This one won't stop bugging me, so I'm gonna release my dark side.
Draco: I thought this was going to be called Turncoat?
AFI gave me a better title for it, and taking into account the plot of the story it fits.
Harry: Why are you writing for this headcannon?
Because any Harry Potter fan who writes fan fiction must write at least one.
General Warning: Dark!Harry, Neville, Luna, Fred, George, Bill, Charlie, Fleur, Blaise, Snape, and Remus; bashing of Dumbledore, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Molly, and Arthur; character death; mature content; violence; moments of angst, mpreg; Mentor/parental!Voldemort, HBP and DH ignored; OCs; OOC-moments; violence; some character's appearances/personalities may be altered.
Pairings: DracoxHarry, BlaisexNeville, GreybackxFred, ViktorxGeorge, BillxFleur, TheoxLuna, SnapexRemus, LuciusxNarcissa, Voldemort/RiddlexCharlie, RonxHermione, past JamesxLily, SiriusxRemus, and SalazarxGodric
Chapter Warning: Character death, violence, opening scene goes by film rather than book
General Disclaimer: I, Jokul Frosti, as a member FFN, do not in any way, shape, or form, own the literary work of the Harry Potter series. This story is product of fan-based imagination; all cannon characters and plot is owned by J.K. Rowling , publing rights belong to Bloomsberry and Scholastic Press, and film rights belong to Warner Bros pictures. "Miseria Cantare: the Beginning" is from AFI's Sing the Sorrow album, and is owned by (defunct) DreamWorks record label and the band AFI. Please support the official release.
[I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.]
Spells were flying erratically through the room, both offensive and defensive. The insane cackling of Bellatrix Lestrange bounced off the rounded walls as Auror Tonks struggled in her attempts to capture the female Death Eater. Harry stood at the side of his godfather, Sirius Black, casting shield spells while the man fired spells at Lucius Malfoy and Antonin Dolohov then switching off so as there was no break in their assault to allow the Purebloods a chance to attack. With the help of Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Luna, Neville, and the Aurors who'd come along with Sirius and Remus it looked like the battle would be won.
"Expeliarmus!" Harry shouted disarming Dolohov.
"Nice one James!" Sirius said proudly before sending the man flying against the wall.
He then disarmed and blasted Lucius in the same direction not seeing Bellatrix stop somewhere to his right...
"Avada Kadavra!"
Everything stopped.
Harry frantically looked around trying to see who was hit. He saw the light coming in his and Sirius' general direction, but he was still standing and no one else was in the path; believing the spell missed he turned back to his godfather with a relieved smile only to see him gasping for breath and holding his side then he felt the mercilessly cold finger of dread running over his spine. The warm gray-blue eyes that had looked at him with so much love since he was thirteen were dimming; the wisping vapors that mingled in archway they stood by reached out and wrapped themselves around the man's body pulling him in.
Sirius reached out for Harry as if hoping to, if anything, take with him one last warm touch from someone he loved into the cold, dark world of death. As he saw Harry reach out as if to pull him away his last thought was, 'Forgive me James, Lily. I'll be joining you too soon.'
Harry watched as Sirius disappeared beyond his grasp in horror and pain, and were it not for Remus grabbing hold of him he would have ran after him without a second thought. He struggled against the werewolf's hold screaming his pain and denial at losing one of his only remaining ties to his parents. His heart was completely shattered, his soul crushed, all he felt was the pain of loss eating away at his being until he went to his knees sobbing. Remus went with him holding the boy close and allowing him to cling to his patched coat as an anchor.
No one noticed Bellatrix slowly backing to the exit of the chamber. Her face stone while her eyes swam with the immediate regret of killing her cousin; unable to watch the Potter boy sob when she thought it would bring her great, sadistic pleasure she ran to the Atrium of the Ministry and disappeared into the first floo she saw.
Hearing alarms the other Death Eaters chose to flee as well, except one. Lucius cast a Body Bind charm on one Peter "Wormtail" Pettigrew before he left the chamber.
The Prophecy was shattered, but safe from the Dark Lord's hands, and one Death Eater who was supposed to be dead had been captured.
