Returning To Where He Belongs | By : corsochan Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male Views: 2941 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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Author: HatefulRodeo
Story: Returning To Where He Belongs
Notes: AU; Severus & Voldemort may be a bit OOC. This fic will have Yaoi! You've been warned! Enjoy Lovelies!
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Severus knew the moment the Dark Lord returned; he felt the harsh burn scorch through the Dark Mark on his forearm, the potions master saw the terror in the traitor Kakaroff's eyes. The dour man couldn't restrain the slight wince when the pain reached an apex before it dissipated to a dull ache.
He had been summoned to his Lord, but he could not go yet Severus had duties to see to. Gathering his wits the tall man made his way to Dumbledore's side to explain what had just happened.
During his explanation to the Headmaster Harry Potter reappeared directly in front of the entrance to the maze. The boy was whimpering and babbling that Voldemort was back. Severus felt a thrill of fear run through him at the prospect of seeing his Lord, and master after thirteen years.
Dumbledore turned toward Severus and indicated that he wanted to speak to him for a moment while he sent the bane of his existence, Harry Potter, off with Mad-Eye Moody. Severus watched the retired half mad Auror drag Potter toward the castle, and noticed something odd about the aged man; Moody looked crazed, and continuously licked his top lip.
The habit seemed oddly familiar to Severus, but he couldn't place who it was that had that certain nervous habit. He continued to listen to what Albus was saying until the unknown person's identity hit him like a slap in the face; Barty Crouch, Jr.
Shit; This wasn't good! The last thing they needed was for the Potter whelp to turn up dead inside Hogwarts; allegedly one of the safest places in the magical world. Severus interrupted Dumbledore's babbling; "Albus. We should go and check on Potter right now. He may have information for me before I have to go meet him." The aged Headmaster nodded; Severus, Albus and Minerva made their way back toward Mad-Eye's office.
What the three adults saw when they walked into Mad-Eye's office was quite a shock; the crazed man had bound Potter to a chair, and was rambling what seemed like insane nonsense. Severus acted quickly, stunning the mad man and binding him for good measure.
Albus retrieved Potter, letting the battered boy stand against the wall. Minerva was sent to retrieve Minister Fudge while Severus was asked to investigate Moody's ever present flask; the stench of Polyjuice was wafting from the spout.
"It is Polyjuice Albus. I believe I may know who this imposter is, we will see soon enough. We just have to wait until the potion wears off." Dumbledore nodded his head and went to tend to the irritating Potter brat. Severus levitated the imposter into the now vacant chair, summoned anything useful like hidden wands from the unconscious body, and reset the bindings so the unknown person could not escape.
Severus kept a vigilant eye on the person seated in the chair. Five minutes later the bound person's skin began to shift; Severus reenervated them back to consciousness so they could ask their questions before handing them over to the Ministry.
As he thought the prisoner was indeed an absolutely mad Barty Crouch, Jr. The man did have useful information on how the Dark Lord was resurrected, where Voldemort had been hiding, and who else was helping him in his quest to return.
Severus was quite intrigued by all the things that the Dark Lord had been able to accomplish as nothing more than a wraith, and then a twisted homunculus no bigger than a baby.
Severus was brought out of his thoughts by Dumbledore requesting for him to accompany him and Harry to the hospital wing. The onyx eyed man saw no reason to resist the invitation and left with the Headmaster and Potter.
Minerva had yet to return with the bumbling fool known as their current Minister of Magic. Severus stayed to the back as Pomfrey fussed over Potter and Albus acted like a concerned grandfather to Harry.
It truly sickened him how much preferential treatment the whelp received; just try telling Dumbledore or Minerva that they spoiled the child and watch what happens. They simply believed that Severus disliked the boy because of his father. While that may be somewhat true it wasn't entirely accurate.
Severus disliked the Potter boy because he was impulsive; rushing into danger without a thought to his safety or anyone else's. It was that blind idiocy that would get him or someone else killed.
Severus cast dark eyes to the hospital wing doors when Minerva burst through looking harassed and downright angry, a spluttering Fudge behind her. Dumbledore immediately commanded for silence and asked Minerva to explain why she and the Minister felt the need to barge into the hospital wing.
Severus almost laughed when he heard that the foolish idiot Fudge had ordered for Crouch Jr. to be kissed by a Dementor without questioning the escaped convict first. Well Fudge had just eliminated their best source of information regarding how the Dark Lord returned. Also, the Ministry had lost Crouch Jr.'s memories, which would have been irrefutable proof that the Dark Lord had indeed been reborn.
