The Third Time is a Charm

Posted: 11 November 2009

Chapter 45: Repeat Performance

Severus Snape and Lucius Malfoy were still trying to wrap their minds around the fact that today was December 30, 1979. They knew no time turners had been used and they knew there had been no spells used on them either. Beyond that, they wanted to keep their 'time difference' a secret from the Dark Lord. If the Prince family was as powerful as they thought, maybe they could use this as a way to get out from under the atrocities they had been forced into, all in the name of blood purity.

Snape looked at Lucius with his obsidian stare and said, "We need more information. Have you gotten anything from your business contacts?"

"No, they are still on holidays. Some people actually take time off to enjoy their families." Lucius replied.

"Do you think they are sincere?" Severus wanted his friend's opinion completely ignoring the snipe about families.

"Their business plan is well thought out and I would find it hard to believe they were bluffing on that as we have seen it at work. We already know that they have a pharmaceutical company and it could probably handle a few Potion Masters if it already has a werewolf's cure. What I don't understand is why Severs Prince looks so much like you."

"There is a strong family resemblance, but I have never seen him before." answered the potions student. "I know I have a strong resemblance to the Princes so maybe his branch of the family does too. They did say they were from Germany, although I did not detect a German accent. That could just be where he was born and not raised. I do know that Severus is a family name and I have several ancestors with a version of it."

Snape then remembered something else and asked. "They told us we needed training and to set aside a few days for them. Do you think you could obtain a time turner from the Ministry? Maybe we can get a few more answers if we go back and visit them again, before we have to report to the Dark Lord. I wonder how he knew our Occlumency shields were not good enough."

"Do you think we should owl them and ask for another audience? If they see us today or early tomorrow, we could do what we need to do before our meeting with the Dark Lord. Why do you suppose they asked about our Occlumency skills?" Lucius wanted to get Snape’s opinion.

"I believe they may have secrets they are willing to share if they can be assured we will not give them to anyone else. I just wonder what they will require of us in return." Snape said as he was concentrating on what they might have that the Princes would want.

"Then you believe another meeting may be beneficial?" Lucius wanted Snape to give an opinion before he gave his.

Snape finally nodded his head and said, "Yes, I believe another meeting would be a calculated risk that could tell us if we can trust these people. It may also give us some insight as to who they really are."

"Let's owl them and see what we can find out." Lucius then pulled out parchment and quill and wrote a note to Severs Prince.

Dear Mr. Prince,
After a lengthy floo call this morning, I have seen the validity of your mini floo idea. I would appreciate an audience with you at your earliest convenience. I wish to bring Severus Snape with me so we may discuss other possible joint ventures.

Lord Lucius Malfoy
Malfoy Industries

The young Lord then sent the letter with an elf to the owlery and waited for a reply.

Back at Prince Stronghold Manor....

Remus and Regulus left the training area. They were in wonderment of the room and the teachers they would be learning from. The very idea of the founders of Hogwarts being able to teach and train them for their Masters Certifications was beyond something they had ever dreamed, but then when adding Merlin, Morgan and Lord Peverell it was mind boggling. They realized this was something bigger than ending the war, it was the beginning of a whole new society. When you put all the pieces together, it was a combining of magical communities of all species to pull their world back together and make it stronger than before. That they were essentially chosen for this was beyond their comprehension. The thing that had them most puzzled was how the room actually worked.

As the other two men had left for their respective jobs to make arrangements to be away from their assigned projects for two months, Harry and Severus were going to their quarters for their interrupted 'repeat performance'. It was interrupted when the werewolves came and the soon to be former Death Eaters. Severus, as he was watching Harry walk in front of him, wanted his promised repeat performance as soon as possible. Merlin, he thought, if he doesn't quit moving his arse like that, I am going to take him right here in the hallway.

Harry, as if knowing what Severus was thinking, gave another little twitch to see if the man was really paying attention. He heard his older lover groan and thought, 'Yes, he most certainly is paying attention'. He gave another little wiggle.

Severus by this time was rock hard and groaning as they were getting into the elevator for the third level down. When Harry had completed the password and the door opened, he was shoved into the small confining space, up against the wall and his mouth was devoured by the voracious attentions of a certain frustrated older man. Harry moaned and opened his mouth to allow access.

As Severus picked Harry up and slammed him against the wall, their cloth covered erections meeting and grinding together, Severus reminded him with a growl, "You owe me a repeat performance. I'm going to collect it. You are not getting away from me again."

"Yes" Harry whimpered as the man attacked his neck, his legs wrapped around Severus' waist.

