Harry had snuck out of the Common Room to have a little alone time and address the wounds his uncle, aunt and cousin had inflicted on him during the summer when suddenly he found himself locked in a room that he couldn't get out of. He sat down but jumped up when Sirius, Remus, Bellatrix, Severus ,and Tom Riddle appeared as well.
"Am I cursed or something?" Harry cried, looking around at all of them. "Can't you guys just leave me alone?"
"You don't mean that, pup." Sirius cried, rushing toward him. Harry backed away and fell over he cried out in pain. "PUP!"
"move!" Severus bellowed, Harry cringed . He was shocked when he was suddenly pulled forward, gently, by Severus and his shirt removed showing his wounds to the room. To farther his shock Severus began treating him with magic and potions. "How'd this happen, Potter?"
"Go fuck yourself." Harry spat.
"Drink this." Severus sighed, Harry turned his head away. "Surely you recognize it from your time in the Hospital wing. "
Harry looked at it and downed it.
"Pain Reviler. " he grunted. He looked away. "Thanks."
Severus gave a sharp nod and wrapped bandages tightly around Harry's chest and back.
"So Dumbledore set you up to be abused as well did he , Little Hero?" Tom said he was reclining in a bean bag chair. Harry blinked at him. His eyes tired and dull. "Do you know where we are?"
"Me?" Harry asked, "Hang on." He grabbed his bag and pulled out his map. He popped his wand out of the sheath he'd gotten on his birthday he had no clue who sent it to him. "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good."
Everyone watched as the map filled out. Harry spread it wide.
"I knew that blasted thing was more than it seemed. " Severus growled. Sirius and Remus smirked at him. "You and your gang I suppose?"
"Naturally." Sirius sneered.
"Here." Remus pointed. "Founders Nursery."
"What the what now?" Sirius said "I've never heard of this place..."
"Oh, not again!" Bella screeched. "Come out here now you devils! I don't want to be here a second time!"
"Nor do I." Tom said , "This'll be my fourth time!"
"You're so fun to play with." Four ghosts appeared. The founders. It was Helga laughing. "You make the game so much fun."
"Game?" Harry asked "Mischief managed. " He put it away and put his wand back in the holster. "What game?"
"Oh, you must be my newest heir." Godric said floating around Harry. "Yes, spitting image of James you are."
"Except my eyes." Harry intoned, "I have my mothers eyes."
"Rightly so." Godric nodded. "This game is a get to know me game. You will expose every last truth about each other and not a moment will pass outside. "
"That sounds a little mundane." Harry said, "Where's the fun? Get me a bottle and we can have some real fun getting to know each other."
"yes, your mother introduced us to Truth or Dare." Salazar laughed, "For a Muggle game I've never had so much fun. Oh, the things she dared the others to do. Your father was in a right fit when she dared him to kiss Minerva."
Harry sprayed the Butterbeer he was drinking across the room. As Sirius and Remus fell over laughing. Severus was smirking.
"Oh, yes I shall never forget it." Tom sneered. "That girl was one hell of a spit fire."
"you..." Harry glanced at him. "Knew my mom?"
"I'm not the only one." Tom hinted.
"Drink !" Rowena cheered, "I want to see the humans play the game again!"
"Wait so we play and you just get joy out of watching us?" Remus asked, "Is that how this works?"
"Kind of." Rowena told him. "When you choose truth you will not be able to lie. We will also add our own bits every now and then here and there at random times. Also others may join you and vanish but you will always stay here until every truth is told. "
Harry swallowed the last of the Butter beer.
"You got food because when I eat sugar on an empty stomach I end up sick." Harry said,
"How old are you?" Salazar asked, "You seem small ."
"I'm 17." He sighed running fingers through his hair. "What's it matter? Is that just because I'm the youngest here."
"Of course!" Helga laughed, "Got to know what kind of drinks we can serve."
Food Muggle and Magical alike appeared around the circle they had sat themselves in. Wine, beer, and other magical and muggle drinks appeared.
"No thanks." Harry said shaking his head. "But I'll take some Mt. Dew if you have any." A can appeared before him. He popped it open and drank some then grabbed some food and quickly began eating.
"Woh , slow down, pup." Sirius said, worriedly. "You'll make yourself sick. "
Harry ignored him as he finally got some food on his stomach he'd missed the feast because Dumbledore had wanted to see him. He slowed down after his first chicken leg and grabbed a napkin.
He spun the bottle and it landed on Severus.
"Truth or Dare, Snape?"
"Dare you impertinent brat."
"I dare you to tell me if you ever slept with my mother?"
Severus choked on his own soda. He loved the stuff.
"No I didn't!"
Sirius and Remus were a little shocked.
"How very Slytherin of you." Salazar laughed. "I like this one , Godric!"
Harry spooned some potatoes on to his plate and began eating them.
Severus growled and spun it landed on Bella.
"Oh, joy." Severus said , sarcastically. "Truth or Dare, Bella?"
"Truth." she sneered at him.
"Do you actually love the Dark Lord or you just looking to gain some fame by having his kid if he takes you to bed?"
