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Dark Night of the soul	By : Drarry-Lisa Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Harry/Draco Views: 2332 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter-3
Revelation
Severus
A strong sense of deja vu hits me as I look around Albus's office. We have gathered here once again. The only difference is that Harry is seventeen years old now. Lucius and Narcissa are sitting across Albus. Narcissa is staring blankly at the table and Lucius is looking at his hands as if they hold the secrets of this world. Fifteen years have passed and Lucius is not the proud aristocratic man he used to be. He is a broken man. He looks older than his age and has lost almost all his money in trying to locate Draco. All he has is his manor now in which he lives alone with his wife.
A pale Lily is standing with a suspicious looking James Potter. Remus Lupin is once again absent from the meeting. I am sitting with Siria on one side and Harry on my other.
"What is this all about? I had thought that all this was sorted out. Lily informed me that Draconisa had died and the bond-" Potter mutters with narrowed eyes and I stare incredulously at him and then at Lily. She is getting paler by the second. Lucius doesn't say anything and Narcissa doesn't have the strength. I can't believe that she lied to her husband about it.
"What is this bloody bond everyone is going on about? When was I bonded and with whom?" Harry snaps angrily.
We ignore him. No-one has the courage to look into the boy's eyes and confess the truth.
"Are you insane James. Draconisa is very much alive. She is in someone's captivity and is being tortured into submission as we speak. Lucius and Narcissa have been getting photographs for past fifteen years now. They have begged Lily to ask you to help them. They wanted to meet you too but you ignored everything. I had thought that you were a better man. I had never known that you will sink so low as to seek revenge from a child, a child James. Do you have any shame?" Siria wants to strangle the man. It's been years since she last met this wretched man. Severus entwines their fingers together and stops her.
"Will anyone tell me what the hell is going on?" Harry asks once again and his voice is shaking now. Maybe he is having one of his episodes once again. I don't want to think about it but I am forced to imagine the various tortures my goddaughter is undergoing.
Meanwhile, Potter has frozen and his eyes are on Lily.
"You lied to me." He whispers and Lily swallows, "You told me that Lucius informed you about Draconisa's death. You said that they didn't want to make a show of it and didn't want it to be all over the papers. You lied. Had I known that she is alive, I would have taken Harry seriously."
"Dad." Suddenly Harry hisses and we turn to look at him.
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Harry
Once again, I am forced to feel the shame that is apparently not mine. Once again, I am forced to feel the sadness that doesn't belong to me. I stare at my shaking hands. I try to stand but I stumble. My body is exhausted and this has literally never happened ever before. Of course I feel tired quite often but I have never felt that the tiredness doesn't belong to me.
My eyes are dropping and I have to blink several times to stay bloody awake. I don't understand what is happening. Dad is bent over me and I am trying to focus on him but I am feeling too tired and just want to sleep.
"I slept for nine hours yesterday night. This- I am not tired. Why am I feeling so tired? I don't understand. I-" I break off when we hear a tapping on the window. I squint at it and headmaster lets the owl in. The letter is for Lucius Malfoy whose eyes are wide.
The moment Lucius opens the envelope and goes through the components, he drops them on the table as if they have burned his hands.
"Fuck." He curses and Narcissa starts sobbing quietly.
I try to breath and focus. I can't fall asleep right now. I can't. I get up and push dad away. He is obviously involved in whatever has happened.
"Harry don't look at them Don't." Uncle Severus warns me and Aunt Siria tries to hold me back. I glare at them and hurry towards the table. By the time, I reach the fucking table however, dad has already summoned them. I squint and realize that he is holding some photographs.
"Fucking hell. What is this?" Dad's voice is strangled and hoarse as he flips towards the photographs. Lucius takes some more out of his robes and passes them to his dad, his eyes focusing on his hands again.
"Why was I never told about this? Why? What the fuck is this? This has been going on for fucking fifteen years and all this while I was thinking that she died because of us. Death is better then what is suffering right now."
My head is pounding and my forearms are aching.
"Stop shouting dad." I hiss, my hands rubbing my forehead.
A chair creaks and Lucius gets up before staring at dad and speaking hoarsely, "We tried to contact you. Every-time, your wife told us that she was representing you and your son and that you didn't want anything to do with us."
"You have to believe me, Malf- Lucius. I didn't know about this. She lied."
"Now we are left with no option James."Aunt Siria hisses, her blazing eyes on her former best friend, "You have always been blind where Lily is concerned. We have to manipulate the bond and end her life. We can't find her. We have tried everything." Uncle Severus is practically stopping her from lunging at dad.
"She is right Potter." Uncle Severus says in a steady voice and I am really surprised how he is managing because from what little I have understood, they are going to kill his goddaughter.
"There must be some other way." Dad whispers and I simply stare as mom slides down the wall before covering her face and bursting in helpless sobs.
This is the point when headmaster finally speaks out. He clears his throat and looks at everyone one by one before speaking in a monotone, "We must tell them Lily."
Mom stands up, her entire frame shaking and walks towards the headmaster. She sits down on a spare chair and places her hands on the table.
"The war was ugly and James used to return battered and bruised. Even after we had lost, he continued going on raids. Then one evening, Albus came to me and told me that Voldemort will back off but he wants something in return. I asked as to what it was because I was desperate and terrified for James. He said that Voldemort wanted Malfoy's daughter. I wanted to refuse but couldn't because I thought that - that-"
"-that she was a former death eater's daughter and didn't matter." Dad murmured, his eyes wide and his body too still. I cannot believe that mom is capable of this monstrosity.
