This chapter really started to fall off at the end. So it's not as great as
I would have liked it. But I guess it's an important chapter, so if you
stuck through the fic, here's what you've been waiting for! Dun da dun!
Disclaimer: Same old, HP belongs to J.K. Rowling, I'm not claiming them as my own.
Lucius tossed and turned in his sleep. /There's no possible way I'll ever get a good night's sleep. . ./ He rolled over onto his back and stared up at the canopy above him and sighed.
He didn't even have time to react as a dark figure swooshed across the room, casting a spell on him that bound him to the bed.
"Who's there?! Let me go, NOW!" He shouted.
Across the room, a light flickered on. Sitting comfortably in a chair, wand in hand, was Gilderoy, whose sneer was dripping with venom.
After he adjusted to the bright light, Lucius's eyes went wide with terror when he saw who was in his room. "Gilderoy. . . what are you doing? Let me go immediately."
"You're in no position to be ordering anyone around," he said, getting up from the chair and walking over to the bedside next to Lucius.
"What are you doing here?" Lucius stuttered.
"Why, paying you back, of course," Gilderoy grinned maliciously.
"Gilderoy, no! I loved Severus just as you did! He played both of us!" Lucius pleaded.
"I've grown tired of your story," Gilderoy said incompassionately. As Lucius tried to talk him out of it, he leaned over Lucius, his venomous sneer back. "You destroyed my life, so now I will destroy yours." He then cast a spell that sealed Lucius's mouth shut so he couldn't scream and foil Gilderoy's plans.
Gilderoy left quickly, not just to complete his plan, but also so he didn't start to have any regrets of what he was going to do.
"What I'm doing. . ." He said confidently to himself.
(AN: *turns on "Rebel Yell" *)
Gilderoy lit a cigarette he had in his mouth, then casually flicked the match behind him. Not a moment later, the ground behind him lit up with fire. He continued to walk away as the fire spread out to the house, which erupted with fire as well.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Severus woke up abruptly from his sleep. He had a horrible feeling in his gut that something terrible has just happened.
He got out of his bed and looked around the room. He was back in his old room at Hogwarts, where he'd spent countless hours alone. He'd only spent a few precious months with Gilderoy before he destroyed that too.
"I destroy everything I touch," he sighed, shaking his head.
"That's what we're here to find out," a voice from behind him said.
Severus whipped around and met eyes with the Minister of Magic. Behind him was Dumbledore and McGonagall, along with two others he didn't immediately recognize.
"Dumbledore?" Severus asked questioningly.
"Severus. . . Could you show us your hall master's brooch?" Dumbledore asked.
"Hold on a moment. . . It's on my cloak," he said, walking over to the chair his cloak was hanging over. He checked the cloak where his brooch usually was, but discovered it missing. "I don't understand. I've never taken it off before, so I don't know where it could be."
"Perhaps it fell off somewhere?" One of the two people he couldn't recognize asked.
"Perhaps. . . but where?" Severus pondered.
"Lucius Malfoy's, perhaps?" The other asked.
Severus jerked his head up to look at the person. He squinted his eyes, trying to recognize where he'd seen him before. "I've never been to Lucius Malfoy's before. Why are you all here? I don't think it takes five people to locate a missing brooch."
"No, it doesn't," Fudge said, stepping forward. "Especially since we already know where it is." He held out his hand to reveal Severus's missing brooch, only it has been charcoaled black.
"Where did. . . How. . .?" Severus looked at the brooch in confusion, then looked at Dumbledore.
"Sometime in the night last night," Dumbledore started, "someone set fire to Lucius Malfoy's house, killing him and ten of his servents."
"Everything in the area was completely destroyed. . ." McGonagall said quietly.
"What does this have to do with me?" Severus asked cautiously.
"Your brooch was found just outside the house," Fudge said.
"So are you accusing ME of killing them?" Severus barked.
"You're the only lead we've got so far," Fudge stated.
The two unrecognizable people stepped forward to stand at each side of Severus.
Severus's eyes went wide when he realized what they were doing.
"What on Earth. . ." He started.
"Severus Snape, you are temporarily under arrest for the murder of Lucius Malfoy," the man at his right started.
"Anything you say can and will be held against you," the other finished.
Fudge nodded at the two men, then turned to leave with Dumbledore and McGonagall.
The two men grabbed Severus's arms and lead him out behind them.
