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Chapter 3
Severus Snape felt the dark mark signal him to the Dark Lords side. He turned of the burner under the cauldron and placed a stasis spell on the potion. Grabbing his deatheater robes he donned them and apparated to the mad mans side.
As he arrived at his destination bunch of other death eaters were coming as well. It seemed that every single death eater ever was showing up.
Must be something really serious or really bad for him to call everyone. Severus thought to himself as the place filled up to the brim. Looking around at all of the faces around him he saw a few that were very surprising, like that short dumpy toad thing. If Severus wasn't mistaken he was sure that she had a high position with that idiot of a minister. And that barkeeper at the Leaky cauldron. That one was a real big shock. Turning to look at the Dark Lord as he entered everyone then bowed on their knees not even daring to look up until he sat down and gave the signal to stand.
Not even bothering to wait until the last one rose off the floor Voldemort began speaking.
Severus stared at him as he spoke, never before had he seen him this angry this furious. Not even when Potter had gotten away at the end of last year at the graveyard. Something was extremelly wrong.
"Potter has gone missing." Voldemort spat out at everyone. "Potter has gone missing. Those rancid filthy muggles he was staying with have been confirmed dead and yet Potter only goes missing. I want to know why no one told me about this. I want everyone out there looking for him. He is to be brought back to me alive. I want Potter and I want him now!!"
He turned around and went to sit down when 5 owls flew in and dropped off a box at his feet. If Severus looked closer he was sure that the red stuff on the bottom was blood. But then that would mean...
Voldemort opened the box and his face drained of all color as a look of pure rage crossed his features.
When he finally spoke every single death eater shrank back in fear.
"Find Potter and bring him to me by tomarrow. Do not fail me or you will wish you were dead." he hissed. Standing up and throwing at them Severus blanched at what he saw inside.
The box contained the heads of Lucius Malfoy and Bellatrix Lestrange.
"Take a good look at them." Voldemort said as he left the room. "Because that's what you will be if you fail me."
Every death eater apparated away at that, intent to be the one to find Potter and assage their Lords wrath, save for Severus.
Something caught Severus's eye causing him to stay back when he saw the heads in the box. Bending down to Bellatrix's head he peered into her mouth something glittered in the light. Opening her mouth wider he stucjk his fingers into her mouth and grabbed what appeared to be a blood covered sickle. What the...? Severus thought bewildered.
Going over to Lucius's head this time he opened his mouth but there was nothing in it. "Hmm..well Lucius looks like you can't pay for your passage into the underworld." Severus whispered to no one.
About to stand up and apparate away Severus again stopped and looked closer at Lucius's eyes this time. To be more exact the left eye. It appeared to bulge at an odd angle. Lifting the lid Severus pulled out a folded up piece of parchment and opened it to see what was written.
Severus furrowed his brows and just stared in confusion at the four simple words scrawled on the paper in the familiar chicken scratch known only to a specific teenager.
Tag . Your it Tom.
Severus looked back up at the door the Dark Lord had gone through and then back at the severed heads of the two most feared and loyal death eaters, disbelief colored his thoughts. There was just no possible way for Potter to do this kind of thing. It didn't fit the bloody Golden Boy at all. Only a Slytherin would have any hope of pulling a stunt like this. And Potter was a Gryffindor to the bone. He was red and gold through and through. And yet...
Severus folded the small note back up and placed it in his pocket. Bending down to pick up the box Severus closed it and then apparated to the gates of Hogwarts.
He needed to see Albus and he needed to see him right this minute. Something was seriously wrong.
Rushing into Hogwarts Severus made his way to the gargoyle guarding the enterance to the headmasters office and quickly spoke the password and hurriedly walked up the winding staircase to the headmasters door and pushed it open.
Barging into Albus's office Severus was about to speak when he saw someone he never thought he'd see there sitting right infront of Albus with the most smug grin plastered on his face.
Severus looked from the Albus to the guy sitting in the chair and back to Albus.
Speechless because of the sight he just placed the box on the desk in front of Albus.
"You need to take a look at this." he said glancing back at the person in the chair as he also handed the note to Albus. "Read this first though."
Placing his spectacle on his nose Albus unfolded the note and read it out loud. Placing it down before him he looked at the guy across from him and lifted an eyebrow in a very Snapeish manner.
The guy just shrugged, that annoying smug grin still plastered across his face, and folded his arms across his chest. "I want to play a game with him and he's going to play whether he wants to or not." he said in a matter of fact voice.
"I see." Albus said. "So you really have awakened."
"Yup."
Severus just stared at them. He was missing something. Something big. And what did Albus mean by 'awakened'?
"Escuse me..." Severus butted in, running his hand through his hair. " What's going on? And how can you be so...so calm when you have two severed heads on your desk, a psychotic mass murderer bent on taking over the world and a new psycho in the making in front of you sitting there just as smug as can be?!"
He stared at Albus and the guy infront of him expectantly. "Well?"
Albus looked at the student infront of him and then at Severus as if trying to decide on something.
The guy infront of him nodded at Albus like he was giving him the go ahead to speak or something and Albus nodded back in his direction.
Whipping out his wand he conjured another chair and a tea set. "Well sit down Severus. This is going to take a while to explain."
Severus sat down and took the cup offered him, something told him he was going to need it, and politely sipped the tea as he watched the guy next to him do the same.
Something is off about him. Something is seriously off.
"Now, shall we begin?" Albus asked as he took his tea cup and put 2 sugar cubes in it.
Severus looked pointedly at him.
"Ah well...here goes." Albus took a sip of his tea and then began.
" There was a time many many years ago..."
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Ha ha cliff hanger!!! I have always wanted to do one of those. So can you guys tell me who the guy in the chair is? And can you guess what storry Albus is going to tell and what did you think about the severed heads and the coin and the note in the eye socket? Hope you all enjoy. Oh and I updated my other story too. lol.... THE WORLD IS ENDING!!! I actually updated it. bleh.