What does Draco owe Snape? (Was: The UV )

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Carol:
> So we have rebellious teenager!Draco who has been saved from death 
> by a teacher he thinks is a faithful DE and who is now a fugitive, 
> on the run from the Aurors for having done the job that Draco was 
> supposed to do. If Draco was confused by Dumbledore's behavior 
> toward him, he must be equally confused by Snape's. What are 
> Snape's motives? Why did he save Draco's life? Is he serving the 
> Dark Lord or undermining him by doing so? Could Dumbledore, that 
> stupid old man, be right about Snape's loyalties after all? And 
> what does Snape want from Draco now?

SSSusan:
I have a question about this part of the discussion.  I was following 
along quite nicely, I think, until the comment was made that, in 
questioning Snape's motives, Draco might conclude that DD had been 
*right* about Snape's loyalties (i.e., Snape was trustworthy & on the 
side of Right).  What I don't get is *why* Draco might come to this 
conclusion, simply from asking, "Why did Snape just do what he did -- 
save me from the tower, KILL DD himself, and then shuffle me off the 
grounds of Hogwarts?"  To me, the leap from "Snape is a loyal DE" 
to "He might have been loyal to DD all along!" seems like a gigantic 
one.  Can someone show me what I'm missing here?

Carol:
> And, of course, there's the big question of where his own loyalties
> lie now that it's clear that the Dark Lord doesn't value the lives 
> of his own followers.
> 
> I think it's a matter of time until Snape convinces Draco to trust 
> him or Draco arrives at that conclusion himself. If he decides to 
> rebel against LV, Snape is the only one who can, and will, help him.
> (Assuming DDM!Snape, of course.) He just needs to figure that out.
> 
> Carol, imagining Snape, Narcissa, Bellatrix, and Draco all in hiding
> together in the hidden chamber beneath the Malfoys' drawing room

SSSusan:
And that would be a fascinating scene, wouldn't it! :-)  

It would also make it all the more difficult for Snape to do any kind 
of convincing of Draco to rebel against Voldy.  Yet, if I'm reading 
this correctly, it is being suggested that Draco will decide his own 
loyalties *aren't* with the Dark Lord, right?  If so, I think you're 
right that Snape would be the only one who could & would help 
Draco "out."  The question is, how would Snape be able to get to 
Draco and show him that he could help in this?  Is there any reason 
for Draco to mistrust his earlier impression, that Snape was just 
trying to steal Draco's glory and impress Voldy?  I don't see why 
Draco would be doubting that conclusion, based upon Snape's actions 
at the end of HBP.

Siriusly Snapey Susan