Snape's Promise
Bye, bye to Snape in this chapter. I'm sorry about getting rid of the baby but you will understand…later.
"Ah…Severus." Voldemort said. Leah looked up to see Snape standing beside her. "Show you're true loyalties."
"Very well." Snape said. He pulled out his wand…and pointed it at Voldemort. He said a spell and Voldemort was blasted backwards.
"What…" Leah said.
"Come!" Snape said, helping Leah up. As soon as she got to her feet she felt pain again and almost fell over. Snape picked her up and ran out of the room. He carried her down different halls (Where did they all come from?) and into another room where he closed the door and put Leah down. "What happened?"
"What are you doing?" Leah asked.
"My question first." Snape said. Leah told him. "You were…" She nodded. Snape sighed.
"Now my question." Leah said.
"I promised." Snape said.
"Promised? Promised who?" Leah asked.
"You're mother." Snape said.
"Before she died?" Leah asked.
"No…last week." Snape said. Leah looked confused. Snape sighed then locked the door before returning to Leah and telling her.
Flash Back
Snape walked into his office and sat at his desk. Things were getting tough and he was ready to snap.
"You know this place freaks me out." Snape jumped and the papers he had scattered all over the place. Sabrina, fifteen year old Sabrina, had appeared in front of the door and walking towards the desk, looking around.
"What…" Snape said.
"Chill Sniv…uh…Snape." Sabrina said. "I just…I want you to do something for me."
"Why should I do something for you?" Snape asked.
"Because it's important for me…us…the Order." Sabrina said. "Please Severus. I'm sorry for everything me and the boys did when we were at school. But Leah has to stay safe."
"Why?" Snape asked.
"She plays a key part in most of you guys' futures." Sabrina said. "Severus…if ever you liked me in any way…can you please help me." There was a long silence where Snape studied Sabrina's desperate face.
"Yes…I'll help." Snape said. Sabrina looked relieved.
"In a week…there's going to be a big problem where the Death Eaters go." She said. "Promise me you'll be there and protect her."
"I…" Snape said. "I promise."
"Thank you so much Severus." Sabrina said. "And I really am so sorry for the way I treated you." She disappeared.
Present
"She'll visit you…but she won't even bother to visit her own daughter?" Leah said. Snape shushed her and went back to the door. Leah watched him.
"We have to get out of here." Snape said. Leah tried standing and bit her lip against the pain. Snape grabbed her arm and put it over his shoulders. Leah was surprised. This wasn't the Severus Snape she knew. "Are you ready?"
"Umm…" Leah said. "As ready as I'm gonna be." She looked down and realized that she was pretty much covered in blood. She took a deep breath to stop herself from crying again over the loss.
"Let's go." Snape said, opening the door. They slipped out and hurried down the hall. Snape grabbed a cloak from a hook and handed it to Leah. "Put this on. It might keep you safer." Leah made a face but pulled on the cloak anyways, pulled the hood up and tucked her hair in.
Draco looked at Harry. The last few minutes had been silent, both of them waiting to see if Draco was going to get hurt again.
"Leah's here." Draco said. "She was in some room with Voldemort and he was doing something to her."
"We have to find her." Harry said, sounding worried.
"Why do you care?" Draco asked.
"She's my friend!" Harry said.
"That you attacked emotionally just because of me." Draco said. Harry fell silent. Draco sighed. "Put that cloak on then and we'll find her. Hopefully Snape has done that already."
"There!" A Death Eater shouted. Snape swore and tugged Leah. She managed to stay standing and half run even though the pain was excruciating.
"This way." Snape said. Leah shook her head and tugged him down another hall. He didn't object. They went around another corner and Leah got knocked over. Leah bit her lip quickly to stop from making too much noise but there was another yelp of pain. Next second Draco had run around the corner and tripped over something.
"Harry!" Leah hissed. "What in the bloodiest of hells are you doing here?"
"I could ask you the same question." Harry's voice came.
"Potter you will be in a great deal of trouble when we return to the school." Snape said, helping Leah up. She groaned and leaned against the wall.
"There was a noise down here." A Death Eater said.
"Everyone look everywhere!" Voldemort said.
"Fuck!" Draco said. He stood up. "You standing Potter?"
"Yeah." Harry's voice came.
"Right then." Draco said. "Come on." He helped Snape with Leah and they all ran down numerous halls.
"Guys…wait…stop!" Leah said. "Stop. This is hurting like a bitch! For god's sake STOP!" Draco flung open a door and they all hurried in. Once the door was closed Leah collapsed onto the floor and Harry pulled off his cloak. All three guys stood a few paces away from Leah even though it looked obviously that Draco was fighting against himself and Harry was having an inner battle on what to do.
"We can't stay long." Snape said. He took out his wand and moved to the door. Draco and Harry took out their wands as well.
"I know we can't stay long." Leah said. "But I can't keep running like this when I have enough pain as it is!"
"What happened?" Draco and Harry asked at the same time. Leah didn't answer.
"They don't know." Snape said, looking at Leah. It was partially a question so Leah nodded.
"Know what? What is everyone keeping from us?" Draco asked.
"Everyone?" Leah asked.
"Hermione and Ginny." Draco said.
"They were talking about something." Harry said.
