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Sudden Changes (Re-write)	By : Darkalli Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Harry/Snape Views: 9887 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 6
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Title: Sudden Changes
Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoat Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Warnings: Slash, violence, mentions of child abuse and language. Alcohol consumption.
Pairings: HP/SS, DM/BZ, LM/RL, FW/AJ, GW/OW, HG/CW

Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.

Chapter Thirteen: Things Heat Up: Part Three

All Lucius knew was pain, nothing else was registering in his brain. Every single muscle ached, his brain felt like it was on fire and his throat felt so raw he could barely swallow without pain. He wasn’t sure how long he had been in this cell, all he knew was that he was suffering never ending pain.

He had just been visited by his deranged sister-in-law, and true to her sadistic nature she took great pleasure in causing the most pain possible. His watcher, a junior Death Eater he never really paid attention to, was currently closing the open wounds that had been left by Bella. Voldemort wanted at least a week of torture out of him so he made sure that none of the injuries dealt to him would cause death, only pain and suffering.

The only thing going through his mind was that he would never again see his son, nor would he have the chance to have the life with Remus that he was looking forward to ever since the scarred man had agreed to give them a chance. Their two faces were all that flashed through his mind during the unending torture, they were all that was keeping him sane.

His more serious cuts had just been closed when he heard voices outside his cell, involuntarily he whimpered and curled further into himself. He wouldn’t be able to last if they kept coming down to torture him.

He couldn’t hear what was being said, the speaker was too quiet, however he did sigh in relief when whoever it was left the room. The junior Death Eater went back to guarding his cell and Lucius let unconsciousness finally kick in.

HPSSHPSSHPSSHPSSHPSSHPSS

An hour and a half after Severus left found Harry making his way to the man’s quarters after he received a letter requesting his presence. He had waited impatiently for news from the potions master ever since he had left to head back to Riddle Manor to put their plan into action. He had started to worry after the hour mark had passed and was getting ready to do something when his head of house’s owl had arrived.

It was almost ten o’clock at night and curfew for the seventh years would be going into effect soon, so Harry made sure he got to Severus’ quarters quick enough to avoid being seen by any prefect. From what Hermione had told him, the Gryffindor prefect would be on duty in the dungeon that night so he needed to be extra careful.

In the hour since Severus had left, Harry had to get Draco to take a calming draft before the boy burned himself out from worry. They finally calmed him down enough where his exhaustion finally kicked in and he allowed Blaise to take him to bed, the young Italian hadn’t left his boyfriend’s side ever since they found out about Lucius’ fate and he didn’t plan on going anywhere anytime in the future.

After a close encounter with Filch’s creepy cat, Harry finally made it to Severus’ quarters and knocked on the door. He didn’t have to wait long before the man answered the door and ushered Harry into the room.

“Everything is set, I talked to my spy and he informed me that no more torture has been scheduled for tonight. A meeting is set for tomorrow morning at ten which is when our plan will go into action. Dobby will need to apparate in just after ten when everyone is there, there will be too many people and too much confusion for anyone to know who let down the wards around Lucius’ cell.” Severus informed Harry once the boy was inside the room.

“Okay, I’ll let Dobby know and I’ll go and talk to Madam Pomphrey. They have been waiting for the go ahead ever since you left so I’m going to have to tell them that there is a change in the plan. Why can’t we get him out tonight?” Harry asked.

“Because Voldemort has doubled the guard and has dismissed my spy for the night. There would be no chance of getting him out if we tried it tonight, the risk is too great and there is a chance that he will be caught before he can even be rescued.” Severus informed him.

“How is he?” Harry asked, dreading the answer.

“He’s in really bad shape, Bellatrix had just paid him a visit when I showed up. You can guess at what she did to him. From what I was able to see, he has at least one broken leg and severe cuts on his back and chest. I can’t even guess at what else has been done to him.” Severus said as he poured himself a glass of fire whiskey, after seeing his friend in that state he needed a good stiff drink to calm the rage coursing through his system.

“I dread Remus’ reaction when he sees Lucius, with it being so close to the full moon we are going to have to keep a close eye on him. The last thing we need is him going into a rage and terrifying the students.” Harry said as he took the offered glass that the older man had poured for him.

“I’ll have a few potions on hand to help try and keep the man docile, we don’t need Dumbledore coming in and seeing what we are doing.” Severus said.

