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Author: HatefulRodeo

Story: The Dance

Note: AU; ROR = Room Of Requirements. Thanks to all that followed, favorite'd and reviewed! Enjoy Lovelies!

**Past Thoughts, Actions, Events Appear like this: Past Thoughts

**Notes written in the notebooks will look like this!

Previously:

Severus wanted to slam his face into his desk; that he was in contact with Harry was the one thing Severus had never informed Minerva of. "He will know Minerva; you can rest assured that Harry will be informed of the date of the siege. You just worry about setting everything up so nothing goes to hell in a hand basket."

A curt nod and an amused smirk were all Minerva gave him as a response. Slumping in his chair Severus wondered when this would end?! Soon enough it seemed but the dark haired man could barely wait for the time to come when he could live freely as himself with his lover.

Thoroughly exhausted from the day's events Severus bid Lucius a good night, and made his way tiredly to brush his teeth before collapsing in his warm bed.

~~~~~~~~~**********Chapter 11**********~~~~~~~~~~

Severus was in a state of hyperawareness at the moment; it was the morning the siege at Hogwarts was to begin, and he as well as the four other Heads of House had done everything they could to make the evacuation go smoothly.

It had not been easy! No, Draco had given the enchanted coins to Lucius and Severus when Lucius had recovered enough to return to Malfoy Manor. Severus had waited for several weeks for Lucius to send the date when the Dark Lord would invade Hogwarts.

That information finally reached him on June 15 during dinner; the date was June 23. Severus guessed the date was symbolic to Voldemort; it was the date that Dumbledore had been killed and fallen from the Astronomy Tower.

Severus wrote Harry first to let him know the siege date so his younger lover could prepare, inform their allies, and train accordingly. He knew Harry would come through the Whomping Willow passage, but other than that Severus didn't want to know any of Harry's other plans until he saw him at Hogwarts.

The less he knew the better; Voldemort may be insane but he was still a powerful Legilimens; quite capable of breaking into Severus' mind if he thought Severus was hiding something from him.

The Headmaster had called a meeting for that same night with McGonagall, Slughorn, Sprout and Flitwick; they discussed the evacuation plan in more depth; during this planning session a few issues arose that would cause probelms on the morning the plan was set to take place.

The first and biggest was the broom situation; while the school brooms would be used they only had thirty incredibly old, worn Cleansweeps; not exactly built for speed and probably wouldn't hold two small first years let alone one much heavier seventh year.

The solution was simple all students would bring their personal brooms, while the school brooms would be split between Gryffindor and Ravenclaw. Once the students were split up, and assigned a broom, which by Severus count would be about three children to a broom. Each broom would have an older year student with two lesser years just in case they needed to protect thmselves against an unexpected attack.

Once the students were divvied up a Feather-light would be placed on two of the students to ensure the brooms would actually fly and not plummet to the ground at any point during the journey to Hogsmeade. The last step before the escape could begin was to cast strong Disillusionment charms on the flying students.

Unsurprisingly the other issue that arose was the distrust Severus was feeling from Sprout and Flitwick. Which was impeding their strategy; the two Heads didn't want to involve Severus passed the basics of their plans.

It finally came to a head when Minerva snapped at them; Severus could clearly remember her words; "If Severus was so evil why would he warn us about this siege? If he was so corrupt would he not just have let the Death Eaters come here and slaughter innocents without care?

Use your heads for Merlin's sake; they aren't just hat racks!" Severus sat their stunned, though you would never know it, right along with Flitwick and Sprout; Slughorn was already on the Severus isn't an evil git page.

After a few moments of Sprout and Flitwick sitting in silence while they thought over Minerva's words; both eventually cast shrewd looks on Severus. If Severus was a lesser man he would have squirmed in discomfort. Finally they smiled small smiles to Severus and that was it.

