Part four:
A couple of hours later Severus awoke, he smiled slightly and turned around to see his lover. Only to discover he was the only person in the bed. A wave of panic flowed through him. Had he been taken away, was there an attack and Sev hadn't even noticed. But no, that couldn't have happened, he was to used to sensing danger if anything like that had happened Sev would have woken up. The panic was then replaced by Despair, Harry had left him. They had spent one unbelievable night together then he had bolted. He felt tears threatening to fall, 'Severus this is the reason you didn't let anyone get close, you knew you would get hurt and look as soon as you let someone in they broke your heart.' He thought to himself. He crawled slowly out of bed, he still had an Order to run, he couldn't let it all go to hell because he was feeling like shit.
Sev stood underneath the hot jets of water, letting the sooth away the tension in his muscles. He reached out to grab the bottle of Shampoo when the sight of his arm stopped him. He dropped the bottle in shock. Staring open mouthed at the spot on his arm the used to hold the Dark mark.
Used to hold the dark mark, only yesterday it still burned as black as night against his skin but not now. Now there wasn't even a black mark at all, it had disappeared. It had been replaced by a lightning bolt mark.
"What had he done?" Sev hissed as he stumbled out of the shower to see if Harry had left anything to explain what was going on. He pulled a towel round his waist and staggered into the sitting room, dripping water all over. He was not disappointed; on his desk lay another piece of paper.
My dearest Sev.
I am sorry that I had to leave so suddenly but I have business to attend to. I left you a present though. Something to remember me by, so you don't forget that I will be back to you. I hope you like, it works in the same way as my scar. You will be able to sense Riddle but he won't be able to call you. I discovered that while my scars were an accidental occurrence due to the Avada Kedavra it can be induced, which is what I have done for you. I knew how much you hated the dark mark so I did away with it for you. I bet you are wondering how, well. I don't actually know. What can I say; I am the boy who lived after all I never was bound by petty rules. I will be back.
Love eternal, Harry.
Sev smiled, it was defiantly true of Harry. He could count how many times he had complained bitterly about his rule breaking, but now he found he was eternally grateful. He had resigned himself to a life of having to wear the mark of his past transgressions. He had looked, Albus had looked, but they could find no way to remove the mark.
"But that little brat has found a way." He whispered. A smile still firmly situated on his face. He found himself unable to blame Harry for leaving he was to elated from having been freed from the Dark mark. Sev smirked.
"And I bet Riddle is pissed and my being released." That was by far the best part. He smiled again and set about preparing for another meeting of The Order of the Phoenix.
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Voldemort fell to his knees clutching is head in agony, the pain was unimaginable, it was worse than the Cruciatus.
"Master," Wormtail squealed, running to Voldemort's side. He reached down to help Voldemort to his feet but he was stood by a snarl the emanated from the dark lord. "Don't touch me." He hissed. Wormtail took an unsteady step backwards.
"But master, master what is wrong?" He whined.
"It is none of your concern." He snarled, but in truth he did not know himself. Slowly he got to his feet and staggered towards a seat. He couldn't feel anything physically wrong, there was no dark magic other than what he had created, there was no physical cause, but something defiantly didn't feel right, it felt as if something was missing. Wormtail started making his way back towards him, he felt the connection that bound his followers to him flare to life. Suddenly he knew what was wrong, but his mind kept telling him that it was impossible. It felt as thought one of his followers had been in essence been disconnected. He instinctive knew which one was missing; Snape had found a way to sever his ties to Voldemort.
To say he was pissed was an understatement, he was murderous.
"Find Snape and bring him to me." Voldemort snarled, 'he will be made to pay for what e had done.' Wormtail decided that it would be wiser not to inform his Master the Snape was at Hogwarts and that they could not get at him, he valued his life no matter how pitiful it really was.
"What are you waiting for? Go!" Voldemort Screamed. Wormtail bolted out of the room.
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"Report." Sev said to the assembled members of the order.
"We have been unsuccessful in tracking Lightning he is very good at hiding his tracks. He must be an extremely powerful wizard to be able to hide from us all. I would dearly love to know who taught him his tricks." Sirius wound up and looked expectantly at Sev. Who smiled slightly?
"I believe you know who his teachers were. He came to Hogwarts." Sev told them.
"What?" Si stuttered, "How do you know this?"
"I had a visitor last night."
"And when were you planning on informing us?" Si yelled.
"Shh Si, I am sure the headmaster had a valid reason why he waited till now to tell us." Remus soothed. Si snorted at the comment.
"Remus you are right I do have a reason. Well a number of reasons really."
"Care to enlighten us?" Si cut in. Sev glared at him.
"I was just about to before I was so rudely interrupted. As I was saying I had a visit from Lightning, and the reason I didn't inform you was that I needed to know just what he could do. He is unbelievably powerful and his powers need to be tested and as you have proven he is able to hide his presence completely. That is not all he can do. He can do wandless Magic, he can pass through any ward and he can Aparate in Hogwarts." Minerva nearly fell of her seat at the last point.
