HP's Lost and the Lighthouse

Snape wasn't able to attend Dumbledore's funeral - of course he couldn't.

He can't even show his grief, or soothe his spirit with alcohol, as he did when Lily died all those years ago.

Because he killed Dumbledore, Voldemort was very satisfied with him as Mr. Headmaster expected, which also dispelled the Dark Lord's suspicion of him.Snape dared to say that among the Death Eaters, besides Bellatrix, the Dark Lord trusted himself the most.

The Dark Lord's trust was certainly a good thing for him, but it also forced Snape to spend more time at Death Eater gatherings - and of course he had no job as a Defense Against the Dark Arts professor now. , so this does not seem to be a loss.

Without the obstruction of Dumbledore, Voldemort's plan to secretly control the Ministry of Magic began to be implemented soon.As a reward for Snape, he even promised to give him the headship of Hogwarts.

Throughout the summer vacation, the Death Eaters were busy wooing, controlling the officials of the Ministry of Magic, controlling various newspapers, erasing Dumbledore's influence, and eliminating dissidents... Snape watched some people die under the torture of Death Eaters or the Dark Lord Next, just because they support Dumbledore's theory or are close to Muggles - no one will stop this, the lives of these lowly kind are insignificant in their eyes - no, they don't even think of each other as their own kind .

Snape didn't take part in these entertainments.Fortunately, because of his merits, the Dark Lord did not take it as disobedience, but jokingly said that 'Snape is a real scholar'.

Soon, he delivered the reward promised to Snape in front of him - this was the only consolation for Snape during the whole summer vacation.He could finally return to Hogwarts again, aboveboard, as... headmaster.

While announcing the news to Snape, Voldemort had been observing Snape's expression thoughtfully.He is used to putting himself in a strong position, so it is naturally impossible to hide his sight.The substantial gaze on Snape's face made him realize that the Dark Lord was expecting some response from him.

Various thoughts swirled in Snape's mind.Now, in the eyes of everyone, his behavior was enough to justify his position, and nothing else, Voldemort could not have doubted his loyalty... In this case...

He didn't hide his emotions, showing his excitement when he heard the news on his face.

"Thank you, Master," he said, twisting the corners of his mouth into a faint smile, "this is indeed good news."

The Death Eaters sitting around the long table giggled with disdain. To them, the task of being able to stay by the Dark Lord's side for a long time can reflect the importance that the Dark Lord attaches to them. They were sent to the school It's not a good job to take care of a group of ignorant children here.

Voldemort naturally understood this too. "Oh?" he said. "You seem to have a lot of affection for Hogwarts, Severus."

Snape looked up at him calmly.

"Of course..." the man said softly, "After all, I have spent more than twenty years there, Master, Hogwarts is like home to me."

Voldemort gave him a meaningful look, but said nothing.

……

Almost nothing has changed at Hogwarts, everything is the same as it was before he killed Dumbledore - all the damage from fighting the Death Eaters has been repaired by the professors, and the blood has been wiped off one by one .Today, at least from the outside, the school remains much the same.

Snape stood by Dumbledore's white marble tomb by the Black Lake.The huge tomb was not buried in the soil as usual, only a small tombstone was exposed for people to admire.With the tombstones on top of the tomb, it is almost as tall as a person.Snape knew that this unbroken marble tomb contained Dumbledore - lying on a pristine white marble pedestal.

The newspapers would like to spend all their ink to describe the miraculous sight of the tomb when it suddenly appeared-it was the last gift of the Hogwarts professors to their headmaster.

Under the noon sun, the white marble reflected some dazzling light, making it more and more spotless.Snape stood with his head bowed in front of the tomb, still wearing his signature black robe, his black hair drooping submissively from both sides of his cheeks, looking like a sudden shadow on a piece of white paper.

He stood silently for a while, looked at the tombstone, turned and walked towards Hagrid's cabin.

This will not be an easy meeting.Snape knew very well that Hagrid had always respected and admired Dumbledore very much, and it was impossible to give him any good looks... But he had to get the key from him to enter Hogwarts.

He knocked on the door of Hagrid's cabin.

"Who?" came the half-giant's loud voice through the door, causing Snape to flash a fleeting smile.

"It's me." He said softly.

"Who?" Hagrid opened the door and saw Snape at the door.

"What are you doing here?" Disgust flashed across his eyes, and he stepped forward, blocking his own door.

Snape's face froze.He raised his chin, showed a smirk, and said slowly: "As the future headmaster of Hogwarts, why can't I come to inspect the school during the summer vacation?"

"Headmaster?" Hagrid glanced suspiciously and warily at Snape, "Why did they let you be the headmaster?"

The half-giant's words stung Snape sharply.He took a deep breath and pulled a roll of parchment from his pocket.

"Here's a letter of appointment from the Ministry of Magic, Hagrid, and I suggest you better hand me the keys to Hogwarts. Anyway," he paused, "it's better for me to be Headmaster than to give those little brats Better leave it to Bellatrix, no? She's not as patient as I am."

Hagrid looked and looked at the appointment from the Ministry of Magic, his appraising eyes swept across Snape, and then he snorted coldly: "Anyone is better than you." Even so, he turned around and walked into the room.

Snape looked at the door slamming shut in front of him, a pained look flashed across his black eyes.Usually, although Hagrid didn't like him as much as the other professors, he would invite him in anyway to taste those rock cakes that were so hard that they would knock out a few teeth.

Not long after, the door opened again.Hagrid threw a bunch of keys into his arms, snorted coldly, and closed the door again.

The black-robed man silently took the bunch of keys, turned and left.

The author has something to say:

I love my little fool, the whole world thinks he is a bad guy, and only the Death Eaters think he is one of them, but after being nurtured by the big fool, he can no longer bear the behavior of the Death Eaters... ...

I feel the white tombstone, Dumbledore inside, black robe, Severus outside... black and white, life and death, it is really a beautiful picture, like a complementary ring hhhh

[Don't say I was abused, it's all Aunt Luo's fault, I myself have been abused so stupid......

I wrote 'Because he killed Dumbledore, Voldemort was very pleased with him, as Mr. Headmaster expected', which has been messed up to become 'Because he killed Voldemort, Voldemort was as Dumbledore expected I am very satisfied with him like that' Liao...... Afu, why are you not dead yet?]