Recruitment

-Severus Snape pov hours earlier-

My life is ruined, that potter brat ruined everything! I have been ousted and now Cornelius and his gang of rabid Aurors are hell-bent on killing any and all death eaters. I should have gotten the mark removed by that bald woman when I had the opportunity now I'm stuck with a faded ink smudge.

The only good part about this whole fucked up situation is the fact that all of my vows have been declared null because of Voldemort and Dumbledore's death.

Dumbledore is now scorned to be a dark lord and I am also known as one of his followers, I got screwed both ways.

"Snape come with us peacefully!" an Auror said pointing his wand at me in an alley

I looked around and saw I was surrounded, my new wand slipped into my hand I looked around in fury and exclaimed, "Come and try me! See what two of the most Dark Lords in history saw in me!"

I saw a brief flash of unease in one Aurors eyes, I swiped my wand and chanted, "Sectumsempra!" the spell shot out, the Auror had no time to react I knew it would reach him so I swiveled around and cast another spell, "Bombarda Maxima!" the spell launched from my wand hitting the corner of the top of the building in front of me, *booom* debris started to fall blocking the path of several Aurors.

I ran through another small passageway, I kept running until I was outside the anti-Apparition wards. As soon as I crossed that boundary I Apparated away.

I landed in knockturn alley, I couldn't go home they were hunting me relentlessly and somehow they knew my address.

As I wandered the alley trying to find one of my allies I found a card, it told of a job that I would get paid handsomely for, but I would need to make an oath. It also said the employer will protect his employees, how ominous.

I was about to throw it away when I saw several Aurors combing the alley, Amelia Bones was leading the charge.

Bloody Hell how do they keep finding me! Someone in the alley must have recognized me when I first Apparated here, I didn't apply my glamour yet.

Looking at the card I immediately began to move in the direction the 'recruitment' was in.

"There he is!" I heard one yell

"Stupefy!"

"Petrificus Totalus!"

Two spells were cast at me from different directions, I had to act fast.

"Accio Black robes!" I roared flaring my magic and focusing on all of the wizards near me with black robes

"What the fuck!"

"Merlin!"

"Bloody hell!"

They shouted flying toward me, the spells hit them mid-flight and I quickly apparated once more this time to the location on the card.

I quickly made my way to the shop and put on my cloak, the hood hung low enough to cover my face.

There were a couple of people already in waiting for what I assume was the same reason I am.

Soon they all went in, some left dejectedly and some never returned, the smell of incense wafted around the room, relaxing me.

"You may enter," the man said gesturing at the door

I walked into the room, and a man was sitting in a chair he had a blood-red mast and black clothes. I could feel the power he had wafting from his body.

"Remove the hood," he spoke his voice cold but somehow having a magical enthralling quality to it

I did as he asked.

"Welcome, Severus Snape shall we start the interview?" he spoke once more him saying my name made my heart beat wildly in nervousness

"Please take a seat," he added gesturing to the chair in front of him

I took the seat to the right of that one, I saw him nod in approval.

This guy at least isn't a Potter.

-Harry Potter pov -

Severus took the seat to the right of the middle seat, which shows that he views himself not as my equal, and it also shows his competence in taking that particular seat means I don't lose sight of the door.

"So why should I even trust you with oaths knowing your track record?" I asked firmly

I saw him flinch a bit, he should too because Severus Snape might be a genius in the dark arts and potions but he is horrible I mean the worst at making life decisions. I mean he came here!

"I learned my lesson, and I will stay loyal if you don't betray my trust," he said confidently

"Oh?" I reached out with my magic I made it travel through his body and to his heart I clenched my hand

Snape instantly began to sweat bullets, his eyes became blood bloodshot. I was manually pumping his heart with my magic, and sometimes I can get rough.

I then pulled back and I saw his eyes flash with relief, that is my little revenge for Snape well for right now at least.

