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Ch. 25

The Biggest Lie Dumbledore Ever Told

Harry couldn't believe who he happened to spot in the closet. One of the prisoners held captive was a man with the untidy black, just like Harry's, and the same round-shaped glasses. The other captive was a woman with red hair and emerald-green eyes. Harry was shocked when he realized that his parents had been alive all this time.

"Mum! Dad!" said Harry, with surprise in his voice.

"Hi, son," said James. "We missed you!"

"Sweetheart!" Lily replied tearfully.

Harry was still too shocked, realizing that he didn't have to go to the Dursleys at all. The more he thought about it, the more respect he was losing toward Professor Dumbledore. How could the old coot do this? Was his plans for this Greater Good really worth it? There were so many questions popping up in his mind. Harry spotted a key on the floor close by his parents, and moved forward to pick it up. What he also didn't expect was to see three more captives, also in magic suppression shackles, they were also out-cold for some reason. One of them was none other than Tom Marvolo Riddle Jr, which was surprising. The second captive was a girl, who also had red hair and emerald-green eyes, just like her mother. The third was also a girl, with black hair and gray eyes. Harry wondered if she could be Sirius' daughter.

"All... all this t-time," Harry stammered. "I th-thought Tom was the bad guy!"

"We'll explain it to you, son," assured James. "Could you unlock our shackles please, and we'll tell you the whole story?"

Harry did just as his father asked. Once that was done, his parents hugged him, with tears flowing down their cheeks. James and Lily were finally reunited with their son, who they hadn't seen since Halloween 1981. James went to pick up his wand, aimed it at who could be Sirius' daughter.

"Finite Incantantum!" James chanted, while Lily picked up her wand.

"Finite Incantantum!" she chanted as she aimed her wand at her daughter.

James also cast 'finite incantantum' at Tom Riddle. After a few minutes, they began to regain consciousness, with Tom taking a little longer than the girls. Once the girls regained consciousness, James unlocked their respective magic suppression shackles. Then Lily walked toward Harry, with her daughter (also Harry's sister).

"Harry," said Lily. "I'd like to introduce you to your sister, Liliana!"

Harry and Liliana shook hands, and then they gave each other a hug. Lily shed a tear seeing her children interacting with each other for the very first time. James was also happy, as this was a special moment. Once Liliana finished, James approached Harry, with the girl who could be Sirius' daughter.

"And Harry," said James. "This is your godsister, Serena, Sirius' daughter!"

Harry also shook hands with Serena, and they also hugged each other. James smiled at that, it was also a special moment. Harry interacting with his godsister, for the first time.

"Sirius will be proud of this if he were to see it!" James muttered to himself.

Professor McGonagall walked in and gasped in shock upon seeing Lily and James. All this time, she thought they had died that night. Had Dumbledore really gone crazy? What were his motives all this time? Professor McGonagall also hadn't expected to see that James and Lily eventually had a daughter. She also saw who she guessed might be Sirius' daughter. Professor Snape also walked in, and gasped when he saw Lily.

"Hi, Severus!" said Lily.

Snape was speechless, with a mixture of surprise and anger. How could Albus have lied about Lily's and James' deaths being real? When he saw their daughter, who looked exactly like Lily, Snape fainted from shock. Madam Ponfrey also came by, to help get Alastor out of his trunk. Upon doing that, she walked into the closet and saw Lily and James, enough to shock her. By this time, Tom Riddle regained consciousness. Once Madam Pomfrey got over her shock, she instructed Lily, James, Liliana, Serena and Tom to go to the hospital wing, seeing that they were malnourished. Harry began walking back to the Great Hall, where his friends were, still waiting for him.

"Harry, what happened?" asked Gabby when she saw the shocked look on Harry's face.

"I just found out that my parents have been alive all this time," said Harry. "Dumbledork pretty much crossed the line!"

All of Harry's friends were shocked to hear that. They all lost respect for Dumbledore. At that moment, Madam Bones and several aurors came in and placed Barty Crouch Jr in handcuffs. They knew he wouldn't be able to escape, due to Harry's withdrawal from the tournament as a competitor. Madam Bones glared at Albus, letting him know that he was eventually going to be put behind bars.

(Meanwhile, in the cave near the path to Hogsmeade)

Pansy was feeling ill, with her stomach cramping painfully, and her bum was still in some pain from the spankings she received from Missy and Winky. Pansy was starting to see that Harry wasn't a bad person at all, despite her initial thoughts. Those spankings made it all a wake-up call for her. This was also causing Pansy to feel remorse for her actions, but there wouldn't be any getting out of the punishment that she was bound to receive. She also realized that Harry wouldn't be forgiving her, nor the rest of the group.

