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Giving In
Chapter 7: The Snape Talk
*Back at Riddle Manor*
Harry began to stir. Snape saw this and decided to move the lazy boy chair next to Harry. He sat down and waited. Harry woke slowly and rubbed his eyes. The room was far to bright for his liking so grabbed the comforter and hid under it. He turned around to go back to sleep but a voice stopped him "Harry don't go back to sleep. You need to wake up. We need to talk. Now." Snapes voice drifted toward Harry and he instantly woke up. He turned toward Snape, eyes wide with shock and moved to get out of bed while asking "what are you doing here professor?!... Ow!" He had moved to quickly and hurt himself "easy there Potter. Be careful." Snape said while making Harry get back into bed. Harry laid down again but turned his face was turned toward the professor.
"So I'm back to Potter now?" Harry asked. Snape looked him in the eyes. He hadn't realized he had called him Harry. The past couple of hours were getting to him. He learned so much info in the past day to change his views on Harry. "Don't be so touched. You're still a Potter to me. Now. How are you? Where does it hurt?" Snape moved to check Harry. He needed to see if Harry was okay. For some strange reason he felt a parental instinct when it came to the boy, that hadn't been their a few days ago. He was amazed at how little time had passed that had made him act this way toward the boy. Just last week he was taking off points and giving him a detention for being an idiot and now he felt as if Harry deserved to be loved and cared for.
"I'm fine a little sore and very tired! What happened to me?" Harry asked while Snape casted a healing charm over him. He was standing over Harry and examining him "I was called by the Dark Lord to help you. You were very sick and he was concerned for your health. When I got here I examined you and found that your magical core had been bound. I unleashed it and uh… well this was the outcome." Snape said while motioning to the room that was trashed. Harry looked around "I did this?" Harry asked in disbelief. "Yes. The bed even rose off the ground. You gave us quite a scare." Snape said. "Sorry about that. Where is Voldemort by the way?" Harry asked while looking around the room worried that the Dark Lord would jump out at any moment. "He's in his office. I told him you'd wake up in about a day. I needed him out of the way so I could talk to you."Snape said while sitting next to Harry on the bed. Harry moved so his back was leaning against the headboard. "Uh okay... Go ahead." Harry said wanting Snape to continue. Snape exploded "What were you thinking?! You ran away from Dumbledore and joined the Dark Lord! Are you insane?! You could have been killed!" Snape was yelling at Harry. Harry sat there stunned but he felt as if snape had no right to tell him what he could and could not do "you have no right! You don't know what I've been through. My whole life I've been controlled by Dumbledore! I want to start to make my own decisions. Why should I have to die for everyone? No one has every given me a chance. I just couldn't take it anymore. I wasn't thinking. I'm sorry." Harry moved so his hands covered his face. He felt like a weight had been lifted off his shoulders. He almost burst out crying right then and there Snape moved Harry's hands away from his face "you don't need to hide from me. I'm not mad at you I'm just worried." Snape said while Harry looked at him with scared eyes.
"Why are you acting so nice?" Harry asked in a timid voice. "I promised myself a long time ago I would look after you, for your mother." Snape said while looking away from Harry. He hadn't told anyone that before. "You knew my mother?" Harry asked forcing Snape to look at him. Snape shook his head "she was my best friend and it was because of me that she died." Snape said, "If I hadn't been a Death eater I wouldn't have caused her death and she'd still be alive." Snape said with bitter regret in his voice. "I was the one who gave the Dark Lord the prophecy about you. It was because of me that he went after your parents. She was my best friend. I never wanted anything to happen to her." Snape looked Harry in the eye as he said this. " I thought that if I changed sides… that Dumbledore could protect her. He didn't even try." Anger flared in Snapes face as the memory of holding Lilys lifeless body drifted into his mind. "Since that moment that Dumbledore failed me I have vowed to protect you, for Lilys sake. I don't blame voldemort for what happened… I blame Dumbledore for allowing it he's the real monster." Snape angrily said.
Harry sat there quietly contemplating. "There is an underling story behind all this and maybe one day we may find out what actually happened on that night but for right now all I know is that most of my life has been crap because of Dumbledore." Harry said with venom in is voice. "Another thing is that it wasn't your fault that my mother was killed. It was Dumbledores fault for allowing her and my father to fight. I don't even blame voldemort completely. Something just doesn't add up…" Harry shook his head. "You didn't kill her. It is not your fault. Stop beating yourself up over it. My mother wouldn't have wanted you to feel this regret." Harry said while giving Snapes arm a squeeze. "Thank you. You really do have unconditional love." Snape said while trying to compose himself. Harry smiled at Snape "Now what are we going to do? I need to get you out of here." Snape said. Harry shook his head "no. I'm determined to stay. I'm sticking by my decision. I'm not going to be anyone's golden boy. I'd rather stay with voldemort that be with Dumbledore any day. I'm staying here and you can't stop me." Harry said with a wave of confidence. "Then I guess I'll stay by your side. You can lean on me." Snape said. Harry smiled and said "I like this new you." Harry was beaming and Snape couldn't stop the small smile from gracing his face. "Don't get used to it!" snape said changing his smile to an evil smirk and Harry laughed.
Then all at of a sudden McGonagall came running into the room "Get up! Lets get out of here! Voldemort is occupied for the moment but we only have a minute." McGonagall said while running over to Snape trying to pull him up to get him to run "We uh... I. We're staying." Harry said while looking between McGonagall and Snape. Then all at once there was a blinding white light and then there was an angry Dark Lord standing in front of Harry.
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