Disclaimer: Once again I don't own Harry Potter in any way shape or form, I do however own this story line and some of the OCs.

A/N: Hi all I just got this chapter back from my second beta who only just go some free time from school and such as such we had a talk and he agrees with me to put out the call for a new second beta so people this is that call. Now this chapter is short true but it's a filler chapter as the next one which I have finished and just need to add a profile to at the bottom is the ball and I think you should all enjoy that one.

Also I had one review question Voldemort's power level and I'll answer that with this, in his current form his power level is lucky to be two and when his reborn it well go one higher on the scale I gave as that profile is from before the second war.

Enjoy and leave reviews.

Chapter 18: Catching the Mole.

Over the next week or so every Auror was treated to the sight of Tonks skipping through HQ with a happy little smile on her face, a number of the female co-workers asked to see the engagement ring whenever she went by. Tonks was more than happy to show off the simple yet costly ring.

Harry, meanwhile, had taken a good look over his egg that was the clue to the next task and after only a few days throw it to Zarra with orders to find out what the message was hidden inside the thing. The Shadow Mephit took to the task with a large smile and vanished from both Harry's and Tonks sight; the odd scream from the egg being the only signal that Zarra was working on the egg.

In this time, the couple had also looked around at housing options in the Wizarding world; both of them deciding in the end to try the Muggle world and focus on the town they had been living in for the past few years.

That morning though, Harry wasn't in Auror HQ but was walking up to Hogwarts, Kingsley only a few steps behind him, as it was Harry's job to solve this case, not Kingsley's; he was just there to act as an adviser and backup.

"Nothing like a surprise interview to clear one's mind and catch a man who has been avoiding me, don't you agree boss?" Harry asked with a smile, looking over the edge of his sunglasses. Kingsley just laughed and nodded as he kept up with Harry.

The pair had just entered Hogwarts when Harry was blinded for a moment by a camera, the sight of a third year Gryffindor being what greeted him when his vision cleared.

"Any reason for blinding me, young man?" he snapped off, rubbing his eyes as the flash had gone off just as he was taking off his glasses.

"Sorry just wanted to get a photo of the great Harry Potter, I was cheering for you when the first task started and…" The boy kept on talking as Harry tuned him out muttering about another fan that needed to learn to leave this lone wolf alone.

Kingsley just laughed a little from behind Harry before moving ahead, Harry only a step behind him after telling the kid that he should watch the level of that flash as some people might fire first and ask questions later if something went off like that in their faces.

Walking through Hogwarts Harry soon came to a stop in front of Mad-Eye's class room, the sound of the aged Auror's voice only just being heard as the pair looked at each other and gave a nod; Harry reached up and knocked loudly on the door.

Moody's voice calling for them to enter sounded a moment later. Harry entered the room and just smiled at Moody, giving a nod of greeting to the aged Auror who's magical eye was sweeping over the classroom while watching the Auror pair who had just entered his classroom.

"Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody, as you have been evading me and my partner in the investigation of how my name was entered into the Triwizard Tournament we have decided to pull you out of your class to see if you are innocent, please come with us as this should only take a few minutes," Harry said while walking down the space between the two sets of desk dividing the classroom and the two houses of students in the room at the moment; Harry thought they had to be first or second years going by their size.

Mad-eye just gave a nod starting for his office door as he said without looking back at Harry and Kingsley "Of course boy, let's take this to my office and we'll talk about this whole mess."

When Moody turned his back on Harry the young man narrowed his eyes as the aged Auror never showed his back to any of his old students, or anyone else for that matter, if he could help it. Another thing that rang in Harry's mind was the fact that Moody never called him boy, he would either call him pup or, after his fight with Remus, he had taken to calling him Alpha, but not once had he called him boy since he finished training under him.

Looking over his shoulder at Kingsley, Harry said softly so as not to alert Moody to what he was saying, "Keep an eye on the students in here and make sure that no one leaves that room save myself and I give you the passwords, drapes don't make carpet."

Kinsley nodded and moved to Moody's desk, looking over the young students and gave a small smile starting to tell them a tale of when he had just finished his training and some of the spells he had learned even showing them how to cast a simple stunner just as Harry left the room.

