I'm A Slave For You-Chp75

I'M A SLAVE FOR YOU

"Well, well, if it isn't the famous Rebecca Evans the Iron Maiden."

Beck looked up from her cigarette and frowned at the remark made by Sirius Black.

"Yeah, well, look what the cat, or should I say, dog dragged in."

If looks could kill, Beck and Sirius were more or less in a lethal showdown as they glared at each other, trying to outmatch each other's visual ferocity. It was only when Tonks whacked Sirius at the back of his head that Sirius broke eye clashes with the strawberry-blonde.

As soon as Severus got to Kym, his first instinct was to go and see his beloved, but unfortunately he was unable to see him awake as after the ordeal and after his classmates' visitation, Harry was literally out cold, sleeping peacefully for the first time in so many weeks under captivity. Ard-Rí Constantine assured the ex-Potions Master that all is well and that the child was safe and growing strong, although his physical examination revealed that Harry had indeed being forced into sexual intercourse, and also the fact that he could not remove the dog-tag collar around Harry's neck for fear of setting off a curse or something, judging by the magical residue that lingered around it. Severus' heart was screaming in agony and in rage over the men who had violated his beloved and wanted to make them pay a million times over for their misdeeds, especially when he saw that degrading name his beloved was given carved on that wretched dog-tag, but his mind told him to keep calm, to remain a level-head because his pet needed him the most right now.

The Order, including Albus, soon came along to check on Harry to confirm Draco's news. Albus was the second most relieved person next to Severus to see his little grandson alive and well, and Remus practically almost broke into tears when he saw his little friend and ex-colleague there, sleeping as if he was the most innocent child in the world and that nothing could harm him, even though in reality it did. Everyone was equally upset at the medi-wizard's diagnosis, but like Severus, they also had to keep a level-head lest they made a mess of things for both themselves and Harry. Draco, after informing Severus, made another firecall to the Old Married Couple at their Gryffindor common room to inform them as well and in a thrice, they announced it to all the DA members via owl and, along with Draco, took the journey down to Kym regardless the fact that it was still a school week and almost nearing exams.

Their best friend had to come first, after all.

After taking turns visiting the sleeping Harry, everyone, including Draco and the Old Married Couple, gathered at Headmistress Casey Kyteler-Magee's office, all set and ready—anxious, even—to hear what Lil had to say about everything that has been going on since she made her first appearance.

"I bet you're wondering why am I here, claiming to know what I know, and be in the company of the infamous Iron Maiden," Lil started as she took a sip of tea that were brought by the hired help of Kym.

"Oh, come on, woman," Moody said impatiently. "Don't beat about the bush here. Details, details."

"Patience, Moody," Kingsley urged. "Let her speak."

"Well," Lil took a deep breath before continuing, "I'm sure you know of my background. Lillian Rome of the Rome family, Muggle-born, first victim of Tom Marvolo Riddle who should've been dead for more than five decades ago."

"Yes, we know that much about you," Tonks replied. "You were killed when Voldemort was 18 years old at that time and your death was the beginning of many other deaths involving non-purebloods throughout the wizarding world."

"That is correct. And I'm sure you all know about the age-old horrifying background of his family and his past that led him to this path of destruction."

"Yes, that's right," Albus commented. "But what does that have to do with…"

"Because everything you know after the part where he became a legitimate wizard after poisoning his warlock foster father is a lie. In fact, even before that, there were some truths that were fabricated and embellished to antagonize him."

The Order looked at each other in confusion, even the all-knowing, all-seeing Albus Dumbledore. A lie? Everything they knew about Voldemort had been a lie? How was that possible?

"That is absurd," Hermione scoffed. "His background clearly states…"

"That he was born of a Muggle father and a pureblood mother?" Lil chided, cutting her short. "That his mother was a homicidal maniac who poisoned her own family and raped his father to conceive him, and then gave birth in Azkaban before given the Dementor's Kiss? That his father, after being forced by the Ministry to take him in, abused him till he lost his mind and killed him like his mother did to her family, and did the same to his foster father after inheriting his fortune and becoming a legitimate wizard, hiding behind his wealth to do his crimes? Is that what you're trying to say?"

"Hey, easy there," Ron said, defending his fiancée who seemed to be offended by Lil's remark. "She was just trying to make a point."

"Too much of a point, I'm afraid," Beck snorted, earning a glare from the Old Married Couple. "Lil hates know-it-alls, thanks to being surrounded by them when she was alive."

