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Chapter Seven- Severus choice.

"We're sorry Harry." Voldemort spoke first, coming round to sit where Severus had once been. Harry didn't move however as the man placed a hand on his leg. "We did not mean to leave you last night. The reason we left was to protect you. Harry last night we went to your Aunt and Uncle's house." Harry leaned back into Draco's chest as Voldemort started to recall exactly what had happened last night.

-Dursley's House-

In the little town of Surrey, three men stood, their expressions murderous. They had but one thought in mind, to make those that had caused their submissive suffering, suffer in turn. Voldemort raised his wand and cast the strongest silencing charm he knew on the house, no one would know what had occurred here tonight, except them. As they reached the house the front door burst open and out ran Petunia, her face sprouting a fresh and dark bruise.

"Severus! Please help me! He's gone insane, ever since I told him about Harry leaving he has gotten so violent" She collapsed onto the driveway, crying into the bottom of Severus's robes. Pulling out his wand Severus cast a simple healing spell on the woman, the bruise instantly fading along with the pain.

"Don't worry, we will make sure he is suitably punished for that as well to, my dear" Surprisingly the comment came from Lucius, as he could only imagine the amount of times Harry had sprouted bruises because of the man inside.

"Severus, take her back to Malfoy Manor and give her a room so she can rest, then come back here" Said Voldemort softly.

"Yes My Lord" Bowing, Severus and Petunia Apparated away, leaving Voldemort and Lucius to start the torture.

"I believe this will be fun. Come Lucius, let us make this muggle pay for ever thinking to lay a hand on our little submissive" Voldemort said, face twisted into a crazed smirk. Smirking himself, Lucius could only reply with,

"It would be my pleasure, My Lord"

Both men started up the driveway, seeing the doorway now blocked by the fat lump that was Vernon Dursley. Voldemort nodded to Lucius indicating that he wanted him to take the first shot. Smiling happily, Lucius shot a binding curse at the man, watching in glee as the man fell to the floor in a huff. Lucius walked through the door, stepping over the man and heading into the house knowing that his son wouldn't be far behind. He found Duddley in the kitchen, stuffing his face full of chocolate cake. Lucius felt the bile rise in his throat at the sight, thankful that he had never let Draco free reign of the kitchen. Pointing his wand at the boy he cast another binding spell watching will glee as the boy fell face first in the cake. Wrapping his magic around the boy's ankles and pulled, dragging the boy behind him into the lounge room, where his Lord was waiting for him. Vernon must have said something Voldemort didn't approve off because he was silenced, to Lucius's upmost pleasure. Personally he didn't particularly want to hear what dribble the man was spilling. Pushing Duddley next to his father, both men stared down at the scene before them. Vernon was trying to yell through his bindings, while Duddley had started to cry. Both men smiled at each other this was going to be fun.

The next two hours was spent in pure delightful torture. The men using all sorts of dark curses to torture the animals that had harmed their submissive. Their two victims now lay barley breathing, cuts scattered their bodies, their blood adorning the walls and seeping into their carpets. Voldemort looked over to Lucius seeing the crazed smiled on his face. Now normally he would be concerned seeing such an expression on the man's face but not tonight. This night Lucius had someone to protect, they both did, their cute, beautiful little submissive.

"Now that you have seen we mean business, shall we have a little talk?" Voldemort waved his wand releasing both men from their binds. Now being able to hear their moans and whimpers. "What possessed you to even think you could not only hurt our Harry but touch him?"

"T-That f-f-freak needed to b-be taught a-a lesson." Both men glared at the man. How dare he call their Harry a freak?

"Freak!? Did you just call Harry a freak! You filthy muggle. You have no place to even think about calling our Harry a freak!" Lucius snapped, not caring that his pure blood image had disappeared in the presence of the muggles.

"You will regret the day you ever thought about calling Harry a Freak! You will die tonight muggles, and make no mistake you will not be missed." Voldemort hissed, feeling his anger start to become out of control. He looked over to the boy to see him close to death. Voldemort however would not let anyone die peacefully on his watch. Raising his wand, he put Vernon under the Cruciatus Curse, while Lucius did the same to Duddley. Both men holding until the bodies before them took their last breath.

Voldemort and Lucius left the house peacefully, making sure that no one was around to see them walking out of the house, covered in blood. Both men apparated home, where Severus greeted them. Seeing their smiles, Severus came to the conclusion they had, had fun.

