Part eleven
Sal's eyes snapped open at the sudden weight on his chest. Before him sat a Grim. Well a dog that looked like a grim. Sal's face broke into a smile.
"Sirius. I am so happy to see you. Why haven't you visited before?" The dog morphed back into its human form and sat perched at the side of the bed.
"Harry, I'm sorry I couldn't I have been hiding from the wizard task force, they have only just been called off." Sal looked at him quizzically.
"Why do you call me Harry, I thought my father told all his followers to refer to me as Sal." Sirius's eyes widened in shock, a look of pain washing through them.
"Sal. What is going on?" Draco called from the next bed over.
"Nothing, just my godfather visiting."
"What! That traitor is with you." Draco hissed. Immediately Sal threw up a silencing charm. Something told him there was going to be a lot of explaining to do.
"Draco what are you talking about Sirius is no traitor. He was one of my guardians while my father was ill."
"He betrayed your parent's it is because of him that they were killed. It was all Wormtail could do to warn our lord about the impending attack." With that Sirius snarled in anger.
"I would never betray my lord. It is that Rat who is the betrayer. He is the one that turned Lily over to Dumbledore."
"Is Worm still alive then?" Sal hissed. Both Draco and Si nodded. "Now I have to kill him."
"Harry what has happened to you? And how do you know who I really am?"
"Well it kind of a long story. I am from a parallel universe. I was raised by Cameron Lestrange. I went to Hogwarts and was sorted into Slytherin. When my father was resurrected a joined him. And together with my lovers Draco and Sev, we destroyed Hogwarts. But the only thing that could give my father absolute control was destroyed by that muggle loving fool. In an attempt to get the orb of Merlin back I was transported here, when Worm attacked me with Avada Kedavra." Si pulled his godson into his arms.
"Sal you have no idea how happy this makes me. It made me sick to think of you on your parent's murderer's side. But there was nothing a convicted murder like me could do." Harry raised an eyebrow. "Yeh I tried to kill Wormtail after I found out he betrayed your parents." Si smirked. "And it was that idiot giant I found it out from. I was sentenced to life imprisonment in Azkaban but I escaped."
"Well done Si. If anyone could have escaped from there I should have known it would be you." Harry tilted his head to one side. "So it was Wormtail that betrayed my parents. That bastard. Where I can from they never found out who it was. Worm needs to be made to pay." Si nodded vehemently.
"So time to go rat hunting then." Draco announced a manic glint in his eyes. There was nothing he loved better than to hunt.
"Most defiantly. But first we have to make sure that my Godfather is suitably welcomed back into the fold."
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Sev glared at his one time best friend. That mutt was a disgrace to the name death eater, yet his young lover had brought him to their rooms. Sal locked eyes with his lover.
"Sev, I know what you are thing and you are wrong. He is no more a traitor than I am. It was worm that betrayed my parents. Si was your best friend how could you have forgotten that."
"I forgot it when he betrayed our cause."
"I would never betray our lord. You know that. Sev you know me. Sev remember when you used to plan ways to humiliate James at school, how even thought I had to pretend to be one of them I still managed to retain my Slytherin Spirit. How we used to spend all the holidays thinking about what it would be like when our lord finally won, and we didn't have to pretend to be on different sides any more. Look at me Sev. You know what I am saying is true." Si pleaded.
"Sev listen to him. In my world, you two never had your falling out. Si was my godfather; he was your best man at our 'wedding'. He loved me like a son. And you like a brother. My father saw fit that he be the Dementor lord, you know that he would never have done that if there was a slightest chance that Si would try and betray him." Sal argued. At the mention of a Dementor lord Si tilted his head to one side. He defiantly liked the sound of that; it would be an amazing amount of power.
"Why didn't you try and explain before." Sev asked.
"Would you have given me the chance?"
"Probably not." Sev agreed. He turned his attention back to Sal. "Are you sure that he is on our side?"
"Yes." Sal said a note of finality to his voice.
"Ok that is good enough for me." He held out his hand to his best friend. Si grasped it tightly.
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The doors to the meeting chamber burst open. Voldemort's eyes snapped up. Wondering who would dare intrude without knocking. At the sight he saw as almost unnoticeable smile graced his thin lips. His son waltzed into the room, looking fairly dishevelled. And behind him, his entourage, the dragon and the darkness. The three fell to their knees in front of the dark lord showing a forth member of the group. It was the betrayer.
