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Severus Snape and the Boy-Who-Is-Missing

"Run faster, you fool!" The pirate Vladimir yelled out over his shoulder at his godfather.

"She's faster then she looks!" Sirius Black yelled back, desperately dodging Minerva's curses, trying to catch up with Harry. "Slow down! I don't think I can catch up with you!"

Rolling his eyes, Harry told the little boy on his back to hold on tighter. Noticing the hall cornered soon, Harry ran in a burst of speed and made it around the corner fifteen seconds before Sirius. There the pirate waited for his godfather to catch up. As soon as the white haired wizard turned the corner, Harry grabbed a hold of him and apparated on to his ship.

Harry put Albus down as Sirius fell on to his bum, trying to catch his breath. "That was the funniest thing I've done in a long time." Black confessed, "I almost felt like I was back in school." Looking up at Harry, he smiled brightly. "We should do that more often." He laughed, "I thought her bun was going to come undone."

The captain smiled seeing his godfather not act his age. Taking the thirteen year old child's hand, Harry said, "Let us go to my cabin to talk in private." Giving Sirius a hands-up, the three wizards went to the cabin at the stern, where Harry started his interrogation.

***

As Severus started setting up the lab, Salazar went through the trunk, looking for his old notebooks and scrolls. Not an hour went by before Severus clutched his arm in agony. "It's not possible!" He said dropping to his knees.

Hearing Severus's gasp, Salazar looked up. Seeing the man on his knees worried the founder. "Child, what's wrong?"

"I'm being summoned." Shaking, Snape rose to his feet. "I must go."

"Go? Go where?" The Scottish founder asked, narrowing his eyes.

"I'm sorry, but I must leave at once." Running out of the lab and down the hall, Severus stopped at his quarters to grab robes he thought he'd never use again. Damning his Death Eater robes, he took a secret passage from his rooms that lead to the outside. Chanting a silent prayer, he walked to the edge of the school wards and disappeared.

The moment he could see again, he regretted ever responding to the Dark Mark. Standing in front of Severus was a smirking Lucius Malfoy and Ron Weasley.

***

As the appointed leader of the vampire troops, Boris stood off to the side, overseeing the camp construction. They were damn fine tents the captain had given them. The leader vampire was seriously considering pillaging one after the battle was won.

All was quiet at the camp. The vampires where making no other sound then those of construction. Therefore, it was quite a surprise when a large group of vampires started to make a ruckus. They marched their way towards Boris, who noted they were carrying a human.
"What's with all this noise?" He yelled out to the group.

"We caught a human sneaking around." One girl vampire said, crossing her arms. "We wish to keep the spy and drain him for the troupes."

Boris nodded his head before he said, "Let me see him first." As the group of men carried the unconscious one closer, Boris noticed the man's smell was off. He carried two scents; his own and his mate's. However, the mate's scent threw him off. He knew that scent; it belonged to Captain Vladimir or Harry Potter, as others called him. But what was the captain's mate doing out here and in the forest no less?

"We cannot keep him." Boris said, checking the dark-haired man over. Satisfied that his injuries were not life threatening (bruise here and there), Boris took the man into his arms.

"What do you mean we can't keep him? We found him sneaking around in the forest. He belongs to us." The girl vampire growled when Boris held the human tighter.

"I'm sure none of you wish to anger Captain Vladimir." The group of vampires nodded and Boris went on. "I'm sure draining his mate would set the Captain off."

The bossy girl vampire, much to Boris's glee, paled considerably. "Then we best not let the Captain wait. I'm sure he would appreciate the news on his mate."

Grinning wickedly, Boris headed towards the ship, but not before he said, "I'll make sure he knows who saved his mate. Perhaps he will hold you in high favor. I would hate to see what would happen if you betrayed that trust." As the leader vampire stalked off, he could feel the heated glances behind his back.

