Take Me To Your Arms | By : nekofreakz Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Harry/Snape Views: 6661 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1 |
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Prologue
Summer holiday was over and Harry was expected to go back to Hogwarts to finish his seventh year. Instead of feeling relieved or happy, he was feeling miserable. For him, Hogwarts was always the closest thing to a home. No, he mused. It still was. But somehow, after all the recent happenings, everything was falling out of place. It wasn’t Hogwarts itself but rather, himself that had changed. He was no longer the same innocent boy that had first attended Hogwarts so many years ago.
In his sixth year, Harry had defeated Voldemort. He was helped by the members of The Order of Phoenix, including, surprisingly, Severus Snape—a person that he had never given his trust to. When Snape was dying, he gave Harry his Pensieve which contained memories that revealed his loyalty to Dumbledore, The Order, and the reason behind Snape’s action. The memories revealed through the Pensieve that Snape was motivated by his lifelong love for Lily and his regret over his action that lead Lily to her death.
Harry had been reluctant to leave that man dying alone in the Shrieking Shack. Having run back to Hogwarts, he had summoned a certain house-elf to the dying man. Many believe Snape should have died with the severe wounds he had but somehow that man survived. Actually, Severus Snape’s survival was something akin to a miracle according to Madam Pomfrey. Harry highly suspected that Dobby might have had something to do with it.
Then came the trials for the Death Eaters that had been captured. As one of them, Snape had to attend as well. In that trial, Harry had given his testimony of Snape being a double agent, using Snape’s Pensieve as proof, thus saving Snape’s fate from Azkaban while securing his position as headmaster of Hogwarts.
In turn, Snape began to tolerate Harry’s presence. When Snape had met him in The Ministry two days ago, he didn’t utter insult to Harry. Harry decided that was a positive thing. He wouldn’t expect Snape to sing him any praises.
Yeah, like Snape would ever do that. It’s easier for trolls to fly first, he thought.
The war simply changed everything. His relationship with Ginny bore the brunt of it. After her brother’s death, Ginny became more and more dependant on Harry. Even though he never said it to anybody, he suffered the same scar that everyone bore. He was no hero; there were too many deaths on his hands.
Nightmares came around very often. It was tormenting him day by day. There were enough personal problems to handle, let alone Ginny’s. Their relationship ended one month ago. Ginny blamed him for not caring about her anymore. He didn’t even deny anything; he just accepted it.
Some part of me even felt relieved, he thought guiltily.
There was some change in the power structure of The Ministry. Arthur Weasley was chosen as Minister for Magic. The New Minister had quickly investigated all Departments in The Ministry. It had been found out that the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, which supervised Aurors, was corrupted. So this Department was the first Department in The Ministry that got dissolved by the newly appointed Minister for Magic. Therefore, it was decided to establish a new department which called Department of Magical Defense.
Everyone in the Ministry had unanimously agreed that Harry Potter was the most suitable candidate for the position as Head of Defense. But Harry thought it was impossible for him to do so since he was only a sixth year student. Besides, there were so many senior candidates that were more suitable for the job. He had tried to refuse, but they insisted that it would help restore society’s trust in The Ministry if he took the position.
He decided if he couldn’t refuse it, then he would take active part in it. He refused to be another pawn. He got Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody and Severus Snape as advisors. Moody was the perfect choice. As the former Auror, he was the only one who knew most about Aurors. But Harry also needed Severus Snape because, despite everyone’s objection, he thought Snape was very capable of it. That man was proficient at Dark Arts. Moreover, Snape had his cunning way with politics and he had many informative resources. He also had a sharp mind and he never glossed over the truth.
That’s one thing I like about him and he’s quite a nice companion when he decides not to be such a bastard, Harry thought.
End of Prologue
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