*** I do not own Harry Potter! If I did it would be awesome! I'm not J.K. Rowling I just like to borrow her characters! Hope you enjoy this chapter! ***
Giving In
Chapter 8: changing sides
The silence in the room was so unbearable that Harry couldn't take it any longer. "I'm sorry but I'm confused here. Professor why and how'd you get here?" Harry asked while looking from behind the Dark Lord toward his transfiguration Professor. The Dark Lord moved so that he was sitting next to Harry on the bed, still glaring daggers at McGonagall as he put on arm on Harrys shoulder. Harry didn't even flinch. He didn't know why he let Voldemort touch him but it was nice so he didn't move. McGonagall looked shocked for a second but she quickly recovered "well Harry I was under the impression that you and Severus were being held hostage and being tortured but from what I can see you're perfectly fine." She said a little exasperatedly.
"Dumbledore put you up to this didn't he? I knew I could never trust that old coot." Snape said as he sat in the lazy boy chair that was behind McGonagall, she turned around. By McGonagalls confused look Snape continued "he got you to break in here so it would looked as if he still cared." Snape said, as he looked McGonagall in the eye. Giving her a small glare. "Quite the opposite really." McGonagall replied. "He actually told me to let you two be and you could get out of here by yourselves." McGonagall said as she transfigured the nightstand into a chair so she could sit. At McGonagalls news Snape and Harry looked surprised... Well more like Harry looked surprised because Snape hid his very well.
"Dumbledore didn't want to rescue us?" Harry asked. "He told the entire order that you two had been kidnapped and cursed. I begged him to find you but he told me that you are two capable wizards and would be back in no time." McGonagall looked annoyed. Silenced filled the room again.
"Sorry but I'm still confused... If Dumbledore didn't want to rescue us then why are you here?" Harry asked. "I uh... I was worried. When you both went missing I asked Dumbledore to organize a search party. He refused so I took matters into my own hands." McGonagall said while fibbing with her hands.
Voldemort who had been particularly quite for the whole conversation decided to speak "And how did you get into my Manor?" Voldemort asked with with a raised eyebrow. He was actually curious because if McGonagall could get in who knows who else could. "I made a deal with the portrait of Salazar Slytherin that Severus has in his room. He lead me thr-" McGonagall was cut off by Snape who yelled, "you went into my room? Minerva do you have any idea of what boundaries are?!" McGonagall rolled her eyes "honestly Severus do you really think I care? You and Harry were in danger I had to do something! I didn't read your diary if that's what your concerned about. Now back to what I was saying. Salazar lead me through the portrait into Riddle manor it took a lot of persuading and promises but he did it." McGonagall looked ashamed.
Making a deal with Salazar went against every code she had being brought up as a Gryffindor and all. "Professor what did you promise him?" Harry asked scared that she had promised something she couldn't keep. "I've sworn allegiance to Salazar Slytherin." She said while looking Voldemort in the eye. He looked pleased "you do know what that means don't you?... You've sworn allegiance to me." Voldemort was practically beaming it was actually a disturbing scene to watch. Even Snape had to turn away. McGonagall did the unimaginable she smiled back at him "it wouldn't be the first time that I've sold my soul to the devil. I've come to see Dumbledore to not be what I thought he was. He left you two by yourselves. He doesn't care any more but he seems like he has a bigger plan going on in that head of his. And from what I can see Harry is not going anywhere. Where he goes I go." McGonagall looked pleased with her self.
She looked at Snape "we are on the same side now. We have to start to trust each other.," said McGonagall "we'll see about that." Snape said eyeing McGonagall up and down. "I too am curious about something Minerva" Snape said "ask away Severus." McGonagall replied. "Once you got into Riddle Manor how did you distract Voldemort? What was the plan to get us out of here?" Snape was very curious. No one had broken into Riddle manor before, let alone got out. "I made it up as I went. It was kind of spur of the moment. Salazar told me where you were but that's all the help he gave. Once I saw Voldemort I uh." McGonagall didn't want to continue. "Continue…" Snape said. "Well I found Voldemort and then I distracted him with uh…" She mumbled something "what?" Harry asked "ithrewanoctopusatvoldemort." McGonagall said. Harry looked confused so McGonagall slowed down "I threw… Uh an octopus at Voldemort." McGonagall said with a blush. Voldemort was glaring. "You. Threw. An octopus at Voldemort? You conjured up an octopus and threw it at the Dark Lord?" Snape asked again just to clarify. "Yeah. I uh... Panicked. I didn't know what to do. It worked though! What was I supposed to do? It's Voldemort. Regular curses don't work on him plus it worked and it distracted him." McGonagall said trying to explain herself. "Not one of my finer moments." McGonagall said while shaking her head.
Now that Harry heard it Voldemort did look like he had been attacked by something. There was ink on his fingers and suction marks on his neck. He couldn't stop the giggle that broke out of his closed mouth. McGonagall smiled and then next thing you knew Harry was full on laughing. Snape had to hide his smile with his hand. Voldemort just stood there glaring at Harry. Harry saw him and shut up but then started to laugh again. Voldemort let go of Harry shoulder and shoved him. Harry looked sad "sorry…?" Harry said not looking sorry at all. Voldemort nodded "it's all right." Harry smiled. Snape and McGonagall watched from where they were. They both knew what was going on. Love was brewing and Harry and Voldemort seemed to be oblivious to it.
*** sooo? I know it's a horrible chapter! I had writers block but I know what I'm going to do and what's going to happen in the coming chapters. This is just the beginning! Please REVIEW! *** -Castlerocks
