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  9. Disapparate
He had failed.
Severus had tried to protect his former friend as soon as he had realized the prophecy he had overheard was about her son. Had nearly begged the Dark Lord to leave her be yet he should have known it wouldn’t have worked. For even if he had agreed to spare her life, Severus should have known the brave Gryffindor that Lily was wouldn’t stand by at let her own child simply die in front of her.
So as the day changed from All Hallo’s Eve to the morning after, the potions master was alone in the eerily quiet home at Godric’s Hollow. Alone but for the Boy Who Lived awake in the crib beside him. His emotions were nearly spent as he took his time mourning a life so recently lost and a friendship so long ago divided.
With sounds beginning to be heard from below, Snape knew it was only a matter of time before he was joined upstairs. And surely he couldn’t be found by friend or foe. So with a sigh and one final look at Lily’s limp form, he turned away and disappeared with a pop.
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