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“He just congratulated you? He didn´t flip out or tried to hex Severus?” Ron asked as the trio sat at the kitchen table eating dinner while working on some of their homework.
“No, I couldn´t believe it either. Sirius was pretty rude though.”
“Yes, from what you told us, he was completely out of line.” Hermione said while searching the book for a specific reference.
“I think I put him in his place. I even called him a bully. You should have seen his face, I hated it. He was so hurt but I believe he needed to hear it. He will come around. At least I hope he will.”
“Oh Harry, of course he will. Sirius loves you. You could see it all over his face, even back then in the shrieking shack. Well, after they forces Peter into his human form, and we had no other choice but to believe them. I mean think about it. You know just how the Dementors can screw with your head. He broke out of the most secure prison in the wizarding world because he knew that Pettigrew would be at Hogwarts with you. That can only be done by unwavering determination. I have no doubt that he will get it together. I would even go so far as to say I believe they all will become friends.”
“You really believe that?” Harry asked looking at his best friend.
“Yes, I do. Lily always liked him, and we all love Severus. They will come to see just how much good he does you.” Hermione said nodding and Harry gave her a thankful smile.
“I wanted to ask you something. I got started on the journal last night like you wished. Did you get the feeling that Dumbledore had feelings for Grindelwald? From what I read so far; they could have been just friends but something in the way he wrote about him got me thinking that he was more to him.”
“How far have you come?”
“The last entry said something about Grindelwald killing the minister’s daughter.”
“It´s the last entry before the battle, and yes, I have noticed it too. I think he was in love with him. That would certainly explain why he didn´t intervene sooner. It´s hard enough to go against someone you hate. Imagine Severus were the dark lord. Imagine having to kill the person you love most in the world. It must have been heart-breaking.”
“I would call him a poor lad if I didn´t knew everything he did to you.” Ron said.
“The next few entries were what made me suspicious. Before the battle he wrote like what? Two entries a month? I think sometimes it was only one. But after, he wrote a lot more frequent. The handwriting is the same, but I think the tone has changed a little. It gets more obvious in the diaries from the next few years though.”
“What do you think it is?”
“I think something happened in that battle that slowly made him loose his mind. I can´t explain it otherwise. It´s like he changed his personality 100% three times over. I read the journal from the year before and he was the person we thought him to be before we found out about what he did. He was quirky and funny. Most of his entries were stories about Hagrid and his pets or something that happened at school. He wasn’t headmaster then. He did a massive amount of research and taught his classes. It seemed that he just enjoyed being at school. He did consider building the order of the phoenix back then. I don´t know why he didn´t.”
“I will read more soon. I just needed a break.” Hermione nodded.
“Have you talked to Severus? Did you make up?” Ron asked.
“Yes, we did this morning. Do you know where he is? I haven´t seen him around since then. He did say that he needed to work on his potions, but I checked both labs and he isn´t there.”
“No, I haven´t seen him since this morning. He rushed out to go after you.”
“Me either. Do you think he was called?” Ron asked looking worried.
“I hope not. Riddle told him he would only have to come in at every first of the month and that´s tomorrow.”
“Maybe Dumbledore needed him for something?” Hermione offered.
“Great!” Harry said sarcastically.
“Should we send him a message?” Ron asked.
“Absolutely not! No, no way. He has his portkey for emergency´s and he always makes a stop at headquarters so the portkey will bring him back there where Narcissa can look after him as soon as he arrives. And I don´t think Dumbledore suspects a thing. He believes Severus hates me and Sev enforces that every time they speak. It´s only a good thing that he ranted about me all these years. He doesn´t even have to exaggerate, just keep doing what he always has. That, and he still needs his spy. He thinks he is the only person who knows that Severus loved my mom. But he thinks that Severus was IN love with her. He holds that knowledge over his head as insurance that he keeps obeying.”
“Probably. We shouldn´t worry too much though. Severus is capable to look after himself. He has done it for a long time.” Hermione said.
“Right, let´s just finish up here. We can go to headquarters later. They will know if he came by.” Harry said and picked up his book.

“Back so soon?” Lily asked when they walked in.
“Yes, hi mom. Where are the others?”
“Oh, Sirius is still sulking in his room. I sent James and in there to cheer him up. Remus went to talk to Charlie, and Narcissa I have no idea.”
“Are there problems?”
“No, she probably upstairs. I took a little nap earlier and just came down myself.”
“Good. Has Severus popped in? Have you seen him?”
“No, I´m sorry, like I said, I just came downstairs myself.”
“Well, then we will just have to wait and see.” Harry said with a sigh.
“You know, I think I like Narcissa. She´s pretty nice actually. We had a little chat and she´s quite smart. Of course, we already knew that from what Sirius told us, but she´s even smarter than I thought. She has an idea for a new healing spell. One that requires a medical bath with a strong healing potion. A completely knew creation. She hasn´t worked it out yet but it is quite brilliant.” Hermione´s eyes lit up at her words.
“Maybe she need help with some research.”