After that day Severus now had four capable allies working with him inside Hogwarts, while Severus hadn't courted allies he was certainly glad to have them. The evacuation plan wouldn't have been planned as well as it had without them working together to ensure every student left, and the Death Eaters and their sympathizers were out of the way.

With the finalization of the plans was made the meeting broke up, and each Head of House went to their respective quarters to tie up any loose ends. Severus was pleased with the plan they had finalized.

Gryffindor and Ravenclaw would escape in the cover of early morning darkness riding three to a broom using Disillusionments and Feather-light charms. Severus would have already taken down the wards to ensure that the students could leave the Hogwarts' grounds, and continue on to the Hogs Head Pub.

Hufflepuff and the non-Dark supporting Slytherins would be escorted to the Hogs Head using the Hogwarts' house elves. The removal of the non-Dark supporting Slytherins would be an issue but not a large one; they would just have to work quietly and quickly.

The house elves in the kitchen would be informed by Sprout when they needed to add the sleeping draught to the Pumpkin juice and water. Slughorn would begin to prepare the strong draught on June 18 since it needed a few days to simmer and rest. By June 22 the sleeping potion,as well as its consumption by the Death Eaters and other faculty would be complete. Setting the stage for the plan to begin at 5am on June 23.

Severus had called Draco to the office, given him the enchanted coin and the portkey; the portkey was a silver bracelet with a snake winding around the band. The password, which was 'I love muggles', was to be spoken, Draco would have ten seconds before the portkey activated and swept him off to France.

Severus had slipped the other to Lucius during one of the Death Eater meetings using the guise of checking his mostly healed injuries for any signs of infection. With Lucius and Draco having their enchanted coins and portkeys Severus stepped back and let what would happen happen.

He knew he had done everything he could to make sure the Malfoy men got out of Britain alive, and in one piece. Now he needed to turn to other important plans to turn to.

Since Severus had gained the knowledge that Nagini was a Horcrux he had begun carrying the shruken Sword of Gryffindor with him. The sword was Goblin made, meaning it absorbed anything that would strengthen it. Severus knew this was the sword that slew the Basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets, so he also knew the sword's blade had absorbed the Basilisk's toxic venom; which Severus knew was a very effective Horcrux killer.

All he needed now was an opening for him to decapitate the massive snake. Neither he nor Harry knew if the sword would be needed to kill Nagini, and with her death the destruction of the Horcrux she carried, but they weren't taking any chances.

Now here Severus stood with Slughorn in the Slytherin common room; they had detailed the plan once again. Severus would take the boy's side and Horace the girl's. In all there would be forty-eight Slytherin students who would be leaving Hogwarts via the house elves.

The former Head of Slytherin made his way quickly through the dorms of each year, not meeting any problems as he woke up the select boys. Finally he had twenty sleepy and confused Slytherin boys following him down the stairs. Once they reached the common room Severus waited for Horace to come back with the girls.

When everyone was gathered Severus cast several powerful wards and silencing charms; once he had completely secured the area Severus spoke. "You all will be leaving to the Hogs Head this morning. You all will be taken to safe houses that have been set up around the country.

Now you all are probably wondering why we have roused you at 5:30 this morning; the reason is simple the Dark Lord will be coming to Hogwarts today, and I do not want any students who aren't loyal to him to remain here. Any questions?"

The assembled students looked to terrified or shocked to speak so numb nods of understanding rippled through the crowd of children. "Good. Horace I'll leave you to it. I will secure the common room when I leave in a moment, before you leave take down the privacy wards and silencing charms."

"Of course Headmaster. Good luck to you and I hope to see you soon." Severus nodded his thanks before sweeping out of the room. Once the wall had reassembled itself Severus turned to the portrait that guarded the entrance.

"I, Severus Tobias Snape, Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry do command you to lock this common room down. You are not to allow anyone to enter or exit; even if they have the appropriate password. So I have spoken so mote it be."

With a flash of green light surrounding Severus and the portrait the command was accepted and acknowledged by Hogwarts herself. Severus was satisfied with the result and made his way back to his office to wait for Minerva's return.

