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Chapter three Snape humbled
Snape woke up the next morning his body aching as it always did when he dreamed of that night. He plodded through the days lesson's in a very sour mood, shouting at a few students on his way back to his quarters in the cold dungeons lightened his mood slightly, at dinner Dumbledore had smiled at him knowingly, "damn that all knowing attitude of his, you'd think he saw all that went on in this bloody prison he calls a school!" snarled Snape at the mirror in his bathroom, the mirror refrained from answering perhaps feeling that it could be dangerous.
Severus grabbed another bottle of Fire-water and drowned his sorrows, "Gods! I'm becoming an alcoholic." His father's voice echoed somewhere in the back of his mind "any man who allows himself to become dependant on anything is a weak fool."
This didn't help Severus to feel any better, although he had long since given up trying to please his dead father. As usual the ritual drinking gave way to unconsciousness and eventually the painful memories that Severus was able to hold in check the rest of the time.
He found himself standing in Hogsmead, his hair still damp from the shower and his body still aching from the evenings test at the hand of The Dark Lord. Snape had come to the only wizard he could think of to help him save his ex-lover and unknowingly help him to get revenge on Lucius, for it had surely been Lucius who had informed the master of the connection between Snape and Regina Weasley.
Albus Dumbledore stood watching as Severus approached him in the darkness, Severus could not remember ever seeing him look anything but jovial before now, however as Severus neared him he said in a quiet voice "considering your new friends Severus I do not think it a very wise move to arrange this meeting with me, you must know my opinion of Voldemort and all who are allied with him."
"You could kill me now I suppose but are you not curious to know why I wished to meet you?" replied Severus coldly. "I need your help to save some people."
"I have no wish to kill anyone Severus, but surely if you require help then your fellow death-eaters would be a wiser choice?" countered Dumbledore.
"It is the death-eaters I wish to save these people from" Snape answered, afraid to think what would happen to Regina if Dumbledore refused. "I will beg you, if that's what it takes."
"I do not wish you to beg, I would like to know however why you wish to betray your master?"
"One of the women he wishes me to kill was close to me, the other is innocent and she has a family." Severus answered quietly.
"What are you asking me to do?"
"Soon two death eaters will arrive to kill Andromeda Black Tonks along with her muggle husband and child, one has already failed at this task, and I am hoping that The Dark Lord will believe her cousin Regulus warned her before his death. The other is a reporter called Regina Weasley, The Dark Lord feels her stories have not cast him in a good light, he wishes her silenced. I.I.I am supposed to kill her as soon as possible, however if I fail or refuse I will be killed and another sent in my place. I don't wish her to die." Severus trembled at his last words as images of Regina's dead body swam before his eyes.
"Apart from saving these lives and yours what would I gain from agreeing to this?" asked Dumbledore.
"I could serve you, I will act as a spy for you, warn you of The Dark Lords plans" offered Severus.
"If he finds out, which is highly likely, he will kill you. You know this." Dumbledore said in a quiet voice. "However now is not the time to ponder this I think, I must act immediately, I will try to arrange it all without leaving any signs that point to you, for the moment, however if you have truly denounced him then maybe you can make amends by helping to remove him from power, before it is too late" with these few words Dumbledore disappeared with a swish of his cloak, leaving Severus alone wondering if he had done the right thing for once in his sorry life.
Severus indulged in a brief smile as he thought of what The Dark Lord would do to Lucius when he failed to kill his wife's cousin. At least Severus wouldn't be the only one to face his wrath next time. With that thought he disapperated back to his home to try to sleep. Hoping that Dumbledore could warn Regina before Severus went to find her the next day.
Severus grunted in his drunken sleep as his mind raced on to another memory.
Severus read the Daily Prophet the morning after his meeting with Dumbledore, the headlines read
A TRAGIC LOSS FOR THE PROPHET
In the early hours of the morning Ministry officials were
called to home of REGINA WEASLEY. They arrived to
find the house on fire and the charred remains of a woman
identifiable, only by the jewellery she had been wearing.
The dark mark could be seen floating above the house
confirming suspicions that Miss Weasley was killed
for speaking out against He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.
Severus had sighed in relief, Dumbledore must have arranged it. Regina was safe somewhere, in hiding. He was now caught between the two greatest wizards alive and he had chosen sides, he could not go back now, no matter what the risks. And so it had all began Severus had lived a double life from that moment on. Never fitting in with either side, the self recrimination and fear he now lived with, a daily battle. Severus battled with two sides of his personality, the side that respected The Dark Lords power and the side that despised it.