“Of course, that´s the first thing you would think of.” Ron said laughing.
“We should let her have a look through our library. We have books in the trunk that could help her a lot.”
“Sure, we can bring it with us next time.” Harry promised.
“Oh, why wait. I will just go and get it.”
“What about Dudley? I haven´t told him about my parents yet. Plus, can you shrink the trunk if he´s in it?”
“He doesn´t have to be. We will take the portkey together from Severus´s chamber. And I can tell him if you want.”
“Fine! Go and get your books.” He said laughing and then looked at Ron.
“Why do I even try?”
“I don´t know but you really should have learned by now.” Hermione just giggled and almost danced from the room.
“She´s one of a kind.” Harry said smiling.
“At least she saved you from one awkward explanation.”
“Yeah... I feel a little guilty about that. It should be me.” Ron waved him of.
“Don´t worry. He will understand. You killed his father, or at least he knows he´s dead and that you had something to do with it. I understand why you don´t want to rub it in his face that you just got yours back.”
“I don´t think he will be upset about that. Vernon hurt him badly. After he asked me if I was going to kill him and I said yes, all he said was good. He hates him for what he did. It wouldn´t surprise me if he didn´t even cry. Nothing can make you forget about the hate you feel for someone who hurt you this badly and made you feel so much shame. It doesn´t matter how often it happens. One time is enough to break you. It must´ve been even worse for him, since it was his dad.” Nobody said anything after that. After a while they landed in the kitchen and Lily made tea for everyone.
“What about the Diggory´s?” Harry asked.
“The parents went home. Amos had to get to the ministry, and I asked Dobby to go to Diagon alley to get some new clothes for Cedric. I hope that was okay.”
“Sure, how did you two meet?”
“He´s around helping out. And I tried calling him earlier and he came. Mrs. Diggory thought it would look odd for her to get cloth for a teenager.”
“Good thinking. Dobby probably came because our bond is deep. You are my family so he will do as you say as long as he agrees with what you want. He can be a little bossy with the people he cares about if he thinks you need rest or food.”
“I never seen a free elf that was happy before. I find it quite refreshing.”
“That reminds me that I should probably mention to Kreacher that Sirius is back. I don´t know how these bonds work but Sirius was his former master. Since nobody every came back from the dead, we have no way of knowing how that will affect his loyalty bond. I will have a talk with Sirius though. I will not tolerate him abusing Kreacher anymore. I hate to say it, but I grew kind of fond of that miserable little monster.”
“Then maybe don´t let Hermione hear you call him that.” Ron suggested.
“Right, I don´t want to be on the other side of her wand.”
“You never really were, were you?”
“No, just when we were training for the tournament and then she didn´t put much force behind her spells. I guess I never made her mad enough to actually hex me.”
“Lucky you.” Ron mumbled and Harry laughed.
“Oh, come on, at least she didn´t smack you like she did Draco.”
“She smacks me all the time! Not in the face, but over the head and on my arms. She even uses books!”
“Well, that´s only because you are an idiot half the time.”
“Nice, thanks mate.” They laughed together and Lily smiled to herself. She was glad to see that they still had fun from time to time.
“So, you two met on the train?” She asked.
“Yeah… actually, we first saw each other on the gate. My brothers helped Harry with his trunk and told us who he was. I… I went looking for him after that and we shared a compartment.” He looked at him.
“You told me that there weren´t any other seats.”
“I know, I lied. I wanted to see you again. I mean you were a legend. I don´t know how many times I heard your story. I just wanted to talk to you and see what you are like. I liked you from the start and I was so happy when we both were sorted into Gryffindor.”
“Yeah, me too. I was just so glad you talked to me. Hagrid didn´t tell me much when we were shopping for my stuff and I didn´t know what to ask him beside the normal stuff one askes after finding out magic exists. I was dying to hear more.”
“How did you become friends with Hermione. We asked Sirius but he realized that he never asked. When he met you, you three were already a unit.” Ron and Harry looked at each other.
“Ahm… we saved her from a… troll that was loose in the castle. She wasn´t at the Halloween feast and didn´t know about it so we went looking for her and accidentally locked the troll in the bathroom where she was. When we heard her screaming, we ran back and managed to knock him out.”
“You did what? Was that in your first or second year?”
“In our first.”
“Why wouldn´t you tell a teacher? Why did you go after her yourself?”
“Because… it was kind of my fault that she was in there.” Ron said grimacing at the memory.
“How so?”
“I was mean to her, and she was crying. She hid in the bathroom and refused to come out. I was an idiot back then.”
“You´re still mean to her. You don´t mean to but you are sometimes.”
“Well, sometimes she deserved it. I know it, you know it and even she knows it. Besides do you forget how she gets every year around the final exams? She is constantly on our case, and I know that she only means well but still, it´s annoying. And she snapes at everyone everywhere for only breathing too loud. Can you imagine how it will be this year at our final and hardest exam?” Harry shuddered.