'But at what cost...?' was the question buzzing through Harry's head as he completely shut down from his grief.
After the Death Eaters left Cornelius Fudge, the Minister of Magic, had come upon receiving a Patronus message from Auror Kingsley Shacklebolt and was just in time to see Voldemort disapperate in the middle of a fight with Dumbledore, who the others were unaware had come.
Immediately the Daily Prophet printed the story about Voldemort being seen and the redemption of Harry and Dumbledore, and Sirius once Wormtail had been possessed. Umbridge, the Ministry appointed DADA teacher turned Headmistress, was dismissed from Hogwarts and was now under investigation for her choice of disciplinary practices and Dumbledore was reinstated as Headmaster. The students involved in the Department of Mysteries incident were returned to Hogwarts and their wounds were treated; for now there was peace.
But to Harry it all meant nothing, Sirius was still dead and would never come back. He was numb to everything. Except for a meeting with Dumbledore in his office once Harry had been allowed to leave the hospital wing the next morning; he became completely enraged when he heard the explanation for the old wizard's behavior towards the boy all year. Distancing himself to protect him? What a laugh! And on top of that, now that Harry thought about it, Dumbledore could have told him about the Prophecy like Sirius had tried were it not for Molly Weasley's interference. Not to mention how he knew from the beginning that Sirius had been innocent yet never rose to his defense, how he left Harry with the Dursleys for "protection" yet brushed him off when he tried to speak of the constant physical, mental, and emotional abuse, and neglect he was forced to endure for half his life, and being manipulated to jump head first into life threatening danger one way or another. Not to mention the DADA teachers that were after him every year, bar Remus Lupin. To Dumbledore he wasn't a human boy, he was a indispensable tool! The realization made his magic explode into a storm knocking over trinkets and books, sending portraits flying off the walls, throwing the Headmaster's desk across the room, shattering windows, completely destroying to room.
When he'd calmed down, or rather gone numb once again, he left the office without another word, completely ignoring Dumbledore's calls and wanting to be alone.
Remus had entered the office not so long after Harry had left, and upon seeing its state he only felt more heartache for his poor cub as he knew that it was his magic acting on his emotions that made the room look as if every natural disaster known to the world had left their mark in the room. Right now though he didn't know who was suffering more from the loss of Sirius, himself or Harry?
"Albus, there's something we must discuss." He said stepping further into the room making sure to avoid what debris he could.
"What would that be Remus?" Dumbledore asked.
"I would like for you to turn Harry's guardianship over to me completely. It will do him good."
"That will not happen. You know as well as I that the protection of the blood wards are essential to his safety. Besides, you know that as a werewolf you are unable to claim custody of him; the laws are against you."
"Not anymore. Sirius and I married last year." Remus said.
"What?!" Dumbledore looked at him in shock, the twinkle in his eyes gone "How?! The Ministry-"
"We went to Gringotts. They preformed a marriage and bonding ceremony under the table that is legal even in the eyes of the Ministry. The contract that was drawn states that in the event of Sirius's death everything would be turned over to me as Consort to Lord Black, including the care of his heir if they are still underaged. Harry is Sirius's named heir in the will and he is still fifteen." Remus said keeping his smug expression masked.
Dumbledore shook his head, "That will not happen. Come summer he is retuning to the Dursleys."
"He is in a fragile state right now! He needs me! Those... Those... Monsters don't care for him at all! If they find out Sirius is dead nothing will keep them from doing all they can to completely destroy him! You're sentencing Harry to death!" Remus screamed.
"You're overreacting Remus." Dumbledore chuckled.
Actually chuckled.
The wolf in Remus growled beginning to take over as it heard the old fool mocking his cub's pain by laughing, "You bastard... You're more of a monster than Voldemort. You don't care about Harry at all."
"Of course I do Remus-"
" STOP LYING TO ME!" He howled.
