A/N: Sorry about the long wait. I had trouble with a certain fic ::glares at original Powers of Darkness:: And I was also faced with the creature from hell (no, not school or a teacher, a horrible orange spider). And my newly acquired muse (one which has only just found me) called Dorito has been annoying the hell outta me. ::glares at Elvin God:: I have no idea why.

Disclaimer: Not mine.

Chapter 8

Snape's eyes darted in nervousness. It had been three days since the attack on Azkaban, and he knew that Potter would have given the Dark Lord any information he had gathered during his mission, most of which would set the Order back a good distance in the war. But that wasn't why he was nervous. He was nervous because of some information that Potter may have given the Dark Lord that could be possibly harmful to his health.

All of the Death Eaters were there. Even Potter and Pettigrew, the two traitors to the Light. Before Potter had joined up he had used to wonder why he himself had joined the light, and all he had to do was look at the rat to tell. Now all he had to do was think about the devastation that Potter had caused simply by accepting the Dark Mark. It was despicable.

"Severus," Voldemort hissed out, breaking Snape out of his thoughts. Slowly he stepped forwards and bowed before the Dark Lord.

"My Lord, is there something you require of me?" he said, his voice full of forced respect.

"Tell me, Severus, why were you not at the attack on Azkaban?"

"Master, the Old Fool had called a meeting for the entire faculty at the school. I could not leave without arousing suspicion."

He hoped Voldemort believed that. If he didn't he would be six feet under in no time.

"Is that so?" Voldemort hissed again. "Potter, come forwards."

At this Snape really started to feel nerves. If the Dark Lord believed something it was near impossible to persuade him otherwise without convincing him that it was true.

"My Lord?" Potter said after bowing.

"Tell me what you found out on your mission Potter concerning our dear Potion's master here."

"Of course my Lord, I discovered that Snape is the one responsible for the sabotage of so many of your plans. He has betrayed you, my Lord, betrayed you to Dumbledore."

Snape's mouth went dry and what little colour had been on his pallid face before vanished.

"So Severus," the Dark Lord said, a cruel smile playing across his face. "Perhaps you could explain?"

He gulped, and two words came instantly to his mind: 'Oh shit'.

The next day a small article appeared in the Daily Prophet on page fifteen. All of the pages before that were all tied up with the destruction of Azkaban and the Minister's death still.

Today, the article read, the wizarding world is saddened to hear of the death of one Severus Snape, the last of a line of purebloods. Snape was aged thirty-six years, and was working as Potions Master at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Snape was also an integral part of the war against He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, being a spy against the Dark Lord.

Snape was discovered in the early hours of the morning, hanging by his neck, which had a noose around it, atop the flagpole of the Diagon Alley branch of Gringotts. Hours later St Mungo's was able to confirm that Snape had died of the killing curse, as was evident by the expression on his face, after having to endure hours of torture in various forms, including spells, potions and several types of muggle torture. The world will sorely miss the man who gave his live to help prevent Voldemort's victory in the up and coming war.

Several days after it was published the new minister of magic would be announced. So far, despite everything that had happened, every member of the wizarding public of England over the age of seventeen that wasn't a known Death Eater had voted on whom they wanted as minister.

There had been ten candidates, but only two that were actual contenders for the position. One of those was a member of the Order of the Phoenix, the other a Death Eater. The Order Member was promising a great deal of things, many unachievable, whilst the Death Eater was promising things that would be possible, just not in the way people would expect (like he had promised that the war against the Dark Lord would end during the time he became minister). So far most people were voting for the Death Eater, which was a good sign, unless the Order member was to get a sudden number of votes. Other wise victory would be theirs.

However, this had little bearing on what a certain Boy-Who-Lived was doing, deep inside the Dark Lord's library. Oh no, it would barely affect him at all.

A/N: I hate this chapter. And it's all Dorito's fault! ::glares at muse:: Oh well, at least I'm getting a plot in now. And I killed the traitor. Next chapter: A new minister and Voldemort uses the information Harry obtained! But for now... Yay! Over 100 hundred reviews! Yayness!

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