"Have fun did we? Are the muggles still alive?" Severus asked casually.

"Don't be silly Severus, why would I leave them alive?" Voldemort answered with a chuckle.

"Excuse me My Lord, I would rather not stay covered in blood for any longer." At Voldemort's nod, Lucius bowed and left the room, heading towards his personal bathroom.

"If you will follow me, I will fill you in Severus. I also wish for you to fill me in on what transpired while Lucius and I where away." Voldemort said as he headed towards the sitting room, Severus nodding and following.

-Present time-

Harry stared in shock at the story the two men in front of him had depicted. His uncle and cousin were dead, his aunt was now living in the manor. Voldemort and Lucius had gone and killed them because of him. Was this a show of love? Power? Guilt? Harry didn't know, did it make him feel special that the two men would do that for him? Yes. Yes it did. Moving out of Draco's arms, he moved towards the two men that sat near the end of the bed. Crawling into the open arms of Voldemort, feeling Lucius arms come to wrap around his middle. He looked up into the faces of his mates, seeing what he believe to affection in their eyes. He smiled softly, wrapping his arms around the man in front of him, feeling the heat from the mans chest seeping into his skin. Seeing the scene Draco slid off the bed and walked out the door, not before giving one last smile to Harry over Voldemort's shoulder. Seeing the boy smile back, Draco knew he would be ok, he left to go find his Godfather, and maybe talk some sense into him. Back with the three people on the bed, Lucius had started to pepper kissed along Harry's neck from behind. Voldemort took Harry's bottom lip in his, bitting it softly, drawing a small moan to escape from Harry's lips. Letting his lip go, Voldemort placed his lips on Harry's in a bruising kiss. Lucius's hand ran over Harry's torso, feeling his body tense from the pleasures that his Lord was giving him. One last kiss was given by both men, before each pulled back looking down at Harry. A deep blush was spread across face, his eyes unfocused, lips slightly parted and slightly bruised from the kisses. Both men chuckled at the scene, they had never seen anyone act so cute before. Both had brought plenty of partners to their beds in their time, but none so much like Harry.

"Our little submissive, I'm sorry to say we must leave you again." Said Lucius slightly out of breath by the actions just transpired. Harry looked up at them with worry. Had he done something to annoy them again? Seeing his face Voldemort smiled softly.

"No my little one. We are not angry at you, never are we angry at you. We are however angry at Severus. He is also your mate and should not treat you like that. We are going to go have a talk with him." Harry smiled and nodded knowing his mates were just protecting him. His mates however knew they had a difficult time ahead of them.

"Harry, during our talk we are going to give Severus a choice. To stay, or go. Whatever happens we will be here for you, ok?" Lucius said carefully, wanting Harry to fully understand the situation. Harry considered this, if Severus said go, he would lose a mate. But he had Lucius and Voldemort. Could he live with that?

"Severus is my mate. I want him here, with us. But if he doesn't want me, then there's no stopping him." Harry said sadly. Lucius and Voldemort both looked a Harry with admiration. Seeing how much he could grow up to make decisions. They were proud of their little submissive. Now to go deal with the fourth member of their group.

-In the Library-

Severus sat reading one of the many potions books that were littered through the isle of the huge library. Still fuming from the conversation he had had with Harry. He was wrong to act angry when he found out about Harry's childhood. He was just like his father, lying little manipulator. He had thought for once he could trust the word of that child, but once again he had been let down and shown who he really was. He had just turned to a new page before the doors to the library slammed open to reveal one angry Dark Veela and one livid Vampire. Never a good combo in either creature. Closing his book, he awaited from the storm that was about to begin.

"How dare you Severus. How could you, one yell at our submissive and two, walk away as if you're the hard down by one!" Yelled Lucius, reaching Severus first his hand to his throat, holding him tightly. Voldemort knew he should stop him, but after what Severus had done to Harry he didn't care.

"What d-do you mean how could I-I, how could y-you listen to his lies?" Severus said softly through an ever closing throat.