"My point is that we have been misled by the Ministry's antagonizing Voldemort to cover their asses when their plan went a little haywire. Yes, the part about him being a half-blood and his mother's condition was true. Yes, the part about him being raised and abused by his birth father was true, and so was the part of him being raised by a travelling warlock whom he killed for his fortune and wizard title. But what happened in between, no one truly knew, until I found out about it through Beck."

"What part does the Iron Maiden have in all this?" Sirius raised a brow.

"I was the one who found her in such a disheveled state," Beck replied. "She was totally disoriented and confused when she came out of the Shrieking Shack, and the first thing she asked when she saw me—I was hanging about after patrolling Hogsmeade for a suspect on a case I was working at that time—was the directions to Hogwarts. I recognized her from the photos I've read through the case files of Voldemort when I first started off as an Auror clerk in the Ministry and I couldn't believe my eyes at first, but there she was, in the flesh. The mass murderer's first victim."

"I have no recollection whatsoever of how, where, when and why I was there," Lil said. "I just remember being violated to death by that monster and the next thing I knew I was naked and cold and wrapped in bed sheets, and every part of my joints was aching, like I had premature arthritis or something. After my mind cleared under Beck's care, I realized that more than 50 years have passed since my death and I was apparently brought back to life. By whom, I still don't know."

"It could be from the Dark Arts," Severus noted. "There have been rumours about a Forbidden Magic in which it involved revival of the dead, though how long the effects would last is unknown."

"Then you can say I'm like a time-bomb that could go off anytime soon, huh?" Lil looked at him sadly.

"I wouldn't put it past that."

"Anyhow, when I realized her identity, I knew there had to be something more to it that meets the eye," Beck continued. "Something that is more than just a lunatic psychopath going out killing people just because he didn't like non-purebloods. Not much people know this, but I am related to Harry from the mother's side because my father is born from our grandfather's first marriage," she waved away everyone's look of surprise, "but was never listed as Harry's immediate family because my father and his mother only knew each other's existence a week before his parents' death, and also the fact that the Ministry was quick to relocate Harry to the Dursleys before my father found out about the death, or my father would've taken Harry in our family in a heartbeat. The even weirder thing is that since my dad is a Muggle, they refused to disclose Harry's whereabouts with the excuse that my dad is not the closest in blood with Harry's mother due to him being from a first marriage."

"But I knew about Harry's existence, even though this is only the first time I have ever met him. And since he is my half-cousin and under the threat of Voldemort, naturally I wanted to look out for him from any forms of threat. So, with that thought in mind and armed with Lil's death case, I decided to dig deeper into this case, reviewing every single detail and even breached into the Department of Mysteries to see if there were any clue as to prove both mine and Lil's theory."

"We soon discovered that this whole thing started with a prophecy written way back even before Voldemort was born," Lil announced.

"Which is…?" Sirius raised a brow.

"The prophecy says that a child from the light and a child from the dark will be born and together they will unite the nation of Muggles and the wizard world as one, and that the mother of the child of light is Harry James Potter and the mother of the child of dark is you, Draco Malfoy."

"M…Me?" Draco gasped in shock. "That…That's impossible!"

"This is a breakthrough!" Kingsley exclaimed quite happily. "An alliance that we've been dreaming of since the end of the days of witch hunt! Think about it, we will no longer have to hide our powers from society anymore. This is the day that will change everything!"

"But…But why me? Why Harry?" Draco exclaimed. "Anyone can produce a child of the light and the dark!"

"Oh, this time, there is nothing vague about it," Beck replied. "The prophecy was made known to the Ministry by a very powerful Seer at that time, probably more powerful than Trelawney and had made 100% accurate predictions in the past without fail. She specifically indicated in her visions that Harry, because he is born from a family who dedicated their lives to doing good deeds for the better of society and mankind as a whole, entitled him to be the mother of the child of light, and you, Malfoy, because of your family, especially your father, and their dealings with everything that is sinister and impure, entitled you to be the mother of the child of dark. You and Harry's family are the polar opposites of each other, so to speak. They even have detailed images and notes of her predictions stored for further reference and you and Harry's faces were in it. In fact, even the father of the child and their nature behind their compatibility had already been predicted."

"You…You don't mean…?" Severus feared the worst.

