When HP and SS are trapped together with an hour to live certain revelations come to light. Once they escape how do they cope with the consequences of this and the shadows that have fallen across their lives?

A mentally and physically scarred aurora arrives at Hogwarts, but not to teach. This story is about life, love, death and redemption. It isn't pleasent but is splashed with hope, now and again anyway! First in the planned Nocthorrifica trilogy. Snape/OC