Title: Snape's Revenge

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Chapter 3: Explaining to Minerva

Madam Pomfrey walked in five minutes after Potter had taken his potion. She checked him out, waving her wand and muttering spells under her breath.

"Is Harry going to be alright?" Granger asked her.

"He'll be fine," Madam Pomfrey told her and then left.

"How long will he be out?" McGonagall asked Snape.

"For a few hours," Snape answered. "I'm sure that Yum Yum will take good care of him. We need to have a talk?"

McGonagall nodded and ushered Weasley and Granger out. When the door was closed she turned to him.

"Albus tell her the truth," Snape told the painting.

Dumbledore sighed. "Minerva, I was dying and Severus told me that Draco had been ordered to do something. He found out that Draco had been ordered to kill me and since I had put a cursed ring on I asked Severus to kill me when the time was right."

Snape saw McGonagall go red. "YOU HAD HIM DO THAT," McGonagall screamed, making Koko say a loud "YOW!," which to McGonagall screamed at Koko to shut up. "AND HE CALLED YOU A FRIEND?"

"Minerva, Bellatrix would have made his suffering even more horrible," Snape told her.

"And don't you stand there and agree with him," McGonagall told him. "Potter believes that you're a murderer, that you killed his friend, and that's why you almost ended up dead."

She then stormed out, slamming the door behind her.

"That went well," Dumbledore commented.

Snape groaned.

Madam Pomfrey came back to check on Potter and this time she took him away much to the protest of Yum Yum who believed that she had found a comfortable place to sleep. When both Potter and Madam Pomfrey were gone Snape was left alone with these thoughts. True he had done what he believed was right, helping his friend not becoming a victim of Bellatrix. Everything about the witch made him want to throw something and curse her to a thousand pieces.

He knew that Bellatrix had mental problems; she had them when she was at Hogwarts and it had made him wonder if she should have been placed in a mental hospital because of her insanity. He had mentioned it to his mum years ago and she told him that it was a by-product of centuries of inbreeding. He was glad that his family had escaped that mental problem. Naturally his thoughts turned to Minerva, a proud witch that showed how much she had hated the plan that Albus had cooked up.

Snape knew that Dumbledore hadn't told Minerva the full truth, the truth that only he knew. The reason that Dumbledore had allowed himself to get cursed was that he had wanted to make amends to his sister, who had died years ago, and that he had placed the ring on his finger that had the stone in it. Snape knew that he revealed this bit of information that Minerva would get even madder. That night Snape was reading when there was a knock on the door.

Cursing at being interrupted he got up and headed for the door. He knew it wasn't Potter because it was the side door. He opened it and saw Madam Pomfrey standing there, looking frantic.

"Poppy, what's wrong?" Snape asked.

"Potter is gone," Madam Pomfrey answered. "I went to check on him and he's gone."

"Is Granger and Weasley gone as well," Snape asked and Madam Pomfrey shook her head. "Then either Potter has gone without his friends, which I doubt, or he's come to kill me."

Madam Pomfrey didn't like this.

"Wake Lupin up and have him floo to the Headmaster's office," Snape told her.

He failed to notice Koko running down the stairs as though someone was coming. When she left that's when Snape noticed that Koko wasn't there. He looked under his bed, no cat, and he looked up but not a tail. Yum Yum was looking at him and Snape wondered what had happened to the cat. When Lupin appeared that's when Snape noticed Koko watching the door, as though someone was coming.

Snape told Lupin to hide and sure enough the door opened and a wand light came in. At once Koko made an unearthly scream which made the owner of the wand jump ten feet in the air and Lupin grabbed the owner. The torches at once lit and both men saw Potter standing there.

"Let me go, Lupin," Potter told him. "I'm here to kill Snape."

"No, Harry," Lupin said, "You're not killing anyone, especially not Severus."

"Why are you defending him?" Potter demanded.

"Because Severus is innocent," Lupin told him and Potter stared at him in disbelief.

"He killed Dumbledore, he killed his friend," Potter yelled. "He deserves to die!"

Snape was starting to get annoyed of this line. It seemed to be the only thing that Potter could say.

"Harry, I didn't intend to kill Albus," Snape told him. "He was already dying and asked me to do it."

"Like hell he would," Potter snapped. "Dumbledore would never ask someone like you to kill him. He was the most powerful sorcerer in the world."

