A/N: I don't own ne of the Harry Potter characters and I'm not makin ne
money off this fic
Severus sat at his desk flipping through the essays of his third year students. After he graduated, Severus took a job at the Ministry for a year. It made his run as a double agent very tough to keep up though. At the end of that year however, Severus received a letter from Hogwarts, inviting him to take the job of Potions professor and he gladly agreed.
However, the job brought with it much more than just teaching Potions. The former Potions teacher was also the Head of Slytherin House, and that responsibility came with his position. He didn't mind it too much though. At times it was often fun.
However Severus' idea of fun was NOT going to the Halloween Feast which was taking place that night. He never enjoyed that custom while he was a student and he enjoyed it less now. So instead of eating dinner in the Great Hall, he fixed himself a plate of food from the kitchens (much to the dislike of the house elves), grabbed a glass of pumpkin juice, and headed to his private rooms after he dealt with the few unfortunate students that received detention.
He was about halfway through with the essays when he felt the now familiar burning pain in his right arm. He hissed in anger and pulled on his cloak, making sure he had his wand. He made his way out of the dungeons and slipped out through the Great Hall without being seen.
~~**~~
"My loyal followers, perhaps you are wondering why I called you out here on this Halloween night. I would like to inform you that tonight, I will get rid of the biggest threat to our growing power. A child was born last July to pure blood and mudblood parents. On that night, I was aware of many omens happenings and I became aware that this mere child would somehow lead to out downfall.
"That old fool Dumbledore however, must have noticed as well, and immediately put the family under a blocking spell which could only be penetrated if their Secret Keeper told me how to get to them.
"Well, I am pleased to announce that was exactly what happened. Lily and James Potter apparently didn't choose well and I now have the information I need to rid myself of their threat and the threat their child presents.
"I shall be back soon, and I expect to have a celebration on my return." And with that the Dark Lord left. Most of the Death Eaters shouted and cheered, but one slipped back into the shadows and disappeared quickly.
~~**~~
Severus Snape knocked on the door of Sirius Black's house with as much force and impatience as he possibly could.
"BLACK!!!! I know you're in there!! Open the door damn it!" he shouted. He heard a crash and a string of curses that would impress just about any sailor coming from behind the door. Black really did have quite the mouth on him.
"What in the blue hell do you want Severus?" Sirius spat.
"Oh for once in your life shut up Sirius!" he hissed.
"What is so damn important that you have to-"
"Lily and James' Secret Keeper sold them out." Severus interrupted. Sirius' expression went for angry and impatient to scared and determined in about two seconds.
"How the hell do you know that?" he hissed.
"Because Voldemort is on their way to kill them as we speak. Now I wasted enough time trying to find you and we can waste some more arguing of you wish, or you can get me into that house." Severus snapped. Sirius didn't need to be told twice, he immediately grabbed his wand and apparated them both away.
~~**~~
Severus and Sirius looked up at the large image of the angry skull with the snake protruding from it's mouth, hovering over the small home on Godric's Hollow. Sirius immediately bolted across the lawn towards the already opened door.
"JAMES!!! LILY!!! JAMES!!! SOMEONE ANSWER ME DAMN IT!"
Severus followed him and the scene before him dashed the little hope he had. Sirius was on his knees next to the body of James Potter, at the foot of the stairs. He was desperately trying to check for a pulse and trying to coax James back to life, tears running freely down his cheeks.
There was no blood around the body, and with Voldemort that meant there was no hope for the victim. He obviously used the killing curse. Severus knew that Sirius and James were the closest of the four friends but this was not the time to fall apart.
"Sirius...there's nothing more you can do." Severus said, making his way up the stairs, afraid of what he knew he'd find. He opened up the first three doors in the hall to find nothing. There was only one more door, still slightly ajar.
With trembling hands he pushed the door open and was greeted by the sight of Lily Potter lying sprawled out on the floor, also motionless. He was too late. Pushing back tears, Severus gently rolled the body over and checked for a pulse. There was none.
"Oh gods Lily...." he sobbed, pushing the red hair out of her face. He didn't want to know what happened to the child. A small whimper from the crib behind him almost made him jump right out of his skin. There was no way the child was alive.
Severus crossed the room and pulled down the blanket covering the form lying in the crib to find a perfectly healthy baby staring back at him. That was impossible! Awkwardly, he reached out and pulled the baby up out of the crib, awed. This child succeeded where many full grown, powerful wizards had failed. He had defeated the Dark Lord, and the only thing wrong with him was the lightning shaped gash in his forehead.
