Title: Reveal Who I Truly Am
Author: The Lifeless Wonder
Disclaimer: I only own my plot. The places, characters, and monsters all belong to the wonderfully gifted JKR.
Summary: Harry is Snape's son and a descendant of Merlin and Salazar Slytherin. He is also gay (he, he, he).
Warnings: SLASH, RAPE, ABUSE, CUTTING, INCEST (Snape/Harry), DRUG USE/ABUSE… just short mentions in the first chapter, but will get worse… or better. Ummm… the main pairing is going to be Harry and Voldemort, but some Harry/Sev, Harry/Drake, and Harry/Lucius will happen first. Ummm… I make it seem like Harry is just starting Hogwarts in the first chapter, but he is really a 4th year. That just makes it easier and a little more believable. Hope you enjoy.
'Quotes from books'
"People Talking"
/Parseltounge/
'Thoughts'
Titles of Books
Chapter One:
The Dursleys of 4 Privet Drive were not quite as normal as everyone thought. They had quite a few secrets, but their biggest was their… slave?... freak of a nephew?... Harry Potter. No one knew about him, or his "freakishness". At the present, Harry Potter is locked in the cupboard under the stairs, living on one piece of bread and one glass of water every other day.
Harry was a very abused child. He did all the housework by the time he was 3 and started cooking when he was 5. His uncle beat him everyday leaving him unconscious and almost dead. It was a miracle the child had survived at all.
We now join our hero in the kitchen of his "house". He is sitting at the table, something he never does when his master is home or awake. At the present time, his master is sleeping. Harry is eating his one piece of bread and reading a book. He did know if the book fascinated him, and it didn't. It was called A History of Magic. He had found it in the attic while he was cleaning one day. He had actually found a lot of books along this sort. He had already read The Standard Book of Spells: Grades 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7; Hogwarts, A History; Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them; Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection; One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi; The Invisible Book of Invisibility; Powers You Never Knew You Had and What to Do With Them Now You've Wised Up; Wizard, Witch, or Something More: The Truth About What YOU Are; and A Beginners Guide to Transfiguration.
He had tried to do the things in some of the books, and, to his surprise, most of them worked. He had also been able to do all of the things in Witch, Wizard, or Something More: The Truth About What YOU Are The book never said what he was, as he wasn't "a witch or wizard" according to it. Honestly, the only reason he found the books was because they were glowing. He figured that it was a trick of the light, but they continued to glow once he left the attic. He had seen a few people who would glow just as brightly; some even had a black discoloration on their left arms. He really didn't think anything of it. Supposing that his "something more" was causing it.
A few days later, Harry was cleaning the endless supply if dust in the attic when he found yet another glowing book. This one had no title; instead there was a picture on the front. It was beautiful. The picture was of a classically scripted M with two pillars on either side. Above the M were two animals, a snake and a lion. It appeared that they were fighting, and the lion was winning. Harry couldn't have that. He distracted the lion, giving the snake a clear shot of its neck. A few seconds later, the lion fell.
Harry knew that he had just helped his future. The lion disappeared and the snake slithered out of the book and onto Harry's right arm. After that, Harry blacked out.
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Harry woke late in the night. He was no longer in the attic of the Dursley's, but in a room full of people. All the people were glowing, but one was brighter than all the rest.
It was a tall, thin man with obsidian black eyes and greasy black hair. Severus Snape. Their eyes met and Harry went on his guard, putting his occlumency shields up. It wasn't that he didn't trust the man, but he knew that this man was someone to watch, having gone to school with him for 3 years now. The man looked him dead in the eyes, then frowned slightly. He was pulled away from everything when Albus Dumbledore started speaking to Harry.
"Ah, Harry. Glad to see you are awake. Would you care for a lemon drop?" Harry glanced at the man who had spoken, then back to Snape, who shook his head no just enough for Harry to see.
"No Thank you, sir. I don't really like sweet things."
"Well then, would you like some tea?" Again Harry looked at Severus, and again he shook his head.
"No, but thank you." The man in the back gave a curt nod, then started talking.
