Unforeseen Circumstances

Unforeseen Circumstances

Chapter 5

“Harry, are you going to Hogsmeade today?” asked Hermione tentatively. Harry hadn’t said more than two words to her and Ron since they had accused him of being a Slytherin Slut. They really had thought he was sleeping with both Lucius and Severus. Now they weren’t so sure.

“No, I am going to spend time with Lucius and Severus,” said Harry absently, not really even paying attention to her.

“Harry James Potter, you haven’t bothered to talk to me and Ron for the two weeks we’ve been back at school,” said Hermione furiously. “You could at least spend the day in Hogsmeade with us.”

“You have only yourself to blame for that. I tell you about my relationship with Lucius, and you both accept it, but as soon as I tell you about me very different relationship with Severus, I become a Slytherin Slut. That is not something I ever expected from my so-called ‘friends.’ Now, if you will excuse me, I am going to spend the day with the people who do accept me for who I am, relationships and all,” said Harry through clenched teeth.

“Harry, I-“ started Hermione, but Harry just shook his head and walked out of the room.

Harry stormed down to Severus quarters and stalked into the empty room. He immediately went to his bedroom, where Lucius was now sleeping every night, and grabbed the Voldemort doll. He decided to have a little fun with the doll and grabbed a quill and started writing across the chest.

*****

“Wormtail, I hope youu found the caussse of thisss,” hissed Voldemort, rubbing his chest where the words ‘Harry Potter will kick your arse’ had appeared thirty minutes ago.

“No, lord. We haven’t been able to find the spell that would allow him to damage you from a distance,” whimpered Wormtail.

“Youu are worthlessss to me. Crucio,” hissed Voldemort, cursing the rat viciously.

The rat screamed and whimpered in pain from the continuous curses thrown towards him. After holding the last curse for two minutes, Voldemort finally relented and let the rat go. Several Death Eaters kneeled before the Dark Lord.

“Bella, youu and McNair will go to Hogsssmeade. The ssstudentss from Hogwartsss will be visssiting the village today. Make sssure youu get Potter and hisss friendsss,” hissed Voldemort.

“Yes, lord,” they said in unison, departing immediately for Hogsmeade.

*****

“Harry, what are you doing here? Why didn’t you go to Hogsmeade with your friends?” asked Lucius, sitting on the bed beside the brunette.

“What friends?” asked Harry petulantly.

“The other two parts of the Golden Trio,” prompted Lucius.

“Oh, you mean the two that called me a Slytherin Slut because I slept down here over the holidays? Those two?” asked Harry quietly. “I didn’t want to spend the day with them.”

“They actually called you that? Why? You did tell him that Severus was like a father to you, didn’t you?” he asked, getting angry at Hermione and Ron’s hurtful comment.

“Of course I did. They just didn’t believe me. I just don’t understand why they would go from being okay with me dating you to being angry with Severus being a father figure in my life,” said Harry softly. “It just doesn’t make sense to me.”

“What have you done to the doll now?” asked Lucius, changing the subject abruptly.

Harry smiled at Lucius and held the doll up for him to see. Written across the chest in bold black ink were the words ‘Harry Potter will kick your arse.’ “I wonder if this actually appeared on his chest since it’s just ink. What do you think, Lucius?”

“I think you’re absolutely adorable,” said Lucius, kissing Harry gently on the lips.

“Not that I don’t agree with the assessment, but could you hold off on the kissing. I don’t want to see you kiss my adorable little brother,” said Draco, standing in the doorway.

“Your little brother?” asked Harry and Lucius simultaneously.

“Well everyone else adopted Harry in some way, so I figured I would as well. Though, I’ll never see Severus as a father,” said Draco quickly.

Harry jumped off the bed and pounced on Draco, hugging him tightly. “Does this mean you’ll protect me like a real big brother would?” mumbled Harry into Draco’s shoulder.

“Harry, Gryffindor that you are, you are more likely to protect me from harm,” said Draco, automatically patting the brunette’s back.

“Not talking about Voldemort. I mean from the mean Gryffindors who like to call me bad names,” said Harry softly.

Draco looked questioningly at his father, but Lucius just shook his head sadly. “Apparently the other two thirds of the sainted trio do not approve of Harry spending so much time in the company of Slytherins,” said Lucius gently. “Though Harry does have a unique way of venting.”

Lucius held up the doll Harry had decorated. Draco read the message scrawled across the doll’s chest and burst out laughing. “Oh I hope he really got that message,” said Draco, snickering.

