Separated Twins

Chapter 26

Being Weak and The Order - Chaos

Severus helped Damon get under the covers, by the time they got back to Hogwarts and down to the Dungeons' he was panting. A sheen coat of sweat covered Damon and he looked exhausted. Severus expected this; after all trying to stop yourself using magic was really difficult especially having it all your life. Plus his body would still be recuperating, his core strengthening and filling back up again back to its old shape and form. Severus fetched a cloth and began cleaning Damon's face with a nice cold wet flannel. Damon half smirked half smiled, Severus probably knew better than anyone else what was going on behind those beautiful green eyes. Feeling weak, hating it, hating relying on someone but so glad having someone there who would help him without scorn or ridiculing him.

"So how do you think Dumbledore will react?" asked Damon wincing when a sharp pain rode up his back. Severus summoned a potion and helped him drink it before replying to his question.

"I believe he will bid his time…no doubt plans to disappear as soon as Voldemort has been defeated. I'm sure he will have plans to take you and Damien down even if he has to take you down with him as the case may be" replied Severus without pause, he didn't hesitate he was full out telling Damon what he thought would happen.

"No beating around the bush, eh, Sev" smirked Damon patting the bed rather weakly wanting Severus to be closer to him. Severus complied, disrobing he slid into bed and held Damon close.

"You know I'm not one to do such a thing, if you want lied to next time as someone else" said Severus softly, but he knew Damon wasn't asking for lies just making conversation. Which was why there was no bite behind his words, just softly soothing words.

"I don't know anyone's opinion that I care about that would lie for me" smiled Damon, his tan now nearly completely gone. So had Severus' come to think about it and Damon missed it an awful lot. Severus looked so drastically pale, it made him look ill. However, he knew one day he would get Severus back in America even if it's just for a few weeks at a time. As for whose opinion mattered, there was only three people whose opinion mattered and it was predictable. Tyler, Damien and of course Severus - his lover.

Severus just snorted when he heard Damon's reply knowing it was true. Tyler and Damien always told the truth, they were sharp mouthed much like he himself was. No if Damon had wanted to hear half truths and lies he would have to go elsewhere.

"I should have realized there was a potion though Sev" said Damon looking like he was physically wanting to strangling himself.

"Do not be so silly, I've told you it was undetectable, there was nothing you could have done!" snapped Severus angrily, he knew how the teen felt, if it had been him he wouldn't have been able to hold back. He truly would have been trying to beat himself up, but such as it is - it was Damon who had been hurt with a potion. The craft he loved so much had let him down and the potion had remained undetected. Not just let him down but been used agaisnt him. Oh Severus knew how Damon was feeling alright because he was feeling the same way, almost anyway.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah" sighed Damon pouting irritateably.

"Sleep, get well again" sighed Severus, wrapped around his lover he fell asleep, Severus followed soon after. He hadnt gotten much sleep, as it was because he had been too damn worried.

.X.X.X

"Draco come forward" hissed Voldemort.

"Yes Milord?" asked Draco bowing low never letting his fear show.

"Tell me do you know the twins?" hissed Voldemort.

"No Milord" said Draco sweating behind his half mask.

"Tell me about them" snarled Voldemort; there was only a small gathering today. The Malfoy's, Bellatrix and of course a few others scattered along the table. Everyone was sitting down; Draco was standing almost directly in front of Voldemort. Ensuring his eyes were firmly planted on the floor, cursing his father once again for getting him in situations like these.

"They hate their parents, and Dumbledore Milord, I think the only reason they stay is because of Snape" said Draco, tight rein on himself he couldn't slip up and call Snape, Severus. He was after all a traitor to their cause, or at least everyone here likes to think so.

Voldemort hissed angrily hearing the name, his long disgusting nails digging into the throne like chair. Scraping along the arms of it, he had done this before if the other scratches were any indication.

"I want the traitor dead…perhaps then the twins will leave or come and find me and I will finish them off like I should have done all those years ago. However, I really should get the prophecy" hissed Voldemort unsure if taking action was the best thing to do. However, Voldemort wasn't known for his patients or planning ahead - he was the spur of the moment kind of man, er, monster.

"I am up for the task Master!" beamed Bellatrix her black hair touching Lucius and Narcissa's as she sat between them. Her eyes begged at her Master to be allowed this potion, after all she had long suspected Snape.

"You deserve this for all your loyalty Bellatrix…as amusing as your thirst for blood is I'm afraid we don't have time for this. Draco you will be assigned to killing our Traitor…by any means you can come up with. Perhaps you should avoid potions though, as he is a potions master" hissed Voldemort mockingly.

Draco paled; Snape was more paranoid than probably Salazar Slytherin was. How on earth were you supposed to kill a man who never ate anything, drank anything or did anything without spells and potions upon his person. Who by the way had started walking around with two of the most powerful people Draco had yet to see in his life - which included Dumbledore and Voldemort.

In fact Draco was just glad Voldemort wasn't interested in the twins…goodness knows what else he might have demanded.

"Perhaps its high time I went to the Ministry" hissed Voldemort, the time wasn't ideal but damn it, he needed the bloody prophecy. He had to know what it said - he didn't want it being his downfall. He had found out thanks to Avery who had managed to overhear through the door of the Minister's office. which according to Avery, Fudge's silencing charm weren't very good. They had been talking about a prophecy, protecting the Evan's twins as they liked being called and trying to force them into staying.

So the obsession that should have begun years prior was now catching up. Sowing seeds in his mind, ensnaring his senses and nothing no amount of reason was going to help anyone.

