So Much for No Strings Attached

Chapter 12 New Friends

 

By the end of the memory Snape was scowling. This was the girl he had loved for twenty seven years. He would never have guessed that she would become so heartless and cruel. But Severus had seen how Lily had treated baby Harry. The way Lily with Dumbledore had planned for James to die at his husband's hands and the Dark Lord's downfall due to attempting to take the life of his own son. What she had said to James was sickening. Severus hadn't known that the Dark Lord and Potter were together but now it made shocking sense soon as he had found out. The Dark Lord had loved James which was why he had no plans to kill the apparent traitor. He would never be able to bring himself to do so.

 

'Voldemort really loved Dad,' Harry said quietly. 'You could hear it in his voice and see it in his eyes. I want to meet him, properly this time without spells and potions making me instinctively hate him.'

 

Snape nodded, 'I thought you might say that.'

 

'I need allies,' Harry said quietly. 'Are there any Slytherins that are able to Occlude Dumbledore?'

 

'Plenty most wizard families teach their children how to occlude as children especially those who will inherit seats or monetary assets and all Death Eaters teach their children Occlumency knowing Dumbledore's knack for looking into the minds' of students.,' Snape said quietly. 'I'll let them know that the Heir of the Dark Lord has been found and wishes for an alliance.'

 

'Can't you just tell me who they are so that I can approach them?' asked Harry. 'It would look better if I recruited them on my own and not through you. They're not going to trust me as it is so I want to show them I can stand on my own two feet.'

 

Snape nodded, 'I can do that. Just be careful.'

 

'That's why I'm asking you for who is safe to tell,' Harry replied quietly.

 

'Not all of them are Slytherins,' Snape said. 'People believe it is only Slytherins that the Dark Lord recruits but in reality he will recruit anyone willing.'

 

'I didn't think so,' Harry said quietly. 'After all Dad was as Gryffindor as they come and he was a Death Eater.'

 

Snape smiled slightly, 'Stefan, May and Tabitha Hoghedge-'began Snape.

 

'Stefan he's the blonde Ravenclaw friends with Terry Boot right?' Harry asked.

 

Snape nodded, 'and his sister and niece. May, his sister, is in second year whilst Tabitha, his niece, is in first year. Their fathers were some of the earlier the Death Eaters until Voldemort's fall. A lot of the Hoghedges were. They are non-titled but have a reputation for being brilliant fighters. I think they married into the Potters several generations ago,' Snape added as an afterthought.