Chapter 10
A/N: Hey guys! I decided to rewrite this chapter and expand on some of the events.
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Vernon Dursley was reclining against the bars of his cell. The freaks were keeping him from his love who was suffering! The man had quickly lost his excess weight under the strain of life as a prisoner but he had begun doing his son's boxing workouts so he was ready to make an escape attempt. The freaks seemed all too eager to write the man off as a simple, helpless Muggle but under the influence of Harry's lure and with his prior knowledge of what a magic-wielder could do he had formulated an escape plan. The Wizarding World had elected to keep the Boy-Who-Lived's Uncle in the basement of Hogwarts where Dumbledore could treat him for Harry's influence.
One of the youngest House Elves on the Hogwarts staff was assigned to bring the unpleasant man food three times a day. Floppy was encouraged to allow as little magic as possible into contact with the Dursley patriarch so he was given a ring of keys to unlock the door and present the man his food. Vernon was able to figure out the consistent schedule for his care and when Floppy next unlocked the magically reinforced door he rushed his caregiver and made it out of the prison. Under the strong influence of Harry's uncontrolled lure the man was able to follow the bond after a long time practicing.
Vernon could feel the pull of Harry's magic when he went down to the dungeon to do his brewing so he knew the boy must be close. With a desperation that he hadn't felt for anything else, the older man tested the bond in an attempt to use it to reunite with his love. Vernon began an exhausting regimen of practice with the bond attempting to use it to recover Harry. After two long months of practice Vernon was confident that he could find Harry when he made his escape attempt. When Vernon first connected to Harry strongly enough to hear his little love's thoughts the man had expected the boy to be miserable without him but he had found a happy and recovering boy. In a state of confusion Vernon spent most of his time in Harry's mind trying to find the child's moments of personal misery but when he mentally confessed his love for his pack Vernon knew that his little love had been brain-washed by the freaks. "I'm gonna save him! Yup! I'll take him away from here and he will go back to being my lovely little submissive lover."
Now that he was free of his cell Vernon tapped into the bond and followed Harry's secret passages to the Dungeons. When the little Wizard saw his Uncle in the doorway his cat ears flattened to his head and his tale began flicking in distress. Vernon captured Harry's petrified eyes and released a sigh of relief. Draco saw the two responses and was quick to try and get between Harry and the stranger. Severus was gone. He had left to take Harry's newest batch of Pepper Up to Madam Pomfrey consequently leaving the boys unprotected and vulnerable.
"Oh, beloved! I've found you! Come on, we've got to go before they separate us again." With a sharp grip on Harry's upper arm Vernon grinned and made to leave but Draco was never going to allow it. Harry was happy to have his mate's relaxing presence in the trying situation but when Vernon made to threaten Draco Harry made the split second decision to save Draco. "I'm going! Draco, I remember! I remembered everything last night and I called Vernon to come get me. I don't want to be here anymore! Not with you or the stinky dungeon bat!" The words held none of the venom he had tried to infuse them with but they seemed to do the job. Draco's hurt but accepting expression had Harry on the brink of tears but the boy hoped that his mate would remember the name and understand.
Smiling heartily at the boy's cooperation Vernon took Harry into his arms and began making his way toward the front doors. Vernon had been mentally mapping out the castle from his bouts of observation inside Harry's head so he was knowledgeable enough in the passageways to take the route with the most secret portals. When Harry tentatively asked how Vernon knew these paths his Uncle told him all about how he had begun watching Harry through the boy's own eyes. With the new information, Harry went silent with the horror of the violation. Vernon's first mistake had been assuming that his "beloved" was too overwhelmed by joy to talk right now because as Vernon led Harry through the castle the powerful little wizard went to work on the bond gently shredding as he followed the path to his Uncle's mind.