Chapter 3: Revelations

A/N: so I have had two people review me saying this fic makes no sense in terms of James obliviating Lily, if you would read my frigging authors notes it would make a bit more sense! Also how Harry/Dalen could not have red eyes because it was due to Tommies messing around with dark powers he got the red eyes. Keep in mind that this... is a FANFICTION! Irrational shit like this happens all. The. Time! Plus I actually do have a reason for giving him red eyes. So please bare with me.
Thank you for allowing me to rant and I apologize.
Enjoy!

Draco gaped. His mouth hung open like a dead fish. Those twin red eyes seemingly stared into his soul almost unblinkingly. What really jarred his mind and heart was the unmistakable, unbelievable and unquestionable terror that the eyes held.
"Father is going to kill me." Draco whispered. The statement only made the boy on the bed curl into himself further. His eyes screwing shut. Draco stood in the doorway of the room, struck dumb at the sight of the cowering child, before stepping into action. He approached the child on the bed slowly, like he would a wounded animal.
"Hey, hey. It's alright. I wouldn't hurt you. Ever. I heard that you were here from father. He just didn't tell me where you were. I think he would have introduced us. Eventually." Draco sat casually on the end of the bed, keeping just out of reach of the boy. "Did you know that father and uncle Sev were crying when they brought you? Uncle Sev never cries, ever. Father doesn't really cry either." As the two spoke Dalen inched closer towards Draco until he was sitting right beside him. Then, ever so slowly, Dalen allowed the blond boy to pull him onto his lap, and wrap his arms around Dalens thin frame. The boy still shook in fear and uncertainty, and he didn't relax, but he buried his face in the crook of Draco's neck and allowed himself to cry.

~~~~~Into the Light~~~~~

James sat in his small dingy cell, he had been there for months. He saw the door to the dungeons creak open and heard the light footsteps of the Death Eater that brought his food. A smirk formed on his face. Today was the day, today he would break free and expose the identity of all the Death Eaters to the rebels. He would be regained as a hero throughout the entire world, he would become known as the man who freed the world from the dark wizards.
His smirk melted off as soon as he saw who was coming down the stairs. He scowled,
"Malfoy. You're my new nurse maid? Or have you come to talk to me about the Freak?" Lucius didn't allow any emotion to slip through his mask. He simply lazily lifted his wand and whispered "crucio" James writhed on the floor, his face a mask of twisted agony. One minute, two minutes, three minutes.
"Please...please stop." He hissed brokenly.
"Did you stop when he begged you! Did you stop when he screamed and cried for mercy? Or did you laugh? Laugh and continue as he writhed beneath your hands in pain. If you can even imagine the amount of pain you put him through, then your barely even trying!"
"Enough Lucius. His pain is worthless if he can't even understand why he is being punished anymore." Morvolo murmured, not really concerned. Potter could be insane and not even remember that he was a 'light' wizard for all he cared. Just as long as he remembered what he did to Dalen.
"You James Potter, are going to suffer. Suffer exactly the same way Dalen did. Exactly the same way. You will feel everything you put him through, every second of it." Voldemort hissed. James stared wide eyed, then his eyes rolled back and he screamed, long and hard, as he was forced to endure three extremely powerful and angry dark wizards cruciatus.
Malfoy is going to pay for this.

~~~~~Into the Light~~~~~

Severus stood in front of the window in Albus's office, his usually pale face was whiter than normal and he was worrying his bottom lip with his teeth. Albus calmly approached the young man he had wronged so long ago.
"What message does Tom have for me Severus?" He asked in a low and very tired voice. The memory of what he had seen inside Lilly's head haunted him.
"Did you know?" Severus asked, his voice low and dangerous. He was nearly trembling with the force it took to restrain himself from attacking the old headmaster.
"No, I did not known. And if I had, it would not have continued. In fact. I only found out through Lilly just now." At the thought of his old friend being involved with Dalen's torture Severus's heart jolted painfully.
"Lilly knew?"
"No! No. Dear merlin no. She was horrified when she saw what James hand done to her. Horrified!" Albus's quickly protested. His voice rising. A sigh of relief went through Severus as he heard Albus, at least Lilly has not changed, he though to himself. So Lilly had not known, Potter had obliviated her. He and Black were only doing more damage than they had originally intended.
"If Lilly was obliviated Severus, do you think that maybe Nick was as well?" Severus softly pondered the possibility of that situation before nodding. Yes it would make a bit of sense. Nicholas would have remembered his brother Harry and probably would have gotten into his fathers makeshift dungeon as he grew up, after all children were curious beings and would get into anything they thought of as an adventure.
"Bring Lilly and Nicholas here. I want to test their minds, see if Potter tampered any further." Albus nodded his head, he did not miss the slight threat in the dour mans voice should James have indeed tampered further. He headed over to the fireplace and quickly fire called Lilly. After a couple of minutes she stepped through. Nicholas clutching her hand.
"Severus," Lilly nodded tersely, she had never truly forgiven him for calling her a mudblood and for supporting the Dark Lord, but currently Severus couldn't give a damn. All he cared about was finding out what Potter had done to his Godson.
"Lilly. Would grant me permission to check if Nicholas has had his mind tampered with. I will not go any further than in search of what he may have seen concerning Dalen. Believe me, I only want to know what Potter did to my godson." After a moments hesitation Lilly nodded slowly, granting her permission. Severus slipped carefully into Nicholas's mind, searching for any hint of a memory block. There! He quickly barged into it and let the memories flow through him.

