*grins* So sorry for the wait Minna-sama! I am stressed to kill right now. FINALS ARE UPON ME!!!! ACK!!!

O_O hehe....Nothing new with me besides stress re-entering my life. Just saw the Animatrix...and I'm so inspired, I'm going to write! Oh..and I've seen X-men and am now the proud passenger of three ships: AD/MM, Storm/Prof. X, and Logan/Rogue. *dances*

Ok...rant over. have fun......

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Harry lay in bed that night unable to sleep. What had come

over his future teacher? Why would she believe that crap about

Dumbledore??!! How could anyone listen to anything bad about

him?

" And on top of it all, I have no clue when they die and who is going

to do it. Voldie can't just waltz in here.", he whispered to himself.

Rolling over, he picked up the photo (moving of course) of himself,

Alberforth, Albus, and Minerva. They were smiling and laughing,

Albus occasionally kissing Tabby on the cheek. He smiled wearily.

' I wish I had your advise Professors.' He had never quite realized

just how much he needed them for parent-type things until now. Sure,

he had Sirius, but the poor guy never could come see Harry while on

the run. So he had turned to Dumbledore when he needed

understanding and Mcgonagall when he needed a kick back in line.

And he'd given trust and love to them both, withought even realizing

it. And he'd fail when they needed HIM to save THEM.

" I will NOT fail.", he said. But words weren't enough. So he came

back to Minerva. He had seen something in her eyes, something sinister

that he couldn't quite place, but he felt as if the entire mystery would be

solved if he figured it out. That gleamed, dazed look. What was it?

There was a word, no, a name! A name was the answer.

"Agh!", He managed to say into his pillow as his scar burned green

in his head. His scar.......Voldermort was pissed off, bad. He jumped out

of bed in such a rush that he knocked over his bag. As he turned to

leave and find Minerva, something from his spilled bag caugh his

attention. It was the fang of Slytherin's Baslisk. It was like one of those

jigsaw puzzles with the missing piece that fell under the table. You just

had to look where you least expected it to be. The fang, The Serpant

and Tom, Ginny, her eyes as she lay in the chamber. Glazed like

Minerva's. And Tom's betrayal that caught him off guard. He flung

his school cloak over his sholders, lacing the to his uniform he had

tried to sleep in. He practically flew down the stairs, panic rising with

each step. He peeked in the girl's dorms. Minerva's bed was empty.

He was really paniced now, until a voice started him from his thoughts.

" Daniel?? Why are you up?" He turned.

"Albus, no time to waste. She's gone and might die if we take too

long!" No mstake, the young man's face went into "Holy-shit-I'll-lose-

her" mode. He grabbed a cloak, and invisibility cloak, over his sholders

and nodded his understanding. Soon both were in the Main Hall and

out the double doors, a little slower as to avoid Mr. Darkloom's eyes

under the cloak.

" Where....do...you..think..she....is?", panted Albus when they reached

the large Elm tree. Harry scanned the grounds. What would Tom do to

make her suffer a seemingly 'natural' death?

" What is Tabby's biggest fear?" Dumbledore's now slightly

frightening eyes widened.

" The Bloody lake! She hates water..let's go." But Harry wasen't

about to risk loseing him too.

" I'm sorry about this." Albus turned, sensing a change in his friend,

to see a wand pointed at him.

" Daniel, why?"

" Because you need to live, or.....I won't exhist." Harry had to spill it.

He had to to save the man he owed all too. Dumbledore just stood there.

"Your from the future." Harry smiled grimly.

"Duerme!" He shouted. The sleeping spell worked like a charm.

(Pardon the pun, I didn't do it on purpose) No wizard in Britain but a

few dozen knew it. Dumbledore was out like a light.

'Thank you Hermione. I put by Senora Knox to good use.' He covered Albus

in his cloak and hid him in the tree's shadows. Then he was off in a

sprint towards the lake, illuminated by the moonlight. His breath

quickened, almost gaging him as he raced towards Tabby. He soon

caught her in his sights, wading knee-deep in the water. Her eyes, on

closer inspection, had no pupils. They were just pools of dark brown.

"Tabby! Tabby!", he called out, but she just kept going further.

Harry's heart was beating wildly in his cheast. And then he saw him, a

black figure against the light.

'Tom', Harry thought, but kept his pace. But Minerva was already

up to her cheast in the frigid waters, not even shivering.

SLAM!!!! Harry was suddenly hit with a blasting curse just as he saw

an awakened Albus coming over the hill.

' How _DOES_ he do that?' But his eyes instead beheld Voldermort,

grinning down at him.

"Hello boy....ready to die?"

"Go to Hell!", Harry spat, his scar burning jet black this time. He

turned his head to warn Albus to get away, but it was to his horror that

the young man's eyes were just like Minerva's, who was now stopped in

her suicidal path. Voldermort turned to him, grinning maliciously. He

pointed to Harry.

"I think this will be quite a twist. Kill him." And Albus ran down to

Harry, lifting him up in one hand.

"Professor! No! It's me, Harry!" There was no response. The wise,

comforting eyes were cold as ice and as blank as one dead. Harry found

himself then flung down, hard. Then a blasting curse. And another.

Harry felt as if he were near death. Death at the hands of his

Headmaster, who'd either be killed or forced to wake up knowing who

he killed.

"Aren't you going to fight back boy?"

"No! I'd rather die than hurt or betray him!"

"How loyal...pah! Then you die like your filthy Mudblood mother,

half-blood!" Harry found strength to sneer.

" Look who's talking. Your father was a muggle, itiot." His mind

gasped. Where had this come from? But he had no time to think, as an

Unforgiveable was pushed onto him. He screamed. He'd never imagined

it this powerful, but the young man giving it was no ordernary guy. He

looked up once he had strength to see Voldermort walking towards

Minerva, and Albus standing above him, ready to finish him.

"Professor, I'm sorry I've let you down", he said to the young man.

The blue eyes widened in shock, the the colors swirled to a half-concious

look.

"There is no way I'd ever be disappointed in you, Harry." He knew

his real name? Harry looked up again, and Albus was offering his hand

to get up.

"You broke the enchantment!" Albus smiled.

"You got through to me. Thanks Daniel." He didn't realize what he

had said in the least!

"AIIIIIIEEEEEEE!!! Albus!! Help meee!" Minerva screamed.

Voldermort was holding her up by her neck a few feet above the middle

of the Lake. Albus was in seconds half-way there by the time Harry

realized what happened. Minerva fell as he got closer, and closer.

Voldermort was grinning now.

"IMMOBULA! (sp?)" Harry wrenched his wand to the left, catching

the Dark Lord offguard. He flew about ten feet away.

"Minervaa!!!", It was Albus's scream as he plunged into the cold

water. Time began to speed up, as it does with all dreaded events, as

she plunged back into the water. She would drown in seconds.

"Tabby!", Harry ran, although he knew he'd never make it.

She would die! She was dying! And he was helpless to save her.

'Professor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

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Ahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

(glade I got that out of my system) ^_^

I know that was evil, I'm sorry. Almost done though! Then I have a little Minerva-centric fic....and then Marai, and this saga is over. Then the series featuring Honou Messenger the Witch! I'm so excited about her!

See ya soon!