HP's Lost and the Lighthouse

The news of the Dark Lord's return was far from worrying Snape as much as he thought. On the contrary, when the man standing behind the crowd heard the news, he felt a sense of peace in his heart - as early as 10 minutes ago He knew it when he felt the burning sensation in his arm.

He watched from a distance behind the students who were quiet because of Digory's death, and Dumbledore helped the weak Harry up. It was rare that he didn't ridicule Potter's weakness in his heart because of his weak appearance at the moment—— He couldn't have asked a 14-year-old to do better in this situation.Face the Dark Lord head-on and come back alive...

Dumbledore seemed to say something to Potter, and then the old man let go of the boy and walked in the direction of the Diggory couple in the stands.Snape watched from a distance as Potter was reeling from the crowd, but out of some psychology, he didn't want to take the initiative to step forward to lend a helping hand.

Soon, Moody, the retired old Auror, walked through the crowd and half dragged Potter away. Snape hesitated, and took back the steps he planned to follow.He is not a person who likes to humiliate himself, and it is impossible for him to join in knowing that Moody will inevitably ridicule him in every possible way about his status as a former Death Eater.What's more, Moody is a person who will never have anything to do with Death Eaters, so there is no need to worry about Potter's safety.

Dumbledore didn't leave for long before walking back.

Seeing that Harry was no longer where he was, his face suddenly became serious, but he didn't look very surprised.The old man looked around and saw Snape standing far away on the edge.

At this moment, the Potions Professor had sensed something was wrong from Dumbledore's changed expression—Dumbledore didn't seem to have ordered Moody to take Potter away.He frowned and stepped out of the shadows.

"It's Moody."

He spoke directly without waiting for Dumbledore to ask. After speaking, the man frowned his thick black eyebrows and his face was a little gloomy.

"I'd better hurry... I'm afraid it won't do you any good if you wait too long."

Dumbledore stopped Snape who was about to leave with a serious expression, without stopping at all: "Don't worry, Severus, you'd better listen to Harry tell what happened."

A group of people quickly came to Moody's office in a hurry.

"Stand back." Dumbledore instructed, and this old man who was quite good-tempered most of the time radiated a shocking aura, which made Snape and McGonagall obey his orders without thinking.

At that moment, the wooden door of the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor's office shattered with a loud bang, and almost at the same time a dazzling red light passed through the place where the wooden door was originally, and hit Moody who had raised his wand.

Snape had never seen Dumbledore's face become so terrible - even when he begged him to protect Lily many years ago, Dumbledore's expression was just a little colder, but now, there was no expression on the old man's face. The smile disappeared, and the joyful fire in the eyes disappeared, and every wrinkle seemed to be engraved with cold anger.

Dumbledore entered the room, thrust a foot under 'Moody', and turned him over, exposing his face. *Snape walked in after him, he didn't miss Dumbledore's scorn in his movements as he helped Moody turn over, but he pretended to be observing the various utensils in Moody's office and didn't notice These.

Professor McGonagall didn't pay attention to anything else, she went straight to her student and took his arm distressingly. "Come on, Potter," she said softly, her thin lips trembling as she gazed at the children in her academy who had suffered too much this night, "come with me...to the hospital..."

"No." Dumbledore said firmly.

"Dumbledore, he has to go to the hospital - look at him - he's had enough tonight -"

"He will stay, Minerva, because he needs to understand," said Dumbledore simply. "Understanding is the first step in acceptance, and only after acceptance can heal. He needs to know who made him go through what he is today." The ordeal of the night, and why it happened."

Snape watched in silence as Professor McGonagall compromised under Dumbledore's words.

"Severus, please go get your most powerful veritaserum, and go to the kitchen and find a house-elf named Winky. Minerva, please go to Hagrid's house, his pumpkin There's a big black dog in the field. You take that dog to my office, tell him I'll be there in a minute, and then you come back here."

Snape took a step back and quickly left behind Professor McGonagall.

It didn't take long before he came back with Veritaserum and the house-elf.Professor McGonagall probably picked up the pace too, because when he returned to Moody's office, she came in right behind him.

Snape listened to Dumbledore interrogate Barty Crouch Jr., and then took him to see Fudge - he had realized what Dumbledore was trying to do - the old man didn't just want him to Knowing what happened at night is also giving him more information.Especially regarding the Ministry of Magic's attitude towards the return of the Dark Lord...

This was clearly in his favor to keep himself alive under the Dark Lord's wand.

As a Slytherin, Snape understood the Dark Lord's attitude very well - even if he hurried back and expressed his loyalty to the other party with words, it was far less than a piece of useful information that could move the Dark Lord's face ——Only when he showed his value as an undercover agent, could the Dark Lord recognize his current status of wandering between the two camps.

Fudge's attitude clearly disappointed Dumbledore.The timid Minister for Magic, content with the safety of his own woven world, not only refused to believe in Voldemort's return, but even took it as a harbinger of Dumbledore's desire to claim his power.

Snape had been doing what Dumbledore wanted him to do - be quiet and not draw too much attention to all the useful information.

He looked at Dumbledore with a look of disappointment in his clear blue eyes. "If you're so obsessed with your own way, Connelly," said the old man, "we'll have to go our separate ways. You do what you see fit. I—I do what I will."

Fudge was furious at Dumbledore's words, obviously, he thought it was a threat in some sense. "Yes, yes, Dumbledore," he waved his hand threateningly, "I've always given you full freedom. Not many people would allow you to hire a werewolf, keep Hagrid, or do anything without consulting the Ministry of Magic." Decide what to teach the students. But if you're going to go against me—"

Snape was amazed at the threatening element in this sentence, and annoyance quickly rose in his heart.

"The only thing I want to go against," said Dumbledore, who seemed unaffected by Fudge's attitude, still looking calm, "is Voldemort. If you're against him too, Connelly, then we're still on the same side." .”

Fudge seemed stunned, subconsciously refusing to accept the fact that Voldemort had returned—Snape had seen too many cowards who refused to accept reality—like his own father—

He strode forward, interrupted the conversation between Dumbledore and Fudge, and lifted the sleeve of his left hand.In order to prove Dumbledore's words, he showed Fudge that he had been reluctant to reveal his brand in front of others.

"Did you see that," said the man hoarsely, "see it. The Dark Mark... Every Death Eater has Voldemort's brand on him. Their signal to come back to him..."

Fudge was obviously terrified by this horrific sign, he shook his head and refused to listen to Snape's words, left Harry's bonus and left in a hurry.

Dumbledore didn't stop him from running away, he turned to look at the group of people next to Harry's bed, discreetly blocking their view of Snape's arm.

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