A Pale Shadow

\"I don\'t care to hear about your failures, I just want to know why it is that one young wizard is so hard to capture.\" Fudge shouted his large jowls shaking in rage, his fist pounding on his desk.

A man that could have only stood five feet five stepped up, \"Not to be rude but I am sure that the dark lord wondered the same thing when he was trying to catch the boy.\"

Fudge turned on the man, \"You dare compare me to the dark lord?\"

The man shook his head, \"No it\'s just that Mr. Potter is well for one good at defending himself as well as having very loyal and talented around him. He is well loved and let\'s face it a natural leader. I know that you don\'t want to hear this but this is a battle that you will not be able to win.\"

Fudge lifted his wand and the man crumbled to the floor screaming, \"I do not allow disloyalty from those that follow me.\" He looked at the others in the room, \"Fail me and I will make sure personally that none of you ever work again, is that clear.\"

The others looked to the man on the floor before nodding their agreement and the older wizard in the group spoke up, \"While we can not touch him at Hogwarts and for the moment in the prison that he has taken, i think we still can get him. He will of course have to come out and if nothing else there is a person loyal to us that none would think of as betraying them.\"

Fudge\'s eyes became bright at the news, \"Good I want Potter and I want him soon before he causes anymore troubles for us. It would not be good for anyone in the room if the wizarding world found out what happened before Potter woke up.\"

\"Yes sir.\" all those in the room quickly ran out as Fudge settled back into his chair. He had not known about the plant that was on the inside and that brought a smile to the man\'s lips. He would make sure that Potter was truly dead this time and he had someone to blame it on already in mind. He laughed evilly to himself in a manner that would have made good old Tom Riddle proud.

Back Home at Hogwarts:

Harry watched as Severus walked around his own rooms, touching everything and muttering to himself as he did. He hoped that being back in a familar place would help Severus with his healing. Come out of his thoughts as he heard a loud curse from somewhere near Severus\'s privet potion lab, Harry got up and went to see what was wrong. Stopping he leaned on the doorway, \"Is something wrong Severus?\"

\"Where is all my ingredents, Mr. Potter?\" Severus turned on him, his dark eyes glittering with madness and he began to stalk towards him menicingly. \"I know that you had something to do with this.\"

Harry sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose, \"I am not that stupid despite what you think Sev and I am sure that all of it was confiscated by Fudge when you were taken in.\"

Severus stopped and looked Harry over and Harry wished that look had been the old ones where Severus used to mental undress him before actually doing so. He frowned as he stalked back into the empty room before yelling, \"I know that you had a part in stealing potion ingredents when you were in school.\"

\"That was then Sev and besides I was sleeping with you, so why would I take them now.\" Harry shouted back as he leaned against the door, \"Any way you know that I am alright at making potions and probably shouldn\'t be allowed to make any alone.\"

Snape turned to look at him, there was puzzled look there as he said softly, \"I used those exact words one you one time didn\'t I Harry?\"

\"Um yes.\" Harry said with a slight blush on his cheeks, \"It was the time that I was supposed to make a simple truth serum and instead made a potion that had you well being super nice. I think half the student body ended up in the infirmary certain that they had went insane.\"

Severus just gave him a look before tapping on the wall in the back, \"I doubt that anything you could make would ever have me being that nice. You must be have embelished the tale some.\"

\"Nope I have it in a pensive so that I could black mail you into letting me top.\" Harry said with a wicked grin, \"Now that was a fun night because you had to admit that I would have made a good Slythrin.\"

Severus pushed on a small section of the wall which opened revealing a safe of sorts and smiled, \"Well at least my truly rare ingredents have not been stolen. You blackmailed me and I couldn\'t get out of it?\"

\"Yes well you did up me one about two weeks later.\" Harry said as studied Severus\'s face, it was finally begining to get back to how it had been before what Fudge did to him. Severus waited for Harry to continue before shaking his head, \"No I am not going to tell you how it was bad enough to happen and even though I love you there is no way I am wearing a dress for you again.\"

\"You were in a dress for me?\" Severus chuckled as he shut the vault and moved to stand next to him, \"I think I will find a way to see that again.\"

\"I would rather you didn\'t, it was really scary, trust me.\" Harry said backing away from Severus with a feeling of dred that Severus was already plotting against him now.