Entering Moody's office Harry looked around the room, making it look like he was just seeing what was around when in fact he was looking into the foe glass on one of the side walls the image of Moody standing out clearly in the image on the glass for Harry, meaning that something was off about the retired Auror.

"Well Mad-eye, you know the drill: just sit back, relax a little and answer a couple of questions and then I'll be out of your hair," Harry said, moving to take a seat after Moody had moved around to the far side of the desk and sat down eyes never leaving Harry's face.

"Of course lad, just ask your questions and then off with you," Moody said, once again making Harry take a closer notice of the man as once again he failed to use the name he normally called Harry.

"Very well then, first question as I'll bypass all the normal who are you and all that: where were you on the day that the Goblet of Fire was activated and out in public view?" Harry asked, taking out a small note pad that he had taken to carrying around; his other hand quickly made sure that the safety on his side arm was flicked off as if he needed to act fast ageist Moody he would rather go with a Muggle weapon over a wand.

"I was marking homework that my year five students had handed in for most of the morning then I was patrolling the hallways and such, I did pass by the Goblet a number of times to check and make sure the age line was still in effect and to see who had entered for Hogwarts," Moody said with his normal gruff voice as he leaned back in his seat, once again setting off the warning bells inside Harry's mind as Moody was never this relaxed around anyone.

"Indeed, and what of the night that the cup was out after Albus revealed it?"

Moody paused at this question which Harry knew meant that he had something to do with his name being entered into the cup, the aged Auror quickly recovered however, "I was in my quarters once again marking papers as well as supervising the detention of a few Slytherins who thought it would be fun to attack some students in the back."

Harry just nodded at this before leaning back in his chair locking eyes with Mad-Eye's real eye, his Legilimency coming into play but only lightly so as to be able to tell when the man was lying without setting off his Occlumency, the feeling that Harry placed in the lie zone of thought coming back from his probe.

Their silences rained in the room for a few moments before Harry gave a sigh and leaned backwards in his seat looking for all the world like he was relaxing but was in fact placing his hand closer to his secondary weapon his other hand just resting in his lap near his wand.

"What do you say we dispense with the bull shit and get right down with the question of what you have done with the real Mad-Eye Moody and who you really are?" Harry asked after a few moments of just watching the fake Auror before him.

"What makes you think I'm a fake boy?" The fake Moody said sharply, quickly getting to his feet one hand moving to his wand on his hip only to stop dead when Harry's hand shot up, the large Silver Talon handgun in hand and now pointed right at the man's forehead.

"A few things, for one thing you haven't called me once by the name that Mad-Eye would call me after I completed one year of training with him a name he said would signal that it was the real him to me, a second thing is you turned your back on me when the real Moody wouldn't with any of his students."

Crouch Jr. knew the game was up with those words and quickly pulled his wand, ducking down in time to avoid a bullet in the shoulder; a shout from the other room signalling that Kingsley had heard the shot and was getting the students to duck down behind their desk more than likely.

A thick cloud of smoke suddenly filled the room as Harry rolled backwards in his seat, falling out of it and transforming mid roll, sinking into a shadow just as the green light of a killing curse slammed into the ground where he had just rolled to a moment ago.

/ Zarra carry a message to Amelia as fast as you can, we have a hostile person within Hogwarts. Go now. / Harry thought while moving from shadow to shadow, hoping to ambush this fake before he could hurt any of the students.

The Shadow Mephit who had bonded with him in a full Familiar bond not long after the first task, meaning that even though she was in the ministry right now she could still hear his thoughts if he wanted her to, gave only a quick ok in answer.

Crouch Jr. just snarled as he looked around with Moody's eye trying to spot the wayward Auror who had to be silenced even if it upset his master. He couldn't afford to lose this place of power as he would be the perfect spy for when his master came back to power, that and the fact that he could remove Dumbledore at any time from this post as the old fool completely trusted him.

Luckily, he had a backup plan in case of something like that happened, a whole roomful of students at his mercy would be his final resort. If he didn't silence Harry and Kingsley, Albus would never let one of his students be hurt.