Dalen was curled in a ball sobbing quietly, his body was covered in bruises and lacerations. James Potter stood above him, a bloody belt clutched in his hand and a sadistic smile on his face.
"If you want it, your going to have to beg." Dalen shuddered and lifted his tear stained face, desperation written clearly on his features.
"W...wat...water. Please, please I need water." He stuttered, his eyes slowly sinking from red to brown. Desperation clouding his face, big, fat tears dripping down his face.
"Water? That's what you want? Just some water. Not some food to fill your empty stomach? Fine. But that's all your getting for the rest of the month. Water, and maybe some bread if I feel overwhelmed with generosity. Now, beg." Dalen crawled forwards slowly until he was just an arms length short of touching Potter.
"Please sir. Just a sip of water, just a little, please sir!" Dalen was balling, crying. Just begging for a glass of water. The only thing that would grant him sustenance for a month. It hurt to even watch as his lips cracked and blood trickled out over his chin. Nicholas watched as his father shot a jet of water at the boy prostrated at his fathers feet he too was crying as the boy choked and sobbed as he tried to catch his breath, before swarming over the water like a rat to cheese.
"Father?" James jerked his head to his son. His wand following quickly after,
"Obliviate"
Dalens pure desperation for even a drop of water had been so overwhelming that Severus could hardly push himself to watch anymore. He left that memory as quickly as he could. Determined to fly through as many as he could before he simply couldn't watch anymore.

The cell was darker than the previous memory, but that gave Severus no comfort. Especially the silence. The silence was also disconcerting. As he looked around the dungeon he saw blood coating the walls and instruments of torture scattered all over. Severus looked closer at the open door of the cell. He could see Nicholas Potter kneeling next to a bundle of dirty blankets that obviously covered the emaciated body of his godson. Nicholas was speaking quietly to Dalen, his soft boyish voice was soothing and was keeping Dalen calm.
"If I can talk to father, maybe he'll let you play with me." Dalen whimpered and curled further into himself at the mention of 'play'. Making Severus' blood boil. A crash came from just beneath the stairs, James Potter had dropped the box he was carrying in shock.
"Get away from that filthy creature! Get away from it!" The man pulled Nicholas away forcefully and pushed him up against the wall.
"Obliviate..." As the next memory began with a cry of pain, Severus separated from Nicholas's mind,

Severus cried out as he stumbled out of the sea of memories. Tears were running down his face and he was shaking in horror, Nicholas had thrown up as soon as Severus had left his mind. He too was shaking and crying uncontrollably.
"Dad tortured him, he treated him really bad. He was always in pain and Dad never really fed him. Why did he do that to Harry? I... I may have fought with him a lot but I never wanted him to leave. I never wanted that. Not ever." The boy cried as his mother gently rocked him backwards and forwards in comfort. Nicholas had obviously remembered little traces of Harry even after his obliviations. That was why he had constantly visited his imprisoned brother.
"James was full of hatred and fear. He couldn't understand that Dark did not always equal evil. He hated the fact that Dalen was maturing at a faster rate than you and he also feared that." Albus explained.
"I need to get back home." Severus murmured softly before disappearing down the stone gargoyle.

~~~~~Into the Light~~~~~

Lucius stood in the doorway of Dalens room, just watching Draco rock the sleeping boy gently. Though he was only eleven Draco was definitely handling this better than Lucius had thought he would have. Draco felt his fathers presence and turned to face him, momentarily upsetting Dalens position. As the tiny boys looked up from beneath his curtain of hair, instead of red eyes, brown ones were peeking out at him, but the fear overcame his expression and the brown faded to the red. So his eye colour is controlled through strong negative emotion like fear or pain, Lucius thought to himself. Sighing he slowly approached both children on the bed.
"Dalen, there is someone I would like you to meet." Immediately Dalen cowered back, leaning both backwards to avoid a blow and forwards in submission. A high keening noise came up from his throat. Lucius closed his eyes in revulsion of what Potter had done to his lords son.

"Dalen... What has that bastard done to you," the cowering child's head jerked up to look at the tall figure, he knew that voice.

A/N: sorry about that little cliffhanger, and how long it took for me to update. Thank you to everyone who reviewed, you know who you are, and another thank you to everyone who favourited and followed. This is my first major success in the hp fandoms world, and I am very grateful. So please give your reviews and thank you. (Please keep in mind that I have a whole lot of crazy things planned for this fanfic, so please take that into consideration if you find a 'mistake')
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