"Yes," Lil turned to him. "You, Prof. Snape, have been a tortured soul all your life because of your family background, of having a drunkard father and a mother who loved you but was helpless to her fate due to her being disowned by her family. Harry is your soul mate, so to speak, because he needed someone to love after living a life of bleakness and despair but continued to retain his innocence, while you needed to love someone to compensate for the life you have led. You complete each other, an almost mirror image opposites of each other that makes you compatible to be the father of the child he will soon bear.

"You, on the other hand," Lil turned to Remus, "are a cursed being who is neither wizard nor being. Half of either side, and being abandoned by your parents at a young age, you have lived your whole life under the servitude of others and had been, in a way, a tortured soul of sorts. You, like Prof. Snape, needed someone to love and be loved for who you are inside, and Malfoy needed someone to see him as he really is, not as his status and family background makes him to be, and allow him to reawaken his passion for the one thing that truly matter, which is love, that his father claims to be superficial and non-existent. That and also the fact that your nature belongs to the dark side of the magical beings."

Draco, Remus and Severus looked a little listless. All this for the sake of a prophecy? There had to be something else behind this. As if reading their minds, Lil continued.

"Yes, like you said, Mr. Shacklebolt, it is a breakthrough. Muggles and witches and wizards co-existing as one in which there will no longer be any prejudice or fear of the unknown, that everything that the Muggles hold dear about science and logic will finally come to an understanding of the workings of the supernatural and accept it as part of their reasoning of life. And the close-minded idea of magic being the works of the devil and the witch hunt that haunted the wizarding world for centuries will come to a halt and that the idea that science of Muggles and magic of the wizarding world will come together as one, making everyone's lives easier. It's like a dream come true, especially for the newer generations, what with the increase of Muggle-borns nowadays and more and more Muggles having an understanding of magic and their willingness to marry wizards and witches. It would've been a happy time for everyone."

"Everyone except the Ministry," Beck noted as she lit herself another cigarette.

Albus looked at both the girls as if he knew what they were talking about, in which Beck smiled knowingly.

"You understand what I'm trying to say now, aren't you, Dumbledore? The fact that the higher-ups of the Ministry, especially under the Wizengamot clan, are all pureblood elitist and the last they would want is to taint their bloodline with a bunch of Muggles who had tortured, burnt, drowned and killed numerous of their kind in the past. To have this prophecy coming true would be to have history repeating itself again, and that would be the last thing that they want happening to their society that they have worked so hard to conceal."

"Good Lord!" Molly exclaimed. "They can't be serious, can they?"

"I wouldn't put it past them," Arthur grumbled. "Almost three-thirds of the people working in the Ministry are purebloods, and those who are not had to undergo a strict series of interviews before they would even be considered to be hired."

"And only those who would stoop as low as Percy would survive in the Ministry," Charlie rolled his eyes in contempt.

"Still, wha' does this Voldemort has in all this, lass?" Hagrid asked.

"Well, we thought about that too in the beginning," Beck said as she took another drag of the cigarette. "So we dug deeper into the files at the risk of being found, and at the risk of my career as well, and discovered that Tom Marvolo Riddle a.k.a. Voldemort was their assassin in the making."

"What?!" Tonks, Moody and Kingsley exclaimed in unison.

"Usually when a prisoner is being thrown into Azkaban, the Ministry will dig into their family background so as to have a complete file report so that they could later make reference and be sure that there would be no repercussions happening," Lil explained. "So when Voldemort's mother was put in, naturally they investigated about her. Being the Ministry would always want to cover their asses and avoid relapse, they would've issued the Dementor's Kiss on her regardless her physical status, but then they found out that she had descended from a long line of wizard mercenaries during the Grand Wizard Merlin's timeline, assassins for hire to eradicate targets of their client's choosing, and have been a strong believer in pureblood lineages. Voldemort's mother was a late-bloomer in magic, thus she was always brought up with the idea that she was a Squib and was abused for it, which drove her to kill her family, and because she believed that her being a Squib and the father being a Muggle would result to her child being a Squib anyway, she was prepared to die with the child inside her. But with that knowledge of her lineage in hand, the Ministry was the one who made her keep her child to term before she was sentenced for the Dementor's Kiss. So basically, if they had not known her descended from wizard mercenaries that would serve their purpose in eliminating this prophecy, Voldemort wouldn't have existed and none of this would've started."

"And ironically, Harry and I would've never met," Severus noted. "So it would've been a bit of a blessing in disguise, I suppose."

