A/n: The Abuse does not end there on and a little warning, Snape is a little OCC in this one.
THE RELUCTANT SLYTHERIN
Chapter 10: Tortured Souls
That night Tory walked back into her room only to find that something was amiss. She stepped into the shower only to feel like her flesh was being eaten alive. Tory then ran out of the shower only to be cornered by a group of Slytherins. She was wearing only her towel and could not reach her wand. "Arbok! Kama!" Tory called, "They are safe for now," a boy sneered. He walked up to Tory and slapped her face, "Don't think that little trick with Snape will get away this time," he said and grabbed Tory and dragged her out of the room. She was thrown into another room and she knew that it was Malfoy's room by the sheer taste of it.
Draco Malfoy stood near the fire place of his room. It had been furnished that way as he pleased. "Well Tory it seems that we were able to break the wards on your room now isn't it." He said, "What the fuck do you want Malfoy," Tory demanded and was on the receiving end of a slap. "Do not talk to your superiors that way!" he yelled, "Since when was I inferior," Tory said and this time Malfoy's fist met her face and she fell. The towel fell off of her body and she was completely naked to him, "You know Mudblood I think I have just the thing for you," he said and he aimed his wand at her. "Crucio!" he shouted and Tory screamed in pain.
Harry tossed and turned in his bed his scar burned bright with pain. He could hear screams in his dream and he slowly opened his eyes to see Malfoy over him. He then stood up and realized that it was not his mind that he was in. He could hear the screams in his head as Malfoy undressed himself and joined in the screaming girl as she panicked in her mind. Harry could hear the screeching and tried to stop it as Malfoy entered her again and again and Harry could feel the pain as if it was his own.
"HARRY, HARRY WAKE UP!" Ron shouted and Neville, Dean, and Seamus ran to Harry as he screamed and held onto himself as if he was being beaten his scar bleeding badly. "HARRY!" Ron shouted and this time it alerted the other members of Griffindor house. Hermione was the first into the room followed by Professor McGonagall. "Professor I can't wake him up and he keeps screaming." Ron said and McGonagall then put her hand on his head and tried to shake him awake but she could not, "Someone call the headmaster NOW!" she shouted and several students ran down the halls.
Sometime later Dumbledore ran into the room and looked at Harry blood already forming from both his scar and between his legs. Dumbledore then knew that something was wrong as he put his hand to Harry's scar and it was bleeding down into his hand. "Harry, Harry wake up!" Dumbledore said and when he saw the blood again he knew that something was horridly wrong. "Harry what do you see," he said and tried to get in only to be blocked by some powerful magic. It was then that something flew into the room and Hedwig flew towards her master and screeched at the top of her lungs. She was followed by another owl one he met before. It was Kama the Pueo and he looked battered for wear also. The two owls carried Arbok the Basilisk and the snake then saw Harry in such a shape. 'Harry-papa, Harry-papa wake up Arbok needs you,' he said and tried to get Harry to waken and the snake did the only thing he could think of, he bit Harry HARD.
Harry's eyes shot open in an instant and he could see the entire Griffindor house looking at him. He was covered in blood and sweat and he looked down to see blood coming from between his legs as well. "Oh my god!" he said, "Harry what happened," Dumbledore said, but Harry would not answer instead he began to sob and clung to Ron who held him and sobbed on his shoulders. "Ron you and Hermione take Harry to the hospital wing." Dumbledore said and they nodded before taking him up and the owls and one basilisk followed.
Malfoy pulled up his pants as he stared at the bloody mess on the floor. "Take that mudblood," he said and smirked. He used a wizarding method of birth control so he does not have to worry about her getting pregnant anytime soon. Smirking to himself he ordered his goons to take Tory back to her rooms.
Now nothing normally would wake up Severus Snape in the middle of the night but when something did it was usually answered. Snape rose from his bed his instincts told him that something was wrong and he knew it. He walked down from his chambers to the Slytherin common room and checked it out. He checked the girl's dorms as well as the boy's. Snape did not trust his students at all after all some of them are from death eater families. He was about to return to his chambers when he smelt something….blood? He walked towards a door which led to Tory Kahalewai's room. He slowly opened the door and received the shock of his life.
