I was knelling in my study at Splitter End holding Narcissi hand. Bellatrix was finishing off our unbreakable bond.
"Severus." A man yelled. I followed the sound to a painting above the fire. The magic disappeared at the same time as he called for me. None of my guests could see who it was or pin point the voice. Only I could see the painting. They could hear a male voice call my name.
"I'm busy." I told him and got up. Then helped Narcissi up.
"An elf knocked into the table that was holding your potion." He told me. I glared at the painting. I knew it was a lie. I didn't have an elf, even if I did I wouldn't have allowed one into my potion lab.
"We should be going Severus. I don't want anyone to know we left or what has taken place." Narcissi said. I nodded and kissed her check.
"Travel safe." She nodded, glanced at the painting frame and left with her sister. "Why are you bothering me?" I asked him in a cold voice.
"Quickly, something has happened." I rolled my eyes at his attuite. I walked over to the flow, throw the power in and called out my chambers. I walked out of the fireplace in my chambers. I looked around and saw nothing.
"What has happened, you bother me without a reason." I told him. He looked worried and pointed behind me. I turned and followed his finger. I saw something that made me walked around the couch and saw Potter lying on the floor. "What is the meaning of this?" I asked.
"He came out of the bedroom gasping and holding his chest. He passed out. What were you doing Severus, I noticed some kind of bonding going on." I knelled down and checked Potters pulse.
"Not that it is any of your concern. But it was an unbreakable bond. Potter is fine. Tipsy." I called and got up.
"You stupid boy. You entered into an unbreakable bond while you have not finished a mating bond. You could have killed him. You could have drained his magic. You stupid boy, Elf bring Madam Poppy." He order Tipsy. I glared at him, it pissed me off when Tipsy listened to his orders. Who gave him the right to order my elf around without even using respect.
"You worry for no reason, Potter is fine." I told him. He glared at me. We stood still glaring at each other. I didn't have to wait long before Potter's door opened and Poppy walked in. She pulled out her wand at once and Potter picked up and they walked down his hall. She didn't pay either of us any action. I tried to follow when I felt a ward flame to life. They stopped me from even reaching the hallway.
"What?" I wiped around and glared at Salazar. He was watching the hall; His glare was gone and the worry returned. "When did Potter ward my chambers?" I hissed.
"The first morning he was here. You told him to stay away from your private area he did the same. It's mostly to keep elf's out. He has trust issues." He looked back down the hall. I turned and saw Poppy walking out of the room looking worried. She walked down the hall to us.
"Salazar please contact his elf." Salazar nodded and walked out of his painting. I heard a pop and looked at Kearter the Black family elf. I glared at him.
"Madam?" He bowed.
"Will you please lower the wards and bring them." He snapped his fingers and popped out. I felt the ward and still wasn't allowed in. My eyes turned to where Poppy was and glared. She thought was already walking back into Potter's room. I heard a pop. I sat down and watched the hall. I saw a door that I didn't ask to be made open and Kearter walker out.
"They are in Master's study madam. What are you needing?" The elf asked.
"Bring them in." I glared when I saw Lupin walk out of this study without waiting for the elf to return. What surprised me was Black followed him and walked into the bedroom.
"What happened Poppy?" Black asked.
"Somehow he allowed his core to be drained. He passed out in the living room. He'll need time. But what I need is for one of you to open his trunk. I'm sure his potions are in there."
"There are some Madam in the night stand and bathroom. You are right most are in his trunk. Which would you be needed Madam?" The elf asked.
"Poppy?" Lupin asked.
"Harry has talked to you about his core has he not?" She asked and I heard opening and closing.
"Yes," Black said.
"Normal potions won't work or will cause dangerous side effects. I can't chance it while his core is like this. He has bought and made a wide range of potions in case anything happens. The first he'll need is a pain potion. He brushed his head on the fall and draining his core would have hurt."
"That's not much of a worry to call us here Poppy." Lupin said.
"That's not what I'm worried about. I could make the pain potion by the time he wakes. What I'm worried about is his health besides his core. Yes draining his core is a risk and it's happened to him a few times. It worries me how it happened this time. I can ask once he wakes. What worries me is his health and body."
"Poppy?" Black asked. He sounded worried now.
"He's lost 20 pounds in the last 2 months or less. That was the last time I saw him. His muscle mass is still the same, if not more so that's not the problem. His body shows signs of sleep depression. There are also wounds that haven't been treated since at battle at the Ministry of Magic. There also wounds that haven't been treated from time before the battle. These I can take care of. I need a reason for the others. Yes I know Harry has a challenging time eating and sleeping but it shouldn't have gotten this far this fast." I heard Poppy say and explain to them.
"We'll leave you to help Harry and go talk to Ignotus. He might have some answers." Remus said. He walked Sirius out of the room, noticed me and Salazar.
"Salazar good morning, comes join us. You should have some insight." Remus told him. I turned and watched Salazar walk out of his painting.
