“Hey…” Cat retorted, jabbing Sev in his ribs, “I wasn’t that bad, and I gained as many points as I ever lost.” she pouted as they reached the door and entered.

“Now Catri, enough pouting, I know you better than that” Sev said softly as he took off his cloak and helped Catri with hers. “You loved getting into trouble every bit as much as your friends did. You and Lily, you ‘looked’ like such angels, I am assuming the horns were simply to hold up the halos, eh?” he taunted, grinning from ear to ear when he saw her expression.

“Severus Snape how dare you?” Cat replied, feigning anger as she pushed him backwards “I will have you know Lily and I were perfect angels, just ask anyone, they’ll tell you.” she grinned as she playfully pushed Sev against the wall, next to the large dining room table.

Sev grinned as he grabbed Catri’s hands “Of course they would darling, they would be scared senseless to defy you or her.” he teased. “Even I know better than that, I would swear to my grave that you are nothing other than the most gentle, shy, and polite of all angels.” he winked “regardless of the truth.”

“Why are you so mean to me?” Cat pouted “I thought I’ve been awfully nice to you.” she added as she kissed him tenderly. Loving the way he melted when she pressed herself against him.

Sev sighed as she pulled her lips away from his “Yes my dear, awfully nice indeed.” he agreed as he wrapped his arms around her and returned her kiss. He felt shivers moving down his spine as her hands ran over his hips and down his thighs. Severus quickly wondered if she had any idea what sort of monster she was tempting, it was all he could do to stop himself from pinning her against the wall and reaming her until they both collapsed from exhaustion. It had been too many lonely years for him, too many cold nights with only dreams and fantasies to keep him warm. He wanted to own her, to make her fall so deeply and desperately in love with him that she would never want to leave him. He never wanted to be alone again, he wanted someone to love, someone who loved him.

Severus tried to push himself away from her, to protect her from his own animal urges, but it was no use. She had already aroused his desires and he knew he was far past the point of any self control “Catri, please, you cannot do this and expect me to hold back. I….I..” he grimaced as he tried to find the words to explain “I want to bore into you, I want to hear you scream with pleasure at my touch. I need to posses you.” the words tumbled out of his mouth as he kissed her passionately, his tongue twisting around hers as his hands tightened around her bottom, lifting her slightly off the floor.

Sev felt like an animal, he wanted her so badly, so desperately that he feared his own actions. He unbuttoned her blouse as his hands caressed her full breasts, bringing her nipples to pebble-like peaks. He kept waiting for her to stop him, but instead she grasped his shirt in her small hands and tore it open, sending buttons flying across the room. It only served to enflamed his passion. He picked her up and sat her on the table, pushing her skirt up over her thighs as she gasped, he paused just long enough to make sure she hadn’t changed her mind. Then, using his strong arms, he grabbed onto her waist, pulling her up against him, forcing her thighs forced apart as she slammed into his hips. He groaned as she kissed his face, neck, and chest, biting playfully at his nipples as he strained to hold back his eruption.

He wanted to bring her to a frenzy, he wanted her to understand what she did to him every time she touched him. His hands shook as he ran them up her thighs and pushed her panties aside, pressing the center of her passion with his thumb as he pried open the soft lips which guarded what he desired. After finding his prize, he quickly pushed his fingers inside of her, he realized quickly she was still moist from their marathon session from a few hours earlier. Although he cringed as he heard her cry out sharply, she was obviously sore from his earlier attentions, but he knew he would never be able to stop himself now.

“Shhh, Catri, please, relax” he implored, “allow me this, I beseech you.” he begged as he kissed her forcefully. He heave a silent sigh of thankfulness when he saw her nod and mouth the word “yes”. Not wanting to give her time to change her mind, he quickly undid his trousers, his passion bulging painfully with anticipation. He slipped inside of her as she moaned deeply, her head fell backwards as he pushed deep inside of her. He lifted her off the table with the force of his thrusts as she wrapped her legs around him. She is growled like an animal as he pushed into her, both frightening and enticing him. Sev yelled out as he felt her nails dig into the flesh of his back, raking his skin as she gasped his name. As if in response to the painful stimulus, he climaxed powerfully as his legs gave way underneath him, he leaned into Catri for support as she too reached the pinnacle and arched her back, forcing her pelvis hard against his.

