Traitors Raise Their Hoods

Harry and all his friends were having their breakfast in the hall when Dumbledore arrived and got everybody's attention.

"Good morning students, may I have your attention please. I have an announcement to make. This year we will be having a ball on Halloween for all the students of fourth year and above. So everybody get ready to enjoy." said Dumbledore.

Hearing this news all the boys in the hall started groaning and the girls started giggling and started discussing what they are going to wear at the ball.

"Harry mate we are doomed." said Ron.

"Yeah I know last time we went to a ball, we had made fools of ourselves." said Harry.

"Do you think that this time I should ask Hermione before anyone asks her to?" asked Ron.

"I think you should ask her right now, last time we made quite a scene about it." said Harry.

So Ron gathered up all his courage and went were Hermione was sitting. He went and approached her.

"Err... Hermione I ... I wanted to ask you to come to the ball with me." completed Ron.

"I am surprised Ron that this time you found out rather quickly that I am a girl. And for that I will surely go with you to a ball." replied Hermione.

Ron almost fainted hearing that, but gathered his wits and went towards the dorm.

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Harry was sitting in his dorm and was browsing through the Marauder's map in which he noticed that Snape was standing for now quite some time in front of Dumbledore's office. Harry became suspicious so he opened the screen to the camera that he had installed in Dumbledore's office. He almost fell out of shock when he found Dumbledore talking with none other but Bellatrix Lestrange. Harry was suddenly filled with anger. How could Dumbledore talk to the person who had almost killed Sirius. He heard their talk.

"So Albus what is your plan now regarding the dark lord and the Potter boy." asked Bella.

"I have already got Harry in my control now. With your and Harry's help first I will destroy Voldemort and then I will destroy Harry and all his supporters and once again gain the focus of the entire wizarding world. Then I will prove that you were acting as a spy and free you." said Dumbledore.

Harry was astonished that how low Dumbledore could get in order to gain the support of the people. He was still astonished that how Bellatrix had entered Hogwarts and how or from when was she supporting Dumbledore.

Then suddenly Harry noticed that a gap had opened in Dumbledore's office wall and Bellatrix was now ready to go. Harry suddenly thought that if Snape was going to tell anything important to Dumbledore then he might get in danger. He started running towards Dumbledore's office. He was relieved to find that Snape was still standing outside the office when he reached there.

Harry using his mind reading ability to read Snape's mind. He was again astonished when he found that Snape was going to tell Dumbledore that Voldemort had ordered him to kill Dumbledore till the end of this term to prove his loyalty.

"So professor your one master has ordered you to kill your other master." yelled Harry.

Snape turned and scowled when he saw Harry standing in front of him.

"Potter how do you know what I was thinking?" asked Snape in disgust.

"Professor Snape you are not the only person who has secrets." said Harry.

"What do you want Potter." asked Snape.

"I want to talk with you someplace where nobody could hear us." said Harry.

Snape scowled "Alright follow me to my dungeons." said Snape and headed for his dungeons. Harry followed him.

When they finally reached the dungeons Harry closed the doors and put secrecy spells and wards.

"What do you want to talk about?" asked Snape.

"Professor I have not met you to talk about any disputes amongst us. I have come here to discuss a very critical thing to you which concerns the thing you were going to tell professor Dumbledore. As you are aware that we cannot fake a memory in a pensieve I would like to show you some of my memories." said Harry.

"Potter I hope that this is not some kind of joke." said Snape.

"No professor this is no joke, it is a very serious matter." said Harry and then showed Snape all the memories of Dumbledore and his manipulations. Harry just felt for a moment that he saw a sign of disgust on face of Snape, but it was gone before he could comment on it.

"I get your point Potter about the talk with Dumbledore, but what do you want from me." asked Snape.

"I want you to join me in this fight against both of your masters." said Harry.

"Potter have you gone mad. I know that you have grown stronger due to the training you had in the holidays but do you think that you stand a chance against the dark lord and his deatheaters or Dumbledore and his order. You are alone Potter, you don't have anybody except the idiotic Weasley and the know it all Granger on your side and you expect me to join you." said Snape.

"Professor I know that Dumbledore is a very clever wizard, but his strength only lies in making people obey him not in taking complete advantage of them." said Harry.

"What are you hinting at." asked Snape.

"Do you think that it was truly Dumbledore's idea to support Arthur Weasley and make him the minister. I had advised Dumbledore to do that. I already have Arthur Weasley on my side, against Dumbledore which means that I have the complete ministry on my side." said Harry.

"Alright Potter you have made your point. But what do I have to do and what will I get in return?" asked Snape.

"Yes, spoke like a true Slytherin. Professor I want you to spy for me both on Voldemort and Dumbledore and report me their intentions. In return I am willing to give you a good stock of all the Basilisk body parts and ingredients and also here is a list of hundred potions and their uses which were invented by Salazar Slytherin himself but were lost in time. You have to just give me an oath of your faith towards me and I will provide you the things I have mentioned. Also if everything goes as planned, I know the spell to remove the dark mark from one's hand which might be useful to you." said Harry.

