Change The Fate: The Fallen Angel Arise

By TheUndefeatable

Disclaimer: The word 'disclaimer' is enough explanation, isn't it?

Rate: Rated T just to be safe
Summary: There is always a light in the middle of darkness, you just must be brave enough to see it and to embrace it! Then, you will see that you don't need to take the burden all by yourself; you see that you are not alone. A sequel to 'Face The World Alone: Tale Of A Fallen Angel'
Warning: Mention of child abuse and attempt suicide, some violence and bloodshed in later chapters, but not any thing explicit! Don't like it, don't read it!
A/N: Hello everyone! I know, I know, last update was ages ago and this is short, but I'm really busy! And like always a big thank you to Alethea27 for her help!

Edited April 2019.

Chapter 4: Two Horrible Fates

It was the morning of third day since Severus Snape was admitted in Hospital Wing of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Albus Dumbledore, the current headmaster of school, was sitting behind his desk in his office, looking out the window at the scene below. There was a pile of parchment on his desk that he should read and respond to, but he couldn't concentrate on them. Instead he was looking at the lake which reflected the sun's rays, his mind on a certain boy, thinking about what Poppy Pomfrey had said. He wanted to fill the role of the adult Severus needed, but the problem was that Severus didn't trust him. It wasn't the boy's fault, no, not only had he not done anything for Severus to trust him, but also he had given every reason he needed to not trust him. When he thought about all the situations regarding Severus, he saw how many grave mistakes he has made; especially the Whomping Willow incident; he should have handled things better.

After he thought about the incident, he poured his memories into his Pensieve and went through them several times and he realized how it must look to Severus; that he didn't care one bit about Severus' life. How he wished he had acted differently that night or at least talked to Severus about what happened; to reassure him that he cared about his life and that he knows what Sirius did was wrong, but he couldn't do anything because of Remus. His musings were interrupted by a knocking sound at corner of his window by a Ministry owl. He stood, opened the window to let the owl in, and retrieved the letter. He gave the bird a snack and let it fly out of the window. He looked at the seal of letter and noticed it was from Children Support Services and something stirred inside of him. The first thought that came to his mind was that it was about Severus. He wasn't disappointed when he broke the seal and read it. It said that Severus' father had gone to the local authorities and claimed that Severus had stolen money from him and had ran away. Tobias also claimed that 'he doesn't care about money and just wants his son back' and that 'he can't bear to live even one day without Severus, especially now that his mother had passed on!' Why Tobias Snape would claim such a thing when it is evident that he didn't care one bit about Severus; Albus had no idea, but he was going to find out!

Attached to the letter was a copy of cancellation form of Severus' study signed by Tobias Snape on the date of funeral of Severus' mother. Dumbledore remembered the exact date, since he thought it strange that Severus had returned to school immediately after the funeral. So the date had gotten stuck in his mind.

According to the law every magical child has to take his OWLs whether they went to school or were homeschooled, but not everyone needs to take NEWTs. After a student who went to school sat their OWLs, they can skip the NEWTs with their parents' consent. All they needed to do was to have their parents sign a cancellation form.

The rest of Ministry letter had referenced the cancelation form and stated that as Severus' father had signed the cancellation form, Severus shouldn't be accepted at Hogwarts. Also, it said that in the case Severus came to Hogwarts or they had news of his whereabouts, he should be reported to Ministry immediately and returned to his 'worried' family.

After rereading the letter to be sure he hadn't missed anything, Albus folded it and put it on the desk with a sigh. It made everything worse. He couldn't keep the fact that Severus is at Hogwarts hidden for long, because he usually wrote a response to Ministry to acknowledge receiving the Cancellation form – he usually sent his reply to Department of Magical Education as it is from them he usually received the letters. Now that he thought about it, it was strange. No matter how much paperwork one case has, they always send an announcement and a copy of the form during the summer before start of the term, not one month into it! Another thing he would need to investigate.

Also, he has to answer the Ministry inquiry whether Severus had been sighted in Hogwarts. However, in this case doing either of them meant condemning Severus to a living hell. Certainly a terrible fate!

