Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, I have no rights to Harry Potter and I make no money from writing these fic's.

Warnings: This fic series WILL be VERY AU, have some character's reading the HP Books with a story between, before and after them along with Slash, a very AU world and timeline and more. If you don't like it the tough luck as I'm warning you now.

Written for: the 10k word count challenge by Kijani and for the 100k word challenge by Black Rose Blue and for my big sister who is wonderful and great!

Chapter 22

As Voldemort's words hung in the air as the tension grew. Lord Lestrang watched with a raised eyebrow from his spot in the doorway with Lady Longbottom and her Heir.

'It looks like the fireworks are about to fly' Lord Lestrang thought with an expression of great interest as he watched his King and King's mate stare at each other.

Voldemort gulped nervously as his beloved mate's expression disappeared behind a blank one at his news. Before he had time to react though Voldemort found himself lying on the floor after being slapped on the face harshly and kicked in the balls. Letting out a pain filled whimper at the pain Voldemort lifted his head slightly only to gulp in fear when he found himself suddenly on the business end of a wand belonging to his angry mate.

"Give me one good reason as to why I should believe that you ever care for me?" Harry hissed out angrily, his lemur side showing as his human eyes turned into angry lemur ones. "Tell me one good reason why I should trust you, why I should believe anything that you have told me all this time!"

"Harry..." Voldemort began only to find himself cut off by a sharp poke in the face by Harry's wand.

"I want the truth! There are royalty back in the world I come from so I know how things work," Harry snapped out angrily as he glared down at the newly reviled King. "Do you have an arranged marriage? Am I just a bit of something on the side?"

"It is best to tell him the truth my King, I still remember how vicious his mother could sometimes be," Severus said with a mock shudder, enjoying the very rare chance to act this way with his King. "Harry, please remember what we talked about before King Thomas arrived."

"I do, which is why I am holding him at want point for," Harry said innocently making Voldemort wonder if he would be still alive this time tomorrow. "I want to know what he thinks about us, if he was just leading me on or-"

"NO! I love you! You are my soul mate!" Voldemort burst out as he finally recovered enough from the pain. He gazed at Harry with honest eyes allowing his precious one to see the truth and honesty shining brightly in them. "I'd never lead you on or hurt you on purpose, even though we have only known each other for a short time you have already come to mean a lot to me! I want you and only you! I even brought you a protector who can guard you from any possible threats when I or Severus or Lucius or Remus or Fenrir or anyone else is not around! You can both even be friends!"

"A bodyguard? You got me a bodyguard?" Harry asked in surprise, his anger forgotten as he stared down at 'Tom' who was slowly sitting up. "Is it really just because I am the last lemur demon and-"

"No, I...I did not get you a protector because of that!" Voldemort replied quickly as he shakily got to his feet while being mindful of the wand pointed at him. "I want you to be safe and with how the court can be you need around the clock protection! Knowing them they are plotting something right now because I went against them!"

Letting out a sigh Harry removed his wand away from Voldemort, but kept it out, folded his arms and stepped backwards. He gave Voldemort a pointed look causing the King to quickly get up off of the floor. With a quick glance around Voldemort found several amused faces looking on at them but he could not care, his precious love had not chucked him out on the street yet and was giving him a chance to explain himself.

"At first I was not sure if you were the one, my mate," Voldemort said quickly and honestly as he dusted himself off. "But then as I got to know you, as I learnt more about who you are and everything you have been though...I found myself attracted to, not only because of your amazing good looks or that you are a rare lemur demon or your wonderful personality. It was because I love you, all of you and I would not change a single part of you for the whole world!"

"Really?" Harry asked, his voice held a softness and uncertain quality to it that Voldemort found himself hating. "Do you mean that? Do you really love all of me and not just parts of me?"

"Of course I do!" Voldemort answered, the look of horror and surprise on his face along with the honesty clearly showed Harry his true emotions. "If I did not mean it I would of not said it. I am just trying to protect us both, I did not want to lead you on with false hope only to hurt you."

"You really are a sweet one, aren't you?" Harry replied with a small smile on his lips which only grew at the sound of Severus' soft chuckles.

"I would be careful my King, it seems that your mate has already gotten you wrapped around his pinkie finger," Severus said with a knowing smirk on his face.

From their spot Lord Lestrang, Lady Longbottom and Neville watched with various emotions crossing over their faces. Shock was the main one as they watched their normal tight and formal King finally relax and act human for the first time. Neville watched carefully as he looked at the young man who he would be protecting, slowly forming an opinion of him.

