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From Chapter 1:

"Listen. I know your father was the leader that came today. I want you to seriously think of your loyalties and whom they are to. We will probably be called soon, so prepare yourself." Draco looked up at Snape and managed a small "Yes, sir."

"I'll meet you in my office soon." He nodded and Draco left.

Both Snape and Dumbledore rushed to Dumbledore's office to get Ministry help.

Duel

Chapter 2: Time with Voldemort

Meanwhile, miles away, Harry Potter was still screaming.

As soon as they had apparated, Voldemort appeared and smirked at Harry.

"Never thought he would be arriving in this state."

Harry suddenly stopped screaming and went limp.

One Death Eater grunted. "Not again! Wake up dammit!" He was about to cast Ennervate when Voldemort stopped him.

"No. I'll keep him awake. Move!" Everyone quickly shuffled away.

He took out his wand and muttered some words. Harry quickly woke up, back to screaming.

Harry found he still couldn't move; now he was pinned to the ground, still unmovable.

Voldemort soon got annoyed with Harry's screaming and silenced his vocal cords. This made the pain even more real for Harry. He had to keep it inside himself now.

Voldemort started talking. "I can't believe he's finally here. After all these years…Harry Potter is finally at my mercy and already being tortured." He laughed. Then he turned to Lucious and asked, "What took you so long?"

Lucius replied, "The two spells seemed to keep escalating and one spell from one of the wands held him to a wall. We did manage to knock out Minerva McGonagall. Albus mainly knocked out three of our guards." Voldemort started looking angry. Lucius quickly added, "Although, Severus helped us by adding Harry's pain. Potter had begged for it in hopes that he would go unconscious. Albus couldn't do it." Voldemort laughed.

"Of course. He would never hurt a fly, the muggle loving asshole he is." Voldemort laughed. The others snickered.

After Voldemort composed himself, he asked what who's wands were feeding magic into Harry.

"I believe the one with the blue magic is my son's and the orange is, I think, a Weasley. Looks cheap." He laughed.

Voldemort smiled. "I'll have to congratulate him later."

He turned towards the Death Eaters. "No leave and prepare yourself for tonight's ceremony. I need some time with Potter alone." He laughed as they left.

Voldemort went next to Harry's side. "Glad to have you here Potter. I'm very grateful for Draco and who ever that Weasley ass was. They put you into this state and I couldn't be happier." He thought for a while. "Actually I could be happier. By adding more pain to your hell right now." He took out his wand and said, "Crucio!" Harry screamed silently.

His head felt like bursting. It was like a migraine but a hundred times worse. Every muscle in his body twisted but his body didn't move from the curses still on him. The millions of invisible knives cutting his skin made him want to escape it all and die. But he couldn't die, that would mean he would let the Wizarding World down and most of all, having Lord Voldemort alive. He had to live. He just did; even though his pain and beyond that, he had to.

Voldemort released the spell. Harry couldn't think as Voldemort spoke. He only remembered the agony that was going through his broken body and the searing pain in his scar.

"Feel the power of an Unforgivable, Harry Potter. Don't ever forget it!" He cast the Unforgivable again. He kept it going for at least 15 minutes. He got bored, stopped it and tried another spell.

"This better work…" He gathered his magic and yelled out, "Imperio!"

He raised his wand and Harry's body actually lifted upwards. Harry gasped. He was off of the ground. He would of laughed in delight except that there still was the pressure of Expelliarmus on him and he was worried as to what Voldemort would do to him.

Voldemort was excited that he beat the spell; though he had no doubts that he would anyways. He felt Expelliarmus weighing himself down. His magic was slowly draining as he held Harry above the floor. He has to use Imperio wisely. He raised Harry a bit and flicked his wand. Harry went flying towards the wall. He heard Harry's skull break as Harry hit the wall. He grinned and lifted Harry to the ceiling. He almost had to release the spell as he raised his arm. He felt ready to pass out. He screamed and flicked his wand down to the floor. There were more bones breaking.

Severus rushed in. "My Lord. I heard you scream. Are you ok?" Voldemort was sweating as he raised his wand. Harry was amazingly moving around the room. Voldemort grit his teeth and Snape saw him start to shake. Harry was now above their heads. Snape gasped. Voldemort was beating the unforgiving Expelliarmus spell. Voldemort grunted and finally flicked his wand back to the ground. Harry slammed into the ground. Voldemort exhaled and looked at Severus.

"I'm fine. Just admiring the work of the Imperio Curse."

"Ah. Wonderful work sir." He bowed.

Voldemort answered by nodding and saying, "Enter and watch this." He grinned.

Severus closed the door behind him and continued to watch.

"Get up Potter!" They both waited for Harry to reply.

At first, Snape thought it wouldn't work. But then he saw Harry move. He slowly brought his knees to his chest and he pushed himself up. Severus then saw Harry's bloody head. Blood was slowly coming out. Severus swallowed. Harry brought one knee up and he pushed his whole body up. He eventually stood up, screaming silently. Severus shivered. His mind was interrupted by Voldemort laughing.

"Nice work Potter." Voldemort plainly said. "Now knell and bow to your Master."

Harry quickly let his knees slam to the ground. His head finally bowed towards Voldemort.

Severus gasped. Harry Potter was bowing to Lord Voldemort. Of course not willingly, but it had happened. He had to stop himself from turning his head away. It was shameful to the whole 'light' side. He looked at Voldemort to see what he would say.

"Amazing isn't it. Finally I have Harry Potter knelling to me. You have the great please of seeing it, as I cannot hold him to this forever." He sighed. "Now release his vocal cords." Severus did. They heard heavy breathing, then small whimpers.

