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Giving In
Chapter 9: For Him
They had all moved to Voldemorts office to sit a bit more comfortably. Harry and Voldemort were still smiling at each other every once in awhile. Harry couldn't help it and Voldemort couldn't stop the small smile that graced his lips when Harry smiled at him. For Snape it was starting to get a little nauseating "alright we get it! You're in love! We all see it! Now get over it! Let's get down to business." Snape practically yelled.
They were all sitting around Voldemorts desk. McGonagall next to Snape and on the other side was Harry and Voldemort. It looked as if they were in charge and they probably were. At Snapes exclamation Harry turned a rather cute shade of pink. Voldemort didn't even blink.
They got straight into work mode. McGonagall explained to them what had happened while they were gone and that Dumbledore had told the entire order that they were being tortured. Snape in turn had explained to McGonagall the reason why he came to Riddle Manor, to help Harry. Although Snape had been under the influence of some sort of Magic for years. McGonagall was perfectly fine.
So why would Dumbledore only manipulate Harry's and Snapes magic? Unless their was a motive behind it? But nothing they came up with made any sense. What did Dumbledore know that they didn't?
Once all the explaining was over and done with. They had some tea that was brought by a very well dressed house elf that had addressed Voldemort by his name and bowed to each person. Which was surprising to all but Voldemort. Never in all her years did McGonagall see such odd behavior. One would assume that Voldemort mistreated everything he came in contact with but this caught her off guard. According to Albus, Voldemort was a horrible person with savage manors. She was not seeing it. The more she spoke with Voldemort the more she was convinced that Dumbledore had been lying for so many years that he's convinced others to believe him. All she knew was that she had a new job to do and that was to protect Harry and stop Dumbledore from his reign of terror.
"Now for the fun part." Snape said after a while of comfortable silence. "What are we going to do? What's the plan?" He said while looking at the Dark Lord. The Dark Lord switched to plan mode. "Well I was thinking that you and McGonagall should go back to Hogwarts and pretend like you haven't learned anything. Everything goes back to normal." Voldemort explained. "You don't want us to do anything?" McGonagall exclaimed. Harry was the one to answer her "what he's trying to say is he wants you and Snape to go back to Hogwarts and pretend like you are still on Dumbledores side that way you can get valuable information and report it back to us." Harry said. Voldemort nodded. That was what he meant and the way that he and Harry were in sync made him smile. It was like they were twins sharing the same mind. After a while Harry added to his explanation "with two spies in Hogwarts you are able to sort out the info. If you both receive the same information then it's safe to bring it back to us. But if your information does not match one another then one of you is being played. This way you have each others backs and can keep each other safe." Harry smiled and received two smiles back from Snape and McGonagall.
Harry was glad to have a few new people in his life that loved and cared about him. He wanted to keep them safe and make sure that nothing happened to them. He didn't want any more people to die for him. The incident with Sirius would be last time anybody sacrificed himself or herself for him. It was his fault that Sirius died and he never wanted to feel that guilt again.
Although he just started to become friendly with Snape Harry felt as if they had been life long friends. McGonagall had always been there for him but this new concern she had for him felt like she thought of him like a son rather than a student and that made his heart swell with pride. It was as if he had a mother and brother and he loved it. His own little family.
Snape on the other hand didn't know where this love was coming from. He was never one to be affectionate with others and only a hand full of people saw his nice side, mostly Lily. Up until a few hours ago he thought that Harry was a nitwit and a spoiled brat but now all he could think about was protecting Harry and making sure that he was happy. He wasn't sure of anything anymore. He felt a new type of panic when he looked at Harry. He had no idea how to act or what to do. But one thing he knew for certain was that he would make Dumbledore pay for what he has put Harry through.
Snape and McGonagall looked at each other and nodded. "We both agree that this would be the best way to go about things." Snape said. "But I would like to come and visit every couple of days if I could." Snape said. "Me as well" McGonagall expressed. Harry smiled. "Of course!" Voldemort said. He was finally going to be able to talk to Harry alone. Harry was glad that he wasn't going to be completely alone with the Dark Lord and that McGonagall and Snape were going to be visiting all the time.
The clock chimed indicating it was noon. And at that moment Harry's stomach rumbled. Voldemort smirked at Harry "and that means that it's time for lunch." Voldemort said nudging Harry, he laughed. Harry was still a little weak so Snape helped him walk to the dinning room that was downstairs. By the time they sat down Harry was huffing. He should have just stayed upstairs and rested. He sat next to Voldemort. The table could fit 30 people and having only the four of them made Harry feel lonely for some reason. He didn't like the feeling of people missing.
Lunch was filled with laughs and stories about the past. (Yes Voldemort laughed but only when Harry told a story) Harry again brought up the octopus that McGonagall threw at Voldemort. He couldn't stop laughing after that. Voldemort threw a glass of pumpkin juice in Harry's face for revenge. Making Snape laugh. It felt like they were all old friends that had just been reunited.
They retired to the sitting room and sat in quite contemplation. It was actually very comfortable. The room was quite large but it was nice. There was a fire on and Harry ended up falling asleep on the couch as Voldemort and Snape discussed old times. It wasn't until the clock chime five did Voldemort realize that Harry had fallen asleep he carried Harry to bed and left him tucked up in the comforter. Leaving Harry to fend off his nightmares alone. Snape, McGonagall, and Voldemort sat back in the Dark Lords office to discuss the details on what McGonagall and Snape needed to do because if their was one thing that they could all agree on was that they would do anything to keep Harry safe.
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