Chapter 17! Such Joyous News! This is one pretty short but important to read. Just as i do every time I'll remind you to review this chapter it makes me feel giddy when you do! Also I've gotten a few reviews asking me not to put a Veela Draco and Harry together. That was never the plan so don't worry about it! Right now their eleven so it's a little weird to even think about placing two people together, at least for me. I have other plans for Draco that won't really come about for some time so don't worry yourselves for awhile at least.
Severus noticed that Harry seemed a little despondent after they left but he seemed to perk up once they left the bank. He was instantly in Lukas form and bouncing all around. Severus did actually have to go to the apothecary so they went there next. The boy looked at each ingredient and was generally a handful while they were there. Harry made up for it by paying for all the ingredients.
"Hey apparently I'm extremely wealthy. Let me spend some of it man."
The next thing they did was go to the bookstore. While there Severus had the unfortunate opportunity to meet with Lucius who was shopping for Draco. He loved Lucius like a brother but there was no way the man would let him live this down. While they were talking and Severus could see in his friend's eyes the stories that he was planning on spreading 'Lukas' motioned for him to lean down.
"What is it Harry?" Snape whispered.
"Show him your arm Severus. If he was forced like you then shouldn't he have the option too?"
Snape stood up instantly he had completely forgotten about the mark. He smiled and looked his friend in the eye. He slowly rolled up the sleeve on his left arm. Lucius stiffened at the motion. No one just brandied about their dark mark.
"Lucius look. It's gone Luc."
For the first time in Severus' life he saw Lucius Malfoy stunned speechless. He grabbed Severus' arm and searched it. He even cast a revealing spell and found nothing no trace of the mark on his friend. Tears sprung into his eyes.
"How? You told me it was impossible." Lucius said. "You said you had tried everything. That you had had that old rotter try everything."
"Old rotter?" Harry asked. "You call Dumbledore that? That's awesome! I need some names to call him anyway."
"Lukas." Severus chided. "You shouldn't make fun of him and to answer your question Lucius. It was Harry Potter he has an ability to break the connection. He discovered it this morning when he saw my mark. He can completely remove your connection with Voldemort. I don't even feel it anymore."
"Would he do it for me? I would pay anything?"
"Anything you say?" Harry said in a tone that sounds ridiculous coming from an 8 year old. "Fair enough in exchange for your complete secrecy on the matter and an ice cream sundae the mark will be removed."
"Lukas." Lucius said. "Don't you think it's a little presumptuous to speak for Mr. Potter when he isn't here?"
In response to this Harry merely morphed back into his natural form to the stunned look of one Lucius Malfoy. Severus now had two occurrences where his normally calm friend stuttered like a fool.
"But I am here. Now your secrecy is the only thing required really. I just really want to try ice cream and I've been bothering Severus non-stop about it." Harry said. "Now do you want the mark removed today or do you want to wait?"
"Now." Lucius breathed out.
"Well then we need some place private. It's important to remember that you can tell no one."
"Why? This is amazing, I can think of three or four people who would jump for joy with the news."
"You'll understand once you see me do it. Now once we have a private place I can start, if you know of one of course." Harry said while morphing back into his Lukas form.
"Why is he doing that?"
"He told me he wanted to be a child today and I could hardly tell him no. That and it makes it easier to travel through crowded places when people are crawling over themselves to meet with the savior of the wizarding world."
"Fair enough. Now I have a private booth in a nice restaurant in London we could go there and I could feed you both lunch."
"That sounds fine Lucius. I have never felt better than I do now. I am completely free."
"I can't imagine what it feels like but I am about to know. Let's go."
Lucius led them out of Diagon Alley and then they apparated to a different part of London right inside a wizarding restaurant. Once inside Harry morphed back into his normal famous self and tried to look nice in a place he was clearly not dressed for. No one seemed to notice as they crawled over themselves to serve the boy who lived. They were led to a private room and once they were served their food Harry stood up and motioned for Lucius to show him the mark.