Chapter 10

It was very late when Snape returned to Dumbledore's office he was waiting up for him.

Dumbledore asked "well did it work?"

Snape smirked and said "of course it did. Rose is a remarkable girl but she is a child. Giving her what she wants and needs always makes her much more cooperative with revealing her knowledge. She does have a point the Horcruxes have to be destroyed before the dark lord can be killed and if she is correct about her brother being a horcrux it will have to be his blood that is used. And if the prophesy is true he is the only one that can kill him. But she did tell me where in the castle the horcrux is and who Moody really is. I am not sure we should do anything to let him know we suspect him if things have to happen the way Rose has seen it. It is Barty Crouch Jr. he has Alistor Moody held captive and is using Poly juice potion to imitate him. Right now he is our only connection to the dark lord."

Snape pulled the Diadem out of his robes and set it down on Dumbledore's desk.

Dumbledore said "this is a very delicate matter it seems very hard decisions have to be made. I don't believe Harry or Rose are ready to face Voldemort if they do it will be only luck that they escape with their lives. But I believe Rose is right about Harry being a Horcrux. It is unlikely but she could be as well. I believe they simply share the traits because of their special twin connection and of course Rose is rather special."

Snape said "because of Rose's Dovewing training. Which she has continued as much as she can on her own she has full knowledge of the spell the dark lord is going to use. It is an ancient blood spell fairly advanced. If she says she can get her brothers blood forcibly taken without putting the boy in danger I believe she can do it. She can then get the blood to the Moody imposter and he can get it to the dark lord. That is if he is willing to do it in such a way. He may want the boy there not only for his blood but also to kill him and prove he is no match for him. of course Rose's vision did change so that it is now her he is after not her brother."

Dumbledore said "I believe he would most like to have both of them. Has Rose seen Barty Crouch Jr. actually harming anyone. Her, Harry or Alistor?"

Snape said "No I don't believe the real Moody is very comfortable but he is not in immediate danger and he is not trying to harm either Rose or Harry as of yet he is making sure they successed in the tournament so that when one or both of them make it to the Triwizard cup it will bring them to where the dark lord is. He will be tasked with placing the cup in the center of the maze when he does he will make it into a portkey that once touched it will transport them to the dark lords location."

Dumbledore sighed and said "I don't like this it is dependent on so many things happening in just the right way. Crouch Junior's self control not to hurt anyone. Alistor not escaping. Harry and Rose both doing well enough in the tasks that they are able to get to the cup before the others. But that being said I don't know if we have a choice. We have to think of how things are going to work out in the long run. Just as Rose seems to have been doing. Just as she says bad things must happen for the good things to happen. It is simple and childlike but true. We will keep a close eye on the Moody imposter as well as Rose and Harry. We will continuing looking for and destroying the Horcruxes. With any luck this will all be over by the end of the school year. My mind is telling me to be patient and wait it out but my heart wants to take action immediately."

Snape smiled and said "that is the Gryffindor in you. Listen to your head be smart not rash. The results of all of this is far to important for the world for us to give in to our emotions of wanting to protect them we have to think of the big picture now."

Dumbledore said "I know that my friend. But I wish they didn't have to suffer the pain that they will go through or that they have already gone through."

Snape said "So do I but that pain makes them stronger. I do not pretend to have affection for the boy he is too much like his father but I can not deny there is a fierce strength in him that his father never had at least not at his age. Rose is always reminding me that no matter how much he is like his father he has his mother in him too. Not as obvious as with Rose but she assures me it is there. She also says she has some of her father in her as well."

Dumbledore chuckled and said "Yes as much as they each look like their mother and father they do share traits of both of them. It isn't always obvious but it is there. But then they are both very different from their parents as well. The lives they have lived so far they couldn't be other wise. Both Lily and James had happy loving childhoods for the most part. Harry and Rose have not that is bound to have lasting effects of them both."

Snape said "I know for at least Rose her temper is a constant problem for her she doesn't act out on it often but when she does it tears her apart afterward. To know she has caused someone physical pain it torments her. I am sure that stems from her early abuse. Physically Rose has a very high threshold for pain and from what I can tell so does the boy. This is also probably from their early abuse. They both seem to have trouble with injustice. I did not see it right away with Rose and simply passed it off as a Gryffindor trait with the boy. But Rose can get just as upset when something isn't fair. She has a better time hiding it but it does bother her. She told me she wants to return to Hogwarts next year and that we will have to keep our relationship quiet so fudge doesn't find out but perhaps unless she would prefer otherwise Gryffindor might be a good place for her."

Dumbledore said "I was thinking the same thing. Unless she wants to go into Ravenclaw with Lovegood and Greenly I think she would do well in Gryffindor."

The sorting hat suddenly spoke "Rose Potter would do well in any of the houses but Dovewing is where she belongs. There have been several more students that were best for Dovewing but with it dissolved I put them where they would not stand out."

Dumbledore asked "there are more?"

The Hat said "5 in total. Rose Potter, Luna Lovegood, Cassie Greenly, Denise Thames and Beatrice Vance. They all should be in Dovewing. If there are more I will place them where they will do well but not where they truly belong. It is dark days without Dovewing to rely on."

Dumbledore said "that it is."