"Oh, yes, I'd love to hear the answer to that." Tom smirked though his eyes never left his enemy. "Bella."
"Oh, how I would love to curse you!" she hissed at Severus. "I don't love our Lord at all. Yes I would like to gain the fame."
"Lucky for me I'm never taking you to bed." Tom sneered
Bella whimpered and spun. It landed on Sirius.
"Truth or Dare , dear cousin."
"Dare me , you sadistic bitch. " Sirius said.
"I dare you to kiss the person that you used to have a crush on." Bella said "The one you never told anyone about."
"I can't." Sirius stated coldly. "It would upset someone in this room I really care about."
"Will you take a penalty?" Hela said. "So soon in the game?"
"Yes." Sirius nodded.
"Be warned the answer always comes out weather you want it to or not." Rowena said. "Godric you choose first."
"Penalty!" Godric and Salazar cheered. "On screen!"
"What is this Star Trek?" Harry asked.
"Your mother made the same joke." Tom said dryly ."It wasn't funny then and it's not funny now."
"Eh." Harry shrugged "It was worth a shot only two of you would have gotten anyway."
"That's what she said!" Bell shrieked, "What is this Star Trek!"
"It's a Muggle thing, Bella." Severus sighed
A screen appeared on a wall and they all watched it.
Sirius was wearing a shirt with a naked girl on it . It was September 1st and he was 11 years old.
"What are wearing?!" Reg cried "If mother sees you in that she's going to be mad again!"
"It's a naked girl, Reg." The 11 year old Sirius said rolling his eyes. "Take a good look because you'll never see one."
Reg went crimson.
"You swore not to tell." Reg begged. "Come on Siri."
"I wont." Sirius messed his brothers hair up. "Don't worry about it, Reggy. I'm just messing with you. " Reg nodded "And I can take what ever that old hag dishes out."
They went downstairs and Sirius was immediately put under the Crucio and held under it for two minuets by his mother. His father didn't even look over his paper when Sirius started screaming.
Sirius was shaking. He didn't want to remember that. Harry glanced over at him and got a strained smile.
Harry somehow knew that Sirius had done that just for him which all but confirmed who in the room Sirius had had a crush on.
Sirius spun he figured he had the hang of the game after watching the others. It landed on Remus . Remus moaned.
"Truth or Dare, Moonykins!"
"Truth."
"Moony's no fun!" Sirius cried . Remus cocked an eyebrow at him.
"Really, then you can just ..."
"Okay!" Sirius cut across him shutting him up. "Is it true that you and Lily went out for two weeks in first year?"
Severus and Harry were both sitting up fully both glaring.
"yes it is." Remus sighed, "We decided to try it out because we had so much in common. We called it off after two weeks because we found out we couldn't be more than friends. We never even kissed or anything else."
Harry and Severus both slid back into their bean bags. Remus relaxed a bit he'd been sure one or both were going to curse him.
"I'll get my revenge on you for that , Padfoot." Remus spun the bottle and it landed on Tom Riddle. "Truth or Dare?"
"Truth."
"Did you kill a woman by the name of Hope Lupin nee Howell when you killed the rest of the Howell pure bloods?"
"She was not among them no." Tom said , eyeing the wolf. "Her sister kept screaming that as long as one of them lived the Howell Pure-Bloods would oppose me. I suppose she was your mother?"
"That's right." Remus snapped. His eyes flashed amber.
"You don't scare me." Tom stated "Your Sire does a better job."
"That monster is not my Sire!"
"He turned you didn't he?" Tom sneered, "In pack terms he's your Sire. " Without further ado he spun and it landed on Harry. "A full circle how nice. "
It wasn't exactly. Severus was next to Harry who was next to Sirius, who was next to Remus who was next to Tom who was next to Bella who was next to Severus but he understood what the man meant.
"Dare." Harry said, not interested.
"I dare you to kiss the person in the room you currently have a crush on."
"Have I told you lately how much I utterly despise you?" Harry countered.
"Not since May." Tom replied.
Harry suddenly turned beat red and mumbled something.
"What was that?" Tom smirked. Remus was coughing having chocked on his chocolate cake. "Not all of us have the hearing of a wolf hearing. "
"I said I've never kissed anyone before!" Harry blurted, turning redder than Ron's hair. "I really hate you!"
He leaned over and quickly kissed Severus' lips then was back on his own bean bag.
"Wait ! " Severus said, but Harry had already spun the bottle .
"This is already getting interesting." Rowena cheered. "Oh, Godric can you imagine ? Your line and my line finally joining!"
"I'm of Rowena Ravenclaw's line?" Severus asked looking up at the Ghosts.
"Yes, the Prince's dear are my last living line."
"Then I'm all you've got." Severus told her. "I'm the last one standing."
"oh, dear. "Rowena looked worried. "that is bad news."
"What about my line?" Helga cut in. The bottle seemed stuck in a spin.
