A/N: I'm not quite sure how I feel about this chapter... if people want me
to redo it, I will. With what, I don't know, you'll have to let me know;
after all.it's all about what the reader wants. ho-hum. Anyway. Read on.
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Aiden squeezed his eyes shut. The younger Harry, who was still standing next to Severus, squeezed his hand tightly. "Don't leave me.please" he whispered again.
Severus glanced down at the boy. He was shaking. He kneeled next to him, and put one arm around the boy's frail shoulders. "I'm not.don't worry." Harry just clung tighter to his hand, staring over his shoulder. He looked back up at Aiden, and was surprised to see that the three of them were no longer alone.
A huge man, a small, bony woman with an abnormally long neck, and a whale of a boy were glaring at him. They didn't seem to notice Snape, and advanced on Harry, hissing at him.
"Freak.worthless.a hazard to everyone around you.no good.couldn't beat the abnormality out of you, no, nor fuck it out of you, your just a freak, nothing more."
Adien was watching his younger self cower into Severus' robes a sad, painful look on his face. What Severus presumed to be Harry's 'family' faded out of site, only to be replaced by very familiar faces.Draco Malfoy.and himself, whispering insults."Boy who Lived.no good.Stupid.mudblood. just like your father.you'll never be anything. worthless" He could feel the pain it had caused, the anger. He looked at Aiden.who merely looked back at him.sad and calculating. "Sorry" Severus whispered. "So sorry."
He looked back up.Draco and himself were gone, replaced by two people he never hoped to see again.
'Lily." he whispered. She looked exactly how he remembered her. She had been one of the only people to ever be kind to him, and he had pushed her away. He glared at the image of James. How he hated the man. He looked down at his enemy's son. The resemblance was amazing, except for the eyes of course. Then he looked back up at James. Seeing them together made him realize something. They were two different people. and for the few years he had been teaching Harry, he had treated him like James had treated Severus when he was a boy.always trying to make life harder for him. He had treated him like his father.not a separate person. His hand involuntarily tightened around the young boy's as Lily and James' faces twisted into looks of utmost loathing, and began growling spiteful words at their son.
"Your fault." James glared at Aiden. "He wanted you, not us." Lily hissed. Aiden was crying silent tears now, and Harry was sobbing into Severus' arm. "You are no son of mine." James practically screamed. Severus didn't know what to think. Had Azkaban done this to him, or was this the guilt he had carried ever since he entered the wizarding world? It pained him to think of the young man living with this for so long.
He turned his attention back to the scene unfolding in front of him. Lily and James had dissappeared, replaced by a boy of about 16. Cedric Diggory. "You killed me Harry. I trusted you. You did it. He wanted you, not me. You should have known. You brought him back. It was you. Your blood gives the Dark Lord Life."
Cedric turned into the Weaslys. "You killed our Ron.."
Fudge. "Guilty"
Albus looking at him, disappointment and anger in his eyes.
Hermione.screaming at him for killing his best friend and her boyfriend, tears running down her face.
His teachers.whispering and glaring daggers.
Sirius.raising his hand to strike him.
Remus.telling him he was no son of James Potter.
Finally.Ron. "If it wasn't for you.I would still be alive. They killed me to get to you. I should have never been your friend, you worthless fuck."
Both Aiden and Harry were sobbing now... Harry wrapped his arms around Severus' neck.whispering "Stay.. Don't leave..."
Then Ron was gone, replaced by someone Severus knew all to well.
"I just want you.If you had come to me.all these people would be alive.wouldn't they? Yessss.you see, my little snake.I just want you.just you.and you will die.yes.you will. Avada Kedvara!!!"
The green light seemed to flood all of existance.pain like Severus had never felt before ripped through him as Aiden and Harry began to fade to nothing.Aiden whispering "You see.that is why I cannot wake.it's all true." Harry with tears rolling down his face, "You said you wouldn't leave me.I knew you would."
