BitterSweet: Part 5.
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Snape POV:
Lily slapped my face and ran to James Potter, and they began kissing. Lily and Potter got married and had a kid, Harry Potter. I turned and ran into Lucius who helped me and sheltered me from all danger. He talked of endless power and glory, and I wanted it. He took me to Voldemort and I bowed down to him as I took the Dark Mark on my arm. On my first mission I heard a prophecy, and I told Voldemort all I heard. Voldemort thought it meant the Potters. The information I had given Voldemort led to Lily's death. Lily, dead.
"NO! I WILL SAVE YOU LILY!" I scream.
I wake up in my bed, sweating and panting. Thank Merlin, it was a dream. Baggins' prophecy has been playing on my mind a lot lately. I pull back the curtains around my bed to double check no one heard me, and luckily they all seem to be fast asleep. I fall back into bed, drifting off to sleep, wanting the day to begin so I could see Lily.
Meanwhile—
3rd Person POV:
As Severus went back to sleep dreaming of Lily, he never knew that people had indeed heard him yell out. Avery and Mulciber got out of bed when Severus was once again snoring and went to find Lucius.
"Ah, so he has fallen in love with the mudblood Evans, and hopes that by disconnecting himself from us he won't put her in harms way." Lucius said knowingly in his sly voice. He looked at Avery and Mulciber's blank faces.
"Snape is a true Slytherin, and his green and silver colours will show. He won't be able to resist the temptation of recruiting for the Dark Lord. Especially if he is under threat…or should I say Evans is under threat?" Lucius mused. Mulciber chuckled.
"But he is too young to be recruited." Avery realized.
"The Dark Lord does not care much of age but potential, and Snape has more potential then any of us…" Lucius commented, the compliment unnatural when coming from him.
"How do we get him to the Dark Lord?" Mulciber asked. Lucius straightened up.
"The Dark Lord has honoured the Malfoy family by coming to our Manor and requesting us to recruit for him. We are holding a party tomorrow morning and I am to give out invitations at breakfast." Lucius said with pride. "Yours will come by mail this morning." He added.
"And what about Evans?" Avery asked wearily.
"Fate will deal its hand." Lucius said, as if he owned the world and everyone in it.
-Severus' POV-
I sit down at my seat in the Great Hall and I stare across to the Gryffindor table. Lily is sitting there talking animatedly with her friend, her hair slightly messy from her sleep, her cheeks slightly flushed. She looks beautiful. And as I sit here, I know I would do anything for her. Always.
I decide to stop ogling at her and get myself something to eat. The owls for mail come in and I sit in shock when my owl – Henners – lands in my cereal. I quickly clean him up and then take the note.
'Dear Mr. Severus Snape,
I invite you to Malfoy Manor, where we will be having a tea party courtesy of the Malfoy's. I will be their guest, your host, and your future master. You have been selected to join my intermediate group, for your skills are what I need. IF you do not turn up, you will be against us, not with us.
Be there.
Your Lord,
Voldemort.'
I choke on my pumpkin juice, and I look down the Slytherin table to see that all of the seventh years have also received an invitation. I look at Avery and Mulciber who are grinning, as they too have the invitation. I cringe at the thought of turning up…and not turning up.
I quickly stand up from the table and run over to Lily. She looks up at me bewildered – I never go to the Gryffindor table.
"Lily, we need to talk. It's urgent." I say quickly. I hold up the invitation so she can see that I need to talk about it.
"Ok." Lily says, getting up from the table.
"Excuse me, I was talking to Lily. What do you have to say that is more important?" Potter asks. Arrogant fool.
"We weren't talking; you were talking to me and I was ignoring you." Lily snaps.
"Never mind what it is." I say harshly at the same time.
"What? Is it a tea party invitation from You-Know-Who?" James jokes. Funny, he is right.
"Yes." I whisper as I pull Lily with me and run out of the Great Hall. I pull her all the way to the Owlery, a place where we are unlikely to be overheard. I mutter an incantation to double check there is not a soul in the place besides us.
"Sev spit it out." Lily says, worried. "You have turned, like, 10 shades paler then normal. What happened?"
"Voldemort wants me to join him now." I whisper, closing my eyes. I hear Lily gasp. "I have an invitation to the Malfoy Manor for a tea party with Voldemort. It warned at the end: Be there, basically implying or you'll be dead." I finish.
"You…You aren't planning on joining him are you?" She asks. I think about the question. Would I join him? I could have endless glory, I would have power, I would be accepted by everyone, and I would be valued. And I would get pay back on everyone who ever did me wrong. But that isn't what I want anymore, and I won't ever want it. The only thing I want is to be with Lily forever - a decision which I would never have made without the Prophecy.
"Never. Lily, I will never, ever join him." I say with conviction. I hear her breathe out deeply – she must have been holding on to her breath.
"Sev, I – " Lily is interrupted as the door of the Owlery blasts open.
"LILY, RUN!" I yell at Lily as the figures of Malfoy, Avery and Mulciber enter the room.
"I won't leave you!" Lily screams at me. Stupid bloody Gryffindor pride! I begin shouting curses in every direction, until a scream rips my heart to shreds.
"LILY!" I scream. Lucius has Lily in his arms, his wand at her neck. I stop and look at him, as Avery and Mulciber come up to grab hold of me. I look into Lily's eyes. They show me that she is both scared but brave. And then I realize what is going on. I recall what Lucius had said the day I refused them: "I think our little Slytherin Severus has opened his eyes and doesn't like the world we are going to force him to join." They are forcing me to join Voldemort, by threatening Lily. What have I done?
"We should have known the day that you turned your back on us you were only doing it for the mudblood – "
"DON'T CALL HER THAT!" I yell at him, the memory of the Prophecy all to clear.
