----A year had passed, and Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry lay under attack. "Bella,"
this was the Dark Lord's pet name for Bellatrix. "You know who we're here for. Anything you can
use against him, use it," his snake like voice was calm among the chaos before him. "Oh, I will!"
Bella sneered and took off. Nonchalantly making her way through the battle between Death Eaters,
students and teachers, Bella headed down a hall, down a few flights of stairs and into the dungeon
area. "We have to go up and help!" Bella ran into a woman whom she didn't recognize, but the man
that followed behind she did recognize. "Severus Snape, the back-stabbing son-of-a-bitch," she
sneered at him. She was very good and mastering a sneer that could even freeze ale.
He drew his wand. "Bella, leave her out of this," he pushed Lorrie behind him. "Oh no! No, no, no.
Both of you are coming with me! The Dark Lord wishes to see both of you. He wants to ask you
how you're doing, you know, with the information on Dumbledore, remember." "What?" Lorrie
spoke up. "Yes Selene. Oh wait!" she turned her glare on Severus, "Silly me...Selene's dead!" she
began to laugh. Furry rose in Severus. "Experiamus!" a fire ball shot out of his wand at her,
sendingher flying backwards. "Ahhhh, Severus Snape. How are you? Wait, don't answer, I don't
care," itwas the Dark Lord. "And who do we have here," with a wave of his hand he brought Lorrie
outform behind Severus. "Very good Bella. Two fish for the price of one," his sneer had to be
evenworse than Bella's. "Tell me where Dumbledore is!" he spat, twisting his hand. Lorrie's
bodytwisted to one side, she screamed in pain. "I don't know!" he looked up at Lorrie, not knowing
whatto do. "TELL ME!" he twisted her once more with another scream of pain. "Release Lorrie
first!"Severus's new found courage came at a bad time, for with a bend of the Dark Lord's thumb,
Lorrie's head was bent back, almost touching the small of her back. "You know as well as I, that I
don't work like that."Just as Severus was about to give up hope and tell, his courage had left him, a
student came rushing down the steps. It was Potter. "Finetae Incantatum!" The Dark Lord
exploded in a ball of dust. A shriek left Bellatrix as she went to avenge her master, but was
stopped by a silent spell cast by Harry and sent reeling backwards, knocking her unconscious.
Severus caught Lorrie in his arms. "Go professor! GO!" Harry motioned weakly, hurt from the
battle above. A Potter had just saved his life...again! Slightly annoyed that he was indebted to a
Potter again, he shrugged it off and hurried out a back way.
----Running across Hogwarts grounds, all the memories of his time there came flooding back.
Especially when he saw the Whomping Willow. He tried to avoid it, but the only way to get into the
forest but maybe also the Shrieking Shack and, hopefully, away was to run on the north side of the
tree where the entrance was to the Shrieking Shack. They were about there when a slinking spirit
figure came crashing down on them. The Dark Lord had followed, in his new form. Lorrie fell out
of his arms in a heap on the ground. She was awake but still weak. Eyeing her, the Dark Lord slunk
over towards her. "You may have destroyed my body, but I will destroy your love!" Just as he was
about to dive into her body and posses all control, Severus deflected him with a curse. The spirit
tumbled about just above the ground, landing a few paces away. Hurt from being pushed to the
ground with such force, Severus crawled over to Lorrie. The scene with Selene played all over
again, running from the castle, the Whomping Willow, and he could feel the eyes of students that
had hid in their rooms watching the yard, and him...by the side of his love, helpless.
Angrily the Dark Lord rose, glowing bright orange and white. He was gaining power to enter and
destroy Lorrie. No spell could save Lorrie, save for the most powerful thing in the world. Even
more powerful than the Dark Lord and Dumbledore combined. Especially more powerful than the
Dark Lord. He looked down at Lorrie, she was sick from being touched by Dark Magic, beads of
sweat lined her brow. "Lorrie," he brushed her hair away from her face. "Lorrie, can you hear me?"
She nodded but it was faint. "I love you. More than anything else in this world. You were my reason
for living and still are. I need you to live. Lorrie? Lorrie! Please say something!" He franticly turned
her head, checking her eyes, hoping she was still with him. She started to mumble something.
"What?" Severus tried to make out what she was saying, the Dark Lord was fast approaching,
ready to enter her soul. "I...love...you too," just as the Dark Lord was about to enter, Severus gave
her the most meaningful kiss he had ever given anyone in his life. The Dark Lord screamed in
agony when he made contact with her skin. The sprit figure of him, grabbing his smoke face,
reeled around before exploding in a blanket of furious orange and white stars. Burning as they
touched his cloak burning through, Severus used his body to shield Lorrie from their harmful touch.
"Are we...am I...alive?" she whispered. "Yes, I think so!" The joy was apparent in his voice. He had
managed to save his love! He didn't fail! Smoke billowing from the windows of the Great Hall,
Hogwarts would never be the same again. Entering through the front doors, they could hear the
mournful cries of the Giant Squid in the lake, and the crackeling of dying fires allaround. Much of
the stone was scorched, and many of the paintings were lost. Using what magic they could to clean
and repair the place, Severus tried to do his best to make Hogwarts the great and awesome place
that kids were excited to go to each year. Of course Severus didn't share this with anyone,
because he would be telling them what he saw and still saw in the castle.
----Though knowing full well what love felt like, Severus Snape was back to being Severus Snape,
though, like the Grinch, his heart grew ten times that day. Both deciding that a child would be too
much now, maybe even ever, Lorrie and Severus decide to raise and teach the kids that parents
send to them to learn each year. Kids that would go home at the end of the school year (Severus
made his his stong point)!
--When the school year finally ended, Lorrie and Severus had a quiet wedding in a garden. Only a
few of the school teachers were present, including Dumbledore and McGonagall, but after that
everything was as is. Severus would be forever grateful for Lorrie, and forever grateful to Selene
who gave him Lorrie.