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Back in the hospital wing Harry woke up screaming. McGonagall and Madame Pomfrey were instantly at his bedside trying to restrain him and prevent him from hurting himself. Once he had realised he was not Voldemort anymore, he looked around in shock and surprise. Ron and Hermione were standing at the foot of his bed looking worried and madame Pomfrey was running diagnostic spells on him.

After he had calmed down McGonagall asked Harry to tell her everything he'd experienced in the past 30minutes that he'd been gone. Harry looked nervous and skittish, he kept glancing at Hermione and Ron but McGonagall's patience was wearing thin "Mr. Potter, I assure you, I am aware of a lot more than you think, Madame Pomfrey and I are both part of the order and need I remind you that I was the one who got you on the quidditch team in your first year, I was the one who awarded you points for disobeying school rules about a troll, I was the one who taught you how to dance, tried my best to prevent you from participating in that horrible tournament, never confiscated your map or your cloak, helped you when professor Umbridge was out for your blood and will be the one telling Dumbledore to stop raising you like a pig for slaughter!" Her voice had steadily increased and she was heaving by the end of it…. She closed her eyes momentarily to rain her composure and said "So….. If you'll be so kind as to spit out what you just experienced, the actual adults can figure out how to save you instead of the bungling efforts of 3 children and an unrealistically optimistic old man, that have resulted in the rise of the dark lord from the dead!"

Harry, Ron and Hermione were stunned, they had never seen Professor McGonagall blow her top off. Even Madame Pomfrey was left shocked and speechless at the diatribe from her old friend directed at a student no less.

Digging deep into his Gryffindor courage Harry said "I was him and he was torturing a students father, Isobel Stevens, she's in Ravencalw. He's going to use Polyjuice to become him and go somewhere… also, there was Malfoy… not Draco… his father… he'll be taking him and Rookwood and he mentioned someone called…. Pius… He wants to see him…" Harry finished winding what scared him more Voldemort of a raging McGonagall

"Okay… what there anything else?" She asked seriously

"no mam…" Harry said

"Very well, Poppy, I'd send these two back to the dorms but they would probably sneak back here anyway…" McGonagall said to mamma Pomfery gesturing at Ron and Hermione who at the moment were finding their slippers and toes very interesting

"That's fine, you both can stay here for a bit but I will be insisting on a dreamless sleep potion Mr. Potter, you have just been through a forced astral projection, you need rest…" She said sternly

"Yes, than you mam…" said Harry as the adults gave him a nod and left

"How are you feeling?" Hermione asked sitting next him worried

"I feel fine… really…" Harry said but he seems to be deep in thought

"You can't feel fine Harry… Your soul was literally out of your body…" Ron said horrified

"What?" Harry said confused

"Astral projection" Hermione explained "You were possessing Voldemort or he was possessing your should somehow… Harry, I'm worried… If you're a Horcrux…" Hermione was cut off by Harry

"He knows…" He said "I didn't tell McGonagall but he knows… he looked right at me in the mirror and said 'I see you potter' I can't be around you… any of you… if I can see what he's unto, he probably can see what I'm doing too… besides you already heard what McGonagall said, I clearly have to die…"

"Shut up mate!" Ron said socking his head "You don't get to go off an be all Nobel without us… Besides we all know 'mione's the brains of this operation! We wouldn't last minutes without her…"

Hermione gave Ron a small smile and said "Harry, we've been in this together form the start, don't give up on us now…Also McGonagall said she'd ensure you didn't have to die… so have a little faith would ya…"

Harry was getting upset "I'm not giving up! don't you see 'mione! He can see this! He can you and you" he said pointing to them "he can see where I am! I can't seem to get a handle on occlumency, what happens if he decides to posses me and kill off everyone in the order and I can't stop him?! What then?" Harry said angrily

"That's not going to happen…" Ron said seriously

"How can you be so sure?!" Harry said

"Cause it's you against the rest of the order, I'm pretty sure you'll be gagged, bound and wand-less before you can throw your first curse…" Ron said trying to make a joke

They were quiet for a moment and then they all snickered releasing the tension they didn't know they were holding on to. When they stopped Harry looked at his two best friends, his only family in the world and said "I couldn't live with myself if that happened…"

"It won't " Hermione said firmly "You have been sensing him and even possessing him but you can't control him and you said he still couldn't touch you without hurting himself in after he came back…" She said thinking

"What are you saying 'mione?" Harry asked

"I'm not sure, but I need Draco's help, I need to know a bit more about Horcruxes but there has to be way to detach whatever piece of his soul is attached to you without you dying… There has to be…" Hermione said it with so much conviction she wondered if she were wishing for something that didn't exist

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Snape couldn't arrive at the Manor with only 4 more days of the school year left. So he did the next best thing he could think of. He went to Dumbledore's office and found Fawks sitting there with a note attached to his leg.

I think I've found another one Severus and I might have also discovered who knows how many there are. Make sure Harry's lessons continue and that he knows nothing about the prophecy. If he finds out, I fear he may not have the courage to do what needs to be done.
As for Fudge and Umbridge, don't worry, I have feeling it will work itself out.
Remember Occulmency is the key. He mustn't learn about the link to block it out.

Snape was going to write to Dumbledore about the most recent development but then he stopped and read the note again. The great thing about quills is they tell you where someone had applied more pressure. Those alphabets tend to slit a little or have a slightly thicker line. Snape read one line over and over again

He mustn't learn about the link to block it out.

The he was thicker than the rest of the handwriting. Dumbledore had been getting restless but this seemed frantic. This He was not Harry. He had been giving Dumbledore the benefit of the doubt, he had been trying, but he knew for sure. He knew that Dumbledore believed the best way to save the world was for Harry to die. He also knew that Dumbledore couldn't let that happen because he made an unbreakable vow to Snape that he would protect Lilly's son. That vow was the only reason Snape was still here. So either Dumbledore was ready to die or he had found the one Hallow that had evaded him all his life. Especially since the philosopher's stone was now destroyed.

Fawks looked at Snape and tilted his head. He was wondering why Snape didn't seem to have a response. Snape just threw a treat at him and left. Dumbledore was going to be of no help after all.

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