"Severus, I can offer you the path to power, to glory. I can give you the chance to join the Dark Lord. You will get everything you ever wanted." Lucius offers enchantingly.
"I DON'T WANT ANY OF IT!" I yell at him. He pushes his wand harder against Lily's neck.
"If you don't join the Dark Lord, I will kill Miss Evans here." Lucius says, giving me the hardest ultimatum possible. A part of me reasons he wouldn't dare, that he's still in school, but my realistic half warns that he'll probably leave school anyway, and what better way to join Voldemort but then to have already killed a mu…muggle-born? I look into her eyes, and see a spark of defiance in them. I wrack my brain for any effective curse to give me an advantage, refusing to allow them to hurt us.
"ELEPHANT'S BOTTOM!" I yell, and it does exactly what I wanted it to do; distracts them. Avery and Mulciber look at each other then at Lucius, all looking confused. I break away from Avery and Mulciber's grip, and run over to grab Lily's arm as she breaks free from Lucius' loosened hold.
"VANISHO!" I mutter as soon as I touch her. Lily and I disappear, only to reappear at the top floor of the Owlery. I will have to fix the incantation when I get the time so it is the equivalent of Apparition, I remind myself.
"Lily, please go. I am putting you in so much danger. Go." I say sternly. Her wide eyes look at me, then at the advancing opponents.
"You are so brave. Be careful. Meet me in the library when you're done." Lily says. Then she does the one thing I never thought I would experience. She kissed my cheek. I look at her, and she begins to blush a little. I want to do nothing more then swoop her up and tell her I love her. To tell her I always have, but the sound of people clamping up the stairs reminds me of the danger we are in.
"Yes I'll meet you there, now go!" I plead. Lily runs to the window and accio's her broom, quickly hopping on before flying from my sight. With her kiss making my cheek tingle, I force myself to draw my attention to the men who have threatened to kill her. I grit my teeth in anger, and allow myself to draw up all the energy needed.
"Ah, how heroic. You simply send you're beloved away so we cannot harm her, and turn to face us. You're no match for us three." Lucius says.
"And what will Dumbledore say when he finds three of his students in league with Voldemort?" I hiss.
"HOW DARE YOU SPEAK HIS NAME!" Lucius yells.
"Voldy, Voldy, Voldemort!" I chant. I laugh menacingly as I watch Lucius' face turn into a tomato. "VOLDEMORT'S NIPPLE!" I yell. What the hell has gotten into me! I would never have said that, let alone think that in my whole life. Must have been Lily's kiss…
"Stupefy!" Mulciber curses and it misses me by a meter.
"Tut, tut. Not doing well without me helping you with Defence?" I mock. "Expelliarmus!" I say, disarming Mulciber.
"Cruci-" Avery begins, but I disarm and stun him.
"Levicorpus!" I say, and I watch Mulciber being lifted into the air upside down. "Nothing like a good dose of levicorpus, eh, Mulciber?" I mock. Lucius is the only one left standing. If I hurt him too much, I would be in trouble with Dumbledore. But if I don't hurt him enough, he will attack again.
"You filthy blood traitor. I was there for you, I took care of you every time that petty Potter hurt your feelings, and I have given you the chance to join the Dark Lord. Now you will pay for letting me down." Lucius sneers.
"You never cared about me; you only cared for the grades I gave you. It was only my knowledge in the Dark Arts that made you be friendly. And I will never join Voldemort." I spit, barely acknowledging my own words.
"Ah, because of Miss Evans? I wonder what it is that changed your mind, Severus. Had I asked you to join mere months ago, you would have accepted like you should do now! What is it that has changed? What could you possibly want from a mudblood!" He rants. And he just crossed the line.
"Sectumsempra." I whisper, and immediately gashes in his skin appear, and he starts bleeding. He falls to the ground rasping for air, and I pick up his wand.
"Now, should I do what all the Death-Eaters do, and leave you to die, or shall I save you from death?" I muse. He looks at me with scared eyes, and I roll mine and bend down to mutter the incantations to heal the scars.
As soon as I levitate him and take him to Madam Promfrey's, while I go to the library.
"Sev!" I hear Lily squeal, and she jumps out of no where to give me a hug.
"Lily, there is no time to talk, we need to talk to the Headmaster now." I whisper hurriedly. I grab her hand instinctively and run with her to the headmaster's office.
"Password?" The gargoyle asks.
"Blood Lollypops." I answer. I hear Lily say something like 'ew', but my mind is focused on the conversation ahead.
When we reach the Headmaster's door, I knock twice, my other hand still hanging on to Lily's (much to my pleasure).
"Enter." Dumbledore's voice booms as the door opens. "Ah, what can I do for you Severus, Lily?"
"Headmaster, there is a big issue that needs to be discussed immediately." I say urgently.
"Of course, of course, sit down." Dumbledore says, and I see his blue eyes travel down to my hands, from the one which is still holding my wand to the other which is still holding Lily's hand and his eyes start to twinkle. "Would you like a blood lollypop or a sherbet lemon?" He asks.
"No, thank you." I say.
"Yes, could I please have a sherbet lemon?" Lily asks, grinning.
"Have as many as you wish!" Dumbledore says heartily. He clasps his hands over his stomach, and then looks at us. "So what can I do for you?"
"I was one of those
Breathing tornadoes
But now I live at the eye of the storm
And it's all faded
Then since the separation
Since I let your love keep me warm"
-Into the Dark, Ben Lee.
Hope you liked it! Please read and review, and I promise that the fluffier stuff will come eventually. Like I said before, building up suspense!
And I know Voldemort wouldn't address anyone like that, but I wanted to add a different twist. Hope it's not that bad :S
Missteque.