Demon Contract

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Snape had awoken in his office slumped over his desk. He couldn't remember what happened in the last hour or how he had gotten to his office in the first place. The last thing he remembered was going on patrol. But when he tried to remember what happened he would start getting a fierce headache. He looked down on his desk and noted a piece of parchment with a message address to him.

Sorry about that Severus. You were just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Can't let you endanger my plans.

My agent has taken care of that nasty blemish on you arm. Consider it a token of apology since I erased your memory.

Heir of Hell

Snape's eyes widen as he read the last part of the message. He yanked up his arm and sure enough the Dark Mark was gone. He took his wand and traced over it, feeling a powerful and yet sinister magic.

What actually startled him next was McGonagall bursting into his office in a frenzy. The Philosopher's stone was missing and Quirrell had been found at the entrance to the forbidden chamber brutally murdered.

That would have been phrasing it mildly. The man's heart had been ripped out and then shoved down his throat. His entrails had been ripped out and chewed on. His hands and feet had been cut off. His entire face had been ripped off, which was even more horrifying due to the second one on the back of his head. On the walls written in the dead man's blood was a gruesome message

I took care of this traitor for you and took the stone as my payment. Learn from you mistakes old man. I don't have time to send my agents out to deal with something that you should have done a long time ago.

Heir of Hell

Snape paled. Was this the plans that the Heir had written that he had disturbed? If so he was lucky it was just his mind that was erased and was not given a similar fate to Quirrell. He shuddered at the thought.

Nothing inside the chamber had been disturbed. All the obstacles minus the Mirror or Erised, even Fluffy was fully intact and undisturbed. The only thing that had been missing was the stone. The glass on the mirror had turned black and shattered when Dumbledore tried to touch it. Then another message appeared from the Heir.

Nice try. But the Stone is still mine.

Heir of Hell

The last part of their first year went by smoothly. As normal as it can get from Hogwarts. Over Christmas Harry was invited to Longbottom Manor. Draco spent the last few nights there as did Hermione. Rynder had Harry create a rune field so they could practice the Patronus charm and start on the Animagi training. To their surprise Neville was the first to succeed and transform into a coyote. Rynder said it was his closeness to nature that helped. Draco was surprised to find that he was a albino tiger and Hermione was an otter.

Augusta Longbottom had never been so proud then when she saw Neville transform to howl in the New Year in the parlor. Draco hesitated to send news to his father but found that it was well received by his parents. Rynder suggested that they could be registered with the Ministry if they wanted to and he would put a privacy spell on their forms. Harry kept his form secret since his was in the form of a demonic creature.

The rest of the year went by smoothly and yet the rumors of the Heir of Hell did not dissipate. Many speculated it was a Slytherin until the last month when Ron's bullying of Hermione took a steep dive. Up until then he and his friends Dean Thomas, and Sean Finnegan had just been occasionally pranking Nevlle and Hermione with the help of the girls in Hermione's year or hitting them on occasion. The week of the final exams took a steep dive.

Hermione was walking out of the library when a slicing hex cut the bottom of her robe exposing her left leg. She quickly took out her wand only to have it blast out of her hand.

"Hello Snake Slut."

Hermione turned wide eyed.

Harry was in Charms with Draco when Rynder felt Hermione's fear pulse through the mark.

He crept to the edge of Harry's conscious and called on some of his shadow familiars to check on her. One of them reported back quickly.

"YOUR FRIEND IS IN TROUBLE! DOWN THE CORRIDOR! SHE'S BEING ATTACKED!"

Harry didn't need to be told twice. He jumped out of his seat and out the door before Flitwick could stop him. The entire class jumped when Harry bellowed

"GET AWAY FROM HER YOU FILTHY BASTARDS!"

Draco and Flitwick raced out in time to see Harry shoot spells at three boys in hoods. Draco paled at the sight of Hermione on the ground crying in tattered robes. While he ran to her Flitwick immobilized one of the boys and the others ran.