'How could I have done this?' thought Pansy, feeling ashamed of herself, with tears welling up. 'I could've just tried the real way to win Harry's heart, but I chose to let my animosity toward him get in the way. Now, he has Gabrielle, she won his heart, and now it's too late for any apology.'

(Back in the Great Hall)

Harry and his friends were eating their lunch, when owls started bringing The Daily Prophet to their respective owners. Harry grabbed his copy and started reading it, then his eyes widened in surprise and relief when he read the article, which said:

Peter Pettigrew Found Alive, Sirius Black To Be Cleared!

by Boris Milton

In an unexplained phenomenon, a suspicious rat with a missing toe, was found lurking around Diagon Alley, right near a group of five aurors. They cast a magic cancelling charm, and the rat turned into a man known as Peter Pettigrew, who was believed to be dead since November 1981. Pettigrew was placed in magic suppression handcuffs and taken into custody at the Ministry of Magic. Amelia Bones, head of the DMLE, also revealed that Lord Harry Potter, head of the most ancient and most noble house of Potter, Sirius never betrayed his parents, as mentioned in Lily and James will, and that Lord Potter had asked to get Sirius, head of the most ancient and most noble house of Black, a trial that he should've received a long time ago. Given that shocking revelation of Pettigrew having been found alive, a trial may not be necessary any longer. Pettigrew is currently in a ministry holding cell, awaiting trial for his crimes. More on this as it develops.

Harry was happy at the article he read. It was time that Pettigrew reaped what he had sown. Dumbledore was also reading a copy, and he was paler than ever.

'This wasn't supposed to happen,' thought Albus. 'Harry needs to be prepared for his destiny. Where did it all go wrong? It doesn't look like... No, I can save my reputation, I know I can. I need to think of something, and fast!'

He was brought out of his thoughts when he saw Minerva, Snape, Filius and Pomona marching toward him, with their angriest looks ever, much to Albus' shock.

"ALBUS," yelled Professor McGonagall. "How could you? Lily and James have been alive all this time, and you went off and lied to everybody about them having been killed. What in the world were you playing at?"

"I insist on answers too, Albus!" said Professor Flitwick.

"Me, too!" said Professor Snape.

"Yeah, how could you have made up all these lies, and for what?" demanded Professor Sprout.

"Now, now," said Dumbledore pathetically. "Let's not get... hasty. Th-This is all for the Greater Good."

"ENOUGH!" snapped Professor McGonagall. "Lying about Lily and James having died, you've pretty much crossed the line, Albus. No more of this 'Greater Good' nonsense. Amelia told me, on her way out, that Mr. Potter's no-good relatives have been arrested."

"WHAT?!" exclaimed Albus.

"You won't be able to get out of this one, Albus," Professor McGonagall continued. "I told you the Dursleys were going to treat Mr. Potter like a slave, abuse him verbally, physically, and emotionally. I watched them that whole day, but you never listened to my warning. You even underestimated them big time."

Albus laughed nervously, even though he tried to make it look as though it wasn't that bad, but neither Minerva, Severus, Pomona, nor Filius were fooled. They had enough of Albus' manipulations, lies, and overall antics. To make it worse for Albus, the Hogwarts board of governors walked into the Great Hall. The head of the board also glared at Albus as he walked toward the now terrified headmaster.

"It's over Albus," the head school governor declared. "You're done for. I tried explaining that we need to make this school a better place, but you never listened to me. You're hereby, SUSPENDED!"

Albus was now looking much older than his age of 150. His phoenix, Fawkes, also gave his former master an enraged look, and flew back to the headmaster's office. The students who were neutral were listening to the whole confrontation, and they were feeling ashamed of treating Harry horribly when he was treating them with respect and they didn't return the favour. All of Harry's friends, and Harry himself, now had negative respect for the soon-to-be ex-headmaster.

Over at the abandoned shack ten miles from Hogwarts, Sirius, in his animagus, grabbed another copy of The Daily Prophet and started reading it upon returning to his human form. He became ecstatic upon reading the headline mentioning that Wormtail had been found and apprehended, and was also happy that a trial may not be necessary. Sirius also had no idea that there were more surprises waiting for him

To be continued!

Author's note 1: I'd like to thank 'dannyrockon122' for the idea of Pansy developing true feelings for Harry, and realizing that it's too late for an apology, and that Harry won't accept apologies from her.

Author's note 2: Yep, I had been planning to have James and Lily alive for quite some time. Even though 'dannyrockon122' suggested them, I had already planned for them to be in the story anyway. The addition of Harry having a sister and a godsister, and Tom Riddle being a good guy were some other ideas I came up with, which wouldn't go away.