Chapter Nine; Harry's Sacrifice
"NO HARRY!" Lily hollered. "We've got to stop him, the only reason that Pettigrew's after us is because of him!" she cried.
"Don't worry Lily, I'll protect Harry at all costs, I give you my word of honor." He told her before transforming back into his canine self and sprinting away determined to follow Harry's scent. That's when he realized that even though he loved his godson, that he never should have come here. Otherwise his family would have been safe. Not that Voldemort wouldn't find another way to destroy them in the end.
"It's over Severus, I'm going to finish you once and for all!" Pettigrew spat with an evil hiss through his teeth.
"NO!" Snape gasped as they both broke the connection out of shock and Snape trembled with fear as he saw the small boy with the lightning scar standing before him.
"Harry! Harry what are you doing here!?" he cried frantically while feeling his heart speed up against his chest.
"I'm not going to let you kill my daddy! Or my mummy, or my godfather, or my baby brother!" Harry shouted.
"What do you mean brother? You mean there is another one of you little monsters around here." Peter stated with such a sudden disbelief.
"Harry listen to me, you have to run, you have to get out of here!" Snape cried shakily.
"I'm sorry Daddy but I can't. You and Mummy are in danger because of me, so I'm going to give that man what he wants so that he'll leave you alone." Harry told him.
"No! I'm not going to lose you!" Snape exclaimed.
"You mean to tell me that this kindergarten brat came here to face me all by himself? He's not even in charm school yet!" Peter snapped as he pointed over at Harry.
"Just take my blood and leave my family alone." Harry said before Pettigrew sneered at him and grabbed ahold of the back of his collar and lifted him up in the air.
"You're a very foolish little boy! Just like your father was for trusting me!" he spat.
"No, you're the one who's foolish if you actually believe that my father would actually do a crazy thing like that! For my father is one of the best and greatest wizards who ever lived." He began. "And his name is Severus Snape! Head of Slytherin house and potions master at Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry!" he yelled as Snape suddenly felt wonder and amazement as Harry spat inside Pettigrew's face.
"I don't believe that you have the nerve to stand up to me when you can't even wipe your own boogies yet. Well, if you're really so intent on saving your precious father's life than so be it. So long,.. Harry Potter." He told him before he withdrew a dagger out of his pocket and stabbed him in the chest with it.
"NO!" Snape yelled on the top of his lungs as he watched Pettigrew collect Harry's innocent and protected blood inside a vile before he removed the dagger and threw his body onto the ground. Pettigrew let out a loud and malicious laugh.
"The dark lord, will rise again!" he cried as he lifted his vile into the air victoriously before disapperating. That's when all the dementors disappeared as well and it suddenly became sunny and clear again. Snape quickly rushed over to his son's lifeless body and knelt down beside him before hoisting him up inside his arms.
"Open your eyes Harry come on. It's over, you saved us just like I knew you could. And I'm so proud of you." He told him as he placed his hand upon his cheek and rested it there while gazing upon his face. "God damn it Harry wake up! You must wake up!" he yelled. "I need you, and so does your mother, and baby brother, and Sirius. Not to mention Cowboy and Cosmo." He told him.
"Don't die, please don't die. You still have so much to live for." He pleaded in a soft whisper. That's when all of a sudden Harry's eyelids started fluttering open.
"You didn't think that you could get rid of me that easily did you?" he questioned as he smiled warmly at him.
"Oh my God!" Snape cried as he breathed a sigh of relief before hugging him close to his chest and kissed the top of his head. "Don't scare me like that!" he exclaimed as he felt his heart starting to pound and tears of joy running down his cheeks.
"I'm sorry Daddy," Harry began while wrapping his arms around his neck. "It's all my fault an evil dark wizard is coming back!" he sobbed.
"It's alright, I don't care about that anymore. The important thing is that you're safe." Snape told him while continuing to cuddle him inside his arms and gently rubbing his back. He didn't know how and he didn't know why Harry survived, he was just glad that he still had his son with him.
Although he sort of guessed that Harry's willing sacrifice and being that he was an innocent child full of pure love in his heart had something to do with it. As he explained this theory to Lily and Sirius later on that night, it had turned out that he had been right. It was right then and there that he decided that he would never let Harry out of his sight again.