Disclaimer: J.K. Rowling owns it, I am just glad that she allows us to mess up her plot with our weird minds….

It's kinda short, but I am more focused on my other fic right now and haven't had a lotta time for either one to tell you the truth. HOPE YOU LIKE! PLZ REVIEW!


After more than thirty minutes of horrible pain, Harry saw Tom walk in smiling.

"Ahhhh," Tom said, "You're still here? I forgot. Do you want me to stop the pain?"

"Please." Harry was still on the floor, no longer screaming.

Tom laughed and released the curse allowing Harry to stand back up, still sore in all the right places. "Now, I had a nice dinner so I'm going forgive you for the smart ass mouth you had with me earlier. It's not going to happen again, is it?"

"No sir," Harry answered, then quickly added, "I mean, Master."

Tom smiled and almost laughed at the boy's incompetence, "We need to talk about some plans I have for you. We were talking about it over dinner, lively conversation, really sorry you couldn't be there." Tom told him sarcastically. "Next week Lucius is going to drop you off outside of a place called the Black Manor or something, you'll be on the Polyjuice Potion as we don't want anyone to know who you are. Do anything you have to do to kill Albus, but don't under any condition get caught there. You have only twelve hours under the potion and we can't let anyone know who you are. Kill him and get out of there! Lucius will be waiting down the street in an alley. Just don't screw up and you'll be rewarded greatly. Now, go get some sleep, tomorrow is your sixteenth birthday and I know that you know what that means."

"Of course," Harry smiled, "I finally get the mark."

"Are you nervous?" Tom asked him.

"Me? Nervous? Ha, I laugh in the face of danger." Harry boasted.

Tom threw back his head and laughed whole heartedly, "Is that why you beg me not to hurt you when you try to pull some of the stunts that you think you can handle. Like the time when you were five and you tried to kill Lucius, because he killed your pet snake. It was hilarious! You sent all of the unforgivable curses at him, one after another over and over again. Good thing you weren't strong enough then to actually know how to use them. After that, when Lucius told me what had happened, and you lied to me, telling me it wasn't true, I believed you and punished Lucius for lying. A couple of days later Bellatrix told me it had happened and I got mad at you, and for the first time I used the Cruciatus Curse on you. I remember that night, you were quite the cry baby."

"You are one of the most powerful wizards in the world, it hurt, and I was only five. It doesn't hurt now." Harry was trying desperately to salvage his pride.

"Oh, so that wasn't you a minute ago on the floor writhing with pain?" Tom asked. He really liked the boy, but sometimes he had to keep himself from strangling him.

"Well, only yours hurts." Harry said, tightlipped.

"Very well, let's get someone else in here to try out that theory." Tom smiled, "Let's see, who is the strongest here, other than me? Oh, that would be you, wouldn't it? Well, then let us get Lucius, he isn't just another one of those weaklings." Tom then told one of the Death Eaters at the door to go fetch Lucius.

Harry played with a spider on the windowsill until Lucius got there.

"You wanted me master?" Lucius asked as he kissed the hem of his master's robes. Harry hated it when they sucked up to him like that, although, he did it too when he thought he was about to get in trouble.

"Harry here, seems to think that you couldn't hurt him with your Cruciatus Curse." Tom smiled at Lucius. "Care to try him?"

"You make it sound as I he is taking my virginity." Harry said under his breath.

"What was that?" Tom asked.

"Oh, nothing, my most lovely and merciful master." Harry put on his most angelic smile.

"That's what I thought. Now, Lucius, proceed."

Lucius loathed the boy, so he put all he had into the horrible curse. To most people the curse would have knocked them down and make them scream in pain, but Harry isn't most people, he just stood there, his face didn't even change expression.

"Ow." Harry finally said in a sarcastic manner.

Lucius frowned deeply as he lifted the curse from Harry, "You must of trained him well, master." Lucius stated the obvious.

"Yes," Tom said," I am good that way. You are excused, Lucius. I suggest you go work out."

"Yes, my lord." Lucius left the room.

"I don't like him," Harry said when Lucius was gone," he's too much of a suck up."

"Ah yes, he is." Tom looked distant, then snapping back into reality he added, "You should try it some time."

Harry went back to his spider and waited until Tom said something else.

"I guess you should go to bed," tom said cutting into the silence, "Be up tomorrow at ten, you are to come and eat breakfast with me. At six you will be receiving the mark, every single death eater that isn't in Azkaban will be there, so wear your best robes. Now, you are excused."

Harry bowed and turned to leave.

"Wait." Tom called to him, "Tell Bella to come here, I need to talk to her about preparing for tomorrow."

Harry gave a nod to acknowledge he heard what he had said and started off to Bellatrix's room.

Knock. Knock. Knock.

"Come in." Harry heard Bellatrix's voice say.

When Harry walked in Bellatrix stood up and bowed deeply, "hello, young master, what have I done to be blessed with your presence?"

"He wants to speak with you." Harry told her.

Bellatrix walked over to where Harry was standing, "Why do you talk like that?" she asked," You only call master 'he' when he's done something to upset you. What happened?"

"Noting, Bella," Harry groaned, "I'm fine."

"No, not to contradict you, Harry, but something is bothering you, I see it in your eyes." Bellatrix ran her finger down the side of Harry's face while she said this. "Look at me, young maser."

Harry looked into her coal black eyes and knew what she was trying to do, he immediately made his mind go blank.

"You can't read my mind." Harry told her, "now I need to leave."

"Oh," Bellatrix stood in-between Harry and the door "I believe I did...why does getting the Dark Mark scare you?"

Harry turned and said something in Paresltongue, then, realizing she couldn't understand him he translated, "I'm not, now if you don't let me leave in peace there is going to be hell to pay."

Bellatrix stepped to the side as Harry walked out. He began to walk down the corridor to his room while Bellatrix called out, "There's nothing to be worried about, it doesn't hurt!" then she added quietly to herself, "much."


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Norbet : Thanks, I hope you liked!

Gothica122 : I just cannot getaway from you, lol jk. Yeeah, you still can see 'some' good in Harry…..maybe there is hope for him...maybe we'll all just die…wait! Did I say die? I MEANT DANCE! SHAKE IT SHAKE IT SHAKE IT!

Tangozgirlscout : Yeah, just as I said to Gothica, there is still some good in him and it will shine thought brighter in the later chapters…Glad you liked, keep reviewing!

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Also, I realized last chapter that I didn't use spellcheck……sorry. : - (

But, let's end it on a good note, as Tori always says, DANCING PENGUINS….or something…..

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