Chapter XI: Sirius' Mission

Snape blew a hole through the wall (The Death eaters hadn't taken his wand) into the cell where Dumbledore was.  'Serverus! Was it successful?'

            'Yes Albus.  I managed to get half of the message to Harry, but I fear the impostor managed to mislead them.'

            'That is a real setback.  Why are you here?'

            'Voldemort found out from the Impostor.'

            'Are Sirius and Remeus coming?'

            'Yes.  That was part of the message.  It might be difficult for us to return to Hogwarts until after Easter, so we will go into hiding for those three months'

            'Well done Serverus.'

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'Goyle?' Both Harry and Ron could identify this as Malfoy's Friend's Father.

            'Yes.  Well done Potter.' He said this last word with disgust.  'So, you found out from that traitor, Snape.  Too late, he has been locked up in Azkaban, and in two hours from now, he will be executed.'

            'Sirius,' Lupin said in the same way that Dumbledore said to Snape at the end of Fourth Grade, 'Get a batch of veritaserum as quickly as you can, when you get back, I will interrogate him.  You rescue Albus.'

            'Yes Remeus.'  Sirius ran off, and in about ten minutes he had returned with the clear liquid,

            'Okay, I will go off to Hogsmeade and apparate to Azkaban.'  With that, he ran out of the room, and Harry could guess that he was going to the witches hump. 

Remeus and Ron held down Goyle, and Harry administered the potion to him.  Remeus allowed the potion to take effect and then asked him the first question, about Cornelius Fudge.  'Is Cornelius Fudge a death eater?'

Then Goyle answered with a whole lot swearing and insults, but Harry managed to catch 'A great bluff,' 'The genius of master,' and 'Our best positioned Death Eater.' It now hit Harry as to why Fudge appeared to be reluctant to accept that Voldemort had risen, and that he defended Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle.

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Sirius arrived at the shore of the island where he spent twelve years of his life and transformed into the great black dog that allowed him to escape, and ran over to an inconspicuous part of the outer wall, and transformed back into a human.  From there, he could sense that the Dementors had left the area, which would make the mission much easier.  He took out the Polyjuice potion that he took from Dumbledore's footlocker, and added the hair of Goyle that he recovered.  He drunk it, and instantly felt changes occurring.  He entered the complex, and as he did, the bad memories came flowing back to him, and he looked for a Death Eater.  The first one he found…

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'Where is Voldemort's castle?'

            'I don't know.  Lucius Malfoy, My closest friend, blinds, and apparates us to a place, and takes us inside.  We find ourselves in a castle.  I'm not even sure that it's even in this country!'

            'And how many death eaters do you know?'

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Was Crabbe.  Of all the Death Eaters he could have found, he found Goyle's closest friend.  'What are you doing here?  Aren't you still supposed to be impersonating Dumbledore?'

            'Potter found out.  I have been given instructions to execute him now.  Sirius Black is coming here to free them!'

            'Turn right, then left, it's the third on the left.'

            'Thanks.  PETRIFICUS TOTALUS!'  Crabbe fell to the floor, and dosed him some Polyjuice with Sirius' hair, and took some of Crabbe's.  Sirius would only have fifteen minutes to get there, fifteen minutes to get back, and he would only have five to escape the island.  He ran down the corridor and turned right at the first door, and left at the next, he looked at the blue light that his wand made.  Ten minutes.  He opened the cell, and Snape pointed his wand toward Sirius and angrily, asked 'What are you doing?'

            'It's Sirius, I'm rescuing you now!  We have…' He looked at his wand, 'twenty-three minutes before the potion wears off.  Here, Albus, take this' and gave him the Polyjuice spiked with Sirius' hair, and gave Snape some of the McNair Hair that he found.  The three left the prison, and apparated to Lupins' house, and waited for the potion to wear off.

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A/N: And now: Snape can expose the Death Eater!  Or can he, I suppose that you can guess that there will be some unexpected hitch.  Has anyone worked out the death eaters' identity yet?  It has to be pretty obvious, now; after all, I have given you half the clues, and a generous one that gives it away!  Read the first two books!

Will Snape expose the Death Eater?  Will Voldemort cook up a third scheme for the year, in less than five months?  Will Harry have a nice, relaxing Holidays?  Only time will tell.