Sorry, I Want Him Alive!!

He crawled over to Darren.

He threw his arms around Darren and wailed loudly.

Harry instinctively looked at Dumbledore and saw him give a bitter smile.

Spreading his hands helplessly, he said, "That's why I said I didn't really agree with letting him come in now. I hadn't even planned to wake him up yet.

Darren probably felt the same way... he hadn't even brought him back to the castle.

"But what do we do now?" Harry asked anxiously.

"How about you go comfort him, Harry? I think Severus likes you too."

Harry instinctively felt that was impossible.

But since Dumbledore had said it, he decided to give it a try.

So he walked over to Snape and carefully said, "Professor... Headmaster Dumbledore said Darren can still be saved..."

Snape suddenly turned around.

He looked at Dumbledore almost pleadingly.

"Albus, please, please save him... I can give anything. What use do I still have? Take it, take all of it!"

Harry looked at Dumbledore as well.

Dumbledore seemed a little embarrassed.

Shaking his head helplessly, he said, "If you hadn't come in, Harry and I were discussing how to save Darren...

Of course, I think Harry can tell you everything now...

Oh, right. I'll go get Hermione and Ron. I think they'll want to know too..."

Dumbledore left the office.

Only Harry and Snape remained.

Harry did his best to smile at Snape.

But he found that Snape was rather self-righteously telling him to hurry up and explain.

In the past, Harry would rather have kept his mouth shut than say anything. He would have insisted on going against Snape.

But now...

Thinking of everything Snape had done.

Harry could only tell him everything, detail by detail.

Just as he was about to ask Snape to think of a solution.