AN: Thanks for the review Athenakitty. Yes, Sirius will be cleared. Yes, Voldie is finally dead. Harry will surprise Dumbledore more than once.
Chapter 4: More Revelations
Albus asked, "What do you mean, what they were talking about in their second year?"
Fred said, "We were in the library a few spaces down from them, while they were choosing their classes for third year. We heard them saying things like how they should take all of the extra courses, except for divination. The reason that we heard for that was that people kept trying to bring Riddle back, so they needed to take classes that were actually useful."
George continued, "They also kept mentioning something about someone that would probably not like the fact that they took the divination class and they didn't want to get on his bad side. They also said something about being respectful towards this person, but only until he started to insult them."
The four friends the decency to look at each other and than everyone else sheepishly. They waited until everyone had calmed down enough to ask more questions. They also needed the time to determine how they would deal with the rest of the secrets that they had to reveal. Albus waited until they were finished talking to ask them more questions.
Before anyone could start talking, the Minister of Magic, Cornelius Fudge, showed up, with Remus and Sirius as Snuffles, behind him. He strode in liked he owned the place which made Harry groan and mutter something about couldn't he have been one of the death eaters. Hermione hissed at him in annoyance and he shrugged innocently. Fudge walked up to the Head Table and turned to look at the students.
He started to talk about how the ministry won the war and how they should all be glad that they have such good aurors and that they had caught all of the death eaters. Harry snorted in exasperation, "You forgot one of the Death Eaters." He threw the rat to Fudge who was surprised.
"This isn't a Death Eater. It is just a rat," he said.
"A rat that has a silver paw. No, that rat is an illegal animagus. His name is Peter Pettigrew," he said the first part sarcastically.
Fudge cast the spell that turns animagi back into their human form and was surprised to see that Harry was telling the truth. They quickly placed Pettigrew under the use of Veritaserum and got enough answers that would allow the ministry to clear Sirius of all charges. Sirius was told that he would receive 12 million galleons for his imprisonment as well as all of his family holdings. They were also told that Pettigrew would receive 12 years in Azkaban before getting the kiss.
Fudge left with Pettigrew in tow, but Remus and Sirius stayed behind. They looked around at everyone and was going to ask what had happened that made them all so quiet, but before they could Albus started to speak again.
"Are there any other secrets that you have been hiding from us?"
The librarian spoke up, "Ever since your third year, the four of you have only been in the library maybe 5 times a year. Where do you get the information that you need for your class assignments?"
Danielle snickered, "We have our own library to go to. We go there so that we won't be disturbed."
Harry said, "What she isn't saying is that we had cleaned up the Chamber of Secrets after our second year. We found that the Chamber has its own library that updates anytime a new novel is published."
Albus asked, "What else is in the Chamber?"
Ron answered, "Aside from the library, there is a common room, training area, potions lab, potions storeroom and anything else that we might need to help us with our classes."
Severus asked, "What else have you found out about the past?"
Harry narrowed his eyes at him in anger, which caused his eyes to turn black, "I know a lot more than you think I do. The journal revealed everything that she knew. Which does include even more family secrets."
The staff and students, along with the visitors looked back and forth between the two of them, until Sirius said, "Huh?"
Sirius and Remus were quickly caught up on everything that had been told up to that point. Remus had to put a muffle on Sirius, before he attacked Snape. Albus was looking back and forth between the potion and Snape with a confused expression on his face.
"What I don't understand is that the potion reveals the names of the parents at the time of conception. For your mother, it had her name being Lily Potter. How is that possible?"
Sirius immediately mentioned the word rape and was smacked by Harry. His jaw dropped as he looked at Harry who was seething.
"Is that all that you think could have happened? That she didn't want it? Let me tell you something, she loved both of them equally. She just chose to be with James, because he was safer to be with."
Everyone stared at him in surprise as he finished yelling at his godfather. He took a breath and continued in a calm voice, "She wanted to be with him. Nothing will ever change that."
A quiet voice broke in, "So, what is your real name?" Ginny asked.
Harry smiled as Dane answered, "His full name is Zachary Severus Snape."
Albus asked, "Who else knew of these events? Who knew besides the four of you and Lily?"
Harry smirked, "Believe it or not, James was told the truth when Mum found out that she was pregnant. James is actually my step-father. He wanted to adopt me, but they didn't want any adoption papers to get into the hands of the ministry because not all of them could be trusted."
Everyone laughed at that. They knew that a lot of the ministry were complete idiots and so they didn't like them. Albus cleared his throat in order to get them to quiet down.
"How did you pull out the swords that were in the hat?"
Harry grinned, "Like you said to me in my second year about Godric's sword, only a true Gryffindor could have pulled it. The same goes for the other four swords."
Albus sighed, "I don't understand what you are trying to tell us."
Harry groaned, "Like I said before, only a true Gryffindor could have pulled it Godric's sword. The same goes for the other four swords. When we first found out the truth, we chose to find out who I was descended from. It turns out that before my mother was born, there had been 800 years of squibs. It is on my mother's side that I am descended from Merlin, Godric and Salazar. On the other hand, it is my father's side that I am descended from Rowena and Helga, which is a scary thought. I mean, I can understand Rowena being my ancestor, but Helga?"
"Are there any other secrets that should be revealed?" Albus asked?
The four of them smirked, "Well, you all know that Dane and I had cast a spell, in first year, that would allow us to share powers, but it also allows us to be good at the things that the other is good at. Well, we chose to use that spell in second year, so that Ron and Mia also share these powers and abilities. I'm not just talking about being able to fly, but we now all have the same knowledge and abilities that we inherited from our ancestors." Harry said.
The staff looked so surprised at his response that the other students smiled. Draco Malfoy asked, "Is that how all four of you were doing so good in potions, starting in our third year? And how Granger is really good at flying?"
They nodded in answer to his questions. They turned to each other to talk quietly for a few seconds when Dane stiffened in surprise. Slowly a smile spread over her face and they realized what was going to happen.
Albus asked, "Again, I will ask if there is anything else that the four of you are keeping from us? Is there anyone else that we need to know about, that will have something to do with us?"
Harry smirked, "Let's just say that I have more family than you seem to realize," looking at his father with a smile on his face.
