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Adult ++
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68
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The Rat
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Chapter 15
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Author’s note:
Once more with feeling: I don’t own anything, just the plot, don’t sue.
… and my computer still with problems, so my spelling problems will go on as well.
Also: I don’t know if you notice, but a large chunk of chapter 12 (The Meeting) was missing right after Pettigrew claims to have done Snape a favor when he help take Lily away from him. I’ve already corrected, if you want to take a look.
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Voldemort called Harry aside before they entered the room where the Weasleys and a few others were already waiting for them.
“Harry, before we go in, there is something you need to know”
“Keeping things from me already, Tom?” Harry asked ironically
“Well, we talked exactly twice without trying to kill each other… there are things I haven’t told you yet, but look at out time table” said Voldemort with a small smirks on his lips.
“Of course. I’m sorry. Do go on”
“Well, first you should know the reason I’m not trying to kill you…”
“I am your only descendent…” Harry interrupted only to be interrupted in return
“Which would mean absolutely nothing to me if it wasn’t for the fact that if you die, I die. Not exactly an idea I cherish, you see”
“I do” said Harry beginning to understand the reasons behind the truce.
“Therefore you have no reason to fear an attack from me, it’s in my best interest that you remain alive and well, enjoying a long and fruitful life”
“and as soon as I have a child you’ll dispose of me, of course” Harry said in a as-a-matter-of-fact tone.
“Merlin forbid, no. I want you with as many children as you possibly can. I don’t want to risk it… and by then you will no longer be a threat because you will always think of your family first so, no, I have no intention to kill you anymore”
“How nice of you” Harry couldn’t help but be ironic.
“You said you wanted the truth. I’m giving it to you. Why can’t you handle it? Do you prefer me to tell you some sugar coated lie?” Voldemort purred.
“No” Harry sighed “I can handle. Is there anything else?”
“You grandmother was… not welcoming my attentions when your mother was conceived”
“not welcoming you atten… you are not my grandfather?”
“Oh! You’re my grandchild alright, but there were some violence involved, if you know what I mean”
Harry looked at him in doubt. Not fully understanding what was been said.
“I raped her, Harry” said Voldemort shaking his head in disbelieve.
“You what? Why are you telling me this?” it made no sense to Harry, wasn’t this man suppose to try to *gain* his thrust? Why was he telling him these horrible things?
“I won’t pretend to be nice, Harry, and I won’t hide anything from you. Now you know how we ended up in the same family. Now you know all the facts. It was a long time ago and, if it makes any difference for you, I’ll even apologize for it, but it means nothing to me”
“Then why tell me?”
“Because things will only get uglier from the moment we cross that door and I need to know now if you will be able to handle what is going to be said and not lose it like you did at the Leaky Cauldron. I promised you the truth but it doesn’t mean I intend to sacrifice all my ambitions so you get what you want. If I feel you are behaving like the child Dumbledore wants you to be I will lie to you in order to keep you at my side. It’s a question of knowing what you want. What do you want, Harry?”
Harry looked at Voldemort strait in the eyes, he could tell the Dark Lord was telling the truth and that he was being treated like a grown up like he always wanted since he never had the privilege of being a child.
“What you said was true?” he finally asked in a much calmer tone.
“Yes. Do you want me to apologize? Hold information until I think you are ready?”
“No. I don’t like the idea of rape and we will get back on that, but it was over thirty years ago, no use in getting upset now. I can handle it and I can handle whatever they say inside”
“Good, Let’s go in” and they walked in the room together. Ready to face whatever came their way.
******
In the large dinning room Arthur Weasley held his wife as she cried and told everyone of the attack, not noticing Harry and another man standing behind her. Harry wondered if he would ever see a stranger reunion. Sitting around the table he could see Arthur, Molly, Ginny, Fred and a very pale George with his still sore leg resting on another chair, next to them sat Lucius, Trelaway, Avery, Snape and two other Death Eaters he recognized from his visions but had no idea of their names. Harry sat at his side near the head of the table where Voldemort sat himself. Molly went quiet when she finally realized who was in front of her.
Snape was the one who broke the silence after receiving a nod from Voldemort.
“Well, I believe we all know what pressing matters brought this meeting on” said Snape “well, perhaps you, Arthur, could use some explaining”
“I…” Arthur Weasley started but he was at lost of words. He had come down to this place, wherever it was, to meet his wife that for some reason did not go home as planned, only to find two of his sons laying in hospital beds, his wife half drugged with calming draughts (always a good choice when taking the boys to the hospital), his daughter acting very strangely and Harry… Harry was sitting at you-know-who’s side! And on top of all he had been there for almost one hour and Lucius Malfoy was being polite, no Death Eaters had tried to attack him or his family and everybody was talking like they were in some serious but friendly meeting, he was feeling completely lost “Yes, I believe I could”.
