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A Chance at Happiness	By : Vampirezdarkgurl Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Harry/Voldemort Views: 128733 -:- Recommendations : 7 -:- Currently Reading : 7
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A Chance at Happiness

Summary: Harry finds out that not everything is as he believes it to be.

Written for Mistress of Malfoy's "First Kiss Challenge" http://hp.adult-fanfiction.org/story.php?no=600013533

Pairing(s): Lord Voldemort/Harry, Severus/James/Lucius

Rating: Nc-17

Warning(S): Slash, Mpreg, Dumbledore, Ron and Hermione bashing. VERY AU, abuse

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-Chapter Eighteen-

Making his way down the corridors, Harry made sure to stick to the shadows when ever he walked passed someone. When he got to the door, Harry waited until the hallway was clear before he opened the door and slipped into the old, abandoned room.

Moving further into the room, Harry cast an alarm that would go off when forty-five minutes had elapsed so he could get back to his father and brother before they started to look for him.

Moving over to the sinks in the old abandoned girls bathroom, Harry quickly hissed out the password and jumped down into the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets. As soon as he hit the ground the scent of decomposition, mildew, and mold reached his nose. Quickly casting a lumos, Harry made his way towards the chamber.

Rubbing at his nose, Harry gave a cough and covered his mouth and nose. Moving towards the blockade of fallen rubble, Harry canceled his 'lumos' and cast a reparo charm to return the fallen stones and mortar to it's place in the ceiling.

As soon as the dust cleared from the moving material the scents quickly doubled and the dead Basilisk skeleton appeared in his path. Making a face, Harry stepped through the dust that coated the floor and made his way closer to the skeleton.

Leveling his wand, Harry used a levitation charm to move the bones towards the corner and sat them there until he could get rid of them. Coughing and sneezing as dust entered his nose, Harry rubbed at it until the fit stopped. Lifting his wand, he recast the lumos so that he could see where he was walking.

Shivering as the cold air finally penetrated his robes and skin, Harry pulled his robes closer to his body as his breath left him in tiny wisps. Walking further into the chamber, Harry reached the archway that led into the chamber with the giant statue of Salazar Slytherin at the back.

Looking around, the awe that had hit Harry the first time he saw the chamber returned. The ten towering pillars with carved snakes entwined around them were covered in dust so thick that you couldn't see the original color of the pillars.

The towering statue of Salazar Slytherin was just like the pillars, coated in think layers of dust that aided in making the chamber look gloomy.

"If this is going to work I have a lot of work to do." Harry mumbled to himself as he walked around the chamber checking its stability. Casting spells as he walked around the room, Harry stopped when he caught sight of something behind the left leg of Slytherin's statue.

Stepping forwards, while still checking the safety of the chamber, Harry made his way over to the statue.

Casting a strong Lumos, Harry held his wand up and tried to figure out what it was that was behind the leg of the statue. Carefully running his hand across the material behind the statue, Harry pulled back quickly when the material pushed inwards.

"A secret passage way." Harry said to himself looking at the cleverly hidden passage.

Taking a few steps backwards, Harry frowned up at the statue wondering how it could move without shaking the whole chamber apart since any spells that Salazar might have placed on it should have faded away long ago.

Carefully running his hands across the leg, Harry tried to see if there was another way to get behind the leg without spelling it to move. As his hands traced over the inside of the thigh Harry felt grooves in the stone.

Stepping to the side, Harry moved his wand closer to the thigh of the statue to try and see what was causing the grooves. Leaning in, Harry frowned at the sight of runes in the shape of snakes twined together and separately in different shapes.

Running his fingers across the runes, Harry frowned at them. Leaning in for a closer look, he jumped when is alarm went off and stumbled away from the statue.

Realizing that it was time to head back upstairs, Harry ran his hands across his face and looked around the room. Moving back towards the entrance of the chamber, Harry looked back and gave a forlorn sigh.

"Oh stop it Harry, you'll be right back down here.." Harry said heading back towards the entrance that led up to the abandoned girls bathroom. Standing under the pipe that led back up to the bathroom, Harry cast a Mobilicorpus and carefully levitated himself back up through the pipe.

