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Trial by Fire	By : sazsazzel Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Harry/Snape Views: 37684 -:- Recommendations : 4 -:- Currently Reading : 4
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any of the characters associated with the books/movies and I never have and never will make any money from the writing of this story

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Oh my god, another update so soon? My muse is running amok! I hope you're all still enjoying. Any and all reviews welcome!

unneeded - Points make prizes! hmmm... i guess I'll let you decide a certain bookworms fate... I've not decided what to do with her yet so if you want you can say if she will turn out good or bad, how about that? of course you don't have to if you don't want to :) Hopefully a lot of your questions will be answered in this chapter. And i couldn't resist the cliffy mwhhhaaa!

Draconia Lesoto - Thank you for the lovely review! I'm happy your enjoying the story. I hope this chapter makes up for the cliffy :) And as for your request you're just gonna have to wait and see... did i forget to mention i'm evil? hehe And keep watching for Draco, im sure you'll love it. :)

theladykt - Thank you for the review, I hope you enjoy this chapter and im sure Sev will get revenge ;)

angeljin - Thank you very much! I love Dobby too. He will be back soon.

Chapter 17 – Out for the count?

Severus was in turmoil, his instincts were at war. He wanted to hurt the people that hurt his Harry, he wanted to tare them limb from limb. However he didn’t want to leave his side, he had to know he was safe. Glancing over to Poppy showed him that she was running diagnostic charms over his mate. His mind was made up, he wasn’t leaving Harry’s side until he knew he was safe. True punishment couldn’t be delivered if he didn’t know the extent of the injuries that were bestowed upon his beloved. Besides they were ‘hanging around’ and not likely to go anywhere anytime soon.

Harry was already turning black and blue from where he had been hurt and his leg and arm were at a funny angle so it wasn’t hard to guess that they had been broken. He couldn’t take his eyes off his mate. It took Poppy placing her hand gently on his shoulder after calling his name several time to get his attention. He turn grief stricken eyes upon his long term friend, she had patched him up enough time to earn that title.

“Severus, his injuries are very severe. His left leg and arm are both broken, his right arm has several fractures. His skull is cracked and there are what appears to be multiple bruises from what look like kicks covering his entire body. You have to listen closely to me now Severus, the baby is safe. Harry’s magic protected the child. It formed a protective shield and most of his magic went into it. However he’s in a very critical condition, I’m not sure when or if he’ll wake.” After Poppy finished listing Harry’s injuries Severus gave out a wail of sorrow and fell to his knees by his mate’s bed. He couldn’t help himself; he started crying uncontrollably as he buried his face on Harry’s chest.

Fawkes flashed into the room and couldn’t believe his eyes. His Lord was unconscious on the hospital bed. Whoever had done this would pay with their lives!

Severus sensed Fawkes as he entered the hospital wing but didn’t acknowledge him, instead he used his wings to wrap around his mate to protect him and hide him from view. Severus continued to cry; therefore he didn’t notice the blue glow that started to surround him and Harry.

Poppy could only watch in awe as they were both enveloped in the blue glow. Watch as Harry’s broken arm and leg effortlessly snap back into place. Watch and the bruises start to disappear on the only parts of Harry she could see that weren’t blocked by Severus’s huge wings.

As the glow reseeded Harry arched off the bed and gasped before falling back on the bed. Severus was jolted with the movements and couldn’t help but stare in shock at his mate, his healed mate. You couldn’t tell that anything had ever happened to him. Another sob broke out of Severus’s throat as he gazed in awe at Harry.

Harry was startled when he awoke, he didn’t know where he was for a second before he saw the white ceiling of the hospital wing peaking through some black wings. ‘Wait a minute… black wings?’ he thought. Just then he heard a broken sob from right next to him and it pulled at his heart. He quickly turned his head in the direction of the sound and was shocked at what he saw. He didn’t know what shocked him more, was it Severus’s new appearance, wings included or was it the tears running down his cheeks. Harry couldn’t help the reassuring trill that left his throat as he launched himself at his mate.

Severus clung onto Harry for dear life. He couldn’t believe he was awake and healed. ‘I thought I’d nearly lost you luv’ he thought at his mate.

‘I was so scared Sev, they came out of know where! I didn’t even see who it was. All I could think about was you and the baby….’ “Oh my god! Sev! The baby! Oh god!” screamed Harry after switching from their mental connection to speaking out loud. He clutched his stomach wishing he could sense his child. In his blind panic it took several seconds to register that Severus was cupping his face gently with his hands and softly stroking his cheeks.

