As he dropped the food he grabbed his arm. Finally de Dark Lord had called him but on the wrong moment.

"You have to leave Lupin…now" He said while he got up holding his arm

"He's calling, isn't he?" Lupin replied as he got up as well.

"No I'm just grabbing my arm to see if it's still THERE" He snapped as he quickly went to the small bedroom to take his special robe and mask from the closet.

"I will wait here if you want so you can check me over when you get back. They don't expect me back for 2 days" Lupin said as he followed Snape into the bedroom.

"I don't need you to wait here for me just because you pity me!" Snape replied angrily as he shoved himself past Lupin "Just go home and forget about me."

"I'm not doing this for you but for myself, what if something goes wrong? You are the only one who knows anything about the potion you brewed and I don't feel like dying right now" Lupin snapped back knowing this was the only way in which he could make Snape let him stay. Of course he worried about his health but he was more concerned about Snape. When he had opened the door Lupin had to look twice to be sure he wasn't looking at a corpse. Snape's face was all sunken in and whiter then usual. His hair had gotten longer and was hanging in long dreads around his face like he hadn't washed it for weeks. His clothes were hanging on him like they were 3 sizes to big so he could almost guess what Snape looked like underneath them.

"Fine, stay for all I care just don't touch anything in the basement. You can use the bed if you want to sleep. It's clean." Snape said as he walked out the door.

Lupin stood in the doorway looking at Snape's back while he walked down a path putting on his mask and exposing his left arm. Suddenly there was a soft pop and he was gone.

As the world came back into his view he could see he had been apparated to a large room that was probably in a manor. He hadn't been here before and as he looked behind him he could see a small group of death eaters had already arrived. They had formed a half circle around a chair where the Dark Lord was sitting. The had left an opening where he could walk through to greet his master.

As he occluded his mind he strode with confident steps to the group and knelt down when he reached the Dark Lord. There wasn't much lightening but he could see all the scary details of Voldemorts face. He seemed to get more ugly by the day. He kissed the hem of his robes and said the appropriate words. "I greet you master, to serve you and worship you" He stayed kneeled down waiting for the Dark Lord to tell him to go or to be tortured. He hated saying that line but he found it easy to make it sound convincing after so many years.

"Severussss" the hissing voice of the Dark Lord sounded after several minutes. "You have disappointed me. I expected you to let the boy do it's purpose. I send him on that job and by killing Dumbledore yourself you have disobeyed my direct orders! What do you have to say"

"I couldn't stand it any longer my Lord, I have spied on him for you for several years and I thought I would never be able to get away from him during your absence. When I heard of you ordering Draco to kill him I needed to do it myself. It has been so painful for me to serve him." Snape replied with a strong voice. He didn't want to sound like that quivering idiot Wormtail but this was the only way out of being killed.

"Tsk tsk Severussss, you never seemed to eager to kill him before. Look up at me…"

As he lifted his head to look the Dark Lord in his eyes he could feel the probing of his mind. He quickly showed the pictures that he wanted him to see in a strange order so it seemed like floating images in his brain. He showed him a few images of Albus telling him what needed to be done against the Dark Lord that were no longer of any importance. A few images that he and Albus made so he could use them on such occasions. One of them was Albus being angry at him for not having enough information and another was Albus forcing him to drink his own veritasum. It had of course happened or the images wouldn't have looked real but it was all a big show carefully planned by them together. The images were perfect for this occasion.

"I can see you have suffered but that is no reason to not follow orders. Bellatrix and Goyle punish him for what he has done but he still needs to be able to work." As he finished Severus got up and passed Bellatrix and Goyle who had left the circle to take him with them. They usually had to force people to come with them but he wouldn't give them that pleasure. Bellatrix quickly catches up and took her place in front opening the door and leading them down a corridor. They entered a room and as soon as Goyle closed the door Bellatrix hit him with the first curse.

"CRUCIO" She yelled and instantly he sank to his knees as the pain his him. He hated this spell but as he had been hit so many times with it he was getting used to it.

As she lifted the spell she walked over to him. "You don't know how long I have wanted to do this Severus. Crucio" As she hit him again "You always got away using the spying act as a reason you couldn't listen but now you have finally crossed our masters line again."

The pain was soaring through his body and he fell down on his back. "I had hoped he would kill you when you didn't show up at the graveyard but I guess he believed you explanation." She kicked him hard in the side as she lifted the spell

"CRUCIO" she yelled again when he tried to get up. And at the same time Goyle hit him with a spell also and slowly he lost conscious and let them abuse his body.

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