Snape's 'Small' Help

Summary: Snape kills Dumbledore and, instead of listening to reason, Harry shows his hiding spot, only for Snape to hit him with a green spell. He could've gotten killed - or worse - sent to Voldemort in person… instead he gets a 'small' help

Spoilers: all the HP books

For RiddleSnape.

Inspired by Detective Conan by Gosho Aoyama.

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, nor any of the characters from the books or movies, they belong to J. K. Rowling. I also do not make any money from the writing of this story.

Beta: RiddleSnape

Pairings: past Harry Potter/Ginny Weasley, Bellatrix Black Lestrange/Rodolphus Lestrange, Remus Lupin/Nymphadora Tonks, Harry Potter/Voldemort, Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy

Warnings: Minor Character Death, Age Regression/De-Aging, Adoption, Harry Potter is a Horcrux, Horcrux Hunting, Heart Attacks, Light vs Dark, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Panic Attacks, Werewolf Culture, Full Moon

Ner words in this chapter: 629

"Talking"

'Thinking'

–Parseltongue–

Thinking in 3rd person POV/Dream/Memory/Flashback/Others

Letter/Journal/Book/Newspaper

Time change/Date of time

Change of POV

Prologue

Monday, 30 June, 1997

HJP's POV

"Be sure to understand me, Harry. I mean that you must follow even such orders as 'run', 'hide' or 'go back'. Do I have your word?"

"I - yes, of course."

"If I tell you to hide, you will do so?"

"Yes."

"If I tell you to flee, you will obey?"

"Yes."

"If I tell you to leave me, and save yourself, you will do as I tell you?"

"I —"

"Harry?"

They looked at each other for a moment.

"Yes, sir."

–SsH–

Harry looked at Dumbledore as they returned towards Hogwarts, was the Headmaster really all right?

"Harry, I fear that the worst has yet to pass."

"Professor?"

"Do you trust me, my boy?"

Harry nodded, because yes, even though everything he'd always trust the Headmaster. The old Wizard smiled back, before taking his wand and pointing it directly to Harry's forehead.

"Sir?"

"After this you need to go undercover, find the other Horcruxes and bring down Voldemort. Understood, Harry?" Harry nodded. "I'm going to hide your scar. It will help you at hiding who you really are."

Harry hummed. Yes, because as long as people saw a scar, they saw Harry Potter. If there were no scar… no Boy Who Lived, no Chosen One. Just Harry. Harry closed his eyes as he felt – as strange as it sounds – the scar move all the way from his forehead, down his face, through his neck and into his chest, right over his heart. Finally, Harry opened his eyes through the pain and took a hand towards his forehead there was no scar, but his face was full of blood.

"Now. No matter what, I want you to stay hidden, understood?"

"Yes." Harry managed to whisper, his throat hurt. Now he understood why the Headmaster hadn't done that before, it was a terrible experience. It was like all his body all the way from forehead towards his heart had been scabbed all over again.

Harry watched, hidden, how Dumbledore spoke with Draco Malfoy and then with Death Eaters and even with Snape. Damn, was his face supposed to hurt this much? His neck?

"Severus, please."

"Avada Kedavra."

Harry's eyes grew and he looked up only to see the green spell hit Dumbledore square in the chest. No…

"Dumbledore!" he screamed before he realized, it hurt his chest to scream but that was the least of his worries.

At hearing him everyone turned to see the bloodied Harry Potter, shit.

"Get him!"

Harry turned and run, only to feel a spell hit him straight in the back. Harry fell forward, going completely still.

"Looks like Sevvie here took a like to killing people, twice in one night? It doesn't sound like you at all." Bellatrix's voice argued, as Harry felt a hand touch his neck looking for his heart beat. "The Dark Lord won't like to know that you've killed him. He wanted the Potter brat alive."

"I'll deal with the consequences." Snape's voice argued, in an it's final voice.

Harry saw Snape appear on his vision, as the man looked at him directly in the eyes. For a moment even though Harry couldn't move his body, he thought that Snape was about to finish his job.

"So? Is he really dead?" a male voice asked.

"Obvioooously." Snape hissed, closing Harry's eyes. "Let's go."

Harry heard Snape stand and they run away, only when he felt himself alone did he start to feel an excruciating pain in all his body. As if Skele-Gro was attacking all his body at once. And the worse… his body was still unresponsive. It took Harry a full minute before the overwhelming agony finally knocked him out, when the pain arrived his eyes. What spell had Snape done on him?

(TBC)