"NO. I thought that if a child's sacrifice could save this country then- then so be it. Albus said that the bond will prevent anyone from assaulting her sexually or inflicting any kind of physical pain on her and the bond would be gone after the child's death." Mom's voice is so small that she is barely audible but each and every word she says is ingrained in my mind. I will never forget this day.
"You didn't expect her to live so long and after her death, Harry would have been free. That's all you cared about." Narcissa whispered brokenly, "What about my daughter? You sold her to him. How could you do so?"
"This means that he is alive. Voldemort is not really dead?" Lucius asks quietly, "You betrayed everyone including Potter. Didn't you think to tell us even once. We could have found an alternate way. We could have set a trap. He was only a man no matter what he claimed to be."
"I am sorry. I am so sorry." Mom sobs, her hands covering her face. Everyone falls silent until headmaster speaks up, "Yes, he is very much alive. I tried to locate him but wasn't able to find him." Headmaster Dumbledore murmurs, his eyes pained, "He has Draconisa. I tried my best to find them but I don't know where they are. I committed a big mistake this time. I hope you can forgive me."
I take a deep and broken breath and stare at dad. There will be no forgiveness for this man.
"I want to see those photographs." Again the exhaustion is almost negligible now. I stand up and walk towards dad.
He backs off.
"Leave the photos alone." Uncle Severus is on his breaking point now. I can read it in his trembling voice and his bent frame.
Aunt Siria is still staring at mom in utter shock.
"She is my bond mate. I have a right to know what's happening to her." I insist sharply and put my hand forward.
Dad swallows and places the photographs on my stretched palm.
I flick through the first couple of them and almost stumble from the sheer shock my brain undergoes. A blonde girl with curvaceous body is knelt in on the floor in the first two. In the first few, she seems around his age. I flick through rest of the photos. In some, she is just seven and in others she is eight and in all of them, she is either on her fours or she is in some kind of submissive position. In a few, she is bound. She is completely dressed but she bound and several delicacies are kept in front of her. She is looking hungrily at them.
In some one them, she is bound and reaching for the glass of water that is cruelly dropped on the floor.

Then I come across the photographs that have just arrived and I slump on the chair. She is on all fours and trays of drinks and dishes are kept on her stretched back. She is in a party and is serving the refreshments to the guests.
"You could get ri-rid of the bond once she is-" Mom starts and I stare incredulously at her tear-streaked face, the photographs clutched tightly in my hands.
"This is all you can think of! Do you have a shred of humanity inside you. I can't believe that I am your son. I am ashamed to have you as my mother and I won't return to the manor now. I will stay with Uncle Severus and Aunt Siria. You threatened them to hide all this from me. You got a legal order to prevent Mr. and Mrs. Malfoy from contacting me. You let an innocent girl face this monstrosity. The bond prevented sexual assault and physical injury. Did you even stop and think for once that there are other ways to torture a child, to ruin a person's mind. Even if I succeed in finding her, I don't think that I can ever bring her back. I don't think that she is really alive inside the trained machine Voldemort has created. You call yourself a mother! Thank Merlin father denied my request for a younger sister. Merlin knows that you would have sold her as well for some greater good. You don't deserve to be a mother. I would expect this of headmaster Dumbledore. He has always been a very practical and self-centered man but I had never expected this from you."
Mom starts crying in earnest now.
"Just place them back in the envelope and give the photos to Lucius. We -"
"Excuse me! I am not giving these photos to anyone. I am burning them. No one will keep these horrible evidences of her past." I exclaim angrily cutting Uncle Severus off, "Are you out of your mind? Mr. Malfoy, you will not keep any of the photos of this kind that you receive from them. I know that you are thinking that why I am doing this when I don't even know her. I am just being human, bond or not."
Mr. Malfoy nods and stares at me, his eyes amazed. I can see a bit of hope arise in Mrs. Malfoy's eyes now. She is staring at me with pleading eyes and my heart clenches. I am not some Saviour. I am only a boy. How will I find her when my godparents and her parents couldn't.
"Okay Harry. Now, we must end this. I can't let this go on forever." Uncle Severus says and I nod. But then the reality really hits me and I understand what he is saying. I stand up and turn to look at him.
"No. Please give me some days. Let me try." I plead. His tortured eyes gaze at me and he murmurs, "We have been trying for the past fifteen years. What difference will you be able to make?"
"Please. Just let me try." I plead again.
"I want to try as well. I can't let you do this Severus. I committed a mistake fifteen years ago and I can't really correct it but you have to let me do this. I have to try. I didn't know about this. I would never have let this go on for so long. I would have tried my best to find her."
"No James, we can't -" Aunt Siria yells but Uncle Severus holds her back.
"All right. You have a week." He murmurs and drags aunt Siria out of headmaster's office. The first thing I do is to find Hermione and Ron. She had told me a few days back that she thinks that Voldemort is alive and I had made fun of her. Maybe she has a lead.
"Harry, please forgive me." Mom whispers and I am at the entryway now. I can't even bear to look at her. Fortunately, dad comes to my rescue and replies mom, "Leave him alone Lily. You don't deserve to be forgiven."
"I just wanted both of you to be safe." She pleads, her voice hoarse and I whirl around, "At the cost of her entire life. I don't want to live this life then if it is built on someone else's pain. Do not contact me mom. I will have to get a legal order issued if you do. I am warning you."
I don't look at Dumbledore but I am sure he gets the hint. His silence proves me. I leave my sobbing mother behind and dad follows me.
"I'll tell you when I have a lead Harry." He says and I nod, disappearing the corridors of the school I consider my second house.
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