Sev stood there, his arms wrapped lovingly around Catri as he cried softly, nuzzling and kissing her neck as her long soft hair caressed him. “I am sorry Catri, I swear, I never meant to take you like that. I never wanted to force you to do anything so dirty. Please, please, forgive me.” he sobbed as he buried his face against her neck. He was haunted by visions of his mother’s screams in the middle of the night after his father would come home in one of his foul moods. It took many years before Severus realized what had been happening to his mother, it was not simply beatings she was forced to endure. Sev grimace as he realized this was probably how he was conceived, against his mothers will, without her consent. He remembered vividly the night his mother begged him to treat his new bride kindly, to be gentle and thoughtful to her. Her exact words were ‘Treat her the way you would treat Catri’. How could he have done this to her, how would she ever be able to love him now, he was no better than his father.

“Hush Sev” Cat cooed softly “I’m fine and you didn’t force me to do anything I didn’t want to do” she reassured him as she rubbed his back, comforting him as best she could. She winced as she heard his heartbreaking sobs, something horrible must have to him for this to affect him so deeply. She kissed his shoulder as she rubbed her cheek against his, “Severus, please, don’t do this. I hate to see you upset, let me help you.” she urged as she tried to blink away her own tears. She felt completely lost, he was so strong, so stoic, yet how often had she caught him wiping away a tear or holding back some unknown pain.

Cat felt for a moment as if this had been the worst mistake in her life, she would never be able to truly bond with him if he couldn’t trust her with his pain. True he had opened up to her more than he had any other person, but still…….

Remus’s form twisted in front of Harry as Gustavas’s true form appeared. The first thing Harry noticed was the figure growing several inches taller, as long reddish hair replaced Remus’s brown shoulder length hair. Remus’s smooth skin had also been replaced by a stubbly goatee that was quickly growing in. The DaDA’s teacher’s muscular but thin frame disappeared as a much more powerfully built body appeared in its place. But the thing that most stuck Harry was the change in his eyes, where Remus’s kind hazel eyes had once been, were now two icy, deep blue orbs. Harry averted his eyes from Gustavas’s as he felt a chill run down his spine. He now understood what Cash had meant about the Tremere’s willingness to kill every living creature within the school, it was obvious with one look that the vampyre’s heart was as cold and dead as his body.

“You’re the one Cash warned me about. What do you want here, and what did you do with the real Remus?” Harry asked bravely as he struggled helplessly in the grip of the vampyre.

“If I were you, I’d be more concerned about what I’m going to do with you, my little prince.” Gustavas growled. “Never fear boy, I’ll take care of your mother’s friends and lover when I’m done with you. But until then,” Gustavas continued as he lifted Harry in the air by his wrists, smiling cruelly as the boy’s feet swung in mid-air. “You will be staying here with me. You see, since Olia ruined my last toy, I’m a bit bored, and you will do very nicely as a replacement.” he said as he slammed Harry into the cold stone wall, knocking the breath out of him. Releasing his grip, Gustavas smirked as the boy slowly slid to the floor, a bright trail of blood following his body, as his legs gave out from under him, still too weak to support his own weight.

“Come now boy, I would expect better sport from Clan MacLeod.” Gustavas taunted, “I have never taken on a MacLeod without at least adding one scar to my collection.” Running his finger along Harry’s scar, he continued, “Then again, maybe I’ll just take yours…I can skin it right off of your body…would you like to see me demonstrate?” he asked as he pulled a long thin knife from under his shirt.

Harry narrowed his eyes as he stared hatefully at the vampyre, watching the gleaming knife closely as Gustavas moved it from side to side, reflecting the light of the candles. He knew the Tremere meant every word he said, and Harry found himself wondering if his wand would be any use to him against such a monster.

“We don’t have time for games” said a familiarly cold voice “Lord Voldemort has given you orders to kill Potter, save your games for the Sidhe bitch, I’m sure she’ll be more entertaining than this pathetic excuse for a wizard in any case.” Lucius Malfoy spat disdainfully. “And have the sense to take his wand…”

Gustavas turned sharply to face Malfoy as he swung his arm out, striking the death eater soundly across his face. “Who the blazes do you think you are boy?” Gus snarled, “I will do this ‘my’ way” he stated simply, as an eerie calmness settled on his face. “I want him alive for as long as possible. I ‘want’ him to call the others. I intend to get rid of that Methuselah of a Gangrel as well as everyone that she loves.”

Gus turned and looked condescendingly at Harry “Is the little prince unable to defend himself without a stick? Shame on your mother for not training you better. She must be losing her touch, or her fear. In either case, a stupid move on her part.” he stated as he plucked the wand from Harry’s pocket and tossed it carelessly onto the floor.

Harry smirked at Malfoy and Gus, “And why would my mother be frightened of either of you? Cash and Raul already told me how frightened you are of our clan, they say you don’t dare attack us straight on. You need to hide in the dark and attack children. Looks like they were right.”

