Disclaimer: Do not own Harry Potter (wish I did) JK Rowling owns all characters from Harry Potter books (lucky)

Warning: This is a slash!

I am so happy with reviews, so I decided to work on the next chapter instead of doing my geometry homework. Just don't tell my dad that I am doing this, I am already lucky enough that he is ok with my slash/yaoi obsession, not doing my homework though can get me killed. Heh, heh, if only I were joking…

Ps. Snake talk shall be like this /blah blah/

Chapter 4: New plan

Harry looked down at his bandaged hand then back Jason who was smiling while putting away the bandages and pain relieving medicine back into the medicine cabinet.

"Uh, thanks Jason" Harry mumbled and looked down to try and hide the blush. Jason had told Harry to show him all his bruises and cuts. The older man didn't say a word as he fixed Harry up, even when he saw the scars on his back.

Not that Harry would have heard him if he did, the teen was too caught up in watching Jason move gracefully and quickly while pulling out the needed materials and bandages, and making all the aches in Harry's body go away.

"You can put your shirt back on" Jason told Harry once he was done, making Harry turn an even deeper shade of red. Now he new what Ron felt like when he blushed red from ear to ear.

Harry quickly pulled on his large shirt and followed the older man out back into the living room. When Harry saw the time he nearly had a panic attack, he had been at Jason's for almost and hour and a half.

"Shit" Harry mumbled

"What's wrong?" Jason asked with concern etched on his handsome face.

"I snuck out when my aunt left, she should be home any minute" Harry explained and looked out the window to see if his aunt's car was in the driveway. Luckily it wasn't

Voldemort felt his anger one again rising at the obvious fear the boy was showing, what he wouldn't give to torture those pathetic muggles so they would feel every ounce of pain they put Harry through.

"Go ahead and go then." Jason said softly and grabbed Harry's hand so he could pull him to the front door. But just as Harry grabbed the door handle Jason grabbed his other hand.

"Wha-" Harry started but Voldemort cut him off for a bruising kiss, the same jolt of electricity went through them but both ignored it and continued kissing until air was needed. The dark lord was impressed at how fast Harry learned to kiss; the boy was already learning how to battle for dominance with his tong, but sadly for him 'Jason' was much more experienced.

"Th-that was great" Harry panted, cheeks once again flushed and eyes half lidded with desire.

"Hn, thank you" Voldemort said, and let go of the boy's slim waist; he couldn't remember when he grabbed onto in the first place but oh how he wished he could keep holding onto it…

"Damnit get your head out of your pants and concentrate!' Voldemort snapped at himself, then let himself focus on the sparking green eyes staring up at him.

"Don't be a stranger Harry; come visit me anytime you want." He said after a moment of silence. Harry just nodded dumbly before leaning up and softly pressing his swollen lips to Voldemort's. But almost as soon as here lips touched the kiss was done and Harry was out the door with a silly grin on his face. Leaving a surprised yet happy Dark Lord.

Things were really starting to get interesting…

(time passing)

Time went by to slowly for the Dark Lord. He hated to wait, he hated not having anything to do, he hated the fact that his future husband was only one house away being abused by his 'family'.

The only one who should have been making the boys life hell was him, the greatest Dark Lord of all time. Not some fat man and his horse wife, oh and lets not forget the whale child.

"That settles it, I will not wait any longer and do nothing" Voldemort stood up and walked to the fireplace. Making sure his curtains were drawn before taking a pinch of floo powder out of the flowed vase on the mantelpiece above the fireplace.

"Malfoy Manor" The Dark Lord said clearly, like Harry he learned the hard way about not saying names clearly while using floo power. Voldemort shivered at the memory of walking into a daycare center full of snot nosed brats who seemed to think he was this guy named Santa Clause.

Draco Malfoy sat in his fathers study on the comfortable leather couch by the fire place; his father was glaring daggers at him while scolding him about responsibility and how much trouble he could have gotten Severus into if he was caught.