"Look at me." Harry slowly raised his head and his eyelids flashed open.

They saw tears poring down his face.

"Can you see me?" Voldemort asked.

Harry opened his mouth and through gritted teeth, he hoarsely hissed a "Yess."

"Good. And remember, you are at my mercy. No smart talk." Voldemort suddenly gasped. "Severus." He hissed.

"Y-yes my Lord." Severus pulled his eyes away from Harry.

"Boost my magic." He slowly said.

Severus didn't want to. He wanted Voldemort weak and as long as he kept the Imperio Curse on Harry, he was weak. But he had to. He said a spell and Voldemort smiled.

"Thanks. Now Potter, who forced these two spells upon you." He casually asked.

There was silence.

"Answer!"

"I did." Harry gasped out.

"Interesting. You are here solely on your own movements. How-"

"Shut up Riddle!"

Both Severus and Voldemort stared at Harry in shock. Before Voldemort could reply Harry spoke again.

"I don't care what you do to me." He winced in pain. "You'll pay for this… You will."

"I will not! You will die and everyone, like you, will bow to me!" Voldemort retorted.

"Not willingly." He paused. "You have to force everyone to. Not me." Harry began to stand up. He struggled to, but eventually he did.

"You MUST bow to me! BOW!" Harry didn't move.

Voldemort was furious. He was practically shaking in anger.

Severus was still staring at Harry. Harry was beating the Imperio Curse. Only very powerful Wizards could beat the Curse. Harry Potter may be physically broken, but his magic was still intact. Harry had to win this battle now.

"Severus! Shut him up!" Voldemort barked.

I will kill you Lord Voldemort. In someway or another, I will kill you. Harry said to Voldemort in Parseltounge.

Voldemort stared at Harry, emotionless. He swallowed and replied, Never.

Snape looked from Harry to Voldemort and back. There was silence. He cast the silencing spell on Harry. Whatever Harry must have been something important because Voldemort was still silent.

Voldemort eventually snapped out of it and released Harry from the Imperio Curse. Harry fell onto his back, eyes once again closed.

"Leave Severus."

"Yes my Lord." Severus bowed, took one last look at Harry Potter and exited the room. He heard Voldemort yell out the Cruciatus Curse.

Severus sighed. He hoped by the time of the meeting Harry wasn't too broken. He had to fight Voldemort. He hoped Albus would get there at the right time too. He walked to the apparition point, changed into standard robes and apparated to Hogwarts.

Harry's actions were still in his head as he popped into Albus Dumbledore's office. He tried to focus his mind on what to say to Albus.

He was interrupted by Albus's voice, "Severus. Something on your mind?" He looked up and saw four Ministry officials. One was the Minister of Magic.

Albus turned to the four; "I'll alert you when we should enter. Be prepared any minute." They nodded. "How many on the team?"

"About forty sir." One Auror replied; obviously the head.

Severus snorted softly.

"Yes Severus. Have something to say?" The Minister asked.

"Yes, actually I do." He stepped out of the apparition spot and began, "I don't believe that forty Aurors is an adequate amount to suite the approximate one-hundred Death Eaters that will be showing up."

"Well, the objective is not to capture how many Death Eaters you say," The Minister waved his hand causally, "We are going to attempt to save Mr. Potter before the worst happens."

Severus smirked and didn't reply.

"I think that will be all. You know what to do now." Albus interrupted.

"Yes. We will see you later then." He nodded to Severus then Albus and the four apparated out.

There was an odd silence between the two. Finally Albus said, "Care to tell me the reason you came here?"

Severus nodded and sat down.

"Lemon Drop?" Albus asked, as usual.

Severus shook his head and Albus put the try back on his desk, untouched.

"Well, I entered the room with Potter and the Dark Lord. He had Potter above ground. He had used the Imperio Curse."

Albus sighed. "Ah, yes. That would most definitely beat Expelliarmus and the Conjunctivitis Curse. Please continue."

"True. Yet the spells were fighting Imperio. They drained the Dark Lords magic." Severus sighed. "I don't know why I just didn't do something to him. He was so weak and vulnerable." There was silence, Albus opened his mouth to speak but Severus had already started,

"Then he made Harry…" Severus started at his hands on his lap. He felt his throat close up. He swallowed. He felt his eyes tear up. He had to stop this. He couldn't cry in front of Albus Dumbledore, of all people. And why was he even about to cry? It was Potter they were discussing. It was just a forced bow. He had seen it many times on other victims. It wasn't new to him. So, why was it affecting him so much? He sighed and spoke softly, "H-he made Potter k-knell and bow to him." He felt his voice crack. He kept his eyes focused on his now clammy hands.

He heard Albus sighed heavily. He didn't dare look up to see the Wizards expression.

After what seemed like forever, Albus cleared his throat, "Um, what else happened?"

Severus had almost forgot. He sighed and looked up. He first saw sadness then quickly it turned to anticipation of what he was going to say. One thing he did notice was that his usual spark that Albus seemed to have, was gone.

"Well, then suddenly Potter stood up. Against Imperio." Severus smirked. "He said that the Dark Lord makes everyone bow and he wouldn't take it and that he didn't care what was cast upon him, the Dark Lord would pay for it. Then he said something in Parseltounge that seemed to surprise the Dark Lord."

"Interesting. Very few can go up against Imperio. I'm glad to hear Harry can do it even at his state and age. I am worried as to what he said in Parseltounge. If it was some kind of warning Voldemort's defense will probably go up." He sighed. "If you have nothing else to tell, then I must be preparing the rescue."

Severus stood up. "That's all for now."

"Please return in an hour or so."

Severus nodded and left the office.

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