Where Your Loyalties Lie - {Severus Snape x Reader}

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Then, for my surprise and great relief, Lucius lets go of me and leans away, looking slightly defeated. Feels like I can breath again. Phew... "Leave." he let out under his breath which I couldn't quite hear at first. "Huh?" I look at the man in front of me little bit stunned. He gets angry again and quickly grabs part of my clothing inside his fist to shove me further away:"Get back where you came from. Before I'll change my mind.". That's when I realized how there are more Death Eaters approaching us. Stunned by all of this, I take the last glance at him before starting to run along the narrow streets with the mirror in my hand. Just in time, I get out of the sight when three of the Death Eaters appears behind the corner only to see Lucius standing there all alone. "Well?" Bellatrix asks impatiently, wondering where the person is who said their Lord's name. Bartemius and Greyback are with her. Lucius fixes his clothing with simple move and tells them with calm and collected tone:"Already taken care of.".

Running thru these narrow alleyways to get further away from the Death Eaters, I press the mirror against my chest, still amazed by the fact I managed to get away from Lucius's grasp. I can't believe this! When I get far enough, I stop to catch a breath. Merlin, my legs are shaking! Not because of that running I just did, but because of the relieved stress that's coming out of me. Bringing up Draco really worked. Even part of me believed he wouldn't care, but... I'm glad to see there is some love and care for his own son under that vile and cruel character. Guess I have used to the fact parents don't put their children first in any situation... "(Y/N)?!" fade voice calls all of sudden. Huh?! Quickly, I look around but can't see anyone. Baffled by this, I wonder if I was just hearing things:"What the..?". "(Y/N)! Can you hear me?!" the voice calls again. This time, I realize it's coming from the mirror:"Ah!". Lift up the mirror to take a look at it and sure enough, I see Harry.

It's very shaky, but besides seeing Harry's face in distress, I see there are different colored spells being casted every few seconds behind him. Looks like he's hiding behind some stone wall that keeps breaking everytime a spell is being hit. This raises the anxious in me:"Wh..-?! What's going on?! Harry, please talk to me..- Is everyone alright? What's happening?! Is Sirius there with you?". Trying to keep my voice down so people who are walking past by the alleyway I'm in won't pay too much attention to me. "Yeah." Harry answers to all of them at once after couple moments went by. He then managed to tell me thru all that fighting noise how they are deep, deep down inside the bank and are struggling to get out after they got betrayed and ambushed. Seems that all four of them are down there. Fuck..! Quickly, I shove the mirror in my robe's pocket. I haveto help them!

Without thinking any further how am I going to get all the way down the bank pass all of the goblins and guards, I turn around and start running. But before I can even make past the first corner, someone grabs me and sharply spins me around to face them. "Ah..-!!" I let out a shriek, thinking it's Lucius again and has now changed his mind. But no. It's Severus Snape!! And he's furious. Oh, so furious. My heart almost escaped out of my chest when I realized it's him. SHIT! "What are you doing here, badger?!" he hisses. Too stunned to speak here:"I- I..-", the grip around my collar tightens as he tries to maintain the urge point his wand at me:"I swear to Merlin, if you have done something - anything, at all..-", "What?! N-no! I haven't!" I panic. In that very moment, as soon as those words escapes from my lips, a dragon - a real fully grown ass dragon, breaks thru the Gringotts glass ceiling. WHAT?! Severus and I both turn to look at the scary sight as some of the people on the streets are screaming and running away. With sharp head turn, Severus glares at me. "...Believe it or not, I got nothing to do with that." I managed to point out nervously.

The white dragon is roaring, smelling the fresh air only Merlin knows when was the last time it has have the taste of freedom. In middle all of this mess, I notice there are four people on its back, barely holding on. What?! It's Harry, Ron, Hermione and Sirius! The feeling of relief bubbles up in me and this smile appears on my face. They got out! The dragon has now climbed nearest building's roof, looking its surroundings. Then, before any of the officers or goblins that has survived can do anything to stop them, a flash of blue light comes from Hermione's wand that hits the dragon and it hops on its huge wings while roaring. Seems that it's been a while last time the dragon has been able to fly, since it falters few times, breaking some chimneys and roof tops on the way before fully getting up in the sky. It look so majestic.