Doesn't Remind Me
Summary: AU, WiP: What would've happened if Severus Snape had choose a different path and proved is loyalty to the one who trusted him when no one else did?
Category: Angst/Drama.
Rating: PG-13 to R. For safety, deals with violence and suicidal themes.
Notes: This will be a WIP and I cannot guarantee regular updates because my life is not based on a regular schedule (unfortunately). I'm predicting that there will be many chapters but I also may not finish the story, depending on how I like the way it turns out. It will be an AU and it will deal with mature issues (such as suicide). So if you don't like that then don't read it, I'm warning you.
Also, I am 15, I am a dancer, and this is my second fanfic (my first Harry Potter fanfic though) and my other fanfic was never really finished. Please, I ask you to excuse any grammatical errors, I'm trying, that's what counts, right? If you see anything you really can't stand please tell me (through a review or an e-mail).
Plus, I find Severus Snape extremely hard to write and keep him in character. I hope I get better at this as the story progresses.
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter, if I did I'd be rich and not writing fanfics, now would I? Sue me if you wish but the only thing you'll get out of it is my pointe shoes because it's the only thing I've ever bought in my life. Anything recognizable is credited to J.K. Rowling anything unrecognizable can be credited to me, understood? Good. Now I'm going to shut-up so you can read the story!
Note The very beginning of this story was taken directly from The Half-Blood Prince, I do not mean to commit plagiarism but in order for this story to make complete sense it is the only way I could see of doing it. I am sorry if this angers anyone but I do not take credit for it. Like I said early, everything the is recognizable belongs to J.K. Rowling, not me.
Ch. 1 - Tired of Waiting
"Draco, do it, or stand aside so one of us -" screeched the woman but at that precise moment the door to the ramparts burst open once more and there stood Snape, his wand clutched in his hand as his black eyes swept the scene, from Dumbledore slumped against the wall, to the four Death Eaters, including the enraged werewolf, and Malfoy.
"We've got a problem, Snape," said the lumpy Amycus, whose eyes and wand were fixed alike upon Dumbledore, "the boy doesn't seem able -"
But somebody else had spoken Snape's name, quite softly.
"Severus ..."
The sound frightened Harry beyond anything he had experienced all evening. For the first time, Dumbledore was pleading.
Snape said nothing, but walked forwards and pushed Malfoy roughly our of the way. The three Death Eaters fell back without a word. Even the werewolf seemed cowed.
Snape gazed for a moment at Dumbledore, and there was revulsion and hatred etched in the harsh lines of his face.
"Severus ... please ..."
Snape raised his wand and pointed it directly at Dumbledore.
"Leave, all of you except Malfoy. Go back to the Dark Lord. Destroy the Vanishing Cabinet, we cannot allow such a passage to be left intacked, it is too dangerous.
"But -" Amycus started.
"Do as I say! We can't afford an argument, unless you haven't noticed, we are running out of time!" Snape yelled, his eyes still locked with Dumbledore's. Then more quietly, he continued, "The boy deserves to do his first kill alone, un pressured. I'm sure you all remember your first kill and unless I am quite mistaken, I was the only one here who killed before I had come of age. So therefore, I am the only one capable of knowing what young Malfoy is dealing with. Leave us, we will finish."
"Snape," Alecto sneered, "this is foolish. How are we to trust you? The double-servant!"
"SILENCE!" Snape yelled, "I am in charge here! You listen to me! Or do you wish to be labeled traitors and face the wrath of the Dark Lord himself! Go!"
Harry watched, in is invisible prison, as the four Death Eaters reluctantly left. Taking one of the many secret passage ways to the Room of Requirement. The footsteps slowly faded and the four stood alone, silent, waiting, in the room.
Snape spun around and in a flash he muttered a spell and the door was opened, the Order of the Phoenix members rushed through the passage and froze when they saw Snape's wand pointed at them.
"Silence. Do not speak, we tread dangerous ground here. Accio Dumbledore's wand."
A second later Snape turned around, Dumbledore's wand in hand, and walked over to the old wizard. Handing him the wand, he smiled and whispered, "A double-servant no more. I'm no longer 'Tired of Waiting' as you so often say to me."
Harry found himself free and stumbled forward as his weight was no longer being held back by invisible walls. Quickly he removed his cloak and stared, shocked, at the scene before him.
"Harry, no," said Dumbledore faintly, "Put the Cloak back on, they may still come back. You must leave, find safety in my office. The rest of you must go too, back to your beds before your luck runs out."
But before a move can be made the door burst open and Harry just barely managed to conceal himself underneath the Invisibility Cloak.
"I knew it!" Finir Greyback yelled triumphantly, "You are a traitor!"
Snape spun around and grabbed Draco by the back of his cloak, "Get out of here, Dumbledore will protect you," he whispered into the child's ear, "I did not condemn myself to death just for you to die also." And with that he threw the youngest Malfoy to the back of the room and grabbed something out of his pocket. He threw it behind him and Dumbledore caught it, realized what it was, and put it on. Immediately the old wizard became invisible.
By that time the whole Order and the members of the D.A. present were around Snape and the other Death Eaters had returned.
I fight ensued and chaos consumed the room. Amidst everything going on Snape managed to pull Tonks aside, "When we go you must follow us to the Room of Requirement, destroy the Vanishing Cabinet, it is being used as a passage way."
"What do you mean by 'we'? Surely you are not going with them, you will be murdered!"
"It is the only way Tonks, it must be done. If I can do one thing right in my life, let it be this. If I am captured they will leave. Dumbledore must be seen to, he is gravely injured. Tell Madame Pomfrey to look in my 3rd notebook in the 2nd drawer on the right of my desk. The very last potion written down is the one needed to save Dumbledore."
"Severus I cannot allow this!"
"Promise me! This is not for me, nor for Dumbledore alone. This is for the survival of light, for everything YOU stand for! Dumbledore is needed in this war, perhaps more then any wizard has been needed in any war. You must see to him! I've known my time would come, let me face my destiny in peace. Promise me!"
"I promise Severus, I promise," Tonks whispered, almost in tears.
"Thank you." And with that the Potions Master was gone and before anyone knew what was happening the Death Eaters were retreating, knowing they were outnumbered.
The Order of the Phoenix and the D.A. members followd the fleeing Death Eaters and entered behind them into the Room of Requirement. Just in time to watch the last one disappear into the Vanishing Cabinet. A long silence followed, a silence in which Tonks walked up to the cabinet and pointed her wand at it.
"What are you doing?" Hermione asked, shredding the suffocating silence.
"I promised, I promised Snape. This is for him, for his sacrifices."
The Cabinet exploded into a million pieces.
"Where IS Snape?" Ron asked, clearly confused by the disappearance of his professor.
"They took him, he let them take him," Tonks said, tears streaming down her face, "He sacrificed his life for us. And none of us never really trusted him to begin with. Why? Why is it always the ones we never trust that end up sacrificing the most for everyone else? WHY!"
"Oh my God," Hermione muttered, "They took him! The Death Eaters! He'll be tortured! He'll be murdered! We have to save him!"
"We can't do anything Hermione," Ron whispered as the young wizard collapsed, crying into his shoulder, "We can't do anything ..."