Snape began to explain to Arthur everything that had happened. The shocking discoveries of Dumbledore secret agenda, Hermione’s betrayal, Pettigrew’s true master, Snape and Lily’s relationship, their child and who Lily’s father really was (carefully not mentioning the rape ‘detail’).
“No, I can’t believe it. Dumbledore would never do such a thing, Severus, you know it” said Arthur getting to his feet, not caring about the room being half full with armed Death Eaters “They did it, they put a spell on you and Harry to make you believe this things. You know it’s not true”
“We have witnesses. I’ll give them veritaserum and you can ask whatever you want of them”
“Who?...”
“Pettigrew, Alastor and! Mundungus” answered Snape before he could finish the question
“What about Kingsley?” asked Molly before she could control herself.
“Well, apparently Shadow, Harry’s pet, was a bit too protective of Mr. Ronald Weasley” answered the Dark Lord, making Molly shiver “Oh, please. Don’t be alarmed. Harry here has told me you are like family to him and so you have my word no harm will be done to any of you”
“Why?...” Molly started only to be interrupted by Fred.
“Not now, mom. We are safe and I want to know what is going on as soon as possible” she looked at him ready to start arguing when she looked at George. Fred was right, they had been well treated so far and there were things they needed to know. She did something she never thought she would do as long as she lived; she looked at the Dark and nodded to him, allowing the meeting to go on.
“Very well” said Snape getting up “why don’t we start with Pettigrew?” everybody in the room seemed to nod and Snape signalled the masked Death Eater at the door to bring the prisoner.
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Wormtail was brought in the room with his hands tied, he looked tired and afraid but not too bruised for someone who was experiencing the hospitality of Voldemort’s cells, even if for less than a day. The Death Eater who brought him in untied his hands and sat him in a chair facing the group at the table.
“Less than a day” though Harry “Merlin, it was only this morning I met them in the Leaky Cauldron?”
“Hello, Peter” greeted Voldemort.
“Master, please, let me explain” the rat begged.
“Oh, you will explain, you will explain everything. This conversation is long overdue, Peter, and to make sure I don’t forget to ask anything my friends here will be assisting me tonight. I’m sure you remember the Weasleys, whose hospitality you enjoyed for so long, my associates, the ones you conspire to kill, Harry…you do remember the Potters, right? And you know Severus and his astonishing abilities, of course”
Pettigrew looked worriedly around the table to the people the Dark Lord was introducing before focussing his eyes on the potion master, who was carefully counting the drops of a potion as they fell in a goblet with water. Snape walked over to the shivering rat man and handed him the goblet without saying a word. Pettigrew looked around the room again hoping to find a friendly face to beg for help but the Death Eater side of the room was showing no emotions and the others were looking at him as if they were ready to snap his neck with their bare hands.
Seeing no way out and feeling the Dark Lord’s gaze upon him, he drank the potion.
“Now tell me, Peter, what did you have to tell Dumbledore so badly that made you go to the Order’s HQ?” asked Voldemort.
“I had to tell him that the seer had escaped and found her way here”
“Why is that so important?”
“She could escape the influence of the drugs and tell that the prophesy Harry heard was false.”
“If the prophesy is false, why am I so important to Dumbledore?” asked Harry before he could stop himself. Voldemort gesture him to calm down and Harry nodded agreeing.
“Because the real prophesy said that you are the key to kill the Dark Lord. You are the one who has the power to kill him and if he kills you, he also dies. We win either way.”
“Does he know why that is?” asked Voldemort.
“Yes” Harry, Voldemort and Snape held their breath, if Dumbledore knew Harry was in grave danger.
“Why?”
“The two of you are connected because of Lily’s sacrifice” They sighed, Dumbledore had the wrong reason.
“What would happen to Harry if he did kill me?”
“Send him to Azkaban for murder, too powerful, make sure he dies in prison”
Harry noticed that after that answer Arthur snapped his head up looking at the rat man with wide eyes and Molly narrowed her eyes dangerously. If looks could kill Pettigrew would be a pile of dust right about now. Harry felt better, at least for now their feelings for him were still the same, he was still part of the family.
“Who are Harry’s parents?”
“Lily Evans Potter and Severus Snape”
“What?”