And then he was in the Hospital Wing.Ginny and Draco's worried faces swimming in and out of focus, Aiden was thrashing on the bed again. "Harry." he whispered.and then there was blackness.
*****
Aiden squeezed his eyes shut. The younger Harry, who was still standing next to Severus, squeezed his hand tightly. "Don't leave me.please" he whispered again.
Severus glanced down at the boy. He was shaking. He kneeled next to him, and put one arm around the boy's frail shoulders. "I'm not.don't worry." Harry just clung tighter to his hand, staring over his shoulder. He looked back up at Aiden, and was surprised to see that the three of them were no longer alone.
A huge man, a small, bony woman with an abnormally long neck, and a whale of a boy were glaring at him. They didn't seem to notice Snape, and advanced on Harry, hissing at him.
"Freak.worthless.a hazard to everyone around you.no good.couldn't beat the abnormality out of you, no, nor fuck it out of you, your just a freak, nothing more."
Adien was watching his younger self cower into Severus' robes a sad, painful look on his face. What Severus presumed to be Harry's 'family' faded out of site, only to be replaced by very familiar faces.Draco Malfoy.and himself, whispering insults."Boy who Lived.no good.Stupid.mudblood. just like your father.you'll never be anything. worthless" He could feel the pain it had caused, the anger. He looked at Aiden.who merely looked back at him.sad and calculating. "Sorry" Severus whispered. "So sorry."
He looked back up.Draco and himself were gone, replaced by two people he never hoped to see again.
'Lily." he whispered. She looked exactly how he remembered her. She had been one of the only people to ever be kind to him, and he had pushed her away. He glared at the image of James. How he hated the man. He looked down at his enemy's son. The resemblance was amazing, except for the eyes of course. Then he looked back up at James. Seeing them together made him realize something. They were two different people. and for the few years he had been teaching Harry, he had treated him like James had treated Severus when he was a boy.always trying to make life harder for him. He had treated him like his father.not a separate person. His hand involuntarily tightened around the young boy's as Lily and James' faces twisted into looks of utmost loathing, and began growling spiteful words at their son.
"Your fault." James glared at Aiden. "He wanted you, not us." Lily hissed. Aiden was crying silent tears now, and Harry was sobbing into Severus' arm. "You are no son of mine." James practically screamed. Severus didn't know what to think. Had Azkaban done this to him, or was this the guilt he had carried ever since he entered the wizarding world? It pained him to think of the young man living with this for so long.
He turned his attention back to the scene unfolding in front of him. Lily and James had dissappeared, replaced by a boy of about 16. Cedric Diggory. "You killed me Harry. I trusted you. You did it. He wanted you, not me. You should have known. You brought him back. It was you. Your blood gives the Dark Lord Life."
Cedric turned into the Weaslys. "You killed our Ron.."
Fudge. "Guilty"
Albus looking at him, disappointment and anger in his eyes.
Hermione.screaming at him for killing his best friend and her boyfriend, tears running down her face.
His teachers.whispering and glaring daggers.
Sirius.raising his hand to strike him.
Remus.telling him he was no son of James Potter.
Finally.Ron. "If it wasn't for you.I would still be alive. They killed me to get to you. I should have never been your friend, you worthless fuck."
Both Aiden and Harry were sobbing now... Harry wrapped his arms around Severus' neck.whispering "Stay.. Don't leave..."
Then Ron was gone, replaced by someone Severus knew all to well.
"I just want you.If you had come to me.all these people would be alive.wouldn't they? Yessss.you see, my little snake.I just want you.just you.and you will die.yes.you will. Avada Kedvara!!!"
The green light seemed to flood all of existance.pain like Severus had never felt before ripped through him as Aiden and Harry began to fade to nothing.Aiden whispering "You see.that is why I cannot wake.it's all true." Harry with tears rolling down his face, "You said you wouldn't leave me.I knew you would."
And then he was in the Hospital Wing.Ginny and Draco's worried faces swimming in and out of focus, Aiden was thrashing on the bed again. "Harry." he whispered.and then there was blackness.