It felt like torture to James, being in the same room with her and yet not able to kiss her or talk to her, he craved private time with just her, and he knew that she wanted that too but Sirius' birthday last night has kept them both busy as they both knew that Euphemia wanted to enjoy this probably last part of her with her husband and children, so they have both put extra effort into it and it was worth it.
The next day, after showering, he searched for her and found that she was still asleep, he chuckled, she was a sleepy head, it was a perfect opportunity, Marls was not in the room, and everyone was down having a late breakfast. He jumped over her and started kissing her, she woke up with a shriek but when she realized who it was she giggled and hit his arm as he continued planting kisses all over her face.
"James! your hair is still wet, dry it first, water is dripping from it," she complained, he stopped kissing and looked at her, a mischievous smirk on his face, and before Lily could realize it, he began tickling her, which resulted in both of them falling from the bed as Lily was sleeping near the edge of the bed as she has shared it with Marls.
"Are you hurt?" she asked as she landed on him, he shook his head and kissed her.
"It's eleven Lil," he said as they both stood up and sat on the bed.
"I was awake even after the party," she yawned. "Was reading." She clasped her mouth.
James has found the book on the bed that she was reading last night. "Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie," James gasped. "Lily! we were supposed to read this together, we were halfway done, why did you ditch me?"
"It was interesting but don't worry, I have not read any further, I just reread some past pages which were interesting, though I wanted to read further but I am loyal to you. So, I didn't ditch you. We will finish it together, the only problem is we don't get time," she explained resting her head on his shoulder and closing her eyes.
"Don't go to sleep again," he said pulling her into his lap and kissing her, she giggled.
"You look hot after showering," she told him running her hands through his hair.
James grinned, "And you look irresistible in the morning, it's taking me all my effort to stop myself from pinning you on the bed and snogging you and doing things with you till we lose my sanity." Lily laughed at his comment and then looked at her reflection in the mirror across the room, she frowned, he was surely joking, her hair was all messy from the sleep and she looked horrible.
"Why are you lying, I look horrible," she complained to him, he saw she was looking in the mirror.
It was his turn to frown. "Lily, appreciate your beauty, you are not seeing yourself the way I am looking at you. You are at the present moment and all other moments, the hottest and sexiest girl I have ever seen. This," he pointed at her reflection, "this look, I found it very cute and hot, I love it and would want to give everything to see this, to see you first every morning."
Lily couldn't stop herself from kissing him even after looking at her in this state hasn't dumped her and instead had said how he would like to see her every morning then he was a keeper, she knew it already and today he had given her the proof.
Lily dragged James along with her to her parent's house for Christmas Eve and they ended up spending the night there, in the hustle of wedding preparation, Rose made James promise that he would join the wedding too. On Euphemia's request, both Rose and Richard along with Petunia, who was forced by Rose, accompanied Lily and James to Potter's house where both the family had a wonderful lunch.
This was the best moment of Lily's life, she, James, her parents, and James' parents sat at the table together, enjoying the food and talking happily. Lily didn't know if they would be able to gather together again or not, so she tried to capture each moment in her brain. Luckily for her Marls has captured many pictures of the seven of them.
Euphemia gifted Petunia a package for her wedding, which was a makeup box, a wizarding one, Lily saw Petunia's expression change from fear and dislike to affection, she even smiled and thanked the Potters for the gift. Her parents and Tuney left an hour after lunch, the whole day was spent in singing along with Sirius' Wizarding carols, dancing, and discussing gifts.
Lily lay on her bed in the night, Marlene was already asleep, she was feeling too happy, this was one of the best days of her life, she got to spend time with the most loved people in the world, even Petunia was happy with Lily.
"Being away from him, Vernon's effect must have washed off," James has winked at Lily this morning, though Lily has suspicions that it has something to do with James talking to Petunia last night after dinner.
On boxing day, James rested his head beside Lily's so he was facing her as she lay on her back holding open the book, she was reading aloud the book they had decided to read together but he had gone lazy and asked her to read it to him. Lily enjoyed this alone time with James in his room, while the elder McKinnons were off to work and the others were watching some movie that James and Lily had already watched.
