A/N: Just to clear some things up now so that there's no confusion later. This is set before the battle. Dumbledore is alive. Sirius is dead. Remus and Tonks are alive, as are all of the Weasleys. I have decided that there will actually be Weasley bashing in this story as I have changed the plot,again. There will still be Dumbledore bashing however. Also Harry was never a horcrux.

Disclaimer: I do not own this franchise or any rights associated with it.

Chapter 6

"Harry…everything you know is a lie. What I'm about to tell you sounds so beyond reason that you'll want to believe that it's not true, but it is." She had to try and start this from the very beginning, and in a way that he would understand.

"What is it Hermione?"

"Do you remember those half-hearted lessons in Legilimency that you had with Professor Snape? You came back and told us everything that you had seen in your brief time trespassing through his mental barriers. Keep everything you saw in mind with what I'm about to tell you…

Harry…James Potter is not, and never was, your father. Many years before you were born, Severus Snape made a mistake that almost cost him the friendship of his best friend, Lily Evans. If he had not succeeded in winning her over, then everything you know would have happened. It did not. Instead they married in a brief, small ceremony with only the minimum amount of witnesses required in attendance. They loved one another deeply, and they had you. And then there was a prophecy…but not the one you think you know. They were in danger, so they hid. Severus was out that night, not even that far away, when Lily let someone in that she shouldn't have. Upon his return; he found his beloved wife dead among the remains of your nursery, your growing sister still within her cold body, and you; his only son, gone. James Potter had fooled everyone, and so everyone thought that Lily had been his wife, and you their son. He died with her, and so his secret was never revealed publically. Only a select few ever knew of his deception. Dumbledore was aware of the nature of Severus's relationship with Lily, so he knew of the events that unfolded that night. He removed any evidence from the scene that would have ruined James's story. He obliviated Severus and placed fake memories within his mind. He did not realise at the time that in his haste to change everything, he did not actually obliviate Severus correctly. Instead, the memories were merely hidden temporarily within his mind for several years; until the weak charm eventually broke from strain.

You were stolen, and given to those awful muggles to keep you "safe". It was all a part of the ruse that Dumbledore had created. Lord Voldemort never existed except in name Harry. He did not kill your mother, nor has he done half of what has been attached to that name. Those are all just lies that Dumbledore has made up to conceal the actual villain in all of the stories.

Him.

All he has ever done is lie. He hides behind his great grandfather act and fools all those that refuse to see his hunger for power shinning brightly in his eyes. Tom Riddle never wanted to murder all muggleborns. He wanted to better educate them on the consequences that their presence in our world brought. Most muggleborn students do not remain in the magical world after graduation; you see. They return to what they consider more their world as they feel that they are not properly accepted in ours. They do not know that they have options; that they have prospects should they wish to take them. Because they are never told. And so our magical sources become depleted because they're wasted on uneducated witches and wizards. He just wanted to provide them with the knowledge they needed, so that we could continue to keep our traditions. But instead the old traditions and customs are lost to time as they are viewed as old-fashioned and archaic by those that do not understand the meaning or importance behind the rituals. Tom was not the one that wanted to annihilate the population. Dumbledore was. You would never guess how much he hates muggles from his outward appearance. They're the reason his sister's mental stability was destroyed, and therefore the reason for her death; at least in his opinion. So he made up lies, and dragged an old Pureblood family's name through the dirt; metaphorically speaking. Tom Marvolo Riddle was never a Halfblood. The Riddle's were a Pureblood family. His marriage to Tom's mother was based on real love, not a potion. It was all lies, to make him look like the Lord of darkness.

He isn't a bad man. All magic can be used for a darker purpose. He just happens to use magic that Dumbledore has cast the dark magic stigmatism onto. Dumbledore pretends to be the saviour of our kind, but he is actually hindering us and annihilating our population.

He robbed you of your childhood, and your father of his family. Everything that has happened since we arrived at Hogwarts at age eleven has not been Tom's doing. It was all a part of Dumble's master plan. To rid the world of the two men more powerful than him.

You…and my father…" she stopped, she could sense that she was losing him to the alternate realities playing within his mind. Fuck maybe she had told him it all too fast. But dammit! They were running out of time, and her and her father needed his support to dethrone Albus once and for all.

Harry

"Just like your father"

"Yes but he thinks it's her son" Not said to Dumbledore as he had assumed but to a dark-haired, pale-skinned handsome man that he recognised as Tom Riddle.

"Hide her, hide them all" To the same dark-haired man

"You said you would keep her safe" To Dumbledore, once his memories resurfaced; so that he could continue the ruse and be able to be near his son.

"You have your mother's eyes"

"If you truly loved her"

"No one can know"

"His arrogance rivals that even of his father"

"Lily…after all this time"

"Always"

How. How could it have all have been a lie. How could Dumbledore have done this. He knew that Dumbledore would occasionally work within a certain grey area if he thought it was for the good of everyone…but this…this far surpassed the greater good. This was evil.

His father…his father was alive.

Riddle was Hermione's father.

His eyes rolled back into his head as he passed out.

Hermione

"Harry?!Harry!"

"Draco call Severus!"

A/N: Dum dum dum…