The house elves had already been briefed on their rolls for the day; after they had delivered the students to the Hogs Head they would be responsible for bringing the Slytherin students food, drink and anything else they required.

The elves had been commanded by Severus himself not to take any orders from the students if they involved helping the students confined in the Slytherin common room to leave it. Other than that the house elves would continue to serve the imprisoned students as they normally would.

Severus cast a quick tempus; it read 6:15 am. The Headmaster knew that Harry, the Order members and their other allies would be arriving at Hogwarts within the hour. This heartened Severus' resolve that they could do this.

Reaching his office he quickly retrieved his charmed notebook and opened it to read Harry's most recent note;

Sev;

I'm here in the Room of Requirement. Neville and the rest of the older years have already made it here. We are waiting on you and the rest of the Order members so we have begun strategizing on a plan of attack.

Come soon and I love you.

Always,

Harry

Severus breathed out a breath of complete relief, Harry made it into Hogwarts. Now that Harry was here it all became real; the fact that today one way or another the war would be over with. It was a nervous feeling really, Severus would either be free or dead by the end of day.

He sincerely hoped that they could pull this off, that the Light could destroy Voldemort, and his Death Eaters. No, screw hope Severus knew they could and they would. There was no other alternative other than their winning this battle, too much would be lost if the Light were to fail today.

Severus knew many people would be injured or killed from the Light side today, but hopefully with the evacuation of the younger students they had avoided unnecessary casualties. Severus also knew that once they all put their heads together in the ROR they would come up with a solid battle strategy.

Now all he needed was Minerva to return to the school so they could go togethe to meet the others. It was 7am when Minerva came back looking distinctly ruffled but relieved. "Every student and their respective Head of House have been successfully sent to the safe house. My Lions are with Sprout and Flitwick; Aberforth went on to the ROR, shall we go?"

Severus stood, and gestured for Minerva to precede him down the stairs. They made their way swiftly toward the ROR so they could begin the planning in regards to the coming fight.

Severus was a bit scared to enter the ROR; the room would be full with people who believed him to be a Death Eater, and a murderer. Severus shook his head, Harry would be there and together they would explain everything that had happened in the past year and a half; the training, their relationship, and the plans they had made, including Dumbledore's planned death.

He hoped everyone assembled would listen, and understand why Severus and Harry had done what they had. It was for the best plus Severus could always let Kingsley know who was the one sending him the in depth information regarding the Death Eater raids, and their movements. That tidbit should shut up the neighsayers.

Breathing in a deep breath, and taking strength from Minerva's supportive hand on his shoulder they opened the door to the ROR that only they could see. Severus entered, and cast his onyx gaze around, and before he could process everyone present he was being kissed to within an inch of his life.

Not giving a damn Severus kissed his lover back just as fervently, holding onto Harry's strong body tightly to his. When they broke apart Severus noticed that the room had gone dead silent.

Turning as one Severus and Harry faced over eighty people staring at them as if they had grown two heads and were stark naked. Harry cleared his throat and began to explain; "Severus Snape has been a spy for the Light this whole time. He has given up much so we could continue to fight and oppose Voldemort and his Death Eaters' attacks."

Several voices yelled in outrage at Harry's proclamation, but a loud bang coming from of all people Hermione's wand sounded throughout the cavernous room. "Quiet! Severus Snape saved my life after we were captured and tortured at Malfoy Manor.

He came after we escaped to safety and healed me; if he was a true Death Eater would he have helped me? No, he wouldn't!" After Hermione's words it became silent until someone screamed out; "How do we know it isn't a trap?! That Snape isn't just trying to make us think he is on our side before he turns on us?!"

Severus scowled, but before he could speak to defend himself Harry spoke, and his voice was full of fire and anger. "Severus Snape is my lover. I love him and he loves me! We have been together for over a year as lovers, training partners and confidants.

