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Gavroche-Girl: gives you a cookie scary!Harry scared me too. He had a reason to go there, you'll find out in the future chapters :)

IchigoTheStray: Thanks :) Here's chapter two!

Chapter 2 – The Letter

Harry and Draco were sitting at a table away from everyone else at the Leaky Cauldron. Harry was still in a foul mood and didn't pay attention to any of Draco's questions.

"Why did you call me Malfoy back there?" Draco asked. "What did I do to get that treatment?"

"It isn't you, Draco," Harry replied.

"If it isn't me, why in Heaven do I get called Malfoy? I thought we agreed to forget that name once and for all!"

"Draco, I'm not in the mood to argue with you about that. This isn't the best time to discuss that."

"Oh, so you think there's a better time for it to be discussed, oh mighty Mister Potter?"

"Draco, I…"

"Just forget about it," Draco suddenly got up, "I do not wish to be called a Malfoy, and I refuse to be called a Potter either. You disgust me, Potter." Draco spat out the words and left the table. He headed to the door that led outside to Muggle London, and he was met by Ron and Hermione, who entered at the same moment he was leaving.

"Draco, where's Harry?" Hermione asked.

"He's there, whining on about some stupid issues he has." Draco replied and left quickly.

"That was odd," Ron said, "what's got into him?"

"I'm not sure, but I think I know," Hermione replied.

They joined Harry at the table, and were silent for a moment. None of them wanted to make Harry feel worse than he was. They knew his flame of anger was slowly subsiding. They needed Harry to calm down before they could attack him with their questions.

Finally, Hermione looked at Ron as if wondering if it was a good time to start asking. Ron nodded and she turned to Harry.

"Harry, I know that your cousin is a pain, but that doesn't mean you have to kill him!" Hermione said, "What did he say or do that made you act like that?"

Harry kept staring at the table.

"Why would you like to kill him? What happened? Why were you there?" Hermione kept asking, but there were no reply.

"Harry," she said calmly, "I fixed this."

She gave him the photo of his parents, which he took and placed it on the table without saying anything.

"What happened, mate?" Ron asked.

"Harry, please say something," Hermione said.

"I've been living in a lie," Harry said, finally.

"A lie?" Ron asked. "What do you mean?"

"I hate them," Harry replied.

"Harry, could you please tell us what happened?" Hermione asked.

"We want to help." Ron said.

Harry sighed. He took out a letter from his pocket and gave it to Hermione.

"Read it," he said.

Hermione unfolded the letter and started to read:

Date: July 25, 1994

Dear Harry,

I hope that you're feeling well. I wanted to tell you this in person, but I couldn't. I don't know how your reaction will be when you hear what I'm going to say, but I hope you'll understand.

When I was still a student at Hogwarts, I met this terrific girl, who had fascinating eyes and I fell in love with her instantly. Our relationship was kept a secret because of my family. You know how they were, they hated everything that was a Gryffindor and me being sorted there didn't help the matters. I couldn't tell them about her, because I knew they'd make me leave Hogwarts.

After three years of secretly dating, she told me she was getting engaged to one of my best friends. I loved her so much that I wanted her to be with me. I did many things to keep her away from my friend, even after they were married. I knew she loved me too, because she kept meeting me after their marriage. One day I found out she was pregnant. I didn't mind raising that child but that's when she changed. She kept avoiding me and ignored my letters. The Dark Lord was after her and her husband, and that's when the idea struck me. I wanted her to be mine and mine alone. So, I joined forces with the Dark Lord, and convinced them to make me their secret keeper.

The Dark Lord promised me he wouldn't harm her as long as I told him where they lived. But everything went wrong. She struggled, and got herself killed right after her husband.

You know what happened next. I just wanted to tell you that this woman I loved... was your mother.

Sirius

A/N: Mwahahahaha! a cliffie! Review and let me know what you think!