“It’s alright luv” he whispered “Your magic protected our child. No damage at all, ok? You’re both safe now” Severus couldn’t help pulling Harry into a quick but heated kiss which left them both breathless.

“What happened to you Sev? Since when did you have wings?” Harry asked curiously.

Severus’s brow crinkled in concentration as he replied, “This is the first time something like this has ever happened. There’s no creature blood in my family line or else I would have come into an inheritance when I turned 17”

Observing the interaction quietly Fawkes muttered, ‘I knew there must have been a reason why he picked him as his mate.’ He thought. Unfortunately for Fawkes both Harry and Severus heard him and they both snapped their attention to him and growled menacingly at him, causing him to gulp.

Wanting to redeem himself before they attacked Fawkes offered up a bit of information, ‘My Lord… My Lady’ he bowed to both Harry and Severus, earning another warning growl from the latter. ‘I believe Severus is a Frost Phoenix. They don’t come into their inheritance the same was as others. They will only gain it when they are with their mate. I assume it became active when you bonded, however it lay dormant because you didn’t know about it. I’m sure you would have been able to call your wings at any point after the bonding. Due to the incident that happened earlier your instinct kicked in. You had to protect your mate and child. The best way you could think of doing that was by transforming into your true form.’

Harry perked up after the explanation before saying to his mate, “You can’t say that everything happens to me now!” he couldn’t keep the smugness out of his voice “No more ‘only you Harry’ Ha!”

Severus smiled at his mate before a scowl over took his face. “You rest here my luv. I have some people I need to take care of” he said darkly. As he was leaving Harry grabbed his arm.

“Make them suffer Severus, make them pay for what they did but don’t kill them.” Harry pinned Severus with a stare, “I know it’s within your rights as my mate but I don’t want anything to happen to you as a result. Don’t make me suffer loosing you.” He pleaded.

Severus knelt back down by Harry and engulfed him in a tight embrace. “You’ll never loose me Harry. Forever bound, remember?” The pair shared one last passionate embrace and they were met with a strange sight when they parted. Across the room Poppy was sniffling into a handkerchief whilst leaning against an equally sniffling Fawkes, who had one of his wings wrapped around her shoulder.

“Aren’t they so sweet!” she said through the sniffles.

Harry just looked at her strangely before focusing back on Severus. “Erm, right. Well you just go on your rampage and I’ll stay here with… them.” Harry glanced wearily back to the sniffling pair before adding “Hurry back Sev!”

Severus gave Harry an amused smirk before flashing away in black flames.

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Deep down in the bowels of the castle, far below what is commonly called the dungeons, is the actually dungeons of Hogwarts. In this dungeon four prone figures are shackled and hanging limply from the wall. The only light in the room comes from the two small torches that flank the door, which is the only way in or out of the room. Despite the lack of light you could clearly see various different instruments lining the walls. Their bodies ached from hanging by their wrists with no support at their feet. They felt like they had been down there for hours.

There was a flash that forced them to close their eyes. When they opened them they were met with an enraged Severus Snape. They collectively winced because of the murderous look in his eyes. None of them were stupid enough to try and talk at this point.

“Parkinson, Crab, Goyle… Weasley” Severus spat at the shackled students. “Before you die for hurting you mate do you have any last words? Any explanations?” the venom dripping from his voice was clear. They all paled at his words.

“Y-you can’t d-do that!” stuttered Ginny. “Someone will notice if I go m-missing! Besides the wretch had it coming! All the lost time sucking up to him! I should have had his kids! I should have had his money!”

Severus waved his hand in her direction and pain equal to the Cruciatus Curse ripped through her body, eliciting an ear piercing scream from Ginny. He only held the curse on for less than a minutes.

“You will find Miss Weasley that I can and will do what I wish. You will not ‘go missing’ you will be delivered in pieces to your parents. That goes for all of you. Under the law I’m within my right to kill you for harming my mate. Before I’m finished with you, you’ll be begging for death and I’ll grant it, when I’m ready of course”

“That scum deserved it! He stole my Draco into that filth of a house! Then because of him I was moved to Hufflepuff! The Dark Lord would have honoured us! You should be helping us! Wait until I inform him of your betrayal!” screamed Pansy.

Severus had heard enough and cursed them all this time. All that could be heard were gut wrenching screams through the dungeon.

To be continued…

AN: I need you help people! Do you want to see an indepth torture scene or would you prefer just seeing the after effects? Please let me know what you decide :)
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