"This isn't they same thing." Leah said. "They know something completely different."
"What is with you and keeping secrets?" Harry asked.
"Shhh!" Snape said, sparing Leah from answering.
"I know you're around here." Voldemort's smooth voice called. "I saw the blood and I know it as well. You can never hide from me." His voice was getting closer. "Shall I tell you how your mother died?"
Draco looked at Leah before dropping next to her and covering her mouth with his hand so she wouldn't make any noises
"It was all very brave and quite the show." Voldemort said. "She put up quite the fight I must say." His voice was practically right outside the door now. "Except she never hid. She faced her death straight on. She knew she was going to die on that little mission Dumbledore sent her on. Do you know what the mission was?" Snape backed away from the door.
Leah poked Harry to get his attention before pushing Draco's hand off her mouth. She mouthed to Harry 'cloak'. He seemed to understand because he threw his invisibility cloak on and vanished. Draco nudged Leah and pointed across the room to another door before pulling her up, replacing his hand over her mouth. They slowly and quietly headed towards the door while Snape stayed at the other one, ready for an attack. Voldemort wasn't talking anymore…at least not to Leah. Draco opened the door just as the other one was blasted open. Leah blindly grabbed at Harry and caught his shoulder before pushing him into the next room then following. Draco made it through and shut the door just as Voldemort began speaking again.
"Where is she Severus?" He asked.
"Out of your grasp." Snape said.
"Why do you protect her so? When her family made a fool of you." Voldemort said.
"I made a promise." Snape said.
"A promise that has obviously cost you your life." Voldemort said. Leah opened the door slightly and looked out into the other room. Snape was standing in the middle of the room with Voldemort and four others facing him. Leah wished that she had told Snape about herself and that he had asked for protection…but then she realized he wouldn't have done that.
"Where do you think you will go Severus?" Bellatrix asked. "Heaven or hell?"
"Anywhere is better then being around you." Snape said.
"Enough is enough." Voldemort said. "You betrayed me. And no one…betrays…Lord Voldemort." He raised his wand and a flash of green light erupted from it. Thankfully there was so much noise that Leah's scream went unnoticed. Draco pulled her away from the door. "Keep looking!" There was rushed footsteps then the door slamming. Leah got out of Draco's hold and returned to the other room. She stopped then fell, Draco caught her.
"I never thought I'd see the day when I'd actually be sad that Snape was…" Harry said. Leah closed her eyes tightly.
"Leah?" Draco said. He lowered her to the ground and kneeled behind her to keep support.
"Oh god…not again." Leah muttered. "Not again."
"What?" Draco asked. "What not again?"
"He died…because of me." Leah said. "Snape died to protect me." She groaned squeezed her wrist with the band on it. "Where's a fucking knife when you need one."
"No!" Draco said, grabbing both of Leah's hands and holding them apart from each other. "No bloody way in hell am I letting you do that. No more you hear!"
"Let go!" Leah said.
"No." Draco said. "I've kept your secret for you but I'm not letting you carry any of it out."
"What are you talking about?" Harry asked, pulling off his cloak.
"Tell him." Draco said.
"No." Leah said.
"Tell him or I will!" Draco said.
"FINE!" Leah said. She yanked her hands out of Draco's grasp and practically ripped off the wristband. Everyone was silent. Leah's eyes stayed on Snape's body.
"When…" Harry said, finally.
"After dad died." Leah muttered. "I told you I changed more then you would ever know." There was another silence.
"We have to get out of here." Draco said.
"What about…" Leah said, looking at Snape's body.
"We can't take him with us." Harry said.
"We have to!" Leah said. "We owe him that much! I owe him that much."
"Potter…can I talk to you?" Draco said. Harry just nodded and followed Draco away from Leah. "I need you to put aside any problems you have with me or Leah and get her out of here safely. If you have to stun her and carry her then do so but she has to get out of here."
"What about you?" Harry asked.
"I'm gonna cause a distraction." Draco said. "Listen…go down the hall, turn left three times then right. There's a door that will lead you outside. From there you can apparate back to Hogsmeade." Harry looked like he was going to say something. "Just do it."
"Ok." Harry said. They returned to Leah. "Come on Le. Up you get." He helped her stand up while Draco went to the door.
"Ok…coast is clear." Draco said. "Go."
"What about…" Leah said.
"I got him. Get out of here!" Draco said. Harry covered himself and Leah with the cloak and jogged out of the room.
"Where are we going?" Leah whispered as Harry led her down hallways.
"Out." Harry said. He pushed open a door and they were outside. "You good to Apparate?"
"Uh…yeah." Leah said. She flipped the cloak off of herself and then disappeared.
"The least she could do was wait." Harry muttered. He apparated as well.
Once Leah reappeared into Hogsmeade she instantly fell over. Harry appeared next second, looked around, spotted her, then helped her up.
"Come on. We gotta get up to the school." Harry said.
"Well…looks like you're getting help with that." Leah said. She nodded up at the school. The sun was rising and they could see the obvious shape of Hagrid running towards the village with five other people behind him. Leah sighed and the next thing she knew, everything was black.
Short chapter. Draco learns pretty much everything…else…there is to learn about Leah. And she hasn't exactly made up with Harry because she doesn't see him again for a while…even on the train.