Chapter 5:
A/N BTW: Thanks, Firemnwnb, for correcting a mistake I made!
"Regulus," Sirius said disgustedly. "Cavorting around with your Death Eater friends, huh little brother?" He hissed, as he woke Regulus. Regulus seethed, not speaking. "C'mon, let's grab Snape and go!" Lily snapped angrily. "We have to check on the Longbottoms!" James reminded Sirius. Sirius's ears flattened against his head. "Fine!" He put a paw on Regulus and James did the same to Snape before they apparated to the Longbottom's. They heaved their prisoners through the mansion after they saw four Death Eater Cats enter it too. James cast a Sectumsepra hex at them. One went down, then Lily cast a cutting curse and another went down, too. Remus, Lily, James, Sirius, and Xeno all cast Killing curses, and the last two went down.
Remus and Sirius went over and checked them. "They're all dead," Sirius confirmed. "Looks like Dolohov went down first, then Rabastan, lastly Rodolphus and Bellatrix Lestrange," Remus reported. A group of cats came racing over from behind a corner. An old, grey cat spoke first, "Thank you, Lord Black, Lord Potter, Mr. Lupin, Mr. Lovegood, and Lady Potter. You have done our house a great service." She bowed. "Thanks!" A brown-haired cat spoke up, Alice. She was carrying a little chubby brown kitten. The slightly taller black cat nodded, "I agree." He told them. "Hello Augusta, Alice, Frank, and little Neville!" Lily ran over and hugged her friends. "How's my little godson?" She asked eagerly. Alice smiled, "He's doing good. Getting a little chubby though!" They both laughed.
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"Where are the attack groups I sent forth?" Voldemort shrieked. It had been a day with yet no sign of the Lestranges, Black, Snape, Dolohov, or the Carrows! People were getting anxious because when Voldemort got angry, he tended to curse people a lot. And not the word kind either… "Crucio!" He yelled at Gibbon when he came back inside with a newspaper. He was angry! The headline was the real reason, though. A Final End to The Terrorists! The Death Eaters!
When the Ministry workers came into the Atrium this morning, they found something unexpected! The bodies of Alecto and Amycus Carrow; Bellatrix, Rabastan, and Rodolphus Lestrange; and lastly, Antonin Dolohov hanging from the roof! No one knows who did it or how! All we know is a note that says,
The End of the Death Eaters is coming.
-OFTP
And the note says, at the bottom, that it's from the OFTP. If anyone has information on who that is, please let us know. Madam Amelia Bones has this to say:
"Whoever did this, we are in your debt. Too long has our society been corrupted!"
She then calls for all citizens to stand up and fight the Death Eaters!
"My Lord?" Crouch asked. Voldemort stared at Crouch, "Yes, Barty?" He snapped. "What about Black and Snape? Weren't they part of the mission, too?" Crouch asked. Voldemort's eyes widened, "They could have easily been the people that betrayed my followers! Or that little group of Dumbledores! The Order of the Phoenix!" He paced around the throne. "Yes! Yes! It all makes sense, People rescued the werewolf and Longbottoms and took Snape and Black hostage! Snape is my spy, so they want to interrogate him because they think he's on their side! Why Black though?" Voldemort muttered to himself. "My Lord, perhaps Black isn't on our side? Maybe he was a spy and helped capture Snape and kill the others?" Crouch asked.
Voldemort's ears twitched, "That sounds likely!" His claws scratched the throne. "In that case, we need him back to stand as a traitor and we need to rescue Snape!" He said. "Or get the full story, perhaps Black isn't a traitor? Maybe they were ambushed because someone else was a traitor? Rookwood!" He yelled the last part. Rookwood knelt onto his front paws, "Yes, my Lord?" He said, his voice deep and silky. "Question everyone with Veritaserum to make sure there are no traitors!" Voldemort said. "And get back here, Karkaroff!" He snapped at the small cat trying to slink away. "Excellent, Igor! You just volunteered to be the first one!" Rookwood shouted.
He dragged Igor into a room. And administered the Veriteserum.
Q. Are you a spy against the Dark Lord?
No.
Q. Are you Loyal to the Dark Lord?
No.
Q. Why or why not?
I'm a coward and simply go where I think I'll survive.
Q. Who do you work for?
The Dark Lord.
Rookwood snarled. "Well, he's not a traitor. But he is a coward that would do anything to survive. But he is a Death Eater still. He isn't a traitor and he said he works for you, My Lord." Rookwood told Voldemort. "Excellent! Now question the others!" Voldemort ordered.
Out of all twenty-seven Death Eaters, six are dead, and two are kidnapped. No one answered yes to the first question, except for one person. A couple answered no to the second question, including Malfoy and Travers, and there were a lot of varied answers to the third. Mostly, Pureblood bigotry, fear, gold, and stuff like that. One said no to the last one, the same one that said yes to the first question. He was loyal to the ministry. He didn't last long when Voldemort heard about it. The ones that answered no the second got punished but no one else died.
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"Ah, I knew that we could never trust you, Snivellus," Sirius taunted. Snape didn't say anything for a while. "I was never on the Dark Lord's side." He finally said. Sirius and James gaped at him. They were interrogating their prisoners. "Why not?" James finally asked. "There… There was a prophecy concerning-" Snape sneered, "Lily's child." James looked at him oddly. "You mean mine and Lily's child," He corrected. Snape shrugged. "So?" Sirius asked finally. "He was there to kill Harry." Snape acknowledged. "But he was going to kill Lily… and you too, I suppose." Snape sneered again. James smiled, "I'm not surprised that you don't care." He said. "Well… not about you. But I wasn't about to let my best friend and her son die." He said. "Why? You hated James and Harry looks like him... and you're supposed to be a Death Eater. You hate 'Mudbloods'!" Sirius yelled. Snape told him the truth about everything.