Reading a book with James' cold hand slipping inside her cloth and rubbing circles on her bare stomach was a very difficult thing, his hand started roaming all over her torso and she found herself reading the same line many times before moving to the next line, she would inhale deeply when his hands would do their magic on her and he would smirk at the effect he had on her. She didn't back down, she knew he was challenging her to continue reading and she was challenging him back to make her stop from reading.
But when he began kissing her neck and nibbling her earlobes with his lips, she gave up and he grinned in victory, a victory for both of them. James was quick to lock the room and put a muffliato on the room.
After Merlin knows what time, they lay on the bed in each other's arms.
"I thought you were feeling lazy," she commented.
"Lazy to read? Yes. Lazy for my lady? Never," he said kissing her.
"We should go on a date tonight just like last year but this time we would just somewhere alone and spend time together," she requested.
James looked at her sadly, "Can we go some other day, please? I have other work tonight."
Lily pouted, and he smiled at her, but then she realized what his work meant, and she frowned at him.
"Why didn't you tell me? So, where's the attack, and what's the plan?" she asked.
James cupped her face with one hand, "You were injured badly a week ago, you need rest, besides, I don't want you to look weak during your sister's wedding."
"I am fine, Poppy treated me well. And I will not get injured," she began but James pressed his fingers on her lips.
"I have talked to Wormy, he will help, and there will be just three death eaters, and that too in a muggle place, so don't worry,"
"I still want to come, I will not be a burden and I can protect myself," she argued.
"I know you can, and as much as I hurt my ego by saying this I need you to protect me, all those times when you were there fighting by my side, you were in my sight I felt safe because I knew that you never let anyone hurt me and that you will protect me. You are my source of energy and hope there but not tonight, please, I want you to be here to look after my parents and make sure no one suspects where I am. I promise I will take you with me soon, after your sister's wedding we will go together, okay?"
"Okay, but promise me you will be safe and will return and, then tell me everything, every fucking detail," she requested and he chuckled.
"I will love," he hugged her tightly.
"Because you have corrupted me so much and have made me so addicted to you that I can't imagine a single moment of my life without you," she said truthfully and also to make sure that no doubts remained in him that she would ever leave him. She can't directly say that so she said it like this.
"The feeling is mutual," he told her.
In the night Lily gave Peter a hug and a quick peck on the cheek, telling him to be safe, and then turned to James hugging him tightly before kissing him passionately, pouring all her emotions into it, telling him all she wanted to say in that kiss.
"I love you," she said not letting him go.
"Love you too, Lils, now we have to go," he said kissing her on the forehead. She watched sadly as both the boys left the house.
Lily now didn't know what to do, she couldn't decide whether she wanted to be with others or to be alone and wait for James, knowing that James might not return till even morning she decided to engage herself in other activities and did as James has asked her to, she went into his parents' room, both of them were sitting on the bed, Euphemia was reading something aloud so that both of them could listen, she was reminded of the afternoon when she was James, reading him the book.
They looked at her and smiled, Fleamont patted the bed, asking her to sit and she obliged.
"Was just reading this book, James gave it to us, it's Lords of The Rings, really interesting. James said that you gave it to him," said Euphemia and Lily nodded. "We are so thankful that he found you, and that you both are together."
"You have changed him," said Fleamont. "I remember him coming home and telling us what he has done to a Slytherin boy, he was crying over his foolishness and stupidity."
"We were angry but there was no point in punishing him, when he has realized his mistake and has accepted his mistake, and has sworn to improve himself. Ben has taken him for a walk the next day to make him understand what he did wrong, and since that Summer, he has tried to be more mature," Euphemia added.
"Ben told us that James told him about the entire incident, about how a girl named Lily, the dueling champion has stood up to James and later how she has talked to James and pointed out his mistakes and has motivated him to change and to mature. So, we thank you for it," said Fleamont.
"We are so grateful that he has you in his life, it will be too much to ask for but I would request that you stay with him forever, he can act stupidly sometimes but he loves you so much, he hasn't told us but we can see, he talks greatly of you. In the upcoming time he will need you," said Euphemia, tears building in her eyes.
"We, Lily, don't have much time left, sometimes we think James knows himself, but it's no good to talk about it. We just have a request that stays with him when he is weak, he tries to hide his emotions by laughter and grin, he puts on his brave face but he is too emotional deep inside, so look after him," said Fleamont.