"Potter I am don't know how this is happening, but I think you have given me a good deal. You have my oath that I will fight for you in this war and remain faithful to you." said Snape.

So Harry gave Snape the things he had promised.

"Before you go professor I want to talk to you about two things." said Harry.

"And what are they?" asked Snape.

"First of all let me show you the memory of what Dumbledore was doing when you were standing outside his office." said Harry and then showed Snape the memory of Bellatrix and Dumbledore talking.

"I don't know how or from when Bellatrix has been helping Dumbledore, but I think that it has to be at least from last year. Last year when the battle happened at the ministry, Bellatrix shot a stunner to hold Sirius back due to which he fell into the veil. I was astonished as Bellatrix did not use and unforgivable. First of all I thought that as Sirius was her relative so she did that. But then after seeing her wicked laughter I thought that it wasn't possible. But now I think that this whole thing was planned in ahead by Dumbledore. He had ordered Bellatrix to do that as he knows how to bring a person back from that veil, so he would bring Sirius back and gain my complete faith. So I think that you should keep a watch on Bellatrix and get as much information on her allegiance to Dumbledore as possible." said Harry.

"I will do that. What is the second thing." asked Snape.

"I know the reason why Voldemort doesn't consider you completely faithful. In my last days before the school opened I had gone to the headquarters to check on Kreacher. There I found Mundungus Fletcher acting rather suspiciously. I read his mind and found that he was passing the information of the order to some unknown person. After sometime I came to know that it was Umbridge. Then it completely struck me that Umbridge was working for Voldemort. In my fifth year when I used magic to save myself and my cousin from the dementors I was called for the trial. I came to know after sometime that the dementors were sent by Umbridge. But I was still doubting it. Then it completely became clear because it was Voldemort who on request of Umbridge had sent the dementors as he is the only one who can control them. It was a well thought plan by Voldemort. If I had not defended myself I would have been completely devoid of my soul and if I did magic a trial would be held for me, and seeing the circumstances that I had said that Voldemort was back and Fudge was not ready to believe me he would have taken that chance to throw me away from the wizarding world where Voldemort could easily kill me. Also that day it was Mundungus would had to patrol outside my house for my safety and he was not present. Thanks to Mrs. Figg that she saw the complete scene and came to my rescue." said Harry.

"You should tell this to Dumbledore if you are pretending to be on his side and chuck Fletcher out of the order." said Snape.

"That is not what I want. I want that the order should hold false meetings where we call Mundungus and provide him false information to him. So as it will be false news, you could tell the complete truth to Voldemort and then Mundungus would testify it making you a faithful servant of Voldemort." said Harry.

"I think you are right there. I thought all these years that you were a fool. But you have shown that you have a crafty and a sly brain almost Slytherin like." said Snape as a smirk started to begin on his face.

"Tell you what, I was almost sorted into Slytherin. If had I not requested the hat would have certainly placed me in Slytherin." said Harry satisfied as he saw the smirk on Snape's face turn into a scowl.

"Whatever Potter. But is it true that Black is not really dead and you are going to bring him back." scowled Snape.

"Yes that is true. I know professor that my father and his friends have mistreated you during your school days and you still hate them, but remember that I am not the kind of a person who goes around bullying people for no reason." said Harry getting serious.

"Potter have you ever tried to determine why I hate you so much?" asked Snape.

"You hate me because my father used to bully you for no reason in your school days and that people tell me that I look very similar to my father." said Harry.

"Potter let me tell you some facts during our time at Hogwarts. From the first year at Hogwarts your father, Black and Lupin had formed a group known as the Marauders. They used to prank people especially the Slytherin's and I was their favorite pest to take the brunt of their maximum number of pranks. Your father used to love your mother Lily from the first year itself. He used to proclaim that every year at every chance he got, but your mother didn't like him because of his pranks and immature ways. Your mother and I had a common interest in potions. I would rather say that she was even better then me at it. We had formed friendship of a sort. She only talked with one marauder and that was Lupin. This continued till our sixth year, more precisely to the end of sixth year. One day Black tricked me in going to the Shrieking shack where Lupin used to turn in to a werewolf and that night was a full moon night. When I reached there Lupin had already turned in his werewolf form and was now ready to attack me. But somehow your dad when came to know that Black had done such a thing had turned into his animagus form and saved me from the werewolf. That was the first time I had seen a rift between your father and Black. Your father was angry over Sirius' foolishness. This thing came to notice of your mother and it changed her view of your father overnight. She thought that he had done a very brave thing and he had matured. From that day your mother and father became friends. As it was already the end of year anything did not happen between your mother and father, but next year at our last term in Hogwarts again your father showed his love towards your mother and surprisingly she accepted. This was the start of their relationship and due to that she started hanging out more with them and our meetings became sparse. This made me sink completely in the dark arts. When the school ended your father married your mother and we I lost contact with your mother completely. At the same time the dark lord was gathering his forces to reach to peak of his reign the first time. I was so driven by the power and knowledge he showed in the dark arts that I joined him very eagerly. At that time the dark lord considered Dumbledore to be his greatest threat as he had defeated Grindlewald so I was given the job to follow him and get all the information about him. I did that for almost two years when suddenly one day Dumbledore went to meet a person who would take up the position of divination teacher who was none other but Trelawney. When I reached their place of meeting I found Trelawney in a strange stance and heard her as she told the prophecy about you and the dark lord. At the half part I thought that the prophecy was completed so I ran away as Dumbledore spotted me. I went and readily told that prophecy to the dark lord. But when I tried to understand the prophecy I came to know that the prophecy indicated only two persons, Longbottom and you. But the dark lord knew that you were a half blood and were a far more major threat to him so got ready to kill you. On the night he was going to kill you and your family I prayed him to leave your mother but he did not fulfill my request. So in order to compensate that I turned to Dumbledore and started acting as a spy to him. So I do hate you because of your father but its just the fraction of the hate, I really hate you because as many people might have told you that you have your mother's eyes, I could not live to see anything but hatred towards me from them for what I had done." said Snape.

