Severus Snape x Reader • he can't keep us apart

Chapter 21

Bellatrix started cackling next to me when Voldemort appeared indicating that she had definitely not heard him telling Harry to continue torturing her. "Do it" said Voldemort from behind Harry startling him into turning around quickly holding his wand up at Voldemort. In one Swift motion Voldemort raised his hand and Harry's wand flew away making me stand up immediately in Defence for him, "so weak!" He whispered at Harry clearly not having noticed me yet. I was scared of what would happen to me when Voldemort realized that his daughter was standing before him, would he hurt me or kidnap me? I didn't have much time to worry or think about it since in that moment one of the fireplaces lit up in big green flames, and out of the fire looking straight at Voldemort with pure hate in his eyes emerged Dumbledore walking out of the fireplace into the hall we were all in. "It was foolish of you to come here tonight Tom" Dumbledore said with not a stench of fear in his voice as he walked up to Voldemort, "the Aurors are on their way" he added not daring to break eye contact with the man before him "by which time I shall be gone" said Voldemort trying to sound as confident as possible "and you" he added walking backwards away from Dumbledore smiling "will be dead". There was a moment of silence when both of them raised there wands at the same time throwing curses at one another making Harry jump away dodging them, another green light flashed behind me and when I turned around I could see Bellatrix disappearing into one of the fireplaces leaving me with Voldemort.

Voldemort and Dumbledore were dueling, Harry was hiding behind a wall watching and I was standing struck at what I was seeing, I couldn't move it was like I was glued to the spot. While Dumbledore fought calmly as if it were no effort at all Voldemort seemed under pressure and tense during it, he started laughing as he made a snake appear out of fire, it hissed loudly looking around before it spotted Dumbledore. Dumbledore starting fighting against the snake as it attacked him making it burst into flames spreading them across the room, this was what had finally snapped me out of the trance I was in as I jumped out of the way behind the wall opposite Harry missing the burning flames by an inch. I could see Dumbledore starting to form a big ball of fire when everything went blurry, my whole body started moving as if I was being thrown through the air making me feel sick, soon enough the spinning stopped and opening my eyes I could clearly tell that I was no longer in the ministry but in a manor that I had seen many times before, the ancient house of black.

I got up immediately looking around the room to see Bellatrix leaning against the door frame looking at me, "why did you bring me here?" I asked trying to sound confident. She didn't say a word, she just walked over to me and hugged me tight, "oh my darling I missed you so much" she whispered making me tear up a bit. She kneeled down in front of me and cupped my cheek, I melted into her touch slightly before snapping back into reality and slapping her hand away "NO! You can't do this! You ditched me! and left me to the Death eaters! They tortured me for information on where the dark lord was just so they wouldn't have to go to Azkaban as well. I WAS A CHILD! And where we're you? Locked up in Azkaban because you just couldn't be a normal mother. You just HAD to be a deranged psychopath who tortured and killed people instead of being there for your daughter. I SUFFERED because of you I didn't have a home and everywhere I went I was treated like shit because Of my last name. If it weren't for your sister who took me in when she found me I'd be dead now but why would you care? As long as you can continue murdering people for fun!"