"Of course, I will, I will never leave him," said Lily hugging them both. "He is the best person I have ever met, he cares for everyone around him, I can't describe how much he has done for me and others."
"We are so proud to have met you if we would have wanted a daughter, which we wanted, we would have asked for a daughter just like you, and I think now we have," said Euphemia, and Lily felt proud that she thinks of her as a daughter.
"Couldn't agree more," smiled Fleamont.
"Where were you?" asked Marls when Lily entered the living room where others were sitting lazily.
"Talking to Fleamont and Euphemia," replied Lily.
"We are bored, Prongs and Wormy ditched us to visit Wormy's parents, do you have any suggestions?" asked Sirius.
Lily grinned, "Dueling, I challenge you, any of you to come and duel with me."
"Jeez, girl! you are addicted to duelling," laughed Marls. "Let's all go there then."
"Who will come first?" Lily asked once they were in the duelling room.
"I will," said Sirius proudly, Lily had a smirk on her face as she took out her wand, she knew that Sirius was arrogant (though talented) in this thing.
It took her two minutes to bring Sirius to the ground and get hold of his wand, and that too without getting a single scratch. It was as she had expected, Sirius had taken her lightly and had put no real effort into it.
"Get up Padfoot, fight like a wizard and not a dog," she snorted tossing him the wand back. Marls and Remus laughed.
"I was going easy on you, so as not to hurt your feelings," winked Sirius.
"I know, so now get ready for some real duel, I challenge you to beat me," she smirked knowing that he would fight properly to protect his ego and he did so, but she defeated him again, though he was able to hit her with few spells, he was very good at this, Lily could easily tell, but his moves were very obvious.
"I will go next," said Marls and Lily took her down in five minutes with a single scar only.
"Come on Moony, let's see what you have got," said Lily smirking wickedly.
"You know you have James' smirk on your face," pointed Remus.
"His arrogance might have rubbed on me," she replied. "Now, get ready to duel." She didn't want to talk about James though the dueling was enough to remind her of him.
As Remus was frozen on the spot by Lily's spell, Lily let out a frustrated sigh. "Come on guys, show some real effort, you are making it so easy to defeat you and I haven't used any good spells yet."
"You are being arrogant," snorted Marls while Sirius looked at her angrily.
"You all should see the duel between me and James when we duel, it gets really dirty and we end up healing each other or in the hospital wing," Lily said. "You all fight at once against me," she said excitedly.
"That will not be fair," said Sirius.
"I dare you, I challenge all three of you to duel me together," said Lily. "In return, I will tell you what you all are doing wrong."
"Deal," said Remus as he pushed Sirius forward so he could join the duel.
It lasted longer for ten minutes and in the end, the three of them were tied together by a long rope and their wands were in the hands of Lily who was looking at them with pity and was trying hard to bite back her smile.
"Don't you guys know about trickery, stealth, bluffing, or deception?" she asked curiously and they all shook their heads. Lily sighed and freed them. "I have been friends with James since the duelling championship only, but you guys have been with him since the first year and yet you, you Marauders don't know about stealth and deception?"
They all shook their heads again.
"I know what it means but I have never used it in a duel," said Sirius. "I try to fight fairly and not cheat."
"It's not cheating, it's called moves, knowing spells alone doesn't help, you have to be creative too and you have to be quick and act fast," Lily taught them. "I will teach you all." This was a good distraction, she taught them what Dumbledore has taught her, and she taught them the tricks she has picked up from James, though now she has been the one improving his tricks and making new ones. She just wished that he come here soon.
After an hour or two when all of them were exhausted, they returned to the living room, then had dinner and went to sleep except for Lily, she sat on a chair facing the door, where they were to arrive, she had also placed Felix in the room which James has told her was the location of the portkey, if he arrives there then Felix will inform Lily at once.
She remembered sitting with James out there in the cold, waiting for death eaters, that was easier as he was by her side, this, however, was much harder, worse than the full moon, at least that time she knew that he was in school grounds, with Sirius and Peter to look after him and according to James, Remus wasn't that harmful to them.
