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Harry Potter Has Always Known

Chapter 10

"Can I help you, headmaster?" asked Severus, sitting down in the chair in front of the headmaster's desk. He was only beginning to see how much the man manipulated everyone, and it had taken him a long time to see someone's point of view; to see that he was being manipulated. He had also realised that he was the one in control; after all, he was the one who was the spy. He was the one bringing in information from the Dark Lord. Without him, Dumbledore would be loosing control, and would not get the information he needed. His guilt had clouded him, but no more. That was what the headmaster had wanted to happen before Severus had joined the Dark Lord. He had been cunning and manipulative, after all, he was a Slytherin.

Not that he was a Death Eater any more. He didn't have to be a Death Eater to spy. He was still gathering information, and he knew the Death Eaters better than anyone, even the great Albus Dumbledore. That amused him. Someone knowing more than Dumbledore was not meant to be possible.

"Severus, who is the Secret Keeper of your mother?" asked Dumbledore his grandfatherly smile in place. He needed the power on his side.

"I do not know headmaster, I was Obliviated," he said, not wanting the man to know it was Harry who was that powerful. God knows what would happen if he found out. 'Probably block his magic again, more likely.' He had been shocked when he had seen Harry's memories and thoughts. There was no one else that could have bound Harry's magic because he had seen how powerful he really was at the age of ten or so.

He should have surpassed the headmaster by now, and he really was. If he kept practicing magic then he will be at any rate. Severus smiled thinking of everything that had happened in the last few days. His mother and the little girl they had saved was safe under the Fidelius spell, and no one could get to them; they had a porkey should anything happen. He was getting to know someone who pretended to be someone he was not, who was just like himself. Severus was also taking his masks down in Harry's presence, and Harry looked like he was enjoying getting to know the real man behind the masks, and for that he was grateful.

They were getting on well, sharing the same quarters. Having showers or baths after each other. It was not the mess they thought it would have been. Or what Dumbledore had hoped it would be.

"Tell me Severus, how are you and Harry getting on?" asked Dumbledore, a twinkle entering his eyes. He thought he was going to be told that Potter was ruining his space. It was well known Severus liked his privacy.

"Great, actually," said Severus truthfully for once in his life. Severus watched curiously as the twinkle left the headmaster's eyes, replaced with anger before it was covered up with surprise, and they began twinkling again.

"Severus, you must get him under your control. He is becoming too independent. We need him to dependent on someone, preferably you and me. Do anything you need to do to achieve that," said Dumbledore, his eyes no longer twinkling.

"What…why? Should it not be better if he was independent? He would be able to beat the Dark Lord that way," said Severus, trying to stop his shock from showing. He didn't like what the headmaster was implying at all.

"Because he will end up going and getting himself killed if he does. Severus, surely you realise that," said Dumbledore as if he was saddened that Severus hadn't realised that before.

Severus growled, gritting his teeth. "There is nothing I can do to make him depend on me anyway. One, he doesn't trust me enough," lied Severus. He knew Harry trusted him impeccably. "Two, I think he likes being independent," shrugged Severus. He didn't like the way this conversation was going. Not that he was going to do anything the headmaster asked him to do. He had already had enough of doing what the headmaster asked him to do.

"Severus, we can't have that. I need him to either depend on me and hate you, or afraid of you and have him come to me," said Dumbledore, his twinkle coming back full blast.

"Where are you going with this, Dumbledore?" asked Severus. Not even realising he had called the man Dumbledore. But Dumbledore heard it, and the twinkle disappeared from the man's eyes as he thought 'perhaps I'm loosing his trust'.

"Severus, I am merely giving you permission to do what you have always wanted to do, what was it you used to say it? Ah, yes, 'bring him down a peg or two', that would be one way to get him to rely on me. I need him to tell me everything. The visions, anything that would help in the war. I know for a fact that this bond will not help Harry's visions, and hopefully you can be the one to kill Lord Voldemort after all. When you bond, you become one, and you will have Harry's power that the Dark Lord knows not," said Dumbledore. He really didn't need anyone having more power than him. Especially Harry Potter; he was after all their saviour, and they would all bend over for him. But Severus Snape was just a man who was a Death Eater, no one would care.

"Excuse me?" asked Severus, not believing his ears.

"Did you just tell me that I am to hurt Harry Potter and make him afraid of me?" he asked again, the disbelief etched on his face, causing Dumbledore to frown. After all, it was all he wanted.