Neville had a shadow familiar bring him out from the library. He arrived to see Harry glaring at the trapped boy. Draco, had transfigured a book into a blanket to cover Hermione, he was sitting next to her and healing her cuts and trying to calm her down

The three boys helped their friend up to the Infirmary where Harry, and Draco told them it was Gryffindors who had attacked her. When Hermione mention what her attackers had called her Draco starting swearing bloody murder.

Flitwick supported their claim by presenting his catch to McGonagall who cut him free and punished the boy with detentions and minus fifty points despite not giving up the names of the other attackers. It took a full body bind from Snape to keep both Harry and Draco from running out to lay siege to the Gryffindor Tower.

Neville immediately demanded a resorting as did Hermione before she was given a dreamless sleep potion. The three boys took turns guarding Hermione during their breaks and Draco convinced the other Slytherins to let them sit at their table during meals. Fred and George had heard what happened along with Percy. They didn't doubt it was their brother behind it all, but had no proof to support it.

Unlike Ron, his other brothers got along well with Harry. Rynder had encouraged Harry to send the twins a set of simple prank books and Loki's own How To Prank you enemies in a battle guide over the holidays. Rynder also sent an anonymous letter of recommendation of Percy's behalf to Madam Bones. She offered him an internship over the summer with the Magical Law Enforcement Department. The only reason Percy found that it was Harry who did it was the similar seals that was on the gifts that he sent the twins.

McGonagall finally allowed for the two to be re-sorted at the beginning of the leaving feast. From what Harry speculated she wanted to keep order in her house of lions. To everyone's surprise Hermione and Neville ended up in Slytherin. Hermione and Pansy were already on good speaking terms and had no problem with sharing a dorm next term. Neville may have seemed meek but his inner coyote was now apparent as he starred down Crabbe and Goyle and won much to everyone's amusement.

There had been no word on who had attacked Hermione, despite both her and Draco providing the memory of the attack. Harry swore that their Head of House was keeping it that way so they did not set the lions on fire.

Year Two

Pt. 1

It was a quiet summer. Harry had endured two weeks at the Durselys before he set off to Longbottom Manor. It had taken all of Harry's will power not to let Rynder do to the Durselys what he did to Quirrell. Especially after Petunia hit him with a frying pan.

The two boys laughed when Harry told Neville that he had slashed the tires on Vernon's car before leaving and slipping dye in his Uncle and Aunt's shampoo. The added touch was a box of spiders in Dudley's bedroom. All he left was a note saying that he had gone to a friends house for the summer.

"So, should we tell Dumbledore that you're here?"

"Old Dumbles can take care of him self. They were calling a locksmith to come and install bars on my bedroom window before I left!" Harry snapped. "I wouldn't be surprised if he put a locator charm on me."

"Really?" Nevill said with wide eyes.

"So, what did I miss in the last week."

"Draco wrote a letter saying that his dad was real pleased when he saw his Animagus form. Especially since it's a rare animal."

"Well that's good. What about Mione?"

"Her parents were upset that she was being bullied but were happy when she told them she got moved into a nicer house with friends who care about her."

"That's nice. How are your plants?" Harry asked.

"Brilliant. Especially the Devil's Snare cutting. Were did you get it?"

"Here and there. Rynder has his contacts."

"It's amazing, it hasn't taken over the green house yet since we keep it tamed in the rafters."

"Then you won't mind another?" Harry said as he opened a secret compartment in his trunk and pulled out a pot that had a seedling sprouting out.

"This is Yokai Weed. it's a plant that grows in the underworld. It's a new hybrid." Harry said handing it over. "From the cross breeding of a mandrake and an azalea."

Neville looked at him in awe then at the plant. "What's the magical properties?"

"No idea." Rynder said taking over. "They don't seem to last long in the Underworld so I brought one up to see how it fares. So far we know it like to be kept warm."

"Is that safe?"

"Hey, I'm the Prince of Hell. What do I have to fear?"

'Death?' Harry suggested.

"Shut up."