Dumbledore's death was planned; Minerva you know as well as I that Dumbledore was dying from the curse on his hand." Harry paused to look at Minerva who nodded her agreement to Harry's loudly spoken words. Harry glared back at the assembled mass of people and continued.

"Severus Snape has passed on valuable information to the Order, allowing you all to combat the Death Eaters and in some cases stop them before they could wreak havoc and death on unsuspecting people. Isn't that correct Kingsley?"

Harry cast the dark skinned man a hard look, Kingsley's stared right back before nodding slightly toward Severus in respect. Kingsley's deep voice flowed through the room; "It is true that I have been receiving detailed information in regards to Voldemort's plans, the people and places where the Death Eaters will be attacking.

That was you Severus?" Severus stood tall, defying anyone to question him or his presence at Harry's side; once he was satisfied no one would contest him being there did he speak. "It was me. I have worked as a spy for the Light for almost 19 years. I have always been on your side even if my actions have contradicted that.

Dumbledore was dying; his death would have been slow and torturous. The Headmaster asked me to kill him, to save him from a painful horrid death, but also to put me firmly in the Dark Lord's good graces.

By raising my wand and slaying Albus I have proven my loyalty to the Dark. Voldemort raised me to a position in the Inner Circle; giving me access to much more valuable and secret information than I have ever had before.

I apologize for my treatment of some of you in the past, but I could not compromise my position as a spy in this war. Too much would have been lost if my treachery was discovered by the Dark Lord." When Severus was done speaking he swept his eyes over the group of wizards and witches congregating in front of him.

It happened in a moment; Ronald Weasely stepped forward, and offered his hand with a small smile on his face; "Welcome Severus. Thank you for saving Hermione, and making sure Harry had the knowledge to survive this past year."

Severus took the offered hand tentatively while waving off Weasely's thanks; that seemed to break the ice and soon several people were speaking to Severus about his task as a spy, and what he thought would happen in a few short hours.

Another bang was heard from Minerva's wand; everyone stopped and turned to the stern Head of Gryffindor House. "Now if we are done we have many things to discuss in regards to the coming battle."

Everyone including Severus looked a bit sheepish, but quickly moved to form a semi-circle. The stern witch called Harry, Severus and Kingsley to the front to aid her in creating a solid strategy and a sensible plan of carrying it out.

Once they were up there Harry spoke; "Now the way I figure it is we should listen to Severus in regards to Voldemort's plans for the siege. He has been present for most of the Death Eater meetings when the attack has been spoken about. Severus what do you know?"

Severus stepped forward, taking a moment to collect his thoughts; "The Dark Lord is planning to come to Hogwarts toward the end of breakfast, between 9:30 and 10, when most of the school would have been present and eating in the Great Hall.

Now since we have evacuated all the students except for the ones loyal to the Dark the number of child casualties will be none existent. The remaining students who support the Dark Lord have been locked down in their common room and dorms so they will not be a factor.

The Death Eaters and the rest of the faculty were given a powerful sleeping draught at dinner last night. My recommendation is to quickly revive the non-Death Eater teachers and give them the choice to aid in the battle or leave for safety.

The Death Eaters should be bound, stunned for good measure, and locked inside their rooms. The lockdown command for any quarters in Hogwarts is 'Albus Dumbledore Lives On'.

Speaking these words to the portrait guarding the door will cause it to go into lockdown, and the occupant inside will not be able to get out until the command is given again.

The only time these words will not seal a room is when it is a portrait that is responsible for the guarding of each house's common room and dorms. I will go to each house's portrait guardian personally, and lock them down so no one can get inside and use them as a hiding place.

Any questions so far?" Severus cast his dark gaze around the room and saw no hands raised nor heard anyone calling out a question. Continuing, Severus went on with the Dark Lord's plan.

"The Dark Lord had hoped to storm the Great Hall, taking the student body, and teachers hostage. Torturing and executing a student or professor once every thirty minutes until Harry showed himself. But seeing as no one will be present in the Great Hall Voldemort's plan is essentially void.