“How?”
Several voices could be heard at once. Even Lucius and Avery who knew about Voldemort connection to Harry didn’t know about Snape’s and the news took almost all of the ones in the room by surprise.
“Why did Dumbledore decide to split Lily and Severus up?”
“Dumbledore needed a spy amongst the Death Eaters and we couldn’t find a way in, my family was not important, nor powerful enough to call your attention. Severus came for Dumbledore’s help. His family wanted him to join and he had already been invited but he was in love with a muggle born. She was pregnant and they wanted to get married, but he couldn’t simple refuse to take the mark. Dumbledore decided that the chance was to good to go to waste, so he married Lily to James because of the baby and convinced Severus to became a spy”
“How did he do it?”
“Spell and potions, they wouldn’t forget each other and we couldn’t use the same drug we used on the seer because Lily was pregnant and Severus could not be drugged and still function normally”
“Why did you betray the Potters?”
“You wanted the child, you knew about part of the prophesy and knew enough to want the child dead. Dumbledore knew the child would most likely survive an attack and it was my chance to became a spy too, we needed more information”
“What about Hermione?” Harry whispered at Voldemort’s ear.
“What role does Miss Granger plays on Dumbledore’s plan?”
“Dumbledore wants her to be the next Minister of Magic. He is training her. She will bring wizards and muggles together and Dumbledore will rule over them all”
“How does he plan on making her the new minister?”
“She will be Harry’s widow, the public opinion will support her as the surviving hero after Harry’s death”
“What about Harry’s relationship to Ron Weasley?”
“Kill the red head. Harry will be sad and open to her advances” Pettigrew started to blink as the potion lost its effect. His breath increased and he turned his teary eyes to Voldemort.
“My lord, please, have mercy. The old man had me under powerful spells, I swear I would never betray you. My lord…” he was dragged out of the room by the same death eaters who had brought him in. His pleading voice disappearing in the distance.
The room was silent. Everyone was considering what they had just heard. Dumbledore’s manipulation and plans went far beyond what they had previously believed. Arthur was the first one to speak.
“Merlin, what is going on?” his voice was shocked.
“That, Mr. Weasley, is what we are going to find out.” Answered the Dark Lord and for the first time, Arthur Weasley looked up to him and did not shiver at the sight.
Chapter 15
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Author’s note:
Once more with feeling: I don’t own anything, just the plot, don’t sue.
… and my computer still with problems, so my spelling problems will go on as well.
Also: I don’t know if you notice, but a large chunk of chapter 12 (The Meeting) was missing right after Pettigrew claims to have done Snape a favor when he help take Lily away from him. I’ve already corrected, if you want to take a look.
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Voldemort called Harry aside before they entered the room where the Weasleys and a few others were already waiting for them.
“Harry, before we go in, there is something you need to know”
“Keeping things from me already, Tom?” Harry asked ironically
“Well, we talked exactly twice without trying to kill each other… there are things I haven’t told you yet, but look at out time table” said Voldemort with a small smirks on his lips.
“Of course. I’m sorry. Do go on”
“Well, first you should know the reason I’m not trying to kill you…”
“I am your only descendent…” Harry interrupted only to be interrupted in return
“Which would mean absolutely nothing to me if it wasn’t for the fact that if you die, I die. Not exactly an idea I cherish, you see”
“I do” said Harry beginning to understand the reasons behind the truce.
“Therefore you have no reason to fear an attack from me, it’s in my best interest that you remain alive and well, enjoying a long and fruitful life”
“and as soon as I have a child you’ll dispose of me, of course” Harry said in a as-a-matter-of-fact tone.
“Merlin forbid, no. I want you with as many children as you possibly can. I don’t want to risk it… and by then you will no longer be a threat because you will always think of your family first so, no, I have no intention to kill you anymore”
“How nice of you” Harry couldn’t help but be ironic.
“You said you wanted the truth. I’m giving it to you. Why can’t you handle it? Do you prefer me to tell you some sugar coated lie?” Voldemort purred.
“No” Harry sighed “I can handle. Is there anything else?”
“You grandmother was… not welcoming my attentions when your mother was conceived”
“not welcoming you atten… you are not my grandfather?”
“Oh! You’re my grandchild alright, but there were some violence involved, if you know what I mean”
Harry looked at him in doubt. Not fully understanding what was been said.
“I raped her, Harry” said Voldemort shaking his head in disbelieve.
“You what? Why are you telling me this?” it made no sense to Harry, wasn’t this man suppose to try to *gain* his thrust? Why was he telling him these horrible things?