"Yes," said Dumbledore, the twinkle in his eyes.

"No," said Severus. He would not to this, it didn't matter what the man tried.

"Severus, you will do this or I will have you put in Azkaban," said Dumbledore, his eyes no longer grandfatherly, they were cold and hard as steel.

"Well, do it! Go on, tell the Ministry!" Severus roared at him. He didn't care if he was sent to Azkaban. The thought of hurting Harry after the way he had been treated at home made him sick, there was no way in hell that he would do it. He had gotten to know the real Harry and found that he liked him. The thought of abusing the new found trust, the undying trust Harry had in him was like ripping what was left of his heart and soul out.

"Severus, what has happened to you?" said Dumbledore sadly. Severus was not stupid enough to fall for any of the frail looking old man who only wants what is best for the world crap.

"My eyes have been opened," was all Severus said.

"Do you want Voldemort to win?" Dumbledore asked gently, trying to be the gentle old man again. He was using every tactic in his book to try and get Severus to do as he pleased.

"He won't. Harry will win," said Severus with so much conviction it startled him. Now he knew Harry was not just living by luck or anything of the sort. He knew his husband-to-be would defeat the Dark Lord once and for all.

"I'm sorry, Severus. Imperio," muttered Dumbledore before demanding Severus to rape and beat Harry, but not to kill him. Heal him so no one can see the wounds, and make him submit to you'. His twinkle was back, but for only half a second before a fist landed in his face. Bam!

"How dare you, Albus! How dare you!" Severus raged, standing there red faced and his onyx eyes glittering dangerously as his anger at the man coursed through him. The man he had trusted had tried to compel him to rape and beat a person he had come to respect and even like.

"It's all for the grater good, Severus," said Dumbledore quietly. Still in shock at the fact that Severus could throw off his Imperious curse, and even more so that the man had hit him.

"Fuck your greater good! The greater good is you wanting to break Harry Potter! If we do that, then we won't win the war! What if I could not kill the Dark Lord which I might add, I probably couldn't? May I remind you that while I have the mark, I won't be able to? The connection, at the most, may break, but the mark itself or the spells in it may never come away," said Severus.

By the look on Dumbledore's face, for once in his life, he looked shocked. Dumbledore had not even thought about that. He was not happy that Severus had broken the spell. That was the last thing he needed. Harry Potter broken, and Severus not able to get rid of the Dark Lord because of a damn, stupid mark.

Another reason he wanted Severus and Harry not to trust one another was because he didn't want them to have a child. He knew powerful, and men who loved each other and were bonded were able to conceive children. Also, he didn't think they could ever trust each other enough for one of them to end up pregnant now. If Severus could never get anyone pregnant, and then prophecy would not come to pass.

One with the mark of darkness that is light

Shall be the father of a child

Together they shall bring the defeat of the Dark Lord

The bumble bee will forever regret interfering

This then will result in his doom

It was obvious from the prophecy that the one with the mark of darkness that was light was Severus, and that he would be the father of a child, could mean he would get someone pregnant and together they would defeat the Dark Lord and Dumbledore for interfering, so he had stopped it. By gaining Severus' total trust, and killing the son which had not been born yet. Severus had said that she had been wavering from the Dark Side and Dumbledore had known then that it was the prophecy coming into play, and he thankfully stopped it in time.

"Try that again, headmaster, and I will leave so fast your head will spin! Not only will you have to find yourself a new Potions Master but a Slytherin head of house and a spy!" Severus snarled as he stood away from the headmaster, and walked to the door.

Once he got there, he turned to look at the headmaster in disdain. The headmaster looked at him, the whole time wondering if he was going to really leave. But what Severus said next made Dumbledore's jaw drop, and his eyes widen. This, he had not expected.

"You are no better than Voldemort!" The door shut with a bang as Severus fled from the room, never once looking back. Every ounce of trust and friendliness he had with the headmaster was sitting in a heap on the floor of the headmaster's office. Severus didn't trust the man any more, nor did he want him as a friend. He finally understood the man didn't care about him. Oddly, it didn't hurt as much as he thought it would, because he had someone else; someone who truly trusted him with his life. And that someone had a place in his heart that Dumbledore had never had; Dumbledore never got to see the real Severus Snape behind the masks, only Harry did.