Ashes of Victory
Disclaimer: The characters of the world of Harry Potter are the property of JK Rowling. I am only borrowing them for a bit.
Rating: PG-13 to be safe
Author's Note: This is the actual storyline that Severus Snape's Journals revolves around. There will also be journals from other people's views.
Prologue
It had been a long 48 hours. Albus Dumbledore and Minerva McGonagoll could feel every single hour as if it had been a year. Voldemort was gone, at least temporarily, but the price had been so high. Their Mauraders were no more. James and Lily Potter were dead. So was Peter Pettigrew. Betrayed by their friend, Sirius Black. Only Remus Lupin had come out of it unscathed. But he had promptly left the country, saying he needed to rethink his life. They had yet to here from their sixth adopted child, Severus Snape.
The couple sat quietly by the fire, thinking of the six. They were in Albus' sitting room, just off the Headmaster's office. As their on again, off again relationship was a secret, Minerva had rooms in another part of the castle. Severus was the only person who knew the truth about their relationship.
Albus stirred in his chair, reaching a hand out to the dying fire. It jumped quickly, becoming a cheerful blaze again. A clock tolled the hour. 3 AM
"Do you think he is alive, Albus?" Minerva's quiet voice asked.
"He has to be. I have to hold onto that thought, love. I have asked him to return to Voldemort time and time again. I knew what could happen, that he could be tortured to a slow death. But I asked anyway, and he always went. I have told myself that once it was over, I would make sure his name was cleared, and bring him home. All he ever wanted was to take the Potion Master's exam, and then find a teaching position somewhere. I will give that to him now. He can teach here. As soon as he comes home..." Albus' voice trailed off weakly. While Minerva had adopted the shining Griffindors as her children when they had first come to school, he had been oddly drawn to the quiet Slyrherin. The child's desire to learn anything and everything was reminiscent to his own. Plus, the boy's eyes had been the windows into a soul that Albus could tell had seen to much pain already in his short lifetime. Many fights had occurred between the couple due to the pranks the Griffindors had pulled on Severus.
A sharp tapping came at one of the windows. Albus quickly rose to let the owl in. Once he had removed the message on his leg, he sent the owl off to the Owlery. Returning to his seat, he unrolled the parchment and read the note to Minerva.
"Albus-
I will be glad to join you for tea. I look forward to helping you with your experiment. I will see you at 4 pm today.
Sincerely,
Severus Snape"
"Thank goodness!" Minerva exclaimed. "At least he is safe. But, how will he feel about the Ministry coming to take him for questioning?"
"I didn't tell him that would be occurring now in the note I sent him. But", Albus added as Minerva started to protest, "we have spoken of this plan to get his name cleared many times. He will expect it. And the Ministry Officials won't be here till an hour after Severus. That will give us time to talk first."
"Planned it all out as always," Minerva said as she stood. "Well come on, you old coot, it is time to go to bed. I'm sure we only have a few hours before someone will be knocking at your door with yet another problem that must be solved."
He laughed and escorted her into his bedroom.
Disclaimer: The characters of the world of Harry Potter are the property of JK Rowling. I am only borrowing them for a bit.
Rating: PG-13 to be safe
Author's Note: This is the actual storyline that Severus Snape's Journals revolves around. There will also be journals from other people's views.
Prologue
It had been a long 48 hours. Albus Dumbledore and Minerva McGonagoll could feel every single hour as if it had been a year. Voldemort was gone, at least temporarily, but the price had been so high. Their Mauraders were no more. James and Lily Potter were dead. So was Peter Pettigrew. Betrayed by their friend, Sirius Black. Only Remus Lupin had come out of it unscathed. But he had promptly left the country, saying he needed to rethink his life. They had yet to here from their sixth adopted child, Severus Snape.
The couple sat quietly by the fire, thinking of the six. They were in Albus' sitting room, just off the Headmaster's office. As their on again, off again relationship was a secret, Minerva had rooms in another part of the castle. Severus was the only person who knew the truth about their relationship.
Albus stirred in his chair, reaching a hand out to the dying fire. It jumped quickly, becoming a cheerful blaze again. A clock tolled the hour. 3 AM
"Do you think he is alive, Albus?" Minerva's quiet voice asked.
"He has to be. I have to hold onto that thought, love. I have asked him to return to Voldemort time and time again. I knew what could happen, that he could be tortured to a slow death. But I asked anyway, and he always went. I have told myself that once it was over, I would make sure his name was cleared, and bring him home. All he ever wanted was to take the Potion Master's exam, and then find a teaching position somewhere. I will give that to him now. He can teach here. As soon as he comes home..." Albus' voice trailed off weakly. While Minerva had adopted the shining Griffindors as her children when they had first come to school, he had been oddly drawn to the quiet Slyrherin. The child's desire to learn anything and everything was reminiscent to his own. Plus, the boy's eyes had been the windows into a soul that Albus could tell had seen to much pain already in his short lifetime. Many fights had occurred between the couple due to the pranks the Griffindors had pulled on Severus.
A sharp tapping came at one of the windows. Albus quickly rose to let the owl in. Once he had removed the message on his leg, he sent the owl off to the Owlery. Returning to his seat, he unrolled the parchment and read the note to Minerva.
"Albus-
I will be glad to join you for tea. I look forward to helping you with your experiment. I will see you at 4 pm today.
Sincerely,
Severus Snape"
"Thank goodness!" Minerva exclaimed. "At least he is safe. But, how will he feel about the Ministry coming to take him for questioning?"
"I didn't tell him that would be occurring now in the note I sent him. But", Albus added as Minerva started to protest, "we have spoken of this plan to get his name cleared many times. He will expect it. And the Ministry Officials won't be here till an hour after Severus. That will give us time to talk first."
"Planned it all out as always," Minerva said as she stood. "Well come on, you old coot, it is time to go to bed. I'm sure we only have a few hours before someone will be knocking at your door with yet another problem that must be solved."
He laughed and escorted her into his bedroom.
