[HPforGrownups] Re: What does Draco owe Snape? (Was: The UV )

[elfundeb]

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>   zgirnius:
> Nothing, in my opinion. At the end of the Flight of the Prince
> chapter of HBP, I am sure the idea that Snape was loyal to Dumbledore
> could not be farther from Draco's mind. However, something must
> happen next. (May have already happened next, though we don't know
> about it).
>
> That is, Draco and Snape went somewhere. Harry's musings in the final
> chapter seem to me a hint that Draco went to Voldemort. And I really
> can't see where else Snape would have gone.
>
> So the question becomes, what will happen/did happen, when Snape and
> Draco returned to Voldemort? Did/will Snape try to grab all the
> glory, as Draco suggested? I doubt it, if he cared enough to take an
> Unbreakable Vow to protect Draco, would he stop now? (Whether or not
> the Vow is over-and there is an argument to be made that Snape is
> still bound by the second clause...) *That's* where I can see Draco
> beginning to reevaluate some of his ideas. If Snape takes actions to
> protect him and/or his mother from Voldemort's wrath (most likely, by
> painting Draco's mission as a success by Draco.)
>

Debbie:
If Snape and Draco go back to Voldemort, they will both have to lie to him
in order to protect Draco from Voldemort's wrath.  We know Snape is capable
of appearing before Voldemort and lying through his teeth, but would Draco
have the Occlumency skills to pull it off?  This is one reason I am not at
all convinced that that is where Snape has gone, or if he has gone there
that he took Draco with him.  (Another potential problem is that there were
other witnesses, but I'm assuming that they're not available at the
moment.)

My thought was that perhaps he took Draco home to Narcissa and hid them
under the Fidelius Charm, with himself as Secret Keeper?  Now, if he goes
back to Voldemort under this scenario, he will be alone and he can tell
Voldemort any story he likes.  (Draco may think Snape is stealing his glory,
but only if he knows where Snape has gone.)  However, any story he tells
Voldemort had better be good, because he'll have to have a good explanation
of why Draco isn't with him.

This is why I lean to scenario #3:  Snape with Draco somewhere out there
(perhaps with Narcissa as well) apparently estranged from both sides.

Debbie


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