I entered the room and I found a very angry white panther pacing around my room. He looked at me and growled angrily as I started to laugh.
"If you don't change I will not be able to help you," I said and he changed sitting on the couch frowning. "What did she do this time to make you get angry like this?"
" She, …, she, …, she dared to tell me that I was bothering her not letting me even kiss her before she told me to bugger off," Lucius said angry and I laughed.
"Did you forget to whom we are getting married? She is the 'know it all' who will never let anything goes between her and her studies. Just wait until she finishes her tests and she would make it up for you," I said smirking and he glared at me.
I offered him a drink and he sat sulking near the fire. After two hours, we heard the door opened and Hermione entered, sniffing softly and ran into my arms. She started to sob and we were getting worried.
"Pet, are you ok?" I asked and Lucius left the room wounded as she wanted me and not him.
"I will fail my tests Sev, I know it!" Hermione said crying louder and cuddling me. "Please, tell me it will be ok!"
"Love, you have to cool down, you were ready for the NEWTS two years ago; this will be ok." I said kissing her head, "You need to worry about a sad mate as you hurt him when he went after you to comfort you and you yelled at him."
I saw her face as she realized how much she hurt Lucius and she sobbed again on my shoulder.
"He will hate me, I'm sure of this," she said softly.
"Nay, just go to the room and talk with him, he will understand that you love him and it was not your intention to hurt him. Go now and I will prepare dinner." I said pushing her to my room.
I went to my kitchen and I prepare a light dinner. We would eat near the fire and we could talk about the binding ceremony. After some minutes I heard them moan and I smiled thinking about how good we were together.
They came back an hour later, smiling and happy with each other. She was so beautiful and I loved her so much. We ate I silence until the rest of the team arrived.
"Good evening, are we going to the clearing tonight?" Sirius asked
"Yes, is the full moon tonight and I want to try something. As you remember, Remus became an animagus, he is a wolf and I want to see if his transformation would be different now." I said, "Remus, you will change to you animagus form before your usual time and we will be near you to help you. Now, let's go."
We left my quarters and we went to the clearing. We had minutes before the moon's rise and I asked Remus to change. He did it and when the moon was rising, and we saw him getting tense and stiff but he was not in great pain as usual. After some minutes, he was still the same, only his ices were amber.
"Remus, are you ok?" I asked
"Severus is Moony, I'm ok, Remus is ok, resting. I wanted to speak to you. Thank you for letting me into your pack." Moony said and sat down showing me his submission
"Is ok Moony, you are part of my pack and I will help you, now go with your mates they are waiting for you," I said and he nodded before running with Draco and Sirius.
"They are happy now." Hermione said, "So, how about going to our little place for a while and helping me with my stress?"
"Little minx!" Lucius said before lunging after her. She only laughed and ran into the darkness.
I snorted at their childish behavior and followed them. We spent the night showing her how much fun she could have when she let us take control.
One day later, I went to see the Dark Lord to tell him about the bound and he was not happy but thanks to small miracles, he understood we could do nothing about this. He only told us he would organize a ball for the two triads. Sirius and Remus were not happy about this but understood we had a game to play.
On Monday, the NEWTS began and we found ourselves trying to comfort a very distress witch who was sure she would fail every test she passed. She would ask us to hold her tight and we complied telling her how much we loved her. The last day was a blessing as she entered the room and told us she needed to sleep. We just kissed her and told her to take her time and that we would be waiting for her to finish the preparation for the wedding.
On Sunday, the order would arrive to share our special day with us. We did not have a clue about who could be the spy but we thought about having a small wedding ceremony with the high-rank members and the party with the rest of the order.
That day, she woke up happy and cheery, she said everything was behind her and she wanted to enjoy our special day. She told us she would have Molly and Minerva helping her and Draco with the robes and she said Albus would come to help the grooms. I was not happy about having him smirking around us but I did not know what to do to let him out.
