The Hybrids Pain
Warning: This will be a very dark story, there are no bunny rabbits and flowers...some rainbows maybe...tehe, and this fic is a YAOI pairing...boyXboy action! No like, no read.
Disclaimer: I only own the plot, and the sexy scenes...I no own Harry, or Draco!
The Test
Harry walked down the dark corridor apprehensively. His fingers clutched nervously on his shirt end, twisting the fabric, leaving strange creases in the silky material. He closely followed the Malfoy heir, who trailed his father knowingly with a permanent surprised expression that had been there since they had stepped into the large mansion. Harry knew that both of the Malfoy's knew exactly who's house they were in; neither, however, seemed willing to relay the information to him.
He sighed and shook his head. Harry straightened his shoulders and making his eyes go cold, devoid of the thundering emotions that were raging on inside of him. He walked with the purpose and confidence of someone crowned and no matter who was wanting to adopt him he would remain that way. Harry looked up and came face to face with a rather larger door. The oak door seemed larger than normal and Harry raised an eyebrow at the display. Sharp emerald eyes took in the snake decorations along the edges of the doors forming S's. A strange sinking sensation traveled through his veins and and made his blood run cold. The doors traveled slowly open on their own accord, old magic residing in the house. A deep sultry voice traveled across the dark room, while Harry's eyes were still adjusting to the dimness.
"Harry Potter, my dear boy, come have a seat with your future father." His eyes zoned in on the chaise on the other end of the room. Black pitiless eyes stared out at him.
"Severus Snape, I had a feeling that I would find you on the other end of this door." Harry acted calm and collected on the outside while he took a seat next to the potions master. On the inside however his brain was calculating many different things.
Severus Snape, what do I know about Snape? He is a double spy, neither faithful to Dumbledore nor Voldemort. He is a master at treachery and a devious strategist. He is intelligent and wealthy, not to mention he's amazing at potions and knows almost everything there is to know about both sides of the war...He is also a loyal man to have on your side, not to mention powerful. However...
"So, I must ask you what came into your mind when you decided to bring me into the Snape family. I expect a believable answer." Harry's voice sounded confident and he mentally patted himself on the back.
He heard a dark chuckle emit from the potions master's throat. "Harry Potter, the Boy-Who-Lived to be a pain in my arse. Harry Potter, the boy with wonderful hidden magical abilities, oh don't give me that suspicious look Potter, anyone with a brain and curiosity could have figured it out." Harry promptly closed his hanging mouth and re-situated his arched brows. "And not to mention, Harry Potter, the hybrid, oh yes, it would be such a burden to have you around." Snape promptly rolled his eyes. "Besides, just to see the look on Albus' face when you come back to school with the name Harry James Snape would be enough to take you under my wing." Harry chuckled to himself and nodded his understanding.
"Very well then, I suppose those are good reasons." Harry couldn't seem to keep the grin from his face.
"However, I'd like to put our past differences behind us, if not now then later." Snape extended his hand with a strange malicious twinkle in his black eyes. Harry, sensing that the man was testing him, extended his hand to shake the older man's.
"Very well then, it's all in the past." Harry gave Severus a devilish grin and firmly shook his hand.
"Right then, the paper work will all be sorted out in the morning, including the magical procedures of the process." Snape looked at the young Raven appraising him. "Of course we will have to first test your magical abilities and your...er...boundaries with Draco." Harry looked at the slim blond sitting beside him and tried quite profusely not to blush.
"Very well, what tests do you have in mind?" Harry felt slightly nauseous at the prospect of showing people how powerful he was, he had feeling that he was even more exponential after his little power boost earlier in the night.
"We will do these with witnesses, Lucius we will do the proceedings at your house, invite everyone Harry trusts, get the list on your way out. I will meet you at the manor in an hour," Severus then proceeded to stand up and sweep his way towards the door, only turning to face them once he reached the frame. "Oh and Harry, you may call me Severus from now on. Oh and if you hold back at the tests I will be displeased." He then walked quickly from the room.