“Oh god and I will be only weeks away from giving birth. I will be uncomfortable enough without her pushing me.”
“Oh buhu, you don´t even need to study. With all that knowledge in your head it will be an easy cake for you. I thought we wanted to perform the ritual at Christmas break.”
“Ron…”
“No, seriously. I could use the extra help.”
“What are you talking about?” Lily asked and Harry sighed.
“I would prefer not to get into it right now. Ron we will talk about it later.” He said through his teeth and Ron nodded quickly.
“Alright Harry, another time then.” Harry nodded. He looked at his watch and tried not to worry too much. It was still early, not even dinner time yet. Severus wasn´t gone that long. At least that was what he was telling himself.

Severus hurried up the stairs of Riddle mansion. Luckily, he had only been a corridor from his office when his mark burned so he hurried into his bedroom and threw on his robe. He had grabbed his mask and activated his portkey to headquarters. When he stepped into the mansion, his mark stung as he passed the wards and he hurried through the foyer and into the sitting room which was empty beside the large throne that was sitting between two deep windows. Severus hated that room. He stepped in and hurried to the throne, falling to his knees in front of it and bowing his head in submission.
“My lord.” Severus felt red eyes on him.
“Severus, what news do you have.”
“I´m afraid not much my lord. The old man has commanded me to spy on Potter and his friends. I think he is truly losing his mind. That whelp is no threat to anyone. But he does not trust him anymore. I believe the feeling is the same on the boy’s end. Something has happened between the two of them but at this point, I have not figured out what it is. What I have found out is that the three of them are sneaking into a girl’s bathroom twice in as many days. Why I cannot fathom.”
“Oh Severus, has Dumbledore never told you? The entrance to the chamber of secrets is in the girl’s bathroom on the second floor. I guess it isn´t so secret anymore. I am not happy about this Severus. There are many things down there. Things that could be a danger to me and our noble cause if the boy gets his hands on it. If he hasn´t already. But I guess that is nothing you could have prevented, seen as he and I are the only people who can access the chamber.”
“The entrance of the chamber of secrets is in a girl’s bathroom?”
“It is indeed. It is rather brilliant in my opinion. It´s just too bad that the mudblood that died so long ago decided to haunt the castle with her shrieking and wailing, spilling my secrets on her way. Well, what´s done is done. But if my reports are true, then he killed the basilisk, what means that if one of his goons has a brain, they will dissect and sell it.” Voldemort´s eyes flared in glee.
“We should try to get our hands on some of it. The potions you could create with it… Can I trust my potions master to precure some of these precious ingredients?”
“I will do my best. Potter will have to store it somewhere and I will be damned if I don´t get through his wards.”
“Good, do what the old man says. It can´t hurt to know what Potter is up to.”
“Of course, my lord.”
“I have called you tonight because you will be the head of a mission to gather an informant that was located just a few hours ago. I not only want you to take our new young Slytherins, but I also want you to help me with the interrogation so we can show them exactly what is expected of them in the future. It also serves the purpose to keep them in line and I will be able to enjoy watching your creative process. They already took the mark, so you know what happens when they can´t handle it?”
“Yes, my lord, teach them a lesson themselves, then have them torcher and kill the weakest one. The next time it happens, expose of them.”
“They are your students.”
“They have been for years.”
“You didn´t have to kill any for years.”
“It doesn´t make a difference. You have the stomach or you don´t. We can´t risk someone getting cold feet and running of to Dumbledore.” Severus cringed inside. He learned a long time ago that these were the only exactable answers.
“If I may ask my lord, who is the source your seeking?”
“I sent a few low rank death eaters to the boys house a few weeks ago. They found out that the boys uncle has passed and that the wife and son haven´t been seen in a while. I need real insight of the boy. His friends, his fears, everything I can get. They left most of their stuff behind, so I found the key ingredient for the locating potion you created. We couldn´t find the boy, but we found the women. You will retrieve her and bring her here.”
“You found Petunia Dursley? God, I hated her as a girl. I can only imagine what kind of woman she is now. It will be a pleasure to assist you in this task.”
“You knew her?”
“Yes, my lord, you know of the friendship I had with Lily Potter. We met even before we came to school. I told her about magic and Hogwarts, and I even visited her house many times. Petunia is the perfect example for our superiority over muggles. She is a foul, nasty woman who is bitter beyond believe.”
“Well… your personal history is going to be a big advantage. I presume that she did not like you?” Severus grinned.
“No, she feared me.” Severus received one of the rare honest smiles from the monster Infront of him and chills ran down his spine.
“Well, after tonight is done, she will know that her fear was well founded. Go to the foyer, wait until the others arrive and show them to me. You will receive further instructions when everyone´s here.”
“Yes, my lord. Thank you, my lord.”
