HP Approaches the Magical World

"There...is there no one else here?"

"Of course not. Oh, yes, Wormtail is here, but we don't count vermin, do we?"

He pointed his wand at the wall of books behind him, and with a bang, a secret door opened, revealing a narrow staircase with a small man standing transfixed.

"Surely you already know very well, Wormtail, we have guests."

said Snape lazily.

The man hunched down the last few stairs and into the room.

He has small watery eyes, a pointed nose, and an unnatural smirk. He stroked his right hand with his left hand, which looked like he was wearing a shiny silver glove.

"Narcissa!"

He said in a creaking voice, "Bellatrix! How charming—"

"Wormtail will bring us drinks, if you will,"

Snape said, "Then he'll go back to his own bedroom."

Wormtail dodged as if Snape had thrown something at him.

"I am not your servant!"

He avoided Snape's gaze and said in a creaking voice.

"Really? I thought the Dark Lord put you here to help me."

"Help, yes.

But not serving you a drink, or cleaning your room! "

"Wormtail, I didn't expect you to desire more dangerous tasks."

Snape said in a slippery tone,

"It's easy to do: I'll go and tell the Dark Lord—"

"I'll tell him myself if I want to!"

"Of course you can."

Snape sneered, "For now, you'd better serve us drinks. A little elf wine."

Wormtail hesitated for a moment, then turned around and went out through another secret door.

They heard bang bangs and clinking glasses.

He was back a few seconds later with a dirty wine bottle and three glasses on a tray.

He put the tray on the rickety table, and immediately left in three steps at a time, and slammed the door hidden by the book behind him.

Snape poured out three glasses of blood-red wine and handed two to the sisters.

Narcissa mumbled a "thank you" and Bellatrix said nothing, continuing to stare at Snape sternly.

But that didn't seem to make Snape squirm, he seemed to think it was funny.

"For the Dark Lord."

The three of them raised their glasses and drank it all in one gulp.

Narcissa took the second glass of wine and said in one breath: "Severus, I'm so sorry to bother you like this, but I have to come to see you, I think, only you can help me—"

Snape raised a hand to stop her, then pointed his wand at the secret stairway again.

There was a loud bang and a scream, and then Wormtail hurried upstairs.

"Sorry," said Snape, "he's been eavesdropping lately, I don't know what he means by that... Where did you say that, Narcissa?"

Narcissa took a deep, trembling breath, and started talking again.

"Severus, I know I shouldn't be here, I've been told not to tell anyone, but—"

"Then you should hold your tongue!"

Bellatrix roared, "Especially in front of this man!"

"This person in front of me?"

Snape repeated sarcastically, "How am I supposed to understand that, Bellatrix?"

"It's just that I don't believe you, Snape. In fact, you know it very well!"

Narcissa made a little noise, like a tearless sob, and covered her face with her hands. Snape put the cup on the table, leaned back in the chair, put his hands on the armrests of the chair, and smiled at Bellatrix's angry face.

"Narcissa, I think we'd better hear what Bellatrix can't wait to say,

Lest she bother us endlessly.

Now, go on, Bellatrix," said Snape, "why don't you believe me? "

"A hundred reasons!" Bellatrix yelled as she strode over from behind the sofa and slammed the glass down on the table.

"Where do you start? Where were you when the Dark Lord fell from power?

Why didn't you make any effort to find him after he disappeared?

All these years, what have you done to survive under Dumbledore?

Why did you prevent the Dark Lord from getting the Philosopher's Stone?

After the Dark Lord was resurrected, why didn't you come back immediately?

Where were you a few weeks ago when we fought bravely to claim the orb of prophecy for the Dark Lord?

And, Snape, why is Harry Potter still alive?

He has five years to do as he pleases with you! "

She stopped, her chest heaving violently, her cheeks flushed. Behind her, Narcissa sat motionless, her face still buried in her hands.

Snape laughed.

"Before I answer you—

You can tell my words to those who talk about me behind my back, and you can report the false words about my betrayal to the Dark Lord!

But before I answer you, let me ask you a question.

Do you really think the Dark Lord hasn't asked me every single question?

Do you really think I can sit here and talk to you if I don't give a satisfactory answer? "

She hesitated.

"I know he trusts you, but—"

"You think he made a mistake?

Or did I even fool him? He even played tricks on the Dark Lord, the greatest wizard in human history, and the most accomplished Legilimency master in the world? "

Bellatrix said nothing, but for the first time she looked a little confused.

Snape didn't hold on to it, he picked up his glass, took a sip and continued, "You asked just now where I was when the Dark Lord lost power.

I was where he ordered me to be, at Hogwarts because he wanted me to spy on Dumbledore there.

I suppose, you must know, that I accepted the teaching position at the behest of the Dark Lord? "

She nodded almost imperceptibly, and opened her mouth to speak, but Snape stopped her first.

"You also ask why I didn't make an effort to find him when he disappeared.

Why I didn't look for him, with Everly, Yaxley, the Carrows, Greyback, Lucius,"

He tilted his head slightly towards Narcissa,

"As well as many others. I thought he was screwed.

I'm not proud of it, I did it wrong, but that's the way it is...if he can't forgive us for losing confidence at that point, there aren't many of his followers left. "

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"He still has me!" Bellatrix said excitedly, "For him, I squatted in Azkaban for many years!"

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