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Chapter fourteen- The Dark Lord and the forgotten Malfoy

Severus stepped into the meeting room of the Riddle House after apparating to the place. He glanced around to see every Death Eater from the Dark Lord's inner circle formed in a ring around the Dark Lord himself. Severus took a deep breath before occluding his mind, stepping up to his master', and kneeling down to kiss the monster's robes.

"Ah Ssseveruss.you come at lasst.." Voldemort's voice was cold, barely above a whisper as he glared at the Potion's Master. Severus knelt down farther, his hands pressed flat against the wooden floor.

"Forgive me my Lord...I was on a mission for Dumbledore during the summer with the werewolf.I couldn't slip away unnoticed..forgive me Master..." Severus said this all in an emotionless voice, spitting out the headmasters name like a swear word. The Dark Lord loved it when his servants were scared and Severus wouldn't give the bastard the pleasure.

"Crucio!" The Dark Lord hissed lazily.

Severus braced himself for the expected curse that was flung his way, clenching his teeth so tightly that he feared they would crack from the force. A scream welled up in his throat but he stubbornly forced it back down.

He wouldn't give the bastard the pleasure..

"Ssseveruss my ssslippery ssnake.when were you planning to tell me about thisss sssson of yoursss.?" the Dark Lord hissed after lifting the curse, his crimson eyes narrowed in suspicion.

Severus closed his eyes briefly before beginning, "I was unaware of his existence my Lord...I had a brief affair with a muggle-woman..she never informed me about his birth..he has been living with his mother, attending a privet school in America all his life..until she died a couple months ago, he was then sent to live with me at the end of the summer.." Severus mentally prayed that the monster would believe the story.

Voldemort had stayed silent through Severus' explanation. He was looking at Severus through narrowed, red, calculating eyes. Finally he snapped "Tell me Snape" Severus flinched when he heard the Dark Lord call him by his last name.never a good sign. "Ssince when do I allow my Death Eatersss to do such a disssgraceful thing asss to lower themssselvess sso much that they interact with filthy creaturess ssuch asss mugglesss?" Voldemort sounded absolutely repulsed.

Severus both mentally cheered and flinched, the Dark Lord believed his story, but he sounded furious with him...never a good sign.

"Forgive me my Lord...I.I wasn't..myself that evening.." Severus said with feigned sincerity. Out of the corner of his eye, Severus saw a Death Eater shift slightly, a couple strands of silvery blonde hair escaping the silver Death Eater mask. Lucius Malfoy..

"Crucio!"

Severus once again squirmed on the ground painfully until Voldemort released him of the dreadful curse.

"I am debating on whether or not I should believe you Ssseveruss." the creature hissed threateningly. "You have been forcing me to question whom your loyalties lie to Ssnape..." Severus paled under his mask. "Prove yourssself to uss that you are ssstill loyal...bring your ssson to be marked when Lucius bringsss hisss on the first meeting in December and you shall have proven yourssself..or have you forgotten that all Death Eaterss children get marked when they are in their sssixth year?"

Severus could have sworn that his heart had stopped for a full five seconds after the Dark Lord's order...he had forgotten that Damien was to be marked since he was a Death Eater's' son.. He shivered at the thought of Damien having to go through what he, Severus had been going through all these years...Merlin what was he going to do? Nevertheless, Severus nodded respectfully and murmured, "Yes my Lord..I live to serve you and only you Master.."

The Dark Lord narrowed his eyes.

"Crucio!"

Voldemort looked at Severus' squirming form with slight interest before lifting it once again. "We shall sssee whom you are loyal to Ssseveruss..you're dismissed..."

Severus stood up shakily and bowed before the monster once again before apparating with a crack'.

Damien hurriedly made his way to the Hospital Wing as he anxiously wrung his hands every once and a while. He had had a vision of course and had seen everything that had happened to Severus..which was strange because Damien thought that he wasn't supposed to have visions if he occluded his mind every night. Well, Voldemort was most likely better at Occlumency then Severus was no doubt about that...and it was possible that Voldemort had unknowingly given him the vision.

Damien, of course, had immediately hurried to the headmaster's office to see if he could catch his father only to find the headmaster coming back from the hospital wing. Professor Dumbledore had told him that he had found Severus unconscious in the Entrance Hall.obviously Voldemort hadn't taken Damien's existence well... So, after hurriedly telling the headmaster what he had seen in his vision, Damien had made a dash for the hospital wing.

He walked quickly through the doors that lead to the Wing and immediately set eyes on Severus' pale form. Madame Pomfrey had obviously given him a couple of potions (which Damien could now identify as a potion for the Crucious Curse and a Sleeping Potion) and Severus was now asleep.

Poppy bustled in, "Well its nice to see that Severus finally has some company..poor man, he deserves someone to care for him after all he does." the nurse shot a pitying look at Severus' form before flushing slightly as she realized what she had just said. She immediately switched into nurse mode. "If he does happen to wake up, make sure that he does not get out of bed! I need to go to refill my potion's supply since our Potion's Master is going to be out of commission for a bit..He needs his rest and Lord knows that man will escape the first chance he gets! Honestly! Severus can be so stubborn at times!" and with that she walked into her office, grumbling angrily about Severus.

Damien felt relived that the nurse had left, he didn't think he could have standing her constant clucking... Damien pulled up a chair beside Severus' bed and sat down as he thought about what the nurse had said (for once). Severus risked so much yet no one realized it and almost everyone treated him like a bastard..Damien knew..he used to be one of those people. But now he knew that there was more to Severus and that he actually COULD act human..even almost kind at times...

Damien felt a tingle of fear course through him as he remembered what had happened at the Death Eater meeting..so he was to be marked come December..and if he didn't get marked then his father would be tortured and killed..wonderful. Damien huffed, even as a different person with a different name and a completely different life everything still always happened to him.

He was suddenly startled out of his thoughts by a movement on the bed in front of him. Severus was stirring slightly, obviously dreaming his face was shifting between fear and pain as he moaned slightly... "Noo." he moaned, clutching the sheets so tightly that his knuckles were white. "No...I'm sorry...so.so sorry.forgive me." Damien blinked and shook his father gently.

"Severus." he said gently. "Come on its only a dream..wake up." The man's eyes flickered open slightly and focused on Damien, who was leaning over him, looking at him in concern.

"Are you alright?" Damien asked quietly. Severus shot up immediately, his onyx eyes darting around in panic until he laid eyes on Damien and instantly relaxed. "Are you alright?" Damien asked once again and Severus nodded slowly before sinking back into the comfort of the bed only to shoot up once again.

"I have to report to the Headmaster!" he said hurriedly as he made to get out of bed. Damien gently pushed him back down, "Don't worry, its all taken care of.." "How?" "I had a vision.." Severus looked at him with wide eyes, "Y-you saw..?" He murmured sounding slightly faint. Damien nodded, "Yes and its okay..for now besides I am under strict orders to keep you in bed!" Damien smiled slightly and Severus once again sank gratefully back into the bed, though he looked slightly bothered.

"Go to sleep Severus." Damien ordered the man and Severus started to protest before he obeyed appreciatively.

Severus let his eyes fall shut again and started to fall asleep, feeling a slight warmth inside him at the thought that there was someone actually waiting for him to recover other then the headmaster... At least he felt like he was actually protecting someone with these damn spying duties..

Damien (for once in his life) felt thankful that Malfoy woke him up. He probably would have been late. Damien had stayed in the Hospital Wing all night and had fallen asleep on a very uncomfortable chair only to wake up at three in the morning with his back screaming and not able to get back to sleep till five.

So he was having a bad morning with a sore back and lack of sleep. Malfoy apparently seemed to sense that since the blonde didn't question him at all. Owls flooded in the Great Hall as usual bringing mail and a tawny, brown owl dropped a letter by Malfoy's toast and perched himself on the blonde's shoulder. Malfoy reached up to pet Talon' before another owl, a gray common one, landed by Malfoy with the Daily Prophet.

"You still get that junk?" Damien murmured and Malfoy shrugged, "I like to see if they're having a go at Potter sometimes" he said, smirking slightly and Damien felt anger well up in him, he forced himself to chew on his bacon instead of slamming the other boys face into the table.

Malfoy pulled out a leather wallet to get a Knut for the owl and Damien raised his eyebrows, "Wizards use wallets?" he asked curiously and Malfoy shrugged, "Some do but I prefer them.." The boy pulled out a bronze knut and put it into the owl's small bag that was tied around it. The owl immediately took flight and Damien watched as Malfoy fumbled his wallet and dropped it onto the table, some Sickles and pictures slipping out of it and onto the floor.

"Damn!" Malfoy growled and scooped up the money quickly before any other Slytherin saw it. Damien reached under the table to get the fallen coins and pictures. "Thanks" Malfoy grumbled and Damien was to distracted to be shocked as he stared at one of the pictures with interest.

It was a picture of a very pretty woman. She looked in her early twenties and had straight, shiny, white-blonde hair that fell down to the end of her back and curled slightly at the tips. Her eyes were blue but not like Draco or Lucius Malfoy's cold, ice blue eyes. Instead they were a deep sky-blue that seemed full of life and kindness. Her skin was pale but it just made her look more like an angel. She had a blue summer dress on that matched her eyes perfectly and was waving and smiling at the camera happily.

"Who is that?" Damien asked Malfoy as he stared at the pretty woman. Malfoy took the picture and sighed, "She was my Aunt.." Damien blinked, ".er..was?" "Well she would have been...she died before I was born...her name was Cassandra she was my father's sister.. I don't really know much about her cause Father doesn't like to talk about her much, she's a traitor and he hates her.

"How did she die?" Damien asked. "The Dark Lord.." Malfoy said with a shrug. "You see, she was all for the light side because she couldn't stand hurting people, she tried to convince my father the same but he wouldn't listen..he tried to tell her that the Dark Lord would kill her if she kept supporting the light side but she didn't listen...father sometimes says that she was to stubborn for her own good. Anyway, father was furious with her and they lost contact with each other and grew apart..and then one day, when father was called to a meeting, she was there..they tortured and killed her..father helped..after that, mother told me that he become so cold and uncaring and threw himself into devoting his life to the Dark Lord.."

Damien pondered slightly through Malfoy's tale...so that's why the senior Malfoy was so cold..because his sister had betrayed' him and he had killed her, leaving him like an empty shell, with no emotion..Damien shivered at the thought of doing something like that to Hermione, whom he loved like a sister.

"Hey! You play Quidditch?" Malfoy asked, changing the subject as he hastily shoved the picture back into his wallet. Damien's emerald eyes lit up in excitement, "Are you kidding? Everyone plays Quidditch!" Malfoy smirked at the other wizard's comment, "Obviously you haven't seen Weasley fly..he's the Gryffindor Keeper and he's only caught one ball! It was just his luck that it was the Quidditch final! I still think that he had to sell his house just to buy the stupid broomstick! And he's riding one of the older models! I mean why buy a broomstick when it's the slowest one on the market?! Then again, you cant expect more from a Weasley! They got more children then they can afford! Maybe they should put Weasley or his sister up for adoption! They'd probably make more money from that then their bum of a father could make in a decade! Honestly! Working with muggles ! How pathetic can you get? I am ashamed to call them pure-bloods when they act as if their mudbloods!" Malfoy ranted furiously and Damien had to clinch his fists to keep from punching Malfoy's pale, pointed face.

"Kindly cease from insulting Ron, Ginny, or Hermione...I don't understand what you have against them, I met them on the train and they didn't seem so bad." Damien said in a mock confused voice. Malfoy looked at Damien as if he had grown two heads. "Are you nuts?! Do you realize what kind of reputation you have here?! Almost everyone in the school fears you because of your father! Do you want to throw that all away because you've been hanging out with a Mudblood and two Mudblood lovers!" Damien sighed and rolled his eyes, "I will never understand what Gryffindors and Slytherins, and Purebloods and Muggle-borns have against each other.." Malfoy looked at him once again as if he were a basilisk. Damien shrugged, "Hey you know I cant help it! I was raised by a muggle remember!" Malfoy just shook his head, "You are one weird kid, Damien" he murmured faintly.

Damien merely shrugged.

() Okay I know I spelled a couple things wrong and I know Sev, Damien, and Malfoy may have been OOC. Well I know it but what do you think?! Also I made a challenge for all you other writers out there. Its in my bio so check it out.

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