When his feet hit the ground, Harry gave a sigh of relief before he realized that he was covered in dust and grime. Giving a groan of disgust, Harry cast a cleaning charm and started out of the room making sure to look as nonchalant as possible.

Ignoring the students around him, Harry made his way down to the dungeons and into his fathers classroom.

"Ah, I was wondering if you were going to be on time." Severus said looking up from the book he had been reading.

"Where's Draco?" Harry asked looking around.

"He's putting your pet in my office. He figured that you'd want to leave him up here since he's asleep."

"Yeah that's true, there's no reason to bring him down there anyway." Harry said nodding his head.

"Do you know if there's a written language for Parseltongue?" Harry asked.

"I do not know. Since I cannot speak it I have not thought to find out. I'm sure that we can find out though." Severus said giving him a pointed look. "Is there a certain reason that you ask?"

"I'll show you when we get there." Harry said as Draco stepped out of the office, shutting the door quietly behind him.

Looking surprised, Draco said, "You're back on time? I thought we were going to have to track you down."

Making a face, Harry said, "I'm not always late you know."

"Of course not, just most of the time. Now where are we going?" Draco asked grabbing his robe from a desk and slipped it on.

"Just follow me." Harry said stepping out of the door with Draco and his father a few steps behind him. Walking slowly so he wouldn't draw attention, Harry made his way back towards the entrance to the chamber.

Glancing around, Harry made sure the hallway was clear before he slipped into the bathroom followed by Draco and his father even though it was slightly reluctant.

"You want to make a room in an old girls bathroom?" Draco asked looking around at the dust coated floor and walls.

Rolling his eyes, Harry said, "Patience Draco." Walking over to the sink with the snake handles, Harry hissed out the password. Looking back, he hid his grin as his brother and father watched in awe as the wall slid away and the tunnel took its place.

"What's this Harry?" Draco asked stepping forwards to glance into the darkness.

"This leads down below the school and into Salazar Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets." Harry said.

"The entrance to Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets is in the old girls restroom." Severus said joining them over by the opening.

"It was a pretty good idea if you ask me. Who would ever think that Salazar Slytherin would place the entrance to his secret place in the girls bathroom." Harry said shrugging his shoulders.

"How are we supposed to get in there?" Draco asked looking for stairs.

"You jump." Harry said grinning at them. Turning around, Harry stepped forward and jumped down into the entrance. As he slid down the tunnel, Harry heard Draco and his father jump in after him. As he landed, he stumbled slightly and moved out of the way and waited for the other two to hit the ground.

As Draco landed, Harry grabbed a hold of him and pulled him to the side so that Severus wouldn't land on top of him. A few seconds later, Severus landed gracefully beside them as if he didn't just come from a high drop.

"This is Slytherin's private Chamber?" Draco said looking around with a sneer on his face.

"No Draco, this is just the path leading to it." Harry said shaking his head. "Come on." Harry said starting down the path after pulling out his wand and casting a lumos.

While they walked, Harry let his mind drift over to his bond with his mate.

"Voldemort, are you there?" Harry called out through the link.

"I'm here my mate. Is something wrong?" Voldemort asked.

"I was going to ask you that. I couldn't get through to you earlier, and I know that you never sleep late into the day."

"There is nothing wrong, I was just having a meeting with my followers and I figured that you wouldn't want to listen in on that."

"I'm glad there's nothing wrong...I was worried." Harry admitted.

"I'm sorry that I worried you. Now I believe that it is my turn to ask you. What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, I just had a problem today. I need to ask you something. Do you know if there's a written language for Parseltongue?"

"Yes there is. As a matter of fact there is some down in the Chamber of Secrets. Why do you ask?"

"I'm down in the chamber and I noticed the writing on the leg of Salazar's statue. I can't make out what it says, but it's made up of snakes, so I figured that it was a written version of Parseltongue." Harry admitted.

"Yes, while we may be able to speak Parseltongue, it takes some time to pick up the written part of the language. You said the written words are on the statue of Salazar?" Voldemort asked.

