Suicide Solution.
Disclaimer: see all previous chapters
AN: if you like Dark stories then I strongly recommend that you go to this link (minus the spaces of course) It is very very dark and deals with a suicidal Harry. It is also a Severitus challenge piece.
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Chapter 56Cercis was sitting at the desk in his room, sipping Cognac from a crystal glass, his emerald eyes on the clock on the far wall.
Tick tock. Tick tock. Bing.
Cercis' eyes didn't move from the clock even when it struck three and the form of Remus Lupin materialised on the floor barely 5 foot from him. Cercis finished his glass then looked at Remus.
"Hello Remus."
Remus looked up and his jaw dropped. "Ha – Harry?" he asked uncertainly.
"I go by Cercis now Remus." Cercis saw his old professor's eyes dart around the room taking it all in.
"Don't worry Remus, this is my room no harm will come to you while you are with me." Cercis leaned back into his chair and motioned for Remus to take the other seat. The professor did so.
"Now Remus I invited you here to ask you both a question and the favour. However one relies on the other so I will ask you the question first."
Remus nodded dumbly, and Cercis was reminded of Ron. "Okay but think deeply before you answer Remus, your answer will have a severe effect on the rest of the wizarding and muggle worlds."
Remus looked very nervous, Cercis could see that. "Remus who are you loyal too?"
~ ~ Remus POV ~ ~
Who am I loyal too? He's knows that I'm loyal to Dumbledore. I would never join Voldemort. Unless, unless he means am I loyal to him. I don't know. Will he tell me if I ask? Wouldn't hurt.
"Do you mean Dumbledore, Voldemort and you?" I watch silently as Ha – no Cercis, think the question over. I see him smile.
"Good, you are thinking about it. That's good." I sigh in relief, but it doesn't make my decision any easier.
"I know you're not loyal to Voldemort, but out of me or Dumbledore who would you risk more for?"
Bloody hell, talk about a difficult question. 'who would I risk more for'? I don't know.
~ ~ normal POV ~ ~
Cercis sat and watched Remus have the internal battle of who to say. The silence stretched on for another 30 minutes. Cercis stood.
"Remus, I will leave this room for another 30 minutes, you wont be able to have any contact with the world outside this room. But when I return I will need your answer."
Remus nodded and Cercis left the room, he had one more person to question.
'Blaise?'
'What's up Cercis?'
'Can you link me through to Ginny?'
'Course hang on.'
'Hello Cercis.' Ginny's sweet voice sounded through the link clearly.
'Ginny angel can you floo to Cleveland within the next 5 minutes?'
'um … I don't know, probably.'
Cercis smiled, perfect. 'yes that's fine. I will be waiting for you in the receiving room. See you in a bit.'
'See you in a bit.'
'What's going on Cercis?' Blaise was back.
Cercis walked into the receiving room and saw it was empty. He locked and warded the doors and sat down on one of the sofa's facing the fire place.
'I'm laying the foundations of my plan.'
'What is your plan exactly anyway?'
Cercis laughed, 'Hello to you too Draco. And you will both find out as soon as I get two answers back. Ginny is here, got to go.'
Cercis stood to welcome her as the fire turned green. "Thanks for coming Ginny." He said as he held out is hand to help her to her feet. "There was no trouble I take it?"
Ginny dusted herself off and they both sat down on the sofa again. "No the common room was empty. What did you want to see me for?"
"Who are you loyal to Ginny? And I don't mean Dumbledore and the Dark Lord. I mean the Dark Lord or me."
"What are you planning Cercis?" she asked, seeing straight through his question.
Cercis laughed, "Has the Dark Lord told you of the prophecy?"
Ginny frowned, "He's mentioned it before yes."
"Well this prophecy says I have to kill him or he will kill me, now at the moment we are at a stand still, but it wont last forever, we've already come close to completing it a few weeks ago."
Cercis took both of Ginny's hand in his own and looked into her dark blue eyes.
"What I'm asking you Ginny is: who couldn't you live without. Me or Tom?"
"How long do I have before you make me choose?" unshed tears were in her eyes.
"20 minutes." Cercis replied calmly. Ginny choked.
"You've given me 20 minutes to decide between the two men that I love who get to live and who gets to die?!" she got up and began to pace.
"Ginny you have to understand, there will never be a world where we will both be alive. One of us has to die." He took a breath. "If I die then all the mudbloods and muggles will die too, and you will get your own small section of Death Eaters. If Tom dies then the muggles will find out about the wizarding world, the ministry will be destroyed either way and Dumbledore will be destroyed either way."
