Author Note: Ok guys, sorry for such a long delay, I've had a lot of stuff to deal with and I haven't been able to motivate myself, but I managed to get myself back into it. Enjoy.

Chapter 10

Harry sat alone next to the window. He stared mindlessly out into the dark enclosed forest, realising quickly that he hated it here. Facing the decision that he would now have to face made him feel claustrophobic in the forest and in the house. Agatha was preparing the bones for a teleportation spell that was supposedly infinitely better than the Port Keys. Professor Snape was sitting in an armchair, with his fingers pressed together in front of his face, his expression not revealing anything. Remus was pacing; this, Harry knew, was a common sign that he was nervous about something, but Harry couldn't tell what it was. Harry himself was sitting in the windowsill looking out at the forest. He looked at the canopy that allowed no light through and the dark trees which created an impenetrable barrier that no one could navigate. He had his legs pulled up and his arms around them, and he let his head fall onto his knees.

Charlie came up beside Harry, and tapped him on his shoulder. Harry looked up into her bright shining eyes and was caught off-guard for a second. His face blushed red and Charlie smiled at it.

"It's not going to be all bad ya' know. Your face will change but your heart will still be the same, and you'll still have all the people that you used to have. I'll still be around," Charlie said, attempting to cheer him up.

"Aren't you staying here?" Harry asked, confused.

"Nah, Agatha wasn't me to go with ya, she said its where I'm supposed to be," Charlie said with a smile.

Harry allowed himself to smile. It was some comfort to him that in all what was happening, Charlie would still be there.

"When all this is over, will you be coming to Hogwarts?" Harry asked.

"Aye, I'm supposed to try to learn wand magic," Charlie said, with a look of almost displeasure on her face.

"I can introduce you to my friends then," Harry said cheerily.

"That'll be nice, I don't wanna be left alone there," Charlie said.

"The spell is ready," Agatha called, before Harry could reply to Charlie.

Charlie turned and walked into the other room; Harry jumped off the window sill and followed her. Professor Snape and Remus were already in position. Agatha pointed to two spots on the floor and Harry and Charlie followed suit and stood there.

"In the cave is the protector of the secret, and is also Severus's father. Now, this will feel," Agatha paused for the right words, "a little strange."

She closed her eyes and concentrated. Harry looked at her in curiosity, but his vision began to blur. The whole room began to spin, as if he was dizzy. He felt himself falling over but he couldn't close his eyes. He tried to look at Charlie but she was too blurred to see clearly. Then his head fell to the floor and then through the floor. Harry held his breath as he was falling, still through the floor. His head came out and there was a bright light. His first thought was that he was dead, but the light began to get dimmer and he could see blue and grey. His vision began to get clearer. Charlie came into view, looking completely disorientated. Then Harry saw where they were. They were on a large grey outcropping on the side of a cliff, about 5 foot up from the surface of the sea. A wave crashed into the rocks and the spray flew into the air. Harry looked around and saw Snape stood there, perfectly composed. For a second, as his eyes met Harry's a flash of anxiety crossed his face, but it disappeared as quickly as it came.

"Woo, that was certainly interesting," Remus shouted, a large grin playing across his face.

Snape turned away from the other three and looked at the rock face.

"The cave is here," he said simply, walking towards the rock.

Harry couldn't see anything, but gasped when Professor Snape walked straight through the rock face. The other three followed

Inside, the cave was lit by wooden torches placed at consecutive intervals providing a yellow glow. Snape was already walking down the corridor. Harry tried to keep up, but he noticed that along the wall were cave paintings and he was trying to see what they depicted. There were many that showed a battle, but one in particular caught Harry's eye. It was a very detailed drawing of a snake, coiled around the body of a large wolf, with a pool of blood at its feet. Harry had no clue what this meant, so he turned to Remus.

"Remus, what does this mean?" Harry asked.

"I can't say what it is exactly, but what I can say is that it is the future," Remus cryptically said. "Now come on, we need to be going."

Remus shuffled Harry along and they caught up to Charlie and Snape.

They came to a large wooden door. Snape opened pushed on the large heavy door and it opened slowly. He went through first, followed by Remus, followed by Harry and then Charlie. Harry looked around the room. The room was circular with, what looked like, four pensieves with a cave painting above it. There was a picture of a snake-headed man over the closest on the left; followed by a picture of a wolf, a stag and a doe as the furthest on the left; the closest on the right was a Phoenix; and on the furthest on the right was a single doe. Harry began to wonder what these were. He figured that the snake-headed man was Voldemort, but he was confused about why he was in here, and he guessed that the Phoenix was something to do with Professor Dumbledore, but could only assume it was something to do with his real parentage. He didn't get any further in thinking because Severus spoke.

"Hello, father," Severus said, with an unreadable tone.

Harry's attention snapped to the centre of the room. In the very middle was another pensieve, and stood over it was Professor Snape's father. Harry stared in shock and disbelief.

"It can't be," Harry said out loud.

All eyes turned to him.

"What's the matter, Harry, are you surprised to see me?" Professor Dumbledore said with a sly smile on his face.