It was three in the morning when the door opened and a tired-looking Peter entered the house, Lily jumped from her seat and looked at the door waiting for James to enter, but he didn't. Peter yawned as he looked with confusion from her to the door and then his face turned white.
"Where is James ?" asked Lily when James didn't turn up.
"H. .He. . .is . . .isn't here yet?" asked Peter scanning the room hoping to see James there.
"Where is James?" asked Lily again her voice rising and full of worry. "Peter, where is he?"
"He should have been here, by now," Peter said, speaking more to himself before turning to Lily. "There were four Death Eaters, and we had successfully caught and tied them all, he took hold of their wands, put up the sign, and signalled me to lift the anti-apparition jinx and I did so. I was waiting for James to come to our spot but instead, he took hold of one of the death eaters and disapparated, I didn't understand as we waited there until the Aurors arrived but he left earlier and that too with a death eater, I stayed there, thinking he might have some plan and after two to three minutes he arrived again and began removing the masks of the death eaters to see their face, by then the Aurors had begun arriving but James took hold of another death eater and disapparated again. The Aurors were confused and then they thought it might have been a decoy used by Thanatos, but it wasn't."
"So, he is safe? Right?" asked Lily and Peter nodded. "It may be possible it was Regulus, that's why James would have protected him and taken him to a safe place."
"I wasn't able to see the first death eater properly as I was busy removing the jinx but the second death eater wasn't Regulus, she was a woman as she had long hair, I saw it when James removed her mask at last," Peter told her. "I waited for James to turn up so that we could leave but he didn't so as decided after ten minutes I had to leave, so I thought he would have returned."
Lily bit her lips, why would James do that? Was he safe? Why has he rescued two death eaters? And one was a woman. He wouldn't kill them, he was already feeling guilty about his last action. So why? Sometimes he does stupid things that she couldn't understand at all until he explains.
She sat there now accompanied by Peter, thinking about where he could be and if was it worth going out and looking for him.
"We should wait for some time before going out to search for him," Peter said when she was about to leave the house to search for James.
Snape was enjoying his time, he was the leader here, he was the youngest of all four of them yet he was the leader, and she was in his arms, afraid of what was ahead of her. Snape calmed her, told her that he would protect her, he told her what their plan was, to torture a few muggles and destroy a building then later they would be given big tasks.
His dream was coming true with the only exception that it wasn't Lily who was by his side looking up to him for protection but Narcissa. He thought for a moment about how it would feel if Lily was here, but he pushed the thought to the back of his mind, he was happy to have Narcissa at least.
He has been to attacks like these four times before, having destroyed a muggle shop, he has liked the feeling, he has thought of his father and has helped other death eaters destroy the shop and then torture the muggle shopkeeper, though he has stood behind when Rosier has killed the man. That time Rosier was the leader but this time Snape was the leader.
He along with others had reached the spot to attack and torture the filthy muggles when he heard a defeating shrill shriek, he had to cover his ear to prevent them from getting hurt, but the sound was getting louder and louder. Narcissa moved closer to him and then he saw that the buildings around them were no longer visible, it looked like they were in between a tornado, but it was a tornado made of crows.
He could see his fellow death eater trying to say something from behind the mask but the shriek was so loud that Snape couldn't hear a thing, and then the next moment they were attacked from outside the tornado. His fellow stupid death eater tried to disappear even though he knew that there was a jinx placed and thus hurt himself badly. Then there was red chilly powder in the air resulting in the death eaters coughing and rubbing their eyes, Snape tried to wash his eyes with water from his wand but it didn't help, his one hand, the wand hand was held tightly by Narcissa, so he wasn't able to move his hand properly and her hold was so tight he could feel the fear in her. He tried to shake off her hand but she misunderstood him and hugged him tightly instead, she was shaking with fear.
At this moment Snape realized that though she put up her cold face filled with pride in front of everyone, she was not the one to be brought into a battle, she was afraid of it.
Snape was thinking of using a bubble charm around his face to figure out what was going on when he saw it, and he shivered against his will, the red mongoose was up in the sky, and then before he could think of anything, there was a flash of light followed by an explosion and he was flying in the air, he landed with a thump on the ground, his mask flew off his face, as his head hit the road hard, he looked around with a fuzzy head and saw Narcissa a few feets away from him, groaning and shaking in pain.