"Yeah, they're towards the back of the right leg, and behind the same leg is a material, like a curtain that pushed inwards when I touched it." Harry explained.

"Interesting I didn't realize that the statue had moved back to the original position. When I first discovered the chamber I moved the statue, and since I was the only one that could get down there I didn't bother to put it back." Voldemort explained.

"You've been behind the statue? What's back there?" Harry asked as Draco and Severus stepped into the main chamber. Glancing at them, Harry watched as they looked around in awe before he turned back to his conversation with Voldemort.

"When Salazar first left Hogwarts after his argument with Gryffindor about allowing muggleborns into Hogwarts he descended into the depths of Hogwarts and created the Chamber of Secrets. The main part, where the statue of Salazar is, was built to house the Basilisk. Behind the curtain that you've discovered was Salazar's personal chambers." Voldemort said.

"Do you remember what the password was to get into the chambers?"

"Of course I remember it, it's the same as the one used to open the chamber from the bathroom: Open up...now why are you down in the chamber Harry?" Voldemort asked using a slightly more authoritative tone.

"Ginny Weasley tried to give me a love potion, so I'm looking for new rooms." Harry said after a moment of silence of trying to keep the answer to himself.

"She did what?" Voldemort asked icily.

"I told you what she did. She poured a love potion into my drink. Most likely so I'd marry her. Now if you're done interrogating me I have things to take care of." Harry said pulling away from the bond forcefully.

Looking over to his brother and father, Harry ignored the feeling of Voldemort trying to get him to talk through the link.

"What do you think?" Harry asked moving to join them by the statue of Salazar.

"This is amazing Harry. I suppose this is where you are looking to set up your rooms?" Severus asked running his eyes around the room.

"Yes, apparently there are already rooms down here though." Harry said moving to the leg that hid the curtain. Hissing out the password, Harry quickly stepped back pulling Draco and Severus with him as the leg started to shift.

As they watched, the Statue visibly started to shake and slowly started to move. Salazar's statue, as if aware of the three below, tentatively stepped forwards taking wide steps to avoid stepping on them. When the statue reached the middle of the chamber it stood straight up and slipped back into it's frozen state.

"Well that was different." Harry said staring at the frozen statue.

Not saying anything, Draco just gave a hum of agreement.

Turning back to the curtain, Harry stepped forwards and moved it aside. "Well shall we go in and see what's in there?"

Seeing the excitement that was barely contained, in both his brother and fathers eyes, Harry grinned and stepped through the curtain lifting his wand that was still lit with a lumos.

As soon as they stepped through the curtain and into another tunnel, candles that were lined up down the tunnel quickly lit providing the group with lighting. Lowering his wand as they walked, Harry extinguished his lumos.

Further down the tunnel, they could see that it split into three separate tunnels; two were blocked with large wooden doors with snakes carved into the wood, and the one directly in the middle had a staircase right at the doorway.

"Which way should we go first?" Harry asked looking at both of the doors.

"What ever way you want to go Harry." Severus said while Draco looked between both of the doors.

Biting his lip, Harry shrugged his shoulders and said, "Let's go down the left path first." Reaching out, Harry opened the left door and stepped through and was instantly hit with a warmer burst of air.

Blowing out a puff of breath, Harry walked further into the room and was pleased when more candles sprung to life. Stepping around a slight corner the three stopped and stared in awe at what lay in front of them.

A slight slope with stairs led down into the ground that turned into a natural hot spring at the bottom. The spring was pretty big about ten feet wide each way and in the shape of a square. The sides were evened out and there were even seats built into the bottom that, either Salazar or Voldemort, added when they were down in the chamber.

"This is amazing." Harry said stepping down the stairs to the waters edge. Stooping down, Harry carefully dipped his fingers into the water and gave a pleased moan when it seemed just right. Pulling his hand out of the water, Harry shook it off and stood up. Turning around, he carefully made his way back up the stairs.

"Time to go and check out the other door." Harry said making his way towards the doorway.