"Bring the stupid boy also, all this is his doing." Another voice said. Sirius walked into the study, Remus was still looking at me. The wards flashed and Remus raised his eye brow at me. I glared, got up and followed him into this study. I was surprised by what I found.
An impressive desk stood in front of a large painting, the desk was covered with papers. A matching chair was behind the desk. Sirius and Remus were already sitting in front of the desk with the arm chairs that were placed in front of the fire place. Before I could pull out my wand another chair showed up. I sat down. There were two other paintings along the side walls. They were portages of scenery. In front of the owl stand was a small window. Potter's owl was standing on the stand watching us.
"Hello girl it seems your master has kept you busy." Remus said softly to her and rubbed her breast. She chipped. I looked back at the painting. A man was sitting in it. Salazar was standing next to him and the chair. The man was watching me also.
"So this is my grandson's bond mate." The man said. "Are you sure it took Sal?" He asked looking up to Salazar.
"Yes it took grandfather, you can see the bonding ring from here." Salazar said. The man looked me over again and folded his legs. He looked over to Black and Lupin.
"Hello boys, you both look well. Yes Harry has been quite busy. Though I don't see him throughout all the hours of the day. Only when he's here. He's been working very hard."
"With what uncle?" Black asked.
"He finely has the time to put the estate back together and give it order. It's taken many letters, meetings and stacks of paperwork. He's also had to deal with the problems in the Black estate." The man said. Black looked surprised.
"The goblins allowed the death to be faked uncle. I didn't expect him to have to take over the family yet." Black told him.
"I believe the child needed something to fill his time. Maybe you didn't use the right bonding Sal." Salazar huffed.
"I did the right bonding grandfather. Why do you think the little snakeling is ill now? The bond is real, right and formed. This stupid boy just made things worse by joining into an unbreakable bond. He almost killed Harry." Everyone looked at me.
"Salazar, did you tell Severus what bond you were preforming or did you just preform it?" Everyone looked at Salazar. The man smacked Salazar on the back of the head.
"You preformed a matting bond on someone without informing them what you were doing. Sal what were you thinking. He didn't almost kill Harry you did. By not informing him." Salazar folded his arms. "Did Harry know you were soul bonding them?" The man asked looking up at Salazar.
"He wasn't pleased with the bond. I would not allow this man to end the bond when he was finished playing with the headmaster. He agreed, I made it so. Now he's killing my little snakeling." The other man let out a breath as he pinched his nose.
"Yes I know Sal your very fond with him. He will be well shortly." He said softer than before. He dropped his hand and sat up and looked at me. "We will start over I believe. Good morning Severus Prince, I am pleased to meet you and welcome you into my family. I am Ingush Hollow Peverell. The head of the family. You would know of me as the youngest brother of the Deathly Hollows. Though out the generations the family name moved to Potter." I looked him over and nodded. "I'm pleased you are following. I also believe you know Harry's god parents, Sirius and Remus." I nodded again.
"Good, good we are all together so far. There is only one way for my family to bond, in so many words it is called a soul matting bond. This is what Sal used to bond you two together." He told me. I raised my eye brow. "I believe I will need to give some history yes?" I nodded.
"My family is one of the 9 first families. You know this history?" I nodded. "I'm pleased that you know your own family history. Prince along with Black are from the blood line of the first 9 also. The first 9 were the last of the immortals. Their families grown from them, till we are here today with who is left. I am the head of my family in the since I am the first painting. But before myself my family goes for generations." He stopped waiting for me to nod stating I was following and understood. "The first of my family mated to a mixed race, he did because he was cursed, the curse prevented him from having offspring. The crust didn't affect a mixed blood. Throw out the generations we've added more race blood and each child is born as a mixed race. Most the time they are full blood also. We are wizards but have a race in us. Every few generations or so the first race that was entered into my family will show up."
"Would you get to the point?" I said. He was surprised.
"The summer after Harry's third year, he went into his creator inherences. Normally you come into it from the age 16 to 18, that is to say unless something happens and lets just stay Harry never dose normal. We took him to his family manor and into the inherences room. He took two weeks to come into his inherences. He didn't come into his magical inherences, though his magic got a boost." Lupin told me.
"The first race that was brought into my family was high elf's. Harry is a high elf. Though he is the first in my family to become a dark high elf. Now before you start thinking. A dark elf has nothing to do with darkness. It's just a rare race of high elf's. Since my family is mixed races. One of my family members created a bonding. It only worked if the two were mates, if they agreed and if their magic allowed it. It's the strongest mating bond, soul bond or bonding. It's also permit, once you were bonded your souls started bonding together, your magic started blending together. Sharing your name, house or consummation has nothing to do with this bonding. These types of bonding removed because the bonding questions your soul, magic and mate hood. It wouldn't take if one of these weren't in line." Ignotus explained to me.
"I know what a mating bond is." I told him glaring. "You want me to believe I'm mated to that, that Potter is my mate. Doughtful." I hissed at him.