Severus smiled against Harry's clavicle as his lover started those little mewling sounds he loved so much. The young Gryffindor was putty in his hands but they were startled out of their tight clinch as the elevator came to a halt and they found an elf waiting outside the door.

"Master Prince, sir, Sentry Dobby is bringing you mail from Lord Malfoy. You said if they sent a message, to bring it right away." The little elf reminded him.

Severus let out a huge sigh, tightened his arms around his young lover for a brief minute and tried to get his control back before facing the little creature. Lucius had awful timing. He released Harry and turned around.

He took the message and read it, asked Sentry Dobby for a quill and paper and scratched out a message for them to come see him the next day. It would be New Years Eve but he would see what they wanted. They could come after lunch. "Sentry Dobby, do you know how to make a portkey?" Severus asked after finishing his note.

"Yes, Master Severus, I can make a portkey."

"I need you to go make a portkey for Lucius Malfoy and Severus Snape to come here at two o'clock tomorrow afternoon. I don't want it to be duplicated or traced and they are to arrive in the first level receiving area."

"Yes sir, Master Prince, it will be done." Dobby then popped out of the room and went to do as his master commanded.

Severus, who was getting very exasperated at all the interruptions, grabbed Harry's hand, muttered "Mine", and proceeded to pull him all the way to the bedroom. Thankfully, they had no more interruptions. When he closed the bedroom door, he warded and put up silencing spells and looked to his lover.

"Now, where were we?" He made a predatory move toward the younger man who darted to the other side of the bed. "No way, I am not making it that easy for you. You have to work for the pleasure of this body." Harry said in a teasing tone. It wasn't often they got to play and he was going to prolong this as much as possible.

Severus took out his wand and with a swish had Harry unclothed. With a second swish, he had removed his own clothes and he watched as Harry put is hands on his hips and stared at him. "You can't do that! I wasn't ready!"

"I already did that and you are ready from what I can see." He said arrogantly but then changed his tone to that of silky seduction. "You know you want me, you always want me. You want me to pound into that flesh, sucking on your neck." He watched as Harry's erection twitched with almost every word and the poor young man looked like his legs were going to give out as he leaned against the bed.

"Come on Harry, let me see how much you want it. Get on the bed and show me what you want.

"No" Harry said in a small whimpering voice. Severus knew he wouldn't last long. He continued in that low seductive tone.

"Harry, you promised a repeat performance. Are you going back against your word? I want you to get on the bed or I will spank you if you don't." The older man said firmly.

"What will you do, if I do get on the bed? Will you still spank me?" The question sounded a little breathy as if he wasn't sure what he wanted.

"Is that what you want?" Severus watched as Harry's erection twitched again at the question. "Do you want me to spank you, Harry?" Yep, twitched again. He changed his tone. “Get on the bed Mr. Potter, NOW!" Severus demanded in his most snarlly tone that Harry hadn't heard in a long time.

The young man quickly climbed onto the bed and got on all fours. He rested his head on his arms, while his arse was up in the air, waiting for Severus' next move. He was completely relaxed, as he knew this was just a game and Severus loved to dominate. He almost let out a small laugh but turned it into a cough and a whimper at the last second.

Severus climbed up on the bed behind Harry. Oh, he was going to love this. Since the night they had become engaged, he and Harry had experimented with a few things. This was Harry's favorite game. The bad student being reprimanded by the stern professor.

Harry twitched his arse. Severus growled and smacked him, not hard, just enough to get his attention. Harry let out a yelp. "You will not move." The stern professor said. He was going to try something different today and he hoped Harry would like it. He cast a cleaning spell on Harry, one that went deep and completely sanitized the area he was going to be working on. He then smacked the other cheek and said. "You will not move and you will not release until I tell you. Do you understand my instructions?"

Harry made a little whimper of "yes" to Severus and the older man knew he was going to have a hard time with his instructions.

Severus leaned forward and let his tongue swipe Harry's portal. That little muscle that enclosed the opening that Severus wanted to slam into. But not yet, he had to see if Harry could manage to obey his instructions.

He then latched his mouth over the small closed muscle and gently pushed at it with his tongue. Harry yelped and shifted. Severus smacked his arse cheek and repeated, "Do Not Move!"

Harry knew he was in trouble. He was rock hard, almost to exploding and what Severus was doing was sending stars into his head and the blood rushing to his groin. It was more than painful now. He couldn't hold it too much longer and he had been told not to release. His body started to quiver with anticipation of what was next as the man massaged his portal. He didn't think he could hold back much longer with what Sev was doing at the moment.

