually stood up
to his father... always new that kid has brains... it probably wasn't such a
good idea to kill Lucius in front of the boy though but I think he
understands... after all he still as his mother and Cissa wasn't always that
bad... I hope things work out with him and his fiancé, another Slytherin a year
younger than him named Rhiannon. Seriously, though, there is nothing left for
me here. Everyone's hooking up and starting families now that it's safe and the
wizarding world is going to start breeding like rabbits! No one bothers with
potions anymore because of all of the new charms out that can do the same
things, and they all still consider me a death eater even though I concocted an
extremely difficult potion to remove it... there's nothing really left for me
here anymore!
Severus had just been lying there for hours until his raven cawed, warning him
that he had to get down to the Great Hall soon. Sighing dejectedly, he got up
and dressed himself, getting prepared for the next boring drudging day with
student who didn't give a damn about the art that is potion brewing. Looking
himself in the mirror while he changed he sized himself up.
"Not exactly the best looking man in the world are we?" the mirror
exclaimed perkily.
Severus tensed up at the observation and hurled a book at the mirror, crashing
it into pieces. He finished dressing and stormed out of his private chambers
leaving the mirror to weep in peace.
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When the day was done, Severus was fed up and tired of everything. Tired of all
the happy people rubbing it in his face. Tired of all the stupid complaining
how boring and useless potions class was. Tired of grading worthless papers.
Tired of hearing the other teachers talk merrily amongst themselves and
completely ignoring him. Tired of Dumbledore thinking he was perfectly fine
living day after day without a purpose to his life anymore, of which there were
millennia left. He was tired of everything in his life already, and he couldn't
take much more of it, especially if the spawn of the people who were pissing
him off were anything near their parents. Completely enraged, Severus threw a
fit.
Potions ingredients, glass, bubbling acids, anything and everything you could
imagine in a potions masters quarters everywhere. Severus had destroyed everything
there was in the room from the biggest caldron to the smallest bit of old
parchment. He sat in the middle of it all with his head in his hands waiting
for someone to come. Someone to come and yell at him. Someone to come and
scream. Someone to come and cry. Someone to come and have any sort of reaction
at all. But no one came. No one cared. No one thought there was any reason to
go visit their hated potions master since there was no point to the class and
no one liked the demented man anyway. No one at all.
What little hope he had left was crushed, and Severus did the only thing he
could think of to do. He went back into his room into his storage closet and,
after shoving aside some things that hadn't been touched in years, he found a
black velvet box. He opened it slowly relishing the feeling of adventure that
he was about to be sucked into. His eyes fell upon the object inside and he
just gazed at it. A golden blade. The one he was saving for the right time.
Nothing was left for him in this world... so why not try the next? He let his
fingers run slowly over the feeling of the handle, which was carved into the
figure of a galloping horse with green gems for eyes and silver accents on the
mane, tail, and hooves. Remembering the prophecy that he had read oh so long
ago, he grasped the handle firmly and hoped that it was true. Taking a deep
breath, he plunged the blade deep into his heart. He staggered and fell,
gasping for breath. His mind wandered while his body shut down, and ignored the
feeling of the blood spilling everywhere.
Well I thought it would hurt more than this... I should have probably
written a letter to Albus - oh well too late for that now... I never did get to
ride a Firebolt... wonder who'll take care of my raven now... is this what Frodo
felt like when he was on that ship with Bilbo? Whoa... where did that come
from? I haven't read that in years! Now I cant... oh well who knows what's
next... hope it's middle earth I want to try some Elven wine... mmm feeling
sleepy... damn I sound like a Gryffindor... mmmmmm floor.... good....
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He was found the next morning by his first period class. The students panicked
and thought he was murdered, but Dumbledore knew as soon as he saw Severus'
body. The next week there was a funeral held, and all of Hogwarts and its
previous students that were still alive attended. No one could believe he was
dead, and many were not sure how to react. A handful was truly going to miss
him while the others were simply going for the free food. Dumbledore saw this
and sighed. You chose your time wisely, Severus. Good Luck.
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A/N: That's it! awww i was crying as i wrote this! i didnt want him to die but
it was the only way i thought was fitting!!!! *sniff* well im gonna go now its
1am, 38 degrees outside my windows open and theres no heat im gonna snuggle
under the covers and go to sleep! RIP sevvy dahling! ill see ya tomorrow in an
RPG k? lmao everyones prolly thinking im insane... well guess what i am!
SEVERUS SNAPE LIVES!!! just not in the HP world *snickers* no i prolly wont do
a sequel to this... oh well *sigh* thanks to my reviewers!
Oh and I will be doing revisions to make sure the story makes SOME sense lol if you have any suggestions please leave a review!!!
G'night everybody!