Severus couldn't bring himself to look at her face directly as he knew he would break. He kept himself strong and waited for Voldemort to say what he particularly wanted from him.
The Dark Lord turned to Severus and started, "You must spy for us on all activities of the mud-blood prince. Worry not, you only need to do it till the end of this year, as there won't be a need after that. Until then, your mother will be our guest. She will live inside a secure room, with everything from food to other basic needs." His voice abruptly turned a bit colder, "But remember, if you dared to betray us, or even utter a single word about this to anyone not here, she will face exactly what Lord Malfoy told you. Now make a decision."
The words of Voldemort fell like a spear on his ears. The gravity of what was being asked of him was too big. To betray his best friend, whom he really saw as a brother... this was a crime in his mind.
But... seeing Eileen's face, his resolve was wavering. His heart was in conflict.
"No, Severus. Don't worry about me. Do not listen to these monsters." Eileen cried. She loved her son and knew she had already ruined his childhood. Now, she didn't want to ruin the rest of his life by being a liability to him. She knew who was Magnus and what his name and status meant. If Severus betrayed him, he wouldn't just be breaking a friendship but making an enemy out of the descendant of Merlin, this was akin to rejecting god in her mind.
Severus's fist shivered, his breathing became heavy. His forehead's veins popped up. He could not think of a way out. He wanted to save Eilnee, there was no doubt about it.
Between Magnus and Eileen, he couldn't choose. Both held equal importance to him. He felt like killing himself, but it wouldn't solve anything.
"Quick, we don't have all day." Voldemort annoyedly nudged him.
"HEHE... I can bet he will choose his mama." Bellatrix fanatically shouted, exactly what was expected of her.
*Sigh*
Severus took a very long breath. His face looked devoid of any emotions. All the changes that had appeared on him through the years disappeared in a second. The dark and broody Severus returned, his mind under great stress.
He could only pray, only hope. ~Magnus, please look through my change in personality.~
"I will do it," He resolutely agreed to them.
"NO! DON'T DO IT! You will not be able to... forgive yourself after this... *Sniff* Don't, Sev." Eileen pleaded.
~The same will happen if I left you to die.~ He said to himself.
"HAHAHA... good boy, good decision." Voldemort laughed. He walked up to him and put his arm around his shoulder.
"You will enjoy being a part of us, Mr Prince. However, before you start your mission, there is one more thing." He stepped away all of a sudden, "HOLD HIM!"
"What are you doing?" Severus confused, looked left and right. 2 Death Eaters jumped and slammed his upper body on the table and bent him. He tried to move and free himself but they overpowered him. He didn't have his wand either, so he felt helpless. His face paled when Lucius acted next.
Lucius came forward and grabbed his arm, "Nothing, we're just ensuring our property now."
Voldemort came forward with his wand out and a hideous smile plastered on his face. "Don't worry, it won't hurt. It's just a simple... Dark Mark."
"NO! I will spy for you, this is not needed." Severus panicked. He didn't know if this Dark Mark could ever be removed. Getting this mark was as good as becoming a Death Eater, and if he was found out, he's afraid nobody will believe him, not after betraying Magnus.
Voldemort took great joy in his agony and put his wand on his wrist and upper arm. "I will be done soon, and after this, you will become an official member of our order. And..." He came near his head and whispered, "With this, I will always know what you do, what you will say and where you are. Hahaha..."
"Hold him tight," he ordered.
Voldemort cast some kind of a spell immediately and slowly waved his wand over the wrist. Severus was hurting and he clenched his teeth. He felt something moving in his veins and making its presence known across its body.
The spell was complicated, after all, it had so many functions. It was made by Voldemort himself. This spell made sure that his subjects stayed loyal to him. However, the only thing it lacked was the ability to read its subjects' minds.
The whole process lasted 3 minutes, but they felt like an eternity to Severus. Once he was released, he looked at his arm. It had a dark coloured skull and snake coming out of the mouth of the skull and coiling itself around in loops. The mark was also moving slightly, like the magical portraits.
"You may leave now, Mr Prince, but just keep on sending letters containing the information to your house. Make it look like you are writing to your mother. If you do a good job we will keep Miss Prince safe. Break the deal, and we will... you know it. Mr Malfoy, take him away." Voldemort ordered and didn't even spare a glance at Severus further.
"SEVERUS!" Eileen called him when she saw him being dragged away.
Severus glanced at her and softly nodded, trying to give her strength. He knew all he needed to do was somehow let Magnus know about everything and all problems might get solved. Merlin's magic was with him after all.
Lucius brought him to the same place he appeared and shoved his wand in his hand. "Severus, you may have joined the wrong side originally, as long as you do good, My Lord will treat you right. Believe me."