"No, you and Harry would've met either way. The prophecy was 100% accurate. Even if Voldemort had not existed and his parents still alive, you two would've still met by other means. He would've been your student. His father would've been friends with you. His mother would have a chance encounter with you. Either way, you two would've still met. The same theory goes with you two as well, Malfoy, Lupin."

"The real reason," Beck chipped in, "as to why the Ministry wanted Voldemort to be born is because in the prophecy, due to the fact that Harry's father being a pureblood but Harry's mother a Muggle-born, Harry is considered a blood-traitor by birth and felt it unfit for him to be the mother of the child that would bring the nations together. They wouldn't have minded if he was a pureblood because then they are able to manipulate him into not fulfilling the prophecy and everything would be fine and dandy. And having you, Snape, as the father of the child, being that you are a half-blood, was an insult to injury. And you, Malfoy, even though you're pureblood, Lupin is a half-werewolf, a creature of the dark that the Ministry have been struggling to eliminate for decades. Having him to sire the child would be going against all things natural to them."

Severus felt like he had just been called the criminal of the century that was par with Voldemort and his crimes by that remark. Remus, despite knowing that his kind had been looked down for years, felt downright insulted for this, not by Beck, but by the Ministry who had indirectly insulted his cubs in that manner.

"They knew they had to stop this prophecy from happening at all costs, but the problem was that they didn't know which era the people in question would be born," Lil said as she refilled her drink. "So to kill two birds with one stone, they decided to be rid of anyone who were non-pureblood, hoping to hit the jackpot at the same time. Those elitist had never liked non-purebloods anyway, and what better way to do so than to have Voldemort, a half-blood, to do their bidding and then lay all the blame on him?"

"I got a hold of the person who watched over Voldemort's mother while she carried the child to term and managed to make him speak the truth with Veritaserum," Beck continued. "It turned out that he was instructed by the Ministry to use the Imperius Curse on the mother to make her carry the child to term and once the child is born, before she was able to recover from the effects of the Imperius Curse, she was immediately given the Dementor's Kiss to tie up all loose ends. The Ministry had initially wanted the father of the child to raise him until of age where they will take him under their wing to train him to be the wizard mercenary as his ancestors were, but they had not count on the fact that the father had been abusing the boy till he was driven insane and committing the exact same crime the mother had committed to her family.

"By the time they wanted to take Voldemort after finding out the father's death, they were too late as he was nowhere to be found. It was after the death of the traveling warlock and him taking over his fortune and applying to be a legitimate wizard that they managed to locate him, but the deed was done. His crimes on both his biological and foster father made them realize that they had created a monster and the assassin they've always wanted, even though it is indirectly so. The only thing they could do was feigning ignorance, granting him his place in the wizard world and always stayed one step behind him as he went about his killing spree."

"Then it is true that the Ministry had always been the ones behind the scenes!" Moody exclaimed. "I always had suspicions about this from the very beginning when I read about the case files and their lack of arrest, and that it took so long to catch him and it is by the very people they feared would give birth to Potter!"

"Yes, that's right," Lil nodded. "When they found out it was James Potter and Lily Evans who tipped the Aurors into apprehending Voldemort, they knew that their worst fears were coming to light, and that they had finally hit the jackpot into finding the one person who would fulfill the prophecy."

"Are you implying that the Ministry had a hand in Voldemort's first escape and the assassination of Harry's parents?" Arthur cried.

"No one has ever escaped Azkaban, ever," Beck said. "And yet there he was, out of prison without so much as a scratch and the Potter couple dead. Doesn't that strike you as odd?"

"Well, now that you mention it," Tonks rubbed her chin in thought.

"They hadn't count on the Aurors being able to arrive in the scene so quickly," Lil continued. "Or Harry would've been killed as well. And being that they don't want to be implicated to be the ones behind the prison break, they pretended to be the responsible sonofagun and sent Harry far, far away as possible and to cut his ties with the wizarding world, and what better way to do so than to send him to the magic-hating family that is the Dursleys? Though, again, they hadn't counted on the fact that the Dursleys would sell Harry off to the slave business, making him indirectly returned to the world they sought not for him to find. God works in mysterious ways, innit?"

"I should say so," Hermione said, smiling a little at the fact.

"Bloody hell!" Ron said as something clicked in his mind. "You don't mean to say that the Ministry had anything to do with him being out in the open again right now, do you?"