As the group stepped back out into the tunnel, the candles in the hot spring room extinguished and the door silently swung shut. Stepping over to the door on the right, Harry pushed it open and they stepped inside.

Again, there were candles that lined the walls that instantly sprung to life as the group made their way further into the room.

The room that they were standing in looked like it was once a sitting room. Since it was below ground there were no windows in the room but, like the great hall, their was a life like mural on the ceiling of the sky.

Against the wall across from the door was a fireplace and empty bookshelves beside it. The two walls next to the door each had a door connected to it and more bookshelves were on those walls.

Stepping over to the door to the left, Harry carefully opened it and stepped into the room. Inside there was a large wardrobe and a large bed pressed against the wall. The ceiling, like in the sitting room, had a moving mural but this one was of the night sky.

"Are you going to be putting that to use Harry?" Draco asked teasingly as he looked over Harry's shoulder at the bed.

Blushing, Harry rolled his eyes and playfully pushed Draco aside then stepped out into the sitting room. Making his way over to the door on the right wall, Harry figured that there was a bathroom behind the door.

Opening it, Harry was amazed at the size of the bathtub in the room. The bathtub was a large oval shaped and looked as if it would fit about twenty people. Across from the bathtub was a normal, silver sink and above the sink was a large mirror. Making his way further into the room Harry stepped around an extra wall and found himself looking at the toilet.

Surprised at the size of the rooms, Harry stepped out of the bathroom and said, "These rooms are amazing."

"I take it you're going to be staying down here then?" Severus asked.

"Of course. At least here I don't have to worry about backstabbing Gryffindors."

"No, you just need to worry about badgering Gryffindors, pesky headmasters, and drink spiking weasels whenever you're up in the castle." Draco said sneering.

"Yeah, but I figure it'll be easy enough to ignore them if I'm sitting next to you Draco. As far as I know there is nothing against sitting at another house table...is there?" Harry asked turning to look at his father.

"No there isn't, but we've never had house tables trying to sit together." Severus admitted.

"Well then I'll be the first Gryffindor to sit with the Slytherin's." Harry said. "Now how about we go and see where those stairs go?" Without waiting for an answer, Harry turned and headed out the door and stood beside the stairwell.

When Draco and Severus joined him at the stairwell, the door leading into the sitting room swung shut as the candles inside extinguished.

As soon as Harry stepped onto the first step candles, like in the other rooms, sprung to life showing that it was a spiral staircase. Grabbing a hold of the railing, Harry quickly pulled it back and made a face at the dust that now coated his hand.

Pulling out his wand, Harry cast a quick cleaning charm on the railing then grabbed a hold again and slowly made his way up. When he reached the top of the staircase, Harry frowned and ran his hands across the wall in front of him.

"Well this is a useless staircase." Draco said from behind him.

"Hold on." Harry said when they were about to turn around and go back down the stairs. Biting his lip, Harry mumbled to himself, "Could it be this easy?"

Shrugging his shoulders, Harry hissed out 'open up' and kept his eyes on the wall. As soon as he hissed the password the wall seemed to tremble slightly before the bricks started to slide aside and form another passageway.

"Sweet Merlin how many passages are in this place?" Draco asked sounding slightly exasperated.

"There can't be too many more. Those stairs seemed about as long as the pipes that dropped us down in here." Harry said looking around the passage for any way to get out.

Groaning, Draco rolled his eyes and whined out, "Look another wall."

Snickering, Harry hissed out the same password and watched as the wall slid away leading into an office space. Frowning, Harry carefully peeked out around the wall in case there was anyone in the room and was instantly attacked by a small animal.

"Tiger!" Harry shouted surprised. Grinning, Harry turned to look at his father and said, "This is the last place I expected to come out."

Stepping further into the office, Harry bent down and picked Tiger up. Running his fingers through Tiger's fur, Harry memorized where the entrance was.

"Well at least I can check on you without giving you detentions every single day." Severus said staring at the passage as the bricks slid back into place.

Wrinkling his nose, Harry said, "You're still going to give me detentions?"

"Of course. If I don't give you any detentions Dumbledore will get suspicious." Severus explained.

