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Harry Potter

And

Dumbledor's Secret

Chapter25

"Draco, wake up!" Mary hissed in her second best friend's ear.

"Mm?"

"I'm going to the library to talk to Lily. Make sure Harry doesn't wake up and panic to find me gone," Mary told Draco.

"Mmhm," Draco yawned tiredly and rolled over, letting Mary escape the beds.

Mary had gotten as far as the second corridor past the fat lady's portrait, when she heard a boy crying out in pain. Mary immediately ran towards it to discover Severus Snape being tortured by three seventh years, "IMMOBULOUS!" Mary screamed angrily at the two seventh years, freezing them in place. "Accio Professor McGonagall!"

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Miss Stareye! What is the meaning of this!" McGonagall asked slightly irritated at her young Gryffindor.

"These two seventh years were picking on Severus! So when I came around the corner, they were distracted and Severus hit them with an immobulous spell just as they were about to hex me! Please, can you do something about these two?"

"Of course, dear. Now, Mr. Snape, for protecting Ms. Stareye, 20 points to Slytherin," McGonagall smiled at Snape before turning to Mary. "As for you, for reporting a good deed by another house, 5 points to Gryffindor."

"Thank you professor, and I do apologize about… well, the unorthodox way I brought you here."

"Quite all right Ms. Stareye, just try to make sure it doesn't happen too often," McGonagall grinned as she walked down the hall, levitating the two Slytherin seventh years.

"Why did you do that?" Snape frowned at Mary.

"Because, I figured you can place a slight memory charm or some sort of potion to modify their memories, and the fact that I don't think you're all that bad," Mary shrugged. "I'll try to get the guys to lighten up on you, but they are boys…" Mary shrugged as she continued down the hall to the library.

A couple hours later just as she was returning from the Room of Requirement, Lucius grabbed her.

"Well if it isn't Potter and Black's new whore?" he sneered.

"Mmph!" Mary tried to scream, but the hand over her mouth prevented it. She slammed her foot down on Malfoy's toe, causing him to let go of her mouth, "HELP! HELP! HELP! HELP!"

Severus barreled around the corner and promptly hexed Lucius into a state of unconsciousness, "Are you alright?"

"Severus," Mary began to cry, but shockingly enough, she found herself in Snape's arms. "He was going to try it again! I know he was! Don't let him, Sev, please don't let him!"

"Shh, it's alright. Now why don't you tell me all about why you think Lucius is going to…"

"He tried to rape me with a group of boys a few…"

"Years ago…" Snape paled. "Mary, I am going to tell you this… I was forced to help Lucius, Crabe, and Goyle do that to you. I promise I will try and stop him from doing it again."

"Sev, you aren't dark, are you? Not yet, right?"

"Dark?"

"The mark."

Severus immediately released Mary and backed away from the frightened girl, "I… I…"

"Severus, when you get it… tell Dumbledore, but don't completely trust him. He's up to some stuff that isn't right. We'll talk more later, I promise…"

"Mary, why are you telling me this like you know it will happen?" Snape questioned.

"Because I know it will, I have these… special books that let me take a peek into the future. Please, just be ready for me to talk to you when you are head of a certain thing, as well as a spy. Please, don't contact me, let me come to you. I'll see you in a couple of years, okay Sev?"

"Mary…" Severus Snape frowned in confusion.

Placing three fingers on his lips she silenced him, "All I ask is that you trust me. Together, with a group I'm putting together we'll be able to work with no leaders, just friends with a mutual cause. Whatever you do, DON'T go to Godric's Hollow in 1981."

"Why…? Why are you telling me this?"

"Because I'm going to need you and so is Harry. Please, you're the only Slytherin, besides Drake, that I have any trust in. Before the end of the big bad we will all need that Slytherin cunning and slyness. Do not place your faith in Dumbledore, and do not place it in the Order. They will not be able to protect you completely, no matter what Dumbledore says. Oh, I also want to apologize for that little ink thing the other year…"

"That was you!" Snape looked at her startled as she smiled impishly and walked away.

Mary was skipping as she entered the commons, but was pulled aside by a furious Draco and Harry, "Where the bloody hell have you been!"

"Guys, calm down! I initiated another piece of our plan without meaning to," Mary grinned before giving a slightly irritated Harry a peck on the cheek. "Besides, Snape saved me after I saved him…"

"Mary," Harry warned.

"You left when I wasn't even half coherent to what I was agreeing to," Draco glared furiously.

"Okay, I promise I won't go anywhere without a bodyguard, in this time, except the loo," Mary rolled her eyes exasperated with a protective Harry and Draco.

"Good, glad we got that settled," Draco snorted.

"Okay, over-protective big brother and obnoxious over-worried potential boyfriend can go back into their slumber," Mary rolled her eyes at the two boys who only glared at her in irritation, what probably saved Mary from getting cursed again was an infuriated Sirius ramming through the portrait.

"WHY THE HELL DID YOU MAKE ME SING A BLOODY CHICK SONG!"

"Harry, what did you do?" Mary whispered worriedly as she felt the boys hide behind her.

"Padfoot! That was a marvelous performance! Think Harry will tell us what spells he used so that we can play them on Lucy and Sniv…?"

"JAMES HAROLD POTTER!" Mary leapt out of her friend's hold and stormed over to Harry's dad, "YOU PROMISED ME THAT YOU WOULD NOT PUBLICALLY HUMILIATE SEVERUS SNAPE AND THAT IS PRECISELY WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO! ARE WE CLEAR!"

"Y-yes," James cringed. Sirius chuckled making James glare at him, "Don't think I've forgotten about you Ms. Black!"

"What'd he sing?"

"It was a very different tune, 'Man I Feel Like A Woman'," James chuckled. "It was great!"

"Just wait until dinner," Harry smirked. "You'll die laughing at that one."

"Please tell me you aren't planning to make him sing Bingo," Mary whispered to Harry.

"Something along those lines, but worse," Harry smirked.

"Oh! I think I've got it!" Mary laughed, "I am SO not missing dinner!"

"I'm going into hiding as soon as dinner is over," Sirius pouted.