The Return Of Snape [Voldemort X Severus Snape]

chapter 14

Severus was sitting in his chambers at Hogwarts, tense. He knew that the Death Eaters were attacking the school tonight. Draco had finally worked out a way for them to get in, and tonight was the night of Dumbledore's death. Their orders were simple – kill all in their way of Dumbledore, all except for Harry Potter who was not to be touched.

There was a loud knock on the door. "Severus!" a voice called, and opened up the door. Severus noticed it was Flitwick.

"What's the matter, Filius?" Severus asked.

"Death Eaters, attacking the school!" Flitwick gasped. Severus rolled his eyes, and raised his wand. "Stupify!" he said softly, and stepped over the slumped body. When he opened the door, he noticed Granger and Lovegood there. "Granger, Lovegood, deal with Professor Flitwick, he isn't well," he ordered, before turning, and running up to the Entrance Hall. There were spells flying everywhere, he could see Death Eaters duelling students. He pushed through the crowd, neither side hurting him at all. He ran up to the top of the Astronomy Tower to see what was going on around the rest of the school, in time to hear -

"Draco, do it, or stand aside so one of us –"

He burst through the door of the ramparts, his wand clutched in his hand as he surveyed the scene, looking from Dumbledore's form slumped against the wall, to the four Death Eaters, including the enraged werewolf, and Malfoy.
"We've got a problem, Snape," said Amycus, whose eyes and wand were fixed alike upon Dumbledore. "The boy doesn't seem able –"

"Severus..." Severus looked to where the sound had come, and saw it was Dumbledore. A wave of fury hit him. Dumbledore was pleading.

Severus was silent, and walked forwards and pushed Malfoy roughly out of the way. The three Death Eaters fell back without a word, as Severus would have expected from them. He was too important for argument. Severus gazed for a moment at Dumbledore, hatred showing clearly on his face. This man was suddenly pathetic to him, Voldemort had been right, Dumbledore wasn't as strong as Severus had originally thought. "Severus... please..." Snape raised his wand and pointed it directly at Dumbledore. "Avada Kedavra!" he cried, and watched as the body flew over the battlements and out of sight.

"Out of here, quickly," said Severus after a moments pause, grabbing Draco and pulling him though the door, followed by the other three. He started to run, dragging Draco behind him. "Come, Draco, we have to get out of here before the Order turns up."

Seeing other Death Eaters still battling, Severus shouted, "It's over, time to go!" repeatedly, until they seemed to get the message.

They were almost at the gates of the school, running as fast as they could so they could disapparate from here, from the scene, so that Severus could finally be with his Master, his lover… A beam of red light almost hit him. He turned, and saw Potter. "Run, Draco," he shouted, pushing the blonde away from him. Eyes fixed on Potter, he raised his wand, simultaneously to his former student.

"Cruc-" Harry started to speak, but Severus countered it, knocking Harry off his feet with his spell. This time, Severus would be better prepared.

"Cruc -" yelled Harry for the second time, but Severus blocked the spell again, sneering.

"No Unforgivable Curses from you, Potter!" he shouted. "You haven't got the nerve or the ability -"

"Incarc-" Harry roared, but Snape deflected the spell with a lazy and easy flick of his arm. "Fight back!" Harry screamed at him. "Fight back, you cowardly-"

"Coward, did you call me, Potter?" Severus yelled. "Your father would never attack me unless it was four on one, what would you call him, I wonder?"

"Stupe-"