Chapter three Snape humbled
Snape woke up the next morning his body aching as it always did when he dreamed of that night. He plodded through the days lesson's in a very sour mood, shouting at a few students on his way back to his quarters in the cold dungeons lightened his mood slightly, at dinner Dumbledore had smiled at him knowingly, "damn that all knowing attitude of his, you'd think he saw all that went on in this bloody prison he calls a school!" snarled Snape at the mirror in his bathroom, the mirror refrained from answering perhaps feeling that it could be dangerous.
Severus grabbed another bottle of Fire-water and drowned his sorrows, "Gods! I'm becoming an alcoholic." His father's voice echoed somewhere in the back of his mind "any man who allows himself to become dependant on anything is a weak fool."
This didn't help Severus to feel any better, although he had long since given up trying to please his dead father. As usual the ritual drinking gave way to unconsciousness and eventually the painful memories that Severus was able to hold in check the rest of the time.
He found himself standing in Hogsmead, his hair still damp from the shower and his body still aching from the evenings test at the hand of The Dark Lord. Snape had come to the only wizard he could think of to help him save his ex-lover and unknowingly help him to get revenge on Lucius, for it had surely been Lucius who had informed the master of the connection between Snape and Regina Weasley.
Albus Dumbledore stood watching as Severus approached him in the darkness, Severus could not remember ever seeing him look anything but jovial before now, however as Severus neared him he said in a quiet voice "considering your new friends Severus I do not think it a very wise move to arrange this meeting with me, you must know my opinion of Voldemort and all who are allied with him."
"You could kill me now I suppose but are you not curious to know why I wished to meet you?" replied Severus coldly. "I need your help to save some people."
"I have no wish to kill anyone Severus, but surely if you require help then your fellow death-eaters would be a wiser choice?" countered Dumbledore.
"It is the death-eaters I wish to save these people from" Snape answered, afraid to think what would happen to Regina if Dumbledore refused. "I will beg you, if that's what it takes."
"I do not wish you to beg, I would like to know however why you wish to betray your master?"
"One of the women he wishes me to kill was close to me, the other is innocent and she has a family." Severus answered quietly.
"What are you asking me to do?"
"Soon two death eaters will arrive to kill Andromeda Black Tonks along with her muggle husband and child, one has already failed at this task, and I am hoping that The Dark Lord will believe her cousin Regulus warned her before his death. The other is a reporter called Regina Weasley, The Dark Lord feels her stories have not cast him in a good light, he wishes her silenced. I.I.I am supposed to kill her as soon as possible, however if I fail or refuse I will be killed and another sent in my place. I don't wish her to die." Severus trembled at his last words as images of Regina's dead body swam before his eyes.
"Apart from saving these lives and yours what would I gain from agreeing to this?" asked Dumbledore.
"I could serve you, I will act as a spy for you, warn you of The Dark Lords plans" offered Severus.
"If he finds out, which is highly likely, he will kill you. You know this." Dumbledore said in a quiet voice. "However now is not the time to ponder this I think, I must act immediately, I will try to arrange it all without leaving any signs that point to you, for the moment, however if you have truly denounced him then maybe you can make amends by helping to remove him from power, before it is too late" with these few words Dumbledore disappeared with a swish of his cloak, leaving Severus alone wondering if he had done the right thing for once in his sorry life.
Severus indulged in a brief smile as he thought of what The Dark Lord would do to Lucius when he failed to kill his wife's cousin. At least Severus wouldn't be the only one to face his wrath next time. With that thought he disapperated back to his home to try to sleep. Hoping that Dumbledore could warn Regina before Severus went to find her the next day.
Severus grunted in his drunken sleep as his mind raced on to another memory.
Severus read the Daily Prophet the morning after his meeting with Dumbledore, the headlines read
A TRAGIC LOSS FOR THE PROPHET
In the early hours of the morning Ministry officials were
called to home of REGINA WEASLEY. They arrived to
find the house on fire and the charred remains of a woman
identifiable, only by the jewellery she had been wearing.
The dark mark could be seen floating above the house
confirming suspicions that Miss Weasley was killed
for speaking out against He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.
Severus had sighed in relief, Dumbledore must have arranged it. Regina was safe somewhere, in hiding. He was now caught between the two greatest wizards alive and he had chosen sides, he could not go back now, no matter what the risks. And so it had all began Severus had lived a double life from that moment on. Never fitting in with either side, the self recrimination and fear he now lived with, a daily battle. Severus battled with two sides of his personality, the side that respected The Dark Lords power and the side that despised it.