So Much for No Strings Attached

Chapter 7 Decisions to be Made

'I would ask you what side you are really on but I know that it won't work,' Lucius told him, 'once a spy always a spy. So what I ask you to do is to swear the Unbreakable Vow to never reveal what I am about to tell you without my, the Dark Lord or the Dark Lord's heir permission.'

That stopped Severus in his tracks. The Dark Lord had an heir? Where had he been since his father's fall? But he knew he wouldn't get any where without swearing the vow. And he needed the information to sate his own curiosity.

'Do you Severus Tobias Snape, Lord of the Prince House, swear to never reveal the information about to be revealed to you through mouth, writing or any actions you might take without the explicate permission of myself Lucius Abraxas Malfoy Lord of the Malfoy House, the Dark Lord Thomas Marvolo Slytherin, or the Dark Lord's Heir Hadrian Salazar Slytherin.'

'I Severus Tobias Snape, Lord of the Prince House swear on my life and my magic not to reveal this information the information that is about to be revealed to me through mouth, writing or any actions you might take without the explicate permission of Lucius Abraxas Malfoy Lord of the Malfoy House, the Dark Lord Thomas Marvolo Slytherin, or the Dark Lord's Heir Hadrian Salazar Slytherin.'

'I need you to make a Purging Potion,' Lucius said.

Severus raised his eyebrows, 'may I inquire as to whom for?'

'For me,' a familiar voice said.

Snape turned around to see the slender form of Harry James Potter lounging against the door frame. Severus could feel nervousness come from his thanks to his powerful Legimency abilities but if it hadn't been for that he would have never have guessed that the boy was nervous.

'Potter,' snarled Severus.

'Severus,' Lucius said warningly. 'There are things you don't understand.'

'Don't tell me you're fucking,' Snape sniped.

He had been joking so it shocked him when Potter flushed slightly and suddenly found his feet very interesting. Lucius' expression didn't change much but Severus had known the man for almost twenty four years. Lucius Malfoy was scared! Lucius Malfoy didn't get scared unless he had done something to displease the Dark Lord. True enough sleeping with the bloody Boy Who Lived wasn't the wisest move but Lucius was slippery as an eel. It would be only too easy for Lucius to convince the Dark Lord that he had been attempting to sway the boy from the Light.

'Oh great,' muttered Severus. 'Just the image I needed. I still don't get why you need a Purging Potion. Have your fans,' Severus sneered, 'been slipping you love potions.'

'No,' Potter said harshly, 'though they probably would have if I'd waited much longer,' Potter muttered darkly.