He whimpered and mewled out a "Sev?"

"Yes, Harry?" he said with a smirk in his voice. He knew his lover was almost at his wit's end trying not to orgasm. He knew Harry was so far gone that he wouldn't last more than another minute. He latched on again and started probing with his tongue. His hands were occupied with kneading the slightly pink globes and spreading them apart for better access to that part of his lover he was so fascinated with.

"Sev... can't hold... please..." Harry tried to let the man know that what he was doing was forcing him to lose control.

Severus smacked his arse cheek one more time before summoning the lube as his tongue continued to breach the portal and slide in stretching the young man for penetration. He slicked himself up and waited for the keening to start. Harry always keened when about to explode. He wanted to slam into him the same time he lost control. After smacking that wonderful arse a few more times, he heard what he was waiting for. He grabbed Harry's hips and slammed his engorged member into that fine tight arse, making sure to hit his prostate in one huge stroke.

Harry keened and spewed his seed all over the bed covers underneath him. It just kept coming and coming. Finally, when the seed had been spent the young man collapsed.

Severus still had Harry's hips pulled up and slammed into him again. he knew his lover had blacked out for a second, but it didn't stop him. He also knew nothing turned Harry on more than a second round while regaining consciousness as Severus was pounding into his flesh. Severus pushed into him, again hitting that magical spot that drove Harry mad with pleasure. Another stroke and Harry murmured for a brief minute. The next stroke and Harry started to move. One more stroke and Severus could feel the young man clench around his member.

The professor reached a hand around the young man's waist and stroked Harry in rhythm of each of his own strokes into Harry's heat. But the younger man was already hard again. He slammed back into the younger man harder and harder, almost brutal and relentless. He was so close. Finally after four more strokes, he and Harry both came to completion at the same time.

Severus nearly fell on top of his lover, so replete was he. He quickly did a cleansing spell and rolled over to his side of the bed, pulling the covers from under them and pulling Harry close. His younger lover didn't even wake as he snuggled into the chest of his mate. Severus pulled the covers over them and gently kissed the top of Harry's head.

"Wuff oo." Came the muffled response from the young man. Severus pulled him closer and mumbled "Love you too" before tumbling into slumber and the dreams of more 'repeat performances' with his Harry.

The next morning Harry woke up first, deliciously sore and reveling in the previous evenings activities. He shifted slightly, waking his lover as he threw his leg over Severus' hips and moved to straddle him as he reached up to kiss him good morning.

"Do you have any idea how much I love you?" the older man asked.

"Mmmmmmmmm" Harry answered sleepily. "I am hoping it's as much as I love you."

"Definitely." Severus answered before catching his lover's lips in a kiss. It was gentle and firm as he explored the younger man's mouth. His arms tightened around him as he thought about being able to live his entire life with Harry. When they broke apart, he buried his face in the dark tresses and savored the moment before they had to get up and start their day.

After breakfast, the first order of the day was to relocate the former werewolves that were currently in yet another wing on the first floor. Severus and Harry were no longer wondering why the place was so huge after the initial panic of incoming injured. They could see what utter chaos it would be if there had been more people and not enough room to house all of them.

The most concern was for the young boy that Remus had saved. He apparently didn't belong to any of the others and had wondered into the open area because he heard voices. From what they could gather he had been lost in the woods for several days and had been starving because he didn't know what to eat. The couple that had been the most severely injured decided to take him in as he was only about two years younger than their own child. The children had seemed to form some sort of familial bond as they had watched the others being healed. They had watched as Fawkes healed the couple and as the healers worked to make everyone better. They had clung to each other in fear as the chaos had turned from pandemonium to organized confusion, and then falling asleep together as their fears were assuaged as everyone was healed.

Now it was time to find them a place to live. The couple admitted that they had been bitten about four years prior on a camping trip and they were not magical. They had lived in a wooded area with other werewolves until finding out about the werewolf cure. Remus had found the pack accidentally while seeing to another pack in the same woods a few miles away.

Harry had a new appreciation for the work Remus was doing. He hadn't realized he had to hike and Apperate everywhere to find these people and bring them the help they needed. Some came by word of mouth from other packs but others had to be found in remote locations. So far they had helped over one hundred werewolves, usually twelve to fifteen at a time.

The couple that took in the small boy were assigned to a house in the neighborhood that was owned by Prince Conglomerate on Wisteria Walk and given jobs at the muggle part of the hospital. It turned out that they were both on holiday from medical school when attacked. They could finish their internship at the muggle hospital and decide what they wanted to do from there. Harry found it was really nice to be able to help people for a change. So far he felt like he was the one getting all the help.

