True Allegiances
By: Jessarie
A/N: OMG! I have been like hella busy and all I haven't even logged in to ff in a month and when I did I'm like "Ahhh. I forgot to post the new chapter." So sorry to anyone waiting for this.
Chapter 3: Power Is...
It was dark and slightly cool in the hallways leading to the dungeons, but after so many years one got used to it. Harry was definitely used to the feelings within Hogwarts, both temperature wise and in himself. Hogwarts had been his home and come to find out it really couldn't continue to be. Bracing himself Harry knocked upon the office door of a man he once hated but always trusted.
"Enter." the silky voice of his father called from behind the closed door. Harry obeyed.
Severus was sitting behind his desk waiting and when Harry entered and closed the door both men felt the surge of magic indicating the wards were up and pulsing strongly. Taking his sons hand, Severus led him through his rooms and to the floo. Luckily for Harry they flooed into Riddle Manor together and Harry was caught before he could land upon the cold marble floor below. Another brush of magic and the floo was sealed so no one else could enter in the same way.
A loud bark startled Harry who jumped before slowly turning to see the man he knew as his godfather in his animagus form. Harry was bowled over by the large black dog before it shifted into the man he knew.
"Harry!" Sirius exclaimed loudly into his ear. "Thank Merlin... I was worried you wouldn't come."
Harry laughed and pushed his other father off of him. "Of course I came."
"Well, well, well... What do we have here?" A voice spoke from behind the three with a slight hiss.
Harry turned fully expecting the man from the graveyard in his fourth year. Surprised, he gasped. His breath caught in his throat like waves upon the sand. A man stood before him, tall and strong, with sleek lines and hard muscles. One could see the power radiating off of him and it caused Harry to blush. Looking up he was caught in ruby red eyes burning with a fire known only to those more experienced.
"I..." Harry began then frowned trailing off.
Severus huffed behind him. "Don't torture him, Tom. He didn't know!"
"Tom?" Harry asked.
"Only certain people have the right." Voldemort answered. "I hear you wish to join your fathers on my side. You could be very useful. Let us talk..."
Harry followed the three men to a study on the second floor, trying hard not to exclaim aloud at the elegance of the manor he was seeing. Once all had taken a seat at Voldemort's request they began.
"So, Harry, what is it you wish to do?" Voldemort asked.
Harry took a deep breath and spoke. "I am willing to swear allegiance to you so long as I am not required to take your mark and when you kill the old fool I am permitted a front row seat. Otherwise I could care a less what you do or to whom."
"I see." Voldemort said. "I agree, but in order to be able to communicate with you I think it would be best to give you something. "
He stood and reached into a drawer behind his desk and pulled out a beautiful silver ring in the shape of a snake eating it's own tail. He returned and passed it to Harry. "This is only useable by a Parseltongue. I had them specially made in the hope that one day I could find another speaker. If I need you for anything I can touch the snake and say in Parsel 'speak' then the message I want you to receive. Once I remove my finger the message will be housed in your ring. The ring will grow hot when you have a message. You can do the same to contact me. Also if it grows extremely cold. I need you to come to me here at the manor as soon as possible. Does that work?"
Harry nodded. "Very cool. Does the message itself need to be in Parsel as well?" he asked.
"It does. Just in case anyone overhears they won't know what is being said." Voldemort answered.
Harry smiled glad things were finally starting to go right for him.
When Severus and Harry returned to Hogwarts almost an hour later he was exhausted. Harry Potter was now aligned to the most powerful Dark Lord the wizarding world had ever seen. It would have seemed odd to anyone else, but for Harry, he finally had a family. And to top it all off Voldemort had been much different than Harry had been expecting. He went to bed that night with one thought in his head.
'Power is... hot as sin!'
A/N: La, la, la, la... So what do you think? The next part will have Voldy's thoughts of Harry's changing sides and some other stuff... stay tuned!