Malfoy Sr. stopped pacing back and forth and stared at the fire, it was then that Draco knew something was off. The orange and red flames turned an emerald green and a tall black haired man dressed in muggle clothes stepped out of the flames.

"My lord it is an honor to see you" Lucius bowed then glared at his son who was just staring with his jaw open at the young dark lord.

'Wait this is the snake faced bastard? When did he get hot?' Draco wondered before coming to his senses. He quickly stood and bowed respectfully.

"Lucius I have a new assignment for you, and one for your son if he wishes" The dark lord stated and turned his gaze to Draco who was trying his hardest not to shudder. The dark lord may have been handsome but his red eyes had that same inhuman coldness to them.

"It would be our pleasure my lord" Lucius said and also looked at his son, Draco wasn't sure but he could have swore he saw a flicker of fear go through his fathers eyes.

And suddenly Draco felt nervous and slightly afraid about what the newest mission was.

"I need some one to watch Harry, and I mean really watch him. Lucius you are able to turn yourself into a snake if I am correct"

"Yes…" Malfoy Sr. said softly and watched as his master pulled out a wand and summon a comfy looking arm chair.

"Good, you are going to sneak into Harry's house and become friends with him, don't let him know you're a wizard" Voldemort said sternly, his red eyes flashing with the promise that Malfoy Sr. would regret the day he was born if he failed "Tell me everything you learn, I need to know this just in case his relatives take the abuse to a new level"

Draco was shocked to hear the dark lord use Potter's given name, and even more surprised to hear that the golden boy himself was abused by his muggle relatives. He would have to discuss this with his father to find out if it was really true but for now he stood straight and watched the dark lord.

Silence fell in the study as both Malfoy's waited for the dark lord to continue with the mission briefing but the man seemed to have drifted off thinking about future plans.

"My lord you said something about Draco being involved in a mission" Lucius said softly watching as his master's gaze went from him then to his son.

"Yes, I want Draco to find out about Harry's friends" Voldemort said softly sending shivers down both blonds back. Sometime the dark lord could be very creepy.

"What about them my lord" Draco asked "I can already tell you who they are if you want" Voldemort held up his hand silencing the younger blond

"I am curios to know why his friends are not the least bit concerned about why Harry has not been sending them letters up until now, and why they have not been sending letters back. This information could help Harry join our side when the time comes for him to make the decision"

Draco nodded then waited until the dark lord excused him from the room, saying he needed to talk with his father alone.

"He shall be great one day" Voldemort commented making Malfoy Sr. glow with pride "But on to a more important matter, have you talked with Severus lately"

"Yes, he says that things are still going smoothly, Dumbledore still does not know of anything. The old fool believes you are merely resting, so he himself rest and lets others take care of things."

Voldemort snorted, Dumbledore must have been getting senile in his old age to just expect the dark lord to stop and rest. There is no rest for the weary as they say.

"Good, that is all." With the flick of his wand Voldemort made the chair disappear and his wand to go back to its hiding pace till it was summoned again. "Oh and Lucius" he said as he grabbed some floo power.

"Yes my lord?"

"Make yourself known soon as possible, it appears Harry is being treated even worse than I originally though. And tell Severus that I felt the shock, and Harry is more than ready to bond"

"As you wish my lord"

Harry nearly screamed has his uncle kicked him in the ribs demanding to know who bandaged Harry's fingers. But Harry kept his mouth shut as he was beaten and questioned at the same time.

"Vernon he is getting blood on the carpet" Petunia whined as she stepped out into the hallway to see what the racket was about.

Vernon just grunted and kicked Harry one last time before grabbing him the roots of his hair and throwing him into the dark cupboard. "You will be staying in there until you feel like telling me how you fixed your fingers" his uncle snarled as he locked the door

The green eyed teen just brought his knees to his chest and rested against them, it could be a very long time before Harry saw anything outside his cupboard. It really was a good thing that he managed to use the bathroom before being attacked by his uncle, but as for food, well Harry didn't want to think about his already grumbling stomach.

