Thou Shalt Not!

Title: Thou Shalt Not!

Fandom: Harry Potter

Notes: Post-Battle of Hogwarts fic in part. Non-Epilogue compliant. AR/AU. Evil Dumbledore.

Summery: Severus Snape survives the war, only to realize he has nothing left to live for. While musing what he might have done differently, he is interrupted by the arrival of Dumbledore who is doing some 'housekeeping'. A duel begins and in an attempt to save himself, Severus does the unthinkable and breaks one of the greatest tenants of Magic!

What has he done and where has he gone?

The Past- Ch 4

Aurelius was dreaming…

Lily was in the dream….

She was showing him his first meeting with her family and how her family had reacted her being a witch.

Then it was a memory of his meeting the Grangers and explaining to them that Hermione was a witch. It was clear that Drs. Granger were very proud of their genius daughter and doted on her.

Lily looked at her in that knowing way he remembered even in the seventeen years since her death, "Severus, how can you even consider taking this girl and others like her away from their parents who love them and are proud of them? Do you even know what family she's from? How do you know if they'll accept her? What if she's a Black, an Umbridge or a Yaxley? They'd never accept her or treat her as one of them. They would treat her little better than Tunnie treated me. She'd been an outcast and never quite understand why, even if she was blood adopted. This rash plan of yours, do you even know what it might become? You remember the Muggleborn Commission? Do you want to see such a travesty of justice occur again? If the child is mistreated in someway then the child should be removed, argue for a groups of specially trained Mind Healer workers to oversee the Muggleborns. They can visit the families, have them trained what to look for, how to recognize abuse. If they find a child that's mistreated then the process for removing the child can begin. You can run your precious treats to determine what family they are descended from. If the family doesn't want them then you can offer the child up for adopt for couples that can't have children and want one very much. Why not open an orphanage for unwanted children in the Muggle World? Anything but your desire to steal children from their parents. However did you think you'd accomplish such a task?"

Aurelius sighed, "I thought we'd go over my memories of Muggleborns not yet born and take the children at birth. The parents would be told the child had died. The older one's not yet eleven would be said to have contracted a disease, a communicable one that was deadly. We'd taken them intending to 'find a cure'. Which of course would be a lie, the children would be declared dead. The children would be made to forget their families and start new lives."

"That's! Severus that is the most heinous idea you've ever had! Do you really see Muggleborns as something distasteful? As Mudbloods?" Lily's green eyes were flashing with anger.

"Of course not. You were my friend weren't you?"

Lily stomped her foot, "Oh you and your anger! You know Voldemort was a Halfblood, you remember what his irrational anger caused? Do you want to set yourself up as Dark Lord or like Dumbledore? You're not like them; you know you're not! I wouldn't have been best friends with a monster!"

Lily as usual saw right through him, she knew him better then he knew himself. He was never a good Death Eater for he didn't agree with most of their ideals. Not that he liked Voldemort or anything. He was lost and angry when he took the Mark. Something he regretted…

He hoped he'd remember this when he awoke…

What do you think? Outstanding? Exceeds Expectations? Acceptable? Poor? Dreadful? Troll?