"Crucio" said Voldemort when one of his followers got up without asking his permission.

"Sorry Milord" murmured Dolohov.

"Get back to Hogwarts, finish your task and keep an eye on the twins I want to know everything about them" hissed Voldemort furiously at Draco not even glancing at Dolohov who had ended up soiling his clothes. A flick of the spell had the embarrasing mess away, Dolohov sat back down watching the proceedings through hooded eyes.

"Yes Milord" bowed Draco quite eager to get out of his no longer safe home and back to the safety of Hogwarts.

He used the Portkey he had arrived with and quickly slumped in his bed wanting to disappear and make the world around him a better place. There was no way Draco would ever accept a place with Dumbledore, he hated the old fool almost as much as he hated Voldemort. However, he reluctantly knew that Dumbledore was better - at least he didn't, couldn't fling Crucio Curses at you every time he grew bored.

His entire form shook as he thought of taking another man's life. Not just any man but Severus Snape's. The only man he had looked up to since he arrived at Hogwarts.

He was trapped and had nowhere to turn - he just wished he had someone to help him. He had been conditioned to serve Voldemort, he knew that but despite everything he had a mind of his own. His mind was right now screaming at him to survive by any means at his own disposal.

X.X.X

Damon was screaming at the top of his lungs, Severus awoke abruptly and started soothing Damon. Wide eyed, Severus wondered if the potion had a side affect. He didn't scream long, just half a minute if he had counted right, he was very good at counting especially when he was the one being cursed.

"What…The…Fuck…Was…That" rasped Damon wide eyed.

"I'd like to know that piece of information as well" said Severus. Damon was shaking as if he had been cursed, and that made Severus all the more confused and scared.

"Voldemort, Malfoy Manor…you dead…want's us…prophecy" wheezed Damon he couldn't get anything else out of him.

Severus' eyes widened comically and Damon would have found it funny if he hadn't been in so much pain. Severus quickly told Damon took think only of the memory, Damon sighed he knew what Severus was doing and allowed it. He was too exhausted to think anything or move even talk to Severus. The memory was extracted and Severus put it into his pensive, ensuring the wards the house elf put up was still strong he delved in seeing what Damon saw or the first time.

The memory took only three minutes to watch, and in the end Severus couldn't believe what he had seen.

"Here drink these," said Severus his voice hoarse and confused.

Damon gladly accepted potion to help the after affects of the 'Crucio' and the dreamless sleeping potion, hopefully after drinking that he would wake up refreshed, recuperated, stronger and more coherent enough to talk.

Severus wished more than ever that he had someone to talk to, someone he could talk sense with. Damien was hurt; Damon was sleeping only other person available was Tyler. He had to go to her, talk to her and find out what he could. He had to find out if this had happened before, but Damon had looked so shocked that Severus hoped and prayed it was a first.

As the hours drew closer to sleeping time, Severus found out that Damon had never had a vision or seer sight like that before. Tyler was just as confused as Severus and he feared he would never get the answers he seeked. Not just for himself either, for Damon too. He had just about to join his lover when his floo flared.

"Can I help you?" frowned Severus it was after all nearing midnight and he had classes to teach and a back to watch. His. Draco Malfoy was going to kill him, his student someone he had tried and failed to bring out of his father's shadow.

"Nearly everyone had potions in their system, loyalty, suggestion, obedience potions" murmured Shacklebolt.

"I am guessing the Auror's were the only ones free of such manipulation?" asked Severus it was more like a statement than anything really.

Shacklebolt nodded curtly.

"The potions removed?" asked Severus.

"Indeed, everything has been removed…the Order is in disarray" sighed Shacklebolt.

"Who can blame them? The man they trusted above all others had used them" said Severus snorting in contempt he didn't like most Order members.

"The younger Potter children looked greatly relieved; they assumed their parents would have been used as well. They finally had an excuse to why their parents abandoned their brother and tried to give away another" scoffed Shacklebolt.

"And?" asked Severus despite everything he was rather curious about that one.

"Nothing, neither had a single potion in their systems. The new members though were potion free, the Longbottom's still had the potions in from years before, however it was weak and fragmented. It's gone now though, I'm taking up duties for the Order. Dumbledore has been locked in the tower at Hogwarts, you will need to make his excuses for him" said Shacklebolt "He won't be getting out for anything, and thankfully Hogwarts has supported me in this"

"That isn't going to make the old fool happy" warned Severus.

"If I could I would remove him from Hogwarts altogether I hate him loose among all those children" admitted Shacklebolt.

"Indeed, do not worry yourself; everything will work out in the end. I shall make Dumbledore's excuses and see if the twins can come up with anything to help our current situation" said Severus.

"Thank you Severus, I shall be over tomorrow evening around seven o'clock if it's agreeable to you?" asked Kingsley.

"That's fine Kingsley" murmured Severus "As long as the twins are feeling up for it of course"

"Of course" said Kingsley Shacklebolt remembering the potions that had been ingested by Damon and Damien. Of course they would be ill after having their magic siphoned off to a greedy old man. No matter how little time it had happened for - Dumbledore still had broken the law magic stealing was worse than rape in the wizarding world. It was rape but just a whole other kind, magic was part of a person that shouldn't be trifled with.

There we go! will dumbledore get free? when he realizes they were trying to trap him? leaving to try and find a way to rid the world of the evans twins? or will he be just damn adamant to have their powers and run away finding out all he can then kidnap them? R&R plz