***

Little Albus Dumbledore sat quietly, watching the emotions playing out in Harry's one good eye. The pirate captain took in every thing Albus said. "Why did it have to be Ron?" The powerful pirate mumbled to himself quietly.

Sirius moved closer to his godson, wanting to comfort the younger man. "Harry if Ron truly is possessed by Voldemort, then can't you absorb his soul again; force him out of Ron?"

Taking in a shuddered breath, Harry whipped at his eye. "When I absorbed his soul the first time, Voldemort was begging me to. I did many horrible things to him before he started to break down. I could never do that to Ron, possessed or not."

"We will find another way." Sirius said confidently, holding onto his godson.

"There is no other way." Harry lightly pushed away from Sirius so he could stand. "And if there was another way, what would happen to me? Would I be able to hold two Voldemorts? Is it better for Voldemort to live in Ron or would you rather him take over my body?" Before anyone could even think of what would happen if Voldemort got a hold of Harry's powers, the cabin door swung open to frame Boris, still holding an unconscious Severus. "What's going on?" Harry asked. In a rush he went to Boris to relieve him of Severus.

"Couple of my scouts found him wandering around the forest. They brought him to me wanting to know if they could keep him." Boris still stood in the doorway as Harry placed his love on one of the beds.

The potions professor moaned as he cracked an eye open. "Harry?" His voice was dry and rough sounding. "Ron's—"

"Hush now." The pirate tucked his mate in, relieved he seemed okay. "Sleep. I know all about Ron." Severus nodded once and fell back into a deep sleep. Turning to the overgrown vampire, Harry embraced him. "Thank you."

The vampire's chuckle rumbled deep in his belly. "It is the least I could do for you, but now I must return to my duties as leader."

Harry told him, "Come back when everyone is settled. I have information for you to give to the other vampires." Knowing he was dismissed, Boris saluted and walked out.

When Albus was sure the vampire had gone, he turned to Harry and declared, "I want to help in the battle."

Raising an eyebrow to the boy, the red-eyed pirate stated, "You are a little boy, Albus. You cannot; I will not allow you on the field. I'm sorry."

Crossing his arms over his small chest, the red-haired boy glared. "You were the one that did this to me. You can fix me."

"Headmaster," Harry snarled, standing closer to the boy. "You are making the same mistake you made when I was a student." Pausing, trying to control his anger, he growled; "I have limits."

"You use wandless magic constantly," Albus countered. "That is not something a mere wizard can do. I would never be able to go as long as I have seen you."

With his red eye narrowing dangerously, Harry peered down at the child. "Listen for once. I only use wandless magic because using my wand drains my energy mush faster. My wand channels more energy then my hands do. I only use my wand for extremely powerful spells. Casting a simple spell with my wand triples its power." Trying to make Albus understand, he said venomously, "I am not an ever flowing well of energy. The faster you realize that, the better off we'll all be."

"But you must try!" The little boy yelled.

The Captain opened his mouth to tell him that he didn't even know if he could fix him, but instead he pulled his wand and pointed it at the ex-headmaster. The red-headed child stepped back as Harry's eye started to glow an eerie red. A stream of a forgotten tongue flowed pass Harry's lips as he used everything he could to age the boy.

Once again it was hard for Albus to breath. Sirius struggled to stand; the cabin started to shake, as Harry pooled his energy into his wand. Black looked out the back windows noticing the lake was acting as if it were in the middle of a hurricane. The white haired wizard watched as creatures of the lake came to the surface to watch the pirate ship rock.

Turning back to his godson, Sirius noticed Snape was awake and was watching Harry's display with fear. He was paler then usual and seemed to be shaking himself. "Sirius!" Snape called to him, over the loud noise Harry's magic had created. "Stop him! He's going to kill himself!"

Black could barely hear Severus's worried voice but before he could find a meaning in them, everything went deadly quiet. Harry had collapsed in the middle of his chanting. He had the strength to laugh lightly but not for much else. From his position on the floor, he rolled his eye to get a good look at the new Albus. A young man around twenty stood in the thirteen year olds place. The pirate was happy to note the shell shocked expression on his face before he let the darkness take him.