Several hours passed and the house was quiet since all of its occupants except for one were sleeping. Harry couldn't sleep; his mind was filled with to much, mostly about Jason. What if the hazel eyed man came over to look for him? What if he thought Harry changed his mind and decided not to be with him? There were so many 'What Ifs' Harry thought he was about to go mad if he didn't stop thinking about it.

Harry decided to focus his attention on his surroundings, sure the cupboard was small and filled with cobwebs in the small corners, but it also had tunnels under the floor boards made by snakes. (Convenient huh) But it had been forgotten by the family of Garden snakes that used to live in the backyard.

It was when Harry started focusing his attention on the tunnels that he noticed there was a voice coming from it. Harry pressed his ear down on the floor board after moving the rags away and ignored the wave of pain that went through his body at the sudden movement.

/Bloody hell this place is filthy, how can anything be expected to come in here/ A stuck up voice hissed from under the floor boards.

/Hello, whose there/ Harry asked speaking in parseltongue to the snake. He heard the snake stop and hesitated before answering.

/Who do you think is down here? The Easter rabbit? I'm a snake dammit. / The snake snapped surprising Harry; he had never met a snake that was this snotty before.

/I mean what's your name? Why are you using the tunnels? And do you have to be rude/ Harry wasn't sure but he could have sworn he heard to snake mutter something about this not being worth it.

/Must you ask so many questions at once? But to answer your questions I am Luca, and am trying to find a new home to live in. And as for being rude, I am not rude. If anyone is rude it is you for asking so many questions/ Luca informed Harry still with a snotty voice that seemed familier from some where, but at the moment Harry was to hungry and glad to have finally met someone to talk to.

/Sorry forgive me. / Harry apologized; he really didn't want to lose this chance to talk with someone even if it was just a snake.

A moment of silence passed before the snake spoke again /Do you have a name human/

/My name is Harry, Harry Potter /

/...Tell me why is it that a human such as you are talking through floor boards to a common snake/ Luca asked not bothering to hide the curiosity in his voice (Harry just guessed it was a he)

Sighing sadly Harry told Luca everything that had happened to day, and the teen gave some background information about his family and about Jason. Luca listened slightly only making rude comments about human's strange behaviors here and there.

The teen had to admit it felt great to be able to speak freely about his life; it wasn't like Luca could tell some random wizard what he heard Harry Potter say. (a/n Cough Lucius cough dark lord cough) So Harry enjoyed his freedom to speak his mind to the fullest.

/ Your human family sound like complete arses / Luca hissed

/They are / Harry agreed and yawned loudly

/You must sleep now, maybe I shall talk with you later after I have found a more permanent place to stay / The snake informed him.

/Oh ok, don't know how much sleep I can get though. I think my uncle might have cracked one of my ribs. /

/ Stop complaining and go to sleep/ Luca hissed but his voice lacked malice the words had.

/Ok, night Luca. And thanks for listening to me complain/ Harry said before curling up on his bed of rags.

Luca stopped for a minute after hearing the thanks, and then continued on his way. He needed to speak with a certain red eyed master about what he had learned.

Voldemort looked up from the book he was reading about gay couples (tell anyone he will kill you) to see an albino Gardner snake with gray eyes slither in his living room. Slowly the snake raised itself up reviling the black markings on is stomach that looked like a blurred skull with a snake coming out of its mouth.

/Back already Lucius/ Voldemort asked and set the book face down on the coffee table in front of him.

/Yes my lord/ Lucius replied and changed back into his human form "Potter was most eager to talk with me. One should be concurred about how careless and trustful the boy is"

The dark lord felt irritated that the blond was criticizing his future husband but did not bother to think about why at the moment. "Just tell me what you learned before I lose my temper" The dark lord hissed red eyes flashing.

Lucius paled and quickly retold everything that Harry had told him. After he was finished he watched his lord silently.

"It is clear that you mean much to him my lord, he mentioned your name over and over again with much feeling"

Voldemort nodded and dismissed Lucius for the day. He needed to think about how to keep Harry alive, but how was the question…