Harry winced as he felt Gus’s large hands wrap around his throat, choking him as he was lifted in the air. As much as Harry wanted to call out to Cash for help, he knew he couldn’t, he heard what Gustavas had told Malfoy, they were going to use him as bait to catch Cash. If only he could figure out a way to hold on until the shield of silence crumbled. Cash had made it very clear as soon as it cracked, his mum would come back immediately and take care of the Tremere.

“Very brave for someone who’s going to be dead in a few minutes.” Gus said coolly as he waited for Harry to panic and call out to his clan. He watched as the boy’s eyes began to bulge from the lack of oxygen, he wondered how long the boy would be able to hold before he fainted. Judging by the look of him, it wouldn’t be much longer.

Not willing to lose his plaything so soon, Gus slammed Harry into the wall once more, jolting the half-conscious boy back to a very painful sense of awareness. “You are NOT going to die that easily boy.”

Dropping him onto the hard floor, Gustavas signaled to Malfoy. Immediately Harry felt several pair of hands on him, dragging him across the floor and chaining him to the wall. Harry had no idea so many death eaters had been in the room with them, it must have something to do with that spell, he thought as he kept his eyes fixed on the Tremere. He immediately noticed the fear and loathing Malfoy had for Gustavas, apparently Lucius must have serious doubts about his ability to control the vampyre.

Gustavas paced the room aggressively, contemplating his next move, the boy may not have his mother’s powers, but he certainly had her mind. He leaned against the wall opposite the boy and stared at the boy as he fished through the pockets of his trousers. Reaching in, he pulled out a pack of Camel Turkish Royals and a book of matches. “Hope you don’t mind if I smoke?” he taunted Harry as he lit a cigarette and took a long drag from it.

“What to do, What to do?” Gus mumbled almost distractedly as his eyes darted around the dungeon, evaluating everyone and everything in within their site. He quickly decided who would live and who would die tonight. Most of the death eaters would be used as fodder to detain the Gangrel, Gus had seen the Methuselah frenzy before, he could go through several humans in a matter of moments without even slowing down. The survivors, if there were any, would probably slink off into the darkness or be killed off by the boy’s mother. Malfoy however was quite another matter, he could tell the moment he met the man that he would become his toy. In fact that fool Voldemort had already made it very clear that Gustavas could do as he see fit with Malfoy, and he intended to do a great deal to the egomaniacal wizard before tearing out his heart. “So Harry Potter MacLeod, what are we going to do with you?”

Looking down at his cigarette, a thought crossed Gus’s mind “Pain is very motivational, did you know that? It’s a proven fact. I’ll give you an example.” he said as he walked over to Harry and stood uncomfortably close to him “I know you don’t want to summon Cash, you know you’ll only be leading him into a trap. But I’m both a calculating man, and a betting one. And I’ll bet that with just the right amount of pain and fear, you WILL summon him here.” So saying, Gus touched the lit end of the cigarette to Harry’s face, causing the boy to whimper in pain. “Hmmm, well, it’s a start” Gus said as he admired the blackish burn the cigarette had left behind “but I can do better.” he added as he pulled back his muscular arm and punched Harry in the stomach, causing the boy to spit up blood……..

“Remus?!!” Sirius gasped, “What are you doing here? You’re supposed to be with Harry, you promised me you’d keep him in Albus’s office until I got back.”

Remus shook his head “What are you talking about? This is the first time I’ve seen you since the ball last night. And I haven’t seen Harry at all today, he wasn’t even at breakfast, I was on my way to find him now.”

Cash groaned loudly as he realized what must have happened. “We have to find him, fast!! Remus, go to Gryffindor tower just in case Harry did the smart thing, Sirius and I are going to start searching the school. Remus if you don’t find Harry in the tower, go straight to Albus’s office and get him back here. He‘s in London at the Ministry…”

Remus nodded and took off at break neck speed towards the tower as a creeping fear took a hold of his heart. He knew Harry wasn’t going to be there, not if whoever disguised themselves as him had managed to fool Dumbledore and Sirius…..

“Olia!” Cash yelled out. “Find Harry and stay with him, do what you can until we get there… and as soon as there is so much as a pin hole in that damn shield, find Angel.”

Severus smiled seductively as his hand crept up Catri’s thigh, he just couldn’t seem to stop himself anymore. Every time he looked at her he felt his passion rise and his heart melt. He had lost count of how many times they had enjoyed each other in the past few hours. What was it she had accused him of? Exorcising the demons…