Voldemort's POV
'I'm rather...happy. I have an heir now, and he is powerful'. I sat in my library, calmly reading one of my many parseltongue books. Well, for the most part. After Harry had blacked out, I carried him to his new rooms, which are located right next to mine. I looked up at the sound of a clock dinging. 'It's almost time for the meeting. I should get him up and ready.'
"Rabastan!" I raised my voice slightly, knowing he would hear me anyways. A few moments later, the library doors opened.
"Yes, my Lord?" Rabastan said, slightly out of breath.
"Please, do wake up Harry, it's time to get ready for the meeting." Rabastan nods, slipping back out of the room. I turn to a drawer, in the desk nearby, to take out a piece of blank parchment. At the bottom the letters S.B. are neatly scrawled and I quickly write out a message.
Sirius, we are going to begin soon. Check in on Remus while you're at it.
I don't wait for a response, getting up and leaving the library to head to the throne room, where meetings are typically held.
I'm there for only a few minutes when Harry walks in, wearing dark green robes. "Good to see you up, Harry. I trust you didn't give Rabastan too much of a hard time for waking you," I gave a small smile, transfiguring a pebble into a second chair next to my own.
"Of course not, Marvolo. I wouldn't do that." Harry grinned.
"Right, I don't believe you."
"That's probably a good thing," I could see the mischief dancing in his green eyes and nearly laughed.
"Anyways, I need to talk to you about our next course of action before all the others arrive. I am certain that my followers are quite ready to start the next step in this war. What are your thoughts on this?" I leaned back in my black leather seat, watching Harry for his response. The gears were almost visibly turning in his head.
"I would have to agree with you. This war should not go on for much longer though. I propose that we scatter those on Dumbledore's side, to thin the opposition. However, to do that, we would have to attack multiple places at once," Humming slightly, I nodded.
"Yes, that would work quite well. I can split our followers into three groups, and put three of my inner circle in charge of each group. How about we go for Hogsmeade, Diagon Alley, and the nearby Muggle town."
"Muggle town? Whatever for?" Harry tilted his head slightly.
"I am wounded, Harry. Don't tell me you actually think I would be attacking the Muggles?! Of course not! We have an illusion spell that we can cast to lure the Muggle loving Wizards there. I will have our followers go an hour early to evacuate everyone first."
"Oh, okay. That makes sense. I think this is a good plan. Whom should we put in charge of whom?"
For the next hour, we debated on who will go where and under whose command. It went easily enough, with very little argument. After we finished, it was time for the other Death Eaters to arrive.
"It is time, my loyal followers, to begin the next stage of this war; scattering the followers of Dumbledore. Harry and I have discussed this earlier today, and have formed a plan. There will be three groups, each group will be commanded by those from my inner circle and will disperse to three different locations. For the first group, it will be led by the three Lestranges: Rodolphus, Rabastan, and Bellatrix. In their group shall be those in the outer circle. You will go to Hogsmeade and cause a bit of havoc. However do not kill anyone! Any objections?" I glanced over the people gathered in the room, all dressed in their black robes and white masks.
"None, my Lord," the three Lestranges toned.
"Good. Next, I will have Lestrange Sr., Mulciber, and Nott. I place the three of you in charge of my middle tier. Go to Diagon Alley, and do not kill anyone. Any objections?"
"Yes, I-" Mulciber tried to talk, but was cut off.
"Good, now, for the third group I want Lucius Malfoy, Rosier Sr., and Avery Sr. I place the three of you in charge of the nearby Muggle town. I want you to head straight there after this meeting and place the illusion charm. After that, evacuate the Muggles as quickly as possible. I place the rest of my followers under your command. If there are no further objections, then you are all dis-"
I almost got done saying what was needed to be said, when the door to the room was suddenly slammed open. Almost everyone in the room jumped from the noise, something I found rather amusing.
"My Lord! We have an emergency! It's Remus!" Sirius stood in the doorway, breathing heavily and looking as though he is about to be sick. I felt Harry tense up next to me and sighed.
"Everyone, out," at those words, everyone was gone in a few seconds, leaving me with Sirius and Harry.
"What happened?" Standing, I headed towards a different room, one for private meetings. I didn't bother looking behind me, knowing they were following. Once we were in the room, empty but for two chairs and a table, I turned the table into another chair, and Sirius began to talk once we were sitting.
"Well, I went to find Remus, to see how he was doing. But, I overheard Dumbledore mumbling to himself about 'going to the dungeons and teaching that stupid wolf a lesson.' I came straight here after that," he sighed, obviously really worried, despite previously saying how he didn't like the boy.
"I see. This is a problem. Very well then, I would like for the both of you to go back to Hogwarts. Take Lucius with you just in case, tell him to have Narcissa take his place in commanding."
