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Severus apparated to Malfoy Manor and took his place in the circle of Death Eaters. He felt the dark Lord's presence before he saw him, the room got cold. Severus emptied his mind of thought fearing the safety of his son. Voldemort circled them for a few minutes; Severus kept his eyes to the ground behind his mask. Finally he stopped in front of Severus and dropped a copy of the Prophet on the floor, the photo on the front page was one taken in the Leaky Cauldron of Harry as he was entering the floo network. Severus silently thanked which ever God had prevent him from being seen in the photo too.

"Severus, why were we not informed of the boy's return"

"My Lord, Dumbledore suspected me of taking the boy, he has had me guarded ever since" It wasn't whole lie, Voldemort stared at him for a long moment but seemed to buy it,

"Very well but a guarded spy is of no used to me" he hissed Severus winced.

"Who took the boy then?"

"I know not my Lord I have not had the opportunity to see him myself but there are rumour that he has not spoken since his return"

"Is the report correct?" Severus was surprised that the Dark Lord was enquiring after Harry

"Yes my Lord it seemed to be" Voldemort chuckled

"Very well I believe we should pay these muggles a visit as a good will gesture" Severus felt nauseous

"My Lord?" Voldemortt sneered

"We will seek retribution upon those who would harm a wizard child and then you Severus my dear servant will bring the boy here. He will join us, or he will die" Severus was very grateful for the mask which hid the look he knew was on his face. Voldemort glided off, he stopped in front of Lucius

"You did not find the boy in his weakened state" Lucius cringed

"My Lord we tried…" he was cut off

"CRUCIO!" Lucius screamed as the curse hit home, he lay on the floor writhing in agony for ten minutes before it was lifted. The Dark Lord sneered at him

"I will not tolerate failure" and with that stormed out the room signalling the end of the meeting. One by one the Death Eaters disappeared, Lucius lay on the floor gasping Severus walked over to him and handed him a potion

"Drink this it will help" the Death Eater complied, Severus left without another word he needed to talk to Dumbledore, and he wanted to see his son.

Harry was dimly aware of the tears on his face, he also had the vague notion he wasn't alone, he had been watching through Voldemorts eyes, he wanted to make sure his father was not hurt. He bucked in pain as he felt the crucio along with its victim, but the meeting had ended and the pain was subsiding. He opened his eyes to see Bill and Charlie holding him down, he felt weight on his legs, he looked up to see Mad-Eye and Kingsely were also pinning him to the floor. They won't hurt you they won't hurt you he forced himself to chant it silently until the panic left him enough to talk

"Let go" he gasped, they all complied he drew himself painfully into a ball still not free of the after effects of the curse.

"Harry what happened?"

"He used crucio" he said between gasps. He felt a hand on his back and flinched violently, bolting to the corner of the room. Hermione looked pained at his reaction, but his brain wasn't functioning too well. Molly walked slowly up to him she took hold of his wrists and rubbed soothing circles on them as Severus had done. Harry's brain began to work again How did everyone know that worked I didn't. Severus reappeared, he looked round the room and panic, he had expected to see Harry still in the chair where he left him, he saw everyone staring at a dark corner, and made out Harry, looking terrified again. Severus felt his heart wrench, he didn't care if he had to explain later all that mattered was that look on his sons face. He strode over and pulled the boy into a hug much to the amazement of the younger Weasley's and Hermione, they looked even more shocked that Harry didn't protest.

"What happened?" Severus addressed Molly, keeping Harry against him

"He saw the meeting, then he started screaming, I guess that was when you-know-who used Crucio" Severus pulled the shaking boy tighter. Harry was losing the battle to stay upright, he leant heavily on his father until Severus coaxed him to the sofa. Harry curled into a tight ball at one end and closed his eyes. Severus noticed the looked he was getting off the younger members in the room. He was going to need to explain, but he didn't have the energy, at that moment in time all he wanted was to take his son home and have a nice long hot shower. He glanced over at Harry, he was asleep with his head on his knees. Sighing, he didn't want to move the boy it would wake him.

"Molly can you call Albus please" he said quietly. Molly nodded and disappeared, most of the others stayed in the room gawping at him.

"Look I know you don't understand but it is important for Harry's safety let alone his sanity that you don't speak of this at school. Understand?" they nodded. Molly returned a few minutes later with Albus.

"Children please leave" They were about to protest but Severus cut them off

"Get out now" he sneered, they were all terrified of the potions master and scrambled out the room. Albus looked concerned

"What happened Severus"

"The short version is he plans to kill the Dursley's as a good will gesture to attempt to persuade Harry to join him, if Harry refuse he will kill him" Albus nodded

"How does he plan to capture Harry" Severus laughed mirthlessly

"He wants me to bring him"  Severus stole another look at his sleeping child, he had no intentions of handing any thing as innocent as Harry over to darkness.

"What do you suggest we do Albus?" there was silence.

"We should save them" all in the room turned in surprise, it was Harry who had spoken, he was staring at the floor, not wanting to see the looks on their faces.