Feeling Moony completely overshadowing him Remus ran out of the office in a rage. He needed to act on it, to spill blood. He raced through Hogwarts' halls until he left the castle then the grounds entirely and had gone into the Dark Forest. His eyes had gone from amber to gold and his vision was hazed as he ran knocking the branches that hung low from trees and grew to high on bushes out of his path hard enough for them to break. The first unfortunate creature to cross his path was an adolescent acromantula that thought it could make Remus into its desidered meal, but when it charged at the werewolf and went for the kill its two foremost legs were grabbed in a painful vice grip that immediately halted blood circulation. Remus spun on the spot and with the strength boost from the rush of adrenaline, and his raw anger and pain, threw the giant spider against a thick tree hard enough to break some of the bark away from the trunk.
The poor creature shrieked its pain as it crashed to the forest floor hoping for its brothers, sisters, and father to come save it, but it had strayed to far to be heard. Its cries grew louder as Remus stomped a foot on its body and began tearing its legs off one by one, and Moony took pleasure in its suffering. He preformed the same torture on a blast ended skrewt he had found feeding deeper in, tearing away its stingers first and using one to clog its mouth then knocking it onto its back to tear away the legs and proceeded to tear its shell away.
He looked at himself panting, seeing he was covered in two types of blood. He started to chuckle softly then it slowly grew to hysterical laughter that would make anyone who saw think him mad.
"Lupin...?" A distant familiar voice broke through his deranged cackling.
He slowly turned seeing Hogwarts' resident Potions Master and professor Severus Snape. The man was staring at him with wide eyes filled with fear and he was shaking, his body reeked of fear just like the night Sirius led him to the Shrieking Shack when they were in school.
"Snape, so good to see you!" his tone was cheerfully mad "Siri is dead; did you hear? And Pettigrew was caught at the Ministry! Three down and one to go~ Aren't you just delighted to hear that? Oh, but there is still Harry, right? You want all the Marauders and any trace of them gone..." The disturbing cheerfulness in his voice was now gone.
Severus saw those gold eyes go from mad to enraged and shivered as the other man growled threateningly; it felt like that night all over again.
"Well I won't let you! You won't harm my cubs! I'll kill you first!" Remus ran at him ready to strike bare handed coming so fast Severus didn't think he'd have time to draw his wand-
A black blur tackled Remus and pinned him to the forest floor a few feet away. It was clearly bigger and stronger, and the growl it gave from deep in its throat echoed its dominating aura easily making Moony retreat into Remus' subconscious as he submitted bearing the right side of his neck.
"Good. You still recognize your Alpha and sire."
Severus sighed in relief as he recognized the voice of Fenrir Greyback; he had been coming to meet the werewolf when he had heard Remus laughing in such away that had sent chills down his spine.
Fenrir stood up and removed his hood revealing a head of gray hair pulled back into a short ponytail tied at the base of his neck, and the piercing ice blue eyes of a wolf set in a handsome sharp-featured face. He stood over a whimpering Remus glaring at him.
"I should punish you child. Perhaps I should take the life of your pup-"
"No! No please! It's all I have left of my mate in blood! If you take my cub I'll die!"
"Greyback you know Potter is for the Dark Lord-" Severus spoke up but was interrupted.
"Not Potter, Snape. He's pregnant. You can't tell now but I can smell it. He's carrying a child." Fenrir spoke indifferently.
The Potions Master blinked and mentally recounted Remus' words before he tried to attack him; he mentioned Black being dead, Pettigrew being captured, wiping out every last trace of the Marauders, not harming his "cubs"-
Cubs... As in plural...
He disregarded the endearment at first out of fear for one, and because during Order meetings over the summer before the year started he had heard Lupin and Black call Potter "cub" and "pup" out of affection when everyone was just idling around. But now that he had a clear enough mind to reflect...
"I know I am going to regret this... Step aside Greyback." He said moving towards them.
"Why?" said werewolf asked but did as told anyway.
Severus gave him a withering look as he knelt by his former schoolmate and coworker who flinched away from him.
"Be still Lupin. I'm only going to check over the child. Whatever your previous display was might have affected them negatively."
Remus visibly swallowed and went still as Severus pulled out his wand beginning to cast diagnostic charms; the unborn child experienced mild distress and that was it thankfully.
"Now that's done," Severus stood and replaced his wand in it's holster "Please explain why you went on that...rampage, for lack of a better term."
