A/N: Hey everyone. Can you believe it's been one year and two days since I first posted this story? And this is only the 12th chapter? That's pathetic, huh? lol. Ok, well here's the next chapter. Hope everyone likes it. RR!

disclaimer: i do not own HP or any characters

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Harry tailed Snape through the Forbidden Forest hidden under his invisibility cloak, trying not to make a sound as the cloak doesn't prevent you from being heard, only from being seen. He dodged another twig Snape had just pushed out of his way and continued following. Harry walked through this forest, dodging tree limbs, and being careful not to step on too many twigs for a half hour.

'We must be getting close now,' he thought to himself. 'How far into the forest is Snape going?'

Finally, Harry saw Snape, although yards ahead of him, stop in front of, what looked like, a giant log. Under his cloak, Harry scrunched up his forehead in confusion.

'What's with this?' he wondered.

Just then, Harry saw movement behind the log. His hand was drawn to his forehead as his scar had just began to burn. He closed his eyes tightly in pain; the pain from his scar was unbearable and felt worse than any migraine he'd known of anyone to ever experience. Harry suddenly dropped to his knees in pain, feeling as though his head were about to split in two, and opened his eyes, slightly, to see Snape looking straight at him. Harry wondered if Snape could see him. Was he even still under the invisibility cloak? He held his breath for a moment, waiting to see what Snape did. Luckily, Snape turned back to face the log.

Harry stood, shakily, still with his hand on his scar, and looked at Snape questioningly. Suddenly, Harry realized what was going on. Just as everything became clear to him, a large hooded figure arose from behind the log and Harry's scar hurt worse than it ever had. Under the hood, Harry could see the red, glowing, snake-like eyes of none other than Lord Voldmort. Harry stumbled backward, trying to escape.

"There," he heard the familiar voice hiss and saw as Voldemort raised one arm, covered by his cloak, and pointed to where Harry was standing. Snape followed Voldemort's arm with his eyes, but saw nothing.

"What? There's nothing there, my lord," he said confused.

"Are you doubting me?" Voldemort hissed. "Do you think after all these years, I would not know when Harry Potter is in my presence?"

"No, not at all, my lord," Snape replied, and for the first time, Harry thought he heard fear in Snape's voice. "It's just, I don't see-"

"Of course not!" Voldemort exclaimed. There was silence, in which Harry suspected that Snape was trying to figure out what Voldemort was talking about. Then, as though a light had just flicked on in his head, Snape looked up at Voldemort and spoke.

"The invisibility cloak," he said.

"Precisely," Voldemort hissed in reply. "Go get him." Harry began to panic and quickly stumbled backward, falling against a tree, and felt his invisibility cloak slide off, revealing himself to Snape and Voldemort.

"Potter!" Snape yelled and began walking quickly toward him. Harry jumped to his feet, grabbed his invisibility cloak, and, flinging it over one shoulder, broke into a run through the forest.

Harry run as quickly as he could through the fallen twigs and large branches, leaves, and rocks. He ran without looking behind him, but he could hear Snape in the distance, trying to catch him. Harry quickened his run and, when he saw the edge of the forest, slid the cloak back over his head, concealing his body once again. He raced to Hagrid's cabin and hid in the pumpkin patch, waiting for Snape to pass while trying to catch his breath. Shortly afterward, Harry heard Snape approaching. Through the pumpkins, and his cloak, Harry saw Snape emerge from the vast amount of trees, stop, and look around, trying to spot Harry.

"Damn," Harry heard Snape whisper, out of breath, before turning and heading back into the forest.

"That was close," Harry muttered to himself before standing from the pumpkin patch and hurrying back to the castle, debating over whether or not to tell anyone about what he just saw.

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A/N: sorry it took me so long to post this. i started writing this chapter on the 29th but then my grandma died so i never got around to finishing it. anyway, i hope you liked it. RR!