Chapter 15
Answers and More questions.
Severus P.O.V
I lay next to harry. I didn't want to leave him but I knew I had to. What happens if he wakes up and I'm not there. I shook out of my thought and went to our quarters. I showered and got changed. Looking in the mirror, I saw the dark circles under my eyes. I shook my head and left for the meeting.
I stood outside the headmaster's office and waited in little anti-chamber Minerva arrived and led the two students that were with her to a wooden bench "sit down and wait here" she said. she joined me by the door we started listening to the reports as Albus read them. I was too tired for this they have been bullying so many of the students. How didn't we see? Why didn't harry tell me? Why didn't anyone tell?
I entered the office and stood by the fire watching and listening to their pathetic excuses to their parent's questions. When Ron called harry an easy target… Something snapped
I had had enough!
I could help it. The fireplace flames turned to embers. The lights flickered as my magic start to surge. Both boy's chair's now faced me. The raging potions master.
I stared at both boy's face's they were white with fear. "it time for answers Mr. Weasley and Mr. Thomas. This. Is. No. Game! You will answers my questions now!" both boys nodded. "Where did you get the whisky from!"
"I stole it from my older brother to seem cool when I came to school," Dean said. Damian Thomas sucked in a breathe.
"Why have you really targeted Harry and his friends!"
Nothing
I turned my eyes to the parents. "I about to ask something absurd. I have never done this on any student before." I paused my magic still angry but I was controlling it "with your permission and only your permission. I would like to go into your children's minds to get answers."
Molly squeezed Arthur's hand in return he squeezed Molly's back. "We agree"
Damien and Georgina Thomas just stared at each other before looking at me. "we agree" Georgina said.
"YOU CAN'T DO THAT!" Ron screamed.
"YOU HAVE NO RIGHT!" Dean shouted
"enough!" I demanded. " You had no right to hex beat taunt abuse humiliate at least 16 different students. Your lucky Harry has been stopping his friends from hexing you senseless."
In the moment of silence, I took my chance. I went into Dean's mind first. Left and went into Ron's.
I came out white-faced. I staggered backward.
I charged at them suddenly. To the horror of their parents.
I was on my knee's I grabbed the boy's faces as they struggled against me. "Ron! Dean! look at me please!" their parents were getting up "listen to my voice! break free!" I didn't much time. "Please for the love of Merlin come back to my voice!" I pleaded" You're safe! You're safe! you're not going to be in trouble!" I begged "I know this isn't your fault! DEAN! RON!" both boys fell off their seats.
I caught dean Albus caught Ron "Severus! What did you do!?" he asked
Ron and Dean started siring. "I did nothing! They did nothing! in their own control! They were under the Imperius Curse!"
Silence as the boy's parents rushed to their children, over to their children
"I am sorry!" Ron cried out as Arthur and Molly held him from behind.
"I couldn't stop" Dean now rocking in Georgina's and Damien's Thomas brace.
"I tried to escape!" Ron said
"We should be expelled," Dean said
"shush now this is not your fault. Yes, you did what you did but you had no control. If you had control it would be a different matter" I paused "I think it would be wise for you to still apologize to the people you have hurt and explain what happened we will be present for this conversation." I looked at the people in the room "I believe we should do this now."
Minerva sent off for the students. We could hear little whisper's from the other side of the door letting us know the students had arrived with her. She opened the door and let the students in.
More chairs had appeared in the room "sit down please" Albus asked. They all sat a mixture of concern and fear.
"Dean and I are sorry for the things we have done or said to you." Ron said "At the start of the year on the train Dean and I had a curse cast on us. With the message to make harry potter and whomever he makes friends with life miserable at any cost…" he shivered
Dean continued "We had no control over our actions… we tried to escape but couldn't. The more we tried to not doing things the weaker we felt." he cried into his hands.
I started speaking at that point boys were in pure misery. "the curse that was put on the boys was The Imperius Curse." few shocked gasps.
For once Hermione Granger didn't know something. I could see it on her face. "What is Imperius Curse?" she asked
Draco answer before I could "It's one of the unforgivable curses. When the cast is successful, the curse places the victim completely under the caster's control. Not many can fight against it. It can be broken."
Hermione's face was now white.
Time passed the students said they would only be friends with them only if harry did. By now everyone knew Harry was in the infirmary. Dean and Ron's parents tried to get them to come home. But they both denied the offer. They left with orders not to tell anyone about this conversation. They all agreed.
The adults sat in the room alone. "I don't know who did this. The whisky was not stolen from your son. But appeared one night with a note saying give this to harry. Other times thoughts would just pop into their heads. I cleaned and cleared up their minds so they could process their own thoughts. I then came out and you know the rest. I am sorry for charging at your children as I did. I just needed to do something fast."
Molly threw her arms around me. "thank you, thank you" she cried I tapped her back
Molly sat back down
I pinched the bridge of my nose. "I have more to tell you. However, this is not about your son's." I took in a breath. "I have to tell you about my son" all six adults are now shocked. Albus and Minerva because they didn't think I would tell anybody. Molly Arthur Damian and Georgina because they didn't know.
"We didn't know you had a son," Georgina said mummers of agreement
They are my friends and I was sick of hiding.
I sucked in a breath. And let it out slowly. "yes I have a son and he is 11 years old. He comes to this school."I paused. Their faces were confused.
Why is this so hard? Oh yeah, just in case they don't believe me. Lilly's and James's fake relationship was everywhere at the time. Only a few knew of our plan. Albus Minerva Remus Sirius James Lilly and myself. Our marriage was small because of the plan.
I began again. "His name is Harry Potter" I explained to them what happened. The plan. Our marriage and harry being taken away. I told them little bits of harry situation. I let down the walls I had to put up. It felt good.
Georgina got up from her seat and hugged me. "you are a brave man Sev. do you think I can see Harry sometimes when he is better?"
"I think we all would like to." molly said tears streaming down her face.
Arthur "Severus if you ever need anything we are here."
Damian nodded "you don't have to do this alone"
"What I need right now is to be with my son. But before I leave Albus how did the prefects get the information out of Harry's friends?"
Albus chuckled. "It was Percy who got it out of the children. He couldn't give detentions to victims of bullies. He said it wasn't moral. So he got the group of Harry's friends. And told him about his own experiences. And told them to inform their own house prefects. When I asked him why. He simply said he didn't want to take all the credit."
Molly had tears in her eyes
"You have a good son in Percy Arthur and molly. Goodbye "
We said our goodbyes. I left.
I walked to the infirmary. I was about to open the door when I heard a voice and It wasn't Poppy's.
I rushed into the room. "What are you doing here?"