I broke down crying in front of her, she looked shocked and I could see tears streaming down her face silently as she looked at my broken figure in front of her. She sat down on the floor next to me, rapped her arms around me and pulled me close as I cried into her chest, I had never told anyone what I went through before and finally opening up and to her of all people broke me. I could hear her sobbing as she held me close "I'm so sorry" she whispered holding me tighter, I looked up at her to see her tear stained face as she broke down in front me "Skye I love you. I always have, you were the only thing I cared about when I was in Azkaban YOU were the only thing I could think about! I'm so sorry that I put you through that I should have been there for you I should have dropped that side of me when you were born but I couldn't! He would've killed me and you if I had." She started crying again, she seemed almost normal in that moment and I almost felt bad for her. I didn't know what to say as I looked down at the ground wiping my tears, "skye look at me" slowly I lifted my head up meeting her eyes "sometimes we don't get to choose what we become, I didn't. I had to join him and be his loyal follower or he would've killed me.. it's just a lot easier to accept it and learn to love it then suffer with it. I was stupid enough to fall in love with not only being a death eater but with him, I let him get me pregnant which was unfair to you! It was unfair to birth you into a world that was this cruel with a mother and father that wouldn't be able to love you the way you deserved to be loved. But im here now! And i will never ever leave you again I promise! Your the only thing that kept me alive while I was in Azkaban skye and I know that I can't carry on if you aren't in my life. I want to be the mother you deserve please just let me be." I didn't know what to say, I was still mad at her but I wanted her in my life too. The side that she was showing me now was the side of her that I loved and missed more then anything. I had to have her in my life again "okay" I said quietly making her head shoot back up at me from the ground in shock "but we need to get rid of him."

"What?" She spat her psycho side starting to shine through her again "we have to get rid of Voldemort" I answered calmly wiping the last tears from my face. "ARE YOU INSANE?"  She practically screamed as she got up from the floor, her face was definitely back to the real Bellatrix which scared me a bit "yeah IM the insane one" I said getting up after her earning a chuckle from her. "Bell- Mom we won't be safe until he's dead, actually dead!" "We cant kill him! I don't want him DEAD!" Her eyes started widening as she raised her voice. "Mom he doesn't care about you!" She looked taken aback "THATS NOT TRUE!" Tears were starting to glisten in her eyes, her whole body trembling with rage and sadness against my words "oh yeah? Well then you should probably know that back in the ministry he was edging Harry on to continue Torturing you!"
"No! Stop making things up! He didn't say anything!" "he said it in my head and in Harry's 'you have to MEAN it Harry' 'come on Harry she deserves it just do it!'" I said imitating Voldemort's voice that was playing in my head earlier. "No... h- he wouldn't say that! He cares about m-me!" She said in a whisper as her voice started to break. She fell back down to the floor, it was hard to watch her heart shatter in front of me but I had to prove to her that he didn't care. "No he doesn't." I said kneeling down next to her and putting my hand over hers for comfort "mom, he would kill you in a second without even looking back if he had to! And as soon as you are no longer good use to him he will!" She looked broken, her eyes had darkened at my words as tears fell from them making her look weak. "Tell me something, how many times as he tortured you or hurt you?" She gulped before answering"A-a couple times a week, but he never means them! He just gets mad it's my fault really!" "A COUPLE TIMES A WEEK?" I screamed without thinking making her cry again "m-mom how could you say it's your fault? That man is insane, yes I know you are to" I added when she looked at me raising her eyebrows "but at least you still have a little bit of love in your heart. He doesn't he doesn't know how to love and he doesn't want to learn! He is evil and as much as you will probably hate to hear this you are not! All he cares about is himself and the power that he has gained and if he has to he will kill every last one of you death eaters to get what he wants" she looked back down at the ground sighing "mom we have to get rid of him, not only for us but for the whole wizarding world" "b-but I don't care about the wizarding world! Those mudbloods can all die for all I care!" She yelled out through her tears. After closing my eyes and taking a deep breath to calm myself from screaming at her for what she had just said I continued "but do you care about me?" I asked making her look back up at me, slowly she nodded "well, I'm not going to survive and neither will you unless he dies! And I do care about the wizarding world mom. Mudb- muggle Borns are just as much wizards as us and you need to learn to support that!" She was silent for a while, just staring at me going through probably a thousand things in her head. After what felt like forever she finally nodded filling me with excitement "so will you help me defeat him?" I asked smiling at her "Y-yes.. but under one condition" "what?" I asked scared of what she wanted "before he dies, I am going to have to continue doing what he says, and you can't get angry at me every time I have to torture or kill someone. Even if it may be someone you care about" I wanted to protest but I knew that even if I said no she'd still do it, so already regretting my next action I nodded at her earning a big grin.