My Immortal

Chapter 6

Harry fell to his knees clutching his head. Memories came flashing into his mind, vaguely he heard Severus exclaim out loud and felt him move toward him. Then everything dulled before going to blackness.

He was back in the circle of Death Eaters facing Voldemort. Voldemort was taunting him for a duel but all he could think of was that he wasn’t ready; that he had to escape. He began to shift to his animagus form of a black eagle when his power erupted from his hold, stunning the surrounding Death Eaters. Voldemort and himself were surrounded by a white light, both their magic cores fighting for dominance. Harry flared once more, blinding himself momentarily before his vision cleared. Voldemort’s remains were sitting on the ground in front of him still smoldering. He collapsed on his knees exhausted, looking around him. All the Death Eaters were lying on the ground stunned when he heard a pop. Looking up from where he was kneeling he saw Draco Malfoy standing in front of him removing his Death Eater robes. He knew that Draco was on the side of Light so he said in an exhausted voice, “Draco, can you help me get back to Hogwarts; I don’t think that I can stay awake much longer.”

“Harry, Harry, Harry. You know Severus should have been mine. That was what Voldemort had promised me when I first joined, and now I can have you out of the picture.” said Draco with an evil smirk on his face. Before Harry could defend himself he was bound and stunned on the ground.

When he next woke he realized that he couldn’t move or open his eyes. He tried with all his will to move but he couldn’t. He heard a sound to his left and then he heard the one person he didn’t want to hear. Draco Malfoy laughed and said, “Welcome back, you are probably wondering why you can’t move. I have but you in a modified stasis spell. You will remain as you are forever but you will always feel what is being done to you. Funny, huh. I get to torture you with whatever I want.”

That’s when the torture began. Hot pokers were seared into his flesh; pins were jabbed under his skin. For a while all the torture that happened was physical. He was raped over and over again but by the time the torture would end Draco would heal Harry, saying that he didn’t like his toys scarred. Harry soon lost track of time. His mind began to detach itself from his body in a means to escape the torture. Then the mental torture begun. Draco would tell him about how Severus replaced him right after the final battle, how he was going to marry Draco. Harry would be forced to listen in on how the world didn’t care that he was gone, that he had been a tool for Dumbledore and that he wasn’t missed.

After what seemed like an eternity he couldn’t stand it any longer. Draco had been in the middle of raping Harry yet again when his power flared to life, flinging Draco off him and releasing him from the stasis spell. All he could think of was to escape and he looked around him. There was a door way to his left and he waved his hand, surprised that it opened. He ran through the door and up a flight of stairs into a hallway. He saw a window at the end of the hallway and ran for it when he heard footsteps pounding after him. He his it full on and shattered it, transforming into his eagle form to soar away. That’s when he heard Draco shout and he felt a cutting hex hit his wing. He faltered for a moment before moving on disappearing into the dark forest. He flew for what seemed like forever before his wings finally gave out. He hit a tree full on and fell through the limbs, many breaking when his weight hit them. He collapsed on the ground breathing heavily; his last thought before he lost consciousness was that he had to get to Hogwarts.

There was darkness when he woke. He sat bolt upright screaming as all the memories were remembered. Someone was pushing him to lie back down on the bed but he couldn’t tell who it was. He screamed again and scrambled off the bed, moving as quickly as he could till he met a corner. He covered his head up and started rocking back and forth, emitting a soft glow of power to keep everybody away from him.

Severus stood to the side not knowing what to do. It had been over eight days since Harry had collapsed in their rooms. He had ran to Harry’s side just as he fainted and scooped him up running for the Infirmary; forgetting that Draco was there he didn’t see the evil smirk that had been on his face. When he reached the Infirmary he had desperately called for Poppy thinking that it was a relapse. But Poppy had been confused when her scans had told her that there was nothing wrong with Harry. So they waited for him to wake up, taking care of his comatose body.

Ron and Hermione had shown up two days later after his collapse worried when they hadn’t seen their friend when he had told them he would be there. Severus told them to keep it a secret a while longer that Harry was back until they could tell what had made him collapse like this. So they had agreed and stayed to talk quietly with Harry as though he could hear them. When they had left they had told him that they would be back in a few days and Hermione had surprised both of them when she had hugged the dour potions professor.

So it was almost the ninth day when Harry had sat bolt upright in his bed screaming. Severus had been by his side almost instantly and had started to push Harry back on the bed when Harry had screamed again and scrambled out of his hold. Harry had moved so quickly that before Severus could respond Harry was curled up in the closes corner of the room. He saw Harry cover his head with his arms and start rocking back and forth. Then Harry started to emit a soft glow of power around him. When Severus tried to get close to Harry he was shocked by the power that surrounded his lover. Seeing that he wasn’t getting anywhere trying to reach Harry he called to Poppy, who had been standing in the doorway watching, to go get Albus. She turned and walked hastily out of the room going directly to the hearth and activated the floo.

Severus slowly approached Harry, talking to him in a soft calm voice. “Harry, it’s ok, you’re safe now. Come on now, listen to my voice. It’s Severus…” he trailed off as soon as he said his name. Harry screamed out and a flash of light shot out from Harry knocking Severus against the far wall. Severus hit it hard knocking the breath from him, he picked himself up and walked back to Harry determined to get to his love. As soon as he got within three feet of Harry though he was knocked back again and this time he caught a little of what Harry had been mumbling. He was repeating over and over again, “My Severus betrayed me, I was betrayed….”

