Sirius burst into Dumbledore's office. Dumbledore- who had been talking to James in a serious manner looked up suddenly at the arrival.

"There's still a death eater in the building!" He panted. "And it's the one who led them here, Draco Malfoy told me."

"Are you sure you can trust Malfoy?" James said.

"Yes, on this I do." Sirius said. "There is a Death Eater- a man- in the building. Draco said he disappeared upstairs and didn't come back down."

"The students!" James and Dumbledore nearly cried out. Just then the door opened on it's own. A little rush of wind signaled that somebody was in the room.

"Show yourself. " Sirius growled. "Come on, we know you're there!"

"Oh don't take that arch tone with me." Hermione said, pulling off Harry's old invisibility cloak. "I'm not here to murder you."

"Hermione what are you doing here?" James asked sternly. "The castle isn't safe yet! There is still a death eater!"

"I know." Hermione said. "That's why I'm here! We caught a death eater- well knocked him out actually. I think he was the ring leader of the attackers…just by the way he held himself."

Dumbledore stood up. "That was very brave. Now, lead me to your common room and we will put an end to him."

"All right." Hermione said. They left the office.

~* ~* ~* ~*

"He nearly killed Ron and me and Lavender." Hermione said as they reached the Fat Lady. "I mean it's lucky that we're alive." She looked daunted as they stepped through the debris of the painting into the common room.

The room was deadly silent, even before they were fully in. Dumbledore saw the body of the death eater lying in the middle of the floor, right next to Lavender Brown.

Dumbledore stepped through the crowd and crouched by the death eater. "Good work Gryffindors. But now, I want you all to go to bed. Try to get some sleep. We will rid your tower of this- person as soon as you are all safely away in your beds."

Slowly, the students trickled up the stairs to their dormitories. The three men circled around the Death Eater, wands aimed.

"What do you suppose? On three?" Sirius said.

"Works for me." James said with a shrug and lifted his wand.

"Wait. Take off his mask." Dumbledore said.

"Why?" Sirius and James chimed.

"To see who it is of course." Dumbledore said. "It could be some poor brainwashed soul."

"Pah." Sirius said. "You actually think that actually happens? Codswallop, I tell you."

"I agree completely, except not with the words 'pah' or 'codswallop'." James said. Sirius punched him lightly in the stomach.

"Honestly, you two are as bad as the first years." Dumbledore said. "Now James, will you take off his mask."

"All right, but it's pointless." James said, looking at the Headmaster as he yanked off the mask.

Dumbledore choked on his spit. Sirius froze. James cocked his head to the side. "What?"

"It's it's -" Dumbledore said. James pulled a face and looked down at the death eater.

"Oh." James said lightly and toppled over onto the floor.

~* ~* ~* ~*

You've left me now and it's seasoned my soul
And with every step you take I watch another part of you go
I continue to build the wall
You were so strong; I fell to my knees
And I don't think I can handle this at all

~* ~* ~* ~*

Harry was moved immediately to the hospital wing. The three men didn't sleep that night, they paced and paced, trying to figure out what to do.

"We should wake him." James said absentmindedly looking at his son.

"Certainly not. If we wake him, he might go strait to Voldemort." Dumbledore said. "Or worse- he could harm one of us."

"But if we don't wake him up- and he stays in this weird comma for a month…it'll take us that much longer to figure out what's happening." Sirius pointed out.

There was a very pregnant pause.

"Are we sure that Harry didn't become a death eater on his own free will?" Sirius ventured.

"Well that's a little out of character." James said gruffly.

"No, I don't believe it was his free will." Dumbledore said. "I'm awfully sure it was brainwashing."

Sirius shrugged this aside and James shut up.

"I think this because he couldn't look me in the eye when he tried to kill me." Dumbledore said.

"He tried to kill you?" James said, looking very alarmed.

"Well, yes, didn't I say that just now? But it's a direct effect of Brainwashing- you know- that he couldn't look at me in the eyes." Dumbledore said. "He told me 'something' was telling him not too."

"But- Urgh!" James said. "I don't know, Albus. I think brainwashing is very possible. But I've always questioned Harry's morals…. And he was always awfully mad at me. Revenge on me?"

"I don't think his hatred towards you would drive him to join Voldemort." Dumbledore said, grinning slightly.

"Well should we wake him up?" Sirius said.

"No."

"Yes."

~* ~* ~* ~*

Well one more night I'd like to lie and hold you
To make you smile; I'd like to be there for you
Have you forgotten me?
And the days go by, doing nothing about this
How much time will I have to spend?

~* ~* ~* ~*

They decided to wake him up later that night. James and Sirius got ready to fire up a wall of protection as Dumbledore said "Eneverate."

Harry's eyes snapped open, proving them bright red. He looked around madly.

"I'll rip you all apart! I'll tear you limb from limb!" He said. Dumbledore took a quick step back.

The only thing on Harry's body moving was his head. It took the three men a few moments to realize Harry was anything but dangerous. Harry seemed to have realized this as well.

"What have you done to me?" He said loudly. "Why can't I move?"

"Well," Dumbledore said, "your former classmates knocked you out. About 20 stupefy charms.… Not to good for health of humans."

"If I could move, I'd kill you." Harry said.

"Of course." Dumbledore said. "Harry, do you have any idea who I am?"

"Yes." Harry said. "I remember you well enough. You're that batty old man that never shuts up. You think you're better than every other person in this wizarding world because my Lord didn't want to kill you- because he felt bad killing old geezers."

"Pah!" Dumbledore said. "You're Lord is nothing but lies!"

"Lies." Harry scoffed. "Hardly. My Lord is the most powerful wizard on earth."