“How are we going to keep the old coot away from the infirmary? Doesn’t Madame Pomphrey have to tell him when someone is admitted?” Harry asked.

“Like in the muggle world we have patient doctor confidentiality. Besides, Pomphrey has sided with you in this war and has let it be known to Dumbledore what she really thinks of him and the way he has been treating you.” Severus told him as he got up to refill his glass.

“That’s good then, maybe we can get Professor McGonagall to run some interference as well.” Harry suggested.

“I’ll have a talk with her first thing in the morning, it’s almost curfew so you need to go and see Madame Pomphrey now before you get caught out of your common room.” Severus told Harry as he got up from his seat to escort the other wizard out.

“Okay, I’ll see you in the morning.” Harry said giving the man a concerned look, he had downed five glasses of Fire Whiskey in the short time they had been talking and was already making his way back to the bottle before Harry had even left the room.

Shaking his head, Harry closed the door behind himself and headed down the corridor that would lead him up to the hospital wing. Looking at his watch, Harry noticed that it was five minutes past curfew and was glad that he had the forethought to bring his cloak and map when he had left the common room. Stopping in an alcove just before the stairs that led up to the first floor of the castle, Harry pulled his invisibility cloak out from under his jumper and proceeded to put it on. Once secured under the cloak he pulled the map out of his pocket and said the password to activate it.

Looking at the map he saw Severus pacing in his quarters, looking along the dungeon corridors he noticed the Gryffindor prefect in the corridor outside the Slytherin common room, no doubt lurking around trying to catch any stray Slytherin. Noting that the way ahead of him was clear, Harry folded the map up and headed up the stairs.

With Pansy being a Slytherin prefect and Hermione being the head girl there would be no questions as to why the two witches were out after curfew. He may even get Pansy to follow him down to the dungeons so his return would go unhindered.

Hearing a noise around the corner, Harry quietly ducked into a nearby alcove and unfolded his map. Upon looking at the way ahead he saw that it was only Filch, that man needed to wear a bell around his neck. As long as he stuck to the left wall then he should be able to get by him without being heard, thankfully his irritating cat wasn’t with him. Mrs. Norris was somehow able to sense him when he was under the cloak and he really didn’t need to be caught.

Fifteen minutes later and a near miss with Peeves, found Harry at the entrance to the hospital wing. Looking at the map revealed that Hermione and Pansy were the only ones inside the room with Madame Pomphrey and thankfully the door was still open. Harry walked into the room and removed his cloak which resulted in Hermione letting out a rather high pitched squeal upon seeing him appearing out of nowhere.

“Harry, you ass. A little warning next time.” Hermione cried as she clutched at her chest.

“Sorry, Hermione, didn’t mean to scare you. It was fun though.” Harry said with a laugh.

“Have you heard anything?” Pansy asked once she was able to stop laughing, she had been facing Hermione with her back to the door so she didn’t notice Harry’s unveiling until Hermione had squealed.

“Yeah, Severus just got back. Voldemort has doubled the guard and has sent Severus’ spy home for the night. The plan is to send Dobby in tomorrow morning at just after ten during the next Death Eater meeting. Severus’ spy will be able to take the wards down and no one will be the wiser with all those people mulling around.” Harry explained.

“From what Severus has told me, Lucius is in really bad shape so he’s going to need all your expertise Madame Pomphrey.” Harry told the Medi-Witch.

“Do you know what I need to be prepared for?” Pomphrey asked.

“At least one of his legs is severely broken, deep cuts over his back and chest that have been sealed but not healed. I’m guessing multiple cruciatus curses and Merlin knows what else. Professor Snape is also going to put together a supply of potions to help keep Remus calm. Once he sees the state his mate is in and with it being so close to the full moon, he’s going to need to be in a sedate mood to be allowed in here tomorrow.” Harry explained further.

“I’ll make sure I have anything I need, what I don’t have I’ll just floo the order through to Severus. I’ll have one of the private rooms set up and ready for Mr. Malfoy’s arrival.” Madame Pomphrey told them before she left to go and have a look at her potion stock.

“How are we going to keep this from reaching Dumbledore?” Hermione asked.

“Severus is going to have a chat with Professor McGonagall in the morning to see if she can run some interference with Dumbledore tomorrow. With it being Saturday it should be easier to stay under the old coot’s radar while we help Lucius.” Harry told the two girls.

