Chapter 3
I hope I am not too late. The war is escalating. The shield that the Hogwarts professors had put up had long been destroyed. I avoid strays of killing curses and other curses vainly. No one saw me as I still in my invisibility spell. This is hard. Almost. I almost was being hit by a killing curse. I can't afford to waste time here. I ran as fast as I could to the shrieking shack. There, I saw the Golden Trio went inside the Whomping Willow; the entrances to Shrieking Shack. Why… why oh why they must be here? I sighed again. Without wasting any time, I enter the willow and hope that luck will side me this time.
This is getting tougher and more complicated than I had planned. There, I saw those idiot kids hiding using the invisibility cloak. And there I saw Severus; talking to that snake face for him to find and bring that Potter kid. I need to do something but how? Think! Come on, think! I didn't concentrate on those two conversations. Before I could think of anything, I heard that snake face said something in parseltongue. Without any warning, the snake strikes Severus. I stood there shock. My whole body numb and I couldn't move. Stupid stupid stupid! I should concentrate on him. Then, it stops as Voldermort said to it and follow its master walking away from the room without any remorse. I couldn't let Severus die. Not now. Not after I spent for 30 years of my life to search for him. I couldn't afford to lose him. Not after all these time. I must act fast. Just as I about to move, the Potter kid move to Severus' side and lays his hand upon the wound on Severus' neck. I move as quietly and quickly as I could to Severus' other side and swished my wand to perform healing spells. First is a spell to stop the movement of the poison from going further inside his blood system. Second spell is a spell to stop his blood form flowing continuously although I had to modify it temporarily to flow during this time to prevent those kids from being suspicious of my presence here; until those kids left.
After I finished my second spell, I watched Severus whispered "Look…at…me…", and Potter's green eyes look into Severus eyes. I felt my heart is hurting so much because I know the meaning of those words. Finally, I cast my newly invented spell, the Living Death spell. Its function is like the Draught of Living Death but not as powerful as the potion. It temporarily freezes the body function into deep sleep. Its concept is the same like keeping safe an embryo in stasis.
The Potter kid still kneeling at Severus' side until suddenly a high, cold voice spoke; telling the Potter kid to face him in the Forbidden Forest in an hour or he will kill everyone. "Don't listen to him, Harry" said the Weasely kid. I watched them tentatively in silence while carefully casting healing spells on Severus body. They went back to the tunnel, to the battlefield leaving me alone with Severus in the darkness of Shrieking Shack.