Chapter XII: The Secret
A/N: Oh, no! Back to the not-so-interesting chapter names!
On Christmas day, Harry woke up several hours later than he usually would. He still found The usual things on the foot of his bed: A package of sweets from Hermione (The Chocolate Frogs seemed to be eaten), a Green Weasley Jumper with a picture of a stag on it. After looking hard for a present from Sirius, he found a copy of Quidditch through future Millennia by Kennilworthy Wisp.
Harry went into the Gryffindor Common Room to find Ron and Hermione (For the first time) playing Wizard's Chess. The two of them were shocked to see Harry awake. 'You're awake! You were being more violent than Snape!' Snape had a mysterious illness that became violent whenever he mentioned Voldemort or anything to do with him. Harry was unsure that he would ever recover.
'That was close. Can you remember what you dreamed?' asked Hermione in the same way that she would when Harry's scar hurt.
'All I can remember was Snape in the dormitory, someone giving him a potion and… and… that's all I can remember.'
'Maybe that's what's happened to Snape!' yelled Ron.
'Yeah, Maybe.' Said Harry
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In the Great Hall this Christmas were only members of the Order of Phoenix and Dumbledore's most trusted Staff Members, but aside from this, the Hogwarts Christmas Party was like the one in Third Year: Cheerful and fun.
At the end of the Party, Harry talked to Dumbledore, who had some good news (Or Bad, from a third-year Harry's point of view); 'Professor Snape is ready to give statement as to what he found out in the short time that he was in the presence of the Death Eaters.'
'That's great. When do we see him?'
'It will be tomorrow at midday. Please tell Ron and Hermione.'
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The rest of Harry's Christmas was Quidditch Planning and Exploding Snap. That night, Harry had a dream where he saw Snape die next to a shadowy figure, a familiar one, like one from the Order. And then he heard Voldemort speak to a familiar voice about a mission being successful.
The next morning, Harry went to Professor Trelawney to have the dream interpreted.
'Is that all you can remember?' She asked, in her spooky voice,
'No. Only that the same voice that was speaking to Voldemort was the one torturing Snape.'
'Yes. It is clear that you have intercepted parts of the memory of the Death Eater in Hogwarts. The first dream was one week into the past. The second one will happen today, and the final will happen mid next year.'
'Thank you, Professor.' With those predictions, Harry had grown more respect for Sybil Trelawney than ever before.
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Professor Snape had recovered from the illness that had been plaguing him for the past week, and that would mean that he could finally reveal the secret that. Harry headed up to Dumbledore's Boardroom, and when he found no one there, he went into to the Dormitory. For the first time since they were locked out, Harry saw Fletcher and Figg, who had been released now that he death eater was imprisoned, and saw Snape lying in bed, looking very tired.
'Now that you are all here,' Snape sounded even wearier than he looked, 'I must reveal that there is one more death eater in Hogwarts.' Snape had a seizure and then recovered. 'There is another than Goyle: And he is F…' He had another seizure, and then went limp. Serverus Snape's Reign of terror against the Gryffindor's had finally ended. In the worst possible way.
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A/N: And so the story takes an unexpected twist! After reading reviews from after last chapter, I have decided to kill off the one person who knows! If you guys really must know who the Death Eater is, read C8 again, read Books One and Two, and then re-read Chapter eight. That should keep you all busy while I make chapter thirteen 8-)
Who is our Not-so-friendly Neighbourhood Death Eater? Will he be exposed before another plot is discovered? Will I ever reveal more clues as to the name of the Death Eater? Use all the clues that have been given, and you'll probably get it no problem!