Severus got up from his by now aching knees and walked out. He swore in his head and his heart was racing. He knew he couldn´t warn Harry, there was nothing he could do. Petunia Dursley would die tonight, and Severus knew that it would be at his hand. He knew that this would be his own loyalty test. Voldemort all but said it himself so the girl he hated would die slowly and painfully and Severus hated himself for the thought that he didn´t mind that much. He knew if anything, her husband was the one who truly deserved the death she was about to receive, but… she was the one who let it happen. She was the one who stood aside while that monster did all these terrible things to his Harry. Severus shook his head and reminded himself to concentrate.
The others arrived only twenty minutes later. Severus led the way back to the throne room and walked up to the snake man. He stopped three meters in front of him and took two steps to the site. He didn´t kneel this time, he knew it wasn´t required but cringed when he saw that not one of his students thought to do so. If they didn´t need to go on a mission he knew they would all be laying on the floor by now, but they would learn soon enough. Voldemort stood from his seat and paced in front of the small crowd.
“You will all be going on a mission to retrieve someone of great importance. If I tell you that she is important I mean that none of you are to raise your wand against her. Professor Snape will be the one to bind and handle her. Parkinson, you have permission to cast a silencing spell but that is it. You will not ask questions. You will obey any command Severus gives you and be sure that I know if you don´t. Whatever you witness tonight, you will not discuss it at school. Not one single word. Not to each other and not to anyone else.” Pansy who must´ve felt ballsy stepped forward.
“Yes, my lord, and who is it we are retrieving.” Severus shook his head in disbelieve. How was she in Slytherin? She couldn´t be that stupid, could she? He watched Voldemort raise his wand.
“Incarcaerous.” Voldemort whispered and pointed his wand at Parkinson´s throat. Ropes appeared out of thin air and constricted her airway until she choked.
“What is it you don´t understand when I say that you will not ask questions?” Voldemort asked in a cold voice. Pancy frantically grabbed at the robes and tried to pull them off and Severus had to conclude that she actually was THAT stupid. When her skin started to turn blue Voldemort sighed and cast the counter spell. Pansy lay on the floor and was gasping for air. Tears ran down her face and she was shaking in fear. Pansy cast a panicked look at Severus who just stared at her, a bored look on his face.
“You do not need to know who it is for you to retrieve her. You will find out soon enough. Now get out and take what happened here as a warning for the next time you come in here and do not kneel. I will not go this easy on you should you fail to do so again.” The teens nodded and scurried out the door. Severus stepped up to the man.
“I have made you a portkey Severus. It will take you to the house. Just apperate back. Make sure she´s fine when she gets here. Gag her until I want her to talk. If there is someone with her, get rid of them. Do it all quickly and quietly. I will expect you back in thirty minutes at the longest.”
“Yes, my lord.”
“And Severus, take her with you.” He pointed his finger at Pansy who still lay on the floor and turned to leave the room.
“Come on then Parkinson. Get to your feet and don´t waste my time.”
“But professor…”
“NOW!” Severus roared and she sprang to her feet. He stalked out, not looking back. He knew she was on his heels.

It really took Severus only fifteen minutes until they landed in front of Riddle manor again. It had been so easy. Petunia was alone. He just opened the front door, wand in hand and rushed inside. He stalked down the hallway and into the sitting room, through the dining room and into the kitchen where she found her in front of the stove. She swirled around shrieking at the sudden noise and Severus looked at Pansy who quickly raised her wand and cast the silencing spell. Severus could have done so himself but the dark lord had given the task to Pansy, so she was the one who had to do it. He then raised his own wand to gag and bind her before stepping up to her smiling dangerously.
“Hello Petunia, remember me?” Petunia starred at him, and Severus knew the exact moment she recognized him. Her eyes went wide, and the colour left her face.
“Yes… it´s been a long time. I see you are still as ordinary as you were as a girl. Even more hideous if I remember correctly and just as stupid as I always knew you to be. I know someone who is dying to meet you. I´m afraid you won´t like him very much though.” Severus said grinning and Petunia shook her head violently.
“Oh, come on Tunia, it will be fun. Well… more for me then you but who cares.” He had then grabbed her arm and they disappeared. Severus pushed her to the floor as soon as they entered the house and he didn´t need to look around to know that the dark lord was in here somewhere. He knew this game, so he raised his wand and undid all the spells on Petunia. Then he stepped back and waited. As no one seemed to do or say anything Petunia seemed to gather her courage and spun around to glare at him.
“How dare you come into my house Snape. To use that thing and lay your freakish hands on me. I always knew you were trouble and here we are. God, I wish your father killed you as well. But no, he had to stop after your mother and then drink himself to death.”
“Brave… are we? Do you realise that I just brought you to the house of your sister’s murderer? That every single person in this room has a wand and can curse you any time? Do yourself a favour and do as he says. I mean you will die anyway but still… you may not have to suffer too much. But then again, it will be me who will do it, so maybe not.”
“And where is he then heh? I don´t see him. Where is that freak leader of yours?” She was bold, Severus had to give her that. How she wasn´t a sobbing mess by now he would never understand.
“Don´t worry, I am right here.” Said Voldemort´s cold voice from behind her. Severus snickered as she spun around. He walked around her to look at her face. Petunia looked horrified as she laid her eyes on the dark lord.