Remus sighed as he sat up but let looking at the forest floor, "Last night, I watched Sirius die at the hands of Belletrix Lestrange... So did Harry..."
Fenrir snorted, "And you were so grief stricken you needed to go on a killing spree? Not that I'm not proud of your display of strength but isn't that an overreaction boy?"
The younger werewolf glared up at his sire, "You try losing your mate and tell me."
That made Fenrir freeze, "I... I see... Forgive me. I do know that pain...'
Severus and Remus both looked at him in shock.
"How is it you do Greyback?" Severus asked.
"I know, because those bastards at the Ministry murdered my mate before my eyes, and my child with her." The older werewolf answered solemnly.
Remus nodded then continued, "So just a while ago, I decided to go to Dumbledore so that he could help turn Harry's guardianship over to me. Sirius and I snuck out to Gringotts to make his will, in which he named Harry as his heir and that were he still underaged upon Sirius' death I would become his guardian. We married to make that particular term of the will legit. Dumbledore was surprised to hear that, but went on to insist that Harry was safe with his aunt and uncle, that returning there was in his best interest when it isn't...!" his anger was growing anew.
"Not safe? Those muggles wait on him hand and foot, and spoil him rotten." Severus sneered only to double take when Remus gave a low, empty laugh.
"Is that what you were told Severus...? The the Boy-Who-Lived is treated like a prince? Given any and all he desires at the snap of his fingers...? Because he's not!" fierce, amber eyes met black "He is beaten and starved! Treated worse than house elf with the most sadistic master! He is made to cook and clean all the while fearing if he'll be punished because he so much as breathed or blinked! Did you know when Dumbledore started sending his Hogwarts letters the mailing address said, "the cupboard under the stairs"? Harry was never told he was a wizard until Hagrid went to fetch him! He was told Lily and James were unemployed drunks who died in a car crash! All his clothes are hand me downs from his spoiled, tub of guts cousin! Do you even notice how thin and sickly he looks when he comes back the next year?! Or are you still hung on on old rivalries that you only see James and his foolish antics from our school days instead of a child who never knew real love until he came to Hogwarts?"
A heavy silence followed Remus' rant as he glared at the Potions Master who stared back in shock at what he'd heard.
"You... You can't be serious... Dumbledore would never leave his precious savior in such conditions... He's to valuable for the war to him..." He tried to assure, mainly himself.
Greyback laughed, "Oh the boy's valuable alright. Any mere tool would be. Oh the Dark Lord would love to hear that, his greatest enemy treated as less than human!"
Remus looked at the ground pained, "Just like you and I Greyback..."
His amusement died instantly, "Yes... Just like you and I..." Then a thought occurred to him "But the Dark Lord thinks different."
"Oh the hell he does..."
"No, really. He now appreciates power over blood purity." He showed his left forearm now branded with the Dark Mark "I don't know what changed his mind, but I dare not look a gift horse in the mouth."
Severus was once again shocked. He remembered in the first war Greyback came to Lord Voldemort with every intention of joining as one of his Death Eaters, but was denied the Mark and title because he was a werewolf, only to become, for lack of a better term, a pawn.
"I offer you this Remus. Accept me as you sire and Alpha, join my pack, and you will have safety for you and your unborn child, and perhaps I can persuade the Dark Lord to bring Potter to you; at the very least he will appreciate having his enemy in reach, but you will have both your cubs nonetheless."
"Oh please Greyback. Lupin is too loyal to Dumbledor to-"
"I accept."
The older werewolf smirked as the Potions Master was once again shocked into silence.
"I can't be loyal to a man who would turn a blind eye to a suffering child, seeing him as no more than a tool for what can only be his own gain." Remus once again beared his neck showing the bite scar from his childhood "I want to come home, my Alpha."
Greyback knelt in front of him showing his elongated teeth, "I welcome you."
'I'm doing this for Harry and my unborn child. Forgive me my friends, my love, but I don't see what other choice I have.'
After his silent prayer he was bit sealing him in a Pack Bond he could not turn his back on.
There's the first chapter.
For those waiting on Fate Rebirth, I am doing the final outlining before I type it up.
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