"Well, lets see." Harry said, thinking. "If i remember Tom's history correctly he stole the cup from the Smith woman who said she was descended from you... There's a Zacharias Smith in Hufflepuff. My year. Complete jerk he is too. He went out with Ginny Weasley then dumped her after getting her into bed. Ginny had a scare a month later it was a false alarm though. "
"Oh, dear me!" Helga cried, "My line has gone that bad?!"
"Well, Rowena's line has accumulated to a shut in with anger issues." Harry said, Severus glared at him but Sirius and Remus snickered, "Salazar's a mass murdering sociopath , " Tom toasted him with his drink. "and Godric's got me. A self sacrificing scape goat with a Hero Complex. It's all very messed up if you ask me."
The Founders exchanged worried looks their families really were messed up but Harry's description of himself worried them most of all. Sirius and Remus were privately thinking the same thing. The bottle finally stopped on Bella.
"Truth or Dare?" Harry said, in an emotionless tone .
"Dare." Bella smirked. "Lets see if you got any of your mothers talent."
"Sure ." Harry purred, " I dare you to put on a pretty pink ballerina out fit complete with Tutu and stay in it until tomorrow."
Bella looked murderous. Remus and Sirius were rolling around laughing. Severus looked like he was going to be sick and Tom had cocked his eyebrow.
Bella marched off to a bathroom and returned.
"MY EYES!" Sirius cried. "OH MERLIN MAKE HER CHANGE MAKE HER CHANGE! "
"Pup, this is torturing us not her!" Remus said, shielding his own eyes.
"I think I'm going to be sick." Severus said dryly. His mind kept circling back to Harry kissing him. It had been the brat's first kiss even if it had been a quick one. Harry wasn't meeting his eye or even looking at him. He sighed to himself. He swore to do something nice for the boy ...no! Man sometime soon. He noticed that Harry often pushed his glasses up his nose. He'd noticed Harry often still squinted when wearing his glasses. An eye potion wasn't that hard to make. It's be an apology for taking his first kiss. "Really, Potter I think that was more your father than mother."
Sirius and Remus fell silent instantly and Harry tensed. Severus instantly knew it had been the wrong thing to say but couldn't think why. Bella spun and it landed on Harry again.
"Truth or Dare Ickle baby Potter."
"I'm not a little baby, Bella." Harry sighed, "I'm an adult now. I'm of age. I'll take truth"
"How did you get that gnash across your back?"
"I'll take a penalty. " Harry stated.
"On screen!" Salazar and Godric cheered.
Harry was really going to be sick the answer to Bella's question was playing right before everyone's eyes.
It was the start of term feast and Dumbledore had called him to his office. Harry knew what was going to happen. More training. he hated training. Sure enough Mad-Eye, Shacklebolt , Tonks, and Dumbledore arrived moments later.
"Wotcher , Harry!" Tonks beamed brightly. "Ready to fight?"
Harry didn't answer just stood up and followed them to Dumbledore's Dueling room. He popped his wand out of his sheath and dodged the attack sent his way countering with his own. It started off simply enough but it got worse and worse as they began pulling out all the stops. Harry could feel his back bleeding one of his wounds had re opened . He jumped one of Kingsley's spells only to be hit by Dumbledore's. He was on the ground pain searing through his body. He didn't make a noise and fought through it so that he could fight through the other spells heading his way . He managed to get to his feet defending and attacking Dumbledore's spell still on him. He couldn't get the man to break it because the other three kept covering him. He finally passed out.
When he woke he was laying on his stomach his shirt off chained to the floor. A whip came down on his back. Dumbledore was punishing him for doing such a bad job. The other three stood back and watched. Harry didn't make a sound not one noise he knew he couldn't or he'd really get something to scream about. He felt blood running down his back again. Another scar to add to the many he already had.
The screen vanished and Harry bolted from the room. He found himself in a bedroom then in a bathroom. He sicked up everything he'd just eaten . He sicked up until he was dry heaving. His whole body was shaking and he felt pain washing threw him he'd jarred something when he'd been sick. He didn't care he washed his mouth out and slide down to sit against the cool tile wall. He felt hot and so tired . He never wanted anyone to know what Dumbledore was putting him through so that he could defeat Tom. His eyes slid shut.
"I think one of you should go check on my Heir." Godric said , floating back into the room. "I think he might of hurt himself being sick."
"He's my godson!" Sirius and Severus were both up.
"I have Healer Training." Severus countered.
"Fine, we'll both go."
"Fine."
they found Harry passed out on the bathroom floor the back and front of his bandages seeping with blood. They both got to work to move him into the bedroom and worked together to heal him. The other three came in to see what was going on Remus had smelt blood and a lot of it.
"Come on , pup don't give up now!" Sirius sobbed desperately. "Come on , pup, fight!"
"Can't you see he's tired of fighting?" Tom asked leaning against the door post arms and legs crossed staring at all of them. "That should have been evident from the memory. He's ready to give up and move on to see his parents."
Severus had noticed it too. There was no light in Harry's eyes anymore. When they got the bleeding stopped and wrapped him twice as tight Severus whispered something into Harry's ear that only Remus heard by the smirk on his face then left the room. Bloody were wolf and their bloody enhanced hearing.