That's when he put two and two together. The child wasn't harmed because Lily scarificed herself for him. The curse must have backfired onto Voldemort. A new batch of tears threatened to overflow as he stared down into the face of his former love's child. Severus heard heavy footsteps coming up the stairs and Sirius entered the room. He looked at Lily's lifeless body for a moment before turning surprised eyes to Severus and the squirming child in his arms.
"He's...alive?" he asked, his voice devoid of any emotion whatsoever.
"Yes. I don't know how, but he is." Severus said, passing the baby into Sirius' arms. He automatically quieted, looked up at Sirius and smiled, obviously happy to be held by someone familiar.
"Stay here. I'm going back to Hogwarts and tell Dumbledore. Don't move. Someone will be here to help in a few minuets." Severus commanded, and not bothering to wait for a reply apparated back to Hogwarts.
~~**~~
Dumbledore glanced up as Severus burst through the door to his office with a wild look in his eyes.
"Sir, The Potters....they-"
"I know Severus, I know. I'm going to send Hagrid over to get the child and bring him to his relatives." Severus was about to answer when suddenly a thought struck him.
"Oh god....I left the baby with Sirius! Sirius must be the secret keeper he was James best friend-"
"Relax Severus, I doubt you have much reason to fear. Now I know what you have seen tonight must be terrible, now I advise you to try and get some sleep.
~~**~~
"Sleep yeah right, who's he kidding." Severus mumbled as he tossed over in his bed. Every time he closed his eyes he thought of the short time he and Lily spent together and it was almost unbearable.
James and Lily had both saved his life in different ways and when the time came for him to return the favor he failed, and now they were dead. Lily had once told him that he would get his chance to set everything right, and he just lost it. And now, he didn't know how he was going to live with himself.
A/N: Alright I wrote like four chapters and only one person reviewed. I'm a lil peeved but oh well. I'm gonna finish with this story either tonight or tomorrow. There's probably only gonna be like one or two more chapters. By the way, did anyone see that stupid thing on nick news about people brining the harry potter books? That just pisses me off ya know!! Well ne way, if ne1 has any ideas on what I should change the fic's name to lemme know please! Adios!
Severus sat at his desk flipping through the essays of his third year students. After he graduated, Severus took a job at the Ministry for a year. It made his run as a double agent very tough to keep up though. At the end of that year however, Severus received a letter from Hogwarts, inviting him to take the job of Potions professor and he gladly agreed.
However, the job brought with it much more than just teaching Potions. The former Potions teacher was also the Head of Slytherin House, and that responsibility came with his position. He didn't mind it too much though. At times it was often fun.
However Severus' idea of fun was NOT going to the Halloween Feast which was taking place that night. He never enjoyed that custom while he was a student and he enjoyed it less now. So instead of eating dinner in the Great Hall, he fixed himself a plate of food from the kitchens (much to the dislike of the house elves), grabbed a glass of pumpkin juice, and headed to his private rooms after he dealt with the few unfortunate students that received detention.
He was about halfway through with the essays when he felt the now familiar burning pain in his right arm. He hissed in anger and pulled on his cloak, making sure he had his wand. He made his way out of the dungeons and slipped out through the Great Hall without being seen.
~~**~~
"My loyal followers, perhaps you are wondering why I called you out here on this Halloween night. I would like to inform you that tonight, I will get rid of the biggest threat to our growing power. A child was born last July to pure blood and mudblood parents. On that night, I was aware of many omens happenings and I became aware that this mere child would somehow lead to out downfall.
"That old fool Dumbledore however, must have noticed as well, and immediately put the family under a blocking spell which could only be penetrated if their Secret Keeper told me how to get to them.
"Well, I am pleased to announce that was exactly what happened. Lily and James Potter apparently didn't choose well and I now have the information I need to rid myself of their threat and the threat their child presents.
"I shall be back soon, and I expect to have a celebration on my return." And with that the Dark Lord left. Most of the Death Eaters shouted and cheered, but one slipped back into the shadows and disappeared quickly.
~~**~~
Severus Snape knocked on the door of Sirius Black's house with as much force and impatience as he possibly could.
"BLACK!!!! I know you're in there!! Open the door damn it!" he shouted. He heard a crash and a string of curses that would impress just about any sailor coming from behind the door. Black really did have quite the mouth on him.
