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"I remember the first day I meet Severus Sandor Snape. It was his first day at Hogwarts and he was already years older then his age. Now I pay close attention to all my students because you can never be to careful especially in those days when kids didn't know what Lord Voldemort was really about. He would brainwash young children that had just left school and where looking for power into thinking he would give it to them. Little did they know the cost was there very soul.

Severus was one of the few that never really wanted to join the Death Eaters. Unfortunately Lucius Malfoy mentioned to Voldemort that he knew a great potions master and soon after that Severus found himself with the choice of making a potion to prove his skills to Voldemort or dying. Like any man would he choose the latter.

Much to his own disgust he soon found that he enjoyed being a Death Eater. He never had to do any actual killing or tortured. He simply had to make potions. Oh but how things can change and did they ever change on June, 19th 1978.

That was the day Severus and another Death Eater where sent to kill me in my summer home. To his day I do not understand why he sent Severus but I am glad he did none the less.

I remember everything about that night very well. They came in though the front door while I was asleep and snuck up the stair case to my room. Thankfully Fawkes was in my room with me and awoke me before the one of the two could cast the killing curse and I quickly cast Stupify which grazed the unknown Death Eater but was still able to stun him and turned my attention to Severus. I pointed my wand at him and he did the same to me and we stood there for a few seconds that seemed like hours and wondered which would be the first to cast a curse. Alas I didn't notice the other Death Eater had recovered until it was to late and I was hit with Stupify and thrown against the wall with great force.

Next thing I know there is a Death Eater standing over me and I thought for sure I was about to die as he pointed his wand at my head. Soon after that I heard the words "Avada Kedavra" but I did not did see a flash of green light nor was I dead but then the Death Eater that had been standing over me fall to the ground with a deadened thud.

It took me several seconds to understand what had just happened. However when I saw Severus standing in the corner with his head down I knew yet I didn't understand and I didn't get the chance to ask him. Only seconds after I saw him he turned and left and I wondered if I would ever see him alive again.

*deep sigh*

As you already know I did see him again but Voldemort wasn't happy about not only the fact I was still alive but because one of his followers was dead. Severus paid dearly for both and was barely alive when he was the next day.

He was brought back to my summer home to recover and members of the ministry would come once and sometimes twice a week to question him but I always told them Severus wasn't a Death Eater and luckily he was in the right place at the right time or I would have died.

Thankfully I wasn't questioned and they never looked at Severus's left arm.

And that Harry is why I trust Severus Snape"