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Loyalty
Severus Snape was a man who had been fighting on both sides of the war at some point of his life. He knew both the horrors of the Dark Lord's deeds and insanity. He had also experienced the naiveté of the seemingly omnipotent Albus Dumbledore.
If he were to be true to himself, he was loyal to neither sides of the war. He had taken off those perfect rose-tinted glasses years ago, when he had first had to face the news of the death of his best friend and only crush.
Loyalty within a war was foolish, one had to adapt in order to survive. Loyalty meant stagnation, stagnation meant death in perilous times.
As much as he would hate to even possess the thought, he was strangely thankful for the Marauder's childish taunts. The foolish Gryffindors had only served to thicken his skin against word, helping him become a better spy during the crucial war.
There were only slim chances of him living past this war. Despite him regaining the Dark Lord's trust by killing Albus Dumbledore, distrust still lingered within the Dark Lord of his true motives. Had he never asked for the Dark Lord to save Lily Potter all those years ago, there would have been no mistrust of any sort from the Dark Lord.
He had only ever been loyal to one person and even to this day he remained loyal to her although only her memory remained. Lily Potter had given her precious life for that of her son, he could only continue her wish on keeping the brat safe as difficult as the foolish Gryffindor made it.
He had maintained his distance from the Potter spawn but had also taught the boy exactly what the Marauders had taught him years ago. The boy had grown a thicker skin as well as a quicker insult time that had thrown the Dark Lord off a couple of times, or so he had gleaned from Lucius's many rants over the boy escaping the Dark Lord over and over again.
As he had seen Albus Dumbledore fall by his own hand, he had known he would fall by the Dark Lord's hand. He had known that from the very first time Dumbledore had made his request. That had never helped him, nor deterred his mind from the one duty he held true in his mind. His only loyalty.
Protect Harry.