Alan Rickman: Professor Severus Snape
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Professor Albus Dumbledore : After all this time?
Professor Severus Snape : Always.
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Professor Albus Dumbledore : We both know Lord Voldemort has ordered the Malfoy boy to murder me. But should he fail, I should presume the Dark Lord will turn to you. You must be the one to kill me, Severus. It is the only way. Only then will the Dark Lord trust you completely.
[Flashback of Snape killing Dumbledore]
Professor Albus Dumbledore : There will come a time when Harry Potter must be told something. But you must wait until Voldemort is at his most vulnerable.
Professor Severus Snape : Must be told what?
[Shot of Snape going through the halls of the Potter house]
Professor Albus Dumbledore : On the night Lord Voldemort went to Godric's Hollow to kill Harry, and Lily Potter cast herself between them, the curse rebounded. When that happened, a part of Voldemort's soul latched itself onto the only living thing it could find. Harry himself. There's a reason Harry can speak with snakes. There's a reason he can look into Lord Voldemort's mind. A part of Voldemort lives inside him.
Professor Severus Snape : So when the time comes... the boy must die?
Professor Albus Dumbledore : Yes. Yes... he must die.
[Shot of Snape collapsing at the sight of Lily's dead body]
Professor Severus Snape : You've kept him alive so that he can die at the proper moment. You've been raising him like a pig for slaughter!
Professor Albus Dumbledore : Don't tell me now that you've grown to care for the boy.
[Snape casts a Patronus in the shape of a doe, just like Lily's- the same one that helped Harry find the Sword of Gryffindor in Part 1]
Professor Albus Dumbledore : Lily... after all this time?
[Shot of Snape holding Lily's body in his arms while crying]
Professor Severus Snape : Always.
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Professor Albus Dumbledore : [after James and Lilly's deaths] The boy survives.
Professor Severus Snape : He doesn't need protection, the Dark Lord is gone!
Professor Albus Dumbledore : The Dark Lord will return! And when he does, the boy will be in terrible danger! He has her eyes.
[Snape pauses in shock]
Professor Albus Dumbledore : If you truly loved her...
Professor Severus Snape : No one... can know.
Professor Albus Dumbledore : That I shall never reveal the best of you, Severus?
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Professor Severus Snape : No! Don't kill me!
Professor Albus Dumbledore : The prophecy did not refer to a women. It spoke of a boy born at the end of July.
Professor Severus Snape : Yes but, he thinks its her son! He intends to hunt them down now, to kill them. Hide her, hide them all. I beg you.
Professor Albus Dumbledore : What will you give me in return, Severus?
Professor Severus Snape : Anything.
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Professor Severus Snape : You have performed extraordinary magic with this wand, my Lord, in the last hours alone.
Lord Voldemort : No, I am extraordinary, but the wand... it resists me.
Professor Severus Snape : There is no wand more powerful, Olivander himself has said. Tonight when the boy comes, it will not fail you I assure you.
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Professor Severus Snape : [to students] You are surely wondering why I have summoned you at this hour. It has come to my attention earlier this evening, Harry Potter was sighted in Hogsmeade.
[students murmur to each other]
Professor Severus Snape : Now, should anyone, student or staff, attempt to aid Mr. Potter, they will be punished in a manner consistent with the severity of their transgression.
[Professors McGonagall and Slughorn make pitiful looks]
Professor Severus Snape : Furthermore, any person found to have knowledge of these events who fails to come forward will be treated as... equally guilty. Now then...
[walks down steps to students]
Professor Severus Snape : ... if anyone in here has any knowledge of Mr. Potter's movements this evening...
[walks among students]
Professor Severus Snape : ... I invite them to step forward... now.
Harry Potter : [steps out of the crowd of students and everyone gasps] It seems, despite your exhaustive defenses strategies, you still have a bit of a security problem, Headmaster.
[Great Hall doors open to reveal the Order of the Phoenix members]
Harry Potter : I'm afraid it's quite extensive, how dare you stand where he stood. Tell them how it happened that night! Tell them how you looked him in the eye, a man who trusted you, and killed him! Tell them!
[Snape points his wand at Harry, but Professor McGonagall steps in front of Harry. Snape looks slightly taken aback, but readies his wand]
Minerva McGonagall : [Begins to throw spells at Snape. Not wishing to hurt McGonagall, he instead blocks and parries her curses, even throwing two of them over his shoulders to knock out the Carrows. He then swirls into a puff of smoke and jumps out of the window] Coward!
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Professor Severus Snape : [Trying to staunch the bleeding wound on Snape's neck, Harry suddenly notices that Snape is crying light, almost crystal tears. Snape gestures towards his eyes] Take them... take them, please.
Harry Potter : Hermione, give me a flask, anything!
[She reaches into her bag and produces a flask, which Harry uses to collect the memory tears running down Snape's cheek. He clutches the bottle in his hand then again tries to staunch Snape's wound]
Professor Severus Snape : Take them to the Pensieve... and look at me.
[Harry stares at him]
Professor Severus Snape : You have your mother's eyes.
[a confused look crosses Harry's face as Snape takes his last breath]
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Professor Severus Snape : [to Voldemort] There is no wand more powerful. It answers to you, and to you only.
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Lord Voldemort : [as Harry, Ron and Hermione eavesdrop of him and Snape, suspiciously] The wand, does it truly answer to me? You're a clever man, Severus. Surely you must know. Where does its true loyalty lie?
Professor Severus Snape : With you... of course, my Lord.
Lord Voldemort : The Elder Wand cannot serve me properly because I am not its true master. The Elder Wand belongs to the wizard who killed its last owner.
[pauses in realization]
Lord Voldemort : You killed Dumbledore, Severus. While you live, the Elder Wand cannot truly be mine. You've been a good and faithful servant Severus - but only I can live... forever.
Professor Severus Snape : My Lord...
[Voldemort swishes his wand at Snape slitting his throat, Snape bleeds uncontrollably and falls on the window, Harry shudders in fear]
Lord Voldemort : Nagini, kill!
[Nagini strikes at Snape several times, much to Harry's horror, Voldemort and Nagini leave and Disapparate]