"You know Potter, my Master left very clear instructions on what to do with you should you find out about our little plan for you; one of those orders was to bring you to him in chains if need be, another thing was to offer you a place at his side, he has power after all and what is death but a veil that can be pieced and cut… he could bring back your parents you know, all you have to do is kneel before him and swear to serve him," Crouch called out into the shadows after the smoke was cleared with a quick wave of the wand the door to the office was sealed shut at the same time.

"Then you are a bigger fool then you look, faker. Death is the next adventure and I know that someday I'll hunt those great plains in the next world, I'll hunt them along side my pack mates and den mother, while you rot and scream in the flames of the lower plans, flames that burn yet never consume you." Harry's voice came from all around the room, the Animagus crouching down in a shadow in a corner but ready to jump to another should he need it.

/ Master, Mistress said to tell you that a squad is on the way and asks for details of what is happening. / Zarra's voice entered Harry's mind as he quickly moved to be under the desk and the shadowy nook under it when the fake threw a light spell into the four corners of the room trying to flush him out.

/ We have a fake Mad-Eye Moody on our hands here and who ever this is has done his homework as he has as much knowledge as the real Moody but made stupid mistakes that I was able to spot but only those who know him would spot them… how long do I have to keep him in this room? / Harry sent back moving to a shadow behind the foe glass not wanting to chances being in one place too long now.

/ Understood master. I'll lead the team to your location which should be soon as Amelia is getting Albus to open up the floo network for the squad. /

"You're very quiet all of a sudden Potter, what's the matter afraid to face me? That's it isn't it, you're a coward just like your parents, they were cowards and fools for opposing my Master, and they payed for it with their lives but my Master can bring them back boy just come out and come with me to meet him," Crouch called out while thinking of the Imperious Curse to take total control of Harry when he came into sight.

"Why should I face a man who doesn't even have the courage to face me with his real face? You have to hide behind the face of a man who has twice the honour that you do; you are one who walks in darkness and yet fears it at the same time," Harry said once again jumping to another shadow, a small snigger escaping his jaws at the sound of someone trying to break down the door to the office.

"As if you can talk boy, you walk in darkness all the time with this power of yours, so don't claim to be innocent and free of the taint of the Dark Arts," Crouch Jr. said with a snarl going for his hip flask to keep up his disguise as he felt the changes to his body coming on, and if possible he wanted to avoid anyone identifying the real him. The flask however was quickly cut in two and the potion within flying out across the floor as a single shadow retuned back to normal after cutting the flask.

"As if I'm going to let you drink any potions, faker," Harry said looking down at Crunch from the rafters a evil sounding laugh escaping him a moment later at the enraged look on the fakes Moody's face at the lost of his hip flask, "As to the darkness thing, I don't walk in Darkness as you put it but shadows, the shadows are the border between light and dark for without light there is no shadow just as too much darkness means no shadows."

Crouch's head snapped up all of a sudden as a light spell was fired into the roof Harry giving a hiss of pain and jumping down landing on the desk and then off on the far side avoiding a stunning from the madman.

"Your friends may be right outside this room, boy, but they won't get through it in time to save you," Crouch Jr. snarled out as he let loose with a large range of spells, including the Imperious curse and even a few Cruciatuses.

Dodging and weaving through the spells, Harry jumped over the last curse and changed back to his human form mid air, his wand and handgun coming up as he landed and let loose a half dozen binding and stunning spells, the odd gunshot mixed in with the spells being sent at the man who had kicked off Moody's fake leg as his own leg came back into being.

Crouch Jr. managed to shield himself from the barrage of spells only to scream out in pain when a single bullet entered his kneecap making the man fall backwards in pain his wand quickly however pulling a chair into the path of Harry's new spell chain buying him some time to see to his leg.

Harry meanwhile cursed slightly as he holstered his gun, jumping backwards a little as he changed forms again and fell into a shadow. He came up a moment later behind Crouch Jr., and changing back again, unleashed another set of spells that the man was able to roll out of the way of and even get back to his feet a little, albeit a little lopsided.

"You have the skills, I'll say that much, boy, but I'm more powerful then you could ever hope to be as I have been trained by the Dark Lord himself," Crouch said with a large smile as he limped backwards a single step and unleashed every single dark spell he knew; he was going to make Harry pay for shooting him.

