L'Enfant Préoccupé Chapter Ten - In a Cage
*Thanks to everyone who is reading. This chapter is short, because it is necessary for the next chapter. Please don't be discouraged by its shortness.*
Harry woke to the sounds of shouts and screams. Standing carefully, so as not to alarm anyone he had risen, Harry surveyed his surroundings. He was standing inside a small, dark cage. There were bars on every side of him, and the cage seemed to be in the middle of a very large and open room. At one end of the room, there was a massive chair that looked like a throne. Carved into the intricate patterns of the wood-work was a delicate letter 'V.' Harry knew then where he was, Voldemort's secret castle.
When Harry first heard footsteps from outside the large, oak door, he lay back down and pretended to be sleeping soundly. Through one half- closed eye, Harry saw a large group of Death Eaters file in and stand in a circle around the chair. When they had all thrown themselves into a kneeling position at the floor, Harry was able to see Voldemort walk calmly to the throne, and take a seat.
"Lucius," Voldemort's voice was dull and raspy, "You have brought me the Potter boy, and for that you shall be very much rewarded."
Harry watched Lucius crawl up to Voldemort and kiss the man's robes. "Thank you, Master." He said while crawling back to join the circle.
"Lucius, I have decided that I shall grant your request to have your young Draco join my inner circle. You have been my most loyal subject through the years, and for that I shall train Draco myself."
"Thank you, Master." Lucius replied happily, "That is a great honor for my family."
"Yes, yes, but enough with all of this talk. Bring the Potter boy forward." One of the Death Eater's walked towards Harry's cage, and dragged him to Voldemort's feet.
"Stand, Potter, and look at me like a man." Harry did as he was told and looked right at Voldemort's red beady eyes. "Where are you all of your friends now, Potter?" He said menacingly.
"They'll be here, just wait!" Harry shouted angrily. At his words, Harry was roughly shoved to the ground.
"Tie him down, Lucius, while I summon Severus."
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"I have been summoned." Severus told Dumbledore before aperated to Voldemort's newest location. He knew that what was about to happen wouldn't be good, but not going would be much worse.
When Severus arrived he walked through the circle, eyes to the floor, and went up to his master. He kneeled, and kissed the man's robes before joining the circle.
"Severus, good of you to finally arrive. Crucio!" Voldemort shouted. Severus felt his whole body tense up with fierce pain.
"I am sorry I am late, Master." Severus said numbly, once the curse had been lifted.
Harry watched everything through scared eyes. He saw Severus walk in, and saw him greet his master. He watched Severus receive the curse, and he saw Severus do nothing about it.
Harry's musings were cut short when he heard Voldemort begin to speak again. "Tonight is the night I have dreamed of many times. Tonight, I will kill Harry Potter. Tonight, I shall make the boy feel what I have felt all these years. Tonight, I shall regain all my former glory! Tonight, my empire will once again have power over that muggle-loving fool, Dumbldore!" Voldemort paused and looked at Severus, "Severus, bring him forward."
Severus walked slowly to where Harry was currently tied down. Whispering very quietly into Harry's ear, "Harry, whatever happens, do not let him see you cry." Severus picked Harry up and sat him down and Voldemort's feet.
Immediately curses started firing rapidly past Voldemort's thin lips. One right after the other; soon the Harry's thoughts started to blur, and his vision became cloudy. The pain turned into nothingness, and Harry could no longer hear his screams. All he could hear was the sound of his own heart beating quickly in his ribcage. Harry didn't remember anything after that.
*Thanks to everyone who is reading. This chapter is short, because it is necessary for the next chapter. Please don't be discouraged by its shortness.*
Harry woke to the sounds of shouts and screams. Standing carefully, so as not to alarm anyone he had risen, Harry surveyed his surroundings. He was standing inside a small, dark cage. There were bars on every side of him, and the cage seemed to be in the middle of a very large and open room. At one end of the room, there was a massive chair that looked like a throne. Carved into the intricate patterns of the wood-work was a delicate letter 'V.' Harry knew then where he was, Voldemort's secret castle.
When Harry first heard footsteps from outside the large, oak door, he lay back down and pretended to be sleeping soundly. Through one half- closed eye, Harry saw a large group of Death Eaters file in and stand in a circle around the chair. When they had all thrown themselves into a kneeling position at the floor, Harry was able to see Voldemort walk calmly to the throne, and take a seat.
"Lucius," Voldemort's voice was dull and raspy, "You have brought me the Potter boy, and for that you shall be very much rewarded."
Harry watched Lucius crawl up to Voldemort and kiss the man's robes. "Thank you, Master." He said while crawling back to join the circle.
"Lucius, I have decided that I shall grant your request to have your young Draco join my inner circle. You have been my most loyal subject through the years, and for that I shall train Draco myself."
"Thank you, Master." Lucius replied happily, "That is a great honor for my family."
"Yes, yes, but enough with all of this talk. Bring the Potter boy forward." One of the Death Eater's walked towards Harry's cage, and dragged him to Voldemort's feet.
"Stand, Potter, and look at me like a man." Harry did as he was told and looked right at Voldemort's red beady eyes. "Where are you all of your friends now, Potter?" He said menacingly.
"They'll be here, just wait!" Harry shouted angrily. At his words, Harry was roughly shoved to the ground.
"Tie him down, Lucius, while I summon Severus."
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"I have been summoned." Severus told Dumbledore before aperated to Voldemort's newest location. He knew that what was about to happen wouldn't be good, but not going would be much worse.
When Severus arrived he walked through the circle, eyes to the floor, and went up to his master. He kneeled, and kissed the man's robes before joining the circle.
"Severus, good of you to finally arrive. Crucio!" Voldemort shouted. Severus felt his whole body tense up with fierce pain.
"I am sorry I am late, Master." Severus said numbly, once the curse had been lifted.
Harry watched everything through scared eyes. He saw Severus walk in, and saw him greet his master. He watched Severus receive the curse, and he saw Severus do nothing about it.
Harry's musings were cut short when he heard Voldemort begin to speak again. "Tonight is the night I have dreamed of many times. Tonight, I will kill Harry Potter. Tonight, I shall make the boy feel what I have felt all these years. Tonight, I shall regain all my former glory! Tonight, my empire will once again have power over that muggle-loving fool, Dumbldore!" Voldemort paused and looked at Severus, "Severus, bring him forward."
Severus walked slowly to where Harry was currently tied down. Whispering very quietly into Harry's ear, "Harry, whatever happens, do not let him see you cry." Severus picked Harry up and sat him down and Voldemort's feet.
Immediately curses started firing rapidly past Voldemort's thin lips. One right after the other; soon the Harry's thoughts started to blur, and his vision became cloudy. The pain turned into nothingness, and Harry could no longer hear his screams. All he could hear was the sound of his own heart beating quickly in his ribcage. Harry didn't remember anything after that.