Normally, I hate to write in author's notes to my stories, but I felt the need to draw attention to my new C2 community, Done My Duty, named after this story. It's a haven for stories that, like this collection, feature a post-HBP Snape who has not really betrayed Dumbledore. If you have such a story yourself, or know of one, please leave a review telling me where I might find it, or drop me an AIM (my SN is Myracuulous).
And, with that, I leave you with this "chapter", a fan-poem. Kudos to all who recognize the form I'm using, despite my butchering of the medium and ff's attempted butchering of my poor formatting.
You watch the ceiling, shooting flies
Does it help to clear your brain?
Remember how your mentor dies?
You do your duty, tell no lies
But you kill him, all the same
You watch the ceiling, shooting flies.
You know his plan is brave and wise
You know his plan will cause you pain
You know how your mentor dies.
But as you think, you here the cries
Of the others you have slain
You watch the ceiling, shooting flies.
Outside your room, the battle cries
Of children sound. No time for pain,
It is time your mentor dies.
You swear, he'll be the last who dies
No more murder, no more pain.
You watch the ceiling, shooting flies,
For when you meet, your mentor dies.