| --- Prologue --- Pain. That was all he knew at the moment. Pain and nothing but pain. It had filled his entire body and he had only one spot where the pain wasn�t controlling everything. A little place in his brain and that was what was keeping him awake and clear enough to understand what was going on. Voldemort had tried something different this time. No magic, but some stupid Muggle weapons he had used to kill the Potter boy� and what did he, Severus Snape Potions Master at Hogwards and spy for Dumbledore, had done??? He had jumped right in front of the bullet. �Why couldn�t I just use some magic. Why am I hurt by such a stupid Muggle weapon?� The Potter boy was lying on the ground, in tears, not able to move and Voldemort was standing at the other side of the room, with a gun in his hand. You could see that he was not used to this kind of weapon because he held it like it was a wand. �Why doesn�t it surprise me that once my most loyal Death Eater is trying to save that Potter boy.� Voldemort grasped his wand. �This hurts me probable more than it hurts you� Crucio!� Snape felt how the spell hit his body and how it started to shake like it could never stop anymore. He was hiding in his own safety room, the room that he had called �room 101, the place where your worst nightmares come true�. Since he had become a Death Eater he had been hit by the Crucio spell hundreds of times and he had always been able to control himself in his own room 101. ++++##### FLASHBACK #####++++ Snape still felt the pain of the Dark Mark that they had just burned in his skin. He stood in front of the Dark Lord and looked to the ground, showing Voldemort the respect he deserved. �You are a very ambitious person, Severus,� Voldemort spoke, �and I�m going to test your loyalty for me once again. If you complete this test, you will become higher in rank than most of these stupids you are surrounded by at the moment.�� Snape looked up one moment, proud that his master had such a trust in him. ��Alright, my loyal Death Eater� how are you going to handle this� Crucio!� A young Severus bend through his knees, trying to keep his screams inside him and then he found it; Room 101, the place in his mind where he didn�t feel any pain, he only saw what happened around him. He had waited in there, until the spell was over. Voldemort had looked at his shaking body and after some minutes he finally spoke again. �You are going to be my most loyal servant.� ++++##### END FLASHBACK #####++++ Snape closed his eyes. He couldn�t believe what he was thinking at the moment. [As if you can use this kind of stuff at the moment� where�s that Potter boy] Harry was lying in a corner with tears in his eyes, looking fearfully at the powerful wizard in front of him. His wand was lying in a corner, broken in two parts. �Your teacher cannot save you anymore� POTTER!� Harry looked up and he had found his inner strength back. Tears had disappeared from his face and he looked proudly at Voldemort. [that terrible boy� stubborn and proud kid�] �Wasn�t that the reason why you jumped in front of that bullet?� �Shut up,� whispered Snape. Voldemort looked in his direction. �You have always heard me talking� Sev. Me, that inner voice. You know my name� Veritas� The truth it means and the truth is what I always tell you.� �Shut up, I cannot use your comments, mister know it all!� Snape started to talk louder. �You jumped in front of the bullet, because in some cause that Potter boy is the same as you� Proud and stubborn and that�s why you respected him in some ways� only you have a terrible way in showing that.� �I told you not to talk�� �Sarcasm always saved you, didn�t it.� Snape gave it up, he sat up straight, completely ignoring Harry and Voldemort and started to talk to the voice that nobody else, but Snape could hear. �Sarcasm is often my own defence.� �You should help that Potter kid.� Snape stood up and looked calmly at the Dark Lord. �I believe your beloved Potions Master has finally gone crazy,� says Voldemort with a cruel smile. Harry looks surprised from Snape to Voldemort. �The only one who is crazy in this room is you,� says Snape. �You said WHAT to me?!?!� Voldemort starts to look very angry at the figure in front of him, one moment totally forgetting about Harry. Harry just looks one more time at Snape and then starts to crawl towards his wand. �I said that the only one who is crazy in this room is you,� at the same moment Snape and Harry both grasp their wands and speak the same curse: ��Ventario Lamorosa!� Voldemort gets a look of fear on his face and then simply disappears. Harry stairs in amazement at the spot were Voldemort just stood and then crawls towards the place where Snape, who has fallen down just after speaking the spell, is lying. �Potter! How did you know that spell?� Harry looks in amazement at Snape. �I don�t know for sure, but I believe I voice told me. Is Voldemort gone?� �For this moment he is�. That darn Veritas� always meddling in things he should not do�� With these last words Snape closes his eyes and let darkness overcome him� Next Back to the Index |