professorsnark (professorsnark) wrote in dhmaster_rpg, @ 2007-09-09 22:31:00 |
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Current mood: | drained |
Entry tags: | action scene, complete, severus snape |
Action Scene: Severus Snape at the Tomb then Spinner's End
Severus knelt at Dumbledore's tomb, resting his forehead against the cool stone. He wanted to rant, to rage, to vent his anger on the old man who had both saved and ruined his life. But he couldn't seem to raise the energy. It had all been for nothing in the end. Lily had still died, so his sacrifice had been worthless. He had thrown his life away for a woman who would never love him as he had loved her, and to compound the insult, he was forced to sacrifice everything for her ungrateful son.
But now they were back and would probably be lauded as miracles. Black and Potter would no doubt find a way to have themselves ruddy canonized. And Lily...he didn't want to think about that quite yet. Albus had once told him that his memory of Lily was clouded by their childhood together, that he still saw her as perfect in every way. But she was human, and fallible and had moved on with her life. Albus claimed that he had used Lily's memory as a lifeline, a connection to his own humanity.
So what would happen if he were to meet Lily now? If Albus was right, if he had idealized a memory, what would happen to his humanity then?
And what of the son? The focus of his thoughts and actions for nearly twenty years. Even now he found himself thinking about Harry, whether he was safe, or off doing something completely stupid and reckless. Whether or not he would be forced to save the whelp yet again. Potter had even found a way of tormenting him in his dreams, dreams of things he was ashamed to think about in the light of the day.
Not that any of it mattered. He had finally found an escape from this world, but it had been taken from him, just as everything else had been. Rising to his feet, Severus straightened his shoulders and removed all traces of grief from his face. He would do what he had always done. He would survive.
Severus walked past the nearly non-existent wards of Hogwarts, and Disapparated home.