'The King's mate does not seem to be as scary or threatening as the King' Neville thought as he watched the way his King's mate, this Harry person, treat his King. 'He seems to be his own person, not the sort of person who would kiss up to someone because of their power and wealth...I think that maybe he, Luna and I could actually get along as true friends and not have to fake it all...that will be...nice.'

Lord Lestrang found himself letting a soft chuckle escape him as he watched the play between his King and his King's mate. 'Amazing...this is a side to him that I never thought I would be able to see...especially after the war. This young man defiantly has my backing in almost anything he decides to do if he can get his highness to act like this. It seems that I will need to start thinking about using a few of my own recourses to keep this young lemur demon safe from the Court's grasp.'

'It seems that this young man is defiantly the King's mate if what we are seeing is anything to go by' Lady Longbottom thought primly as she listened to not only the words shared between the arguing couple but the words left unsaid and the body langue. 'I pity the poor souls stupid enough to try and harm this young lemur, with the King as his mate and what looks to be Severus Snape on his side he is gaining allies fast...powerful ones at that. It looks like the Court is in for a very rude wake-up call that is long overdue.'

Severus let out a soft, unhearable sigh as he watched the young one he and his mate was deciding to take under their wing. His mind raced a mile a minute as he carefully watched and listened to what his new apprentice said, some words stood out to Severus making the Potions Master wonder just what the young lemur demon had gone though in his life that he had not told them. Whatever it was Severus was sure it was emotionally painful for the young man.

'I wonder how he would take it when Lucius and I inform him on our decision' Severus thought as he allowed the earlier conversation with his mate to wash though his mind. 'I hope that everything works out between the three of us, I am not sure how we are going to work this...Harry will want to stay in his shop which is understandable...Lucius because of his work will have to stay in the palace though...Maybe Harry might let me use his potions lab to brew the needed potions for the castle while I stay here with him...maybe Lucius and I can take it in turns and have some weekends or days for just the three of us...maybe four with the King.'

"Forgive me, I did not mean to hurt or upset you," Voldemort said honestly, drawing everyone's attention back to the pair. "Like I said, I only wished to protect you the best I could."

"You are lucky, really lucky that you told me to my face and was honest to me about it," Harry said finally as he put his wand away, the action causing Voldemort to sigh in relief. "I do not like people keeping things from me, even if it is for the so called greater good. In the future please just tell me, I like to be in the know and not left in the dark."

"Very well, I can defiantly do that," Voldemort said as he held his arms open in an universal sign for a hug. "How about I introduce you to the person I have chosen to protect you while I am not around? I was hoping that the two of you could be friends?"

"Who is it?" Harry asked as he accepted Voldemort's hug, soaking in the feeling as a familiar pair of arms wrapped around him. "If I do not like them then I can refuse them."

"That is agreeable," Voldemort said as he tightened his hold around his beloved mate. "Heir Longbottom, please step forwards."

A startled gasp of surprise fell out of Harry's lips as the familiar name left his newly found mate's lips. His heart pounded in his chest as memory after memory of his old world's Neville Longbottom flashed though his mind. As the sound of footsteps came to his ears Harry moved his head to the side, still keeping his face touching Voldemort's chest, and stared at this world's Neville Longbottom.

"It is an honour to met you, your highness," Neville said with a small smile, shocking Harry with his confidence. "I hope that we get along with each other. Congratulations on not only finding your one true love but also getting adoption."

"Adoption?" Harry asked slowly as he stepped out of the hug and shot everyone a careful look. "What adoption?"

Oblivious to the looks he was receiving Neville answered. "The one that almost everyone knows about in the castle because a maid over heard the conversation and gossiped over it with everyone else causing it to spread."

"I have not been to the castle, I have only just arrived here a few days ago," Harry said calmly, this time catching the innocent look on Neville's face and the dark glare that he was been sent by Severus. "Can you tell me more about the adoption?"

"Of course, I would be more than happy to," Neville replied, gulping slightly as he felt the tension in the room grow heavier and finally spotted Severus' glare. "Lord Severus and Lord Lucius are planning on adopting you."

To Be Continued...

I am currently really struggling with this story. My whole plot of this story was based around something that thanks to new laws on this website I cannot do. So if anyone has any suggestions or is willing to help, which I would welcome, then I am afraid that this story will have a large part taken out of it. I just do not know what to do, I've come up against a brick wall.