"Severus, look at me." Tom said. Snape shook his head as more tears fell from his eyes. Tom placed a gentle hand under his chin and lifted his head up. He wiped the tears away and pulled him close to himself. "I'm-" "Don't say anything just listen." Tom cut him off. "What's going to happen now is, until this war is over, you will be staying close by and will be escorted by one of the inner circle if you leave these rooms when I can not be the one and when I have to leave. You will not be alone and you will move back into my rooms. You're done with the spying on Albus and you will do as you are told and anything else that I think of, or what will happen is you will be tied down and heavily sedated until this war is over. I'll give you three warning and if you break all three that will happen. Do you understand me?" After a few minutes of silence he asked again and still no reply.

"Severus?" Tom asked as he pulled away. When he looked into the eyes he paled. "Severus, please answer me." When he got no answer he soon started to shake him in a frantic manor. "Please, Severus, say something." Still nothing came from the still silent man. "No, Severus." Tom said as he unbounded the man and pulled him close. "My Lord, what's wrong?" Lucius asked with worry in his voice, and that was the only time Tom remembered that they were not alone in the room. He looked around the room to see all of the faces that looked at them with concern. "He's- He's gone."

There was silence for a moment before Harry spoke up, "What do you mean 'he's gone'?" "You know how he's an Occlumens, right?" Harry nodded his head very slowly and so Tom continued, "Well he has found a way to go and hide in his own mind almost like in a coma state. Another Occlumens can go into his mind while he is in this state, but he is very powerful and can repel them out before they have a chance to break through. Plus if that happens he can hurt himself greatly like the other times that he did this." Tom said as he never looked away from the other man's face. "What happened?" Remus asked in concern. "He would have violent attacks and would end up hurting himself."

Tom pulled Severus into his lap and rested his chin on top of Severus's head. He started to rock back and forth while he rubbed circles on his back. He couldn't believe that the closes person he had to a son was gone to him again. He stood from the couch and walked into the bedroom. He laid Severus down onto the bed and changed his cloths into pajamas. He then pulled the covers over him and closed Severus's eyes. He sat on the edge of the bed and ran his fingers through the others hair. "I will need time, but I can bring him back. I need to be alone with him when I do this. I'm sorry Harry, but I need to be alone when I do this. You will need to stay with the Malfoys for a while." Harry took a step forward and said, "I understand, just please bring him back." Tom looked over at him and pulled him into a hug. "I will. I promise that I will bring him back safely. Not only for you, but also for me." He kissed the top of his head as Harry wrapped his arms around him. Tom let go when he felt Harry pull away a little and looked down at him. "I won't be alone when I do this however. I will need the help of a friend of mine. His name is James and he is a healer. He was the one who helped me when I first took Severus in and he became his personal healer ever since. I promise I will get him back." Tom said looking at the group.

I'm sorry this took so long. I just lost the only father I had to cancer and then I get the news that I may also get it as well if I already don't have it. I'll try to put the chapters up faster and hopefully make them better. Thanks for reading and I hope you like it.