“Muggles… so stupid, so weak, so… useless.” Voldemort said sounding bored.
“I guess you know why you are here?” He asked and focused his red eyes on Petunia´s face.
“Because of that boy. It´s always because of that useless boy! God, I wish he would die already!” Severus had to fight hard not to raise his wand at that. He wanted to curse that woman so badly, to peel her skin from her body. How dare she talk about Harry like that. But he had a part to play. She would pay soon enough. He just needed to wait for the go.
“You don´t seem to like him very much.” Voldemort concluded.
“You could help me get your wish.”
“I despise him. I despise all of you freaks. You are unnatural beings that should be get rid of at ones.” Severus almost sighed in satisfaction. If that woman didn´t watch her mouth, he wouldn´t have to wait long.
“That is unfortunate. I guess that means you will not want to help me. He has your son you know. I know he does. I´ve been trying to find him as well. The only logical reason that I haven´t been able to do that, is that someone is hiding him away in a place that is well protected against my kind. You could have spared his life, but… I guess you didn´t want that. I will find the boy. I will find him and kill him, and in the process, I will find your son as well.”
“He has Dudders?” Severus snorted but Voldemort outright laughed.
“Dudders? You were right Severus, what a pathetic example of a human being. Go on you can start but please remember that you are supposed to interrogate her. Don´t just kill her on the spot.” Severus grinned and stepped forward. He was just glad that he knew that Harry never told her anything that could be important. He hated that his students would find out about Harry´s treatment at home. He made a note to remember to remind the Slytherins not to use anything they learned today to tease Harry. The dark lord would not be amused. He knew, that if he wanted to use the information he gathered this night, it would be on Voldemort´s terms.

Hours went by and Severus was starting to get tired. To tell the truth he had been tired of torturing the women for a while now. He was getting a headache from all the screaming and decided to gag her again to muffle the noise. He knew the dark lord liked it, so he didn’t dare just casting a silencing charm on the wrench.
“Now Severus, she can´t answer questions if she´s gagged, can she?”
“True, but she hasn´t answered a question in forty-five minutes and she has a rather unpleasant voice.” Voldemort didn´t regard his words.
“You are holding back Severus, not once have you raised her hand against her. You know I like a show on these occasions.” The horror was written all over Severus´s face.
“What is it Severus?”
“I… I just thought…”
“You thought since she is the sister of your traitorous best friend, you would be allowed to refuse me the most entertaining part of it?”
“No, my lord, I just thought that after the last time, you had realized that woman are not the ones who… appeal to me.” Severus was furious. He did not want to expose his sexuality in front of his students, but it was the only explanation he could come up with that might spare him. He would never be able to look Harry in the eyes again.
“I noticed that you seemed more enthusiastic at that muggle raid. So, it´s only men then?”
“Yes, my lord, she does not hold any appeal.”
“Because if it´s only an ass thing, she has one.”
“No, it´s not.” Severus said and noticed that Petunia had stopped struggling. She lay on the floor, starring straight ahead listing to every word they were saying.
“Well, it would be a shame not to let her go to waist. I will take her myself then. You will have to impress me even more the next time then Severus. You will stay and watch.” He then turned to the students.
“You have done well so far, now Miss Parkinson come here.” Pansy took a few shaking steps forward before freezing on the spot.
“I said come here girl.” Voldemort whispered dangerously and Pansy hurried forward.
“Undress her.” Voldemort ordered and Pansy obeyed at ones. Severus forced himself to keep watching as Riddle shoved his cock into Petunia and held back the bile that raised in his throat. He watched as he tortured the woman while he ripped her apart from the inside and only threw a few site glances at his students. He could clearly see that all of them had lost the colour in their faces and Parkinson and Millicent Bulstrode, who was the only other girl in the group, were shaking slightly. It took another hour before Riddle was finished. Voldemort looked at him and he, without hesitation, raised his wand and slit Petunia´s throat. While he did it, all he could think about was that he just got Lily back and now it was likely that he would lose her again. Damn Petunia, Damn Voldemort, he was so sick and tired of all of it.
When Voldemort dismissed the students, Severus knew that he wouldn´t get away unscraped. He denied a direct request from mis master and even though he seemed to except why he did it, he was not pleased that he had to miss out on his show. Severus knew that Riddle liked nothing more then watch someone being violently raped. The sick son of a bitch would sit down and stroke himself to completion over and over again. It was his form of entertainment. Severus only had to participate twice but feeling these red eyes roaming his naked body as he was forced to partake in such an act was the most sickening experience of his life. Not even being raped by the man himself came close to how dirty he had felt after.
He was proven right only moments later when the crutiatus curse hit him full force. He went to the floor immediately but managed to keep his cries inside. He held on to the hope that he wouldn´t have to be under as long as last time and cringed when he thought about Harry. He just hoped that Riddle wasn´t mad enough to have Harry affected. The punishment he knew, was principle and hopefully not real fury. It certainly hadn´t felt as long when the curse was finally lifted.
