"No!" Draco screamed, as a fierce jet of emerald-green light shot out from the tip of his father's wand and, as if it were in slow motion, sped across the length of the room- straight in the centre of Severus' chest. The man had no time to even register what was happening before the spell had entered his body and pierced through his heart.

Draco let out an anguished cry and leapt forward as his godfather's lifeless body fell gracefully to the ground, landing in a crumpled heap on the floor.

Izzy followed her boy at a slower pace, her lilac eyes clouded and full of disbelief. That so didn't just happen…it-it couldn't have happened…

"Draco?" The blonde boy raised his ashen face towards her,

"He…he's gone." He whispered, "Just like that." Draco turned his attention back to Snape's body, searching desperately for a heart beat or a pulse- any flicker that may suggest life.

But there was none.

The sound of all the commotion, unbeknownst the those down stairs, had carried to the floor above and had awoken Hermione. At first, the girl had been sure that it had been a dream but she soon realised that it wasn't and she could really hear fighting downstairs.

Then there was Draco's scream, making Hermione sit bolt upright, suddenly alert to what was going on. She leapt put of bed and pulled on her dressing gown, before hurtling from the room and down the stairs.

Once outside the living room, though, she slowed down, so as not to surprise anybody or put herself in danger. The muggle-born peered cautiously around the door to see Draco weeping openly on the floor, huddled over something, with Izzy looking on with an expression of pure shock. The Aengel's eyes flashed up suddenly and she darted over to Hermione,

"He-he's here," She whispered, voice low and shaky, "And…oh Merlin…he killed Severus…" Izzy burst into tears, "With…with that curse…the-the green one…" Hermione's hand flew to her mouth in shock. Snape couldn't be dead! He just…couldn't be! "And He's here!" Izzy sobbed, "We heard him and Draco shouting at each other and we came down. They had a fight and…" She let out a piteous moan and sunk to her knees, "What's going to happen now? What are we going to do? What's going to happen to Draco?"

After a while of trying to pull himself together and trying to accept what had happened, Draco managed to tear his eyes away from his godfather; so still, so quiet, so lifeless. The sound of Granger talking quietly and his Aengel crying reached his ears, but the boy could make no connection. All he knew was that the only adult he had ever felt close to was dead. And his father had killed him…

Draco sprung to his feet, all despair vanishing within and instant, replaced instead by pure white fury.

He rounded on Lucius, who was lurking in the shadows,

"You killed him!" Draco yelled, eyes turning from a docile grey to a sharp silver in a flash, "I'll kill you!" Lucius snorted,

"Don't be ridiculous Draco, you don't even have your wand."

"I don't need it!" With that, Draco threw himself with all the strength he could muster at the man standing so arrogantly before him and knocked him to the ground. Lucius struggled as his son's hands clawed at his face and neck, no longer caring about the consequences, Draco's sole aim was to do as much damage to his father as possible. He wanted to avenge his godfather and pay him back for all the pain he'd put him through throughout his life. He'd make him suffer…

"Draco, stop it," The boy felt hands trying to pull him away, but he just shrugged them off. He wasn't going to be budged, nobody could stop him, he wouldn't let them… "Draco! Calm down, you're going to hurt yourself! He's not worth it!"

"Piss off, Granger," Draco growled, fingers fastening around his father's throat as Lucius tried to fight him off, "You have no idea how much I need to do this…"

"For god sake!" Hermione cried shrilly, "You're being exactly like him! Do you really want to stoop to his level?" For the split second the Draco was distracted with Hermione's words, Lucius threw him off and scrambled back to his feet, massaging his neck gingerly, and grabbing his wand again from where he had dropped it. Draco froze, furious with himself for letting him go. But before the boy could attack again, Lucius had grabbed him from behind, wand held up threateningly,

"I suggest that you do not make things worse for yourself by struggling," He murmured into his son's ear. Hermione watched, horrified, knowing that there was nothing that she could do without putting Draco into even more danger.

Izzy ran forward at the last second and grabbed hold onto Draco's sleeve; there was no way that she was going to be separated from her boy again.

"Scream all you want Mudblood." Lucius sneered, "By the time they get down here, we'll be long gone." And with that, an incantation was uttered and…they were gone. Leaving Hermione alone in the dark with only the body of Severus Snape for company.

A/N: Please don't kill me...:) You couldn't seriously have thought that i'd kill Lucius could you? That'd be soo cliched Lol!

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