Chapter 9: Severus Is Right

Severus apparated into Rufus Scrimgeour's home. The sound of the sink running made Severus assume that they were in the kitchen.

He approached it slowly and turned the corner. Rufus was standing there with his wife, doing the dishes. His wife was smiling and laughing at some joke that he had just said.

Severus stepped out from behind the corner. Neither of them had their wand with them, so this job was going to be very easy. Snape almost laughed.

What kind of Minister of Magic was found without his wand? Pft. Loser. Severus shouted Avada Kedavra and the spell hit Rufus square in the back.

His wife gasped and turned around. She tried to run past him but her efforts were in vain. The black-haired man repeated his previous action and the green light ejected from his wand lit up the entire room.

He sighed as he walked over both bodies on the floor, right next to each other, eyes wide open and glazed over. He figured it was over but then heard a cry come from another room in the house.

He walked over to where he heard the sound and entered a bedroom down the hall. He saw two small children, only about 3 and 5, sitting on a bed together, both looking frightened.

Severus raised his wand. He didn't want to do it, but he had to. He softly said the curse twice and watched the two children fall over.

Severus felt hopelessness and anger rush through him. How dare Voldemort make him kill these young kids?

He knew that Severus was against hurting younger children, after…well after what his stupid muggle father did to him.

Sure, Severus was willing to hurt older children because at least then they had a chance to fight back.

But with young kids, they had no chance, they were doomed from the start. They didn't know any spells to protect themselves.

Tom must have known how old the kids were and how Severus felt, but he still gave him that job. That was it. He understood that Tom was angry but that was just too damn bad.

He knew that this was the younger boy's way of getting back at him, but it was completely fucked up.

He apparated back to the house and tried to walk straight into his room but Voldemort stopped him. "Did you do it?"

Severus turned to look at him, his eyes were cold enough to freeze over the sun. "Yes, master."

The teenager could hear the anger and venom in his voice and was taken back for a second but recovered quickly.

That's what Severus got for hurting him like that. Severus shook his head in disgust and tried walking away again. But yet again, he was stopped.

" What gives you the right to shake your head at me? I am your master and you will show me respect." Severus stared back rebelliously.

He wasn't scared anymore. He saw now that the man he had respected and feared so long was nothing more than a child inside.

" You're immature. I hurt your feelings so you get back at me by making me do something that you know I despise. You are mad that someone hurt you so you take it out on innocent people, like the children you ordered me to kill. They weren't a threat to you at all."

" That's enough!" Tom bellowed but Severus continued.

" No, you can't deal with your feelings so you decide that you don't want to have them anymore. You pretend that you're just this heartless guy, but you're really not. You still have feelings. You're just too scared to try and cope with them. Ughh, grow up!"

He finally took a breath and the brown-haired boy looked like an entire Quidditch team had hit him.

He looked down and his eyes darted back and forth, as if searching for an answer on the ground. He wasn't sure what to do now.

He just stood there as Severus shook his head again, this time in disappointment and sadness, and walked back into his room. This time, Voldemort didn't even try and stop him.

Nobody had ever talked to him that way, and the worst part of it was, Severus was right.

A/N: Hey, I am so extremely sorry that this took so long to update, but honestly, I wasn't sure where to go with this story. But after thinking for a while, I figured out what to do for this chapter, and hopefully it won't take me as long to update the next chapter. Thanks to everyone who reviewed! I really appreciate it. I hope this chapter was worth the wait. Please Review!