An icy cold wind blew past Severus, sending chills down his spine . He was breathing heavily, trying hard not to collapse on the snow beneath him . His energy was drained out; he was exhausted. But the battle was far from ended, at least that's what he thought .

The night was dark and menacing. Under the moonlight, his pale skin, which looked even more dreadful due to his battle scars, shone . His black robes were soaked in his blood. He felt a tickle of unease . A drop of blood from the wound on his hand dripped onto the ground . The red spot of blood radiated against the white snow. The scene was unconventionally beautiful .

His robes that were always perfect, were covered with dirt and his own blood . His black cloak lay blowing on the white snow . A Slashing spell had wounded him badly on his broad , muscular chest , his long legs, and even his long torso . The icy cold winds felt like a hundred scorpions stinging him repeatedly , causing him unbearable pain .

But he had to stand against the very demon he had been previously serving.

Harry Potter had been killed by Lord Voldemort in his crib, and now the Wizarding world needed someone to save it from the darkest wizard ever born. But what no one could have ever thought, was the fact that their savior would be Severus Snape , the former Death Eater who was sent to spy at Hogwarts by the Dark Lord himself . The young and loyal Death Eater had turned against his master, but nobody knew the reason for him doing so, and nobody cared to know the reason either . At the present moment, everyone's main concern was the annihilation of the Dark Lord and his army of Death Eaters .

The image of The Dark Lord in front of Severus got blurry at times due to the weakness his body felt . The Dark lord was also getting weaker as the moments passed, he could sense it . Severus was always able to read his mind . Albus and Minerva had been successful in their mission. They had destroyed all the Horcruxes . Now it was just Nagini who was left to be killed . Hagrid and Filius had successfully kept her away from Severus , Albus and Minerva, but she needed to be killed by the sword of Godric Gryffindor, which was with Minerva . He hoped she would also die soon, eventually killing The Dark Lord.

The Death Eaters were greeted well by the Ministry fighters, so they weren't a threat while Severus was facing the Dark Lord himself .

"Sectumsempra, " Severus managed to mumble despite not being in a condition to even stand properly . The Dark Lord fell on his knees on the ground that was covered by snow in the Cabalistic Forest . The Dark Lord didn't show any defensive reflexes nor did he throw any spell towards him. It was clear that Nagini was also in life threatening danger, causing the Dark Lord to weaken to the extent he had.

A sound took his attention away from the heat of that moment. Suddenly, he realized the sound had come from the bushes near where he was standing . The jostling sound became louder in the blink of the eye ,when suddenly he saw a figure emerging from the bushes--the figure of a snake . It was Nagini . Severus was too weak to react and save himself from her vicious attack, so he decided to close his eyes and greet death with acceptance. It was in that moment that he realized death had also accepted him . He heard a clashing sound and a thud, then came another voice. It felt to him as if he had fallen on the ground . He took a deep breath .

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

The sound of screaming tugged him out of his presumed slumber of death . His eyes shot open to find Nagini's cut-off head at his feet, and blood from her body all over the snow beneath his feet. The blood infused in the snow the way ink spread on the cloth . Minerva was standing close to him, panting with the sword of Godric Gryffindor in her hand with a panting Albus a little behind her . The sword shone brightly under the moonlight , the venomous blood of the deceased snake dripping off it onto the ground covered with snow . The venom possessed by her was so perilous that it left burn marks on the snow where it had fallen, turning the snow coal black .

A soft sound of mumbling grabbed their attention. When they shot a glance at the almost-dead Dark Lord, he was still on his knees like Severus had seen him as he had cast the Sectumsempra spell upon him, but now Voldemort's wand was pointed towards him. The Dark Lord mumbled something in agony, inaudible , and a wave of blue light flew out of his wand, taking the shape of a snake, but it was nothing like Nagini. It was rather a very beautifully carved Patronus of a snake with large eyes and a very precisely scaled body . The snake which formed high above the ground, it's body doing a dancing motion in the open sky, suddenly shot a glance at him, and the hissing words poured out as its thin mouth opened.

" haaaaaahayaeehesseytha haahasseeyssss hassesseythahasseyssssseythassssssaah sssseythaayaeeh aayaassssehhhaaahhasseeyaayaaseyythaasssseytha hassseyythaa hassseyythaaehhsssseythehhh hatheeeyseethaaaayaeeh aayaasssseytha haaaaaasssssssseytha sssseythaayaeeh hassayayahssssehhhssss aayaaseyythas haaaaaahayaeehesseythahasseey hathehhayaahassayssss. "

All of them were dumbfounded , not a single word could be comprehended. It was Parseltongue, and none of them knew that language . Hagrid and Filius were now out of the bushes, standing with Albus and Minerva . No one uttered a word , no one knew what to do, and no one knew what the Patronus was . All of them were great magicians, but they never saw a spell like that, so it was clear they didn't know if it was a life threatening spell or a normal Patronus .