Sirius and Remus arrived on time to our room. Their robes were dark blue and black. Ours were dark green and silver; we wanted to show our pride and our house. Albus came with Arthur, Kingsley, and Moody. They brought some elf wine and we toasted for the new life we were entering. In two weeks, the rest of the staff and the students would know about us. We just hoped we could help Draco and Hermione to cope with the whispering and the bully. Draco was marrying two Gryffindor males and Hermione was marrying two snakes. This could be seen as a treason for the two houses. We only hope his pregnancy could arrive after the Christmas holidays as it would be easier to hide.
I entered the ROR and I saw Minerva transfigured the room to a nice forest clearing. We would bound ourselves as wizard and as animagus.
Arthur was our best man and Harry was Sirius and Remus best man. Standing for Draco was Kingsley and for Hermione was Molly. Albus and Minerva were standing on the front ready to perform the ceremony.
Draco entered first, his robes were light blue, almost silver and he was beaming. He stood near his mates and they took his hands. Hermione was behind, wearing a silver robe, beautiful and perfect. Her hair was up and she was wearing the platinum locket we gave her with our pictures.
Albus called us to take place in front of the atrium and all of them stand around us holding their hands, forming a circle. He chanted for some minutes while Minerva tied our hands together with a silver cord. I felt the ancient magic entering my body and binding me to Lucius and Hermione. The cord glowed and disappeared and the rings appeared in our fingers. I felt tired and drained as the ceremony was taxing us hard.
"I never saw a bind so powerful as this two. Any offspring who would be born of you would be powerful." Moody said and Arthur nodded. "I can see now that this was the right thing to do. I want to apologize because I was suspicious of you."
"Thank you, I can promise you that we will protect her and we would try to prevent any harm for her," Lucius said.
"I will honor them with my life," Draco said holding Sirius and Remus hands.
"Now, we will go to the party at the Hall. They are waiting for us there." Albus said opening the door.
We entered the hall, where the rest of the order was waiting for us, and they cheered. Molly was sobbing and hugging Hermione and Draco, telling them how beautiful they were. Ginny was smiling in Harry's arms and whispering into his ear, maybe dreaming about her wedding.
We danced with Hermione and we sat to drink while she danced with her friends. Albus was trying to charm Minerva to dance with him and she was laughing at his flirting. Some minutes after we saw an owl arriving and Albus told us to listen.
" I just got the result of the NEWTS. I want to tell you that I'm proud of your efforts and we will take you into the apprenticeships no matter the results." He said and Hermione winced. Harry, you have eight Outstanding and two Excel expectations. Draco you got eleven Outstanding and three Excel expectations. Hermione for the last and not the least, you are our pride and we are honored to tell you that you got fifteen Outstanding taking the record in Howard's history. You just outdid your husband for two NEWTS."
Everybody was cheering and toasting and I saw Ron Weasley leaving the room sulking. I would speak with Albus after the party.
The feast was great and we could eat and drink with our friends. Hermione was planning a girl night with Ginny and to our surprise Draco. She said they could have a day pampering themselves and eating ice cream in our chambers so we would have to find a place to go during that day.
I heard a gasp and I saw Hermione wincing holding her stomach. I took her to the side and Lucius followed us.
"Mia, are you ok?" Lucius asked
"My mark is burning." She said and we cringed
"ALBUS, COME HERE!" I yelled and he ran to our side, "he is calling her alone, our spy just let him know about the bond."
"So she has to go alone. Hermione, do everything he wants you to do, don't play the hero. We will wait for you and help you." Albus said sadly.
"Love, I know this is difficult for you but you need to let me go." Hermione told me, "I need you and Lucius to be strong. I have the locket and I will send you a message as soon as I can."
She kissed us and ran to the entrance. Way to destroy a party. We left the room with our team and we could only wait now.
x
I ran to the gates and I pressed my wand on my mark, apparating to the Riddle Manor. The house was dark and I found Bellatrix at the entrance waiting for me.
"He wants you to change to your animal form and go to his room. I will take you there mudblood." She said sneering at me.
I changed and she spat at me before turning into her heel and starting to walk. I followed her, thinking about different ways of killing her and soon we arrived at a black door.
"Hopefully he will kill you tonight and Severus will be mine to play." She said opening the door and pushing me inside.
Everything was black; I couldn't see a single thing so I stayed near the door waiting for anything to happen. After some minutes, I saw a pair of red eyes looking at me. There were some soft noises of big paws and I saw a very big black panther coming near me. He looked confused and sniffed my scent.
