Invenio Veritas
By penpunk
Disclaimer: Isn't there almost like 60,000 of these Harry Potter fics? Do you think they'd really sue me if I forgot to put a disclaimer on one chapter? Yeah, you're right.
I don't own Harry Potter or any of the other characters featured in the book series by Ms. J.K. Rowling.
Chapter 13: A New Mission
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Harry followed through with his promises for the next day. He slept in until around noon, made a trip to the kitchen, and lounged around the common room. After their talk the night before, Sirius made an effort to stay in Harry's character though it was evident that it pained him greatly.
It was not until after dinner that Harry got a chance to speak to his father. As he was walking back to the common room, a tap on the shoulder startled Harry suddenly. He turned around and was met by his father.
"Alex, I just finished brewing there for you," said Severus as he handed Harry two bottles of new potion. "Did you have any trouble sleeping last night?"
Harry shook his head.
"I took the last of what I had and I slept through the night. I even had a lie in."
"That's good to hear. Tell me how those two do. I'll see you in class tomorrow," Severus said as he ran a hand through his hair.
"Yeah. Goodnight Sir," said Harry.
"Oh, goodnight."
Severus turned and began walking towards the dungeons. Harry watched him until he was out of sight. He turned and continued his way up to the tower.
Harry arrived in the common room just in time to witness Fred and George testing their newest product. Or at least they were trying to test it. No one was stupid enough to take any sort of sweet from the twins because they knew they would end up with feathers or smoke coming out from their nostrils.
Fred and George both got a mischievous look in the eye when they saw Harry come through the portrait. "Alex" wasn't aware of the Weasley Wizard Wheezes; at least that's what they thought.
"Hey Alex," said Fred as he nudged George. "Come here. We want to show you something."
Harry knew what was coming so he decided to make the best of it and turn it around on the twins.
"Hey Fred and George," said Harry. Ron and Hermione were at a nearby table with Sirius. They all looked up and watch Harry and the twins with amusement.
"Hey Alex. Me and Fred here make different kind of wizard candy and we were wondering if we could get your opinion on out newest product."
Harry cast a smile to Ron, Hermione, and Sirius before turning back to Fred and George.
"Hey yeah, sure. What kind of candy is it?"
Fred stifled a laugh and held out a small red gumball like piece of candy. Harry took it in his hand and looked at it. He looked at Fred and George. Both had their mouths open in anticipation. Harry suddenly had an idea.
"Hey do you have any other flavors I could try?" asked Harry.
"Yeah," said George as he handed Harry a green candy.
Harry took the other candy and placed both in his open palm as he positioned himself in front of the twins. He held his palm in front of him and positioned his other hand behind his palm.
"Waddiwassi!"
The two candies flew into the nearest open orifice, which were the mouths of Fred and George. Both were too shocked to do anything. They did close their mouths and proceeded to eat the candy without realizing what they were doing. There was a small pop and both twins had a head the size of a snitch.
"What the hell?" said Fred. It wouldn't have been so funny if Fred hadn't sounded like a chipmunk. Harry looked over at Ron and Hermione. They were both red with laughter. Sirius, however, was looking at Harry with a look of amazement. Fred and George both ran to their dorm room, laughing Gryffindors in their wake. Harry walked over to his friend's table.
"That was brilliant!" said Ron through fits of laughter.
"It seems you've gotten pretty good at that," said Hermione.
Harry looked over at Sirius. He wasn't laughing. His eyes were still wide with amazement.
"What was that?" said Sirius.
"What?" said Harry.
"You shot those two pieces of candy into the twins' mouth without a wand."
"Oh, that. Yeah, I found out I could do wandless magic. I've been practicing."
"I can see that," Sirius still didn't seem to be amused.
"Oh come on. I figured you, of all people, would be happy about this. It one more weapon I have against dark magic."
"Yeah, I guess," said Sirius. He hadn't considered that. "Does anyone else know?"
"Well, Fred and George do now. Ron and Hermione were there when I figured out I could do it. Other than, I don't think so."
"Hmm. I'm not sure this is something you should show off."
"I'm not going to show off, but I'm not going to promise not to use it."
"Why not?"
"Because I'm not Harry anymore," whispered Harry. "When I was "Famous Harry Potter" something like this would make people think I was some kind of freak. Now, no one knows me and I can do stuff like this without standing out."
"I can see your point," said Sirius.
Harry tried to change the subject.
"What are you guys working on?"
"Well, "Harry" here didn't take divination when he was in school," said Ron. "So now I'm trying to teach him what I learned in the last two years."
"Sounds like fun," said Harry sarcastically.
"Yeah. You wanna help?"
Harry scrunched up his face and shook his head.
"I think I'm going to go up to the dorm and get some sleep."
"What?" said Hermione. "You slept in until noon. Why do you need sleep?"
"I'm just tired," said Harry as he stifled a yawn. "See you guys in the morning."
"Night Alex."
