Summary

Severus contemplates life and walks voluntarily into imminent death for the sake of another. Voldemort reveals an ambitious plot and toys with things better left lost. Lucius humiliates and somewhere, as usual, Harry Potter makes an appearance. Dark, intense, macabre and hopefully horrific here and there. The first of two parts of a whole story which will progress to eventual Snape/Harry slash, and will most definitely be NC-17. If interested read on.

A bit of a note for any who may be reading.

For starters, this is my first endeavour into HP fanfiction, hopefully I will do it justice. This particular short story(from here on referred to as 'Part One')will precede a much longer tale(from here on referred to as 'Part Two') I plan to write, involving many wacked out things. In Part One(from here on referred to as 'One')there will be no Severus/Harry slash, but in Part Two(from here one referred to as 'Two')it will be the main focus, but be assured, on the fringes will lurk dark and mysterious happenings. What type of happenings? You will have to wait and see.

A bit of a warning for those who prefer to be prepared when entering the unknown.

I tend to be sort of odd, as I'm sure we all do in varying degrees of openess. When on the computer I lose 98% of my inhibitions. I am most definitely lazy, so feel free to harass the hell out of me if I get behind on either 'One'(from here on referred to as '1'), or later on, on 'Two'(from here on referred to as '2'). Yell, scream, and swear, I don't mind. Call me names, compose witty limiricks, both will only help, not harm. And lastly, due to my natural abstractness, some may consider certain portrayals of certain characters 'out of character'--I forsee this as being more prevelant in '2'--so I ask anyone who feels that way, to keep an open mind. There's a fine line between 'OoC' and an authors personal interpretation of that character, if done with planning and tact. Two abilities I lack.

A bit of a request from Yours Truly.

One of the reasons I write fanfic, aside from the joy and rapture it brings to an otherwise meagre existence, is because I would like to become a published author someday. Whether it be a of novel, or one of those sex ed. pamphlets they pass out at school. So if anyone notices any retarded grammar mistakes could you please alert me to them so that I may learn from them. Yes, I am too lazy purchase a book and actually teach myself. Also, If i'm getting to wordy and overly detail-ish feel free to let me know, I may or may not listen.

A bit of an acknowledgement of certain borrowed plot devices.

The 'Shining Trapezohedron', its purpose, and general description, et cetera, were originally conceived by the master of otherwordly horror H.P. Lovecraft. I borrow them in nothing but honor. Though I have elaborated, and designed most of the details on my own. Also, I am an avid music fan, so lyrics may pop up here and there. Sometimes as starter quotes, sometimes as character thoughts, other times out of character's mouths. Each has also been done in nothing but in honor of. I shall place more specific references at the end of any chapter they appear in.

Official disclaimer, never to be seen again.

I don't own anything Harry Potter related, some publishing companies, film companies and JK Rowling do. Nor do I own anything Lovecraftian, other publishing companies own that too. I made no money off of this, in fact I didn't see, or smell any either.