Harry Potter: A Different Tale

Chapter 197: A Dance with Shadows



Snape prepared himself as he was about to enter the room to meet Voldemort and his blasted son. The last time he had come here, Red had killed five people. He laughed when Lucius said five.

He took a deep breath and entered the room when he found a body land in front of him, the blood pouring from it gave Severus no doubt that the person was dead. Snape looked up, Voldemort was sitting in his chair or throne as the dark lord called it, while the other death eaters stood on either side against the walls, looking very nervous.

In the middle stood Red, his arms wrapped around a death eaters neck. A second later a snap was heard, and the body dropped on to the floor. Red looked at it like an old broken toy before he gave it a kick, and it flew straight cross the room at Severus who just barley ducked the body which flew out the door.

"Close the door" Red ordered as he turned to Voldemort, Snape did as he was told and closed the door "do you have any followers that are capable of offering me a challenge?" He asked, tiredly

"I'm not willing to sacrifice all of my men simply to keep you entertained" Voldemort glared at him

"Damn it" Red sighed as he looked around the room at all the nervous death eaters "I miss Potter, he was at least always willing to put up a good fight."

"Severus" Voldemort ignored his son and looked towards Snape "I trust you have news for me"

"Yes my lord" Snape walked forwards and knelt down, making sure he kept some distance between Voldemort and himself along with himself and the neck snapping machine. "As you are, undoubtedly, aware of Mr Potter escaping Hogwarts and the aurors" Voldemort inclined his head to indicate he did know what Snape was talking about. "Before he left, he left Dumbledore quite injured, the old fool was placed in the hospital wing just before I came here. Unfortunately, it appears that Mr Potter didn't cause damage that will take more than a few days for the nurse to fix"

"I wonder what he's planning" Red said out loud

"You believe he has planned something?" Voldemort asked

"Of course he does" Red snorted "he attacked those aurors and kidnapped Lestrange for a reason. He never does anything this big without a good reason. Ah well, at least it'll be entertaining, he never fails to deliver on that front. Either way, I'd recommend keeping on your toes, we have no idea what he will do"

"Severus" Voldemort spoke "you've taught the boy, how intelligent do you believe him to be?"

"Very my lord" Snape replied "he is always top in nearly every class he takes and if he's not the best then he's at least in the top five. He is incredibly intelligent, so much so that the boy was able to trick Albus Dumbledore himself into believing he could fly" It dawned on Snape that Dumbledore might not appreciate that being revealed, ah well

"He what?" Red chuckled, as many including Voldemort looked amused

"Yes, do go on Severus" Voldemort prompted

"He convinced Dumbledore that his secret to flying is to cover yourself in fairy dust and think happy thoughts" Snape said, a smile tugging at his lips "the next day I was called into the hospital wing to make potions for the old fool while the deputy headmistress and nurse berated him for being an 'old fool'"

"Old fool indeed" Voldemort chuckled

"Goes to prove my point" Red crossed his arms as he leaned against a wall "when Harry Potter has a plan, pray that you're on his side. I remember one time, he put about two minutes of thinking into a plan, do you know what happened?"

"What?" Voldemort asked curiously

"He managed to turn a whole plane full of muggles against two people who wanted to take him to prison and then with one spell had them all offering him things from jewelry to money, one even gave up his car" Red smiled at the memory under his bandanna

"What's a plane?" One death eater couldn't help but blurt out

"What's a car?" Another one blurted out at the same time

"Imbeciles" Red shook his head in annoyance.

"It's okay Rose" Daphne tried to comfort Rose, she and Rose were in the interrogation room together. Andromeda was off, currently dealing with Adrian. She was supposed to come back when the girls were being interrogated. Apparently, someone had a different idea. No sooner than they sat down in the room, handcuffs jumped in the air and handcuffed both of them to the table.

"Hello girls" The interrogator walked in "I am Jonathon Steel" He sat down opposite them

"Take these handcuffs off of her!" Daphne demanded, worrying about Rose

"You are in no position to make commands, now I want you to tell us about your boyfriend"

"We're not saying anything without our lawyer present" Daphne glared at him "now remove these handcuffs"

"Like I said, you are in...hey!" It was at this moment that Steel realised that Rose's handcuffs were no longer attached to her wrist and were laid on the table.

"They were uncomfortable" Rose mumbled as she shrunk down under the man's gaze as tears threatened to spill from her eyes. Jonathon rose to his feet and removed his wand.

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