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Tangled Relations
Chapter 21 - Capture, torture
From chapter 19
"Welcome to my home Harry Potter"
"Voldemort"
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Voldemort circled Harry eyeing him cautiously. "It seems we meet again." He sneered. His words coming out a little more than a hiss. "Smith actually did something right for once. I didn't get my hopes up or anything but alas, here you are."
Harry's face paled, "Smith? Zacharias Smith?"
Voldemort clasped his hands together and laughed his high pitched cruel laugh. "Yes. Right you are. He was just initiated two months ago and he has already accomplished something that none of the others could. He delivered you to me. And now I get to play. I wish you weren't resistant to imperio because that's my favorite game to play. I'll just have to settle for hearing your lovely screams. Crucio."
Harry swiftly threw up a shield charm. The curse bounced off and into the woods. He started walking around in a circle with Voldemort, facing each other from a few paces away.
"Now, now Potter you're not supposed to do that. It's not part of the game."
"I'm not here to play your silly games Voldemort." He spat.
"Expelliramus."
Voldemort easily sidestepped the curse. "If you're not going to play my way I will just have to force you to. Stupefy."
Harry dove out of the way and rose quickly into a fighting stance. Voldemort started advancing on him.
"Impedimenta." Harry yelled.
That stopped Voldemort long enough for Harry to catch his breath but not much longer.
Voldemort's red eyes started to glow and Harry could feel magic building around them when Voldemort bellowed. "Expelliramus. Accio wand."
Harry tried to hold onto his wand but it went flying when he was hit with the first curse. The second curse sent his wand strait into Voldemort's hand. Harry knew he could still use the ring, but wanted to save it until its use was crucial. He tried not to look at it so that Voldemort wouldn't notice it.
"Nice wand Potter. That stupid phoenix can't save you this time. I'll just hold on to this for a while. Now the game really begins." He smiled cruelly.
"Crucio."
Harry let the curse hit him. He could take a little pain if it saves his life later. He felt the burning pain radiate throughout his body as he screamed out, falling to the ground. Voldemort didn't hold the curse for very long but as soon as the pain started to subside he hit him with it again. The pain intensified as Voldemort kept repeatedly hitting him with the pain curse only lifting it long enough to give Harry's brain enough time to recover so that each time the curse was uttered it hit with a renewed vengeance. Harry was certain that he had bit his tongue at this point but with pain radiating everywhere he really couldn't pinpoint anything.
"Your scream is lovely Potter. So pure, uninhibited. I could listen to you scream for hours. You were foolish to think you could ever best me. You and your Gryffindor bravery, lot of good it did your father. Did you even know he was a direct descendent of Gryffindor? No? Well, that will just make it easier or me to kill you. But, I think I'll gather some of my friends first. Come with me." He grabbed Harry off of the ground and dragged him inside the manor. Harry realized that this was the same room from his visions. He let out a pain filled moan as he was thrown to the floor in the middle of the room.
"If you get up I will kill you. Do you see that dagger above the fireplace? It belonged to Slytherin himself. He charmed it to destroy the heir of Gryffindor if it cut into him. That is how you will be dieing tonight. I understand that it is very painful to have your soul destroyed. I just wish I had found that dagger fifteen years ago. It would have saved me alot of trouble."
Harry began thinking. 'If I had Gryffindor's sword maybe it would do the same to Voldemort. But how to get it. I'm not sure how far I am from Hogwarts.'
Moments later death eaters began pouring into the house. They formed a circle around Harry and Voldemort. They all took turns kissing his robes. "Severus, you are on time."
Harry saw one of the masked death eaters bow. "Yes my lord. Now that you are based so close to Hogwarts it doesn't take me long." Harry thought he saw the death eater glance at him briefly.
"As you can all see, I have once again captured this menace to our cause, Harry Potter. While I do plan on killing him spectacularly later I thought I'd let you all have a little fun with him for the setbacks he has caused us all. Just don't hold the cruciatic to long. I want him to be sane when I kill him."
Harry was now starting to worry. 'This is going to hurt.' He kept thinking to himself. The only thought that kept him from just fainting was that he wasn't far from Hogwarts so maybe he could summon Gryffindor's sword.
He fell to the floor as he heard the first wave of curses being thrown at him. He wished that his uncle didn't have to see him like this. He knew this must be hurting his uncle. Severus got upset if Harry had a scraped knee. Harry tried not to look at any of the death eaters. He knew that some of the curses were coming from his uncle but he knew he was only doing what he had to. But that didn't keep him from screaming. The tears rolling down his face, the vomiting, and his voice now hoarse from screaming.
He wasn't sure what curses were being used but some of them seemed to cause cuts to appear on his skin while others caused burn marks to appear. The waves of pain stretching all over his body and the blood pooling on the floor was dizzying. He knew he was severally weakened but he tried to keep his mind as long as possible. After what seemed like hours but was only about twenty minutes the curses stopped and Harry could hear Voldemort speaking again in his shrill tone.
"That is enough my servants. It is time to end this boy's miserable life." While the death eaters were all laughing and talking Harry summoned Gryffindor's sword with his ring. It was now or never. If it didn't show up then Harry would have to shield himself and run like hell, which will be hard to do with all of his injuries.
Voldemort ordered two of the death eaters to pick Harry up off of the ground. And then he retrieved the dagger. "Accio dagger." The dagger flew into his hand. "This, my faithful death eaters is Slytherin's dagger. It will destroy this persistent little brat once and for all." He stated, walking up to Harry.
As Voldemort approached Harry a loud crash was heard and the sword came sailing towards Harry. Most of the death eaters including Voldemort turned their attention to the noise. The sword flew passed by everyone into Harry's hands and in a single motion he brought it across Voldemort's body, severing him in half. The screams and wailing that filled the room were the most horrible thing Harry had ever heard. Voldemort's body seemed to disintegrate into dust and his soul rose from his body before that too crumbled to the ground. Voldemort was gone for good.
It didn't take long for the death eaters to realize what happened and they started flinging curses at Harry once again. Harry threw up his shield just in time to avoid several spells intended for him. When he was close enough to Voldemort's body he grabbed his wand which was still inside the bodiless robes. Now Harry took the offensive. He started flinging curses back to the death eaters.
Some death eaters started leaving but one death eater started attacking the others. Harry figured it was his uncle. He moved to stand back to back with Harry as they stupefied everything in sight.
When the last of the death eaters were either stunned or gone Harry collapsed to the floor.
Severus removed his mask revealing his tear stained cheeks and cradled Harry in his arms. "Harry, Harry, stay with me. I sent a signal to Albus and he'll be here soon. Just hang on." Severus released Harry long enough to heal the burns and cuts in his skin. Then he pulled out several potions and poured them down Harry's throat. "Come on now Harry. Stay awake." Severus heard a faint moaning and Harry blinked a few times before fully opening his eyes.
"He's gone?" Harry whispered with a very raw throat from screaming.
Severus grinned, "Yes Harry. He's gone now, forever." He said pulling Harry tight against him. "You had me so worried Harry. You disappeared and then I was summoned... I'm just glad you're alright."
As they lay there a team of aurors stormed the house followed by the headmaster and several of the teachers.
"How is he Severus?"
"He'll be okay. I healed most of his injuries. He lost a considerable amount of blood so he's mostly just in shock right now. We need to get him back so he can rest."
"Use the portkey you made. Then take him to the infirmary. Poppy is waiting for you."
Severus activated the portkey and he and Harry disappeared.
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