“All right, well we should all head back to our common rooms.” Hermione said.

“Pansy, walk back with me. I’ll be under the cloak but if I walk along with you I don’t have to worry about bumping into anybody.” Harry asked.

“Okay Harry, I’ll see you tomorrow, Hermione.”

With all that out of the way, Harry put his cloak back on and headed out the door with the two girls, Hermione went straight while Harry and Pansy went right to head back to the dungeons.

HPSSHPSSHPSSHPSSHPSSHPSSHPSS

Remus couldn’t sleep. His beast was restless and he was agitated and upset about having to wait for the next day to finally have his mate safe and sound in the Hogwarts hospital wing. He had received a letter from Harry three hours ago explaining what was going on and he hadn’t been able to settle since.

He had tried grading the third year Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw homework assignments that he had on his desk but to no avail. He had tried drinking a glass of Fire Whiskey to calm his nerves but it just made him jittery. He had even tried meditation but all that did was accentuate the restlessness of his inner beast which made him even more irritated.

He wanted his mate back now but he knew that if the plan they had come up with wasn’t followed to the T then something would go horribly wrong and he wouldn’t get Lucius back. After this he wasn’t going to let the man out of his sight, he sure as hell wasn’t going to let him leave the castle without him ever again.

He knew that Harry was holding something back in the letter he sent, he knew what kind of man Voldemort was so he could only imagine what the psychotic megalomaniac had done to Lucius. His imaginings were not of the good kind. The not knowing for sure is what hurt the most, he knew that he wouldn’t be able to cope with seeing his mate in any condition that wasn’t good and he was dreading seeing the man in the morning.

All he could do was sit and hope that he would get his mate back, hopefully not too damaged.

HPSSHPSSHPSSHPSSHPSSHPSSHPSS

He still wasn’t sure what day it was, nor was he sure how long he had been in his personal cell. All he knew was that it was noisy in Riddle Manor which meant that there was a meeting about to start. He knew that with a new meeting meant more pain and suffering and he was really hoping that he wouldn’t receive a visit from Bellatrix again, he still couldn’t feel the last two fingers on his left hand which was rather disconcerting.

He lay on the cold and damp hard ground listening to the activity going on in the dungeons, seems like there was a change of the guard again. He hoped that the previous one was returning, he seemed to genuinely be upset when he had to close his wounds and had even healed a few without being noticed. The young man still looked familiar but his fuzzy brain was unable to put a name to the face.

Lucius was attempting to swallow what little saliva was in his mouth when he felt the magic on his cell ripple. He knew something was about to happen and he really hoped it meant that he was going to be getting out of this hell hole soon.

Lucius heard a distinct pop in front of him and he opened his eyes to see what was going on only to come face to face with the house elf he had released four years previous. He looked a lot better dressed then he had when he was in the blonde’s service and it led the man to try and remember what had happened to the elf after he was no longer in the service of the Malfoy family.

“Master come with Dobby now, new master helps him get better.” With those words uttered the house elf grabbed hold of his right shoulder and apparated them out of the dungeon cell that had been his home for the last twenty hours.

They arrived in the Hogwarts hospital wing and the occupants when into a dizzy to try and get him up on the bed they had set up for him. Lucius hissed in pain as the injurie to his body were agitated upon him being moved. As soon as he was placed onto the bed, Madame Pomphrey started running scans on him to see what damage she had to work with.

Five minutes later the scan was complete and at the utterance of another spell a piece of parchment appeared in front of her with the details of his injuries.

“How bad is it?” Harry asked as he edged closer to the bed.

“He has two broken bones in his right leg, they will be easier to fix than his left one. That has two broken bones as well and his knee is severely dislocated. The last two fingers on his left hand are completely crushed, he has severe lacerations on his back and chest and his spleen is ruptured. The ear drum in his right ear is also damaged, I’m not sure if I’ll be able to heal it properly.” The medi-witch told him.

During the conversation between Harry and Madame Pomphrey, Remus had made his way to the bed and had started to stroke Lucius least bruised cheek. The blonde had slipped back into unconsciousness not long after being placed on the bed and was unaware of what was going on around him.

Draco was staring at his father, unsure of what to do. He had always seen his father as a strong and proud man but seeing him so broken and bloody had scared him so badly that he didn’t really know how to react to the state of the man in front of him. Blaise wrapped his arm around his boyfriend and led him to the seat next to the door, sitting down he then pulled Draco into his lap and wrapped his arms around his waist.