“I won’t pretend to be nice, Harry, and I won’t hide anything from you. Now you know how we ended up in the same family. Now you know all the facts. It was a long time ago and, if it makes any difference for you, I’ll even apologize for it, but it means nothing to me”
“Then why tell me?”
“Because things will only get uglier from the moment we cross that door and I need to know now if you will be able to handle what is going to be said and not lose it like you did at the Leaky Cauldron. I promised you the truth but it doesn’t mean I intend to sacrifice all my ambitions so you get what you want. If I feel you are behaving like the child Dumbledore wants you to be I will lie to you in order to keep you at my side. It’s a question of knowing what you want. What do you want, Harry?”
Harry looked at Voldemort strait in the eyes, he could tell the Dark Lord was telling the truth and that he was being treated like a grown up like he always wanted since he never had the privilege of being a child.
“What you said was true?” he finally asked in a much calmer tone.
“Yes. Do you want me to apologize? Hold information until I think you are ready?”
“No. I don’t like the idea of rape and we will get back on that, but it was over thirty years ago, no use in getting upset now. I can handle it and I can handle whatever they say inside”
“Good, Let’s go in” and they walked in the room together. Ready to face whatever came their way.
******
In the large dinning room Arthur Weasley held his wife as she cried and told everyone of the attack, not noticing Harry and another man standing behind her. Harry wondered if he would ever see a stranger reunion. Sitting around the table he could see Arthur, Molly, Ginny, Fred and a very pale George with his still sore leg resting on another chair, next to them sat Lucius, Trelaway, Avery, Snape and two other Death Eaters he recognized from his visions but had no idea of their names. Harry sat at his side near the head of the table where Voldemort sat himself. Molly went quiet when she finally realized who was in front of her.
Snape was the one who broke the silence after receiving a nod from Voldemort.
“Well, I believe we all know what pressing matters brought this meeting on” said Snape “well, perhaps you, Arthur, could use some explaining”
“I…” Arthur Weasley started but he was at lost of words. He had come down to this place, wherever it was, to meet his wife that for some reason did not go home as planned, only to find two of his sons laying in hospital beds, his wife half drugged with calming draughts (always a good choice when taking the boys to the hospital), his daughter acting very strangely and Harry… Harry was sitting at you-know-who’s side! And on top of all he had been there for almost one hour and Lucius Malfoy was being polite, no Death Eaters had tried to attack him or his family and everybody was talking like they were in some serious but friendly meeting, he was feeling completely lost “Yes, I believe I could”.
Snape began to explain to Arthur everything that had happened. The shocking discoveries of Dumbledore secret agenda, Hermione’s betrayal, Pettigrew’s true master, Snape and Lily’s relationship, their child and who Lily’s father really was (carefully not mentioning the rape ‘detail’).
“No, I can’t believe it. Dumbledore would never do such a thing, Severus, you know it” said Arthur getting to his feet, not caring about the room being half full with armed Death Eaters “They did it, they put a spell on you and Harry to make you believe this things. You know it’s not true”
“We have witnesses. I’ll give them veritaserum and you can ask whatever you want of them”
“Who?...”
“Pettigrew, Alastor and! Mundungus” answered Snape before he could finish the question
“What about Kingsley?” asked Molly before she could control herself.
“Well, apparently Shadow, Harry’s pet, was a bit too protective of Mr. Ronald Weasley” answered the Dark Lord, making Molly shiver “Oh, please. Don’t be alarmed. Harry here has told me you are like family to him and so you have my word no harm will be done to any of you”
“Why?...” Molly started only to be interrupted by Fred.
“Not now, mom. We are safe and I want to know what is going on as soon as possible” she looked at him ready to start arguing when she looked at George. Fred was right, they had been well treated so far and there were things they needed to know. She did something she never thought she would do as long as she lived; she looked at the Dark and nodded to him, allowing the meeting to go on.
“Very well” said Snape getting up “why don’t we start with Pettigrew?” everybody in the room seemed to nod and Snape signalled the masked Death Eater at the door to bring the prisoner.
******
Wormtail was brought in the room with his hands tied, he looked tired and afraid but not too bruised for someone who was experiencing the hospitality of Voldemort’s cells, even if for less than a day. The Death Eater who brought him in untied his hands and sat him in a chair facing the group at the table.
“Less than a day” though Harry “Merlin, it was only this morning I met them in the Leaky Cauldron?”
“Hello, Peter” greeted Voldemort.