"Well the job you will get here will be a potions master, you will get ingredients and a set number of potions to brew each month. Other than that you can experiment with ingredients." I told him

I saw his eyes shine with interest, "that sounds amazing," he said honestly

"Welcome to Mercator Mortis or the merchants of death Severus Snape," I said with added magic behind my voice

"Why that name?" he asked

"Because Severus we deal in death of course," I replied in an upbeat tone

"I see," he replied

"Okay now for your oaths," I demanded

"Sigh yes sir,"

About ten minutes Snape was finished with his oaths and I gave him the mark of the noncombat department, at first, he was nervous about being marked again but I told him that he can make it only viable to those with the mark, it also shields against minor spells, and passively keeps the user safe from trackers. Tapping the mark and thinking of another with the mark can open a line of communication too.

He was sold on the idea.

Anyways I have marks for each type of subordinate.

Noncombatant:

Assassin/hitman:

Public figures like storekeepers:

Specialist like super-powered people, basically wild cards:

The inner-circle which has no members yet:

I have a different mark for each different role for a simple reason, unity within those roles, and that way my subordinates can spot someone they haven't met and instantly tell what type of work they do for me.

Now if there is fighting and someone assumes because they have a noncombatant mark they can't fight, I can't do anything about stupidity.

The marks are not to differentiate between people it is meant to honor certain qualities some have.

Today was productive I got some new members, more specifically three assassins, two public figures, and two noncombatants, Snape with potions and this woman named Abigal Evercold who is a healer that refused to take a healers oath making St mungos refuse her and everywhere else ostracize her. She also uses some interesting healing methods.

She is rather cool and interesting, she likes to use blood magic in a crude sense to heal, she even mentioned using the life energy of another to heal someone.

[the next day]

I woke up with the sun beating down on my face, luckily I don't have an aversion to the sun. I then ate some breakfast and began to train once more. After a few hours, I left the manor to check on some of my properties.

-Loki pov-

Why do I hate my mother but also love her so much, I know in my heart I can't do anything to hurt her. She is my mom and always will be, she taught me magic, and so much more.

Father on the other hand can go to hell, he thinks I am some political tool! I will show him.

I disguised myself and went out to spread some lies about the all father.

"Did you guys hear about how the All-Father, 'banished' his son and his friends to the realm of light elves, they destroy buildings and claim Asgardian lives and the king just sends them to a paradise?" I said to a couple of drunks casting a couple of spells on them I made sure they repeat the story but in different ways each time so the story looks real, not fabricated

[a couple of days later]

"I knew I shouldn't have sent them there!"

Odin roared furiously at the backlash he got from the people

"I agree father you should have never sent that idiot to that planet, it looks like a vacation for him. Why would you do so?" I asked lightly

"Your brother asked," Odin replied

"I see," I said softly

"Anyways I wonder who put that idiotic idea into Thor's mind, actually he probably thought of it himself!" I added in amusement

-flashback -

"Thor my brother you should first go to Alfheim first!" I declared jovially

"Hmm, why?" Thor asked confused

"Simple that way you can see the beautiful planet" I replied calmly

"Your right Loki!" Thor exclaimed slapping my back and heading out

- Flashback end-

Hehe oops.....

-Nick Fury pov -

'Have fun in the snake den," that brats words echo in my mind frequently

What did he mean by that!? I know he said those words with purpose, so what do they mean?

Snake den, snake den, snake den.

The only thing I can think of is hydra but they are gone.

Unless they aren't.

I'm not sure but I need to investigate more.

-Harry pov -

I was improving my mindscape when I felt something wrong, a frown appeared on my face as I went to check.

It was the store's communication device, and only one word showed.

'Help'

I quickly Apparated to Knockturn alley, they can put up Anti-Anything wards because well actually I don't know why it's a knockturn alley secret but that's why the Dmle can't.

I found my shop in shambles, some snakes were dead, and some members of my new family were in critical condition.

The culprits were right in front of me, the Zabinis.

I saw red, I have never felt such scathing anger before, they dared to touch my shop my SHOP! And MY PEOPLE! They dare.

-Narrator pov -

Power rolled off Harry's body, his anger made the air feel heavy. He looked up his eyes shining brightly, the Zabinis stepped back in fear.

"I will gut every last one of you," Harry said coldly but everyone felt like it was the most beautiful song to their ears

That song turned into a nightmare.

-End-

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