"Aparate in Hogwarts" She gasped, "But that's. that's impossible."
"Mmm, Well I thought so as well but I have seen it first hand." Sev smirked slightly. "As lightning so kindly pointed out it is a blessing that it is only him who can do it. Imagine what would happen if a death eater had such a power."
"We seem to be forgetting something" Reme spoke out "he could very well be just as bad as a death eater. For all we know he could be wanting to be rid of this dark lord so he can be the next." Sev's eyes flashed with anger.
"No!" He said coldly. 'Calm yourself' he silently told himself 'they don't know that it is really Harry. If they did they never would have suggested it.' That brought up an interesting point, why had he neglected to mention the act that Lighting was the one and only Harry Potter? He had almost managed to convince himself that it was all for Harry's sake, clearly the young man had no desire to meet with the others just yet. But Sev knew the real reason, he was jealous he had a selfish desire to keep Harry to himself. He had never had anyone of his own, he had had lovers but never a love now that he had finally found one he didn't want anyone to spoil it. He could imagine Black's reaction. It would not be pretty. He took a deep breath, trying to steady his temper.
"It is not possible the Lightning is in anyway an up an coming Dark lord. Don't ask me how I know because you will not get an answer. Just be assured that I do know." The old Severus Snape attitude had slipped on without him noticing. It happened very rarely now, in the first few months it had occurred more often. It was a habit, one that was damm near impossible to break but he had succeeded, almost. "I still need you all to work on trying to find where he is hiding." He said in a milder voice trying to make up for his earlier sarky attitude. "I might have met lightning but we have no way of contacting him if need be. His touched his left forearm lightly; he could feel the scar constantly. Like the dark mark it always makes its self felt but where it had kept Sev in constant pain the scar felt s thought it was sustaining. 'I guess this is what Harry meant when he said it would remind me of him.' I couldn't forget even if I wanted to.'
Si looked at him harshly.
"What are you smiling at?" He asked, Sev's face instantly fell after realising he had indeed been wearing a goofy grin. "Need I remind you we are in the middle of a crisis, one might think you like what is happening." He added bitterly. Sev glared at him while the others looked at him in shock.
"Sirius Black how can you say such things. You know very well which side Severus is working for and it is not Voldemort's" Mcgonigal scolded. But si wasn't willin to give up his tirade.
"So that is why he wears 'you know who's' mark is it then." Sev smirked at the irate Animagus, and held out his arm for them all to see.
A couple of hours later Severus awoke, he smiled slightly and turned around to see his lover. Only to discover he was the only person in the bed. A wave of panic flowed through him. Had he been taken away, was there an attack and Sev hadn't even noticed. But no, that couldn't have happened, he was to used to sensing danger if anything like that had happened Sev would have woken up. The panic was then replaced by Despair, Harry had left him. They had spent one unbelievable night together then he had bolted. He felt tears threatening to fall, 'Severus this is the reason you didn't let anyone get close, you knew you would get hurt and look as soon as you let someone in they broke your heart.' He thought to himself. He crawled slowly out of bed, he still had an Order to run, he couldn't let it all go to hell because he was feeling like shit.
Sev stood underneath the hot jets of water, letting the sooth away the tension in his muscles. He reached out to grab the bottle of Shampoo when the sight of his arm stopped him. He dropped the bottle in shock. Staring open mouthed at the spot on his arm the used to hold the Dark mark.
Used to hold the dark mark, only yesterday it still burned as black as night against his skin but not now. Now there wasn't even a black mark at all, it had disappeared. It had been replaced by a lightning bolt mark.
"What had he done?" Sev hissed as he stumbled out of the shower to see if Harry had left anything to explain what was going on. He pulled a towel round his waist and staggered into the sitting room, dripping water all over. He was not disappointed; on his desk lay another piece of paper.
My dearest Sev.
I am sorry that I had to leave so suddenly but I have business to attend to. I left you a present though. Something to remember me by, so you don't forget that I will be back to you. I hope you like, it works in the same way as my scar. You will be able to sense Riddle but he won't be able to call you. I discovered that while my scars were an accidental occurrence due to the Avada Kedavra it can be induced, which is what I have done for you. I knew how much you hated the dark mark so I did away with it for you. I bet you are wondering how, well. I don't actually know. What can I say; I am the boy who lived after all I never was bound by petty rules. I will be back.
Love eternal, Harry.
Sev smiled, it was defiantly true of Harry. He could count how many times he had complained bitterly about his rule breaking, but now he found he was eternally grateful. He had resigned himself to a life of having to wear the mark of his past transgressions. He had looked, Albus had looked, but they could find no way to remove the mark.
"But that little brat has found a way." He whispered. A smile still firmly situated on his face. He found himself unable to blame Harry for leaving he was to elated from having been freed from the Dark mark. Sev smirked.
"And I bet Riddle is pissed and my being released." That was by far the best part. He smiled again and set about preparing for another meeting of The Order of the Phoenix.