Harry was completely shocked on hearing this, he was not expecting Snape to have such liking towards any person.

"I know professor that we never may be friends but we can be at least civil to each other and become allies." said Harry.

"I agree with you Harry." said Snape.

Hearing his first name from Snape's mouth was a complete shock to him.

"Professor before you go can you tell me if my mother was friends with anybody accept you and the marauders?" asked Harry.

"Yes I do remember that she had a friend name Sarah Mitchell." said Snape.

Harry was surprised to hear the last name.

"Do you think that she looked some what familiar to the twins that have arrived from America?" asked Harry.

"Now that you mentioned this, I think that she resembled the twins. Also I am aware that in the last half part of our seventh year she had dated Black." said Snape.

Now Harry understood that the Mitchell twins resembled not only Sarah but also Sirius Black. He was sure that the Mitchell twins were the daughters of his godfather. He was now going to have a meeting with Mooney.

"Thank you professor for your time. I think I should go now." said Harry and he left and went to his trunk and flooed to the headquarters.

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Harry was relieved on seeing that Mooney was already sitting there.

"Bloody hell Harry, what are you doing here right now, you should be at Hogwarts." exclaimed Lupin.

"I wanted answers to some of my questions." said Harry.

"What questions Harry?" asked Lupin.

"Why was it kept a secret to me that Sirius has a wife and two daughters." asked Harry.

Lupin was shocked that how did Harry come to know about this as he was the only person to know about this thing.

"Sit down Harry. I will explain everything to you. You see that Sirius was married to Sarah Mitchell, a very good friend of your mother. They started dating in the last half of our seventh year at Hogwarts. After graduating Sirius started his auror training and Sarah was taken as an unspeakable at the ministry. After two years they married. Before marriage their relationship was going pretty well, but after their marriage they started having fights over Sirius' immature nature. When Lily announced that she was going to have a child, Sirius and Sarah were straightly named your godparents. But not long after that Sarah fed up of Sirius one day left a note that she was leaving Sirius and went away. We searched her for a long time but we never found her again. Then your parents were killed due to the betrayal of Peter and in place of him Sirius was sent to Azkaban for a life term. At that time only James, Lily, Sirius and Peter knew that they had switched the secret keeper at the last moment. But in your third year when Sirius escaped from the prison, Sarah came back and again took a job with the ministry as the unspeakable as they were requesting her from years her to return. She wanted to meet you in order to discuss Sirius but before that she could meet you she fell in the veil same as Sirius as she was researching it. She had told me that she had named me her daughters godfather and Lily their godmother so if anything happened to her I was to take care them. She also forced me to take an unbreakable vow of not revealing the identities of her twins to anyone. So after that I was not able to tell about them even to Sirius. But last year when Sirius also fell in the veil I made up mu mind to bring the twins here." said Lupin.

"Now that you have told me this secret, let me tell you a secret. Sirius and Sarah are not dead." said Harry.

At this Lupin suddenly came to his full senses.

"What it can't be true." said Lupin.

"Mooney, Sarah and Sirius did fell through the veil. But the veil is nothing but a path to another realm made by Salazar Slytherin in order to put away the muggleborn wizards and witches as you cannot do magic there. Professor Dumbledore knows a way to get them back." said Harry.

"Then what are we waiting for?" asked Lupin eagerly.

"Professor Dumbledore has told me that he needs too prepare for it. I am just waiting for his orders." said Harry.

"Thank you Harry that you told me this thing." said Lupin.

"I think I should go back to Hogwarts. So buy them Moony." said Harry.

"Bye Harry." said Lupin as Harry flooed to his trunk back to Hogwarts.

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