Chapter 10: Finding Severus.
"I can't just do nothing!" Lily stormed once they entered their common room. Kirkley had gone to bed in a sulk, while James, Sirius and Remus along with herself sat by the fire.
"Well what can we do?" Remus asked her quietly.
"We…we…we…" she stuttered trying to figure out a answer.
"We could go find Snape!" Sirius said.
"Yeah…" James said slowly. "Yes lets! We were the ones who put him up to this!" Lily said eagerly. The others nodded.
"Okay, Lily you are going to be the lookout!" James said.
Lily frowned, "Look out where? James! You are sooo not getting rid of me." She said angrily.
"Fine! Here you can back track to the astronomy tower and search there. Be back before one though."
"Hmmm, okay I'll check there." And with that Lily left to search for Snape.
"Now what?" Lupin demanded.
"Its time for the marauders!" James said swiftly and with that the three took off under James's invisibility cloak, with their magic map in Sirius's hand.
They walked around for two hours, Sirius's eyes on the map until, "Hold it." Sirius said sticking out his arm to stop the others.
"Where?" James asked eagerly.
"There." Sirius said pointing down at the map. There down a flight of steps from them marked on the map was a black dot labelled 'Severus Snape'.
"Where is he going?" Remus asked the others.
"Through some passage way, its not on the map!" James almost cried out.
"Shush. I never knew that there was a hidden passage here lets follow him." Sirius said.
Severus climbed through the passage way and through a hole. Him being so thin fit through it easily.
Once he was through the hole he sat on what looked like a drainpipe. The wind blew his hair over and across his face and sent a shiver up his spine. He looked down at the ground, tears falling from his eyes.
He was at one of the highest part of the castle, on the roof.
"Well? How are we gonna get up there?" James demanded of the other two. They were staring up at the same hole Snape had crawled into. Sirius looked down at Lupin then back at the hole, "We wont fit, Prongs." He whispered to James.
"Then what do we do?" James growled at him.
Sirius looked at Lupin again, "Remus-"
"No way! I am so not squeezing in there."
"You are the smallest, here! Do it for us, for all of us."
"Fine!"
"Wait!" James said sharply and he pointed at the map.
"Who's that?" Sirius said.
"Its your brother!" Remus gasped.
And it was. Regulus was roaming, the corridor where the dare had started.
"He's gonna run into Lily!" James said.
And the black dot labelled Regulus indeed did run into the black dot labelled 'Lily Evans'
"Oh no!" James groaned as they watched Regulus push Lily into a…
"A broom closet! My bet is he hit her with a stunning spell!" Sirius said angrily
"Okay listen you too go deal with him I'll deal with Snape." Remus said quickly. The other nodded and James and Sirius went off under the cloak with the map.
"Great!" Remus muttered then he started to squeeze himself into the hole.
Once he got through the hole and spotted him, Remus made a beeline for Severus.
"There you are." He said. Snape looked up startled.
"What are you doing here?" Snape asked rubbing his eyes vigorously. Lupin sighed, "Here looking for you! Everyone's looking for you."
"Well I don't want to be found!" Snape snapped. He stood up and ripped a chain off his neck. After glaring at it he through it onto the grounds as far as he could.
"I hate you ALL!" he screamed.
"SHUT UP!" Lupin shouted at him. Snape gaped at him.
"Look, you may not have to leave school I'm sure that Prof. Dumbledore wont let anyone take you away."
"Yeah right! The person who wants to take me away is my father Lupin."
"Yeah and Hello! Dumbledore is the headmaster!" Lupin argued.
"He's the one who makes the rules Snape!" Lupin said softly.
He went over to Snape. Severus was nearly off the edge. He was walking like the drainpipe was a type rope.
"Look…" Remus started to say he too climbing on to the pipe.
Then all of a sudden there was a loud, BANG!
"What the-" Snape started to say but then he fell off the pipe onto the roof.
So did Remus only he wasn't as lucky. He fell not onto the roof, but towards the ground.
"HOLY SHIT! Remus!" Snape screamed. Then he ran as fats as he could back down the hole.
Remus felt the air against him. A humming noise rang through his ears and the rush of wind made his eyes sting and water. He was going to die he was sure of it. He heard a distant cry from above then another cry from what seemed to be below.
He was knocked out by the time he reached the ground.