Lies Revealed, Sweet Revenge, and Eternal Love

Hey everyone back with a new installment of lies....Love to everyone who reviewed. Vittani thank you very much my muses and plot bunnies are partying in your honor, now, where is the "Familiar" update?

This chapter is alot of explanations. If you have questions...ask. I promise to answer next time. Please have patience the good stuff is coming but I had to get this out of the way. Love to all. Now on with the show.




Chapter 4


The four men appeared in a richly decorated sitting room. One glance and Deimos felt at home. It was not cold and frightening as he had once imagined, but warm and inviting. The entry room was decorated with blues, grays and warm wood tones. Diemos decided it was peaceful.

“Severus, Take Deimos to the library. When you are finished you may retire to your room. The Dark Lord will receive you and your son in the morning.”

“Yes, Lucius. Please relay my thanks to our lord for the opportunity to speak with Deimos first.”

“I will. Come, Draco. We have to make our report.” Lucius and Draco then left to speak with the Dark Lord.

“Follow me.” Severus headed out into the hall, Diemos following behind. The two men walked the halls of the Manor in silence. Both lost in their own thoughts. Once they arrived in the library, Severus placed several privacy spells. Diemos took this opportunity to study the room. The shelves were full of rare and dark tomes. Diemos decided he’d be spending a lot of time in this room.

Severus studied the young man for a moment. This is my son. How can I explain? Severus cleared his throat to gain Deimos’ attention. “Before I start I have but one request. Please refrain from interrupting. I will only tell this story once, and I will not have your incessantly interrupting me with unintelligent questions. Is that understood?”

After a polite nod from Diemos, He began.

“Now the first think you should know that your mother was Lily Evans-Snape. Yes, before you ask, we were married. I believed she’d left me and married James Potter. I truly believed you were the child of their union. That’s why I held such animosity towards you. I thought you were the child of her betrayal. I have since been informed otherwise, of course. It seems James Potter, under orders from Dumbledore, placed your mother under the Imperius Curse. I was away, on assignment, for the Dark Lord. Dumbledore forged a marriage license and found away to hide her previous nuptials to me. She was forced to marry Potter. I don’t even know if she knew she was with child before she was placed under the curse. She may have believed you to be Potter’s whelp also.

Now why go to all this trouble, you may ask? Your mother and I were both Death Eaters. We were both in our lord inner council and beloved by him. Dumbledore needed a spy. He wanted the Dark Lord to believe your mother had defected to him. He wanted the Dark Lord to come after her. She was bait, at least until he discovered Lily was pregnant. Then he had his weapon. A child completely under his control he could mould and train to do whatever was asked of him. He waited and hid the Potter’s away from the world under the guise of protecting them.

He discovered a way to fake a prophesy, I don’t know how so don’t ask, and made sure it was spoken in a very public place. He also made sure I was there to hear it. He’d leaked information as to his whereabouts that evening and I had been following him. I was trying to hear about Lily, I wanted to find her desperately and talk to her. That’s how I overheard this so-called prophesy. The prophesy stated that you would be the Dark Lords downfall. I ran to my lord to tell him of this news never having heard the entire prophesy.

Dumbledore then sent in his greatest weapon, Peter Pettigrew. Now, you have been told that he was already a Death Eater before he betrayed your parents, this is not so. He came unmarked to the Dark Lord with the information that he was the secret keeper; he received the mark after he provided the whereabouts of the Potter’s.

The Dark Lord then went after you and your mother, of course, he was royally pissed at Lily for what he deemed her betrayal and you because you were “destined” to be his downfall. He killed James for stealing her away from us. We all know what happened that night, now we why.

This maybe only part that was true. Your mother, even under that spell, loved you very much and, with her death, she protected you. That is what protected you from that Killing Curse. Her love. Never forget that.

Upon your mother’s death, Dumbledore came to me. He knew I was distraught over your mother’s death. I may have understood and agreed with the Dark Lord actions, but I still loved her. Dumbledore placed several spells on my person without my knowledge. I should have been more vigilant, alas that was my mistake.

I do not know exactly how he got to me, but he did. He placed secrecy spells so I could not speak of your mother to anyone. He removed and modified some of my memories. He wanted me to hate you with a passion. He also wanted me to be completely loyal to him. He placed me on his staff at Hogwarts to keep an eye on me. He made me into a spy for him.

He sent you to those awful Muggles to be broken. He wanted you to idolize him. To be his ultimate weapon against the Dark Lord. He then would have killed you off so you could not rise up against him. He would have free rein to do whatever he wished after that.

You may remember the Death Eater attack at the Ministry. The Death Eaters were able to obtain some items that belong to our esteemed Headmaster. He was hiding them there because he believed that place was safe. The Dark Lord had already broken into Gringotts and you knew every nook and cranny at Hogwarts. How long before you went snooping around and found his private stash of secrets?

