Chapter Six: Confrontations:

Lucius stood terrified before McGonagall unable to speak as Severus was not there. She of course thought he was being snobbish and she railed into him. It had all started when Severus had her come to his office and was about to speak with her when she was called away. Lucius was left with the irate deputy headmistress and she had her wand out pointed at him in a threatening way. He felt like a schoolboy all over again as she proceeded to tear him apart. He was backed to the wall well aware he could not hex her as he was of course without a wand.

“So too good to speak to me are you?” McGonagall snapped aiming her wand lower and Lucius winced as he knew what she was capable of, “you will speak or I will hex your manhood off.”

“So you come after a man who cannot defend himself?” Lucius drawled refusing to show his fear, “I don’t even have a wand the dark lord made sure of that!”

“A likely story, I don’t know why I didn’t do this at first, Accio Lucius’s wand.” When nothing happened she lowered her wand again, “so you were right, he emasculate you as well?”

“I don’t remember you this course teaching professor.” Lucius drawled.

“I am not your professor anymore Mr. Malfoy but I am old enough to tell you what I think of you and your kind. You serve evil incarnate and I wish you had died in Azkaban.”

“Don’t you think I wish for that?” Lucius snarled his temper getting the best of him, “I hate the dark lord and wish I was dead instead of having to serve that evil creature!”

It was bad timing for Lucius to have said that as Severus had come into the office. He closed the door and watched as Lucius went even more pale than he had before. McGonagall watched in shock as Lucius Malfoy, a pureblood lord fell to his knees before Severus Snape a poor half blood begging for his life, no not his life that of his family. Severus glared at Lucius who was trembling in fear not caring who saw this when there was the sound of someone clearing their throat. Everyone looked up to see the portrait of Dumbledore looking down sadly at the scene before him.

“Severus make sure none will disturb us.” The portrait said, “it seems Lucius is on our side after all.”

“Albus what in Merlin’s name is going on?” McGonagall asked.

“Severus please get some tea for yourselves and then I will talk.” The portrait said.

Severus snapped his fingers and a small elf appeared and Severus ordered tea. He drug Lucius to his feet and shoved him to a chair and offered McGonagall a chair next. She looked over at Lucius and saw he did not look well at all, he was pale and sweating with real fear and she had never seen this Malfoy so helpless. Maybe the Malfoys were human after all. The tea came and McGonagall did not miss the three drops of clear liquid that was slipped into Lucius’s tea. He did as he drank his first cup and looked up at Severus.

“Lucius you and I have had many times were we did not see eye to eye.” Dumbledore said, “I want the truth from you now.”

“Of course Albus” Lucius said the potion starting to take effect “I hate the dark lord never wanted him back, he was destroying our world not protecting it. I want him gone, destroyed utterly. I believe he made a Horcrux, I pointed Potter to it and hope his meager mind can figure out what to do.”

“Lucius that is not kind…”

“He is right Minerva.”

“Shut it you!”

“That is enough, now we know where Lucius stands I guess I need to tell you everything don’t I Minerva?”

“Not without the other heads of houses.” McGonagall said firmly.

“Minerva…” Dumbledore started to protest.

“No we are at war and I want to know exactly where we, where Severus stands in all this to be sure but I want the other heads of houses to know as well.”

“Very well then.” Dumbledore said.

McGonagall left and Severus took a seat looking upset and he looked over at Lucius. Lucius would take a few moments to come out of the effects of the potion and by that time the heads of houses would be here. They could be trusted, Dumbledore knew that but he had wanted to keep as few people in the loop of what was going on as he could. He would still keep some things from them but he would let them know Severus was on their side. The heads of houses came and took a seat glaring at Severus every now and then. This glaring stopped when they realized with shock that Severus had been ordered to kill Dumbledore so that Draco did not have to. Lucius put his head in his hands at this and did something a Malfoy did not do and did not do in public ever. This very proud very stuck up man cried for what he had forced his son into.

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A few days later and Severus was in a bit of a better mood. He still tormented Lucius to keep up appearances but not too badly. Lucius spent time cursing out Dumbledore and thanking him for what he had done. The heads of houses worked to get the school’s defenses bulked up and there were rumors they helped the students who were hiding from the Carrows with some sort of project that Severus did not know fully about. Severus was doing some paperwork late one evening with Lucius curled up on the couch sleeping when he saw a shadow and went for his wand. He found it gone and a wand pointed at him, he followed that wand up to the figure of a very upset Harry Potter.

“Ah Potter it seems I under estimated you.” Severus said calmly impressed at what Harry had done, “going to kill me?”

“Yes, I have killed, found it’s not bad really.” Harry said, “but before I do I want to know why, why you killed Dumbledore, and don’t you dare blame my father for it either!”

“You should have taken care of Lucius.” Severus said and watched as Harry used his own wand to stun Lucius and tuck it into his robes. “Very good, so now what, you kill me you get no answers.”

“I hate you.” Harry snarled.

“Likewise.” Severus said.

With speed Severus did not know Harry possessed he found himself drug from the chair and flung to the floor. Now Severus could fight, he could fight the muggle way quite well and he had in fact beat Harry’s father in the few muggle fighting matches they had. Mostly he had knocked Sirius down but once the four boys learned to work together he had to find another way to defend himself, never mind that now he found Harry had some training in muggle fighting. The most brutal fight that had ever graced Hogwarts as a school was underway and Harry was winning. Severus could only defend himself and he could not really get any blows onto Harry. He managed to get his wand back and blasted Harry away from him, Severus looked horrible with a black eye, bloodied nose and feral eyes.

“You should die for what you did!” Harry snarled at Severus, “you foul evil piece of scum!”

“You arrogant pompous brat, you think you can just waltz into this school and expect everyone to like you and that you can come back now and attack me?” Severus hissed.

“Shut the fuck up!” Harry screamed and he threw a silver knife at Severus getting him in the shoulder and getting Severus to stare at him in shock, “unlike my father who you hate so much I would gladly kill you!”

“Harry stop now.” Dumbledore said, “before you kill Severus there are things you need to know.”

“Headmaster don’t.” Severus said turning to him throwing the knife onto the table and doing his best to heal up his shoulder with his wand.

“I must, he has to know.” Dumbledore said. “All I ask is none of you interrupt but listen to me.”

Harry took a seat, wand still out and looked up at the headmaster and listened to what he had to say. When Dumbledore finished Harry sat back in shock. So he had to die, in the end he had to die and Severus knew this. Made more since he killed Dumbledore out of rage for betrayal than anything else. As he sat there thinking Lucius was awake and had heard everything that had been said.

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Yes a cliffie and no I will not update until I get a few reviews! I am quite rude that way. Now as for Lucius breaking down, what father with a heart (and we know he has one from DH) would not cry for causing their own child so much sorrow? As for the fight with Severus and Harry, like it hate it felt it should have happened in cannon? Let me know!