"Tell me, Headmaster, How is it that Potter came to be in MY chambers? I was sitting on my couch, reading a book, when he just appeared on the floor. He looked to be in pain, so I called Poppy. Then you showed up and he woke up. As you know, I am not a patient man. I would like my answers now, if you please." The headmaster looked at Harry, then at the other man.
"Well, Severus. I do not know how he came to be in your chambers. When he was a baby, I put a spell on him to bring him to me if he were in severe pain. Why he, instead, appeared in your chambers, I cannot tell you for I do not know. Now, I think we should take Harry to the hospital wing." The headmaster was waiting for a reply, it seemed, from Harry. Harry looked slightly passed the headmaster to his snarky potions professor. Severus shook his head no, yet again.
"No, Headmaster, but thank you. I would rather stay here than be moved to the hospital wing. As you well know, I have some not so pleasant memories in that place." In truth, Harry wanted to find out more about Severus, who seemed to want him to stay.
"Very well. I will see you both in the morning for breakfast?" He addressed the question to Severus, even though he was still looking at Harry.
"Of course, Headmaster, goodnight. And yes, I will give him his potions, Madame Pomfrey. Good night." With that Severus shut the door and turned to Harry.
"Now, I know you must be hungry. You will eat, then we will talk, understood." Harry just shook his head no silently. Severus turned to leave the room in the direction Harry assumed was the kitchen.
"I'm really not hungry, Severus." Snape stopped mid step and turned around. "Who gave you permission to use my first name, Potter? You may have heard the headmaster say it, but he is my boss." Harry didn't look as if he wanted to answer.
"You did…" Harry whispered.
"I was not aware that I said it out loud."
"You didn't…"
"then how did…"
"Your occlumency skills are good, but my legilimency skills are better. I could read you, what was that phrase… ah yes. 'Like an open book'. Lord Voldemort was powerful, yes, but he was just a wizard. I am much, much more than that." Harry kept his gaze with Snape, trying to bait him.
"You ungrateful, conniving, little snake. How da…" Severus realized that there were no longer any words coming out of his mouth. In fact, he couldn't even move his mouth.
"Now, now, now. There's no need to be rude and call names. I was about to explain everything to you. So sit down," Severus sat, "relax," the charms fell from Severus, "and Listen. I can tell you how I came to be here; at least I think I can. I broke that old codger's spell long ago and used my own. The spell was to transport me to you, even though I didn't know it was you at the time." Harry took a breath and absently summoned a glass of water.
"It was to bring me to the person best suited to help me. I was up in my attic cleaning, and trying not to pass out from pain, when I found this glowing book. It was black and had an M on it. There were also pillars on either side of it and two animals above it. They were a snake and a lion, and they were fighting. The lion was winning, so I distracted it and the snake got it. After that the snake came off the book and up my right arm. I lost consciousness after that due to the excruciating pain that the snake had caused, and woke up here."
"I was not trying to read your mind, honestly. When I read about Legilimency and Occlumency, after I read this other book, I knew I could do it, even without a wand. The book said that, in order for you to be able to read someone else's mind, you must be stronger than they are. So, I'm really sorry. I could read everyone's mind. By the way, the "Headmaster" knows you are a deatheater and that you are loyal to Voldemort. He wants you dead and is thinking about an "accident" involving Aragog, in the Forbidden Forest. Be wary around him." Harry finished.
Snape sat silently for a minute, then stated his one question. "The book you read before the Legilimency one, what was it called." Harry closed his eyes and tried to think about the title. The next thing he knew the book, as well as the black one, was in his hand.
"Here's the book I read before the Legilimency book, and this is the black book I talked about." Severus stared at the books, one was titled Witch, Wizard, or Something More: The Truth About What YOU Are
"Potter, are you aware of what this book does?" Severus asked, knowing that the boy didn't.
"Of course not. It never gave me a straight answer. It just always said that I'm too powerful for it to figure out what I am and that only one person was that powerful before. His name was… Marvin, Mavrik, Melvin, Merlin, Markus… That's it. His name was Merlin. What?" Harry had just looked up at Severus, whom had turned ghostly white.