Nodding his head, Harry then said, "I'm going to have to go out and buy furniture for the sitting room and some for the bedroom when I get the chance."

"Are you going to go tomorrow while we have our Hogsmeade trip?" Draco asked.

"Of course, I'm not going to stay in the tower any more than I have to." Harry said shuddering.

"Good, because I wouldn't let you stay there, and I'm sure your mate would be furious if we let you stay there." Severus said.

"Yeah I know. I was talking to him when we first went down to the chamber. I'm just glad that he's there and can't do anything that he'd regret."

"Harry, he wouldn't regret doing something to her after what she did to you." Severus said seriously.

Giving a soft hum, Harry glanced down at the watch adorning his wrist and said, "It's almost time for dinner. We should get up there so we can get our schedules."

Taking the package that held Tiger's supplies, Harry slid them into his pocket and started for the door with Tiger in his arms. Walking with Draco they talked ignoring the other students around them.

"Do you think that we're going to have any classes together?" Harry asked.

"I don't see why not, Dumbledore always seems to place the Snakes and Lions in the same class."

"That's true, but at least this time I won't have to worry about anyone throwing things into my cauldron and messing up my potions." Harry said giving Draco a look.

Grinning Draco said, "Well you should have tried a repelling charm on the cauldron to keep out ingredients that didn't belong."

Glancing around at the other students, Harry leaned in close to Draco and whispered, "Do you think the other Gryffindor's use that spell?"

Smirking Draco said, "Nope, that's why Longbottom's cauldrons blow up. He isn't that horrible at potions you know. Why you have a plan?"

Stepping through the door and into the great hall, Harry said, "Yep, but you'll just have to wait and see what happens." Knowing he had to be at the Gryffindor table to get his schedule, Harry walked over and sat down on the bench.

Setting Tiger down on his lap, Harry gave a concealed groan of disgust as Hermione, and Ron sat down across from him and Ginny sat down beside him.

"Hi mate, where have you been all day?" Ron asked glancing over at Ginny.

"Away from you and that's all that matters." Harry said glaring at all three of them.

"Are you still in a bad mood?" Ron asked making a face.

"Never mind about that Ronald. Harry, Professor Dumbledore wants to see you after dinner." Hermione said.

Giving a disgusted sigh, Harry said, "Fine, thanks for telling me. Now if you don't mind I want all three of you to leave me alone." Moving away from the three of them, Harry slid down the bench and gave a pleased sigh when the space between them was quickly filled.

As the rest of the students filled in, Harry looked up to the head table and noticed Remus sitting beside Severus. Remus looked pale and angry and was quietly conversing with Severus tossing glares at the headmaster every now and then.

When all of the students were seated, Dumbledore stood up and said, "Students you will receive your schedule as soon as I finish my speech, your head of house will be passing them out to you. Now I realize that the other day I didn't introduce the newest member of Hogwarts teaching staff. The original teacher that was hired to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts could not make it this year, but we have managed to get a teacher without any loss of classes. This is Professor Remus Lupin, he will be taking over DADA classes this year."

Looking up, Remus gave tight smile and a small wave to all of the students that were paying attention.

"Now that that is out of the way, your head of house will now pass out your schedules. Let's dig in!" Dumbledore called out. With a clap of his hands the food appeared on all of the tables.

When Dumbledore finished, Ron instantly dug into the food earning him disgusted glares from his house mates and other students.

Making a face, Harry shook his head and piled some food onto his plate. Setting Tiger onto the bench beside him, Harry used his bread plate to place food on for him. Setting the plate down in front of Tiger, Harry started to pick at his food making sure to discretely sniff it to make sure there was no potion mixed into it.

A few minutes later, Professor McGonagall stood at his side with a pieces of parchment in her hand.

"Mister Potter, here is your schedule for the year." She said handing him the piece of parchment.

"Thanks professor." Harry said taking the slip. When she walked on to the next student, Harry looked down at his schedule.

Potter, Harry James.

-DADA & Potions with Slytherin: Monday & Wednesday.

