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I do not own any of the characters or places from the Harry Potter books or films. They all belong to J.K. Rowling. All that is mine is Lou and the plot. I am not making any money from the writing of this story.

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Unbeta�d, all mistakes and lousy grammar are mine. ccino

Feeling generous today so you get three chapters while I wait for my beta to send me chaters for No One.

CH 10 Collared

�We have to hold on Severus, if we stop now we may all end up as fried as the breakfast bacon. She needs to help us. Severus call to her, she listens to you more than anyone, you have a link with her. Tell her to try and stop.�
Severus rolled his eyes. �She is hardly likely to listen to me.� he hissed. �She hates me.�

�She hates us all Severus, but she did not mean what she said. It was fear talking, nothing more. Please try.�
Severus crawled round behind Lou and made his way onto the dais, praying that she would not see him approach and send something fatal in his direction. Carefully and quietly, he removed the chair and brought his hands to her sides, feeding them slowly around her waist and arms until his chest was against her back. Clasping his hands together he placed his mouth against her ear.
�Lou.� He spoke softly, not wanting to alarm her more then necessary. �Lou you have to stop this, if you don�t control it you will kill us all.�
She stiffened at the sound of his voice. Letting out a strangled cry she gipped his hands. �I can�t, I don�t know how. Tell me what to do, please. Help me. Make it stop.�
Severus was in agony from the moment she placed her hands on his., the lightening now coursing through his body.
�Lou you are killing me. Will it to stop, concentrate, concentrate hard.� he told her in a strained voice.
Lou struggled to turn, to see him, but he was holding her and his grip was getting tighter and was starting to hurt.
Severus wasn�t hurting her on purpose. The pain she was inflicting on him was causing him to suffer a paroxysm and he couldn�t control it.

�Lou make it stop. Make it stop now.� He demanded in as hard a voice as he could muster. �If you do not, I shall punish you, I shall spank your bare backside until it is raw. Make it stop, concentrate.� This was almost as bad as the cruciatus for Severus and he was struggling to maintain his self control.
Lou didn�t want to be punished. He�d spanked her already and she didn�t want him to do it again.

�Stop it.� She told herself. �Stop it or you�ll be in big trouble. They�ll make you go back in care. You know what happens when you�re in care. It�ll be the same thing again and you don�t want that.�

�Stopstopstopstop.�

Lou repeated the word like a mantra in her mind. Over and over she willed herself to stop.
It was only the hard thud of wood beneath them, jarring them both, that alerted Lou and Severus to the fact that the magic had stopped and they were laid in a heap on the floor.
Severus was on his back, his hands clawed around her as she lay on top of him, she was shaking so hard it was causing his own body to shake along with hers. He managed to roll over as several pairs of hands reached out to try and separate them.
�I�m sorry.� Lou cried. �I�m sorry. I didn�t mean to do it. It just happened. I�m sorry. Please don�t be dead. I�m sorry.� She sobbed over her shoulder.
�I�m not dead you foolish girl, just give me time to get my wits about me.�
�It hurts, your squeezing me too tight.�
�I �I cannot help that, you are not the only one in pain. Try and relax, take long s �slow breaths, your magic is still affecting me and I cannot le �t go.�
Lou tried her best to take deep breaths, but it was hard with him gripping her so tightly. Slowly she felt his grip start to loosen a bit and she was able to take slightly deeper breaths. The deeper she breathed, the more his grip loosened, and the more his grip loosened, the deeper she breathed.
Finally he managed to let go and she fell on her face as hands pulled them apart.
Both of them let out a sigh of relief. Kingsley worked on Lou�s leg, trying to hold the re-opened wound closed while Albus and Remus helped Severus to his feet and Albus cast a few spells to help the Potions Master recover.
Lou kept repeating one word. �Sorry.� Over and over she said it, afraid of what they would do to her after she�d done whatever it was she did. Lou didn�t know what happened or even how, she hadn�t meant it to happed, it just did. She�d hurt the Professor and he�d said he would punish her.
Fortunately, being in the Room of Requirement meant that the potions required for healing Lou�s leg once more appeared, along with several cots for anyone that needed to lie down.
Kingsley picked Lou up and placed her on the nearest one, so Severus could once more seal the lesion on her leg.
She panicked when Severus produced a knife and removed her trousers and knickers, but a screen appeared and blocked them from view.