"You stupid Imbecile! Do you know what that means?!? Merlin was not a wizard, Potter, he was a sorcerer; No, he was more powerful than that. He was a mage. The Mage. He ruled the wizard's council as the Snake Lord. He was extremely powerful, but that wasn't until he was nearly 200 years old. That this book compares you to him at the age of 14 is unbelievable. In fact, I want you to show me you can do everything in that book." Severus thought he had caught Harry in a lie.
Severus was not disappointed, however. Not only could Harry do everything in the book, but also did it in less than ½ hour and without a wand. After Severus shook himself out of his stupor, he asked Harry another question. "Now, you said the snake caused you pain. Where exactly was the pain?"
"Well, it was from about a ½ inch above my wrist up to about an inch from my elbow on my right arm. Why?" Harry asked.
'That is where the Dark Mark is, only on the other arm.' Severus thought. He then asked yet another question. "Have you looked at your arm yet?"
"No…" For the first time since the snake had touched him, he looked at his right arm. There, on his arm, was the snake… but there was something else. The snake was black, with emerald green eyes. It was entwined around two capital letters, SL. Harry felt something in him stir while he was looking at the snake. He started to talk to it.
/Hello, beautiful snake. What is your name?/
/I do not have a name, Massster. I will take the name of the one who wishesss to protect you./
/Who would that be?/
/Sssseverusss Alton Sssnape./
/But you are female. How can I call you Severus? Would it not be offensive?/
/Of courssse not, Masster. It would be an honor to be named after ssssuch a brilliant man./
/Yes, he is that, isn't he. Now, why am I the Snake Lord?/
/Because your family datesss back to the time of Merlin himself. He was an Evansss. They are the puresssst pureblood family ever. You will be called Evansss, not Sssnape. You mussst take your mother'sss lassst name in order to be the SSSnake Lord./
Harry took in everything the snake said, then froze. /Hold on. You said Snape, not Potter. My father was James Potter, Not Severus Snape./
/Can you not sssense it. You mussst break the spellsss on you. Cast the ssspell. You know what one, and reveal whom you really are./
Harry took a deep breath. /Of course. I will talk to you soon./
Harry returned his gaze to Severus. "Apparently my snake takes the name of the 'one who wishes to protect me'. Do you know what name she chose?" Harry stared unblinkingly at Snape, whom shook his head. "She chose the name Severus Alton Snape. Now, why would you wish to protect me, Snape? You won't even call me Harry; instead you insult me by calling me my filthy scum of a father's last name. I am nothing like him." Harry's eyes flashed red, but he didn't notice. Severus did. He inhaled sharply. Harry took a couple of calming breaths before continuing.
"If you wish not to call me Harry, then at least give me a little respect and call me Evans. By the way, that is my legal last name in the wizarding world anyways. The Evans family was a pureblood family dating even farther back than the Potter or Malfoy, or even the Snape and Black families. I am a direct descendant of Merlin himself, who was an Evans. Salazar Slytherin was an indirect descendant of Merlin. They may have used muggles, but the children never survived. If anyone had taken the time to check, then they wouldn't have hurt my mother. You wouldn't have used my mother as you did. Do you know what happened after that? Thought not. My father doesn't even know. He was as bad as everyone else."
The way Harry spat the word 'father' left little doubt in Snape's mind that this child hated his father. "By the way Snape, did you know that Potter wasn't even my father?" Snape looked at Harry curiously. This child was nuts.
"Of course he was your father. You look exactly like him." Snape said.
Harry raised one eyebrow. "Oh, yeah?" Harry closed his eyes "Foilsigh nach mise dairire eagla. Foilsigh nach mise dairire eagla." Harry chanted this three times in English, then in Parseltounge, then again in English. Nothing happened for a few seconds, then Harry started to glow a bright white and rose into the air. He was up there for nearly 5 minutes. Severus was about to call Dumbledore when the child started to float back down. His body lay down on the ground, and then he stopped glowing. Severus didn't want to approach the child, but felt he had to. As he inched closer, the child started to stir. He stopped when the child sat up. He could tell some immediate changes.
Harry's hair was longer and jet black, but with dark auburn streaks in it. He had grown at least a foot, and his nose was a little longer. When the child opened his eyes, Snape gasped. Harry had his obsidian eyes, but they were different. He had his mother's lovely shape and size, and his pupils… That was what shocked Severus the most. His pupils were red. Severus could only think of one reason his son's pupils were red.