"You change the subject."

"The subject needed changing." Harry began blinking furiously.

"Are you okay?" James asked.

"Shut up you." Harry said and stopped blinking. His eyes were a pink color now.

"Don't talk to you father like that." Sirius snapped.

"He's not my father."

"You don't pick your family." James said.

"I didn't pick you." Harry laughed. "You're damn strait. But My Lord Voldemort was more a father to me than you would ever hope to be- *Potter *."

"What?" James said and rushed towards Harry and grabbed him by the shoulders. Suddenly Harry's eyes were quite red again. "50 percent of your DNA makeup is mine- boy. That monster killed your mother!"

"He warned her." Harry said lazily. "She didn't move."

James struggled his instincts to strangle Harry into his stomach and said weakly, "He tried to kill you too!"

"Only because he knew of my power." Harry snapped. "He didn't want the competition. But he knows me now. Oh, we get along fine now. In fact I've scheduled tea and crumpets and a lovely game of croquet in his graveyard tomorrow."

James slapped Harry before Dumbledore could stop him. "I don't expect you'll be leaving for a while." He hissed. Harry's eyes glinted in the moonlight, still a piercing red.

"You hit like my grandmother." Harry snickered.

"You don't have a grandmother." James said.

"Well, if I had one, she would hit like you." Harry said.

"James, shut up." Dumbledore said. "You're only making him angry."

"So he does have some sense!" Harry exclaimed. "Amazing."

"You've got that annoying thing down to an art, you know that?" James said from the background.

"Thank you, thank you." Harry said. "I'm here till Thursday."

"OR LONGER!" James yelled running into view again, trying to get a shot at Harry's neck.

"You wanna take this outside *deer boy *?"Harry said mockingly.

"How did you know that?" James hissed. "Who told you that?"

"I have my ways." Harry said mysteriously.

"ENOUGH!" Dumbledore finally yelled. "I've had enough of you two. James do I need to send you to the corner for time out? *Honestly. *"

"Professor I-" James started but he held up a hand. James went to go sit by Sirius.

"Harry, look into my eyes."

"No, I'd rather not. Never liked blue…reminded me that my former father had blue eyes…"

"Former?" James snorted and stood up.

Sirius grabbed his robes and pulled him down. "Sit." He growled.

"Harry, that doesn't matter." Dumbledore said. "Now look into my eyes."

"Why."

"I'm going to turn you back into what you used to be."

"I think not!" Harry said and turned his face away. Dumbledore grabbed his chin and forced it back to looking at him.

"And this is why." Dumbledore grumbled.

Harry shut his eyes suddenly.

"What is he doing?" Sirius said.

Harry let out a huge, fake snore.

"Not funny, Harry." Dumbledore said calmly. "Open your eyes at one!"

Harry let out another fake snore. "Sooo sleepy." He murmured.

James started to get out of his seat again. Sirius stomped on his foot without taking his eyes away from Dumbledore or Harry.

"Oh- look a giant green snake is heading for the castle." Dumbledore said very fakely. "It looks like that awful creature Voldemort keeps…Nagini."

"WHERE?" Harry said, very much awake now.

"I'm glad your genes made him gullible, James." Dumbledore said with a grin. Harry didn't hear and was looking around madly for Nagini. Dumbledore grabbed his chin again and forced Harry to stare into his eyes. "Harry, what is the most important lesson?"

"There is no such thing as good or evil- there is only power."

"Wrong. As many preachers have preached and as many teachers have taught, the greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love- and be loved in return. Now, who is your father."

"I. Have. No. Father." Harry said.

"Well, at least he doesn't think Voldemort is his father anymore." James muttered.

"On the contrary." Harry said. "I have no father- but I have a chosen model to look up too."

"Don't focus on him." Dumbledore said. "Only look into my eyes. James- shut the hell up. Only listen to my voice."

"I will only listen to your voice." Harry said in a hollow way.

"You're brainwashing him." Sirius said suddenly.

"It's only temporary." Dumbledore said. "It'll wear off soon and he'll think for himself. Harry- Voldemort is evil."

"Voldemort is evil." Harry said.

"You hate him, he killed your mother. He tried to kill you. He almost killed your father."

"I hate him, he killed my mother. He tried to kill me. He should have killed my father."

"No." Dumbledore said patiently. "He tried to kill your father."

"He tried to kill my father."

"You don't want to be a death eater. You hate all evil things, but you wont chase after them."

"I don't want to be a death eater. I hate all evil things, but I'll chase after them."

"Good enough." Dumbledore waved the error away. "You wont be stupid when you chase off evil."

"I won't guarantee that."

Dumbledore laughed despite himself. Harry mimicked the laugh.

"You will lead a law abiding life."

"I will lead a partially law abiding life."

Dumbledore smiled. Harry's eyes were green again. "Thank you, Harry. Now get some sleep."

"Yes sir." Harry said. His eyes shut and his head hit the pillow.

~* ~* ~* ~*

My mind won't rest and I can't sleep, not even in my dreams.
If you ever did believe for my sake, if you ever did believe
And the days go by doing nothing about them
How much time will I have to spend?
Well one more night I'd like to like and hold you
To make you smile; I'd like to be there for you
Have you forgotten me?

~* ~* ~* ~*

James, Dumbledore and Sirius all left the room. For how much stress had been relieved that night, it was amazing how nervous each man was now.





A/N: Is this the end? No, it's not, but I the writer am at a loss. I have no idea what is going to happen. Please, please, please, please, please! Tell me what you think should happen. PLEASE! Thank you all for sticking with this story! I love you all!