"My lord." Sal started.
"Quiet." Voldermort hissed. "What is this traitor doing here? Why have you not killed him?"
"My lord." Sal tried again. "Black is no traitor. It was Worm that betrayed you. Black did all he could to avenge you but he was captured and placed into Azkaban." Voldemort's eyes narrowed. This was easier to believe than that Black had betrayed him. It was what Voldemort wanted to believe.
Black was more than a mere Death Eater. Voldemort loved him more than anyone ever knew. The relationship between Tom, Lily and Black had been hidden from all. No one could know that they were in reality a triumvirate. A shifter, a necromancer and a member of the living dead. Tom had vampire blood coursing through his veins. Si was a born animagus and Lily could raise the dead. The power available to them was immense but not a single person outside of the triumvirate knew it had even existed. It would provide too many weaknesses. The other members could be used to draw the life out of the third.
"My lord. I would never betray you. Not once have a denied you. In all my years in Azkaban my only thought was that I had to escape so that you could be avenged and that your son would have someone to look after him. After my escape the first thing I did was to find Sal, to keep his from harm. If I had known you were still alive I would have been at your side in an instant. But once news of your resurrection got to me, I knew that news of my supposed betrayal would have got to you first. I believed that my time would be best spent looking after your heir. Whose trust I had already gained." Voldemort's ace softened slightly. All Black was saying was true. He would have killed him on sight had it not been for his son.
"Snake, Dragon, Darkness. You will leave us now." Voldemort commanded.
"Si." The dark lord whispered. Si smiled sadly. "I missed you." The dark lord's face lost its serpentine appearance. He looked once again like the man that Si loved.
"Tom. If I thought you would have believed me I would have been at your side in a shot. You believe me now, don't you?" Si pleaded.
"Yes. I believe you." He slowly got to his feet and walked to where Si was kneeling. Slowly he knelt beside him and took him into a searing kiss.
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Halfway across the country a young girl was lying in bed. Her long red hair fanned out around her face. She gasped and arched her back. Slowly a smile lit up her face. Isabelle Riddle knew that their third had been brought back to the fold.
Sal's eyes snapped open at the sudden weight on his chest. Before him sat a Grim. Well a dog that looked like a grim. Sal's face broke into a smile.
"Sirius. I am so happy to see you. Why haven't you visited before?" The dog morphed back into its human form and sat perched at the side of the bed.
"Harry, I'm sorry I couldn't I have been hiding from the wizard task force, they have only just been called off." Sal looked at him quizzically.
"Why do you call me Harry, I thought my father told all his followers to refer to me as Sal." Sirius's eyes widened in shock, a look of pain washing through them.
"Sal. What is going on?" Draco called from the next bed over.
"Nothing, just my godfather visiting."
"What! That traitor is with you." Draco hissed. Immediately Sal threw up a silencing charm. Something told him there was going to be a lot of explaining to do.
"Draco what are you talking about Sirius is no traitor. He was one of my guardians while my father was ill."
"He betrayed your parent's it is because of him that they were killed. It was all Wormtail could do to warn our lord about the impending attack." With that Sirius snarled in anger.
"I would never betray my lord. It is that Rat who is the betrayer. He is the one that turned Lily over to Dumbledore."
"Is Worm still alive then?" Sal hissed. Both Draco and Si nodded. "Now I have to kill him."
"Harry what has happened to you? And how do you know who I really am?"
"Well it kind of a long story. I am from a parallel universe. I was raised by Cameron Lestrange. I went to Hogwarts and was sorted into Slytherin. When my father was resurrected a joined him. And together with my lovers Draco and Sev, we destroyed Hogwarts. But the only thing that could give my father absolute control was destroyed by that muggle loving fool. In an attempt to get the orb of Merlin back I was transported here, when Worm attacked me with Avada Kedavra." Si pulled his godson into his arms.
"Sal you have no idea how happy this makes me. It made me sick to think of you on your parent's murderer's side. But there was nothing a convicted murder like me could do." Harry raised an eyebrow. "Yeh I tried to kill Wormtail after I found out he betrayed your parents." Si smirked. "And it was that idiot giant I found it out from. I was sentenced to life imprisonment in Azkaban but I escaped."