"The Evans' family members were demons?" He asked, a little afraid of the answer.
"Of course not. Your family is the demon side, though I guess you have never changed to know that. You will, you can be sure of that. The Evans family members were, and still are, angels. How does that make you feel, father? To know you raped the purest being on the planet and got away with it. Oh, wait… you didn't, did you? I'm living proof of how evil you truly are, you bastard. I hope Tartarus swallows you. It's nothing less than you deserve." With that, Harry ran from the room.
He didn't know where he was going, but his feet seemed to. He ended up in a flooded corridor. He traced where the flooding was coming from. It was a girl's bathroom. He walked in, not knowing what to expect. A ghost, sitting in the window and crying, with every faucet (but one) running was not it.
"Ummm, hello Myrtle. It's Harry. In case you were wondering why I look different. I have decided that people will call me Lucifer. Lucifer Hadyn Evans-Snape. I was walking around and noticed that you flooded the hall. Is it possible that you could tell me why you were crying?"
"Oh, Hello Harry. I mean Lucifer. Well, I was crying because I was lonely. No one ever comes to visit me and I get quite scared. I died in here, you know. There was a pair of red eyes by the sink that doesn't work. I thought it was strange, but I watched them carry my body out. I cannot move on because the man is still alive. It was some guy named Voldemort. Is that the same guy that keeps trying to kill you? Do you think that you should join with him? Maybe he will leave you alone. I want you to know, by the way, that I do not blame the basilisk. It wasn't his fault. Anyways. You should go talk to his child and grandchildren. Bond with them. They will serve you loyally; I think… by the way, are you staying in the castle? I would love to have someone to talk to."
Lucifer thought for a moment. "I will be staying in the Head Boy's rooms until August 31st. You can come visit any time you want. For now, I think I will visit this basilisk. Thank you, Myrtle."
"Could I come with you?" Myrtle asked.
"Of course." Lucifer replied.
"No, Myrtle. You cannot go with him. If you do, then you will be paralyzed, as you cannot speak to it." Snape said from the door.
"Who asked you, father. I thought that she addressed the question to me. Was I mistaken, Myrtle?"
"No, Lucifer, you weren't."
"Well, if the git behind me would have let me finish. I was about to say that yes, you could come, but not this time. After I have bonded with them, you may come. As my wonderfully forgetful father forgot to mention:
'A basilisk is a truly magnificent creature. They can kill you if you look them directly in the eyes, but will paralyze you if you see their reflection. A basilisk has extraordinary yellow eyes. It also has green making on the head of the males, and red for the female. They usually lay 12-15 eggs, but, on average, only one or two survive. A basilisk mates for life, as well as it will bond with a witch or wizard for life. If a person can bond with it, then they control it. The "master" of the basilisk tells it when to paralyze or kill someone. If the master says for it not to kill or paralyze, it will shut its eyes so that the people around are not harmed.'"
Lucifer opened his eyes as he stopped quoting the book. He turned from both of them and went to the sinks. He waved his hand and all the water faucets turned off and the water on the floor vanished. He looked at the pipe and hissed at it. The trap door opened. He turned to look at his father and knew that his words had hurt him. Snape's eyes weren't as bright as normal and he was shaking slightly. "Two things, father. First is that I decided on my name. It is Lucifer Hadyn Evans-Snape. I know that, even if I was a mistake, you are proud that you have a son. I will tell all that you are my father. Maybe one day you will earn my pride and respect as well. Second is that I will be just fine. I will talk to you later." With that Lucifer jumped down the hole leading to the Chamber of Secrets.
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A/N: Well, this is the first chapter of my first not one-shot fic. I didn't like that Harry was, well, Harry. Lucifer was God's fallen angel. I figured that that would be a good name for a half-Angel, Half-Demon. Also, Hadyn means heathen in German. Fitting for a Snape, I think. Second to last thing. Foilsigh Nach Mise Dairire Eagla means Reveal Who I Truly Am in Gaelic. Lastly… please review. I need a lot of help with this… I also need a beta… so, if you are interested just pm me. Oh PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE review. Thanks a bunch
-The Lifeless Wonder