Sirius, after getting over his own shock, hurried over to Harry's side. He kneeled down and picked up the smaller man. Without even thinking about it, he placed him with Severus as Snape glared at the older Albus.

"I think you better stay away from me, Albus." The onyx eyed wizard sneered. "I am none too happy with you at the moment." Wrapping his arms around Harry, Severus stared at the Headmaster like a hungry vampire his students always thought he was.

Putting aside his own anger, Sirius grabbed Albus's arm and dragged him out of the cabin. "Why did you provoke him like that?" Black was seething and Albus knew it all to well.

"I just wanted to help." The young man whispered, his blue eyes frozen over.

Sirius looked him over with a cautious eye before he said, "I think it would be best if you stayed at Hogwarts and away from Harry for a while." He motioned for one of the pirates. The man that walked over, Sirius recognized him as Mr. Smith. "Please take him back to the castle." The tall Mr. Smith didn't question Black, only nodded and took Albus back to his school.

***

A week had passed after the whole Albus fiasco. Severus and Harry both recovered swiftly. The potions master went back to his teachings and his research. Severus, as the days went by, became irritable. He and Salazar were so close to discovering the key ingredients to their potion that it was driving them and those around them, mad.

Harry continued teaching Hagrid's class during the day, but in the evenings, he could be seen helping his wizard allies set up their camp. The sheer number of Harry's allies amazed a lot of the staff and students and the werewolves were not included into the equation; they had yet to arrive.

On Friday, however, they did arrive. Harry was expecting at most fifty, but to his disbelief, seventy werewolves came to his aid, including Remus. Their first day around the camps, a bunch of vampires and werewolves got into a fight and Harry was the only one brave enough to step between them. After the fight he was seen going into the Dark Forest and coming out hours later. He had gotten permission from the forest inhabitants to let the werewolves stay there.

As emotionally stressing all this was, nothing compared to Remus seeing Sirius for the first time since he arrived. When Sirius saw his lover, he bowed his head and started playing with the hem of his shirt. Lupin, upon seeing Sirius's long white hair (do to the long hours of torture), he felt fresh tears pooling up in his eyes. His poor Sirius looked broken. What had happened to his mate?

Getting over the shock, Remus rushed over and embraced Sirius, planting kisses all over his face. Saying, "I love you" repeatedly.

Harry watched his two godfathers with Severus at his side. The older man took Harry's hand in his and led him to the very back of the ship, where they talked and peacefully watched the sunset. Sirius and Remus, on the other hand, where comforting each other in their own tent Harry had given them.

As all of this was going on, Stratus started courting Draco, much to Harry's amusement. Never had he seen the paler man blush as much. And the vampire did nothing to subdue Draco's embarrassment. The albino vampire felt he found his life mate in the young wizard and told Draco constantly, the point where he would barricade himself in his classroom. Not that it helped discourage Stratus. If anything, it made him more persistent.

Two weeks had gone by after the werewolves arrived and Severus, with a smoking goblet in his hand, made his way swiftly towards the pirate ship on the lake. Harry, Sirius and Remus were awaiting his coming.

"Are you sure about this?" Sirius asked his love. "I mean you're volunteering to test an untested potion. What if something goes wrong?"

"I trust Snape." Lupin said calmly, even though his heart was beating rapidly. "Despite our history, I know Severus would never let me do this if he didn't think it was safe."

"But how can you be so sure?" Sirius whined, holding Lupin's hand tightly.

"Simple, Severus would never intentionally upset Harry." The werewolf placed a soft kiss on Sirius's frowning face. "He loves Harry so much, Sirius. Our old rival would die to save Harry from any pain, if he thought it would help."

The pair said nothing else as Severus climbed aboard, greeted by Harry. Giving the smoking goblet to Remus, Snape, ignoring Sirius's probing eyes, told the werewolf, "The effects should last up to five hours. When you transform it should be relatively painless."

