Demeter

A father should love, cherish, protect, adore, appreciate his son... a father who does not is no father at all. One last act of cruelty by Lucius in order to 'strengthen' Draco is the absolute last straw.

Not protecting, not preventing, not resolving; that is the sin of many who have grown to adulthood. The outlook of the Dark Reign from Minerva's eyes.

Innocence is as fleeting as the life of a human; it can easily be destroyed and Percy Weasley is one of the 'lost' during the Voldemort Reign.

Temperance and the means to an end. Severus Snape isn't the icy-hearted snake that simmers on the surface; coincidences and circumstances can change a person... sometimes for the worst.