The only other option was to bring up the abuse. In that case after a medical examination and registering Severus' and other witness' testimony, an investigation will be done and Severus would need to stay in an orphanage during the duration of investigation. If a case of abuse is proved then Severus would become a charge of Ministry and whether he wants to continue his studies or not, they'll help him accordingly.

However, in Severus case, this option is not an easy way either. There were some obstacles in the way. The first one was convincing Severus to consent to medical examination and admittance of abuse; the boy was proud and would not admit it easily, if at all. At the thought of medical examination Albus grimaced. It was humiliating because they did a physical examination besides a magical one and from the things he had heard; they didn't treat the victim well so much so that several cases had been recanted by the victims when they were informed of the need for a physical examination.

Even if Severus consented to that; it would raise some problem. During the examination they would find the scar left by Severus' suicide attempt. Wizarding world was not as good as the Muggle world in the field of psychology and a suicide attempt would ensure a one way ticket to mental ward for Severus. When the Ministry comes across a suicide case, they will immediately label the patient as mad, incurable, and will lock him in St. Mungo's mental ward. Albus had heard of a few case of healers abusing or neglecting patients by his friends in the Magical Law Enforcement department; all of which ended in the healers being declared innocent which Albus thought wasn't true. It was condemning Severus to another kind of hell, but this option caused trouble for Albus himself as well. He should have reported such an important case, but what did he do? He stored the file in the drawer of his desk and forgot completely about it. What he did can be counted as neglect of his duty. It could very well end in him losing his job; something he couldn't risk, not with Tom growing in power.

Perhaps it was better to help Severus pass on, as it would end terribly for Severus either way. Albus shook his head and vanished the thought as soon as it came to him. He shouldn't even think of such things, especially not now when Severus is stable. He had sacrificed lives before, but there was a purpose to it. However, Severus's life would be wasted for no reason. No, he won't abandon Severus. He won't let him be another Ariana, a lost life which he still felt guilty about! No, he will save Severus. He owed it to him. Specially, after all the times he neglected and abandoned him when he should have helped him.

'Just the way you abandoned and neglected your duty in caring for her, when you should have helped her!' a voice said in the back of his mind. He shook his head. No, he won't let that happen! He just had to consult with some people and find another way to solve this.

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It was the third day …the third day since she had found out about Severus' condition and he hadn't awakened yet. She was getting really worried and therefore she couldn't stop thinking about him. About the fact that he hid what was going in his house from her and endured everything alone. She wanted to know why he did it. Was it because he didn't trust her or because he didn't want to hurt her? These thoughts did upset her greatly as she suddenly felt that she doesn't know Severus that much; the boy who had been her friend for six years. Because if Severus managed to hide the fact that his father beat him or perhaps abused him verbally then what else did he hide from her? Could it be that Severus had already joined You-Know-Who and was just pretending to be her friend or perhaps he didn't want to join You-Know-Who and all the time he spent with his friend was an act? She shook her head. If it was so he wouldn't have called her and every Muggleborn the M word, and anyway, why would he need to act like that in front of his friends if he didn't want to join him? She couldn't really tell who Severus was anymore and all these thoughts were driving her dizzy.

She couldn't concentrate on anything so stopped trying to focus on what Professor McGonagall was saying and instead told her that she didn't feel well and left Transfiguration class with the promise that she'll let the Matron to check on her. She made her way toward infirmary not because of her promise, of course, but because she wanted to check on the subject of her thoughts, the boy who wouldn't stop plaguing her mind.

After letting the Matron check on her and say she is fine and giving her a knowing look; Lily made her way to the only occupied bed with closed curtains and went inside.

She stood there and stared at the prone body on the bed and it was like a soothing balm on her throbbing mind. Suddenly everything in her mind went quiet and in the silence of her mind, she thought she could still hear Severus' pleadings when said he didn't mean it. She didn't know how long she stood there, but when she came out of her reverie; she had purposeful determined eyes and a clear mind. She was going to get answers, real answers. When Severus woke up she is going to talk to him and she will find out which statements were the truth. She will find out which Severus is real and then she will decide what to do!

TBC...

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