A/N Thank you Maria for making the time to beta this.

Forsaken Chapter 2

Albus Dumbledore sat across from Severus Snape, listening and observing as the young man detailed his activities since they had last met. Alastor Moody was nearby making notes of the things the young man said, leaving Albus free to fully concentrate on using his legilimency skills to ensure that their young spy was being entirely truthful.

"The Dark Lord's last brewer proved…unsatisfactory. He was in need of a new one and Lucius mentioned how well I did on my potion NEWTs when I was at Hogwarts…"

Severus had fallen in with a crowd of Lord Voldemort's supporters in his final year at Hogwarts. The boy had always had a strong dislike of muggles and at first the Death Eaters' ideals had appealed to him. However once he had a chance to experience firsthand the methods they used to achieve their ideals, Severus had had a change of mind. Or so he claimed.

"…He has taken me into his inner circle. Earlier this week he had Lucius bring me to his personal residence…"

He had secretly come over to their side some months ago and the information he had provided since had proved invaluable. Albus wholeheartedly wanted to believe the young man wished to renounce the ways of Voldemort, but he had to be sure. As a student, the boy had been naturally skilled at Occlumency and he had done much through the years to enhance his ability.

"…Lucius brought me there. The Dark Lord uses some sort of concealment charm. Lucius had to show me the address written on a piece of parchment before I could see the house. I tried to save the parchment to bring to you, but Lucius asked for it back. It would have seemed suspicious if I had refused. I…can't seem to recall what the paper said."

Albus reached into his mind. Normally despite the discomfort, Severus did his best to make things easy on both of them. Today however, Severus was being somewhat reticent. "You're curious about something, Severus. What is it?"

Severus shook his head. "It isn't something you would speak of."

Albus remained silent, allowing the uncomfortable quiet to compel Severus to speak again.

"You mentioned before that you wish to conceal the identity of your other spies from me. That way if I were discovered, I would not be able to give away the others."

This was true to Severus' knowledge. It was, however, not the truth. Several others had attempted to infiltrate Voldemort's organization on behalf of the Order. None, however, had been successful. In trying to analyze the differences between Severus and the numerous trained aurors who had failed, Albus had come to one conclusion: Voldemort had to be a Legilimens.

"I see. You believe you may have come across one of my other operatives."

Severus hesitated before speaking his mind. "I, like everyone else, had heard that Professor McGonagall had been killed, so naturally I was surprised to see her there. I wondered if she was there on your behalf or if she genuinely believes in the Dark Lord's…cause."

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A/N thank you to those who reviewed the last chapter. I would love it if you did so again. =)

For those wondering, the next chapter of Predictions, Misconceptions, & Transfigurations has been sent out for beta checking and should be up within a few days.