The snake was staring at Severus, it's expression masked . Suddenly it started flying higher , it's fluid and wavy motion made his movement look like a dance . After dancing like that for a while, it turned towards him, flying straight into his chest . Nothing happened. He didn't feel a single tickle in his body . The misty Patronus had collided with his chest and turned into a cloud of blue mist around his body. Just like cold wind, it touched him, but unlike wind, he felt like it penetrated through his chest .

The Patronus of the snake flew out from his back, flying high in sky . The sudden act made Minerva, who was standing close to him, take a step back. A fearful expression cam upon all their faces . They feared he was being hexed to death by the dying Dark Lord, or even worse, he was possessed by him , but nothing happened. He didn't look possessed, neither did he utter a word .

Minerva went to him.

"Severus, " she whispered softly to him. Neither did he flinched nor did he said anything . He looked around and saw people who fought with him. The ones he never cared about were standing up for him, endangering their lives for him who never cared to even ask how they were doing. He was so busy with his own plight that he forgot that he wasn't the only one with whom life hadn't been fair . Finally, weakness overtook him, and he fell on his knees in the blood-stained snow underneath him .

Minerva , Albus , Hagrid , and Filius came running towards him . His wand fell out of his hands, but before he could fall on the ground flat, Hagrid got a grip on him . He could feel the Half – giant's hand holding him protectively . Before collapsing further, he looked in the sky, but the Patronus had vanished into oblivion .

"What just happened ?' he managed to utter before falling unconscious completely .

On the other side of the open field, the Dark Lord screamed in agony as his wand fell from his lifeless hands on the ground . As time passed his body turned into dust and he died a long death, suffering immeasurable amount of pain . Now nothing was left. All parts of his soul were destroyed, and his very own faithful Death Eater stood in front of him to battle . All for a woman who never had loved him .

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Darkness surrounded Severus. He felt alone. It was the first time in the last four years that he had felt alone. Usually, his job of being a double agent kept him so busy that sometimes even Lily had escaped his mind .

Lily had died, and he hadn't been able to do anything to stop the Dark Lord. How pathetic . He felt helpless. He didn't know what the Dark Lord had done to him . He wasn't possessed, and he felt relieved about that fact, but then what was it that he had done to him? What did the Patronus of the snake speak in Parseltongue? It bothered him .

He wasn't sure for how many hours, or even days, he was in that darkness all alone by himself .

But the isolation gave him a lot of time to think , to acknowledge every mistake he had ever committed. It gave him time to realize that he was a young man of 21. Albus had showed trust in him; he cared for him; he had a chance to live his life again. The Dark Lord was no more; he was free. Albus promised him freedom when Dark Lord died. He could live a life. A normal life again, maybe.

A sound came from somewhere. He couldn't tell from which direction the sound came . Suddenly, he felt he was in an ocean. A deep , dark , black ocean . He felt restricted. He couldn't move. It felt like he was tied by an invisible rope . He was deep down at the bottom of the ocean when he felt hands--feminine hands--wrapped around his body so protectively, giving him the sense of security that no one in this world could hurt him anymore .

At first, he thought it would be Lily, but no, there was a beautiful young girl . He couldn't see her face in the darkness, but as she was pulling him up towards the surface of the ocean, he felt the beam of sunrays fall upon them . Her skin was radiant under the sunlight, even when darkness surrounded them . Her face was not visible due to the hair covering it, but her eyes shone in the light of the sun . Beautiful . Her eyes were beautiful . But who was she?

He never saw a girl with eyes like those , so mesmerizing and mysterious. Her eyes were also black like his, but not cold like his. Warmth, curiosity and fun spilled from those eyes, making him feel good . He liked the feeling . But yet again the thought struck him as to who she was ? He was so busy wondering about that girl that he didn't realize he was on the surface of the water and the girl was nowhere around him . Where had she gone so quickly? Who was she? His hands weren't tied anymore, but he still hadn't recovered from the fact that a girl had saved him, and now she was nowhere to be found .

She vanished into oblivion just like the Patronus of the snake had .

A/N :- This was the first chapter . I hope I was able to justify myself with my words . This story is very complex so please do read it till the end . The next part will be published soon .

There is no Harry Potter , Hermione Granger, or Ron Wesley in this story . And my Severus Snape is a little bit different from the books . Read to find out how he is in this story .

One more thing, this story is not set in the Harry Potter timeline , i.e. this story is not set in the 1990's . It is set in the current world . That means Professor Snape killed Lord Voldemort ( according to my story ) around 2010 and Seraphina is born around 2004 . Secondly Professor Snape is aged around 30 in this story as I have altered the timeline .

I hope you enjoy this one .