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Giving In

Chapter 10: Why Me?

Bright light, a scream and then he was running. Harry was back at the Ministry and running away from Death Eaters while trying to dodge curses left and right. Then the scene shifted and he was standing in front of the veil. Never ending... Re-watching Sirius fall over and over again. No matter how loud he screamed or how hard he tried to save him Sirius would still fall and die right before his eyes.

He felt the anger and guilt build in him. If he had only been stronger and saw through Dumbledores lies and joined Voldemort sooner Sirius would still be alive. It was his fault. The pain he felt made him loose control and he couldn't stop the tears from rolling down his face. He fell to his knees. 'Why? Why is it always me? Why does this always happen to me?' He asked himself. 'What did I do in a past life to deserve this much pain?' The tears continued and he couldn't stop the thoughts that plagued his mind and seeing Sirius again fall threw the veil made him scream in anguish for all he had lost.

He woke with a start sitting straight up. A strong pair of arms held him and rubbed circles into his back he relaxed into the touch, leaning into it. He turned expecting to see Snapes onyx eyes but instead was met with crimson ones. His first instinct was to get away but when he tried to move the pair of arms held him in place. Voldemort continued to rub circles into his back until he was almost asleep he felt Voldemorts arms slip from under him. Lowering him down back onto his pillow. A hand touched his head and moved his fringe from his eyes "sleep well Harry" Voldemort whispered with such compassion that you couldn't even tell it was him speaking. A cold pair of lips was felt on his forehead for a second and then they were gone. Harry fell into a dreamless sleep. It was the best sleep he had had in years.

The bright light was the first thing he noticed when he woke up. He stretched and sat up. It took his eyes a second to adjust to the light that was streaming in from the window. A thought struck him and he furred his brow in confusion. He couldn't remember going to bed last night. The last thing he remembered was dinner and after that was a complete blank. He nearly jumped when he remembered waking up in the middle of the night with Voldemort holding him. It was the middle of the night could he have just dreamt it? No... That was too real to be a dream. Was his screaming so loud that he came just to shut him up? When he used to scream at the Dursleys his uncle would wake him up by hitting him with a belt to shut him up. But Voldemort wasn't like that. His touches last night were soft and kind. Very un-Voldemort like but not really because he was starting to see a new side of the man one that he would not have expected to see. He blushed at the thought of Voldemort kissing his forehead last night. Was that a soft kiss of a guardian giving his ward or something more?

All these things swirled in his mind as he made his way to the bathroom to wash his face when he realized that he didn't have any other clothes with him and would have to talk to Voldemort about taking a trip to diagonally later. His mind was filled with thoughts of Voldemort as he walked all the way to the dinning room for breakfast.

As he went to the dinning table he saw that everyone was waiting for him. He instantly turned pink when he saw Voldemort. He sat at the head of the table and just smirked into his tea as he watched Harry blush. 'He cares for you' the voice said to Harry. Harry looked around and then realized the voice was in his head. He felt a tug from his chest like his soul was pulling him toward Voldemort. He was so lost in thought he didn't even realize that some one was speaking to him until all eyes were looking at him "umm sorry. What were you saying? I was lost in thought." Harry said apologizing again as he sat on a chair to Voldemorts left. A plate was already there and filled with everything he liked, scrambled eggs and bacon (YUM!). Snape and McGonagall looked at him in concern for a moment and then it was gone and filled with happiness.

Snape was the first to speak "are you okay Harry you seem a little out of it? Did you sleep well?" He asked concern back in his eyes. Harry nodded "I slept very well." Voldemorts smirk grew and Harry turned pink again. Snape eyed them both with a knowing eye and just shrugged it off. He would have to talk to Harry about Voldemorts growing attachment later. "Harry, Snape and I are going back to Hogwarts today. We need to hurry back before Dumbledore realizes I'm missing. We were planning to stay all day and leave later but Voldemort thinks that its better if we depart to Hogwarts as soon as possible." McGonagall explained that it was better for them to be back early so they could come up with a convincing cover story for Severus. They don't want Dumbledore getting more suspicious. So far they've come up with a sufficient story all they need is a little bit of rehearsal and they would be all set.

Harry was sad to hear that Snape and McGonagall were already leaving but they promised to visit every couple of days and they were an owl away if he needed them. Harry was both scared and excited to be staying alone with Voldemort. Harry knew that he wasn't the man Dumbledore made him out to be but he still didn't fully trust him.

Parting with Snape and McGonagall was hard. Although it had only been a few hours of them being here with him they felt like a family. He never would have guessed that he would have become friends with the snarky potions professor and with McGonagall who had always been there for him.

They were all standing in the Entrance Hall. Voldemort was at the back looking like a spectator at a feast. McGonagall gave Harry a hug and a smile, he smiled back "stay safe Harry" she said before she apparated to Hogsmeade. Snape gave his shoulder a squeeze and pulled him into a half hug he pulled him close and whispered in his ear "be careful. I made my promise a long time ago and I will not break it now. Stay safe. And take this." He handed Harry a necklace with an S on it. It was shaped like a snake and it greatly resembled the Slytherin crest except it was gold instead of silver and had bits of emeralds around it "This is the Snape crest. I've warded it to activate to mine." Snape said as he pulled down his shirt to show his own "if you're in danger hold it and say Snape manor and it will take you there and alert me that you've used it. Try to stay out of danger. I'll see you in a couple of days." Snape gave Harry one of his rare smiles and then he was gone leaving Harry standing in the Entrance Hall alone with Voldemort.

A cough brought him out of his trace. "Shall we?" Voldemort said as he grabbed Harry by the arm dragging him back up the stairs to Voldemorts office. "We have a lot to discuss and I'm guessing you have a lot of questions." Harry just nodded. He felt so numb. Like a piece of him was missing.

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