"Thank you, Severus." Remus took in a breath and gulped the potion in one go. Handing the cup back, he asked, "When should it start working?"

"It's almost instantaneous. You should be able to transform now." The potion master stepped closer to Harry as Remus slowly started to change forms. He was still weary of the werewolf Lupin turned into.

The large brown and silver wolf sniffed the air and when he looked to Sirius, he pounced on the unsuspecting wizard, knocking them down to the deck. Black laughed as Moony licked his face and howled happily. Harry smiled as Lupin, still on top of Sirius, transformed back into his human form. Standing and brushing his robes, Remus smiled to Severus. "I think you have a new potion to patent." In afterthought the werewolf added, "Though it's not as painless as the wolfsbane potion."

"All that means is I'll have to add more lavender." The potion master said flatly, but Harry could tell, by his eyes, that Severus was ecstatic. Turning to his pirate lover, Snape asked; "How much do you require?"

"There are about seventy werewolves." Said Harry. "I'm going to assign you the sixth and seventh year students to help you." Glaring at Severus as he glared Harry, the captain added, "You need the help. You can pick the students, because you know which ones will be able to help you without making a mess of things."

"Fine." Severus growled, offhandedly watching Sirius and Remus transform back and forth. The wolf and grim padded around the deck as if they were carefree. Snape silently wished he could act as such, but he could not bring himself to hope that one day he could. He knew his future and there was little he could do about it.

Harry watched the longing look pass through his love's face. It pained his heart to see Severus so unselfish when it came to his own happiness. The pirate vowed then and there that he'd make it up to Severus. No more would his lover suffer in silence.

Wrapping his arms around the older man's waist, Harry whispered; "You, more than anyone, deserve to be happy."

"I feel that we have gone through this before. I am happy with you." The taller man whispered back, with a lack of irritation in his deep voice. Changing the subject, he asked, "Will I see you tonight?"

"I plan on spoiling you tonight." Was all Harry said as he kissed Severus's nose. Winking at him, Harry walked back to his cabin, leaving a curious Severus Snape behind.

***

It was two weeks later that the school year was coming to an end. Harry silently hoped that the battle would come after the children were gone. All he had to do was wait for the other side to make their move; they made it.

As Harry, with the help of Remus and Sirius, carried seven crates filled with Severus's and Salazar's potion into the dark forest, a little girl snuck out of school to meet her brother in Hogsmeade. No one noticed the girl's disappearance, even at dinner, that was until she dragged herself through the large oak doors of the great hall.

Her Hufflepuff crest was stained with blood, as were her face and hair. Noticing the hall had her attention, she held back a sob and whispered, "They are coming" before she passed out.

***

Boris, Remus, Fred and George (the heads of Harry's wizard allies) all stood around Harry's desk in his cabin going over strategies for the upcoming battle. Harry came in the cabin followed by Sirius and Severus.

"How's the little girl?" Boris asked, surprised by his own concern.

"She is okay." Harry walked around the table and sat in his chair. "Her brother owled her and asked that she come to Hogsmeade. When she saw the army there she tried her hardest to get back to us." Sighing, he stood and leaned over the maps on the desk. "I don't know how much time we have so let's go over the plans." Pausing to catch his breath, Harry continued. "Sirius, I want you to stay on ship." Holding up his hand, he silenced his godfather. "Stratus is stationed at the school and will not be on ship. The crew has taken a liking to you. They will follow you." Sirius sighed, but nodded.

"Remus," Harry said to his favorite werewolf. "I don't want the werewolves to drink their potion until I give the signal."

"What will that be?" Lupin asked with a tilt of his head.

"My banner will turn from black to red and I'll send up red, blue and then green sparks. In that order; make sure the others know them."

"Red, blue, then green." Remus repeated.

Smiling, the captain said, "Now, for the rest of you…"