The first item was, of course the fake prophesy. Anyone who heard it would know it was a fake. He must have had one of his lackey’s place it in the Hall of Prophesies. Anyone could touch it and pick it up and we all know that true prophesies can only be picked up by the people they are about. Total fake. Utter rubbish.

The second item was your birth certificate. It clearly stated that I was your father. He had made a fake a wizarding birth certificate. He simply had hidden the real one away from the world and filed the fake. Along with the birth certificate were his memories of all the planning and actions he took against your mother. I believe he was afraid someone would question him at some point and if the memories were removed then he could lie, even under Veritaserum.

The third item was a stone…the Philosophers Stone. The very one you and your friends saved your first year. The very one Dumbledore supposedly destroyed. I do not know why he hid it, but I have my suspicions.

Lastly, there was a diary of sorts. His diary. It contained admission of every crime and manipulation he had committed against you, me, your mother, and the Dark Lord. I believe he kept this list in order to make everything justifiable. He wanted his conscious clear and as long as he knew of everyone of his indiscretions then he could absolve himself of the crimes.

Do you now see why he was so upset that night? Do you now understand why he did not tell you what exactly had been stolen? He was afraid.

After learning all this, the Dark Lord summoned me and removed several of Dumbledore’s spells. With the loyalty spell gone, I allowed him to take a good look at my memories. Fortunately, he was able to restore my mind and now I know the truth. I loved your mother and was crushed when she left. I now know the reasons and it makes me incredibly guilty. How I never guessed the truth I’ll never know. I am sorry for the way I have treated you in this life until now. I never knew you were my son. I know now and promise to attempt to be a half-way decent father for you…if you’ll let me.”

Diemos pondered for several minutes absorbing all the information he’d just heard. “You really loved my mother?”

“Yes, very much. She was the only one who stood up against the Marauders on my behalf. She hated James Potter with a passion. She was better terms with the mutt and the werewolf. They were kind to her and weren’t overtly meant to others. They also weren’t under Dumbledore’s thumb. Potter was Dumbledore’s man through and through. Haven’t you wondered why Black was sent to Azkaban with out even a trial? Or why Lupin was kept out of your life for so long?”

“Where were you when they took her?”

“Dumbledore had leaked some information saying he was going after the Malfoys. Seeing that Lucius is my best friend, I went to rescue him. Dumbledore did send someone to attack Lucius and Narcissa, but we managed to take care of them. By the time I returned your mother was gone. It was months before I finally tracked them down, by then she was “married” to Potter. I did try to speak with her but she acted like I didn’t exist. I never saw her again.

“Now, I may be your father, but I know I have no right to tell you what to do. I will, however, ask you. Is this what you really want? I know this is a lot to take in at once, but be sure this is what you really want.”

Diemos looked his father in the eyes and spoke carefully, “I have made my decision. I made it before I even knew I was your son. Hell, I made it before I knew I was a vampire. Any of this only makes it that much easier. I will stand beside the Dark Lord, and the world will feel my wrath. Those that wronged me will pay. Dumbledore? He shall see his world crumble at his feet before he falls along with it. I will need your help. Tell me about being a vampire.”

“Well, I, like you, were born a vampire. There are those that are turned, however, they are weaker and very unintelligent. You will have over twice the strength you have now and can move twice as fast. Your mental speed will also improve. Meaning you can think and retain knowledge much faster. You will be stronger at night and feel weak during the hottest part of the day. The sun can not harm you but too much exposure will weaken you significantly. Your eyes will change colors. Over the next few weeks you will need to feed regularly. After a while the need to feed will decrease, I, myself, only feed once or twice a month. The only other time for an increased need for blood would be if you were with child.”

“I can get pregnant?”

“Yes. Most magical creatures have the ability to procreate regardless of gender. You will only be able to reproduce with your mate, however.”

“Mate?”

“Yes, Vampires are monogamous. We have but one mate at a time. Our magic will seek out a person that perfectly complements us. Once mated they will live as long as we do, however, if that person is killed we’ll go into a solitary period for an undetermined amount of time. After some time, a new mate will be found. Our mates complete our magic. They make us more powerful and stronger than ever. They are our anchor to the land of the living. Together we are perfect.”

“Why are you still single?’

“Well, I have not had a mate since your mother. Then, of course, I was under Dumbledore’s spells. Since then, I have been to busy to search.”

“How do you search?”

“We will go over that when the time comes. We will search together. Now I believe we should turn in. We’ve had a long day. Tomorrow we will have to speak to the Dark Lord. Come, I will show you to your quarters.” Together they walked out of the room.




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