Bad Faith Chapter 11: Revelations, a harry potter fanfic

Title: Bad Faith
Chapter: 9/?

Author name: badfaith
Author email: anna@tomfelton.zzn.com

Author website: http://www.undisguised.net and http://nightfall.undisguised.net
Category: Angst
Sub Category: Drama
Rating: R

Summary: Draco Malfoy learned a few things he didn't want to know, and as a result he is plunged into a war. Will Harry Potter be able to save him before it's too late? Or will Harry learn things that might condemn Draco to death?
DISCLAIMER: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended. The plot and title are mine, though!

Warning: This story contains slash, which are two boys who are in a sexual relationship together. If that's not your cup o' tea, I suggested you find some that is, or you'll miss your teatime. ^_^

A/N: Please review, you guys. I would really appreciate it. I got no reviews on my last chapter, and only a couple on the chapter before that.

Thank You's to Reviewers: Anne Phoenix – I'm continuing, I'm continuing!, Trunks Admirer – Thanks! J , Rube – I'll email you the chapters as soon as I can!, Andie Blair – Wow! Well, here's more., Andie – Always love your comments. ^_^, mizbabe -- *blown away* I must say, thank you very much., Anonymous – You love my plot? What plot? *Looks around* You must be joking. The only thing here is – oh! That plot! Draco, please give that back.

Thank You's to Others: My Muse, who at this time refuses to reveal their identity, I am extremely grateful for their ever present whisperings at my ear, and the visions they send me in my dreams. Andie, again. She's a really sweet girl who deserves recognition for her work. And, last but most definitely not least, my new soul brother, Dan (who is oblivious that I even write. Shhhhh! Don't tell him!)

Chapter Nine
Revelations

The Common Room door banged open with a loud bang! And Hermione stumbled hurriedly through the opening, her hair more frazzled looking than ever. In her arms she carried an old, rotting, dust-covered book.

"I found it!" she yelled enthusiastically.

"Found what exactly?" Harry asked calmly, quite used to Hermione's erratic and unusual behavior.

"The Prophecy! It's all here. I knew I had read it before! You won't believe what I found! It's…it's amazing!" Hermione's face was a glow with excitement, and her eyes glittered with it.

"Well, show it to us already!" Ron said impatiently. Hermione scurried over to the couch, clutching the book possessively. Ron and Harry scooted over to make room for her. She sat down and placed the book on the table in front of them, and flipped through its yellowed pages carefully. Finally, she stopped turning at a page halfway through the book.

"Here." She pointed to the top of the page, "The Prophetess Morgana." She read the bold title at the top. "Most noted for her prophecy of the Fall of Rome, the Prophetess Morgana only prophesied thrice. Her first Prophecy was as a young girl, when she divined the slaughter of all the members of her family, excepting her brother, Darius, and her, four days before it happened. Her second and previously mentioned Prophecy was the Fall of Rome, thirteen full years before. Most scoffed at her Prophecy, but after it came true, Morgana was hailed as a Prophetess. Years later, as an old woman, Morgana Prophesied once again -- the destruction of the Wizarding World. Her brother thus wrote her last words, as she lay on her deathbed, horrified at what she had seen:

Worlds full of killing
and blood spilling.
For revenge the people will call.

To pay the price:

Fire and Ice.

Thus the Wizarding World shall fall.

Many scholars have mused on what she had seen in her divining, but none have agreed on one single thing. Many hope her last prophecy will never bear fruit." Hermione fell silent, and they all sat contemplating what she had just read.

"But what does it mean?" Harry started, "Fire and Ice, I mean."

"I don't know Harry. I wish I did, but I don't." Hermione sounded quite melancholy. Ron put his arm around her.

"Cheer up, Herm'. You can't know everything, you know." He kissed the top of her head gently. She sighed and nestled into his embrace.

"I wish I did, Ron. It would make it so much easier for us, and for Harry." Harry, who had been rereading the page Hermione had read out loud, looked up.

"Hermione, what's this?" He pointed at the bottom of the page, at some small letters she hadn't caught before as he held it up for her and Ron to see. Hermione snatched the book from him quickly and read it. Both boys looked at her expectantly. The bottom read: