Eye of the Storm

Chapter 14 The Hunt

The hot Egypt sun bared down on three wizards as they stood inside one of the pyramids that was their protection. The roof had been destroyed many years ago and the only protection came from that which the wizards put on themselves. Two of them held on to eachother and shut thier eyes tight. The other, older wizard, watched intently as the sand around them danced. A man, another wizard was standing not three feet away from them looking in all directions, seaching in all nooks and crannies. He did not find the other wizards.

Albus Dumbledore let out a soft sigh as his trust reached a full hight. Severus didn't let him down. Looking over to Molly and Ron Weasley he thought his heart would burst. Protection and loyalty was what his potions master was best at.

Severus Snape sat in his study looking over the map and the directions he gave Lucius as the wizard made another unexpected appearance.

"They were not there Severus! Someone must have tipped them off." He said and paused remembering the odd things he saw in the bedroom. "There is no one else here is there?"

"No."

Snape's responce was immediate and to the point, he didn't waste time on bickering with someone who couldn't and wouldn't be swayed.

"Fine then, I will report to my master. You should do the same. We must find the spy."

Snape simply nodded and continued to study the map he knew like the back of his hand. Lucius let himself out and Severus went to put up additional wards around the fireplaces.

The floor was getting to by quite uncomfortable as Harry lay there, but for the first time he was truly and deathly afraid of his potions professor. Sure in the past he had been scared and shook up by the cold, aloof man, but he was never alone and unprotected with him before.

Laying his head back on the floor, Harry jerked upward and regreted it as his head made contact with the bed frame. He heard, or rather felt, through the floorboards, someone coming.

Crawling out from under the bed Harry grabbed his wand and stood with his back against the wall. It had to be that other man, Harry hadn't heard him leave and he hadn't heard the door to Severus's study open.

The door finally was creaking open when Harry lowered his wand.

"Mr. Potter, what are you attempting? Anyone would have seen you upon entery, therefore have the upper hand. I assume you weren't going to hex me?"

"No professor. Who was that other man?"

Snape knew Harry would ask, it was only expected. "None of your business."

Harry was about to respond but intelligently held his tounge, it wouldn't do him any good to accuse Snape of helping someone find and kill his best friend even if it were true.

Looking at the grandfather clock that stood adjacent from him Severus looked back to the boy.

"It's getting late, sleep Mr. Potter."

Harry watched as his professor left the room. Knowing he wouldn't be able to sleep, the young wizard picked his invisibility cloak off of his school things and started to read a book about transfiguration in the early fourteen hundereds.

"FIND POTTER, FIND THE SPY! THAT IS YOUR MISSION! YOU ARE NOT TO BE LOOKING FOR HIS USLESS FRIENDS!"

The forrest went unnaturally still at Voldemort's outburst. Lucius had indeed went to give his report to his master and was gravely disappointed and scared.

"I was attempting to reason master, that perhaps if we caught one of his classmates we could use him as bait."

"That is why it's not your job to do the reasoning, it's mine. If that would work, I would suggest it. But tell me Lucius, who's life is more important, who would Dumbledore protect?"

"Harry Potter."

"Harry Potter." The Dark Lord repeated. "That is who he would protect, not some worthless boy!" Voldemort sighed. "Leave, and find the boy's relatives, it's time we start putting fear in the whole word, not just ours."

Lucius nodded and bowed until his nose was in the dirt. Leaving the forrest, the wizard was thanking Merlin over and over that he was not murdered.

The only problem was, Merlin wasn't listening.

TBC

Wow, realy short I know. More to come, not to worry.

Next Chapter: Dark Magic

Snape is seen with Harry.

Voldemort is still very unhappy.

A new headquarters is found, much Harry's dislike.

And a truth is known by one.