The Alpha Dynasty (Sequel to MARKED FOR DESTINY) (Book 2 of 2)

50. Disbelief

Dumbledore had asked the students to go back to their dormitories, he would go and see what had made Harry so angry.  They didn't have to know the truth, and if he were honest with himself, this was not a meeting that he was looking forward to.  He had asked Severus to arrange for them to discuss what was on his mind, but it seemed that his potions teacher had already told him.  What the extent of Harry's knowledge was, he could only guess.  Taking one look at Snape, he looked down his glasses and waited for a reply.

Standing on the steps Severus said, "I told him you were dying.  I did not say what the message was", he stated.  Dumbledore nodded, thanked him and then said that perhaps they should both go and find Harry together.  He needed to be told of everything, and he needed to be comforted and calmed.  Snape nodded in understanding and called for his trusted guard, Talako.

When the eagle arrived, he landed in the forecourt of Hogwarts, and eyed his charge suspiciously.  They guards had heard the cries coming from the Alpha, and had wanted to intervene, but Septys had forbidden them to do anything.  The Alpha will call on us when he is ready, was the snide answer they got, and so they had waited.  Septys knew that he would have to step in if the Alpha in Harry got carried away, but he would never overstep his boundaries.

He knew that the Alpha needed him, but rules stated that he could not just show up, he had to be called upon.  Which is why he had told the others to stay put.  Thank Merlin that Snape had a brain, and he was using it, he thought.  Harry had probably wanted to feel his anger, which is why they had never been called for either, and Septys had accepted this.

Snape asked Talako to go ahead and find Harry because they couldn't see him anymore.  The eagle gave a loud squawk and flew into the skies above, with his eyes searching the grounds.  He returned to his charge and flew lower to show them where he was.  They started following him, hoping that Harry would be all right.

Meanwhile, Harry was all cried out.  He was lying face down on the grass, his body still shaking from the anger that had cursed through him, and he was still sobbing, albeit silently.  He couldn't fathom why life had to be so unfair to him.  He knew that no one lived forever, and he accepted death, but why now.  He wanted Dumbledore to live at least another 50 years.  

Dumbledore and Snape had found him at the bottom of the Whomping Willow, and looked at each other, wondering what they were going to say to Draco when the man accosted them with his snotty attitude about what had they done.  Harry could feel their presence, but he wasn't ready to face them.  In fact he wasn't ready to face anyone, and he hoped with all his heart that they would get the message and leave him alone.

"Harry", whispered Dumbledore.  There was no response except for the choked sounds that had Harry's body convulsing.  He may be a strong Alpha, but he was also a man who wore his heart on his sleeve, and he hated the fact that people he knew had to die before he did.  Wasn't there any other way to get around this?  Was there some type of potion that his mentor could drink to keep him alive.  What about the Philisopher's Stone.  It was the elixir of life, apparently, so why not contact the Flamels.  Had the stone really been destroyed?

Harry's thoughts were all over the place, and he really didn't have the energy to face the man, whose death had been foretold to him in a dream.  It seemed that his Nature Wizard was a heartless son of a bitch, he thought, making him cry out yet again that what he had heard, was in fact going to happen, and he hated every minute of it.  Disbelief had him hating what the future was holding, if not for him, then for Dumbledore.  

"Harry", he said again, and yet again there was no response.  Harry felt disgust and knew that he would have to face him and Severus, but he didn't want to do that right now.  He slowly sat up, ran his hands over his face, and with his breath shaking terribly, he stood up with his face turned away from them.  

"I need to be alone", he choked out, and with that, left the men standing there, to go and do just that. 

Dumbledore knew that he had done wrong by not telling Harry, by not trusting him with the sad news, but he had thought with his twins on the way, he didn't want to steal any part of the man's happiness.  It seemed by hiding the truth, that he had done exactly that.  

Severus knew of the anguish that Harry was going through, because a month ago he had felt it too.  When Dumbledore had told him, he had been disbelieving, just as Harry was now.  Standing there, he felt sorrow and pain for what was going on inside Harry, but also knew that he would deal with it, and then face it full force.  It was just a matter of when that was going to happen.

They stood there, watching Harry walk away, until they couldn't see him anymore, and then turned around and walked back to the castle.  Dumbledore said that perhaps Snape should let everyone know at the Manor that they were coming for a visit, it was time to tell them everything.  He only hoped that by that time, Harry had returned and would be able to face him.

Meanwhile, back at the Manor, Draco's emotions were in overdrive.  He had felt calm when Harry had left to go to Hogwarts, and then sudden anger.  It was as if he had heard him shouting and screaming in his anger, and wondered what the hell was going on.  He knew he had to stay calm for the babies, and that Harry would explain everything in due time, but that didn't mean that he had to sit back and accept it.

He had tried to talk to Harry, and every time he had been shut out.  This in itself would have made him angry on any given day, the disbelief that his Alpha would shun him away, but not this time.  He was worried for Harry, because after the anger, he felt heart break, and immense sadness, and that is what had Draco wondering what the hell had happened at that bloody meeting.