Watching the door and waiting was agony. Everyone slowly backed towards the back wall, and stared. Lily reached out to grasp Remus’ hand, but found his spot had been taken over by James. Without letting on that she had noticed that it wasn’t Remus, she kept hold of it. The hand she was holding grasped hers tightly, and the body moved in front of her. She couldn’t understand why he was now standing in front of her, pressing her harder into the wall, until a few moments later.

“REDUCTO!” they heard, and the wall blew into small pieces. Everyone screamed, and ducked to cover themselves. Lily’s heart swelled in her chest. He was protecting her.

“MR.SNAPE! What in MERLIN’s beard are you Thinking?” Roared a very angry Slughorn.
“Professor Slughorn, please take Severus back to your office. I trust you can deal with suitable punishment,” Dumbledore said.
They heard the footsteps disappear, before Dumbledore spoke again. “You can all come out, please,” he said. “I have known for some time what you have all been doing and I would like confirmation that Miss. Evans and Mr. Lupin were the leaders of this group.”