Ron ran as fast as he could with Hermione behind him. Harry was really light so Ron was able to carry him all they way to the hospital wing at the same time that Professor Snape carried Tory in as well. "Heaven's what happened?" she said to Snape as he put Tory down at the same time Ron put Harry down. Poppy got to work right away and the results were shocking, "Oh my god," she said pulling her wand back. "What is it?" asked Hermione, Poppy was as pale as a ghost as she walked away. "For heaven's sake Poppy what is it!" Snape snapped at her and Ron and Hermione could see that his usual mask is gone replaced by worry. "Rape," she said, "Both of them show signs of rape. Tory more so then Harry," she said and everyone had gone pale. "Rape," said Hermione the shock was evident on her face. Ron was turning red, "When I find the fucker who did this I will personally see to it that they get a good lashing." Ron then turned but found that Snape too was growing red with fury. He turned and stormed out of the hospital wing with out a second glance.
Snape stormed into his office and walked towards the back of his room and pulled out several vials from his lab in the back. He then grabbed several ingredients and started the fire for his cauldron. He began to stir the potion as he added ingredient after ingredient and watched as the boiling potion changed colors from purple to green. Instead of the usual stench there was a sweet smell to it and Snape smiled. "Good," he said, "Soon I will see for myself just what my prize student is doing," he said and then when the potion was done burning a bright red he grabbed a couple of vials for himself and someone he has on mind. The rest of the potion he put it in his special store room and sealed the door with a spell so that way not even Alohomora can open it. He then stormed back up towards the hospital wing and to his student.
Ron and Hermione turned with a start as Professor Snape stormed into the hospital wing and was met by the hiss of Arbok as he rose up to protect his mistress and Harry, "Oh don't worry Arbok it is only me," Snape said and the snake lowered itself down. Kama hooted in reply and Crookshanks who is in Hermione's arms glared along with Hedwig and Pig. "What is that?" Hermione asked and Snape gave a bottle to Pomphrey and she gently lifted Harry up and smoothed the potion down his throat. He nearly choked at first but he swallowed and slowly his eyes opened. "Potter what happened?" Snape demanded and Dumbledore stood behind him as mysteriously as he appears. "He touched me…he touched me…..HE FUCKEN TOUCHED ME!" Harry yelled at the top of his lungs he was still shaking and Hermione and Ron held him close. "Who touched you," he said and Harry stuttered before the word came, "Malfoy," he whispered, "he touched me," he said feeling ashamed and it was only his friends arms that held him. Snape's fists turned white until Dumbledore put a hand on his shoulder. "Now Severus there is no need to curse people now is there," he said, "Oh yes there is Albus you see I know exactly what she went through and him now!" Snape said and Dumbledore nodded, "I understand Severus, but now is not the time right now," Dumbledore said and watched as Harry was given another potion and he fell asleep.
Harry found himself again in the mist of being a dolphin swimming in the ocean. The ocean's dark depths were his play ground as he swam through some dark caves. Fish made way but Harry was hungry and he caught some and ate till he was full. He then swam further down the depths searching till his eyes caught that of Tory. He recognized her from her darker pattern but she was still a dolphin all the same. She seemed hesitant as she whistled to him and Harry clicked and whistled back. The two swam for a while in the ocean feeling the cold depths as they searched the sea for something to play in.
It was just the two of them as they swam and Harry could feel himself drifting off. He could feel Tory's pain and suffering as she swam. The rose to take a breath but never jump and Harry knew why. He could then see the blood trailing from Tory and he also could see from himself. It was then that he heard a voice and the scene changed.
The scene changed to that of the Chamber of Secrets and before them stood the all mighty basilisk. "So you have come at last," he said rising to his full height. Harry was ready to reach for his wand but found that it was not there. The thing he found strange was that the serpent made no move to kill instead its golden stare did not kill him but pierce him. "I come not to kill my savior." It said no longer hissing its words. "I come here to talk," the snake said, "What is it you want to talk about?" Harry asked and the snake slithered around them. "He dares to touch you both I felt it. Though he has not touched you physically my friend,stares at Harry he has touched your minds and souls," he said "Our minds and souls?" Harry asked and he turned to see Tory on the ground rocking back and forth. "To take the purity of a soul especially that of a woman is to rob them of their innocence. Some species of serpent are known to do this but not often and even dolphins." He said with amusement. "But why did I share Tory's pain?" Harry asked, "Because both of you have something in common," the basilisk replied, "Tortured souls," he said, "Tortured souls?" Harry asked and Tory managed to look up, "Yes, I see it now that is why you are able to see through and experience that Tory went through. You both have tortured souls and both of you are destined for each other," he said with some amusement.
