Life Debt -Snape & Harry

[Tonks]

No: HPFGUIDX 122710


Another thought: 

Snape has a life debt to James. James is killed. The life debt does 
not die with him, it is transferred to Harry. Snape a former DE, or 
current DE, doesn't matter. He has a life debt and this is a VERY 
serious thing in the WW, more than it would be in ours. Even a DE 
must follow it. We see time and again the ways in which Snape 
protects Harry. He doesn't like Harry. He hates James, even now. But 
still he must do what he must do. Even if he again turns to the dark 
side, he will still have to save Harry.

Tonks_op
Ah. A little butterbeer helped my thinking!