“I want you to go and get me the potions I require. I will have another raid tonight. This time in a wizarding village. I will need them. Get them and bring them straight back.”
“My lord, I´m afraid I am not finished. Most of them are in the finishing stages and if I get to work right away, I would be able to deliver them in the morning.” Riddle starred at him as if deeply in thought.
“Is there something you want to tell me Severus?” Voldemort asked and suddenly, Severus had a very bad feeling.
“No, my lord, nothing.”
“I know you Severus. I know you well. You are not the kind of person to leave a task to the last minute. I haven´t called you much these past months. Tell me, what keeps you so busy that you neglect your duties.”
“I told you, my lord. The whole student teacher affair takes up most of my time. With Dumbledore telling me to look after that stupid club of Potter´s and grading and still brewing all the potions for the infirmary I do not have much time anymore.”
“Why do I believe that this is not the only reason? You seem defensive.” Severus wanted to roll his eyes. No he did not, unnerved maybe, but he knew better then act defensively.
“I am sorry my lord, I just do not want you to doubt me.” The next thing he knew was that he was pressed against the wall by an invisible force and that Voldemort was coming towards him.
“It’s a little late for that. You have served me for many years and not ones have you failed in your duty as potions master.” Voldemort grabbed his arm and pulled up his sleeve. He rammed his wand into his dark mark and Severus knew that he was in trouble. From the force behind it, he knew that the entire inner circle was called. Maybe even others as well and that only happened when there was a suspected traitor. It didn´t take long until people came rushing in. All fell to their knees until they were told to rise, and Voldemort ordered them to the throne room. Only three other death eaters stayed behind. Severus watched as they took of their masks, and he recognized one of them immediately. Percy Weasley stood right next to Voldemort. Severus took note to that. The dark lord never allowed anyone in his personal space, and Percy was standing much to close. The other two seemed familiar, but he couldn´t connect the faces to names. They conversed quietly and then Percy left as well.
The dark lord turned to Severus.
“I have suspected you for a while. You were not very careful tonight. You let your occlumency shields slip twice tonight. Only for a few seconds but I noticed.” He stepped very close and lowered his voice so only he could hear him.
“You are a clever man Severus, surely you must have at least expected that I can read your mind when our shields are down. I don´t even have to cast the spell. I manifested it in the mark.” He stepped back again and went on.
“Imagine my surprise when I discovered that you think of the boy as “your Harry”. How can that be? Every single report I received tells me that you hate the boy, yet you seemed to have claimed him as yours. Care to explain?” Severus felt sick.
“To my despair, I have found that I started noticing the boy at the end of last year. I fought it as hard as I could, spend month denying it but in the end, I had to accept that I found myself regarding him as rather physically appealing. That I am forced to see him around all the time, has unfortunately not helped to dissolve the situation. That doesn´t change the fact that I loath the boy. I feel that if anyone besides you my lord, has the right to be the one to wish death upon him, it would be me. It infuriated me that his aunt only said the words. These kinds of thoughts are mine to have. You are the one who has the privilege to kill him, all I have are my thoughts and hundreds of fantasies how I would end him. They´re not hers to think.”
“That doesn´t explain why you thought to warn him. Your shields went down as soon as you walked out earlier. I heard you. You know, tonight I truly wanted to see if you are still mine Severus. Nothing that woman had to say was of use to me. I know that you recognized Percy Weasley earlier. You know that his brother is the boy´s best friend. He has spent three summers with his family before he left home. He had a lot to tell me about the boy. Things that according to him, everybody knew. Yet you, who according to Percy, probably spent more time with him then even his friends, failed to mention any of it. That he actually is quite powerful. His reports resemble the ones of Barty Crouch. First, I was inclined to believe that you do not want to see his potential. That your hatred of his father allowed you to unconsciously deny yourself to see the truth. But I couldn´t help the thought that you could have intentionally kept certain details to yourself.” Voldemort started to slowly walk towards the door.
“I was gone for a long time Severus, and the last thing I did was to kill the woman you loved. Your friend who you asked me to spare. You must have been devastated. Maybe enough so that you decided that you had made a mistake by joining. Then Dumbledore allowed you to stay at school. You were there for thirteen years. That´s much longer than you were with me. Maybe in the process you became Dumbledore´s man. Percy sure believes that you did. He seems to think that you are a member of the Order of the Phoenix. We shall see if he is right.” Voldemort walked out, leaving him with the two remaining death eaters. They came towards him and grabbed his arms tightly. Severus knew what was going on. The dark lord was in there, making a speech about loyalty and what happens to those who decided to betray the cause. He would be escorted in shortly to stand trial. Severus had no intention to walk through these doors. He still had his portkey. The only problem, since the two goons were holding onto him, it would take them back to headquarters as well. But they were only two and there were at least a handful of people at headquarters so Severus decided that they would be able to handle it. All he had to do was to wait until Voldemort lifted the spell and they would be gone. Three minutes past, then five, then seven and Severus heart started raising. It wouldn´t be long now. Maybe a minute or two, maybe less. And then suddenly he felt that he could move.
