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To say that Harry was traumatized would be an understatement. He was way beyond devastated. Voldemort wiped away the remaining tears from Harry's cheeks and spoke sternly,

"No more tears. That is an order."

Harry drew several deep breaths and closed his eyes. His legs trembled and he took the support of the wall. For the sake of every innocent soul in this market, he would have to calm down and put this matter to the back of his mind. He could grieve later. Harry opened his eyes and spoke in a low voice,

"I'm fine."

Voldemort's smirk widened and patted Harry on the shoulder gently,

"Atta Boy, Harry."

Harry closed his eyes, to block out the image of the dead woman laying spread-eagled on the floor as Voldemort led him out of the shop. While they were exiting the shop, Voldemort locked the door and changed the ouvrir sign to fermé. Harry opened his eyes and looked around the market, the colours had dulled, the scents had subsided. The street that had seemed so alive and cheery to him a few moments ago had grown bleached in his point of view.

Harry was led through the market to an ice cream parlour by Voldemort. Voldemort sat him down in a chair and took a seat opposite him. Harry knew that his eyes would betray him so he trained his gaze into his lap,

"It is not just your eyes, that have betrayed you, Harry. Your entire body is reminiscent of your grief."

Harry drew a deep breath and looked up,

"I'm trying."

Voldemort's hand had clenched his wrist tightly under the table,

"You are not trying hard enough."

A woman appeared beside their table. Voldemort's grip tightened on his wrist and Harry looked up at her and smiled falsely. Harry looked around the table at Voldemort, who was also wearing a benevolent smile,

"Une glace. Chocolat et framboise aux noix hachées."

The woman sauntered away and Voldemort's grip loosened on Harry's wrist. Harry was about to pull away his wrist when Voldemort's fingers closed around it again,

"I am not done with you, Harry."

Harry felt anger bubbling inside his chest. What was Voldemort expecting from him? Finally, he decided to speak up,

"I can't act like nothing happened, I'm not like you."

Voldemort spoke in a voice that had threat in every syllable,

"What am I, Harry?"

Harry felt the hate boiling in his blood, reach up to his mouth and he spat it out,

"You're a monster."

As soon as he finished the sentence, he felt agonizing, unbearable pain radiate from his wrist and a scream nearly tore its way out of his throat but Harry buried his face in the table and bit down on the knuckles of his unbroken hand to stop the scream. Somehow, despite the all-consuming pain, the rational part of his mind was still working. If he screamed, it would attract the attention of everyone around them, and that would result in more deaths. Voldemort had broken his wrist again. Harry felt his teeth sink in his knuckle and draw blood,

"You brought this upon yourself. I merely asked you to act normal and yet you could not achieve that one simple task. Now you shall act normal with all this pain."

Voldemort released Harry's broken wrist and looked up to see the woman return with a crystal bowl filled with three scoops of ice cream and set it down on the table. Her gaze travelled to Harry, whose head was still rested on the table. Voldemort noticed her gaze and spoke,

"Mon neveu a passé la nuit entière. Il repose juste ses yeux."

She walked away and Voldemort spoke again,

"Would you like for me to kill her, Harry?"

Tears were running down Harry's cheeks. Harry pulled away his teeth from his knuckles. The pain was still present but Harry pushed it to the back of his mind. He wiped away the tears and raised his head from the table. Voldemort saw Harry's pale face and tsked,

"Eat your ice cream, before it melts."

Harry summoned all his strength and pushed the pain deeper into his mind. He picked up the spoon with trembling fingers and as he was about to dig it into the ice cream, a memory flashed through his mind. Hagrid had gotten him this very flavour of ice cream when he had brought him to Diagon Alley for the first time to purchase his school supplies,

"It's melting, Harry."

Harry tried to steady his hand and ate the first spoonful of ice cream. Harry felt the pain growing strong again and with sheer will he pushed it back. He couldn't taste the ice cream, he just knew he had to keep eating to save everyone there. In a matter of minutes, the bowl was empty and the spoon slipped from Harry's finger and landed with a soft clink in the bowl. Harry was afraid of speaking. He feared that a scream would escape his lips of he opened his mouth to utter a single word,

"Do you want to go home, Harry?"

Harry immediately nodded his head to say yes. Voldemort smirked,

"I want to hear a proper reply, Harry."

Harry calmed himself and pushed the pain back further but he could feel that it was getting increasingly difficult,

"I want to go back…."

Harry's voice trailed off. That was not his home. The pain was winning against his will and Harry finally spoke,

"I want to go back home, please."

Voldemort smirked triumphantly and got up to his feet. Harry stood up and he cradled his broken wrist to his chest. The pain had almost won and Harry was biting on the inside of his cheek to keep his lips sealed tight. Voldemort left the money for the ice cream on the table and took Harry's arm in his. They disapparated with a crack.

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