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Voldemort was in no way accustomed to being questioned by his minions, as such he was greatly surprised when Yaxley entered the study and had the temerity to question his intentions for Harry Potter.
“I have done as you asked these past two months. I have healed Mr. Potter and have done everything in my power to restore him to perfect health. Thus far I have not questioned your orders, but if it is your intention that I continue to work with the boy for the foreseeable future I must ask… what is it that you plan to do with this boy?” Yaxley noticed the Dark Lord unimpressed glare and seemed to suddenly realized that he was treading into dangerous waters by presuming to question his master. “I mean no disrespect my Lord. I am, as always, loyal to you first and foremost, and to our cause secondarily. I merely wish to understand. In the past you have always respected my desire to avoid battle. You know how seriously I take my vows as a healer. I do not wish to hurt the boy. If that is your ultimate intention… I ask that you please leave me out of it.” Yaxley finished with uncharacteristic timidity.
Voldemort watched Yaxley in silence for several seconds, long enough for Yaxley to sweat and begin to regret his presumption, before answering,
“Harry Potter could be a great boon to us. I was hasty 14 years ago. I was eager to act on the fragment of an overheard prophecy of unknown veracity. This prophecy, or at least the little of it that was known to me at the time, seemed to suggest that Harry Potter would be powerful wizard and could someday pose a threat to me. Rather than defer action until I could substantiate the contents of this prophetic claim I immediately sought the death of the Potters. This was a mistake. Unlike her husband Lily Potter was pragmatic witch, who was willing to use whatever magics necessary to protect her son. While I still to this day don’t know precisely what magics Lily Potter called upon, it is clear that she must have preemptively conducted some sort of self-sacrificial ritual, likely using blood magics, in preparation for my anticipated attack. With her death she powered his protection and as a result my attempt to destroy him rebounded unto myself. It is fortunate that I too have undergone rituals that immunize me from death by avada kedevra.”
“So you no longer wish to kill the boy?” Yaxley interjected.
Voldemort quirked a brow at this obtuseness of the question. “If it was still my wish to kill him than commanding your efforts to restore him to full health would be rather counter-productive, don’t you think?” Voldemort didn’t wait for an answer, “As I stated before, the boy could be an asset to our cause. I believe that he can be brought to our side with… careful maneuvering.”
“You think he can be converted to the dark?”
“I think he can be compelled to act as I wish.”
Yaxley frowned. “It was my understanding from Barty that the boy is immune to the Imperius curse. While I don’t doubt that the curse cast by you would be considerably more powerful than cast by Barty it would be risky to chance it if the boy has an aptitude for resistance.”
“I have no intention of using the Imperius curse. There are other better ways to obtain compliance and loyalty. I have already safeguarded against escape with a magical device of my creation. Harry isn’t going anywhere. I will have ample time to sway his loyalties.”
“Forgive me sir, but I can not help but feel you are being overly optimistic in this instance. Given your history with the boy I can not imagine that he will be receptive to political overtures from you.”
“It is fortunate then that I will not be his initial point of contact.”
“Sir?”
“Amongst my trusted followers you, I believe, are the most personable and the least likely to antagonize the boy and spoil my designs. Your reasons for joining my cause are such that even the boy, who has no doubt been prejudiced against us by Light propaganda, will not be able to help but feel empathy with your motives. It is my wish that you be the one to present our cause to the boy. I trust that you will present our ambitions in the best possible light.”
Yaxley gulped at the implied threat. “Sir, I am honored by the confidence that you are displaying in my abilities by trusting me with a matter of this import. But, again I cannot help but feel that you are underestimating the boy’s likely animosity towards yourself. I cannot imagine any argument that I could make that would persuade Harry Potter to align himself with the man who murdered his parents. What you ask is not possible.”
“I am not ignorant of the difficulty of the task I have set before you. I am not expecting a miracle overnight. Nor am I planning on relying solely on your conversational abilities to sway the boy. Your biggest obstacle in converting the boy will doubtlessly be his hatred for myself. I intend to remove said obstacle. It is my plan, once the boy wakes, to dose him with a miniscule quantity of amortentia attuned to myself and to slowly increased the dosage over the course of the coming months.”
“You want the boy to love you?”
“I want the boy to be compliant and obedient to me. People in love wish nothing more than to bring happiness to the objects of their affection. If the boy believes himself enamored of me he will do my bidding because he will wish to please me.”
“That is… quite brilliant. I must caution however… you are aware that there could be adverse side effects if the boy is dose for years on end yes?”
“I do have a potions Newt, Yaxley.” Yaxley blushed at the mild reproof. “Do not concern yourself with this. Though I do not yet have a firm time table in mind I am confident in my ability to woo the boy to our side. Once I am assured that the boys sentiment towards myself will endure the discontinuation of Amortentia I will desist in dosing him. I will not undo all of the hard work you have put into restoring his good health. If you trust nothing else you can trust that his well being is of a foremost priority to me. Have you any other concerns you wish to raise?” Voldemort said with such a fearsome look as assured Yaxley that any further presumptuous questions today would not be met with continual forbearance from his Lord.
“No Sir, you have been most accommodating in answering all of my questions. I will go attend to the boy now. I believe he will be ready for awakening tomorrow.”
Voldemort smiled genuinely. “Very good.”
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