"You are the last person I thought I would hear advocating their protection" Harry swallowed hard

"If Voldemort can't kill them, then he has no leverage. He can't use it as a bargaining tool" Harry didn't know what else to do, he hated his uncle but he couldn't bring himself to let the family die. He didn't look at the people in the room he expected them to shout at him and call him names throw him out.

"I don't think I have ever been as proud of anyone in my life" Albus spoke softly Harry was stunned he met the old man's eyes they were shining at him, he slowly looked round the room, most of the order was there, looking at him with respect, admiration and some in awe. Finally he looked at his father, he too was staring at him and like the headmaster pride radiated off him, Harry broke the silence;

"I'm not evil" it was barely a whisper but it was a statement not a question, Severus pulled him closer and enveloped him in a hug, amazed that someone that young could go through so much pain, hurt and suffering and still remain so pure. The members left, not wanting to intrude on the private moment. Severus let Harry go after several minutes and smiled the boy was still sitting in a ball but there was hope again.

"Come on Ureil, let's get some food" Harry looked puzzled

"Uriel?"

"Yeah, it means angel of light in Hebrew" he stroked his sons hair out of his eyes before leading them back into the kitchen, the table was set with over 15 places, Molly with help from the twins was preparing the meal. There was an explosion in the kitchen

"OH FOR MERLIN'S SAKE YOU TWO STOP LEAVING THOSE THINGS LYING AROUND" the twins had the grace to look sheepish before collecting the rest of the exploding wands up and putting them out of the way, Harry smirked. A loud crash emanated from the hallway. Molly sighed in exasperation

"Nymphadora Tonks you are as much help as those two" she indicated to the twins who were trying and failing to look as though they weren't up to something,

"Kindly sit in the dinning room and don't touch anything" Tonks ambled into the room Harry had to smile, she had morphed into a small girl with pigtails and sat on the char with a petulant

"Yes mother" Molly rolled her eyes, Tonks grinned at Harry before screwing up her face and turning back to her usual form with spiky green hair. Harry sat next to her; out of the order Tonks was the one who hadn't really changed her behaviour towards him. She looked at him.

"Harry." She said in a very serious voice, Harry inwardly sighed and got ready to correct that statement.

"Yes?" He said

"Do you think green's my colour?" Harry grinned, maybe not then. He looked at her critically for a few moments

"I'm sorry Tonks" he said with melodrama

"I green is definitely not your colour. I hope you can find the will to go on" Harry said with false grief, for her part was doing a good impression of a dying swan bringing a hand to her heart and the other on her forehead

"The tragedy" she said through false sobs Harry was patting her on the head and pretending to dab a tear from his eye. The little scene had made Hermione and Ginny reduce to giggle wrecks, the twins were doubled over laughing. Severus tried to look stern and sneer at the whole thing, this just pulled a laugh from Harry and Ron too, he gave up and just shook his head. Secretly he was pleased, it was possibly the first time ever he had heard his son laugh; he went into the kitchen to help Molly, as the twins were indisposed.

Dinner was produced about an hour later, Harry sat with Tonks in one side and Ron on the other, Severus was opposite him. He was about to start eating when a goblet was shoved under his nose. He sighed, he didn't even see who gave it to him that time but he drank it anyway. Everyone was chatting contentedly the show Harry and Tonks had put on had put most people in a good mood, especially when she pretended to faint. Harry ate a few mouthfuls of the food in front of him, but he wasn't really hungry he was still anxious about the Dursley's he hoped he wouldn't have to see them again, he started to push the food round his plate. He wasn't paying attention to the conversation, his mind was wondering and he didn't hear someone call his name until Tonks poked him, he started and looked at her questioningly

"Severus wants you" She said grinning, her hair was back to bubble gum pink, she seemed to like that colour. Harry turned his attention to his father;

"Sorry I was miles away" Severus smirked

"That was very apparent" Harry shrugged

"Harry you need to eat more" Harry looked down at his plate; he'd eaten less then a third of the food.

"I'm not hungry"

"Harry please try, you really don't eat enough" Ron was now giving them both confused looks, since when did the greasy git give a damn about how much Harry ate. Harry sighed, and looked at Ron

"Long story will explain later I promi…" he didn't finish the sentence, his head burnt he clamped his hands to his forehead and chocked back a scream. Severus panic, as the boy started to fall

"HARRY" he shouted getting everyone's attention, he move towards his son, Tonks caught him first, even she could lift him with ease, he was started to convulse, they dragged him over to a clear patch of floor and tried to hold him from doing more damage to himself. His arms were thrashing wildly. Harry couldn't take the pain anymore and screamed he saw what was happening, he knew he couldn't stop it. He forced his mind to go blank trying to push the images away, the wall around his mind went up slowly, he became aware of being restrained again and gasping, he hear someone chanting

"Fuck fuck fuck fuck" and took some time to realise it was him. He gasped and opened his eyes, his head was in his fathers lap, various order members were holding him down the rest were gathered round he looked around until he saw Dumbledore

"The wards won't last the hour" he chocked before surrendering to the darkness. Severus lifted Harry onto the couch. The order had gone into immediate action apparating to Private Drive praying they weren't too late.

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