A/N: Thanx to my few reviewers.J

Inquiries

It was another week before Madam Pomfrey finally allowed Harper to return to class. Every student in Hogwarts either stared, gave her sympathic looks, whispered, or said kind things to her.

Straight out Harry said, "what did Snape want?"

"Ummm…well…nothin', nothin' really."

"What did he say?" Harry persisted."Harry! Stop, let it be," Hermoine snapped.

Just then the owls came in. Freddie dropped a small package in Harper's lab. While Freddie was pecking at her food, Harper opened the package. Inside was a tiny gold maple leaf from her father.

"Ohhh, pretty. We have to get to Trelawny's class now,"groaned Hermoine.

"Can't you just feel the creative magic flowing all around?" Trelawny was saying when two blue suited men came in.

"Harry Potter, and Harper Skys, please," sneered one.

"Sorry, Professor. M.M.P. business you know," said the other shyly. Trelawny nodded.

"What's M.M.P.?" asked Harper before she walked over to them.

"Ministry of Magic Police."

Harper, Harry, and the two men left the room, and silently walked to Dumbledore's office.

"We just need to ask you some questions concerning the 31st," said one officer.

"Shoot."

"'Kay. What exactly were you doing in the dungeon?" asked the tall one.

"Looking for the clue Peeves gave us," said Harry testily.

"Who is Peeves?"

"A ghost," said Harper simply.

"Ah, I see. Why were you searching in the dungeon looking for a clue? Why were you searching for clues, anyway?"

"It was a scavenger hunt. We were just playing."

"Okay. Down in the dugeon, what happened?"

"A man appeared and attempted to hex Harry. I took the hex for him."

"Details."

"I don't know, he was tall and shadowed," said Harper.

As if in a daze Harry said quietly, "He had a deathmark."

"A deathmark! Are you sure?"

"Yes."

"And you, Miss Skys?"

"I wasn't looking for any marks."

"So, Mr. Potter, we can safely assume this was a deatheater? Okay. What happened then."

"I went to get the teachers," replied Harry. The sun was just beginning to reach the highest point of the sky.

"And was everyone there? You didn't see who gave her the potion?"

"Yes, and yes. Wait…I think Professor Snape was missing. I didn't see who gave her the potion." Dumbledore cringed, Snape couldn't of done it.

"Really?" the officers' eyebrows raised. "Thankyou, this helps."

Harper and Harry slowly returned to class.

"What?" snarled Snape when he got to Dumbledore's office.

"Where were you Halloween night?" asked one officer.

"At the feast," Snape said without hesitating.

"What about during the scavenger hunt?"

Snape hesitated. "In my room."

"Why weren't you with the other professors?"

Snape shrugged his shoulders. "What does it matter?

"Why weren't you there? Someone was almost murdered. You are our prime suspect."

"Listen, I saved her! Okay? I gave her the potion. I saved her…."

"That doesn't explain why you weren't there. Anyway, you have a deathmark, don't you?"

"Yes," growled Snape.

"So…you are in league with You-Know-Who?"

"Once."

"Are you still one?"

"No, not anymore," a fire of hate grew in Snape's dark eyes.

"He gave you his answers. Is that all, officers?" asked Dumbledore.

"Yes, I guess so. We'll be getting in touch with you, Mr. Snape," and with that the two blue suited men stomped out.

"Grrrr," growled Snape.