"We don't have evidence on that yet," Beck replied. "But I wouldn't put it past that possibility. Two escapes in a row is just too much of a coincidence. I wouldn't be surprised if they had a hand in helping Pettigrew to aide Voldemort in escaping."

"All this…" Severus held himself, trembling. "All this for the sake of a prophecy and all this because they're too prejudicial to see past their rivalry with Muggles! All this just to kill my beloved and my child! How many more lives will they have to ruin so that they could uphold their precious little ideology?!"

"Severus, please, calm down…" Albus tried to comfort Severus but he wouldn't hear of it.

"No! This has gone too far!! I won't have this! First they try to separate us, then they sent a monster they created on the loose to kill Harry, and when that didn't work, they tried to separate us again and threatened to kill our child, and maybe even allow my pet to be an easy target for Voldemort to kill! What else are they going to do? Set up Harry as live bait?! Lure that monster to come and destroy all of us for the sake of that prophecy?! This is too much! They must be stopped, both Voldemort and the Ministry, at all costs! We can't just sit here and idle by while they come up with another plan to hurt Harry!!"

"I agree," Remus said. "Lucius has already gone on a witch hunt to find Draco and abort our cubs at all costs. Who knows he might have already been in cahoots with the Ministry to stop the prophecy as well? I don't give a damn about whether the prophecy is true or not. I am already in danger of being caught and arrested, and possibly sterilized, for impregnating Draco because of their decree against werewolves breeding. If they take Draco as well, we might as well just kill ourselves and be done with it rather than them having their hands on our cubs."

"Don't play in their game, Remus," Ron urged. "That's probably what they want: to drive you into the corner and force you to take drastic measures for their own means."

"Does the other branch Ministries throughout the world know about this?" Albus asked.

"No, not that I know of," Beck replied. "As far as my research went, only the main branch here of the Ministry and the Wizengamot knows of this prophecy and that they are the one running the show, but if we delay this, they will definitely make it known to the other branch Ministries and try to convince them to accept the ideology. It's not too farfetched if you think about it."

"Agreed," Albus nodded solemnly and got off his seat. "You and I are going to do some more digging and collect more solid evidence to implicate the Ministry of these atrocities, along with the others of the Order. You, Moody, will gather all members of the Ministry that has yet to be corrupted by the Ministry's ideology and go about to warn the other branch Ministries. Gather as much of them as possible and have them meet me at a secret place that I will designate later to you so that we can make this a full-scale announcement. We're going to need all the reinforcement we can get to take them down."

"I wouldn't have it any other way, sir," Moody saluted.

"You kids can play your part too," Albus turned to the Old Married Couple, grinning at their surprised looks. "Oh, I know you and your little friends have been starting your own vigilante club of sorts, and I really appreciate the gesture. If you really want to help, I would like you to tell all your friends and make them warn everyone they know about this news you have heard. Get their support to help us boycott the Ministry, but do so discreetly. We don't want to alert the Ministry of what we know just yet. Can you do that for us?"

"Consider it done, Headmaster Dumbledore!" Hermione and Ron replied simultaneously, their faces showing eager and excitement at being given a full-scale mission.

"I will assist the children then…" Severus said but was met with Albus' disapproving shake of the head.

"Harry needs you the most right now. He needs you to be there with him, to assure him that everything is alright, that it is not his fault he is the way he is right now. He needs you, Severus. You have to be there for him. And that goes for you too, Mr. Lupin. Your mate and your cubs need your protection and undivided attention now more than ever, and for this I shall have to relieve you from being a member of the Order. Both of you."

"Yes, Master Dumbledore," Remus nodded, while Severus looked down quietly.

Soon, everyone was prepared to leave, have their mission set in mind. Lil opted to be with Moody and the others to warn the branch Ministries, while Beck went with Albus on their mission to bring down Voldemort, and subsequently the Ministry, once and for all. Before Beck could leave, she was approached by Draco timidly.

"Umm…if you don't mind me asking…" Draco scratched his chin nervously. "Why do they call you the Iron Maiden?"

"Because I am the only Muggle-born in the entire Auror team who is allowed to use the Unforgivable Curses at my disposal," Beck grinned. "Remember what Ron's dad said about non-pureblood not getting much clearance to do anything in the Ministry? Basically I am the first and only non-pureblood in the Ministry to have the license to kill. You don't wanna know how my methods work. Trust me."

Draco gulped. He'd better take her word for it.