The basilisk slithered down a pipe and then turned and faced them again, "For nearly a thousand years I have waited for the day where someone will set me free of the evil that has kept me prisoner. For nearly that long I had a mate who was here with me but she died nearly twenty years before. I was only able to care of her clutch but they have not moved for such a long time. I put a spell on them till the time was right to start incubating again. When that time came only one egg remained but I was killed before it hatched. This one here," he pointed to Tory, "saved my child and in return I will help you seek vengeance." He said, "I do not wish to kill anyone but I think the best way is to release Tory's restraints," the Basilisk said, "Restraints," Harry said, "They restrained my magic," Tory said speaking up for the first time and Harry was by her side in an instant.
Tory was in shock when Harry took her, "He touched me, he touched us," she said noticing Harry's appearance as well, "He will pay little one he will," said the basilisk as it came closer to Tory eyeing her with one golden eye. "I sense something from you….can it be?" he said rearing up, "Yes it is…you have dragon's blood," he said "Dragon's blood?" Harry said, "Dragon's blood is when a human has the soul of a dragon within them. We basilisks know of this and have seen some but none as powerful as this," he said and then looked at Harry, "It seems that you have it too," he said and Harry looked stunned, "My you have dragon green eyes so you must be an eastern dragon," he said, "They are my mother's eyes," Harry said, "Ah the dragon's blood came from your mother's side then," the snake hissed, "But my mother was muggleborn," "I know I have spoken to her and your ancestors," the basilisk said, "But there is one thing you can do," the snake said, "What?" Harry said, "Release Tory's power and remove the restraint your friends can help you as you have helped me." "How," This time it was Tory who asked, "I need you to be released from your restraint and train this dragon how to fight," he said, "I know you took fighting lessons before young lady yet the restraints made you forget, it not only effects the mind but the body as well." The snake said and then he looked up, "Looks like someone is summoning you so I must be going, just remember to defeat the darkness you must be ready at all cost so young lady for your revenge you must train this human and his friends," with that the vision vanished and Harry found himself in darkness.
Tory opened her eyes again to the light of a new day and once again she found herself in the hospital wing. Looking around she saw Harry in a similar state as she. "I am so sorry," she whispered her eyes full of water. Someone offered his shoulder for her and she recognized the smell of potions. It was Professor Snape and everyone was just as shocked as she was. He held her close as she lost it and cried on his shoulder and Harry watched and knew that Tory had to settle things herself as well as with him. "Um guys I have to tell you something," he told Ron and Hermione as well as Snape what the Basilisk told them and Snape's eyes went blank as the wheels in his head are turning. "I think I can help," he said and reached into his robes for another set of vials, "What are they?" Hermione asked, "My specialty the Polyserium it is a modified version of the original Polyserium and the Polyjuice potion because this one will last for nearly twenty four hours and it even modifies the voice." Snape said, "Why are you helping us?" Ron asked, "Because in a way Tory reminds me of someone that has suffered the same before," Snape said, "Who?" they asked, "Myself," Snape replied, "You were abused during your school years too?" asked Harry, "Yes Potter I was," Snape said, "You saw it last year in my pensive but that was only part of it. Even my housemates treated me as you would say 'like shit'" with that Snape grudgingly told his tale to the three.
When he was done they were shocked as ever, "So when I saw what was happening to Tory I knew that it had to be them." Snape said, "But the difference is that I was also abused by other houses because I was in a way like Granger a bookworm," he said and Harry whispered, "The Marauders," he said, "Yes the Marauders as well as a group from every house in Hogwarts. When I became a deatheater I thought at first it would help me prove something but it didn't," he said and his hands clenched into fists, "When Voldemort pulled me to the front line that is where I saw the true horror of his ways," he said, "What did you see?" Harry asked, "I saw a woman being raped by a group of death eaters as well as watch Lastrange torture that same woman who by chance was seven months pregnant and killed the baby." He said, "After that horrible experience I joined Dumbledore's side to be his spy. But even that is starting to wane on me," he said looking down, "Voldemort is starting to suspect me of being a spy so I have to be extra careful," he said and everyone nodded, "Then why are you helping us?" Tory asked, "To pay some people back namely certain people's parents," he said with a smirk.
After a day of planning and talking it was decided that since it was the weekend they are going to do some serious planning. Snape decided to go as Tory since he is the only other Slytherin of the group. Tory agreed to disguise herself as Harry and Harry well had to do Ron and Ron had to play Hermione and Hermione had to play Snape. (The only reason is she is good in potions besides Snape and Tory and proved to be a good actress.) They all felt weird being in each other's bodies. "Why do I have to be Harry?" Tory asked, "Because Ms. Kahalewai I want to see people's reactions when you get to teach them a lesson in manners," Snape said, "Oh really?" Tory replied in Harry's voice, "Yes in this form you are no longer under the restraint until we figure out how to get rid of those annoying restraints," he said and they all walked out of the office.
TBC