Harry finally smiled and let go of Draco. He placidly walked back to Lucius and crawled in the blonde’s lap. He curled up into a comfortable position and grabbed the doll again. Harry transfigured a piece of parchment into a straight pin and calmly poked holes into the doll, tracing the words written there.

“If they didn’t appear with just the ink, they’ll appear now,” said Harry casually.

Back at Riddle Manor, Voldemort clutched his chest with every pinprick.

Lucius and Draco just stared at the shy, quiet Gryffindor in amazement. That was so Slytherin. “Are you sure you were sorted into the right house?” asked Lucius.

Harry just kissed Lucius lightly and said, “I know for a fact that I wasn’t. The sorting hat wanted to put me in Slytherin but I had just met Draco, and he was such an obnoxious little prat. I swear he reminded me of my cousin Dudley, and I hate Dudley. That first impression added to Ron’s comment that bad wizards came out of Slytherin swayed my feelings a bit.”

“You managed to talk the hat out of putting you in Slytherin and ended up in Gryffindor? How in the world did you manage that? They’re totally opposite,” said Draco incredulously.

“What can I say? I guess I’m just the ultimate Slytherin,” said Harry teasingly.

*****

“He refused to come with us today,” said Hermione, walking beside Ron towards Honeydukes.

“Wanted to spend a little more alone time with his nest of snakes?” asked Ron sarcastically. “I never expected Harry to be such a slut.”

“Ron, I believe Harry really sees Professor Snape as a father figure. I truly don’t think they’re having sex together. Harry’s never really had a family and if Professor Snape can fill that role, why should we object?” asked Hermione quietly. “I’m going to apologize as soon as we get back. I miss Harry.”

“I object because he’s just tossed us aside in favour of his pet Slytherins,” said Ron furiously.

“He did not toss us aside, Ron. In case you’ve forgotten, Harry told us about his relationship and we called him a Slytherin Slut. You can’t blame him for avoiding us after that. We’re supposed to be his friends and we cast the first stone,” said Hermione seriously. “Even if you are willing to toss aside your friendship of six years, I am not.”

“I guess you’re right. I’ll apologize when we get back, too,” said Ron quietly, deeply ashamed of his behaviour towards his friend.

Ron and Hermione were walking to Zonko’s when disaster struck. Bella and McNair apparated into Hogsmeade just a few feet from Ron and Hermione. Seeing their targets so close, the Death Eaters managed to stun the two Gryffindors before they could even think of going for their wands. Bella grabbed Hermione and apparated back to Riddle Manor, leaving Ron to McNair to do the same.

*****

Harry was asleep on Lucius’ bed, having fallen asleep while waiting on Severus to appear. He winced as sharp pains shot through his scar, tossing as he was drawn deeper into the vision.

“Where isss the Potter boy?” hissed Voldemort, looking at the terrified Hermione.

“He’s still at the school. He didn’t want to go to Hogsmeade today,” she whimpered.

“That’sss really too bad for youu then,” hissed old snake-face. “I’ll jussst have to ussse youu asss an example. Crucio.”

Ron screamed and tried to run to Hermione, but Bella backhanded him viciously, sending him sprawling to the floor. Hermione screamed as the curse caused pain to lash brutally through her body, writhing on the floor in complete agony.

“I think I’ll give youu to McNair asss a little gift,” hissed Voldemort. “I think he dessservesss a reward for completing hisss tasssk.”

“No,” panted Hermione. “You may as well just kill me now because Harry is going to destroy you.”

“Crucio,” hissed Voldemort angrily. Holding the curse for a second longer, he finally gave the girl a reprieve. “How hasss he managed to damage me from ssso great a dissstance?”

“He’s Harry Potter. If anyone could have found a way, he could,” shouted Ron, trying to draw the Dark Lord’s attention away from Hermione.

Harry jerked awake, sweating and panting. Remembering his vision, he quickly grabbed the doll and viciously ripped the right arm off. Lucius walked into the room just as he did this with Draco following close behind.

Harry tossed the doll to Draco and said, “Have fun with it, and I do mean as viciously as possible. I have to go and retrieve some friends.” With that order, Harry took off running towards the entrance hall. He had to get away from Hogwarts so he could apparate to Hermione and Ron’s location.