But the Great Hall will be the best place to strike them; the Death Eaters will be stuck in one room, which will leave them vulnerable to attacks as they have no escape but the main doors and teacher's entrance.

We should place ward, traps and a contingent of about 20 fighters on the teacher's entrance so any Death Eaters attempting to leave by that exit will be incapacitated. When they have been neutralized we should confiscate any wands from the captured Death Eaters, bind them, and place them in a secure holding area until the battle is over."

Many heads nodded their agreement to Severus' plan so far; Harry stepped forward and spoke; "Fred, George, Neville and three others go ward and trap the teacher's entrance door. Kingsley, Minerva and Bill take several people and rouse the teachers, secure the Death Eater faculty, and set up a heavily warded room to be used as a makeshift prison for any captured Death Eaters."

Severus stood back and let Harry command the show for now; once those who had been assigned a task were gone Severus began speaking again. "Now the Dark Lord will be bringing werewolves, not many about 10, so we should prepare accordingly for their arrival.

The best way to deal with a werewolf is to cast several strong cutting hexes on its legs and arms. Once they are incapable of moving it is a matter of stunning them; which is not easy as werewolves are resistant against spells so the stunning spell must be strong.

Once they are stunned try to get them away from the battle. If you can successfully get them away conjure silver cuffs for the neck and wrists; werewolves are allergic to silver, and having it on their skin is incredibly painful, which is why silver makes such an effective restraint against them.

Once the restraints are applied bring them to the warded holding area, and chain them to the wall; the chains must be silver as well. A warning conjuring silver cuffs, and chains is complicated only those who know they can do the spells required should try them."

Severus took a deep breath, conjured a glass of water to wet his dry throat, it had been sometime since he had spoken so much uninterrupted. "The next step to neutralizing the Dark Lord and his Death Eaters will be incapacitating as many as possible while they are stuck in the Great Hall.

A strong illusion should be cast to show that everyone is in the Great Hall enjoying breakfast until every Death Eater is inside. Once that happens our warders should set up a barrier in front of the Hall doors.

After the barrier has been set our best fighters should proceed to through everything they have at the assembled Dark supporters while the others secure the warded barrier." Severus just hoped that Lucius wouldn't get caught up in the scrum but his and Draco's portkey would work inside Hogwarts, Severus had made sure they would.

"The Dark Lord is also bringing Giants; only three but they will still present a problem. Hagrid and Charlie Weasely will be the best to handle the planning in regards to neutralizing them." Severus looked to the half-giant and the dragon handler for their consent which he received in the form of smiles and nods.

Severus nodded back in understanding before he turned to Harry and spoke lowly; "Harry the rest is up to you. I've told you everything about Voldemort's plan; I have to go and lock down the common rooms and return to my office and set up the wards to snap in place around the Great Hall to stop the captured Death Eaters from escaping once they are trapped."

Harry smiled and nodded before leaning forward to capture Severus' lips in a heated but soft kiss. "I love you Sev. Be safe and I'll give a few people a basilisk fang and instructions on how to kill Nagini if they have an opening to do so."

Severus pressed a quick kiss to Harry's chapped lips before stepping away; "I love you too. I'll be down to join the battle as soon as I can; be quick Harry it is already 8:30. The Dark Lord should be here by 9:30, 10 at the latest."

Harry nodded and turned back to address those still in the room. Severus swiftly made his way out of the ROR and toward the Ravenclaw common room. He would start there and make his way toward Gryffindor and finish at Hufflepuff.

The dye was being cast and hopefully it would land in their favor, but at this point the battle lines were drawn. After today a new wizarding world would come into existence whether it would be cast in the Light, or shrouded in the Dark remained to be seen.

Well Lovelies what do we think? This chapter was incredible plot heavy and I do apologize for the abundance of information.

Next chapter the battle and other fun stuff!

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