“I can start on his healing now but it is going to take a few hours, not all of the potions can be administered at once so it will be a slow process.” Madame Pomphrey said as she pulled the table with all the potion vials she would need over towards the bed.

The room was in silence over the next thirty minutes as Pomphrey administered what potions she could before she started with the healing spells to repair both the external and internal damage that had been done to her newest patient while he was a prisoner of Voldemort.

She had just finished healing the damage done to Lucius’ spleen when Severus came limping into the room. One look at him and she could clearly see the slice in his trouser leg and the blood stain on his leg.

“What happened to you?” She asked as she walked over to him and directed him to a seat.

“The Dark Lord was not happy when he discovered the cell to be empty. He started flinging curses into the crowed of Death Eaters and I wasn’t fast enough to dodge a cutting curse.” He informed her as she carefully rolled up the pant leg.

“You’re lucky it wasn’t any deeper.”

“I managed to stem the flow of blood but I wasn’t able to heal it before getting out of there. He’s in a rage over Lucius’ disappearance.” Severus said to the irate woman in front of him.

“Does he suspect you or your spy?” Harry asked.

“No, our plan worked perfectly. He has no idea how Lucius escaped but he has assigned me the task of questioning Dumbledore about his escape.” Severus told him.

“How is he?” He asked as he looked over at the prone form of his friend.

“He’ll be fine; I may not be able to heal his left leg completely but at least he’ll finally have a legitimate reason to carry around that bloody cane of his.” Pomphrey informed him as she handed him a vial of blood replenisher.

Looking over at his friend, Severus was glad to see that all the blood that had caked his face and hair was cleaned off and he sort of looked like himself. For the werewolf’s sake he hoped that there was no lasting or permanent brain damage, quite a few cruciatus curses had been thrown at the man.

“He hasn’t woken up since he was brought in. He passed out from the pain he suffered when we put him on the bed. Hopefully he’ll awaken soon and we can determine what damage was done to his mind.” The medi-witch said as she moved back over to her patient.

“Now it’s just a waiting game till he does wake up.”

HPSSHPSSHPSSHPSSHPSSHPSS

When Lucius finally gained consciousness he discovered that he was laying on something soft and his body no longer ached. Fluttering his eyes open he looked for the source of the weight he felt on his right side only to see the sleeping face of his mate. A smile appeared on his face and he sighed in relief, looks like he was saved after all.

“You’re awake!” Lucius looked to his left where the shout came from to see his son standing next to the bed, a bright smile splitting his face.

The blonde’s enthusiastic shout woke everyone in the room and brought Madame Pomphrey in with a flurry of her robes. Remus jolted awake and stared at his awake mate, glad to see recognition in the blonde’s eyes as well as love.

“Ah, Lucius, can you remember what happened.”

“I really pissed off the snake faced bastard.” He said in a raspy voice, a grin on his face.

“That you did, he had you for a good twenty hours before this lot were able to get you out. You’ve been asleep for fourteen hours; we were starting to worry.” Pomphrey informed him as she filled a goblet with water.

“My leg hurts.” He said once he wet his dry mouth.

“I was unable to heal it properly, not only was your left knee dislocated but it was crushed. The damage was too extensive for me to heal completely, you will definitely have a limp and there will be lingering pain.” She informed him.

“We were so worried about you. I thought I’d never see you again.” Remus said as he tried to get as close as he could on the little hospital bed without hurting his mate.

“I’m sorry, I never saw it coming. I knew something was wrong but I was so concentrated on my destination that I didn’t see the portkey before it hit me in the chest.” He explained as he grabbed Remus’ hand and intertwined their fingers.

“We’re just glad that you’re okay.” Draco said as he hugged his father.

With the two most important people in his life on either side of him, Lucius went back to sleep with a smile on his face. Everything would be okay now, he was no longer in the clutches of Voldemort and his son and mate were with him. He may not have been in Voldemort’s clutches for long but the time he was there for had taken a toll on his body and he was beyond exhausted, he could finally sleep in peace.

HPSSHPSSHPSSHPSSHPSSHPSSHPSS

A/N: And here it is, part three. I hope you guys enjoy it. Next installment will be a bigger time jump, perhaps Christmas with a few confessions thrown in. I wonder whose.
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