She stopped pacing and turned to look at him, "What do I get if Tom dies?"
"Anything you want."
Ginny looked into his eyes, "Does that include you?"
Cercis smiled and stood, "Yes Ginny, yes it does." He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her into a kiss. Ginny responded immediately, and the two stayed locked together for a long time. When they finally broke apart Cercis continued to hold his arms around her waist.
"Who do you choose Ginny? Me or Tom?"
Ginny looked up and kissed him again, "I choose you Harry."
They kissed once more then Cercis pulled away from her, "Go back to Hogwarts, I'll keep you informed."
Ginny nodded and moved back to the fire place. "Oh and Ginny." She stopped and turned to face him. "Thank you."
She smiled and then threw and handful of floo powder into the fire and with a shouted, "Hogwarts!" she disappeared from view.
Cercis took down the wards in the room and apperated back up to his own room. Before walking in he paused and a thought crossed his mind.
'since when can I apparate in a building that has anti-Apparation charms on it?' he shrugged 'oh well, maybe I can apperate around Hogwarts too?'
Stowing that idea away he entered his room again and saw that Remus had moved to one of the windows and was looking out over the grounds.
"Have you made you're choice Remus?" Cercis asked him, coming to stand next to him on the balcony.
"I have Cercis. I am loyal to you."
Cercis smiled and wrapped his arms around Remus' waist pulling the shorter man into a hug.
"Thank you." He pulled back, "Now I can ask you the favour." They moved back into the room and sat in their chairs once more.
"I am guessing that I am right in thinking that you have never bitten any one and made them a wolf?"
Remus nodded. Cercis sighed. "Would you be willing to bite someone for me?"
"Who?"
"Voldemort."
Remus blinked. "Are you mad? I would never be able to get that close to him."
"There are two ways, but I'm not sure which one you would hate less."
Remus took a deep breath. "What are the ways?"
"The first way would be for you to take the Dark Mark and bite him just after he's marked you."
Remus looked horrified. 'What could be worse then that?'
"The second way would be to take Polyjuice potion to look like me and to sleep with Voldemort."
Remus felt sick. Those were his choices.
"Is there no other way?" he asked, his skin was very pale.
Cercis shook his head. "No, at least not that I can think of."
"How will my biting Voldemort help any way?"
"By biting him you give him a weakness." Cercis flicked his wrist and Draconis flew into his grip. "This is Draconis, you remember him?" Remus nodded, "He is silver. As you know werewolves can be killed by silver."
Cercis banished the knife again. "If I stab him with Draconis his body will die."
"But then we are left with his spirit again." Remus pointed out. Cercis nodded.
"Yes we are but I know a silver chant that can destroy someone's magical core."
Remus thought all this over, "So that's why you have silver streaks in your hair, I thought you had just added highlights into it or something." He said grinning. Cercis laughed.
"Yes that is why - " his sentence was cut off and his eyes turned purple.
"Cercis!" Remus shouted going for his wand, but then his eyes turned back to their normal colour.
"Don't worry Remus, that was just one of my silver chants. Every time a new spell is invented I learn it. Its very handy."
Remus nodded and put his wand away again. "What was the spell?"
"It seems that the Order has found a way to counter effect the turning of Dementors."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean that they can turn the Dementors back into humans again."
"Oh my god!" Remus and Cercis sat in shock.
"How?" he asked Cercis, hoping he could help him get his head around the impossible theory.
"A very powerful cheering charm combined with an everlasting charm and transformation spell."
Remus blinked, "But that's so simple."
"I know, which could explain why no ones ever thought of it before, its too simple."
"How did they figure it out?"
"Tonks did, her metamorphmagi skills led them too it. The downside for them is that the Dementors-turned-human will all become metamorphmagus'"
"Oh." Remus was trying to take all that in, on top of the plan that Cercis had told him barley half and hour ago. Cercis grinned.
"Do you wanna tour? That gives you time to think about which plan you would rather do, and you get to see your new home."
Remus nodded and they both stood, and began the tour around the manor.
~S~
okay I'm curious, which plan do you think Remus would go along with?
Plan one: take the dark mark which would include killing a muggle family.
Or
Plan two: take poly juice to look like Cercis and sleep with the DL.
Please leave your answer in a review.
Thank you.
Luv Mandara