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Chapter 2 - At Azkaban

"Well, that could have gone better." Harry said, as he entered a gate leading towards a huge castle twice the size of Hogwarts.

"At least no one was injured. Shall we go deal with Albus now?" Severus suggests.

"Yes, I suppose; let's go."

They changed paths and started off towards the prison. After following a few dim corridors, they reached the cell. It was dark and dank, and what was worse, Dementors were standing at the bars, feeding. Harry sent them off with a disgusted look on his face, only to be replaced with a smirk as he looked at Albus.

"Well, well, well, how the mighty have fallen. Just so you know for all of your crimes against me you will die, by the kiss or just painfully I don't know." Harry spat.

Albus looked as if he was about to say something, but Harry cut him off again. "Now, I bet you're wondering what's going on. I believe it all started when you sent Severus to check up on me when I was staying at the Dursley's… age seven, I think. Severus, why don't you tell it?" Harry conjured two green chairs for himself and Severus in the hall.

"Of course. Now, I expected to see Harry being waited on by those Muggles, but what I found was not close to that picture at all. His uncle was holding a dinner with people from his work and pimping out Harry to us all night long, but I was the last to see him." Snape said, his lip curling at the memory.

(Flashback)

Severus closed the attic door behind him and looked at the small broken boy. He was covered in blood and semen from the night. He couldn't believe that the boy's own family would do this.

"Hello, Harry," he said in a soft voice to the child.

"Hello, sir, w-w-what would you like me to d-do?" a small timid voice asked.

Harry hurt all over but he knew that he needed to keep all these men happy for the night or Uncle Vernon would be mad and beat him again before throwing him into the cupboard under the stairs.

"Come over to me," Severus told him and Harry approached him with a frightened look on his face.

"Now get onto the cot – face down." The boy was already naked, and Severus could see welts, bruises and he could even see Harry's ribs. Severus opened the bag he had filled with potions. He opened one of the jars and scooped up some on the salve and started to rub it all over Harry's back.

At first Harry tensed up but once he noticed how gentle the man was he got up the courage to talk with him. "Sir? What are you doing?"

"I'm putting on a salve that will heal your back. Now don't worry I'm just going to try to reverse some of the damage those men did, alright?"

"Yes sir, you can do whatever you want." Harry told him with a sigh. His back was feeling so much better. Even when the man's hand was in his behind, it was soothing. He couldn't remember when he had felt so good.

"Do you want to sit up, Harry?" Severus asked, and Harry hurried to do as he said. As the man looked around in his bag, he found what he was looking for.

"When was the last time you ate Harry?"

"Er – about three days, sir."

"Here you go – eat it, Harry."

And Severus passed a sandwich to the boy who took it carefully.

"Go on, eat it," he told the child.

Harry was debating if he should eat it but with those words he dug in and didn't stop till he'd eaten the whole thing.

"Thank you, sir. You are very kind." he told the man.

"Not a problem, Harry. Now, here is a jar of salve. It's connected to my office, so it will never run out. All you have to do is put it wherever you feel pain and it will help." He handed the boy the jar and he immediately cradled it close to his chest. "I'm going to tell someone what's going on so we can get you out of here."

At this Harry just laughed. "That won't help you, sir. There's a man outside, wearing robes in a lot of funny colours –"he looked out the window of the attic. "- see look there he is, he will just point that stick he has at you and a blue light will come out of the end and the people act confused for a bit and then they walk away." Harry tells him sadly.

Severus can't believe his ears. Albus is doing this to a boy and preventing him from getting to safety.

"Well then, I'll just need to find a way to remember. Ah yes, we can use paper. One side will be connected to my office, and the other you will have. You can use your fingers, alright Harry?"

Harry nodded. "Thank you so much, sir. I don't know how I can ever thank you."

As Severus leaves, Harry looks out the window where he can see Severus arguing with the old man and the blue light hits Severus who looks around confused. Yet another victim in the trap of Albus.

That night Severus heard an alarm go off attached to a piece of parchment and is told of what happened that day before he was Obliviated.

For the next few years Severus helps Harry and tells him about his parents.

When Harry was nine, Severus told him about his mother.

"Now Harry, your mother was one of my best friends. I was the one who told her that she was a witch and one day I took her to see shops in the Wizarding world and when we went to the bank they told us the most amazing thing. She was adopted at birth and was the heir to a whole island that the Ministry of Magic uses for a prison on the one end. But the rest of the island is full of towns that are ruled by the Lord or Lady of Azkaban. That was who your mother was, Harry. When she found out, we went to the island and had it all explained."

He looked at Harry to make sure he understood and with a nod he continued.

"They explained to her that she would need a council, so she made me her advisor and second in command. I started to learn about the island and received training. Right now, you are the heir to Azkaban and when you turn eleven, you will be the Lord of Azkaban. So do you understand?"

After a minute, Harry nodded.

"Good. For now, however, you don't need to worry about it. It would be better if you didn't tell people this, either, Harry. But I can take you there in the future."

"Yes I think that's a good idea."

(End flashback)

"Now Albus, do you understand what's happening? The people of Azkaban don't take it kindly when someone hurts their Lord. So get ready for a slow and painful death." Harry tells him.

And both Severus and Harry walk away from the cell to never return and see the old goat again.