�No one can see.� He told her. �I am going to have to close this again.�
�I know, I�m sorry I hurt you, I didn�t mean to. What are you going to do?�
�I have just told you what I am going to do.�

�No, I mean are you gonna punish me? I don�t want you to spank me again, I didn�t mean to do all that, I really didn�t.�
�I know that, and I have no intention of punishing you. I only said it to make you take control of your powers. You would not listen to reason so the threat of punishment was my only option. Now lie still while I finish this.� He told her gruffly.

He�d not liked threatening the child, but he was afraid she�d kill them both if she did not get some semblance of control.
�Thank you. Does that mean we�re even now?�
�Unfortunately not. I was trying to save myself as well as you. It does not count.�
�Oh. What happens next then?�
�One thing at a time, we are back to square one with your leg. This is the third time I have needed to do this Lou, it is not conductive to improving the chances of you regaining full use of you leg.�

Once her leg was bandaged up he passed her a potion to drink.
I don�t need that, I�ve been managing fine without them.�

�No you have not. Lupin and I have been putting them in you food and drinks. Get it through your head that we are not trying to drug you, now drink it.� He hissed. He was tired and sore and did not have much patience left.
Lou, in turn, was too tired and sore to argue with him. She didn�t even have the energy to protest the fact they�d been sneaking things into her food. Instead she took the potion, followed by another and another. Next she knew the room felt as though it was swimming. Her eyes focused on his as they drifted shut and she fell asleep.
�How is she Severus?� Albus asked him as he pulled the screen back.
�She�ll live.� He said, pulling a sheet over her. �I am not happy with her leg though, I don�t know how much damage has been done as a result of this. It is the third time I have sealed that wound and the prospects are not good at the moment.�
�That is a shame, should we have waited do you think?�

�It would have made no difference Headmaster. The scar would have burst regardless, with that amount of power. I have given her a large dose of healing potion, also a phial of dreamless sleep. I think under the circumstances it is preferable to a regular sleeping potion.�
�Good thinking Severus, one more thing before we retire.�

�And that is?�

�Her magic needs to be controlled Severus.� He produced a black collar. �She needs to wear this, it will harness her power, releasing it slowly as she learns to use and control it. Tell her it was a gift from us all for doing so well today, she does not need to know it�s true purpose.�

�Headmaster, if she knew it�s true purpose she would likely have conniptions, she hates the cuffs as it is.� He told him, as fastened the collar around her neck. Like the cuffs, it resized itself to fit.

�I know Severus, but it cannot be helped, at least our muggle born have arrived here knowing they held some kind of magical ability, Louhi has known nothing but muggle for 15 years with no inkling of our world. Right, I think we could all do with some rest now, we all need to sleep for 24 hours, everyone�s magical reserves are depleted and they cannot apparate. I had the elves ready your quarters for you. Most of the others have been given rooms, Kingsley is taking my spare room and Remus will be taking up residence in his old rooms.�
�What about her?�
�She will need to go with you, leaving her on her own is not an option and Remus is too close to the full moon for her to stay with him. You have a link with her Severus, she listens to you more than most.�
The Potions Master looked appalled. �And what am I supposed to do with her, it is hardly appropriate that she stay in my rooms Headmaster.�

�I have instructed an elf to stay as chaperone, your spare room is ready and waiting for her. I am going to bed Severus, good day.�
Albus turned and tiredly walked from the room, leaving a rather discontented Professor to deal with Lou.
�Why me?� He mumbled as he wrapped a sheet around her lower half. �Why did she have to get involved in something that did not concern her.� Picking her up, he walked out of the Room of Requirement and over to the floo. �She should have been gone, there was absolutely no need for her to return to Spinners End.� Awkwardly grabbing some floo powder, he tossed it haphazardly into the fireplace. �My rooms.� He groused, stepping into the green flames with his bundle and stepping out again into his study. �Had I known she was sleeping down here, I would have given her a larger dose of dreamless sleep.�

�ELF.� He bellowed.
Immediately an elf appeared.

�Bobby is got the young misses bed ready Sir, you wants I should take her from you?�

�No, just lead the way Bobby.� Severus said wearily. As tired and resentful as he felt, he still wanted to make certain Lou was settled and comfortable. Not that he would admit as much.
He could not even be bothered to rebuke the elf for leading him to the small ante room that led off his own bedroom. There were larger spare rooms off his study and office that she could have used, but this one was prepared and all he wanted was to put her down and get to bed himself.