Lucius just took off after Harry. There was no telling how many Death Eaters were present, and Harry, like a true Gryffindor, was rushing off blindly to save the day. He managed to catch Harry just outside the wards as Harry apparated them both directly outside the Riddle mansion. Lucius looked into the window and had a clear view of Voldemort clutching his useless wand arm and leaning weakly against the wall, bleeding profusely from several cuts along his body.

Harry didn’t bother to look into the window. He was too busy looking for a way in. Harry glanced to the right and saw a familiar looking rat trying to scurry past without being seen. Harry pounced, causing Lucius to stare at him like he’d lost his mind, and grabbed the rat by his tail. Tapping the rat on the head with his wand, Harry cast the spell to force Wormtail out of his animagus form.

“P-Potter, please d-don’t kill m-me,” he whimpered, cringing away from the maliciously smirking brunette.

“Why if it isn’t little Peter Pettigrew. I’ll tell you what, I won’t kill you if you’ll get me into the Manor. Preferably before old snake-face dies from blood loss,” said Harry calmly.

“O-Okay. Follow m-me,” he stuttered, leading Harry and Lucius to a little passageway.

Harry kept one hand on Pettigrew, gripping firmly in case he tried to transform again, the entire trip through the passageway. The passageway led into a dark corner of the library.

“Take me to the room Voldemort is in,” demanded Harry, tightening his grip around the rat’s arm marginally.

“T-This way,” stammered Wormtail. He walked out of the library, down a long corridor, took a left, and stopped at the first door. He looked at Harry apprehensively and quietly stated, “This is t-the room.”

“Well, open the door,” said Harry, raising an eyebrow at Wormtail’s reluctance. He felt Lucius’ comforting presence pressing into his back and took a deep breath.

Wormtail hesitantly opened the door and gasped in shock at what he saw. Voldemort was lying on the ground, writhing in agony, with Bella and McNair hovering frantically over his bleeding, convulsing body. They hadn’t even noticed the door opening.

Harry and Lucius pushed Wormtail out of the way and calmly fired off two spells. Harry hit Bella with a ‘stupify’ and Lucius hit McNair with an ‘Avada Kedavra.’ With those two taken care of, Harry calmly walked over to the Dark Lord, picked up the dropped wand, and snapped it neatly in half. He stuck the pieces in his pocket and went to check on Hermione and Ron. He saw no point in trying to kill the bastard right now because without a way to bind his soul, he wouldn’t stay ‘dead’ for long.

“Lucius, how are they?” asked Harry quietly.

“They’re still alive, but they need immediate medical attention. It looks like Granger has experienced the ‘cruciatus’ quite a bit tonight. The Weasley boy’s just been beaten badly,” reported Lucius.

“Let’s go then. We may be able to apparate straight from here considering how weak the bastard is,” said Harry, pulling Hermione off the floor and tossing her over his shoulder. He then walked over to Bella and grabbed her arm to take her with them. He was correct. The wards had weakened enough to allow them to apparate directly from the room they were in.

They landed in Hogsmeade, and Harry cast a levitation spell on Hermione and Bella and floated them to the castle. Lucius followed behind with Ron, and they made their way to the infirmary. When the reached the infirmary, they called for Poppy, and she came running into the room, gasping when she saw Hermione and Ron’s condition.

“Poppy, I need to use your fireplace,” said Harry tiredly. Poppy just nodded and Harry went into the office to firecall the headmaster.

Once the headmaster’s head appeared in the fire, Harry just said, “Bella’s here. Contact Ministry. Make sure she’s taken to Azkaban. I’m staying with dad tonight.”

Harry didn’t even wait for a response. He simply walked back to Poppy, told her Albus would be in shortly to get Bella so keep her stunned and that he was going to Sev’s room to sleep. Harry then grabbed Lucius’ arm and dragged him to the dungeons and Sev’s room.

Draco was still in Severus’ quarters, so Harry kicked him out of his room and told him to go sleep in Sev’s bed because Lucius would be sharing his bed. Once Draco was out of the room, Harry stripped down completely and climbed in the bed, holding his arms out impatiently for Lucius to join him. Lucius quickly climbed in the bed, and Harry cuddled up against him and fell asleep quickly.

Lucius kissed Harry’s forehead and whispered, “I’m proud of you, my little snake in the lion’s den. I love you, Harry.” He saw Harry smile softly at the declaration and barely heard his mumbled “Love you, too, Luce.” Feeling content now that the danger was over for the moment, Lucius pulled Harry closer and fell asleep.