His heart was pounding in his head
As they raced through the woods.
They had to stop and get some sleep
'fore they no longer could.
He pulled his mate into a cave
And told him, "Quickly, rest."
The young blond man collapsed at once,
Hands folded on his chest.
He wondered how to tell the boy
What he had done was planned.
It hurt him more than anything,
To have to kill that man.
The man had been just like the dad
That he had never known.
When he found that he had to kill,
His heart had turned to stone.
He tried all he could think of then,
To help him break that Vow.
He knew he had to be the one,
So that Draco never shall.
The boy was still too young and meek
To fulfill the plan.
A sturdy lad of seventeen;
Too young to be a man.
And so it came to pass that night,
He murdered and escaped.
A righteous man, though none could see
The true heart of Severus Snape.