After laying her on the bed and giving a final check to her leg, ensuring no soot had crept under the dressing when they travelled the floo, Severus left her to the care of the house elf and retired to his own bedroom. He called another elf to bring him a light snack and a pot of tea then striped off his clothes. After a quick shower, he was sitting in bed, eating a beef sandwich and drinking tea, his eyelids drooping but determined not to fall asleep on an empty stomach. It dawned on him that Lou lost her breakfast, but there was nothing he could do about that now, she would have to eat when she woke.

His mind now at ease and his belly full, the Potions Master snuggled down for some much earned sleep, allowing his magic to restore itself.
Lou woke to blackness, total blackness. The last she remembered, she was laid on a bed and the Professor was giving her something to drink. Where was she now? Was she magic? Did it work? Where was everyone? Why was it dark?

�Severus.� She called, and started when a torch flared to life.
�Sir is sleeping, all the Sirs are restoring the magic you is draining from them. Bobby is looking after you, is you hungry miss You want Bobby should get you something from the kitchen?�
�Oh err hello Bobby. No it�s alright thanks, I need to use the bathroom though, then you can show me where the kitchen is.�
�You is not to be getting out of bed miss, the Sir said so, you has to rest you leg or it is not getting better. Bobby has brunged you pedpan so�s you can relieve youself.�
�A what? Bobby I cant pee in a bedpan, I really need to use the bathroom.�

�No. Masters orders. Bobby cannot disobey Masters orders, you do pee in bedpan.� The elf stood with his arms folded and a stern look on his face.
After dealing with Moon, Lou knew a little of what elf�s were capable of. �Huh, I haven�t got much choice then have I.�
Bobby levitated her, placed the bedpan underneath and lowered her onto it.
�Can you at least look the other way while I �you know, pee.�
Bobby snickered but turned his back, allowing Lou to have her pee in relative privacy.
�I�ve finished.� She told him. Her face burned as Bobby removed the pan and gave her a cloth to wipe herself. More to the point, Bobby made to wipe her and she snatched the cloth from him. �I can do that part myself thank you.�
After removing the pedpan, Bobby returned with a bowl of water, a towel and some soap. �Bobby is thinking miss might like to have a wash. Does you want me to help or is you doing it youself?�
�I can manage thanks. Bobby?�
�Yes miss.�
�I�m sorry, about before. It�s been a bad day, I shouldn�t take it out on you when you were trying to help.�
�It�s alright miss, Bobby is used to it. Is good that you is saying sorry to Bobby though. Bobby is only wanting to help. Is you hungry?�

�Starving.�

�I is sending to the kitchens for you some food, what is you wanting?�

�I�ll eat anything that�s put in front of me Bobby, foods food as far as I�m concerned.� She told the elf with a smile.
Two minutes later she was sitting in bed with a bowl of stew, fresh crusty bread and a glass of milk. There was jam sponge and custard to follow and Lou all but licked the bowls clean. �That was lovely Bobby, why aren�t you eating?�
�Elf�s doesn�t eat with their masters, elf�s eat with other elf�s.�
�I�m not your master Bobby, I�m not anyone�s master and I don�t want to be. I�ve never seen an elf before till I met Moon and you. I thought they were just fairy tales, you know, pretend like fairies and wizards and things.�
�All fairy tales is based on truth miss, there is more realness in stories then there is pretending.�
�What, like fairies and giants?�
�Oh yes miss. But giants is bad, yous do not want to be meeting a giant. We has Hagrid at Hogwarts and he�s not being bad. He is half giant and is kind to elf�s and other magical creatures.�
�Cool, I think I might like to meet him. What other magical creatures are their?�
�Bobby sat on the side of the bed and for the next two hours, he told her of the many different creatures that existed in their world, what they were like, where they lived and which ones she was likely to meet while at Hogwarts.
�So we�re still in the castle then, what time is it, it�s awful dark.�

�It is very early morning miss, but yous in the dungeons so is always dark down here.�

�The dungeons, what am I in the dungeons for?�

�Is where Professor Snape�s rooms are.�
�I�m in the Professors rooms? Well where�s he sleeping then?�

�In the next room. The Headmaster is telling elf�s that you is needing to be near the Professor, so he can sees to your leg. Also Professor Snape is only one that is controlling you when you is getting mad, you two�s has a link.�
�No one controls me Bobby, I can control myself. What do you mean a link?�
�You is saving the masters life, that gives you both link until the debt is repaid.�

�What kind of link?�

�He is bound to be keeping you safe, and you is bound to be doing the same for him. You is showing him love and kindness when you is saving him, it means you is bonded and that cannot be broken.�
�Bonded? Bobby I didn�t save him because I love him, I didn�t even like him, I�m still not sure I do. I only did it because I �well I don�t know why I did it, but it sure as hell wasn�t love. He was a right pratt to me. I just didn�t think it was fair, four onto one.�
�Yes miss, if you say so.�
Before Lou could reply, Bobby poofed away with the tray of dirty dishes. He returned a minute later with a phial of potion.� The Professor said you is to be taking this, is for making leg better. Said Bobby has to watch you drink it all up.�
Lou scowled, but she drank the potion. It was when she tilted her head back to swallow the last of the potion that she felt something round her neck. Putting her fingers to the alien object she tried to pull it off. �What�s this Bobby, I�ve got something on my neck.�
�You is had to be harnessed miss, to keep you from having too much magic too soon, that is why they is having to give you the collar.�
Unfortunately, no one thought to warn the elf not to mention the collars real purpose.
�I�ve what?� She almost choked. �Harnessed? Collar? No Bobby no, they can�t do this to me, it�s not fair. I�ve already got things on both my ankles and now I have to wear a collar like a bloody dog. It�s not fair, it�s not. I can�t go where I like, he knows where I am all the time and now he�s controlling what I can do, it�s not right. What�s he gonna do next, fasten a bloody leash to me and lead me about?�

�Happy fucking birthday Lou.� She sobbed to herself.
Lou flung herself onto the pillows and cried tears of frustration and despair. She hated what was happening to her and didn�t know what to do about it. �Leave me alone Bobby.� She sobbed. �Just go away.�
Bobby�s ears drooped and he gave a sad, mournful look at Lou before disappearing. He felt sorry for the miss, she was nice and Bobby didn�t like to see her upset. It wasn�t often that witches or wizards apologised to elf�s, let alone take the time to sit and have conversations with them. Even though he knew the trappings were necessary, he still felt bad for her. But he could do nothing about it and she would have to accept it eventually. At least if she got angry with the collar on, she couldn�t cause too much damage. He hoped.
Severus woke to the sound of someone crying. �Who the hell is that?� He wondered, his brain still sleep fogged. �If it�s one of those damned ghosts I shall be having words with the Bloody Baron.�
Dragging himself out of bed, he shivered, the fire had burned down. Pulling on a robe he headed for the bathroom to relive himself, then walked into the study to look for the ghost. Finding the room empty he checked his office, yawning as he ambled through, that too was empty, as was his classroom. The wailing had stopped now, so he scowled and headed back to the bedroom. When he reached the study he could hear it again.

�Lou, is that you?� He called, upping his pace and wondering why she was crying.
Entering the small ante room he saw her laid face down in the pillow, her fists gripping the edges of it as she cried. �What is it, what is wrong?� he asked as he made his way to the bed.
Lou lifted her head and turned a tearstained face towards him.
�Is your leg bothering you? I can get you another p ��
�It�s not my fucking leg.� She shouted at him. �It�s this.� Lou grabbed the collar and looked at him with such loathing he was taken aback.
�What is your problem? We thought you deserved a reward for doing so well yesterday, the Headmaster had that choker made especially for you.�

�Choker? It�s a bloody fucking collar. A collar. What am I, a fucking dog?�
Severus ran a hand down his face. �Who told you?�
�Never mind who told me, you shouldn�t have done it. I feel like a �like a �slave or a prisoner. It�s cruel, I trusted you. You had no right to do this.� She told him.
Severus did not feel any guilt over the use of the collar, but he could understand how she would be upset. He was not however happy at her choice of words.

�And did your informant tell you why you are to wear the collar?�

�Course he did, but that�s not the point, you didn�t even ask me first, you just did it like you did with the other things on my ankles, like you do everything.�

�And would you have consented to wear them had I asked?�

�No, of course I wouldn�t, would you?�

�That is beside the point. You have admitted you would refuse to wear them, and they are necessary. What is not necessary however, is the foul language that you seem to have no control over. I did warn you last time that I would take action if you were to speak like that again.�
Lou�s shoulders slumped and she turned to try and sit up. �Alright I wont swear anymore, but it�s still a really shi �horrible thing what you did. Your not gonna hit me are you?�

�At this moment, no. You are not well enough to undergo punishment. However, I do not forget any slight that is thrown my way Louhi, know that you will be punished, eventually.�

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