Severus chuckled and walked behind Harry so that he could pull him close to his body, \"I don\'t know I can\'t help thinking that would make you easier to undress.\"

Harry flushed as he felt the hardness press into his backside and whispered, \"Well actually you just removed the panties and took me bent over you desk.\"

Harry started as he felt the nip on the back of his neck as Severus\'s hand began to fondle him through his pants, \"Sev not that I don\'t want to but I can\'t help wondering if this is just a bit too soon after all that has happened.\"

\"No, I think this is just what I need Harry to remember you and not the other.\" Severus purred into his ear as he removed Harry clothes with nimble fingers and a little wandless magic. If he had been in his right mind Harry might have worried about that as Severus\'s aim could be off sometimes and he could have ended up missing his bits.

Pleasure tingled through his body as he felt another wave of magic and wondered what spell had just been used when a burning pain tore through his lower half, \"Damn it Sev you didn\'t lubricate...\"

\"I know.\" Severus\'s voice had went cold again as he began to thrust violently into the smaller Wizard\'s body, not caring as the passage became easier with Harry\'s own blood.\"

\"SEV, pleas you have to stop, please your hurting me.\" Harry called out paraylized by pain and fear, wishing he could get Severus off of him. Instead it had earned a sharp blow to the back of his head rocked him and intensified the pain that he was already feeling.

\"Yes beg for me to stop just like I did for you.\" Severus grouned out cruely as he bit into Harry\'s shoulder hard enough to draw blood and licked the wounded.

\"Please it wasn\'t me Severus, please stop..aaahhh no please.\" His voice was weaky and trembling as each thrust add to the pain that he already felt, there was no pleasure to be found in it. Sure Sev had been rough before but never this bad.

\"Stupify.\" A voice called out and Severus went limp, dragging them both to the floor and all he could was whimper, \"Sh Harry I just need to remove him and then we will get you fixed up.\"

Harry felt like screaming and wanted nothing more to hide away from whoever it was helped him. He felt Severus being removed and let out another scream as Severus was freed from his body. Blackness tried to claim him as he felt someone shaking his shoulder and saw Remus smiling at him, holding a healing potion out for him. Harry took it quickly and looked away from Remus with embrassement, \"I am sorry you had to see that Remmie.\"

Remus just gathered him into his arms and whispered into his ear, \"Don\'t Harry, I have been through it myself, you were the victim.\"

Harry tried to stop the tears falling down his face, \"I feel so confused, I know this isn\'t going to be easy but I never thought he would do that.\" Harry quickly looked at REmus, \"THis happened to you?\"

\"Yes Harry, once by a group of men that hated Werewolves and again by Sirius after his return from Azkaban.\" Remus shook his head to stop Harry from speaking, \"No Harry he didn\'t mean to but i think even back then things happened that shouldn\'t have. Just like Severus he was gripped in a memory and didn\'t realize that he was hurting me.\"

\"Oh god Remus I never knew.\" Harry said as he hugged the only one left of the marauders tight to him, \"He did this and you stayed with him?\"

Remus nodded as he gently stroked circles on Harry\'s back, \"Yes, because I loved him and well much like I stopped Severus from hurting you worse, Severus did the same for me. It was the first day for my wolfs bane potion and Severus showed up at the right time and saved me.\"

Harry gave a weak smile, \"I bet he was horrible to live with after that.\"

\"Well he was worse than normal.\" Remus admitted and then whispered, \"So what are you going to do now Harry?\"

Harry shrugged and then said in a determined voice, \"Heal him so that he will never think to do that to me again Remus, I will not abadon him, he would expect that.\"

\"Good boy Harry but I would suggest that you keep some sort of protection on your person till he is healed.\" Remus said with a laugh, \"I can show you a good one that will put him to sleep if he tries anything that hurts you if you want?\"

Harry gave an eager nod and stood up, blushing as he noticed he was still half naked, \"Um could you help me with my pants first.\"

\"What sort of adopted godfather would I be if I didn\'t.\" Remus teased as he fixed Harry\'s pants, \"I put Severus in a sleep so he will be out for a while so you don\'t worry to much.\"

\"Thanks Remus, for everything.\" Harry said as walked with a slight wince as he moved out of the room.


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