~It's really hard to trust someone with a face like that.~ Severus muttered to himself.
He simply nodded, not in the mood to talk. Lucius handed him the same box as before, "You know what to do."
Severus grabbed it and chanted, "Hail the Dark Lord."
*WOOSH*
...
Severus found himself back at his home, outside it was already evening and the sky was turning dark. The lights were not on at home so everything was nearly dark. Similar to how he was feeling right now.
As soon as his feet touched the floor again he collapsed. His eyes finally let loose and a few tears appeared on his expressionless face. He made no noise however, he didn't want the Dark Lord to feel good with his misery.
~I must keep a distance from Rag and Mag whenever they will talk about sensitive things.~ Severus understood this much about the dark mark now.
He went to his room and sat down on the chair. Brainstorming what he should do, however, the more he thought he felt more helpless, the Dark Mark had restricted too many things that he could have done.
Now, if Magnus didn't take the initiative and used legilimency on him, he will never be able to tell people. What made him feel bad was that Magnus would most likely never do something like using Legilimency on him, his best friend.
He folded his arms and rested his head between them on the table. He didn't feel like moving, or even turning on the lights. There was just one single candle now, and he just stared at its flames.
He felt like a candle. As it would burn and kill itself slowly, the surrounding darkness would soon take over.
...
Magnus' Mansion.
What happened with Severus, Magnus had no idea, if he did, he would have used Merlin's staff and do everything possible to help his friend. But he was oblivious.
He was at home, packing his luggage and humming some songs. He was taking many electronic items with him this time. They included mobile phones, Portable Radio, an electric record player, an electric generator that runs on fuel, and a few portable batteries that were large. He was going to turn his Slytherin Hall into a big music room where people can relax at times. Of course, he didn't forget to bring many vinyl records.
"Hehe, this year, I am going to conquer Slytherin house, then, when other houses find how cool mine is, I will gift them these too." He planned as an evil capitalist would. But Magnus was not evil, he was a good boy, as he did things for free when it came to making friends.
After half an hour, he was done with the packing. This time he was taking 3 extra boxes, and mind you, they were all enchanted to have extra space.
~Is dinner ready?~ He wondered and headed to the kitchen. He didn't hear any sound from there, however.
"Mum, where are you?" He loudly asked.
*TANG TING*
All of a sudden he heard a loud steel plate dropping sound. He ran inside to see what happened, and what he found shocked him.
"CHAD? What the..."
[A/N: Before you bros jump on me, don't worry. I'm not gonna be pushing this Severus plot for too long. Currently, it's nearly September 1st in the fic timeline, this whole arc will come to a conclusion by October end in this novel.]
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In front of him was Chad, sitting on an opened shelf rack. He had an open cookie jar in his paws, it was without a lid and Chad's paw was inside it, taking out a cookie. However, there were already a few crumbs on his face and fur.
Chad, in shock, paused like a statue and looked Magnus in the eyes. Magnus's and his eyes met for a second. Chad must be thinking something, and Magnus knew it.
*CRUNCH*
Chad moved like lightning and put two more cookies in his mouth and ate them frantically, as according to his common sense if it's in his stomach then it's case closed.
"YOU! You are under punishment." Magnus gave him a chase. But Chad was smart, he instead let the cookie jar fall and ran away. Magnus of course made sure the jar was safe.
But, once again, Chad made a mistake. He forgot Magnus was a wizard, he was too used to living around Grace it seemed.
"Immobulus!" He cast a freezing charm on Chad. Chad was already on the run so when he stopped because of inertia he fell face-first on the kitchen counter, and from there slipped and fell to the floor.
Chad was no ordinary cat, he wouldn't be injured from such things. From what Magnus knew, Chad had already waged a war with all the dogs in the neighbourhood, a few days ago the neighbour also came to complain, along with her dogs in bandages.
Magnus was totally shocked at first because the woman didn't have one but 3 dogs, and out of them, two were German Shephard and one was a Dobermann. The moment they saw Chad, the three dogs started crying in loud wails.
So, Chad was a tough boy. And this meant his punishments were also harder from then on.
He picked immobile Chad, "Boy, you just got your punishment extended for a week. From now on the kitchen shelves will have locks.
Chad couldn't move, but his eyes could, and they showed fear. "Don't look at me like that. This is the result of your hard work."
...
At the same time, a meeting was taking place in New York, between the 5 Mafia families.
Michael Corleone was a smart man, he somewhat understood that no matter what, you can not go against the state, even less so against a powerful wizard who was also a real-life prince. Even states would think a hundred times when going against Magnus, let alone his small family that wasn't even trying to become powerful anymore.
So, like every time something big needs to be decided, he summoned the families. There have always been 5 families that held the highest power in New York, oftentimes many more tried to enter but they were dealt with by the five.