Then he heard more shouting and saw the last death eater hitting the ground, tied in ropes, but this spell wasn't fired by the figure approaching them, Snape for the first time saw Thanatos walking towards him. He has talked about him to other death eaters, they were all a little scared of him, The Dark Lord wasn't interested in the matter though, he has many important tasks. The Ministry has thought of pressing charges against Thanatos but half the wizarding community has opposed the Ministry and then Dumbledore has said that Thanatos was no harm to the wizarding world and that he is a ray of hope in dark times like this, and since then Ministry and has neglected Thanatos.
Snape would be lying if he hadn't felt a little afraid of Thanatos, he was quite shaken when he read that Thanatos had killed a dead eater last week. He was shaking with fear while lying on the floor, his wand was a few inches away from his hand, he moved and took hold of it but there was a flash of red light and his wand was in Thanatos' hand now. Snape looked around and found all the other three including Narcissa were tied up in strong ropes and their wands were nowhere near them. He looked at Thanatos, who was walking slowly towards him when a spell out of nowhere hit Snape and he was tied in ropes just like others. How could Thanatos do this, he hasn't even flicked his wand, and yet he has tied them all.
Thanatos was looking at Snape directly, Snape shivered, he might end up dying just like that death eater, Thanatos pointed his wand in front of Snape, who clutched his eyes shut afraid of what was to come, a spell hit his face and his eyes opened by themself.
"Come on man, I have been waiting for this moment for a long time, don't spoil the fun, I want you to look when I kill you, do you know which colour light is the killing curse?" Thanatos asked as though talking casually. Snape didn't speak. "ANSWER ME!" roared Thanatos.
"Green," Snape answered immediately, he could feel his eyes burn with dryness and his heart beating so fast he could hear them.
"So, look at the green light, it will be the last thing you see, my dear boy, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year," Thanatos chuckled, and then there were green lights.
Snape shrieked as his eyes burnt and he could see only green, was he dead? Then he heard laughter and he was pulled up by his robes. Thanatos was laughing and then the next moment he was apparating along with Thanatos, and then he was thrown to the ground hard, he groaned and looked at Thanatos who was looking at Snape madly and with pity.
"Where am I? Am I dead? Is this the afterlife?" asked Snape looking around, he was still tied to the ropes and was seeing only trees, Thanatos laughed again, before speaking in a serious and threatening voice.
"You are not dead. But you have touched it, you have felt what others feel before dying, I have given you a taste of it, just a taste, it's way more horrible than that. So how did you feel about it How was the experience? And beware I can give you a real experience now, so answer me how was it?"
"It was horrible," said Snape in a shaky voice. "It felt worse, and I felt that I could have done so much, could have done things right, I don't want to die. Not yet." And tears were falling from his eyes.
"Very well, I hope you have learned a lesson," grimaced Thanatos. "I hope now you understand how it feels to be killed and trust me, Severus, killing feels more worst than being killed, you can't even imagine, even though you are killing an enemy the guilt remains with you forever."
"How do you know?" asked Snape. "How do you know how it feels to die?"
He grimaced again, "I know, I have seen my loved ones die, I have seen myself die, and not once but hundreds of times, I have been tortured in ways that are worse than your cruciatus curse." He then moved to him and untied him. "I have saved you from Azkaban and have given you the taste of the other side, I hope you use this chance well this time or I will be forced to kill you. I can see your soul there's still light left in you. Think about your life and don't come on this path."
"Why did you save me? You could have left me there," asked Snape.
"I just told you, you still have the light left in you, so I am giving you another chance, if I had left you there then you would have been taken to Azkaban, you are young, still a student, think about your mother. I can see you hate your father but think of your mother and leave this path or I would have to kill you next time."
Hearing about his mother, he was reminded of Narcissa.
"You will have to save another one, she has the light still left in her, she was forced to come here, you have to save her," Snape said immediately and saw Thanatos' worried expressions which were turned to his old brave expressions again.
"I can't save every death eater, she has chosen her path, I can't risk it, she will torture and kill others," said Thanatos sadly.
"She isn't marked yet, she doesn't have the dark mark, this was her first time, she hates it but was forced, please save her. . . . I will do anything for her, please," Snape cried.
"Anything?" asked Thanatos.
