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Severus Snape rushed out of the kitchen, his dark robes billowing out behind him. He knew Dumbledore was right, he would have to go and see Voldermort, but he hated every minute that he was forced to spend in his company. He had been under no illusions that for the past thirteen years Voldermort had been dead, but he had gotten used to doing his own thing and not the bidding of somebody else. He got to the front door and pulled it open, he swiftly shut it behind him and apparated away. He reappeared just outside the boundaries to the Riddle house, where Voldermort had decided to stay.

Pulling out his death eater mask, he strode forward.

Remus Lupin sighed loudly and rubbed a weary hand over his face as he followed Sirius through number four Privet drive. To say that the house was a mess was an understatement. The house looked like someone had had a major battle.

Remus slowly ran his hand over the deep gashes embedded in the wall, shudding slightly as he felt the residual violence and malice that had caused them.

"Anything?" Asked Remus as Sirius changed from his animagus form back to human.

"All I can smell are the muggles and Harry. No scent of anyone else here." Said Sirius. "But Harry's scent is old, at least twelve hours, the muggles scent is even older." He finished in confusion.

"Arabella said that she saw the Dursleys leave about two days ago. She assumed that Harry had gone with them because usually she is asked to look after him." Said Remus.

"Those damn muggles left him behind." Growled Sirius angrily as they started to walk upstairs.

When they got to the top, Sirius stopped so suddenly that Remus walked into the back of him.

"Sirius, what is it?" Asked Remus moving around him to look. What he saw made him stop too. The top floor was even worse than the downstairs. Several of the doors had been blown off their hinges. Glass covered the floor from broken pictures still hanging on the floor.

"Remus, look at this." Said Sirius.

Lupin turned and saw that Sirius had walked away from him while he was looking at the mess. He walked over to him.

"Look." Said Sirius again, and he pointed to the doorframe, where Lupin could see the remnants of several bolts.

"This is Harry's room." Said Sirius angrily as he walked into the room. "They locked him in, and didn't give him enough food." He held up a bottle of water and a packet of biscuits to show Lupin. "I should have taken him with me, at least he would have been safe from this." He said throwing the water and biscuits on the floor furiously.

"He needed the protection of the wards around the house, Sirius. He had to come back here. We will find him." Promised Lupin.

"Let's go and tell Dumbledore what we found." Said Sirius stalking out of the room.

"My Lord." Said Severus as he knelt before Voldermort and kissed the extended hand.

"Severus, I have need of you." Said Voldermort sitting back swiftly in his chair. Snape knew better than to stand before being invited too, so he stayed kneeling on the floor.

"I have a plan in motion, by which I will soon have Harry Potter in my possession." Said Voldermort.

"Plan, My Lord?" Said Snape.

"I have successfully accessed his memories and I am forcing him to relive them." He paused for a moment. " Muggles are extremely violent towards one another, did you know that Severus?" Asked Voldermort.

"My Lord?" Snape asked in confusion.

"They hit the boy and abused him mentally, and, so because of this Harry Potter will kill his relatives and join me. Can you imagine how powerful I will become. Nobody will be able to stop me, and the one who could be able to will be under my influence. So find him Severus and bring him to me." Finished Voldermort with a wave of his hand, effectively dismissing him.

Snape stood quickly and rushed from the house. He couldn't believe that Harry Potter had been abused by his family. He had always assumed that Potter was a spoilt pampered brat who everyone ran around after. He couldn't believe how wrong he had been. As soon as he got to the boundary, he apparated away. He appeared moments later outside the house, and he pushed open the door and headed straight for the kitchen. He was grateful to see that everybody was already there.

"Severus, any news." Asked Dumbledore swiftly.

"Its worse than we thought Headmaster. Voldermort does not want to kill Potter, he wants him to join him." Said Snape sitting down on the nearest chair.

"What!" Shouted Remus and Sirius together.

"Potter would never join him, surely Voldermort knows this." Said Madeye.

"He has accessed Potter's memories and is forcing him to relive them." Snape paused for a moment and looked straight towards Dumbledore.

"Albus, they abused him. Physically and mentally." He ignored the several gasps around the table, and the low growl coming from Black. "Potter is going to kill them and then he will join Voldermort." He paused for a moment before turning to address the table.

"Because of what his family has done to him, Harry Potter will turn evil."

A.N. Thanks for reading.