“Eileen.” He whispered and felt as he was whisked away from the manor for the last time. He had no way of going back.

Harry and Ron had waited a long time before Hermione returned with Dudley. Ron quickly went to get the other marauders so Dudley could meet them at ones. Lily waited in the kitchen and Harry had taken Dudley into one of the bedrooms so that Ron could bring them down as well.
“Are you alright Dudley?” Harry asked his cousin.
“This is completely mental. Your parents died a long time ago. How? How is this possible?”
“We don´t know. We are the first people to have done it. It´s magic. It´s not any weirder than dragons or mermaids. But I get why you feel like this. I still get my mind boggled too from time to time. Especially this year. I´m sorry Dudley. I know this is an awful lot.”
“I mean I´m happy for you. I hope you know that.”
“I do.” Harry assured him and meant it. Dudley wasn´t the boy he grew up with anymore. He felt almost thankful that the dementors had attacked them. He would have never in a million years believed that Dudley would turn out to be a kind and thoughtful person.
“Are you nervous to meet them?” Harry asked.
“Terrified.”
“What? Why?”
“Because I was awful to you. My parents were even worse, and I am the only one here.”
“You were a child who learned by example. Let me ask you something. Were you ever mean to me because you were scared that your dad would start to treat you the same as me if you weren´t?”
“I never thought about that before but maybe that was part of the reason when I was younger. But I was old enough to know better the summer where these things came to attacked us. I made fun of you because your mother was dead Harry! I am ashamed when I think about it now.”
“And that is what matters. I promise you; I don´t hold on to the old stuff. Something terrible happened to you back then. Dementors are the foulest creatures that walk the planet. Only their presence can drive people into madness. It tried to give you the kiss, which in our world is THE most feared punishment. You must commit terrible crimes for the ministry to consider that penalty. You decided to change your ways. You alone did that. You did not have the help from your parents or friends, it was all you. That requires a very strong character, and I am proud to call you my cousin. Do not fear them, they will not hold childhood mistakes against you if you show them who you are now.” Harry patted him on the shoulder and was pleasantly surprised when Dudley pulled him into a short hug. They both blushed a little unsure what to say next, so Harry took a deep breath.
“Come on, they will be waiting.” Dudley nodded and they walked out together.

Harry was very pleased with how things had turned out. Lily, bless her soul, had hugged Dudley as soon as he walked in. When she let go, James had stepped up to him, smiling brightly and shook his hand. Harry could see the tension falling from Dudley´s body as she smiled shyly at his aunt and uncle. There hadn´t been problems to connect at all and Harry had very much enjoyed spending time as a family. Used to Severus and Harry´s relationship by now, Dudley didn´t even flinch when Sirius snuggled up to Remus which earned him bonus points with Lily. Harry remembered that he had told him that he was gay as well, so he figured that explained why he hadn´t inherited his parents’ homophobia.
Harry who had started to get really worried, had busied himself in the kitchen, preparing dinner for the entire house, didn´t mind at all that his parents chose to stay in the sitting room with Dudley. When Severus and Harry moved into their new house, maybe Dudley could stay with his parents until he figured out what to do with his life since Petunia had abandoned him. He thought that it would do Dudley a whole lot of good. Another thought entered his mind, but he pushed it aside for now. His mind was not in the right place to start with another crazy theory, but he made sure not to push it back to deep. He thought that this was one of the best meals he ever cooked but he was pregnant so maybe anything would feel like that right now. The others seemed pleased though, so Harry was proud of it anyways. When the clock stroke nine, he started pacing through the sitting room. His worries had turned into full on panic by now and he couldn´t shake the feeling that something wasn´t right. Lily was worried about him. Harry could tell so he stopped beside the fireplace and leaned against the wall. He pulled out his wand and started to roll it in his hand. He thought that was better than pacing but his nervous energy had to go somewhere. In hindsight it was a good thing that he did because only a few minutes later, three men were appearing in the middle of the sitting room. Harry´s wand arm shot forward aiming at the small group. Hermione sprang to her feet and mirrored his movement before anyone else could react. Harry recognized Severus immediately and quickly shot a stunning hex at the men on his left sight. The other death eater raised his wand as his friend went down but Hermione was too quick.
“Expelliarmus! Stupefy!” She yelled and the other death eater went to the ground.
“Severus! Are you okay? What happened?”
“My cover is blown. It´s Percy. He is his left hand. I don´t know since when but I saw him with my own eyes. He has created enough doubt that Voldemort sent me to trail. These two were just about to escort me in. I knew that could not happen so here we are but now he knows for sure.”
“Oh no, what are we going to do? What will we tell Dumbledore?”
“I don´t know, but Harry there is something else. I need to speak with you alone. Please?” There was despair in Severus´s eyes so Harry didn´t hesitate.