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Voldemort fell to his knees clutching is head in agony, the pain was unimaginable, it was worse than the Cruciatus.
"Master," Wormtail squealed, running to Voldemort's side. He reached down to help Voldemort to his feet but he was stood by a snarl the emanated from the dark lord. "Don't touch me." He hissed. Wormtail took an unsteady step backwards.
"But master, master what is wrong?" He whined.
"It is none of your concern." He snarled, but in truth he did not know himself. Slowly he got to his feet and staggered towards a seat. He couldn't feel anything physically wrong, there was no dark magic other than what he had created, there was no physical cause, but something defiantly didn't feel right, it felt as if something was missing. Wormtail started making his way back towards him, he felt the connection that bound his followers to him flare to life. Suddenly he knew what was wrong, but his mind kept telling him that it was impossible. It felt as thought one of his followers had been in essence been disconnected. He instinctive knew which one was missing; Snape had found a way to sever his ties to Voldemort.
To say he was pissed was an understatement, he was murderous.
"Find Snape and bring him to me." Voldemort snarled, 'he will be made to pay for what e had done.' Wormtail decided that it would be wiser not to inform his Master the Snape was at Hogwarts and that they could not get at him, he valued his life no matter how pitiful it really was.
"What are you waiting for? Go!" Voldemort Screamed. Wormtail bolted out of the room.
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"Report." Sev said to the assembled members of the order.
"We have been unsuccessful in tracking Lightning he is very good at hiding his tracks. He must be an extremely powerful wizard to be able to hide from us all. I would dearly love to know who taught him his tricks." Sirius wound up and looked expectantly at Sev. Who smiled slightly?
"I believe you know who his teachers were. He came to Hogwarts." Sev told them.
"What?" Si stuttered, "How do you know this?"
"I had a visitor last night."
"And when were you planning on informing us?" Si yelled.
"Shh Si, I am sure the headmaster had a valid reason why he waited till now to tell us." Remus soothed. Si snorted at the comment.
"Remus you are right I do have a reason. Well a number of reasons really."
"Care to enlighten us?" Si cut in. Sev glared at him.
"I was just about to before I was so rudely interrupted. As I was saying I had a visit from Lightning, and the reason I didn't inform you was that I needed to know just what he could do. He is unbelievably powerful and his powers need to be tested and as you have proven he is able to hide his presence completely. That is not all he can do. He can do wandless Magic, he can pass through any ward and he can Aparate in Hogwarts." Minerva nearly fell of her seat at the last point.
"Aparate in Hogwarts" She gasped, "But that's. that's impossible."
"Mmm, Well I thought so as well but I have seen it first hand." Sev smirked slightly. "As lightning so kindly pointed out it is a blessing that it is only him who can do it. Imagine what would happen if a death eater had such a power."
"We seem to be forgetting something" Reme spoke out "he could very well be just as bad as a death eater. For all we know he could be wanting to be rid of this dark lord so he can be the next." Sev's eyes flashed with anger.
"No!" He said coldly. 'Calm yourself' he silently told himself 'they don't know that it is really Harry. If they did they never would have suggested it.' That brought up an interesting point, why had he neglected to mention the act that Lighting was the one and only Harry Potter? He had almost managed to convince himself that it was all for Harry's sake, clearly the young man had no desire to meet with the others just yet. But Sev knew the real reason, he was jealous he had a selfish desire to keep Harry to himself. He had never had anyone of his own, he had had lovers but never a love now that he had finally found one he didn't want anyone to spoil it. He could imagine Black's reaction. It would not be pretty. He took a deep breath, trying to steady his temper.
"It is not possible the Lightning is in anyway an up an coming Dark lord. Don't ask me how I know because you will not get an answer. Just be assured that I do know." The old Severus Snape attitude had slipped on without him noticing. It happened very rarely now, in the first few months it had occurred more often. It was a habit, one that was damm near impossible to break but he had succeeded, almost. "I still need you all to work on trying to find where he is hiding." He said in a milder voice trying to make up for his earlier sarky attitude. "I might have met lightning but we have no way of contacting him if need be. His touched his left forearm lightly; he could feel the scar constantly. Like the dark mark it always makes its self felt but where it had kept Sev in constant pain the scar felt s thought it was sustaining. 'I guess this is what Harry meant when he said it would remind me of him.' I couldn't forget even if I wanted to.'
Si looked at him harshly.
"What are you smiling at?" He asked, Sev's face instantly fell after realising he had indeed been wearing a goofy grin. "Need I remind you we are in the middle of a crisis, one might think you like what is happening." He added bitterly. Sev glared at him while the others looked at him in shock.
"Sirius Black how can you say such things. You know very well which side Severus is working for and it is not Voldemort's" Mcgonigal scolded. But si wasn't willin to give up his tirade.
"So that is why he wears 'you know who's' mark is it then." Sev smirked at the irate Animagus, and held out his arm for them all to see.