Lucius looked at the door for a minute before standing gracefully. He looked towards the shell shocked teenager and let out an amused smirk. He held out his hand and waved his wand in the air. A piece of paper appeared out of thin air into his clutching fingers, a quill hovering above the paper, waiting expectantly. Harry nodded his head thoughtfully and started listing names.
"Fred, George, and Arthur Weasley. Neville Longbottom, Luna Lovegood, Remus Lupin, and Minerva. These...are the only people I trust enough for this." Harry looked at the ground, shifting his feet in embarrassment, knowing that the list was quite small.
Lucius nodded, showing nothing in his dark gray eyes. He simply rolled up the paper and proceeded towards the fireplace to get them all back to the manor.
-Break
They all stood in the large backyard of the Malfoy manor. The three Weasleys all stood together, red hair shining in the light. They looked confused but were obviously glad to see the boy in partial good health. Neville and Luna had given Harry warm welcomes, hugging was involved as well as misty rhetorical questions from the blond girl. Lupin stood in his shabby robes smiling kindly at Harry, though curiosity shined in his eyes. When Lupin had arrived he had smelled the brunette and his eyebrows had rose about a foot in the air. Minerva stood straight and waiting, sensing that she was not going to like whatever the boy was going to say to her.
Harry stood before his audience, Draco on one side of him holding his hand waiting for Severus and Lucius to come out of the double glass doors at the back of the manor. Harry shifted his weight as he watched the two men walk towards him. Severus stood to the opposite side as Draco and put a strong, and oddly comforting hand, on Harry's shoulder.
Harry looked back towards his friends and smirked slightly at the look on all of their faces at the familiar touch between him and and his two companions; Severus' hand on his shoulder, and Draco's hand clasped firmly in his right hand. He felt sweat trickle down his spine in a cold rivulet, knowing that the reaction from his friends could be catastrophic.
He cleared his throat and opened his mouth to relay the news, knowing he'd have to get it over with no matter how he felt about it.
"I am sorry to ask you here on such short notice, and at such a late hour, but I assure you it is of utter importance. I have come into my powers as of this morning. I turned seventeen and there was a burning headache, I remember my uncles screams, then I remember being filled with a tingling squished feeling in my stomach, I think that was when I apparated into the Malfoy's sitting room." Harry continued in this manner, explaining the events that had taken place earlier in the night. At the end of his speech he asks for questions and felt strangely like a telemarketer.
Arthur looked at Harry very seriously, Harry nodded understanding. "Harry, I have to ask, why wasn't my wife invited to this little...meeting?" Harry lowered his eyes in slight shame before raising them defiantly to look into the brown depths of Mr. Weasleys eyes.
"Mrs. Weasley was not invited because she would never have accepted me for what I am, and who I am to be with." Arthur opened his mouth to retort only to close it with a skeptical look on his face, before he nodded submission. It hurt Harry somewhere deep inside that he had been right.
Minerva stepped forward and looked Harry in the eyes, her eyes like warm molten pools. "I hate to ask this Potter...but why was the Headmaster not asked to attend this momentous occasion? And, when you are through explaining that, could you enlighten us all as to why we specifically are here and what exactly you are?"
Harry took a deep breath, he received a squeeze on his right hand for encouragement, this caused him to smile slightly. "Dumbledore is not here because I know that he has been planning to use me, as some form of a weapon, and I will not be used in such a way. If Dumbledore gets his way he will be little better than Voldemort. You are all here because you are the only people I trust with my secrets, my life, and with being able to survive the testing of my powers." Seeing the inquistative lok on Neville's face Harry continued. " I did not invite Ron or Hermione because they have not had any contact with me this summer, not even when I sent them letters. I have decided that this means that they don't want anything else to do with me and have deided to move on to friends who will treat me as an equal. Now for the moment of truth. I...I am a Hybrid." He heard gasps and Minerva took a slight step back away from him, he felt his heart clinch.