'Do I know you? Why are you in my room?' the Dark Lord asked.
'My Lord, are you ok?' I asked confused, he could be playing with me.
'My name is Tom, not Lord, why are you calling me that?' he said confused. 'I remember leaving the manor and after that is only darkness. After some time, I remember getting out of a cauldron and again darkness. Can you help me?'
I realized he was being controlled by somebody and his animagus form prevent the charm to work. I needed Severus and Lucius fast.
'I think somebody controls your human form. Do not change as you will forget about this, I will call Lucius and Severus to help you. Do not move or change to your human form. You will try to harm me or kill me.' I said
'Kill you? Why?' he asked confused
'They will tell you, now try to rest.' I said and he nodded.
I touch the locket on my neck and five minutes after, Severus was entering the room and change to his animagus form with Lucius.
He went near the panther and growled loud. The black panther looked at him not knowing what to do.
'Who are you? Somebody is controlling you with a dark potion.' Severus asked
'My name is Tom Riddle; I don't know where I'm or what happened to me. Can you tell me what year it is?" the Dark Lord said.
'This is 1997, my Lord' Lucius said
'Do not call me like this' he said, 'can you help me?'
'Yes, I know the counter spell but it will hurt a lot. You will have your memories back and I hope you will forgive us for your pain. I need to change to my human form.' Severus said and changed back.
He stood near the Dark Lord and started to chant some incantations moving his wand over the panther's body. It started to tremble and whimper in pain. After some minutes, we could see his eyes glowing and settling in a very lovely grey color. Maybe this was over. The panther disappeared and a very handsome young man was sitting on the floor.
"Please tell me I did not kill all those people! Please tell me I did not rape and torture all those people just because I hated my father!" he yelled at us.
"My lord, are you ok?" Severus asked
"No, I need to see Dumbledore at once. Somebody was feeding me this potion to use me as his puppet. I need to end this madness." He said, "To go out, I will say that we need to punish the "mudblood", we will go to see the headmaster at once."
We followed him, I was in my animagus form and he barked at Bellatrix to tell her he was leaving for a capital punishment for the headmaster. We apparated to the castle and he followed us in his animagus form. Severus took him to our quarters where the team and the order were waiting for us. They looked at the panther suspicious and they started to ask questions about his identity.
"Silence!" Albus yelled, "Severus we need some explanation about your new friend. I feel I met him before."
"Yes, everybody met him before. I need to explain something to you. When Hermione arrived at the manor, she found out this animagus was controlled in his human form and he did not know where he was or who she was. She called us at once and I realized his human form was controlled with total control mentis et corporis potion." Severus said, "They were using this for years and he only has two times when he remembered something. One when the potion was first administered and the second time when the Dark Lord was reborn after the games."
"Severus, are you trying to say that this panther was controlled and he was not responsible for his actions?" Moody said. "I need a proof."
"I took some of his blood before casting the counterspell. Looked at this." Severus said and gave him a vial.
"This is worst that I thought, this person was a puppet to the Dark Lord," Moody said.
"No, Moody, is even worst. He will change to his human form and please do not hex him; he is taking everything rather badly." Lucius said and everybody swore to listen before attacking.
Tom changed to his human form and everybody gasped. Dumbledore was looking at him sadly and Tom went to his side, kneeling and sobbing into the floor.
"I'm sorry, I never wanted this, I just wanted my father to be punished but not this. Please help me." He said sobbing hard and everybody was gaping at him. I went to his side and took him into my arms.
"Hermione, he will hurt you!" Arthur yelled and I felt Tom shuddered in my arms.
"He will not hurt me Arthur; he is too scared and needs to take everything too fast." I said, "Tom, can you change to you animagus form?"
He did it and I saw the order relaxing around us. I changed and sat to his side, licking his head as he started to purr. I heard a growl and I saw Shadows coming near us. Fuck, we did not need this.
'She is my mate and I'm the alpha of this pack!' he said.
