Redemption Part 12/100 (G)
Title: Redemption Part 12/100
Rating: G
Prompt Set: 100.2
Prompt: 008. Ends
Word Count: 331
Summary: Following Severus' path toward redemption, spanning from the First War to the Second War.
Previous Segments
It was to be the end of an era.
While the Wizarding World was recuperating from the reign of the Dark Lord, Severus seclude himself within his quarters only to come out for his classes. He sneered at any attempt from the Headmaster to get him to join the faculty at the Head Table for the meals. Deciding instead to take his breakfast, lunch and dinner in front of his fireplace, while reading through one of the many heavy tomes he kept in the book shelves that lined every wall of his living space.
Severus preferred the silence of his rooms to the roar of the students’ chattering and laughing and their genuine happiness of being free. No longer did they have to worry about their families or fear for their lives. The Dark Lord was gone, banished by a child and the Wizarding World was free to begin anew, to rebuild what was lost. Yet the first thing to be done was of course to take care of loose ends, capturing and sentencing all who were suspected of having cooperated with the Dark Lord.
And so Severus stayed out of sight, he was not stupid, he knew he was already liable to be dragged in before the Wizengamot as he had once before been caught and sent to Azkaban. And carrying the Dark Mark would surely not help his case any further. His future rested solely on the shoulders of the Headmaster and the ability of keeping himself out of the Ministry’s sight.
And while the Aurors would hunt down the last of the Death Eaters, his former associates, and bring them before the law, he would stay here and bide his time, trusting the Headmaster to do what he promised. He would not return to Azkaban and he would do whatever it took to stay away from the place that haunted his nightmares.
Severus turned a page in the old potions journal placed in his lap and continued reading.
Rating: G
Prompt Set: 100.2
Prompt: 008. Ends
Word Count: 331
Summary: Following Severus' path toward redemption, spanning from the First War to the Second War.
Previous Segments
It was to be the end of an era.
While the Wizarding World was recuperating from the reign of the Dark Lord, Severus seclude himself within his quarters only to come out for his classes. He sneered at any attempt from the Headmaster to get him to join the faculty at the Head Table for the meals. Deciding instead to take his breakfast, lunch and dinner in front of his fireplace, while reading through one of the many heavy tomes he kept in the book shelves that lined every wall of his living space.
Severus preferred the silence of his rooms to the roar of the students’ chattering and laughing and their genuine happiness of being free. No longer did they have to worry about their families or fear for their lives. The Dark Lord was gone, banished by a child and the Wizarding World was free to begin anew, to rebuild what was lost. Yet the first thing to be done was of course to take care of loose ends, capturing and sentencing all who were suspected of having cooperated with the Dark Lord.
And so Severus stayed out of sight, he was not stupid, he knew he was already liable to be dragged in before the Wizengamot as he had once before been caught and sent to Azkaban. And carrying the Dark Mark would surely not help his case any further. His future rested solely on the shoulders of the Headmaster and the ability of keeping himself out of the Ministry’s sight.
And while the Aurors would hunt down the last of the Death Eaters, his former associates, and bring them before the law, he would stay here and bide his time, trusting the Headmaster to do what he promised. He would not return to Azkaban and he would do whatever it took to stay away from the place that haunted his nightmares.
Severus turned a page in the old potions journal placed in his lap and continued reading.