AN: Mwuahaha. . . I guess this story is getting back at all the people who laughed at me when I told them Gilderoy is one of my favorite characters. :P *sniffs * But I miss my Lucy-kins already. Soo? How was it?! Has Gilderoy gone mad enough? ^_~
Disclaimer: Same old, HP belongs to J.K. Rowling, I'm not claiming them as my own.
Lucius tossed and turned in his sleep. /There's no possible way I'll ever get a good night's sleep. . ./ He rolled over onto his back and stared up at the canopy above him and sighed.
He didn't even have time to react as a dark figure swooshed across the room, casting a spell on him that bound him to the bed.
"Who's there?! Let me go, NOW!" He shouted.
Across the room, a light flickered on. Sitting comfortably in a chair, wand in hand, was Gilderoy, whose sneer was dripping with venom.
After he adjusted to the bright light, Lucius's eyes went wide with terror when he saw who was in his room. "Gilderoy. . . what are you doing? Let me go immediately."
"You're in no position to be ordering anyone around," he said, getting up from the chair and walking over to the bedside next to Lucius.
"What are you doing here?" Lucius stuttered.
"Why, paying you back, of course," Gilderoy grinned maliciously.
"Gilderoy, no! I loved Severus just as you did! He played both of us!" Lucius pleaded.
"I've grown tired of your story," Gilderoy said incompassionately. As Lucius tried to talk him out of it, he leaned over Lucius, his venomous sneer back. "You destroyed my life, so now I will destroy yours." He then cast a spell that sealed Lucius's mouth shut so he couldn't scream and foil Gilderoy's plans.
Gilderoy left quickly, not just to complete his plan, but also so he didn't start to have any regrets of what he was going to do.
"What I'm doing. . ." He said confidently to himself.
(AN: *turns on "Rebel Yell" *)
Gilderoy lit a cigarette he had in his mouth, then casually flicked the match behind him. Not a moment later, the ground behind him lit up with fire. He continued to walk away as the fire spread out to the house, which erupted with fire as well.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Severus woke up abruptly from his sleep. He had a horrible feeling in his gut that something terrible has just happened.
He got out of his bed and looked around the room. He was back in his old room at Hogwarts, where he'd spent countless hours alone. He'd only spent a few precious months with Gilderoy before he destroyed that too.
"I destroy everything I touch," he sighed, shaking his head.
"That's what we're here to find out," a voice from behind him said.
Severus whipped around and met eyes with the Minister of Magic. Behind him was Dumbledore and McGonagall, along with two others he didn't immediately recognize.
"Dumbledore?" Severus asked questioningly.
"Severus. . . Could you show us your hall master's brooch?" Dumbledore asked.
"Hold on a moment. . . It's on my cloak," he said, walking over to the chair his cloak was hanging over. He checked the cloak where his brooch usually was, but discovered it missing. "I don't understand. I've never taken it off before, so I don't know where it could be."
"Perhaps it fell off somewhere?" One of the two people he couldn't recognize asked.
"Perhaps. . . but where?" Severus pondered.
"Lucius Malfoy's, perhaps?" The other asked.
Severus jerked his head up to look at the person. He squinted his eyes, trying to recognize where he'd seen him before. "I've never been to Lucius Malfoy's before. Why are you all here? I don't think it takes five people to locate a missing brooch."
"No, it doesn't," Fudge said, stepping forward. "Especially since we already know where it is." He held out his hand to reveal Severus's missing brooch, only it has been charcoaled black.
"Where did. . . How. . .?" Severus looked at the brooch in confusion, then looked at Dumbledore.
"Sometime in the night last night," Dumbledore started, "someone set fire to Lucius Malfoy's house, killing him and ten of his servents."
"Everything in the area was completely destroyed. . ." McGonagall said quietly.
"What does this have to do with me?" Severus asked cautiously.
"Your brooch was found just outside the house," Fudge said.
"So are you accusing ME of killing them?" Severus barked.
"You're the only lead we've got so far," Fudge stated.
The two unrecognizable people stepped forward to stand at each side of Severus.
Severus's eyes went wide when he realized what they were doing.
"What on Earth. . ." He started.
"Severus Snape, you are temporarily under arrest for the murder of Lucius Malfoy," the man at his right started.
"Anything you say can and will be held against you," the other finished.
Fudge nodded at the two men, then turned to leave with Dumbledore and McGonagall.
The two men grabbed Severus's arms and lead him out behind them.
AN: Mwuahaha. . . I guess this story is getting back at all the people who laughed at me when I told them Gilderoy is one of my favorite characters. :P *sniffs * But I miss my Lucy-kins already. Soo? How was it?! Has Gilderoy gone mad enough? ^_~