Harry once again showed that he was very quick and agile as he dodged and weaved around the spells, summing books and such to block some of the ones he wouldn't of been able to get out of the way of in time.

The pair traded spells and insults for the next few minutes, Harry avoiding a lot of the spells by changing into his Animagus for long enough to dive into a shadow and then come up in another location a moment later, most of the time using the shadows to beat his opponent around the face and such with a shadow while he was moving.

Crouch, who had fully returned back to normal by now and as such had to throw Moody's magical eye away, gave a snarl at Harry when he dodged another round of spells by diving into a shadow mere moments before the spells could hit.

"Why don't you stand and fight instead of hiding from me boy, you really are proving that you are a coward at the moment," Crouch Jr. said sharply, firing a strong light spell into the shadow that Harry had dived into.

There was a sudden weight on Crouch back a moment later as Harry jumped down from the roof, changing forms mid-air, one of his arms wrapping around the crazed mans neck while the other grabbed Crouch's wand arm stopping him from pointing the wand at him while pushing down hard. The two of them crashed to the floor a moment later as the door was also smashed open.

Kingsley led the charge into the room with three other Aurors, Amelia and Tonks bringing up the rear of the group. After a cry of all clear was given, everyone just looked at Harry who had one knee planted in Crouch's back, one hand on the base of his neck, and the other holding the wand arm out and in plain sight for all to see, the wand had been kicked away by Kingsley as he moved in.

"You think it matters that you caught me, boy? My Master's plan is already in motion and nothing you do now will stop it; my part is done and it won't matter what happens to me as I know my Master well free me when he rises again, just as he did before," Crouch screamed out his rage, still fighting to get out of Harry's hold.

Amelia just looked at the madman for a moment before saying with a hard tone entering her voice, "Aurors Kingsley and Smith take this man in and start questioning him at once, Trainee Potter and Tonks search this room and see if you can find out anything on this plan of his master he was talking about."

Everyone just nodded as Amelia turned to talk with Ablus about this breach of Hogwarts security; the unnamed Auror moving to follow her while Kingsley strapped the anti-magic cuffs on Crouch dragging the man up the moment Harry jumped off him.

"You two have fun clearing out this mess, and remember your gloves in case he's cursed anything," Kingsley said moving towards the door, Smith only a step behind him.

"No problem sir," Tonks said, moving to Harry's side and giving him a quick kiss after the two older Auror's had left saying softly to her fiancé, "Next time just get out of the room and make sure the suspect can't get out, don't scare me like that again. Now let's get started."

"Yes, dear," Harry said in a slightly mocking tone, moving to look in some of the desk drawers while Tonks started on the chests to one side. She poked her tongue out at Harry as she went, and even started a small insult war with him.

Name: Severus Snape

Gender: Male

Age: 34

D.O.B: 10th May 1959

Eye Colour: Dark brown almost black.

Hair Colour: greasy Black

Height: 5' 10"

Weight: 90kg

Physical Fitness: 4/10 Average

Spell Knowledge: 8/10 Outstanding (Potion Master and Dark Arts Expert.)

Spell Power: 7/10 Above Average

Special Abilities: Potion Master (And Creator), Master of Mind Magic's.

Weakness: Short tempered and well holds a grudge for years is very skilled but has very poor ways of passing on said skills.

Rank: Potion Master, Hogwarts Professor.

Next of Kin: None

Information:

Severus Snape is one of the world's best potions masters and is also very skilled in the Dark Arts although this later faceted has nearly seen him in Azkaban for a number of crimes committed in the war ageist Voldemort as he was a support of said man in the start of the war.

He has however sense that time tried to make a repayment for what he has done in that war if only just as his hatred of Gryffindor Bravery and the lack of what he terms true masters of his art has lead him to have the smallest class for Sixth and Seventh year students this hearting the medical and Auror Core greatly but also helping them to a degree as only the best potion makers make it to the end of Hogwarts under him and as such the best enter both cores.

Snape has been cleared of charges ageist him but he is still watched closely by most Aurors whenever he enters a room as many of them only trust him as far as he can be thrown.

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