Snape dropped to his knees. "Anything, just save her, please." Snape didn't know where he had found this affection for Narcissa but he knew he didn't want to lose her. "She doesn't deserve Azkaban, please, save her. I will do anything you say."
"I will save her, only if you will have to stop supporting Voldemort," Snape winced at the name. "I am not saying you put your life in danger. I am saying to help another side in secrecy or leave the war, don't fight, you will be protected, and I will protect you then. There's a door open for you, I don't know what it is, Severus, but there's a door open and you can save your life. Do you promise me that you will stop supporting Voldemort?"
This wasn't a hard decision for Snape now, he had been thinking about the possibility of it since he arrived at Malfoy Manor, read Potter's letter and talked to Narcissa, but until now he was more inclined toward The Dark Lord, but now when he has touched death and was about to lose Narcissa, his decision became clear.
"I. . I . . promise, just save her, please," Snape pleaded. "I will stop supporting The Dark Lord and will either leave the war or will help Dumbledore."
"How will I recognize her?" asked Thanatos.
"There are two women, Narcissa has pale skin, long black, and blond hair, you have to get her. The other has dark skin, not her. Just Narcissa, pale skin, half black, and half blond hair. She is good, she doesn't want to join death eaters."
"Stay here, I will return with her, just pray the Aurors aren't there yet," said Thanatos and he disappeared.
Snape sat on the ground resting against the tree, this night was turning out to be way worse than he could have imagined. He had been kissed by Narcissa before they had left, he had slept with her last night, and now he was on the brink of losing her. He was surprised at himself too, he has begged Thanatos, begged like Potter has begged him for that Werewolf, the only difference, is he has begged for a woman who is married to a gay, whom Snape doesn't know if he even loves her or not, he likes her for sure. He came to the conclusion that he had begged for her because she was like his mother, and also she was beautiful and hot and understood Snape, and shared a horrible childhood like Snape.
Snape is shocked at Thanatos too, he has nearly killed him, laughed at him, and then talked to him like a friend who knows about Snape, he also knows his name and about his father. He has seen a light in his soul and then has agreed to help Snape, and even has promised to protect him if he betrays The Dark Lord.
There was a loud crack after a few minutes and standing Thanatos was holding an unconscious Narcissa.
"She has got a bad injury, we need to help her," said Thanatos, and Snape jumped to his feet. "She has no dark mark, but I have seen her before she became unconscious," Thanatos conjured a bed and laid Narcissa on that and was pointing his wand at Snape, who began shaking. "She is the wife of that cruel Death Eater, Lucius Malfoy, who is the leader along with the Lestranges, and you said she is good."
"She was forced into the marriage, she was afraid to come here today, Lucius doesn't love her at all, she hates all this, but is forced into this," Snape cried and Thanatos lowered his wand before chuckling.
"She lost her virginity to you and you to her, you got the wife of the leader fell for you, good going, I hope you have got something to go on the right track," said Thanatos turning to Narcissa and healing her wounds.
Snape stood mortified on his spot as he watched Thanatos heal the bruise on Narcissa's forehead.
"Does she like me? As you said, has she fallen for me?" he asked.
"This is not my place to say, but yes, she likes you very much," chuckled Thanatos.
"How do you know?" asked Snape and Thanatos turned to him, Snape took a few steps back.
"The same way, I know that your father is a muggle, drunk, stupid git who should be in Azkaban for beating her wife. I know it the same way, I know that you judge all the muggles because of just one muggle. The same way that I know you are very interested in dark arts, the same way I know that your soul has a light. The same way that I can see that you want to take your mother's name and not your father, the same way that I can see that you are thinking to read my mind but in fear and curiosity have forgotten to close your mind."
Snape fell backwards, he indeed was thinking of having his wand so that he could read Thanatos' mind and has thus forgotten to close his mind.
"Your mother is a good teacher," Thanatos said turning back to Narcissa. "She is just shocked, I think, she will be awake soon, got afraid when I saved her from there, she was lucky, as the Aurors were already there. I have risked my name for you, Severus, to complete my end of the deal. I hope you remember your promise, I think you can keep your promise, can you?"
"Of course, I will, I am not a coward, I have given you my words and I will keep it," said Snape.