-DADA: 9:00AM-11:00AM, Potions: 1:05PM-3:05PM

-Lunch:12:00PM-1:00PM</center>

-Charms & Transfigurations with Slytherin: Tuesday & Thursday.

-Charms:9:30AM-11:00AM, Transfigurations: 3:00PM-5:00PM

-Friday: NO CLASSES.

After looking over his schedule, Harry carefully folded it and placed it in his pants pocket. Picking at his food, he ate most of what was on his plate before other students started to leave. Picking up Tiger, who had curled up on his lap after he finished eating, Harry stood up and looked towards the head table only to realize that Dumbledore wasn't in his seat anymore.

Leaving the great hall, Harry made his way towards the staircase that would lead him up to Dumbledore's office. Stopping at the gargoyle, Harry mumbled the password from the other day. When the gargoyle moved aside, he made his way up the staircase towards Dumbledore's office.

Not bothering to knock, Harry opened the door and stepped inside and said, "You wanted to see me sir."

When Dumbledore heard his voice, he fumbled with the paper he was reading and quickly put it into a drawer in his desk. Calmly shutting the drawer he cast a spell on it then looked up at Harry.

"I'm sorry Harry, I didn't hear you knock."

"I'm sorry sir, I knocked but when you didn't answer I got worried." Harry said looking at him with wide eyes.

"No, no it's fine my dear boy. Now I was wondering if everything is alright with you and Hermione and the Weasley's. You don't seem to be speaking to them much."

"Oh, no I'm not speaking to them headmaster." Harry said wondering what had been on the paper Dumbledore had been reading.

"May I ask why you aren't speaking?"

"They said something horrible on the train, and I don't wish to speak with them." Harry said.

"Would you like to tell me about it?" Dumbledore pushed.

"No, I'd rather not talk about it Professor. If that was all, I'd like to get back to the dorm. I want to look over my potions textbooks."

"Of course Harry you may go, but if you need to talk I will listen." Dumbledore said.

Giving him a forced smile, Harry turned and made his way out of the room quickly. Walking down the stairs and towards the Gryffindor common room, Harry continued to pet Tiger.

Stopping at the Gryffindor portrait, Harry said the password and stepped into the room. Hurrying up to his dorm room, Harry slipped inside the room and walked over to his bed. Dropping the spell, Harry climbed onto his bed and closed the curtains.

Pulling out his schedule, Harry placed it on top of his trunk then stripped out of his robe and shirt. Kicking off his shoes and peeling off his socks he dropped them down near his trunk as well. Laying down on his bed, Harry continued to pet Tiger as his eyes slipped shut and he slipped into sleep.

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Opening his eyes, Harry groaned when he realized that he was in his meeting room with his mate. Turning around, Harry gave a gasp when he came face to face with Voldemort.

"Why did you bring me here?" Harry asked crossing his arms.

"Because you've been ignoring me since we talked." Voldemort said eying him up and down. "She hasn't touched you has she?"

"No, I wouldn't do that to you...do you think that I would?" Harry asked looking at him like he was crazy.

"Of course not. I trust you, it's that little bitch that I don't trust." Voldemort said moving closer to Harry.

Holding his hands up, Harry said, "No, I'm mad at you. You forced me to tell you why I was in the chamber today."

"I was worried about you." Voldemort said yanking Harry close and into his arms.

"I would have told you eventually." Harry said breathing deeply to take in his scent.

"Of course you would have." Voldemort said leaning down towards him. "Come and sit with me. I've missed you my mate."

Giving a whimper, Harry stretched up trying to lock their lips together and whispered. "I've missed you too. I wish I could see you in person."

Grinning at him, Voldemort picked him up and made his way over to the couch in the middle of the room and sat down on it pulling Harry into his lap.

"You'll see me soon enough." Voldemort whispered sealing their lips together in a passionate and possessive kiss.

Giving a moan of pleasure, Harry wrapped his arms around his mates neck and pressed himself as close to him as he could get.

As they continued to kiss, Harry winced slightly when he felt a twinge pass through his stomach every now and then, but quickly pushed it to the back of his mind.

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