Snape's future (Was: Snape's other books)

[saraquel_omphale]

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Saraquel:
Joining in the laughter too. 

Potioncat wrote:
> I really expect we'll either see almost nothing of Snape, or we'll
> see an absolutely horrible Snape until the end. At the end we'll 
get
> some big scene which will prove at last which side he has been on.

Saraquel:
But methinks that "Snape woz ear" is scrawled either on the remains 
of Godric's Hollow or the walls of the Cave.  I notice a certain 
lack of canon attaching itself to that sentence – I wonder where it 
got to :-)  But, speculating, Harry will need to seek to seek him 
out for one reason or the other to get some questions answered, and 
the questions he wants answered will have put some real confusion in 
his mind about just where Snape's loyalties lie.

Yes, I know, there's no reason in the canon that we have to put 
Snape at either of those locations, but it's what happened at those 
locations that will give Harry definitive proof of exactly where 
Snape's loyalties lie, IMO.  

I've suggested theories that could put him at these locations in the 
past, but they met with the sort of reaction that either makes you 
wonder if you've gone deaf or leaves you looking at the backs of 
people's heads as they walk away :-)  But I haven't abandoned them 
totally, I've just followed Luna's example, and threaded a string 
through the holes in them and am now wearing them round my neck.  In 
fact, I think I might adopt LunaThories as my list name, I'm sure 
there are plenty of people on the list who would think it highly 
appropriate <bg>

Also, if Snape really is DDM, then, as has been discussed on the 
list,  we might expect to see him trying to contact Harry? Don't 
know if anyone has suggested this yet, but might Fawkes not be a 
trustworthy messenger from Snape to Harry?  That would certainly 
confuse Harry and put Snape very firmly in the loyal to DD camp. 

>SSSusan wrote:
>OTOH, I still can't quite imagine Snape abandoning Draco. He might
>not keep him with him long while he's on the run "I could see him
>arranging for his safe deposit *somewhere* -- but I can't imagine 
>his lugging Draco along with him. The only way I think Snape would 
>stay with Draco long is if they both end up hiding at the Malfoys'.

>Kaylee: And again, I say we're thinking along the same lines. 
>Malfoy Manor, in Wiltshire if I remember OOTP correctly. Hey, isn't 
>that where Stonehenge is?

Saraquel:
I've been rereading `Flight of the Prince" and there is no evidence 
given about whether Snape actually disapparated with Draco or not. 3 
DEs, Draco and Snape escaped the scene.  The 3 DEs and Draco ran on 
whilst Snape turned to face Harry.  This is how the encounter ends 
UK Ed p564 "and sure enough, by the time he (Harry) had located his 
wand he turned only to see the Hiffpogriff circling the gates: Snape 
had managed to Disapparate just beyond the school's boundaries."  

It could be that as soon as the 3 DEs and Draco got beyond the 
boundaries they disapparated without waiting for Snape – so there is 
a possibility that Snape and Draco have already been separated.

Whatever happened at that point, and even if Snape is ESE or has 
decided to still continue as a spy (both of which I doubt) I can't 
see them hiding at the Malfoy's.  The boardwalk (does this mean 
under the floorboards?) was searched wasn't it, by Arthur Weasley?  
LunaTheories chips in at this point, well if Snape was involved with 
the Cave, how about that for a hiding place? Saraquel, rolls her 
eyes heavenwards and puts a fixed smile on her face.

Saraquel