That afternoon Harry and Severus concluded that Severus would be the one to deal with the two expected guests. He went up to the first level receiving area at two o'clock without Harry to wait for his two visitors. Just as he entered the room, they portkeyed in. Sentry Dobby was also there to check for any traces of tracking devices or spells on them, just to be sure. Severus also noticed Fifth and Sixth Born in the corner quietly slithering against the wall while keeping an eye on the visitors. When Lucius didn’t say anything about Dobby and Severus wondered if he even paid attention to the elves that served him.

The older man had to smile at the amount of security surrounding them. He knew he didn't need it, but it amused him to think everyone was so worried about him. Severus had dressed in his Prince Conglomerate business robes. He was not sure what these men wanted to speak to him about, but he wanted to keep it as professional as possible.

"Good afternoon, Gentlemen." the stoic older man greeted them. "I see that you have arrived safely. Please come this way and we will have tea served." Severus motioned for the men to join him in one of the rooms off to the side. They entered a comfortable looking sitting area. It had the inevitable fire place and mini floo. It was furnished with a leather sofa and chairs. The tea service was sitting on the low table in front of the furniture.

After tea was served, Severus looked at the two younger men and addressed them. "You asked for this meeting Gentlemen. Could you explain to me what it is that you wanted to discuss?"

Now that Lucius Malfoy was sitting in front of the formidable head of the Prince household, he wasn't sure what to say. Of course he didn't let it show in his face, but he didn't know how far he could question the man.

"You said we needed training in Occlumency. Can you tell me why?" Lucius approached the subject carefully.

"The Dark Lord uses Legilimacy to tell if you are lying, Dumbledore uses it to get at your secrets, although not as aggressively as Vol..." He stopped himself as the men started to cringe in his presence. He remembered how uncomfortable it was to hear the name when he was that age and afflicted with the mark. He cleared his throat and started to explain.

"These two men are very delusional in their thinking. The old coot is more dangerous than you think if only because everyone admires him and listens to him. Occlumency is the only way to protect you from them."

Lucius Malfoy raised his eyebrow in disbelief. This man may not think much of the Dark Lord, but he didn't think much of Dumbledore either. Most people he met were on one side or the other. This man was implying that he was on a side all his own. "We are interested in your offers of yesterday and what you have to say. Can you tell us how you can possibly train us in Occlumency in two days? You didn't explain fully when you mentioned it."

"Are you gentlemen fully prepared for a two day absence?" Severus was wondering if they realized it was New Years Eve. He knew the younger Snape didn't have any plans or any one to celebrate with but Lucius had a family.

"I am going to try to procure a time turner tomorrow so we may take the time needed and not be missed. We would prefer not to have our absence noticed by certain individuals." Lucius said, obviously the spokesman for the two of them.

"When would you like to do the training?" Severus asked.

"We have a meeting on the second of January to present our report. If our Occlumency shields can hold, we can omit our meeting with you altogether." Snape was the one that answered. He wanted to dangle the benefit to this man in protecting the Prince family by protecting the younger men at the same time. He seemed to be more Slytherin than some of the others he had met here, but all apparently had Slytherin qualities.

Severus smirked inside his head, the expression on his face showed no emotion at all. "We can provide the time turner if you are ready now. This way there is no risk of someone else finding out you used one."

Somehow Malfoy was not surprised and had in fact predicted this. The only thing that showed on his face was the lifted eyebrow as he looked at Snape as if asking what he wanted to do. Snape gave an almost imperceptible nod of his head and Malfoy looked back to the man in front of him. "We can return to our homes just to pack an overnight bag and be back with in the hour."

This statement told Severus two things. They were not completely ready to do this and that they had not anticipated his ability to see to their request. He had a calculated look on his face as he told them, "We have all you need for your time here. You do not need to return to your homes and pack." He paused to see what their reaction would be then added, "I need to speak with my fiancé and see if he is agreeable to this arrangement."

Now that statement surprised Lucius. He didn't know why the man would have to check with his intended if they were using a time turner and would only be gone two days. He was not going to go ask his wife for permission and since she would not miss him, she didn't need to know at all. He nodded his head in understanding, even though he didn't really comprehend and Severus got up to use the mini floo.

He threw some floo powder into the inglenook and said, "Prince Quarters!" Then as he was standing there Harry’s face came into view. “Hello, love. Could you come up here? I need to confer with you about something.”

“Be right there!” Came the chipper answer from the young man. When Severus turned around from the mini floo, he saw Snape and Malfoy frozen in their chairs looking at the two slithering bodies on the floor.