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Harry looked at his watch. It was 12:09 A.M. He had been trying to fall asleep since 8:30. Harry had pulled the curtains around his bed and was now staring at them. He sat up in frustration and scratched his head. Suddenly, his head started to feel light. His vision started to blur and the light in the room started to fade. Harry felt really dizzy and he closed his eyes. When he tried to open them they wouldn't open. A vision started to focus in front of his eyes. It was like watching television in his eyelids. An old house came into view. Harry felt like he had seen this house before. As the house got closer, he realized that he had. It was the house the deatheaters met in.
The house disappeared. He was now in a dark, dank room. It was full of dark figures in masks. Harry silently gasped when he saw the leader of this dark group.
"Welcome back my faithful," hissed Voldemort. "I hope you have better new for me than our last meeting."
Some of the figures shifted uneasily. Obviously some didn't have good news.
"Lucius," said Voldemort. "Any news for me?"
Lucius stepped out of the line and bowed.
"My lord, there is no new news of the search. We have searched seven more mudblood houses with no results."
"Lucius, this disappoints me. I really should punish you for this incompetence. Do you have any reason why I should not?"
"I have news from Hogwarts," Lucius said quickly. "News concerning one of our own."
Voldemort took his eyes off of Malfoy and glanced over at Severus. Severus was glad he had a mask. The look on his face would have given away everything.
"Really? Please enlighten me."
"My lord, a new student has been enrolled in the school."
"Who is this new student?"
"My son says his name is Alex Snape."
Voldemort turned from Malfoy to Severus again.
"Snape, is this true? What relation is this boy to you?"
Severus stepped out of line and bowed.
"My lord, he is my son."
A frightening smile spread across Voldemort's face.
"This is quite a surprise Severus. Why didn't I know about this boy?"
"My lord, I just recently came into his life. He just transferred from Thalion Academy in Canada."
"And what house has he been sorted into?"
"Gryffindor, my lord."
"Is this true Malfoy?"
"Yes, my lord. Draco has told me that Alex has become acquainted with Harry Potter and his friends."
The smile on the dark lord's face grew wider.
"Severus, I have a new mission for you. I want you to tell little Alex to make very good friends with Harry. I want them become very close. This is an opportunity to learn what Potter has planned for this year."
"Yes my lord," said Severus. He cringed at his own answer.
"Excellent. Thank you for the report Malfoy."
Malfoy bowed and stepped into line.
"Severus, I am disappointed in you. You kept this from me and that makes me wonder about your loyalty to me."
Severus winced behind his mask. Harry immediately felt scared for his father.
"Crucio."
Father and son both closed their eyes tightly with pain.
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Sorry this chapter is oh so very short. I didn't want to continue because then the chapter would be really long. I felt this would be a good place to stop. Please review!
By penpunk
Disclaimer: Isn't there almost like 60,000 of these Harry Potter fics? Do you think they'd really sue me if I forgot to put a disclaimer on one chapter? Yeah, you're right.
I don't own Harry Potter or any of the other characters featured in the book series by Ms. J.K. Rowling.
Chapter 13: A New Mission
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Harry followed through with his promises for the next day. He slept in until around noon, made a trip to the kitchen, and lounged around the common room. After their talk the night before, Sirius made an effort to stay in Harry's character though it was evident that it pained him greatly.
It was not until after dinner that Harry got a chance to speak to his father. As he was walking back to the common room, a tap on the shoulder startled Harry suddenly. He turned around and was met by his father.
"Alex, I just finished brewing there for you," said Severus as he handed Harry two bottles of new potion. "Did you have any trouble sleeping last night?"
Harry shook his head.
"I took the last of what I had and I slept through the night. I even had a lie in."
"That's good to hear. Tell me how those two do. I'll see you in class tomorrow," Severus said as he ran a hand through his hair.
"Yeah. Goodnight Sir," said Harry.
"Oh, goodnight."
Severus turned and began walking towards the dungeons. Harry watched him until he was out of sight. He turned and continued his way up to the tower.
Harry arrived in the common room just in time to witness Fred and George testing their newest product. Or at least they were trying to test it. No one was stupid enough to take any sort of sweet from the twins because they knew they would end up with feathers or smoke coming out from their nostrils.
Fred and George both got a mischievous look in the eye when they saw Harry come through the portrait. "Alex" wasn't aware of the Weasley Wizard Wheezes; at least that's what they thought.
"Hey Alex," said Fred as he nudged George. "Come here. We want to show you something."
Harry knew what was coming so he decided to make the best of it and turn it around on the twins.
"Hey Fred and George," said Harry. Ron and Hermione were at a nearby table with Sirius. They all looked up and watch Harry and the twins with amusement.
"Hey Alex. Me and Fred here make different kind of wizard candy and we were wondering if we could get your opinion on out newest product."
Harry cast a smile to Ron, Hermione, and Sirius before turning back to Fred and George.
"Hey yeah, sure. What kind of candy is it?"
Fred stifled a laugh and held out a small red gumball like piece of candy. Harry took it in his hand and looked at it. He looked at Fred and George. Both had their mouths open in anticipation. Harry suddenly had an idea.
"Hey do you have any other flavors I could try?" asked Harry.
"Yeah," said George as he handed Harry a green candy.