The dark haired man didn't mind all that much either way; Crouch was half insane before Azkaban, and it seemed the years had only pushed him further into madness. Striding forward Severus whispered to Dumbledore that he needed to leave to meet the Dark Lord.
Dumbledore nodded his head, and with a grave look in his eyes sent Severus to meet his master. The tall man walked quickly to his quarters in the dungeons, when he arrived he opened the secret nook in his closet and put on the Death Eater robes he had not donned in over thirteen years.
Cloaked in robes darker than midnight the Inner Circle member made his way out of the castle and into the Forbidden Forest. Once he felt the castle wards caress his skin signaling that he had left the bounds of Hogwarts Severus stopped.
The potions master checked that his wand was in the correct place, slipping his mask on he turned, and with a crack disappeared into the night to meet his Lord. He arrived in a graveyard behind a dilapidated house on a hill, and cast his black gaze around. His eyes landed on several other Death Eaters, and came to rest on the tall form of his Lord.
A ripple of anticipation went through his slender form when those crimson eyes bored into his. Kneeling before his master Severus let his Occlumency shields fall, and allowed the Dark Lord to see inside his mind.
His master entered quickly and carefully, shifting through Severus collective memories for the last fourteen years; Severus sincerely hoped his Lord and master would forgive him for his late arrival. Once the snakelike man had rifled through every relevant piece of information his presence withdrew from Severus' mind. Severus felt slightly bereft, as he always did, when the heavy powerful presence of his master left his body.
Onyx eyes met the crimson orbs he had missed for so long; when he saw the positive emotions radiating from those usually blank blood red eyes Severus knew he was safe. His master, his Lord and his lover still wanted him, had forgiven him for what he had to do to survive when his Lord disappeared all those years ago on that cursed Halloween night.
Severus had never wanted to leave the Dark's side, but when his Lord fell he needed to protect himself from any persecution coming from the Ministry. So he had gone to Dumbledore, and pleaded with him to protect him from prosecution. Severus was a Slytherin after all and had no desire to rot in Azkaban.
The Headmaster had bought Severus' story, and accepted his words of despair and wanting redemption as fact. The old man though had a price for his protection, and that was the night Severus had vowed to protect his ex-best friend's child, Harry Potter.
The Headmaster put too much credence in vows; Severus said he would do everything in his power to make sure the boy was safe. All he had to do was remain ignorant, and out-of-the-way of all the Dark Lord's plans to deal with the useless Potter brat.
Severus had never loved Lily the way everyone assumed he did. No, he had loved her like one would love their obnoxious pushy sister. When Severus had said the word mudblood in a fit of rage he regretted it immediately. He may not care for muggleborns too much, but he did not hate them like Lucius or Bellatrix.
Lily refused to hear his apologies; finally Severus had stopped apologizing and pleading for forgiveness. He realized if Lily could turn her back on him after so many years of friendship just because he said something in the heat of the moment then obviously their friendship didn't mean as much to her as it did to him.
The final nail in the coffin of their friendship came when Lily began dating his tormentor James Charlus Potter. Severus was shocked that Lily could want to be touched by the man who had ruthlessly bullied and made Severus' life at Hogwarts a living hell for the last six years.
Severus closed his heart to Lily after she began dating Potter, Sr. and immersed himself in the Dark Arts that he was so fascinated by. That was how he became a Death Eater; he believed in what the Dark Lord wanted for their world, but he also joined for the chance to be himself.
Severus had always been shunned, always singled out as different. He was always too weird, too sarcastic or too dark, but with the Death Eaters he was accepted for what and who he was. He was brought out of his thoughts when the Dark Lord shifted away from him. Severus blinked to refocus his eyes, raised his Occlumency shields, and looked to his Lord for his instructions.
The Dark Lord nodded and gestured for Severus to take his rightful place on his right opposite Lucius Malfoy on the left. Severus listened in rapt attention as his Lord's silky voice floated through the cool night air; Voldemort detailed their plans, and strategies to take control over the wizarding world.
For the first time in many years Severus smiled behind his mask while he was swept way in the Dark Lord's spell.
So what do we think so far? This will be a two-shot with slash featured in the next chapter. I can't seem to write a damn PWP to save my life...damn my insatiable need to create plotlines!
To anyone following my other stories I'll be updating them soon...sometime this week.
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