“Bind these too. Get the strongest sleeping potions we have and feed it to them. I don´t have time to deal with them. Use one of the unused bedrooms as temporary cell. Ward it and take both their wands. That will give me enough time to figure out what to do with them. Severus, come.” Harry extended his hand and Severus took it and let himself be let to Harry´s bedroom. They sat down site by site, and Severus let go of his hand.
“What happened?” His voice was quiet.
“Petunia is dead.” Severus said just as quietly avoiding his eyes when Harry looked at him.
“You killed her?” Harry asked.
“I did.”
“Did you have a choice?”
“What?”
“I am asking you, would there have been a way to avoid it without getting yourself killed?”
“Maybe… If the portkey would have worked quick enough. If I could have grabbed her before being hexed. There is no way of knowing. It was a loyalty test, so he was looking for any little sign. It was also to teach the new death eaters how things are done so it was a horrific death. She was raped, but not by me, I made sure of that. I thought I passed the test but he forced me to the wall when I told him that the potions aren´t ready. When I saw Percy there, I knew that I was doomed. He knows a lot about you, thinks he knows I know as well. Things I never brought to the dark lord like I should have.”
“So, you kinda had a choice but at the same time you didn´t. This is bad Severus. So bad that I think we have to fix it. Everything we worked for could be destroyed otherwise.”
“But how?” Severus asked and for the first time looked at him.
“Explain to me exactly what happened from when you first went to saw him to the point the torcher started. Don´t leave anything out.” Severus did. He tried to remember every little detail and at the end was sure he managed to do so.
“Okay..." Harry said.
"We go back two days and pick her up ourselves. We don´t now if she´s behind the veil and I don´t want Dudley to find out what happened. So, we don´t let it happen. You said that Voldemort couldn´t locate Dudley, that means if we bring her here or to any other unplottable house, he won´t be able to find her either. That means he won’t call you until tonight to get his potions. You don´t have to go back if you think the risk is too big but that would compromise you as well. I think the safest bet is to give you a huge part of information to give to him. When you leave, there can´t be one single doubt at his mind anymore.”
“How about and bear with me, we tell him almost everything.” Harry looked at him but didn´t say anything. He knew that Severus was going somewhere.
“We will need a little more time to stage certain memories so I can back the story up. And we will need help. I could tell him that you came to me for help. That you discovered certain things about the headmaster and confided in me since no one would ever expect it. We leave out the sexual abuse part, but I tell him about the violence you lived with at home and that Dumbledore knew about it. I tell him that you discovered to be the heir of the four, but we will not tell him about the gifts you received. There is no way he could know about them because ONLY the heir and the people HE chooses to tell would know. He already knows about the DA so I tell him a little more but don´t expose how many members we actually have nor that the other teachers know about it. I will tell him that you have a headquarters and many other safehouses but will also say that I do not know where they are yet. Lastly, we do not mention our alliance with the ministry. If I expose all this, not even Percy Weasley will be able to convince him otherwise. But it is not so much that we lose all our advantages. I will have to tell him more as I would find out if recently introduced.”
“I didn´t plan for all of it to come out quite yet but I guess we do not have a choice. You shouldn´t wait until he calls you though. It will make an even better expression when it looks like you hurried to him as soon as you found out.”
“Good idea and don´t worry about everybody finding out. I´m almost sure that the dark lord will not go to the public with it. That he knows something so big that Dumbledore doesn´t is a hand he will not throw away without thinking about all possibility´s first. I will only tell him if we are alone. And Harry, I believe it best if only the people involved in the mission know about it. We will need at least three days maybe even four so we will have to find a safehouse as well.”
“That´s no problem. Who should we take with us?”
“Defenetly Hermione and Ron. I wouldn´t mind Draco and we will have to take Dudley.”
“What, why?”
“Because we need Petunia to go along with all this. If Dudley tells her to do it, she will. Also, you can´t come with us when we get her.”
“Why?”
“Because to create a portkey, you need the exact location and I don´t have it. We will have to apparate which you cannot. You will have to stay and wait for us to return.”
“Right… I can´t wait until I give birth. Always sitting around doing nothing is killing me. Alright, we will go back to the castle and stage the memories we must. We get Draco and Ginny since believe me, she will not let him go without her and then we leave. We will tell them everything when were there.”
“You do realise that there is no way to keep this from your cousin?”
“We will tell him that Voldemort killed her. No need to make it worse for him. He likes you.”
“Do you think it wise to lie?”
“This is one thing he doesn´t have to know. No one will remember it happened except for us two and I can bear one secret. It wont matter ones she´s back.”
“Thank you.”
“Don´t mention it.” Harry said stroking his cheek.
“So much for the night you promised me.” He said pouting.
“Oh, I believe we will find the time when we´re away. Don´t worry, I wouldn´t forget.” Harry smiled brightly.
“Let’s go then. We have work to do.” Harry said and stood up, but Severus pulled him back down and kissed him deeply before standing up himself and walking out. Harry just looked after him a little out of breath. If that was a preview of what was to come, he couldn´t wait to get out of here.
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