"You were a coward before because you knew you talked to her, she told you how horrible death eaters are and yet you were thinking of remaining with them, be brave Severus, they aren't worth it. Stop supporting them."
Snape didn't know what to say, he already knew so much about him just by accessing his mind for a single moment.
"He is right," came a weak voice and they both turned to see Narcissa was awake. "I have seen them, I have seen The Dark Lord torturing people, one they the death eater is his favourite, and the next day he has tortured him to insanity and killed him. Everyone wants Lucius' position, as he is being appointed leader by The dark lord and is his most faithful but I have seen him, even Lucius is tortured by The dark lord, Lucius then comes home and releases his anger on house elves and me."
"I hope to meet Lucius Malfoy and Rodulphus Lestrange, soon," said Thanatos through gritted teeth. "I am sorry for attacking you and am sorry that you have to live with that monster Malfoy. But you are lucky to have Severus, he saved you today, if not for him, you would have been in Azkaban."
Narcissa looked at Snape, "Thanks, I owe you." Snape moved forward and hugged her, before turning to Thanatos.
"Thanks for letting me live and saving her," he said to Thanatos still afraid.
Thanatos pointed his wand at Narcissa and she fell asleep. "We can't risk her to know this and I didn't do it for you, there are people out there who think you can improve and two of those people are here, I see that you have talent in dark arts and potions, so use it for the good of worlds and not to help crazy stupid monster," said Thanatos. "I want you to keep your promise."
Snape hesitated to speak. So, Thanatos said again, "You try to see yourself in Voldemort, you think that both of you have the same childhood, so you associate with Voldemort but beware, Snape, Voldemort will not hesitate to kill you if he doesn't need you anymore. He sees you as a servant, a house elf only. Also I will not hesitate to kill you next time I find you in these activities. So, will you keep your promise?"
"I will," said Snape. "I have no mean or I would have proved you. I am ready to take an unbreakable vow to show I don't back off from my words, I am not a coward."
"Then give me information about your master that only you know," said Thanatos. "Give me the information and thus the proof that you will keep your promise."
"I brewed a potion for Dark Lord, it was a dark potion," said Snape.
"I know that I have seen you brew it in your school dorm, I have also seen you giving it to Voldemort, last summer, give me something new."
"I will tell you this, which no one but only I alone and the Dark lord knows, that the potion I made was The Emerald Potion, also known as the Drink of Despair, I made it incomplete, and then The Dark Lord finished it himself as the ingredients required to finish it was very dark and not easily available. Also, the dark lord is thinking of giving a girl named Lily Evans, life and death option by offering her position in his rank, I think she might decline it and thus will die, you should protect her," Snape said as he remembered his fellow Slytherins telling The Dark Lord name of potential recruiters who have denied the offer made by Malfoy, he remembered Lily's and Potter's name on top, but it doesn't matter to him if Potter dies, he just wanted Lily. "Someone has seen her taking private lessons from Dumbledore and has reported to The Dark Lord."
"Was that someone you? Because I remember that you were the one who told Malfoy to offer Lily Evans the invitation, in the first place," Thanatos spoke in an angry voice.
"I... I thought that she would join us, but later she made it clear that she would never join," said Snape looking down. Thanatos knew more than Snape had imagined and that made him fear him. "The next time the others had seen her talent in DADA class and when The dark lord has asked for names they had given her name too."
Thanatos moved threateningly and pinned Snape against the tree, holding him by his throat, and his wand pointing at his chest. "Still it was your fault, you put her and her family in danger. I can see it, you betrayed her, you are a very selfish piece of shit," he growled and released Snape who fell to the ground choking. "If you bother her again or came near her or any other muggle and muggleborns and hurt them, then, I swear that I will find you and kill you, and then not even your fucking master will be able to save you."
Snape couldn't speak, he was breathing fast to catch his breath.
"You owe your life to me, and if you used your this chance to hurt the muggles, muggleborns, half-bloods, or anyone with your dark spells then I will for sure kill you," he threatened Snape, and then threw the wands of Snape and Narcissa in the front of Snape and disapparated.
Snape just sat there shocked, a new fear had risen inside him, he looked up at Narcissa who was asleep, walked up to her, took hold of her hand and then disappeared.
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