"Lies? You think those were lies Severus? Have you even actually seen that boy? Do you even take notice to see what right in front of you? That boy is abused Severus, and after years of that abuse and not having the opportunity to know what love is. He finally gets three mates to take care of him and love him, and yet look at what happened. You go and scare him half to death because even after all this time and all these years, you still can't see him as anything but his father's son! Well I have news for you Severus, he is also Lillie's son, and no matter how hard you try and ignore that fact, it's still there and it is never going away!" Voldemort hardly even raised his voice, but he felt now of all times was right to do so. "You have decision to make Severus, stay and be the mate of Harry Potter. Or go and never see him again. That is your decision, give your answer to Harry by the end of the day or you will be hearing from me. Do you understand?"

Lucius let go off Severus throat, hearing the man hack up a lung as soon as he did. Severus glared up at the two men before him, but leaned back seeing the murderous look both men gave him in return. Lucius followed his Lord out the door and back to Harry's room, leaving Severus alone in the library once more to think about his decision. And think he did. Severus spent hours weighing the positives and negatives of being the mate of one Harry Potter. At the end of the two hours Severus knew three things.

One, Lady Magic has a reason for choosing mates.

Two, Harry was not only his father's but also his mothers.

Three, he had to and speak with Harry.

Placing his book that was currently closed in his lap, onto the table beside him, Severus stood and walked from the library. By now dinner should have been over, which meant that Harry was two places. Either in his bedroom or bathroom. Severus walked with a fast pace to Harry's bedroom, getting there in no time, he knock loudly on the door. His knock was answered by a mumbled "come in" from the other side. Pushing the door open, Severus was greeted by the sight of Harry cross legged on his bed, with his painting equipment and easel in front of him. Severus closed the door and walked to the edge of the bed, he knew Harry knew it was him and yet he had made no move to stop him from coming closer, yet. Severus looked from Harry to the painting in front of him. He was surprised to find the image of the garden, the three men had taken Harry to the night before, staring back at him. Before Harry had come to live here, Severus had no idea that Harry could draw this well. His paintings were beautiful, they perfectly captured the image Harry wanted to display. Severus carefully sat down on the bed next to Harry, placing one of his hands at the base of Harry's back. He felt him tense at the touch, before shifting into it and relaxing. Harry continued to work, as Severus hand ran up and down his back, massaging his back in all the right places. Seeing that Harry only had the finishing touches to do on his painting, Severus felt it was time to speak up.

"Harry, I'm not going to sit here and tell you that I can let go my thoughts and feelings for you in an instant. Because I can't and I don't want to lie to you. Harry when I was young I had a friend. Her name was lily, I loved her more than life itself. When we got to Hogwarts I thought that if I showed lily how good I could be and powerful I could become that she would love me back, little did I know that that's not what she wanted out of me. She met your father in our early years, and although she didn't like him at first she came to love him. After I ruined our friendship, I had lost hope that we would be together and became angry. Angry at lily for not being with me sooner. Angry at James because he stole what I loved the most. And angry at you for not being mine. I know you think I'm just a snarky potions professor, and a right old git. And I am. But I am your mate. Lady magic has destined us as well as Lucius and My Lord to be together. And all I truly want is for you to be happy. I'm not perfect. Yes I still see James when I look at you, but I also see Lily and Harry. And I want to be able to have the chance to make you happy, to be able to do something for you to see how sorry I am for the way I have treated you." Severus hand moved to cup Harry's face, bringing it closer to his. "I may not love you yet Harry, and I don't know when I will, but I do care for you. May it be what you told us last night, or the fact that you can stand your ground with me, I don't know. Just know they I like you and I wish to stay here and have a chance to be your mate, if you will have me that is."

Not being able to take it anymore Harry leaned the rest of the way and brushed his lips against Severus's. They were softer then he thought they would be, but chaffed. Severus's hand came round to cup the back of Harry's head, pulling him across the bed until he sat firmly in Severus lap. He pressed his lips harder against his little submissive's. Swallowing the cute little noise Harry was already making from the kiss. But of course as every human does, they needed air. Pulling back Severus stared into Harry's eyes, a soft smile playing on his lips. He held harry close, pulling him to his chest so that Harry rested against him. Severus placed a gently kiss in the mess of black hair and smiled again. This couldn't be too bad. Maybe he would enjoy being the dominant to such a cute submissive. Looking over to the painting again, Severus vowed to apologise to Harry privately about leaving him at dinner. Falling back against the bed, Severus held Harry close, cuddling with him. That is how Lucius and Voldemort found the two half an hour later. Asleep in each other's arms, smiles on both their faces. Both men looked at each and smiled softly, this was about to get interesting.

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