"What in the blue hell do you want Severus?" Sirius spat.
"Oh for once in your life shut up Sirius!" he hissed.
"What is so damn important that you have to-"
"Lily and James' Secret Keeper sold them out." Severus interrupted. Sirius' expression went for angry and impatient to scared and determined in about two seconds.
"How the hell do you know that?" he hissed.
"Because Voldemort is on their way to kill them as we speak. Now I wasted enough time trying to find you and we can waste some more arguing of you wish, or you can get me into that house." Severus snapped. Sirius didn't need to be told twice, he immediately grabbed his wand and apparated them both away.
~~**~~
Severus and Sirius looked up at the large image of the angry skull with the snake protruding from it's mouth, hovering over the small home on Godric's Hollow. Sirius immediately bolted across the lawn towards the already opened door.
"JAMES!!! LILY!!! JAMES!!! SOMEONE ANSWER ME DAMN IT!"
Severus followed him and the scene before him dashed the little hope he had. Sirius was on his knees next to the body of James Potter, at the foot of the stairs. He was desperately trying to check for a pulse and trying to coax James back to life, tears running freely down his cheeks.
There was no blood around the body, and with Voldemort that meant there was no hope for the victim. He obviously used the killing curse. Severus knew that Sirius and James were the closest of the four friends but this was not the time to fall apart.
"Sirius...there's nothing more you can do." Severus said, making his way up the stairs, afraid of what he knew he'd find. He opened up the first three doors in the hall to find nothing. There was only one more door, still slightly ajar.
With trembling hands he pushed the door open and was greeted by the sight of Lily Potter lying sprawled out on the floor, also motionless. He was too late. Pushing back tears, Severus gently rolled the body over and checked for a pulse. There was none.
"Oh gods Lily...." he sobbed, pushing the red hair out of her face. He didn't want to know what happened to the child. A small whimper from the crib behind him almost made him jump right out of his skin. There was no way the child was alive.
Severus crossed the room and pulled down the blanket covering the form lying in the crib to find a perfectly healthy baby staring back at him. That was impossible! Awkwardly, he reached out and pulled the baby up out of the crib, awed. This child succeeded where many full grown, powerful wizards had failed. He had defeated the Dark Lord, and the only thing wrong with him was the lightning shaped gash in his forehead.
That's when he put two and two together. The child wasn't harmed because Lily scarificed herself for him. The curse must have backfired onto Voldemort. A new batch of tears threatened to overflow as he stared down into the face of his former love's child. Severus heard heavy footsteps coming up the stairs and Sirius entered the room. He looked at Lily's lifeless body for a moment before turning surprised eyes to Severus and the squirming child in his arms.
"He's...alive?" he asked, his voice devoid of any emotion whatsoever.
"Yes. I don't know how, but he is." Severus said, passing the baby into Sirius' arms. He automatically quieted, looked up at Sirius and smiled, obviously happy to be held by someone familiar.
"Stay here. I'm going back to Hogwarts and tell Dumbledore. Don't move. Someone will be here to help in a few minuets." Severus commanded, and not bothering to wait for a reply apparated back to Hogwarts.
~~**~~
Dumbledore glanced up as Severus burst through the door to his office with a wild look in his eyes.
"Sir, The Potters....they-"
"I know Severus, I know. I'm going to send Hagrid over to get the child and bring him to his relatives." Severus was about to answer when suddenly a thought struck him.
"Oh god....I left the baby with Sirius! Sirius must be the secret keeper he was James best friend-"
"Relax Severus, I doubt you have much reason to fear. Now I know what you have seen tonight must be terrible, now I advise you to try and get some sleep.
~~**~~
"Sleep yeah right, who's he kidding." Severus mumbled as he tossed over in his bed. Every time he closed his eyes he thought of the short time he and Lily spent together and it was almost unbearable.
James and Lily had both saved his life in different ways and when the time came for him to return the favor he failed, and now they were dead. Lily had once told him that he would get his chance to set everything right, and he just lost it. And now, he didn't know how he was going to live with himself.
A/N: Alright I wrote like four chapters and only one person reviewed. I'm a lil peeved but oh well. I'm gonna finish with this story either tonight or tomorrow. There's probably only gonna be like one or two more chapters. By the way, did anyone see that stupid thing on nick news about people brining the harry potter books? That just pisses me off ya know!! Well ne way, if ne1 has any ideas on what I should change the fic's name to lemme know please! Adios!