Harry took the other candy and placed both in his open palm as he positioned himself in front of the twins. He held his palm in front of him and positioned his other hand behind his palm.
"Waddiwassi!"
The two candies flew into the nearest open orifice, which were the mouths of Fred and George. Both were too shocked to do anything. They did close their mouths and proceeded to eat the candy without realizing what they were doing. There was a small pop and both twins had a head the size of a snitch.
"What the hell?" said Fred. It wouldn't have been so funny if Fred hadn't sounded like a chipmunk. Harry looked over at Ron and Hermione. They were both red with laughter. Sirius, however, was looking at Harry with a look of amazement. Fred and George both ran to their dorm room, laughing Gryffindors in their wake. Harry walked over to his friend's table.
"That was brilliant!" said Ron through fits of laughter.
"It seems you've gotten pretty good at that," said Hermione.
Harry looked over at Sirius. He wasn't laughing. His eyes were still wide with amazement.
"What was that?" said Sirius.
"What?" said Harry.
"You shot those two pieces of candy into the twins' mouth without a wand."
"Oh, that. Yeah, I found out I could do wandless magic. I've been practicing."
"I can see that," Sirius still didn't seem to be amused.
"Oh come on. I figured you, of all people, would be happy about this. It one more weapon I have against dark magic."
"Yeah, I guess," said Sirius. He hadn't considered that. "Does anyone else know?"
"Well, Fred and George do now. Ron and Hermione were there when I figured out I could do it. Other than, I don't think so."
"Hmm. I'm not sure this is something you should show off."
"I'm not going to show off, but I'm not going to promise not to use it."
"Why not?"
"Because I'm not Harry anymore," whispered Harry. "When I was "Famous Harry Potter" something like this would make people think I was some kind of freak. Now, no one knows me and I can do stuff like this without standing out."
"I can see your point," said Sirius.
Harry tried to change the subject.
"What are you guys working on?"
"Well, "Harry" here didn't take divination when he was in school," said Ron. "So now I'm trying to teach him what I learned in the last two years."
"Sounds like fun," said Harry sarcastically.
"Yeah. You wanna help?"
Harry scrunched up his face and shook his head.
"I think I'm going to go up to the dorm and get some sleep."
"What?" said Hermione. "You slept in until noon. Why do you need sleep?"
"I'm just tired," said Harry as he stifled a yawn. "See you guys in the morning."
"Night Alex."
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Harry looked at his watch. It was 12:09 A.M. He had been trying to fall asleep since 8:30. Harry had pulled the curtains around his bed and was now staring at them. He sat up in frustration and scratched his head. Suddenly, his head started to feel light. His vision started to blur and the light in the room started to fade. Harry felt really dizzy and he closed his eyes. When he tried to open them they wouldn't open. A vision started to focus in front of his eyes. It was like watching television in his eyelids. An old house came into view. Harry felt like he had seen this house before. As the house got closer, he realized that he had. It was the house the deatheaters met in.
The house disappeared. He was now in a dark, dank room. It was full of dark figures in masks. Harry silently gasped when he saw the leader of this dark group.
"Welcome back my faithful," hissed Voldemort. "I hope you have better new for me than our last meeting."
Some of the figures shifted uneasily. Obviously some didn't have good news.
"Lucius," said Voldemort. "Any news for me?"
Lucius stepped out of the line and bowed.
"My lord, there is no new news of the search. We have searched seven more mudblood houses with no results."
"Lucius, this disappoints me. I really should punish you for this incompetence. Do you have any reason why I should not?"
"I have news from Hogwarts," Lucius said quickly. "News concerning one of our own."
Voldemort took his eyes off of Malfoy and glanced over at Severus. Severus was glad he had a mask. The look on his face would have given away everything.
"Really? Please enlighten me."
"My lord, a new student has been enrolled in the school."
"Who is this new student?"
"My son says his name is Alex Snape."
Voldemort turned from Malfoy to Severus again.
"Snape, is this true? What relation is this boy to you?"
Severus stepped out of line and bowed.
"My lord, he is my son."
A frightening smile spread across Voldemort's face.
"This is quite a surprise Severus. Why didn't I know about this boy?"
"My lord, I just recently came into his life. He just transferred from Thalion Academy in Canada."
"And what house has he been sorted into?"
"Gryffindor, my lord."
"Is this true Malfoy?"
"Yes, my lord. Draco has told me that Alex has become acquainted with Harry Potter and his friends."
The smile on the dark lord's face grew wider.
"Severus, I have a new mission for you. I want you to tell little Alex to make very good friends with Harry. I want them become very close. This is an opportunity to learn what Potter has planned for this year."
"Yes my lord," said Severus. He cringed at his own answer.
"Excellent. Thank you for the report Malfoy."
Malfoy bowed and stepped into line.
"Severus, I am disappointed in you. You kept this from me and that makes me wonder about your loyalty to me."
Severus winced behind his mask. Harry immediately felt scared for his father.
"Crucio."
Father and son both closed their eyes tightly with pain.
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Sorry this chapter is oh so very short. I didn't want to continue because then the chapter would be really long. I felt this would be a good place to stop. Please review!