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Giving In

Chapter 5: Magical Cores

"What is it Severus?" Voldemort asked with a sense of urgency. Snape shook his head "everything's fine." He lied. The last thing he needed was a hysterical Dark Lord. Snape started to move his wand and repeat incantations. All at once the room started to shake. Snape and Voldemort moved toward the door shocked by what was happening "What's going on?" Voldemort asked. Snape couldn't muster an answer. He had no idea what was happening. The bed with Harry on it started to rise off the ground. All Snape and Voldemort could do was watch in horror as Harry started to convulse. Things were being thrown all over the room. It felt as if a storm was in the room with them, a tornado. Voldemort tried every spell he knew to try and stop the storm but with every spell he used the storm that was occurring in the room became worse and worse. Snape had to conjure up a shield to stop the broken objects from hitting them. Then just as sudden as it had started it stopped. The bed with Harry on top fell to the ground with a thump; Harry nearly fell off the bed.

Voldemort checked to see if Harry was all right. He practically jumped for joy when he saw that Harry seemed to be fine, more than fine actually, he was asleep. Voldemort then rounded on Snape who was watching Voldemort with a questioning gaze. Red eyes ablaze he grabbed Snape by his collar and shoved him up the bedpost. He grabbed his wand with his free hand and pressed it into Snapes neck ready to curse him or even kill him with a flick of his wand. "What. Did. You. Do?" Voldemort asked in a dangerously low tone. Snape tried to move but Voldemort held him in place. "What happened?" Voldemort tried again. Snape looked at Voldemort and rasped out "His magic...has… been bound." Voldemort let Snape go. Snape fell to the floor and started to cough. He got up and adjusted his robes. Glaring daggers into the Dark Lords back.

Voldemort sat next to Harry and started to caress the boys cheek. Snape went to stand behind the Dark Lord "who?" The Dark Lord asked. "Dumbledore. I can sense his magic bounding more than 2/3 of the boys magic."Snape said without a hint of emotion. Voldemort stopped touching Harrys cheek and looked at Snape "what? He has so much power already, are you saying he has more magic?" Voldemort asked. Snape shook his head "yes. He may even be more powerful than you. Far more than Dumbledore." Snape said as he sat next to the Dark Lord. Snape waved his wand over Harry and was shocked by what he found and had to cast the spell again to be sure "That wasn't there earlier..." Snape said to himself. "What? What is it?" Voldemort asked. Snape looked at the Dark Lord "he has a hint of Black going toward his magical core. Meaning he should have been your... soul mate... He has a part of your magical signature weaved into his core." Snape couldn't believe what he was seeing "he started to get sick after you brought him here correct?" Snape asked Voldemort. All the Dark Lord could do was shake his head. He couldn't even formulate a simple yes. That's how shocked he was with this new development. "I'm guessing that once he realized he couldn't be with Dumbledore any longer he started to unconsciously fight against his magical restraints. That's why he got sick. You've been thinking about him differently correct? I can see it. You don't look at him with anger anymore it's more like respect now." Snape started to rant but Voldemort tuned him out and started to think about what he saw with the real prophecy. It made so much sense now.

Snapes mind was going a hundred miles an hour he needed to move so he got up and looked around the room at the mess he caused by unbinding Harrys magic. He noticed that Harry's medical history was still writing itself down. The parchment was at least 3 feet long and included broken bones, burns, malnutrition and several concussions that he had received over the years. Severus knew the signs of child abuse when he saw it. He would need to discuss this with Harry once he woke up.

Voldemort looked at Harry and realized something "Severus let me check you. If Harry's magic has been bound maybe yours has been too." Voldemort beckoned Snape closer. Snape stood in front of the Dark Lord. Voldemort started to move his wand in a figure eight motion while he muttered several incantations. Then all at once Snape slumped against the Dark Lord, He passed out.

When he came to he was laid next to Harry on the bed and the Dark Lord was asleep in the Lazy boy chair. Voldemort felt like he was being watched which he was. Snape had his back propped up against the headboard and he was watching Voldemort. "What? Do I have drool on my face?" Voldemort asked without opening his eyes. He opened his eyes to see Snape jumping out of the bed and practically bowing to the Dark Lord. "Sorry my...-Voldemort" Snape said almost calling the Dark Lord 'Lord'. Voldemort waived his hand "it's alright." Snape stopped himself from sighing in relief "what did you find on my magical core?" Snape asked. Voldemort shook his head "too much. First most of your magic was bound, you have abilities that I had no idea wizards even had anymore and you've had charms placed on you to stay loyal to Dumbledore even though that one was almost completely faded, another charm that made you despise Harry Potter and all Gryffindors The list just goes on and on but we'll discuss this later. On another note when do you suspect Harry will awake?" Voldemort asked. Snape looked at Harry and said with uncertainty "a couple of hours. Maybe even in a day or two." Voldemort looked at Snape in the eye and said "keep an eye on him will you? I need to get some work done and send some Death Eaters on raids. But call for me when he wakes." And with that the Dark Lord stately left the room. Snape sighed and went back to sit on the bed next to Harry. He lied when he said Harry would wake up in a couple of hours because Harry was starting to Stir and he needed to speak with him alone and find a way of getting Harry out of this Manor undetected...

***This chapter was torture! It should have gone a different way! :( It was to fast and crazy! Sorry! Please Review but be nice! :) *** -Castlerocks