"Well done Si. If anyone could have escaped from there I should have known it would be you." Harry tilted his head to one side. "So it was Wormtail that betrayed my parents. That bastard. Where I can from they never found out who it was. Worm needs to be made to pay." Si nodded vehemently.
"So time to go rat hunting then." Draco announced a manic glint in his eyes. There was nothing he loved better than to hunt.
"Most defiantly. But first we have to make sure that my Godfather is suitably welcomed back into the fold."
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Sev glared at his one time best friend. That mutt was a disgrace to the name death eater, yet his young lover had brought him to their rooms. Sal locked eyes with his lover.
"Sev, I know what you are thing and you are wrong. He is no more a traitor than I am. It was worm that betrayed my parents. Si was your best friend how could you have forgotten that."
"I forgot it when he betrayed our cause."
"I would never betray our lord. You know that. Sev you know me. Sev remember when you used to plan ways to humiliate James at school, how even thought I had to pretend to be one of them I still managed to retain my Slytherin Spirit. How we used to spend all the holidays thinking about what it would be like when our lord finally won, and we didn't have to pretend to be on different sides any more. Look at me Sev. You know what I am saying is true." Si pleaded.
"Sev listen to him. In my world, you two never had your falling out. Si was my godfather; he was your best man at our 'wedding'. He loved me like a son. And you like a brother. My father saw fit that he be the Dementor lord, you know that he would never have done that if there was a slightest chance that Si would try and betray him." Sal argued. At the mention of a Dementor lord Si tilted his head to one side. He defiantly liked the sound of that; it would be an amazing amount of power.
"Why didn't you try and explain before." Sev asked.
"Would you have given me the chance?"
"Probably not." Sev agreed. He turned his attention back to Sal. "Are you sure that he is on our side?"
"Yes." Sal said a note of finality to his voice.
"Ok that is good enough for me." He held out his hand to his best friend. Si grasped it tightly.
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The doors to the meeting chamber burst open. Voldemort's eyes snapped up. Wondering who would dare intrude without knocking. At the sight he saw as almost unnoticeable smile graced his thin lips. His son waltzed into the room, looking fairly dishevelled. And behind him, his entourage, the dragon and the darkness. The three fell to their knees in front of the dark lord showing a forth member of the group. It was the betrayer.
"My lord." Sal started.
"Quiet." Voldermort hissed. "What is this traitor doing here? Why have you not killed him?"
"My lord." Sal tried again. "Black is no traitor. It was Worm that betrayed you. Black did all he could to avenge you but he was captured and placed into Azkaban." Voldemort's eyes narrowed. This was easier to believe than that Black had betrayed him. It was what Voldemort wanted to believe.
Black was more than a mere Death Eater. Voldemort loved him more than anyone ever knew. The relationship between Tom, Lily and Black had been hidden from all. No one could know that they were in reality a triumvirate. A shifter, a necromancer and a member of the living dead. Tom had vampire blood coursing through his veins. Si was a born animagus and Lily could raise the dead. The power available to them was immense but not a single person outside of the triumvirate knew it had even existed. It would provide too many weaknesses. The other members could be used to draw the life out of the third.
"My lord. I would never betray you. Not once have a denied you. In all my years in Azkaban my only thought was that I had to escape so that you could be avenged and that your son would have someone to look after him. After my escape the first thing I did was to find Sal, to keep his from harm. If I had known you were still alive I would have been at your side in an instant. But once news of your resurrection got to me, I knew that news of my supposed betrayal would have got to you first. I believed that my time would be best spent looking after your heir. Whose trust I had already gained." Voldemort's ace softened slightly. All Black was saying was true. He would have killed him on sight had it not been for his son.
"Snake, Dragon, Darkness. You will leave us now." Voldemort commanded.
"Si." The dark lord whispered. Si smiled sadly. "I missed you." The dark lord's face lost its serpentine appearance. He looked once again like the man that Si loved.
"Tom. If I thought you would have believed me I would have been at your side in a shot. You believe me now, don't you?" Si pleaded.
"Yes. I believe you." He slowly got to his feet and walked to where Si was kneeling. Slowly he knelt beside him and took him into a searing kiss.
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Halfway across the country a young girl was lying in bed. Her long red hair fanned out around her face. She gasped and arched her back. Slowly a smile lit up her face. Isabelle Riddle knew that their third had been brought back to the fold.