Tom looked at him and I could see he was thinking about what to do. I was surprised to see him rolling to his back and showing Shadows his submission. Not the attitude you will expect from the Dark Lord. Severus looked at him and rolled him to his stomach. Tom did not move presenting his neck to Shadow. After some minutes, I saw Shadow biting hard on his neck and marking him into our pack. Tom stood up and started to jump around Shadow trying to make him play.
Everybody was laughing and when we changed back, they were cool as they know now he was under Severus orders so he will not do anything against his alpha.
"Tom, we need to find who was controlling you and you need to stop drinking whatever they would give you. Who cooks for you?" Albus asked
"The Black family was always the caterer of my food. Now Bellatrix was in charge." Tom said
"Why I'm not surprised," Sirius said, "This potion is part of our family tradition."
"Do you have something to prevent him to be controlled again?" Severus asked, "he needs to come back to help us destroy this madness."
"Yes, you can brew the counter potion; I will give you the instructions. Tom you will have to take this every morning while you are in your manor."
"I will send an owl telling them I need to travel for some months while we can find a way to stop this. I need to hide from everybody." Tom said. "Hmm, Draco, you don't need to get pregnant, I'm sorry if I forced you into this marriage."
"Is ok, I'm in love with them anyway. You have a little problem to talk with the second part of our team." Draco said raising his brows.
Oh, this will be fun, three mates, how could I handle this? I took the easier solution: I fainted.
x
I could catch her before she fell to the floor and I followed Severus to their chambers. Lucius was walking next to me, looking at Hermione in my arms.
"Do not dare to hurt her!" he hissed and I shook my head.
"I will not do it, even if I do not know her, I can feel a pull to her. I'm not stupid, you know?" I said smirking at him, "I remember you from the first time I saw you, you were trembling under your father, nasty one, he was even worse than mine."
"Are you really willing to change your ways?" Lucius asked me.
"I'm not sure what my ways are so I only can find new ones. I just want to have a good life, maybe some kids?" I said and he laughed
"I never thought to hear talk about this, are you sure this is not a dream?" Lucius asked
"I hope not, I don't like anybody to control my life. It was years of my life stolen from me." I said looking at her.
"Come, we will let her sleep to deal with this and we will talk about how to handle this on the sitting room," Severus said and I could see he was not happy.
After I put her on the bed, I kissed her head and I heard them growled. I tried to ignore them and I followed them to the next room. We sat on the couches near the fire and Severus gave us something to drink.
"You can realize this will be hard on her. She will have three partners to deal with. The "Dark Lord and two death eaters". This will give her problems with her peer and the people around." Severus said.
"We need to see how I will say to the death eaters about this. I want to stop this war but we need to be smart to not to have problems with the Lestrange or the Blacks." I said
"Yes, I could see that you were off when dear Bella killed her sister." Lucius said," Do you remember that?"
"What happened to Narcisa?" he asked
"You gave her to the inner circle to play with her. Bellatrix was the last who raped her and finally killed her." Lucius said
I felt so bad that I vomited on the floor. It was disgusting.
"Please, I need you to tell me all," I begged and they started to tell me what they knew.
They told me about the revels, how dirty and sick I was becoming, how I would rape the women and men, enjoying their suffering. How I forced them to claim our mate in her animagus form and wanked myself of looking at them. I felt so sick and embarrassed. It was not me.
"I'm so sorry, I don't remember any of this, is just horrible. I'm so sorry. Did I ever hurt you like this?" I asked not wanting to know the truth.
"No, we were lucky but Rudolph was not. I think it pleased Bella to see you hurting him while you fuck him senseless." Severus said and I was vomiting again.
"Sorry, I just don't like men in that way. I don't have problems with homosexuals couples like the second triad but I don't like it for me." I said cleaning the floor again. "We need to find an excuse to let me stay here while we find a way to stop them."
"Well, we can always say Dumbledore is having you hostage trying to make see reason. He would not let you out from the school and we are not able to help you either." Lucius said
"We can stage your capture and let one of the death eaters see you as he takes you down to the dungeons," Severus said and I grinned.
"I guess you can call this sweet revenge. I'm sorry about your first love, I don't know why I went after them." I said
"A stupid prophecy, we will tell you about this after the meeting with Dumbledore. Now we will try to rest, oh shit, we need a bigger bed now." Severus said