“Master, please, let me explain” the rat begged.
“Oh, you will explain, you will explain everything. This conversation is long overdue, Peter, and to make sure I don’t forget to ask anything my friends here will be assisting me tonight. I’m sure you remember the Weasleys, whose hospitality you enjoyed for so long, my associates, the ones you conspire to kill, Harry…you do remember the Potters, right? And you know Severus and his astonishing abilities, of course”
Pettigrew looked worriedly around the table to the people the Dark Lord was introducing before focussing his eyes on the potion master, who was carefully counting the drops of a potion as they fell in a goblet with water. Snape walked over to the shivering rat man and handed him the goblet without saying a word. Pettigrew looked around the room again hoping to find a friendly face to beg for help but the Death Eater side of the room was showing no emotions and the others were looking at him as if they were ready to snap his neck with their bare hands.
Seeing no way out and feeling the Dark Lord’s gaze upon him, he drank the potion.
“Now tell me, Peter, what did you have to tell Dumbledore so badly that made you go to the Order’s HQ?” asked Voldemort.
“I had to tell him that the seer had escaped and found her way here”
“Why is that so important?”
“She could escape the influence of the drugs and tell that the prophesy Harry heard was false.”
“If the prophesy is false, why am I so important to Dumbledore?” asked Harry before he could stop himself. Voldemort gesture him to calm down and Harry nodded agreeing.
“Because the real prophesy said that you are the key to kill the Dark Lord. You are the one who has the power to kill him and if he kills you, he also dies. We win either way.”
“Does he know why that is?” asked Voldemort.
“Yes” Harry, Voldemort and Snape held their breath, if Dumbledore knew Harry was in grave danger.
“Why?”
“The two of you are connected because of Lily’s sacrifice” They sighed, Dumbledore had the wrong reason.
“What would happen to Harry if he did kill me?”
“Send him to Azkaban for murder, too powerful, make sure he dies in prison”
Harry noticed that after that answer Arthur snapped his head up looking at the rat man with wide eyes and Molly narrowed her eyes dangerously. If looks could kill Pettigrew would be a pile of dust right about now. Harry felt better, at least for now their feelings for him were still the same, he was still part of the family.
“Who are Harry’s parents?”
“Lily Evans Potter and Severus Snape”
“What?”
“How?”
Several voices could be heard at once. Even Lucius and Avery who knew about Voldemort connection to Harry didn’t know about Snape’s and the news took almost all of the ones in the room by surprise.
“Why did Dumbledore decide to split Lily and Severus up?”
“Dumbledore needed a spy amongst the Death Eaters and we couldn’t find a way in, my family was not important, nor powerful enough to call your attention. Severus came for Dumbledore’s help. His family wanted him to join and he had already been invited but he was in love with a muggle born. She was pregnant and they wanted to get married, but he couldn’t simple refuse to take the mark. Dumbledore decided that the chance was to good to go to waste, so he married Lily to James because of the baby and convinced Severus to became a spy”
“How did he do it?”
“Spell and potions, they wouldn’t forget each other and we couldn’t use the same drug we used on the seer because Lily was pregnant and Severus could not be drugged and still function normally”
“Why did you betray the Potters?”
“You wanted the child, you knew about part of the prophesy and knew enough to want the child dead. Dumbledore knew the child would most likely survive an attack and it was my chance to became a spy too, we needed more information”
“What about Hermione?” Harry whispered at Voldemort’s ear.
“What role does Miss Granger plays on Dumbledore’s plan?”
“Dumbledore wants her to be the next Minister of Magic. He is training her. She will bring wizards and muggles together and Dumbledore will rule over them all”
“How does he plan on making her the new minister?”
“She will be Harry’s widow, the public opinion will support her as the surviving hero after Harry’s death”
“What about Harry’s relationship to Ron Weasley?”
“Kill the red head. Harry will be sad and open to her advances” Pettigrew started to blink as the potion lost its effect. His breath increased and he turned his teary eyes to Voldemort.
“My lord, please, have mercy. The old man had me under powerful spells, I swear I would never betray you. My lord…” he was dragged out of the room by the same death eaters who had brought him in. His pleading voice disappearing in the distance.
The room was silent. Everyone was considering what they had just heard. Dumbledore’s manipulation and plans went far beyond what they had previously believed. Arthur was the first one to speak.
“Merlin, what is going on?” his voice was shocked.
“That, Mr. Weasley, is what we are going to find out.” Answered the Dark Lord and for the first time, Arthur Weasley looked up to him and did not shiver at the sight.