Chapter 6
Not a good day to be a Dark Lord
Albus slammed his office door shut with wandless magic and seethed in anger. He paced around then sat down and seethed even more. "How dare that little brat and the little mud-blood show me up!" He suddenly had a lot of thoughts, that were predominantly evil. He threw some floo powder in his office hearth and summoned Severus, so he could take it out on his pet slave. Fawkes the phoenix turned his back on the headmaster feeling mournful for the evil his wizard had done.
An owl tapped on the window, it was carrying a red envelope from Molly (the howler) Weasley. He dreaded the days when he received these red envelopes, Molly even incorporated magical slaps round the face into her howlers these days and Albus was on his last nerve. He gingerly opened the window and allowed the owl to give him the red envelope. He cast a silencing charm on the red envelope and a bubble charm after opening it. Before he could cast the charms, though, he still got a large painful slap and the beginning of a very large lecture. Molly wanted the money for feeding and clothing Harry Potter and she was determined to get it.
Dumbledore was even more angry now than he was frustrated and as resumed his floo-call to Severus, he thought of all the ways he could get "the darned brat who lived" under his control. Severus' head came through and he looked annoyed.
"Yes, Headmaster, I am brewing several batches of pepper-up potions for Poppy's supplies in the hospital wing. I will be with you shortly." Dumbledore smiled genially and then narrowed his eyes at his young potion's master.
"When I say, 'come to my office, I mean now' Severus!" Severus nodded sharply as he tried to hide his fear "Yes, headmaster, I will come through"
Severus asked Blaise Zabini to take over the brewing and he asked his godson to carry on his essay. "Yes, Uncle Severus" Draco replied politely.
As Severus stepped through to Dumbledore's office, he felt his palms sweat and he gulped when he saw the fury on the old Headmaster's face, he knew that he was in danger from being put under the torture curse. The cruciatus was described as the worst of all the unforgive-ables, aside from the killing curse. It was said that it felt like a thousand knives stabbing you all over your body.
The cruciatus was a favourite of Dumbledore's and he knew how to wield that power to make Severus obey his commands. Severus stood and just took it as he fell on his back. Dumbledore was smiling "This is for your own good, my boy, it reminds you that should you ever turn on me, I will take you down with me!" He increased the hatred behind the crucio and Severus screamed "I will always be loyal, you saved me from Voldemort!" Dumbledore showed him mercy and let up on the torture curse.
Severus was still shaking as he stood "That's it, my stupid pet death eater, you will be loyal, otherwise you will be in Azkaban and I will visit you like a kindly father figure."
"Mercy, I plead and fall on your mercy!" Severus cried "Yes, Severus, beg me, oh I so love to hear you beg me!" Dumbledore laughed with mirth.
"Now, I want you to go and obliviate those pathetic muggle relatives of Harry's and make them forget they were under compulsion charm from my vase on the mantelpiece. Harry is to be put under the imperious, so he will obey me and stay at the Dursley's. He is to be made to see me and Molly Weasley as his saviours as she feeds him up and puts proper fitting clothes on his person while I will be his loving kind 'Grandfather' figure who trains him to be my good little chess piece!"
Little did Dumbledore know that as he ranted and raged. Blaise and Draco were watching horrified by what they had seen in the floo-call that Dumbledore had left open. Severus nodded as he gulped and stepped through to find Draco waiting for him. "Close the floo!" Severus whispered sharply. He fell forwards and Theodore Nott caught him.
Draco quickly used the summoning charm to get the restorative potion and the calming draught into his godfather.
"Uncle Severus" Draco felt himself give into his tears as Severus opened his eyes.
"You are still shaking, Uncle Severus, please lie back down." Severus shook his head "Must…warn them!"
"Flint has sent a school owl to potter's guardians."
A Patronus came through the walls, it was a rabbit. "Severus, please come to the Dursley's quickly, Harry heard his parents wills today, he is in shock and is not responsive to any efforts we are trying to draw him out of himself with."
Draco looked at the Patronus in shock. "Uncle, why did you not tell me that the Headmaster was torturing you?"
Severus gently put his hand on Draco's head "I would rather he torture me than my little snakes, we only have ourselves and now I must go"