När Katie Bell var förbannad ser vi att denna scen äger rum.
Professor McGonagall, looking alarmed as she took the necklace from Harry. “No, no, Filch, they’re with me!” she added hastily, as Filch came shuffling eagerly across the entrance hall holding his Secrecy Sensor aloft. “Take this necklace to Professor Snape at once, but be sure not to touch it, keep it wrapped in the scarf!”
Strax före detta Hermione och Harry-tillstånd behöver de hänga halsbandet till fru Pomfry, men McGonagall skickar det till Snape.
“We need to get you up to the school, sir. . . . Madam Pom- frey . . .”
“No,” said Dumbledore. “It is . . . Professor Snape whom I need. . . . But I do not think . . . I can walk very far just yet. . . .”
“Right — sir, listen — I’m going to knock on a door, find a place you can stay — then I can run and get Madam —”
“Severus,” said Dumbledore clearly. “I need Severus. . . .”
“All right then, Snape — but I’m going to have to leave you for a moment so I can —”
Här ser vi Snape är som Dumbledore kräver när han är under effekterna av Dark Magic.
Snape hesitated, and then said, “I cannot tell. Maybe a year. There is no halting such a spell forever. It will spread eventually, it is the sort of curse that strengthens over time.”
Dumbledore smiled. The news that he had less than a year to live seemed a matter of little or no concern to him.
“I am fortunate, extremely fortunate, that I have you, Severus.”
“If you had only summoned me a little earlier, I might have been able to do more, buy you more time!” said Snape furiously.
Genom hela serien ser vi att Snape är enastående vid hantering av mörk magi, och känner förkänningar för mörk magisk ect. Så det var otroligt att under quiditch-matchen över alla de närvarande lärarna skulle han snabbt kunna känna igen vad som hände med Harrys kvast, samt veta vilken motkölning som behövdes.
Mcgonnagal eller Flitwick kunde ha räknat ut det också, men inte nära så fort som Snape skulle. Och vi vet att Dumbledore inte var i matchen, eftersom det var ovanligt att han var närvarande i nästa match.