"Then remove your ring child." Sal said glaring right back. I gave him a look. He pointed to my hand. "Remove your ring and prove to me, that you are right." That surprised me. I grabbed the ring and tried to remove it. "Enlighten me child, how do you expect to dough a bonding when you can't even remove your bonding ring." I glared at him.
"Stop edging the boy on Sal. Calm yourself Severus. Believing it or not you are bonding and mated to Harry. Fighting it or continuing acting as you have will harm both of you even more. Besides this morning Severus when was the last time you saw Harry?" He asked me. Everyone was looking back at me.
"A month ago, he informed Harry he was leaving for the summer. He would return two weeks before school term started up again. He would be checking in every once in a while, to make sure Harry didn't case any damage and left telling him to send me if there was a need. Before that, they might have seen each other, every other day that lasted two weeks. Before that which was a week, they might have seen each other once a day." Salazar said.
"You were not affected by the bond at all Severus?" Ignotus asked me. I folded my arms.
"I hardly will react like a child and wine because I'm not getting my way. I've been working on my potions. Having peace and quiet." I told him.
"What do you mean wine like a child. I asked you if you were affected by the bond?" I raised my eye brow. "Loss of appetite, loss of sleep, a challenging time concentrating, you might have felt a pull on your magic, coldness in your chest, depression even." He asked me, watching me closely.
"No."
"Today when you entered in to this vow, was there a pause before your magic responded, did your magic pull harder." He asked me.
"No." He folded his hands and looked at me thinking.
"Remus son call for the ring." Lupin pulled out his wand and flicked it. Nothing happened. He returned his wand and waited. "Harry much care for you deeply. To take on both sides of the bond is very challenging and quite dangerous. It no wonder he's been keeping himself busy. Boys, has he talked more about coming into himself."
"No, though it is personal Uncle. I do know it's happened, much more then that I can't tell you." Sirius said.
"Yes, it is very personal. Sal what about you?"
"He's came into his creator perfectly. Even with being so young. As for coming into himself. He has not shared more then he knows who he is and he's learning slowly. I'm glad it wasn't all at once." Salazar told him. He nodded.
"Kearter my friend join us, you've been keeping watch on your master." Kearter walked in and bowed. "Would you care to share a little of what Harry has been up to?"
"Meetings, business, studies and reading." He answered.
"Go on please." Ignotus asked.
"He's slowly adding to his library, most are copies from the family vaults. Some are bought copies. He still is taking his studies with the founders, two classes each teacher a week. He's been taking care of all his business involving the families. Many meetings that involve though business." He answered.
"He's not allowed to leave." I glared at the elf.
"You Potion Master never told him he couldn't leave. Before you left for your home you told him not to be seen around school because public was visiting the school. Afterwards you never said he couldn't leave. Not that he is seen around school. He has business to attend to and he will attend to it. A lord has no reason not to take care of his business." He glared at me, turned and walked away. "Telling Master what to do, who does he think he is." He muttered to himself.
"His elder, he is still a child." I hissed at him.
"You are half way right Snape. Harry is still young. Though he hasn't been a child since his name was spit out of the cup. He's been a lord since them. We allowed this to protect him. But it seems we were wrong. All that it's causing is more harm than good."
"I haven't done anything to him Black." I yelled at him. He looked at me.
"I know, that's the problem. Harry is a high elf Severus. Do you know what that means to him? We've watched him since he came into his inherence. We've known since fourth year, your first potion class with him that you were his mate. We've seen what's happened to him since them." Black told me without any heat.
"I cannot believe he tricked me into this nonsense." Black and Lupin glared at me.
"Hush boys." Ignotus said waving them away.
"Actual I was the one to trick you Severus, I am the first Sytherin after all. Harry doesn't even know the family bonding spell. He knew by the end what it was and hasn't been pleased with me. If you truly, with all your heart and soul want out of this bond. All you must do is reject Harry, remove the ring and be done with it. You won't have anything to worry about. There will be no ill effects to yourself. You will for the first time be ride of the boy Potter who makes your life living hell. Go on be done with it." He hissed the last part and walked out of the painting.
"I will be at the manor grandfather do not bother me." Lupin and Black were looking from me to the painting with large eyes. Ingush still was sitting there with his hand in his lap watching me.
"I would not fault you if this was your chose Severus. You might have entered this bond willingly but you did not know which type of bond you were entering. It was wrong of Sal to trick you. You entered because of the Headmaster. He along with Sal will take the blame." He told me with no emotion in his voice.
"You can't mean that uncle." Black tried to jump up but Lupin caught him and held him back.
"Why because Albus can't do any wrong." I glared at him. But I noticed their faces, Black didn't even hear me.
"You can't just allow this." Black said.
"What's done is done, I've made my chose son. This is now Severus's chose. He was made to enter something he did not want or even knew. This family has values and honor. It will not be put aside for something as meaning less as a dark wizard."
"I will not forgive you." Black said softly and walked out.