"Alright, but what will you be doing, my Lord?"
"I will remain here. After dropping my wards, Dumbledore will come and find me. I imagine the three of you being in Hogwarts, snooping around his dungeons, won't be taken very well. Thankfully I am good at improvising when things call for such. Instead of trying to attack you, he will likely come to the source, this time." Sirius and Harry nodded, moving to stand. I raise a hand to stop them momentarily.
"When you get there, try not to make a scene. Go straight to the dungeons and find Remus. When you find him, bring him to the safe house, using this portkey," I pulled out a small, yellow, button and handed it to Harry. "He will be safe there. I have used the house a few times myself, when I had to heal from my worse wounds. By then, Dumbledore will have left to find me, so stay there until one of my other Death Eaters comes to get you. If things don't go well, notify me immediately."
"Yes, my Lord," Sirius stood, bringing Harry with him.
"Good, now go," I watched as they left the room, most likely to see if Lucius is lingering here, before I stood and walked out from the room as well. I just hope the little wolf is safe, for my little heirs' sake.
Harry POV
Walking into the meeting room, we went up to the chair where Marvolo sat. Once we stopped walking and stood in front of him, he looked up from his book and smiled.
"Are you ready then?" he placed the book down, and sat up more.
"Yes, my Lord," Lucius intoned.
"Then before you leave, I want to place the strongest protection and invisibility charms I know, on each of you. These charms will last an hour and 25 minutes, so you will need to find Remus before that time ends," Marvolo looked over at me as he spoke these words, and I gave a small nod. 'I will succeed in this, I won't let them harm Remus anymore. He doesn't deserve to be harmed because of me and my foolishness.'
"Good," standing, he placed his hand above my head and spoke softly. "Cave inimicum," I felt a wave of warmth spreading through me, and watched as he did the same with Sirius and Lucius, before coming back to me. "I will now place the invisibility charm. After I finish, I want you to head out immediately, we cannot afford to lose any time. I have placed a portkey outside the wards of the Manor, it is just simply a rock. When you touch it say Hogwarts and you will be taken to the apparation point outside Hogwarts' wards. Go in and get back out as soon as possible. Understood?"
"Yes, Marvolo," I answered this time, the other two nodding in agreement.
"Very well then, I wish the three of you the best of luck. Calamitatis," once he had finished, and all three of us were invisible, we swiftly left the room and went in search of the rock. It was easily found; the only rock within sight and it was a deep purple.
After we all spoke 'Hogwarts,' I felt the scenery change around us, before the large castle was before us.
"Let's go, we really can't waste any time. Sirius, you said that he was being held in the dungeons, do you know any specific location other than that? The dungeons are rather large and could take longer than an hour to go through," I spoke as we rushed to the castle, and quickly opened the large doors, slipping inside.
"Unfortunately, all I heard was that he is in the dungeons," Sirius sadly shook his head, and with a sigh, we all ran towards the dungeons. The halls were still filled with wandering students, going to and from their classes, though no one has been alerted to us being here. Cautiously running through the hallways and hidden shortcuts, being careful to not bump into anyone or anything, we reached the cells in the deepest part of the dungeons within 30 minutes. I stopped, gasping for breath.
"We need to go farther in, I don't think he is anywhere near this area. Besides, I still can't sense him," I glanced over at the general location of Sirius and Lucius, who were also out of breath from the sound of their heavy breathing. I can sense Remus when he is nearby, but only very slightly still. It started when I admitted that I love him. Sighing, I stood back up from my slumped position on the wall, and began to run towards the deeper part of the dungeon. The other two began following a few moments later. After another fifteen minutes of running, we found it.
There's a staircase going farther down into the ground, and I can now sense him, though just barely. Grinning, I looked behind me. "It's here, we are closer now. Let's go, we have no time to waste, there's only 45 minutes left."
I turned back around, and made a mad dash down the stairs.
We found him. 'Finally! But something is wrong, very wrong. I need to bust this door down.'
"Step back, I'm destroying this door."
"Alright. Be quick," Sirius' voice rang out, and I just smirked. Once I felt they were far enough away, I cast the strongest Bombarda I could manage. I left a huge hole in the wall, roughly seven feet across and six feet tall, and rushed inside. I nearly threw up at the strong scent of blood after entering the cell. However, I did choke out a sob when I saw him. It was absolutely horrifying, seeing the person I love so limp and lifeless.
"We need to go, now. Grab onto the button," I spoke, holding onto Remus.
"Got it," both Sirius and Lucius spoke, and after saying the activation words, we were taken to the safe house. The only thing on our minds is whether or not we were in time to be able to save Remus Lupin's life, or if we were too late.