AN: I'm sorry for the extremely long wait on this chapter, even though percyjackson135 wrote it and I only edited it. I'm in my last semester of college and it's taking all of my time and energy, or it seems that way. Anyway, we hope you enjoy this chapter!

Chapter 8:

After about five minutes of cuddling, Harry broke down in tears because he was so ashamed and frightened.

"I bid him!" He cried. "I bid him, I bid him! I didn't mean to. I'm sorry… I'm so so sorry!"

Zacharias said and did nothing but hold the younger boy in order to calm him. "Hey, hey, whoa, it's okay," he said gently, "You had no control over that. You did nothing wrong, Harry. I will do all I can to help you, but you need to tell me everything. Why do you feel ashamed? It wasn't your fault."

Harry sniffled and answered, "I was the snake. I bid him, and now he is going to die because of me."

Zacharias looked very confused and concerned, "What are you…" He started to ask, but was cut off by the unmistakable sound of the younger teenager retching over the side of the couch, "Oh for goodness sake…"

But when Harry came back up looking pale and sickly, Zacharias noticed something else that flashed briefly. It was that same flickering evil that Zacharias recognized, but could not place. He was sure that this evil, whatever it was, was doing its best to tear the boy apart.

"As if he didn't have enough to deal with already," Zacharias thought to himself as he sponged the sick away from Harry's face.

Harry did not know how he and Zacharias got up to Dumbledore's office, but he knew somehow that something was wrong with him because he found himself wanting to lunge across the desk and bite Dumbledore, which was something he would never think of doing on his own. It was only the presence of Zacharias that kept him from losing control completely. In fact, his eyes filled with tears again, especially when he realized that the entire Weasley family minus the parents was also in the office looking frightened and upset.

If the Weasley children were upset, it was nothing compared to how Harry felt. The Weasley parents were very close to him and he was very upset that he had harmed one of them. He kept mumbling about how sorry he was and that he didn't mean to do it and since he wasn't in a state of mind to explain anything, Zacharias did it for him.

"Please do not judge Harry too harshly for this one. You all know and understand that his scar has been hurting him a lot lately and whatever happened tonight was not his fault. Yes, he may have bitten your father, but Harry himself would not do such a thing. He actually got sick upon realizing what had happened and how it happened."

Without another word, Zacharias, who was holding a quietly sobbing Harry, touched the kettle along with the family and was instantly transported to the Black family home. He scowled a little when he noticed how eerie and foreboding the house was, but like everything, Zacharias thought that there was nothing he could do about it. He could certainly understand why no one wanted to live here because it was full of dark magic and other things that were very, very dangerous. Zacharias's only worry right now though was what he was going to do about his and Harry's secret baby-daddy relationship now that they were on Christmas break.