"What...Kind of a Hybrid Harry?" Arthur's voice was merely curious but he could smell the underlying fear.
"I am a mix between a Fae and Daemon. It's a very odd, but powerful, pairing. I know that some of you may want to walk away from this knowing what I am. If you do choose to go I will have to Obliviate you, only as a precaution. If you wish to leave, now is the time, before the magical testing begins." Harry looked up timidly, afraid that all of his friends would leave. No one moved.
"We're here-"
"'Til the end mate!" Fred and George smiled loftily at him and Harry felt relief pool in his stomach. He looked towards everyone else, they all nodded and smiled their agreement. Harry could do nothing but smile gratefully at them all.
"Now that that is all settled we need to move to the testing. Minerva, Arthur, Remus? Would you please join Lucius and I in the proceedings?" Snape's voice was very matter of fact and Harry found himself impressed with his leadership skills.
His first test was with Arthur, he stood before the man, wand at the ready.
"Harry, I want you to do a simple expelliarmus charm upon me. Ready...GO!" Harry didn't need to say the word and before he knew it Arthur was blasted off of his feet and into the nearest bush which was a good twenty feet away. His powers had definitely improved, more than he had realized.
Snape gave a small nod of approval, the gestured for Minerva to take Arthur's place. Harry saw the elder Weasley get up and dust himself off with a shake of his head and a slight smile.
"Harry I'm going to duel with you. Your goal will be to stay alive and defeat me." Harry gulped nervously and nodded, getting into a ready stance, wand held aloft.
Minerva swiped her wand in a vertical arc, green light flaring after it with raging speeds toward the teenage boy. Harry felt a moment of panic, then everything seemed to slow down, he easily side stepped the attack and threw a crippling curse of his own. Minerva side stepped his attack with surprising agility then proceeded to cast a difficult number of spells in his direction. Harry avoided most of them but the last orange spell was unavoidable. Harry threw up a shield charm so strong that Minerva was thrown into the same bush that Arthur had just vacated.
Minerva got up and bowed to her young student to be replaced with Remus.
"Harry, we are going to test your agility, it seems that your magic has increased beyond anything that we dreamed. It is time to test your animal instincts." Remus gave a lopsided grin and ran towards Harry with uncanny speed. Harry avoided the raging wizard with a jump at least ten feet in the air.
When Harry landed on the ground Remus was there swiping at him with hands and teeth, his body a weapon. Harry was dashing and parrying every attack, he knew they must be a blur to everyone else in the clearing. Time seemed to rage on forever but then Harry had Remus pinned to the ground and calling match.
Harry let the older man up and heard slow clapping from behind him. He turned his head slowly in that direction to see Severus clapping his hands together while walking majestically towards him.
"That was very impressive. Now, let's test to see how long you can hold your temper, this will be critical in a school environment." Harry nodded and put his wand in his pocket.
Severus circled him, his dark eyes only for Harry, menace in their depths.
"Your father was an arrogant prick who thought of nothing but himself, I'm surprised he just didn't leave you and your mudblood mother to die when he saw the Dark Lord walk through his door." Harry felt anger welling up inside of him, his fingers clenched and un-clenched in fury. He tried to hold back his anger and succeeded in pushing it back from his mind.
Severus sensed this and smirked slightly in approval, then moved to a new approach. He walked towards Harry's friends and grabbed Fred by the shoulders. He wrenched the boy in front of Harry then swiftly punched him in the face. Harry heard everyone gasp but he did not take it in, he was too busy repressing the urge to protect his friend and kill Severus. Fred looked at his professor flabbergasted. Fred was then punched in the face once again, causing his lip to bust and blood to pour down his chin. Harry felt something within him rise to the surface, and he knew his eyes were changing, but all he saw was the ruby red blood, he felt his anger evaporate as another emotion took over his brain, something much much stronger. Hunger.
A/N: bah, another re-done chapter. Enjoy.