Gringotts - Part3e - Harry
“The curse breakers will know who placed the blocks and what was used, I’ll keep the results safe for you to use when the time comes,” Ragnok told them, everyone nodded. “There are no arming potions in him at the time, only a calming draught administered that night,” He explained. “The list of potions present in his blood when he came in the future is a different matter. Inamicae potion toward so many but specifically, Severus Snape, Blaise Zabini, Daphne Greengrass, the Slytherins in general, against a Miss Cho Chang, the Death Eaters as a group, the Dark Lord, and this is weird because I read about their friendship in my trunk, but Draco Malfoy, Frederick Weasley, and George Weasley. Amicae potion toward, Albus Dumbledore, the Order of the Phoenix, Petunia Dursley, née Evans, Vernon Dursley, Dudley Dursley, though from what I read there was no lost love between them even with the potion, Hermione Granger, Molly Weasley, née Prewett, Ronald Weasley, Ginevra Weasley, Hogwarts.”
Ragnok stopped to drink some water before going on.
“The most troubling one is an Amorentia Binding Blood potion,” Ragnok told them and looked at Severus.
“Amorentia is a love potion, brewed on its own, it will give the person who drinks it, although it is usually given in chocolates, an infatuation on the first person they see. So, you have to be sure you will be that person if you decide to give it, and unfortunately, though it is illegal to slip it to anyone, it can be found in the 6th year potion school book, and it is even taught in class,” He explained. “Now, a blood potion means the person added her or his blood, so the target will only fall for them no matter when they drink it. Instead of infatuation, you achieve what some have called true love in their description, but really it is stalkerish, the person will follow you around, feel like they can’t live without watching you. The Binding Blood Potion means they added the target’s blood into it, leads to deep devotion, the person feeling like they can’t even breathe if you don’t allow it, they will kneel at your feet all day without moving a muscle if you ask, they will kill themselves or others if you even suggest it is the right thing to do.”
“Who would give that to a teen?” Natasha looked horrified, look that was mirrored by the others.
“I can take a guess,” Remus said with a snort, Ragnok gestured for him to do so. “Ginevra Weasley probably goaded into it by Molly, the woman is very proud to have gained Arthur’s attention in 6th years thanks to her Amorentia Potion. She will brag about it every chance she gets, I wouldn’t be surprised she told that story to her daughter, and if Harry was to see pass the Inamicae to befriend the twins or Malfoy Jr. I can guarantee the Amorentia didn’t have the effect they wanted, they must have tried with a simple version first, and when it didn’t work, upped the dosage, as I can’t see Molly have Dark books lying around, when it still didn’t work she went to Knockturn.”
“You are right, in that it was focused on Miss Weasley, the rest will stay speculation for now, as no proof was found against Molly, from what I read they didn’t have time to look into it,” Ragnok told him.
“A part I understand better, you said Harry was 27 when they did the ritual, and yet he was adamant he had no one in his life at the time, and never had, when Sirius asked, according to the videos you showed me,” Severus said, and smirked though kept going when Sirius made an impatient noise. “If they bound the potion to his blood, then even if he was resisted the pull and didn’t fall for her, his blood would only… How to put it politely?” Severus wondered.
“You mean to tell us he could only get it up for her, even though he didn’t like her?” Tony asked scandalized. Everyone gasping around the table showed they agreed with the sentiment.
“Very elegantly put Mister Stark,” Severus sneered at him. “But yes, it happens to be what I meant, at the exception to the ‘getting it up for her’ part, as the potion cannot force you to have an erection, one occurs if the potion is well-made and the target doesn’t resist it because of the infatuation but if the person resists, or in the rare case a homosexual target would be dosed then no erection would occur. In an equal manner, if the potion was given over a long period of time, instead of the recommended unique dose, his brain would refuse to recognize loving feelings of a romantic nature toward anyone but her, the fact that he didn’t love her, meant he was to love no one, which was probably, while not the goal, a nice side effects for them.”
“Please, tell me he won’t be affected anymore!” Sirius pleaded, tears running down his cheeks.
“The potion wasn’t attached to his magical core, so I hope not, the curse breaker will know more, I can only tell you the potions are not in his system yet,” Ragnok explained. “There was also a long list of compulsion on him, to slack off at school, to not make friendship with anyone Dumbledore didn’t approve of, to follow orders, to disregard rules or his safety over that of others, to defer parental decisions to Molly Weasley,” Then he stopped. “Oh, this one is interesting, a compulsion to be attracted to a female, and to disregard any male.”
“So, little pup likes males?” Sirius said with a happy grin, “That’s good, we’ll make sure to tell him there is nothing wrong with that, right?” He asked everyone but looked closely at the people he didn’t already know.
“I don’t discriminate,” Tony said, “Sex is sex, Love is Love, the rest is plumbing, I am not a plumber.”
“I’d be a hypocrite,” Clint said with a shrug.
“I don’t care either way,” Phil informed them, though Remus noticed the look he sent Sirius, that could be interesting.
“I was raised to not care, sex was a tool, nothing more, but I’ve come to decide I prefer males,” Natasha shared. Remus thought he needed to ask about her past later, maybe there was something magic could do to help her.
“You know where I stand on the matter,” Remus told him with a smile toward Luna.
“That wasn’t sex, it was saving a life, doesn’t mean you can find a nice witch next,” Sirius told him with a hug, before turning toward Severus.
“Not that you would believe me, as Potter always seemed to think I would steal Lily away, but I prefer my own gender if given a choice,” Severus told them, and Remus glared at them before anyone could ask him questions about his comment.
“Thank you, Remus, but I can explain in one short sentence, when the choice is having sex with the witch the Dark Lord chose for you or stay under the Cruciatus Curse until others are done, you find a way to ‘get it up’ even if you don’t find her attractive at all,” Severus explained.
“I am sorry, I shouldn’t have asked,” Sirius said.
“He is gone, and I don’t intend to go against my taste again. I thought since Natasha and Remus both shared they deserved to know they could come and talk with me if they, so wished,” Severus told them, and Natasha and Remus nodded their thanks at him.
“And we’ll make sure the pups find someone they really love, no matter the gender right?” Sirius checked.
“Yes, his rings should keep the effects of Amorentia away from him, but I’ll work on a potion that will render his blood useless in potions, I just need to fine tune it, so tests like this one can still be done,” Severus told him, while the other nodded.