Chapter three:

Dumbledore had been relaxing in his office and enjoying a bowl of lemon drops, while thinking over his problem with Potter. He had begun to distance himself from Dumbledore the past couple months, it was subtle, but the old wizard had noticed.

Dumbledore knew that Harry couldn't know about the blood wards being a hoax or any of his other secrets. He couldn't risk the boy knowing more than he should. He needed to keep him under his control for the time being, if they were going to win against Voldemort. Dumbledore shrugged the thoughts off as him being too paranoid and popped another lemon drop into his mouth.

But then why was Harry avoiding him? Dumbledore was yanked out of his thoughts by the shrill cry of Fawkes.

When Dumbledore looked at his companion, the phoenix pointed his wing toward the grandfather clock in the corner. The time it showed, Dumbledore realized, signified that it was time for dinner. 'This will be the perfect time to corner Harry and question him with legimancy', Dumbledore thought to himself with a grin. Dumbledore then, with renewed energy, left for dinner.

As Dumbledore walked into the Great Hall he could see that a commotion was occurring by the Gryffindor table.

When he began to walk over he was able to see that there was a confrontation by the Malfoy boy and the Gryffindors. Minerva was there attempting to calm the situation and Severus was also there talking to Harry and Malfoy.

'Probably insulting potter', Dumbledore concluded. Dumbledore was trying his best not to show his anger. Just as he was about to reach the group, Severus turned and muttered something while pointing his wand at the ground.

Harry and the Malfoy boy ran out of the Great Hall. Dumbledore tried to chase them but ended up slipping on the ground, along with everyone else in the vicinity.

'A slipping charm! What does that b*** think he is doing?' Dumbledore lifted himself up and ran after the trio.

He wasn't the only one though as he saw Minerva, Ronald Weasley, Hermione Granger, Filius Flitwick, and a few others following right behind him.

"STOP THEM BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY!", Dumbledore commanded the others. They nodded in compliance and began to fire spells at the escaping trio.

Harry, Malfoy, and Severus were able to dodge the spells left and right and were reaching the edge of the wards.

Dumbledore, getting fed up by this and seeing he had no other choice, began using one of the darker spells in his arsenal. A stunning spell meant to knock out the subject with a more greater deal of force and was immune to the enervate spell.

Finally, it seemed that he had managed to hit Harry with the spell causing him to go unconscious. But the stupid Malfoy boy, seeing there was no time to enervate Harry, lifted him up and carried him the rest of the way.

Dumbledore shot the spell a second time attempting to render the Malfoy boy unconscious as well. Unfortunately by some dumb luck Malfoy was able to dodge it and reached Severus, who apparated them away. Albus and the others stood there shocked at what they had just witnessed. All wondering the same thing. Why did Harry leave with the people he hated the most in the school and where are they now?

Severus POV

Severus didn't have time to register Albus's spell or Harry falling unconscious before Draco grabbed his hand and he apparated them away to the Prince Manor. They appeared about 400 meters from the manor at the edge of the woods neighboring it. They began walking up the hill before Draco collapsed onto the ground. Alarmed and worried, Severus grabbed both of his godchildren before they fell into a heap. 'It could be the mental link causing them to both be unconscious.', Severus wondered at the fact. He levitated Draco and Harry and began walking towards price manor. As he finally neared the manor, Severus was able to see it and memories of playing here as a child came flooding back. Prince Manor was a six story victorian style manor. It contained 100,000 sq feet of land surrounding it, containing gardens and empty fields before being surrounded my forest. It had several powerful wards protecting it from unwanted visitors. It was truly a house to be proud of.

Severus entered the house and laid both Harry and Draco in separate bedrooms. Believing Harry's current state to be the cause of Draco's unconsciousness, Severus attempted to enervate Harry first but to no avail. Surprised, Severus tried once again, but again failed to bring harry to consciousness. Severus pondered on why this could be, until he remembered a spell Albus once told him that he had used on a Death Eater during the first war. He….he didn't! He couldn't have used this on a minor! The spell could have irreversible effects. Severus then rushed to the potions lab to retrieve the Wideye Potion. The potion took about eight hours to complete and Severus didn't have the time to wait, so it was lucky that he had a few bottles of it in his inventory. He fed it to Harry and waited for the potion to take effect. It had been about 10 minutes afterwards when Harry began to stir awake. With a moan, he opened his eyes and looked around the room. When he noticed Severus, he smiled and sat up.

"What happened, Sev?" Harry asked.

"We were attempting to escape Hogwarts, when Dumbledore hit you with a nastier version of the stunning spell. It's known as the comatose curse. It's a extremely old and fairly unknown spell that causes the person to fall under a magically induced coma unless counteracted.", Severus explained.

"Couldn't you just enervate me?"

"No that's the thing. A simple enervate would not work on the victim and only time or a perfectly brewed Wideye Potion can awaken the person."

"Oh", Said Harry. He then had an alarmed look on his face.

"Wait, where is Draco? Is he ok?"

"The mental link between you and Draco then caused him to fall into a coma as well. Though he should be waking up any moment know.", Severus reassured.

Harry bore a look of worry and began to get out of bed, before Severus stopped him. "Harry, you aren't strong enough yet. He may collapse again if you exhaust yourself." Severus warned.

Harry scowled and folded his arms, "I'm going to see Draco and that's final."

Severus sighed knowing that when it came to Draco, Harry can be extremely stubborn.

"Very well Harry, let's go see Draco." Severus held out his hand for harry.

Harry grabbed it and climbed out of bed and walked with his "Uncle Sev" to Draco's room.

When they walked in, they saw that Draco was awake. Harry immediately rushed to his side and pulled him into a bearhug, which Draco gladly returned. "We are free from them, Harry.", whispered Draco, who was then squeezed tighter. Severus, observing from the doorway, chuckled as he remembered how just a couple months ago, they were all enemies.