AN: My three favorite characters are Severus, Sirius and Remus. So of course I would never kill any of them off. I love them too much to do that. I absolutely hated that they died in the books. That's part of the joy of Fanfiction. Once again anything you recognize is JK Rowling's anything you don't is mine.

Sirius POV

The pain on our bond was almost unbearable. One moment everything had been fine then the next I was bowled over by pain. Remus covered me as I got my bearings and breathed deeply.

"Breathe through it Sirius!" Tonks yelled dueling a masked Death Eater. Suddenly fierce joy hit me so hard a stumbled back into a wall. What the hell was going on with Hermione?

I tried to listen to Hermione but a high, cold voice spoke so close to me that I jumped to my feet. Everyone around me froze in various stages of fighting.

Voldemort's voice reverberated from the walls and floor, and I realized that he was talking to Hogwarts. I shivered trying to pull away because I could hear him as clearly as if he stood beside me, his breath on the back of my neck, a deathblow away.

"You have fought," said the high, cold voice, "valiantly. Lord Voldemort knowsss how to value bravery.

"Yet you have sssussstained heavy losssssesss. If you continue to resssisssst me, you will all die, one by one. I do not wisssh thisss to happen. Every drop of magical blood ssspilled isss a losssss and a wassste.

"Lord Voldemort is mercccciful. I command my forcccesss to retreat immediately.

"You have one hour. Dissspossse of your dead with dignity. Treat your injured.

"I ssspeak now, Harry Potter, directly to you. You have permitted your friendsss to die for you rather than faccce me yourssself. I ssshall wait for one hour in the Forbidden Forest. If, at the end of that hour, you have not come to me, have not given yourssself up, then battle recommencccesss. This time, I ssshall enter the fray myssself, Harry Potter, and I ssshall find you, and I ssshall punisssh every lassst man, woman, and child who hasss tried to conccceal you from me. One hour."

Everyone turned to each other in shock. I looked to the man next to me and realized with a start that it was Neville. When I turned to look at the remaining Death Eaters I realized they were already escaping.

"Sirius?" I turned to Neville to look where he was staring. My eyes bulged in shock. Ron and Hermione were leading Severus out of the Whomping Willow.

"What happened?" I asked running forward to help them.

"Voldemort." Hermione said wiping at her eyes. "He sent Nagini to kill him but I was able to save him."

I deftly pulled Severus into my arms. His eyes flickered then closed. "How do you two know he's innocent?"

I looked up into Ron's eyes. He looked confused and hurt. "Its a long story Ron." I paused then looked around. "Wait where's Harry?"

Ron and Hermione both turned around in shock. "He was right behind us..."

"Are you –"

"Ron! I need your help!" Neville called. I turned and headed towards the castle. Ron and Neville picked up Lavender her eyes staring blankly ahead. They carefully made their way into the castle.

"What all happened with Severus?" I asked carefully walking up the steps. Hermione followed next to me rubbing a stitch in her side her face pale.

"Voldemort realized the Elder Wand wasn't working right for him. I guess he thought that since Severus killed Dumbledore he had to kill Severus." Hermione muttered wiping at her eyes.

"You saw it?" I asked walking into the Great Hall. She nodded and sniffed again.

I looked around the room. People were mulling around, helping each other heal wounds. The Weasleys stood around a broken figure on the floor crying.

"Who?" I asked watching them.

"Percy... I think he was giving Severus information about everything going on at the ministry the whole time."

"He was." A voice grumbled. I looked down at Severus and smiled brightly. His eyes flickered for a moment then shut.

Neville POV

Madame Pomfrey was diligently working over Professor Snape and Hannah. At first Madame Pomfrey had refused to help Snape but Sirius and Hermione insisted he had been on our side the whole time. They said Voldemort's snake had bit him or something but to be perfectly honest I hadn't been paying that close attention. I had been too busy with Hannah. She had been hit with a spell and had flown through the air and hit a wall. Lee said he had heard a bone crack.

"Out of the way Longbottom!" Madame Pomfrey snapped pushing me out of the way. She poured a potion down Hannah's throat and she woke with a gasp.

"Neville!" Hannah gasped looking around.

"I'm here!" I said pulling her hand into mine.
"What happened?" She asked looking around the room confused.

"You were thrown into a wall Sweetheart." I muttered pushing her hair behind her ear. Her face paled and she looked at me nervously.

"Am I okay?" She asked sitting up quickly.

"We're not sure –"

"Why can't I move my legs?" She asked blinking quickly.

"What?" I asked my heart pounding in my chest. No... I shook my head. NO!

"I CAN'T FEEL MY LEGS!" Hannah sobbed dropping her head into her hands sobbing brokenly. "Why can't I feel my legs..."

Hermione POV

I kneeled down and moved pieces or rubble off of a dead body. Whether it was friend or foe I had no idea. A sob escaped my lips once I finally saw Colin Creevey's face.

"Sweetheart maybe I should –"

"No I've got him besides there are more out there and we only have fifteen minutes left till our hour is up." I said pulling Colin into my arms. Even though he was a sixth year his body was lighter than I would have thought.

I turned to head back into the Great Hall as Sirius pulled a small second year into his arms. He must have snuck back in to help like Colin. Neville was throwing rubble off of a body trying to pull it out of the debris tears on his cheeks.

It was hard to walk up the steps since so many pieces had been gouged out from spells. Luna appeared next to me holding one end of a Ravenclaw girl followed by Draco who had the other end.

"Need a hand?" He asked as I finally made it to the top step.

"No I'm good thanks." I said walking into the Great Hall.

"Hermione!" Draco called. I turned to look at him and he smiled. "Thanks for saving my life."

"You would do the same for me." I said with a wink and walked away. Draco chuckled from behind me.

I placed Colin's body next to the others that were lined up along one wall. Another body was placed down next to Colin's and I looked up. "Ron! Did you find Harry?"

"No and I've been looking everywhere! You don't think he'd turn himself in do you?" He asked his face pale.

"I want to say no but yes he would." I muttered dropping my face into my hands. "He would loathe the idea of everyone else dying for him."

"I know." Ron said with a sigh. Sirius came through the door holding a girl who was sobbing and clutching at her arm that was obviously broken.

"What do we do?" I asked watching him run over to Madame Pomfrey.

"I'm not sure there's much we can do really." Ron said nervously. I sighed and pulled on one of my curls.

"What if we –"

"Harry Potter isss dead!" A collective gasp went around the room. I swayed dangerously and Ron gripped my arm.

"He wasss killed as he ran away, trying to sssave himssself while you lay down your livesss for him. We bring you hisss body asss proof that your hero isss gone!" No! I shook my head. It couldn't be true. He would never run.

"The battle isss won. You have lossst half of your fightersss. My Death Eatersss outnumber you, and the Boy Who Lived isss finissshed. There mussst be no more war. Anybody who continuesss to resssissst, man, woman, or child, will be sssslaughtered, asss will every member of their family. Come out of the cassstle now, kneel before me, and you ssshall be ssspared. Your parentsss and children, your brothersss and sistersss will live and be forgiven, and you will join me in the new world we ssshall build together."

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