Severus followed their line of sight to the two snakes on the floor and hissed, ** “Hello Sixth Born and Fifth Born. What brings you here to the first level?” ** He watched his two guests cringe as the parslemouth language was spoken.

**“We sensed strangers.”** Fifth Born said. **“These strangers have the evil mark. We don’t like that. Why are they here master?”**

**“They are here for training so we can remove the evil mark that is on their arm. They do not mean us any harm. They have been deceived as your mother was.”** Severus replied to Fifth Born.

**“We can smell their fear, master.”** Sixth Born interjected.

**“I know. In our world, some evil men have used snake language and it is not easily accepted. Perhaps we can change that later, but for now all we can do is not speak it in public.”** Severus didn’t really know how to explain to them about the evil, except to remind them of the evil that killed their father and ultimately their mother.

**“We understand.”** They said together before slithering back against the wall to watch in silence.

Just about that time, Harry entered the room. He had tried to figure out why Severus wanted him up here. They had agreed that Harry would stay out of these negotiations and Severus would handle it.

“Hey, Sev, I’m here now. What’s up?” Harry said.

“These gentlemen want to have Occlumency training as soon as possible before they have to report to the Dark Lord about the originators of the book that they received, and about the publishing company that printed it.”

“When is that meeting? Do we have time?”

“The meeting is on the second of January and we always have time. I would like to use a time turner and go into the training room to help them increase their Occlumency skills so they can keep our secrets and their's.”

“You mean from What’s-his-face?”* Harry asked with a smile.

Severus smirked, “That would be the one. You know, you are enjoying that way too much.”

“He made my life miserable for sixteen years. I want a little fun now that I have the freedom to say what I want.” Harry said rebelliously. “So what do you want me to do?” Harry still didn’t understand where this was going.

“We are going to use a time turner and go back three days. Then we will meet in one of the training rooms and get started. I want you to contact Remus and Regulus to join us. If I am going to teach this, I would prefer to teach you all at one time.” Severus explained.

Harry went to the mini floo and called Reg first, as he was at the publishing company. Then he called Remus at his home office but didn’t get an answer. He then shouted for Valet Nixy and the little elf popped into the room almost immediately.

“Yes, Master Prince. How may Valet Nixy serve you?” The elf bowed slightly as he said this and waited for Harry’s answer.

“Do you know where Remus is?” Harry asked politely.

“Yes Master Prince, he is finishing up with another werewolf pack. He should be back home soon, it was a small pack of ten people.” The little elf was very polite and articulate. Lucius was sitting, watching the exchange. He felt like there were surprises around every corner in this place.

“Good.” Harry then commanded the elf. “Go and pack an overnight bag for him. He can wear comfortable clothes. Then tell him as soon as he gets home to use his portkey to the first level receiving room. We need him to start training for something right away.”

“It will be done, Master Prince.” Then the elf popped away.

Severus then turned to Fifth Born and hissed his instructions to him. **“Fifth Born, can you go tell Becca that we need a time turner right away and we will be in training for two or three days with Malfoy and Snape? She should be able to send you back with it.”** Severus knew she would be waking up from her afternoon nap and was not near the floo.

**“Yes, Master.”** The snake replied before climbing up the wall in an indentation that looked more ornamental than serviceable. He punched a button with his mouth that dropped some floo powder into the fire and entered the mini floo and then hissed his destination. Next thing anyone knew, the mini floo was empty and Fifth Born was gone.

Harry stood there and watched with amazement. “Is that how they have been getting around the manor? I thought they had made tunnels or something. How does the mini floo know their destination?” Harry looked at Severus for answers.

The older man smiled and said, “You didn’t realize they were using the floo?” Harry shook his head no. “Becca and I spelled the mini floos here to accept parsletongue destinations.”

“I kept wondering how they were getting around. Nice work. Where was I when you were doing all this?”

“I believe you were sleeping and recuperating when we first came.” Harry nodded his head in understanding to what Severus said.

They could hear Regulus calling from the next room. Severus called out and told him to enter the side room they were all in.

Regulus took in the scene with the two Death Eaters sitting comfortably in their chairs. They were obviously part of what ever Severus had in mind. Just as he was about to ask however, Remus was calling from the other room to find out where they were. When he entered, he was carrying an overnight bag.

They both looked at Severus expectantly for an answer to their unasked questions. What were they doing here and why now?



A/N *This contribution to the long list of names Harry will use for Voldemort came from Airlady on FF. Thank you Airlady!
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