Authors Notes: No money made, but lots of time wasted. Character death of course, this is part 1. This is an idea I had for a longer story.

Title: Things We Can Not Do

He threw open the door to the incessant pounding to reveal the cause.

She stood disheveled and in tears, her arms held a bundle wrapped in her outer robes supported upon a large book.

"Please sir, you are the only one who can help him." she gulped, her eyes pleading.

He took the bundle and set it on the table, motioning her inside.

Unwrapping it gently he discovered the injured ginger cat.

Lightly laying his hands upon it brushing the ears, Snape lowered his head speaking softly, "As powerful as we are, Miss Granger, we cannot bring back the dead."