"Harry, he was human and humans don't live forever," Snape told Potter. "And if Dumbledore was still the most powerful sorcerer in the world then I wouldn't have been able to get near him."

Potter glared at him and Snape hoped that Dumbledore woke up to defend him.

"I bet you loved killing your old friend," Potter taunted, "Like you were happy that my parents were dead, didn't have to look at them anymore."

"Harry," Lupin warned but Snape was baring his teeth.

"Don't you dare even think that I liked doing what I did and don't you dare think that I hated your mother! I hated your father because of what he did to me but I never hated your mother."

"YOU HATE EVERYONE," Harry screamed. "YOU HATED MY MOTHER AND YOU SHOWED THAT YOU HATED HER BY CALLING HER A MUDBLOOD."

Snape slapped Potter so hard that he almost fell to the ground. "Don't-use-that-word-around-me," he snarled, his teeth clinched.

Potter glared at him. "You hate all Muggleborns and I'm sure that your happy that their all locked up in Azkaban and you don't have to look at them or-.'

"I SAVED THEM!" Snape screamed.

"LIKE HELL YOU DID!" Potter screamed back and now both wizards' faces were red. "I HOPE THAT YOU'RE LOCKED UP IN AZKABAN, YOU MURDERER. I ALSO HOPE THEY GET YOU ON CUTTING FRED'S EAR OFF."

"THAT WAS AN ACCIDENT!" Snape screamed back.

"THAT IS ENOUGH!" screamed Dumbledore's painting and both wizards fell silent.

Lupin was very glad.

"Harry, Severus didn't mean to cut Fred's ear off," Dumbledore told Potter. "In-fact he has sent Fred a replacement ear so that he can now hear through both of them. Also Severus never hated your mother, your father yes, but never your mother. He was the one that told me that Voldemort was the one that was going to attack your house."

"After he told Vold-.'

"The name is jinxed," Snape suddenly said covering Potter's mouth. "If you say his name you'll be whisked to Malfoy Manor."

"Severus is right, Harry," Dumbledore said. "Voldemort put a jinx on the name so that if anyone speaks it they'll be brought to him."

"Don't say his name unless you wish to die," Snape told him and removed his hand.

"Then how come you can speak it," Potter asked.

"Because I'm a painting," Dumbledore answered. "Now I want this made very clear, Harry, Severus is still on our side and has been for a long time. In a few days he'll be returning to Voldemort to get his punishment for hiring Remus and Dora. Slughorn has no idea how to brew the potions that Severus will need when he returns so I'm asking Hermione to do that."

"Are you sure that Miss Granger can handle it?" Snape asked.

"I have complete confidence in her skills," Dumbledore said. "She did score an O on her Potions O.W.L. Also Severus has promised to gain information as to where a soul container is located. We'll be passing on this information to you."

Potter nodded, though Snape could see that he still didn't believe anything that he was hearing.

"I'll take Harry back to the hospital wing," Lupin told Snape and Dumbledore and both wizards left.

"I'm not looking forward to seeing Riddle again," Snape told Dumbledore as Koko, the excitement gone, headed back up to Snape's quarters to join Yum Yum.

"I know, but be safe," Dumbledore said.

"I'll try," Snape answered.

Snape didn't get that much sleep that night and when he woke up all he wanted was to curl up and die. However he got up, bathed, and put on some clean robes. Winky gave Snape his breakfast and Snape gave the cats their breakfast. He sniffed to make sure that the food wasn't poisoned and then dined. After breakfast Miss Granger visited and Snape told her that he was going to show her the different potions that she would need to know how to brew, or learn, when he came back.

He made a list of potions and handed it to her. She gave him a narrowed look but looked at the potions that he had listed. She breathed a sigh of relief and he was sure she knew how to brew them.

"I can whip these up," Miss Granger told him.

"Good and Madam Pomfrey will check them to make sure that you haven't added a poison to them," Snape said.

Granger frowned at him and Snape knew that he had uncovered a plot to put him in an early grave.

Two days later his mark burned and he told Dumbledore to tell McGonagall that he was leaving. He slipped on his Death Eater robes, which he hated, and hurried out the side, telling the cats to be good while he was gone, and then left. He knew that if everything went well he would have the information that the Order needed. If it didn't go well then no one would know anything and he would be dead.

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Note: Poor Severus.