That was the scene when Dumbledore and Poppy entered the Infirmary. Severus had just hit the wall next to the doorway and started to slid down obviously knocked out from the sheer force. Poppy went to him and levitated him to a bed, running scans to see how badly he was injured. Dumbledore watched for a moment to make sure that Severus was being cared for before he turned and tried to walk to Harry. He noticed in the last five years that Harry’s magic had grown ten fold from what it had been and he surmised that it was because of his magic had been suppressed while he had disappeared.

“Harry, it’s Professor Dumbledore…” That was all Professor Dumbledore got out before even he was pushed back, although not as violently as when it had been Severus. Harry’s magic flared a brilliant white, blinding everyone, and disappeared from the room. Once Dumbledore regained his sight and looked around he was shocked when he didn’t see Harry sitting in the corner. He looked to Poppy and said, “I think that you need to revive Severus. I think that he might know where Harry went.”

Shaking her head she pointed her wand at Severus and called out, “Envenrate”

Severus groaned and shook his head before he sat bolt upright in the bed shouting, “Harry!!!” He looked around but only saw the sad faces Poppy and Albus. “Where is he? Where is Harry?”

“We don’t know, Severus. His magic flared out blinding me and Poppy and when we could see again he wasn’t in here. I think he apparated out beyond the wards of the school. We think that you might know where he went.”

“The only place I can think of is our Castle. He would feel safe there. Poppy can you give me a headache draught. I’m going after him.”

Meanwhile Harry bypassed the wards around the school unconsciously thinking of his castle home that was going to be his and Severus. Not anymore, he betrayed you, a voice in his head said. He felt his magic flare then he was at the entrance of the castle. He said the password that he had set up all those years ago, ironically it was ‘Forever Love’. “Yeah right,” he mumbled. He walked in and went to the library, feeling a pull coming from there.

When he entered the library he waved his hand the layers of dust and grime that had built up in the years of nobody being there disappeared. He waved his hand again and suddenly there was a high back chair and a fire going in the fireplace. He walked over and sat in the chair and was soon lost in a replay of the couple of days events. That finding out that it had been five years since he had disappeared, that Severus hadn’t given up on him, their passionate love making and how Severus had given all to him.

“Maybe Severus didn’t betray me. It would be so like Malfoy to taunt me into losing everything… Oh God what did I do today? I threw Severus into the wall…” he said talking to himself. He was so tuned out of the world that he didn’t hear his name being called out. Harry jumped out of the chair and ran out of the room, running down the hallways until he was at the entrance. He so desperate to get back that he didn’t watch where he was going and ran right into Severus. They both landed in a heap, Severus cracking his head for the second time that day and Harry on top of him.

Harry picked his head up and looked down to see the worried face of his lover. He picked himself carefully off the floor and extended a hand out to help Severus off the dusty floor. Severus took the hand, being cautious, and was surprised when he was engulfed in a hug.

“I’m so sorry, I didn’t know what I was thinking.” Harry said from where he had his face buried in Sev’s shoulder.

“It’s ok, my love. Are you alright, Harry? You just disappeared like that. I thought that I had lost you all over again.” Severus said, fighting back tears that were starting to form.

“It was my memories. I remembered everything. It was Malfoy. He wanted revenge because I had stolen you from him. He… He…” Harry trailed off there, not wanting to verbalize what had been done to him. Then he came up with an idea, he let go of Severus and backed away a few steps and looked him in the eye. “Cast Legilimens on me, watch my memories.”

“Harry… are you sure?” Severus hesitantly asked.
“Yes, please I can’t tell you. It’s still confusing to me but I need you to know what that bastard has done to me for the last five years.”

“Ok, brace yourself. Legilimens!” He braced himself but nothing could shield him from the memories of torture and rape. He cried out and clutched his hands to his head breaking the spell off. He now knew what Harry had gone through for the last five years. He started to sob and collapsed to his knees feeling arms going around him. He looked up with tears rolling down his face to see that Harry also was crying from the back lash of the memories. They finally calmed down and looked at each other in the eye.

“Harry, lets go back to Hogwarts. Maybe we can get Dumbledore to help with that bastard.”

“Ok, my love. Hold on this might disorient out for a moment.” Hugging Sev to him he bypassed the wards again and transported them to Hogwarts, landing them in front of a very startled Headmaster.

Dumbledore was sitting at his desk drinking his tea and fixing to pop an lemon drop into his mouth when there was a pop and Severus and Harry landed in front of him. The lemon drop fell out of his hand at their appearance, falling on the floor to be forgotten with the others that had dropped down there whenever the Headmaster was startled.

Both had tear tracks running down their faces and both had haunted eyes. Albus got to his feet and looked Severus and Harry over to make sure they weren’t injured. When he saw that nothing physical had been done to them he sat back down and asked, “My boys, what has happened?”

“Albus, we need your help to track down Malfoy.” Severus said as he looked down at Harry.

Hey guys I know that everyone hates cliff hangers but I couldn’t help myself. I’m starting to love writing them. Thanks everyone with the great reviews, please keep them coming. Each one is giving me more and more ideas than the last. Please read and review and I’ll see ya in a few days maybe with another chapter. Thanks Fae.