A/N: Hi this chapter shows what happened in Dumbledore's office; I hope you like it.

Dumbledore's office

Most of the portraits on Dumbledore's office wall were asleep, and the rest were looking down at the three students who were sitting down on the other side of Dumbledore's desk looking down at the floor. Dumbledore came though the door and sat down at his desk, followed by Professor McGonagall and Professor Smith, the head of Slytherin, who both sat down at the back of the office.

"Now I would like to know what happened tonight outside the Whopping Willow" Dumbledore said calmly and the three boys looked up and started telling there own accounts of the story, but were stopped by Dumbledore.

"One at a time please, Mister Potter you start first please," Dumbledore said and James looked at him.

"If you want the truth you wouldn't ask Potter first!" Snape said.

"Mister Snape please do not speak when your not asked to, Mister Potter is to speak first" Dumbledore said showing complete faith in James.

"Ok well um, me, Sirius and Peter went out to the lake like we do every month to look at the moon" James said not trying to give away the secret that he was an illegal Animagus going to Remus.

"Do you?" Dumbledore said.

"Yeah, we like the full moon, for some strange reason" James said convincingly.

"Ok, now can you tell me how Mister Snape ended up under the Whopping Willow, as I'm aware that you know what lies beneath it Mister Potter" Dumbledore said.

"Yes sir, I don't really know why he went under there but I seen him go under and, by me knowing what was under there, went after him to prevent him from getting injured" James said to Dumbledore, and Snape snorted.

"Why did you go after him?" Dumbledore asked.

"Because I didn't think it was right for snape to die," James said.

"Ok then, Mister Black now can I hear your side of the story?" Dumbledore asked turning his head to Sirius.

"Yeah sure" Sirius said trying to keep his cool, but it failed when he realised he had too much respect for Dumbledore to lie to him.

"Now Sirius, how did Snape find out about the Whopping Willow?" Dumbledore asked and Sirius sunk in his chair.

"I told him," Sirius said quietly.

"I'm sorry Mister Black I didn't hear that, my hearing is not what it used to be, could you repeat it please?" Dumbledore asked and Sirius sat up in his chair and repeated what he said.

"I told him," Sirius said louder and McGonagall let out a little squeal like a mouse.

"Why did you do such a thing Mister black?" Dumbledore asked looking into Sirius' eyes.

"I was tired off him following us around all the time and trying to get us expelled, Professor you can't say that Snape has never been to you and said that we were doing some sort of thing, and told you that it's better if we all got expelled" Sirius said.

"He has actually been to me on a few occasions" Dumbledore admitted.

"See look he just won't leave us alone" Sirius said glaring at Snape.

"I see, now Mister Snape why on earth did you believe Mister Black in the first place, you're not very keen on each other, that much has been clear over the years, so why believe him." Dumbledore asked.

"I don't know" Snape said unconvincingly.

"I think you do" Dumbledore said to Snape who was looking down at the floor,

"Look up and tell me the truth" He said and Snape looked up to see Dumbledore staring at him.

"I wanted to know weather or not he was telling the truth Professor." Snape said.

"But why, why didn't you just leave it, didn't you think that if Mister Black was telling the truth you could die?" Dumbledore asked.

"Well he didn't actually tell me what was down there" Snape said.

"What did he say to you?" Dumbledore asked.

"He told me that if I were to press the knot in the middle of the Whopping Willow with a stick I would be able to get in and see what was underneath it." Snape said.

"And your curiosity got the best of you, did it Mister Snape?" Dumbledore said.

"Yes sir" Snape said and Dumbledore got up off his seat and walked to the back pf the room where the potions and transfiguration Professors were sitting, a few minutes later Dumbledore went and sat back down in his seat.

"Sirius, I hope you understand what you did was a very silly and immature thing to do" Dumbledore said.

"I do sir" Sirius replied looking down at the floor.

"An expellable offence" Dumbledore continued and James' face went to one of sadness and Snape's one of happiness.

"Yes sir" Sirius said knowing what was to come.

"Well I'm glad you understand that, you will have three hours worth of detentions five nights a week for the rest of the term and you are not able to go to Hogsmeade Village for the rest of you sixth year" Dumbledore said with a twinkle in his eye, Sirius looked at the old man in disbelief.

"What?" Sirius asked.

"You heard" Dumbledore said with a little smile and Snape looked like he was about to cry.

"You mean it, I'm not expelled?" Sirius said still not believing what Dumbledore had just said.

"Well you didn't kill anyone did you, and from what I've heard you did not actually force Mister Snape to go down the Willow, so there is not much more I can do" Dumbledore said and Sirius looked up at James who had his head down in deep thought.

"BUT PROFESSOR HE ALMOST KILLED ME!" Snape roared.

"Mister Snape please lower your voice and it was your choice to go down into the Whopping Willow tonight, Mister Black did not force you." Dumbledore said calmly.

"Whatever!" Snape said in disgust.

"Look, as you now know what lies under the Willow you mustn't tell a soul, do you understand, Mister Lupin is very fragile about the subject and you mustn't tell anyone" Dumbledore said warningly to Snape.

"Or else!" Snape said.

"Or else I shall expel you from Hogwarts and destroy your wand, do I make myself clear Mister Snape?" Dumbledore explained.

"Yes sir" Snape said.

"Now that's all over, please go back to your dorms to sleep, in three days the Christmas holiday begins and I wouldn't want you to be sleepy for it." Dumbledore said and the three boys exited, not saying a word to each other as they went there separate ways to their common rooms.

A/N: Hi I hope you like this chapter, I liked writing it, it took me about four hours to complete as I'm suffering from writers block at the minute, I was looking for a beta reader to beta my stories for me if you're interested please tell me in a review or email me. Please review and tell me what you think of this chapter

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