Due to the long possession of the underworld in East Cost, these families had become immensely wealthy, and now that the condition of New York was bad, they were getting richer, the business of porn, underground casino and extortion was thriving. Made easy with the budget cuts of the city police.
Corleone family was the only one that was not pushing too much and taking advantage of this situation.
The meeting took place in a good 5-star hotel in the city. It was not ruled by anyone so they all agreed to this place.
"Why did you convene this meeting, Mr Corleone? Business is booming, I'm sure nobody here harmed anybody's interest this time." Don Anastasia started.
In the big room, a circular table was placed in the middle, the five sat a good distance away and behind each stood their advisor or adjutant.
Michael sighed and said under his breath, ~That's exactly the problem.~
"Gentleman, recently I was contacted by the CEO of FutureTek industries. In the beginning, he wanted to buy some properties from me and you all. I invited him to meet me, and he told me his ambitions.
"He wants to buy the whole dock section, which currently the Bonanno family runs; the whole warehouse and land in the industrial area, which is owned and run by the Gambino family; the whole block of the street under the control of the Genovese family. And finally, 127 shops, large and small that we all own combined." He revealed solemnly.
And that was it, all four family dons stood up in anger and started hurling words together, creating disorder. Michael sat calmly and just wanted for them to sit down. But when they didn't, he slammed his hand on the table.
"CALM DOWN! I am in the same situation as you." He defended himself.
"Then just say no to him, why even convene this meeting? While we're at it, we'll see how his company operates in New York... No, we won't let it work across the whole East Coast." Don Castellano boastfully proclaimed. After Michael, he was the most powerful guy among the mob families.
Michael couldn't help but curse in his mind. He wondered if he had not known about the true strength behind FutureTek and these demands, would he have also acted like this?
"Gentleman, now I will tell you why I couldn't say no, and why you won't be able to say no either. Forget the East Coast, you can't even stop him from entering your home turf and slap you in the face. Behind FutureTek stands the whole might of MEDA and the renowned law firm Tonks & Tonks. If you think you don't care about any legal trouble, then MEDA will end you all. They have already gathered all the evidence they need to put each of us behind bars for decades.
"I will not say more, you know about MEDA already." Michael stayed silent after that and let others discuss. All of them knew that if MEDA got involved, they will surely be dealt with by the FBI. The city police may be underfunded but the FBI was a federal agency, they had enough money and manpower to catch all of them.
So, after a whole hour of pointless discussion, they asked Michael, "What about the pricing?"
"Current market rate, nothing less, nothing more," Michael answered. He knew what they would ask next.
"And what if we reject?" One of them asked.
*Sigh* "Well, then you can say goodbye to the mob world and say hello to either hell or prison." he answered.
There wasn't really any choice left for them. It was either agree to sell or die, there was no disagreeing.
In the end, they agreed to sell it. It was better to live another day, as there will be many chances to make money. And as long as they didn't make losses, they could accept it.
Oh, how naive they were.
...
Michael left the building and directly drove to meet Bobby in Cambridge. He was soon taken to the meeting place, it was the new building Bobby had bought.
"So, they all agreed? Wonderful. I will send them the papers to sign and the cash later. You, Mr Corleone, will get a helping hand with your business. If you ever start a tech company, you can get certain help from me and my various assets. If you need my advice, then invest in technology stocks as they will soar to the skies soon.
"You will also get access to hiring MEDA, as long as it's not some illegal work, they will give you a preferential discount. You will also get a lawyer assigned to you by Tonks & Tonks, of course, if you can pay him or not is up to you." Bobby gave him many helping hands.
And, if Michael really has help from MEDA and Tonks & Tonks, he can truly get out of the mob business and bury his past for good. Bobby had just given him a way out of this life.
"Thank you, Mr Armstrong. Please visit my home when you are in New York City again, we will have dinner together." Michael offered him.
Bobby sent him away and looked at his lawyer. "Let's prepare the money."
A few days later, after the 5 families signed the papers of ownership and took the money, at night, all of a sudden the whole money bag disappeared. Not even a single dollar bill was found.
They obviously had no idea how or where it could go, as it was securely placed deep inside the safe. They could only doubt it was an insider job and this caused infighting in the gangs.
Only Michael knew about Bobby and his magical background so it was not very tough for him to guess what happened. But he actually got the money back soon, with a warning to act like he also lost it.
This way, Bobby and Magnus now owned a majority of good land space in New York City with only a few million being spent.
The next part was to start making money from it.
"Why do I feel like some kind of a mob boss myself?" Bobby wondered while sitting in his apartment. Instead of a cigar, he was eating a lollipop and a pizza.
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