Voldemort probably hoped that when Snape passed him information, he could do so at such speed:
Once he confirmed that Barty Crouch Jr. had left Cokeworth, Snape immediately contacted Dumbledore and informed him of the Dark Lord's invitation.
Other than telling Snape to watch his safety, Dumbledore reminded him of one thing: if the Dark Lord asked about Wizet, he only needed to answer truthfully.
Snape was not surprised by this. He had a very clear understanding of himself; the moment Barty Crouch Jr. notified him, he had resumed his identity as a "double agent."
The simpler his response, the better. The more he knew, the more likely he was to delay matters.
With a soft pop, Snape appeared amid the mountains.
Durmstrang was located among the mountains of Northern Europe. He stepped onto a winding, rugged mountain path and looked around to find nothing but an expanse of white.
Faced with such pure white snow, his state of mind became all the more complicated.
He was about to truly meet Voldemort again. The feeling was somewhat familiar, like several years ago, when he had truly seen Lily's eyes again.
Though those eyes... had appeared on a face he found repulsive.
He exhaled a breath of warm air. It drifted away on the mountain wind, and his thoughts drifted with it.
Snape seemed to return to his childhood, to the moment when he first met Lily.
He had carefully planned their first meeting, yet when it was actually carried out, it had been nothing short of a disaster.
He had told Lily that she was a witch, but he had overlooked the fact that Lily had grown up in a Muggle family. To Muggles, the word "witch" carried derogatory, even insulting, connotations.
When he saw Lily leave, he thought he