Title: When Your Mind Gets In The Way Of Your Heart
Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters. I'm also not getting paid for this; I'm simply doing it for my and, hopefully, your entertainment
Summary: Everyday he watches her, everyday he loves her and everyday he backs out of telling her how much he does… until it's too late… My 1st SSMM fanfic
Chapter 4: The Suffering Of A Spy
Minerva McGonagall woke up to an urgent knocking at her door early in the morning, barely hours after she had retired for the night. She climbed out of bed and wrapped herself in her nightgown before going to answer the door. She was surprised to find Albus standing with an unusual look on his face.
"Albus, good Lord, what are you doing here so early in the morning with that look on your face?" She asked, looking quite concerned.
"I'm afraid it's Severus," he replied gravely "he's just been found outside the gates. He's not in such good shape. Pompfey is seeing him now, you can come if you want."
And, of course, she did. She quickly threw on some clothes and followed Albus to the Hospital Wing. There was no noise coming from the room as the approached it, but as soon as you opened it the screams of agony could be heard coming from within. She quickly ran over the bed and pushed the curtain out of the way, but stopped dead in her tracks when she saw him.
It had been 2 weeks since he had gone to see Voldemort and no one had heard from him. It was not unusual for him to disappear for any amount of time up to a month, but he always contacted someone within the order at least once every 2 days. McGonagall had been worried sick. She'd been convinced something had happened, and now she knew something terrible had.
He twisted and turned in agony on the bed, blood covering him and most of the bed as Pompfey and Sprout tried to restrain him. McGonagall stood there in shock while Albus went to replace Pompfey in restraining him, so she could go and retrieve a few potions from her office. When she returned, they forced him into a sitting position so Pompfey could pour the potion down his throat. The effects were almost instant. The screaming stopped and he relaxed, no longer struggling. Within seconds he was asleep peacefully.
Pompfey started cleaning the blood and sweat from his chest straight away while he was asleep. Albus' hand at her elbow snapped her out of her shock and brought her back. She walked over to his bed and looked down at him. She felt tears well up in her eyes, but she refused to cry in front of her colleagues.
"Do we know what happened to him?" She asked, composing herself and forcing the tears back.
"We can't say what has happened for sure, but it's obvious he's been tortured quite mercilessly. Also, judging by the twitching, he's been subjected to the Crutious several times."
McGonagall drew in a sharp breath when she heard this. She had seen the effects the curse had on Snape, but he's never had it more then once and never in conjunction with torture. She hoped against hope that he would be ok after this. She suddenly found herself wondering why this was done to him. Had Voldemort figured out that he had turned into a double agent? No, she shook that thought off immediately. He was too careful to get found out. And if he had been discovered, he wouldn't be alive right now…
"Minerva?" Albus asked quietly, bringing her from her thoughts.
"Hmm? Oh, I'm sorry Albus," she said.
"Quite alright, it's understandable that you should react like this. I know you were worrying about him," he said "I was merely wondering if you would like to take first leg watching him. If he wakes up in the middle of the night, we need someone to be here to administer the potions to relieve the pain."
"Oh, yes, ok," she replied. She walked over to the chair next to his bed and sat down.
Albus ushered Pompfey out of the curtains, assuring her that McGonagall would call her if he woke up. With that, McGonagall was left to watch over him and worry about what he would tell them when he woke up…
A/N: This is my forth chapter! Sorry I haven't updated in a while, my writers block seems to have stuck with me. But still, hope you enjoy this new chapter! I'd like to thank my first Beta, Katy, for going through this chapter with me.
madge622- Thank you, I'm glad you… well… loved it D