Once again, thanks to my reviewers:

O r i g i n a l1- Yep! Sirius is back! He is also one of my favorite characters and I cried when he died. Actually, Sirius wasn't in the headmaster's office but he was in the 'Gateway between Heaven and Hell' but not to worry, he is coming back as it says in the challenge but he won't be coming back for a couple of chapters....sorry...

calicat- Yes, I have been thinking that the challenge has to many requirments to and I am going to take off some of the requirments. Thanks for the review!

Remo Con- I love DBZ also but like you said, DBGT is not as near as good as it. Thanks for the review!

Doneril- Thanks! His trial won't be for a while I'm afraid...

heala- LOL! Harry is going to be Severus' son and he is going to be bit after he finds out.

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Okay, ATENTION TO ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED IN THE WEREWOLF CHALLENGE! As of now I have taken off a couple requirements, not anything major, but a couple nevertheless.

Alright, I know you guys are tired of me blabbering so let's get on with the story...

Chapter three- Lily's letter

Harry walked to the headmaster's office by himself; Ron and Hermione had had prefect duties so they couldn't come with Harry.

Anxiety and dread accompanied Harry every step of the way and as he got closer, he felt as if his legs were slowly turning to lead. He hadn't spoken to Dumbledore since the end of last year, when he had been told about the prophecy and had nearly destroyed the headmaster's office.

He had been furious with Dumbledore for keeping the truth from him all this time at first, but then he had realized that the old man had only wanted what was best for him, he had realized that the headmaster was only human, and could make mistakes.

But still, even if he wasn't mad at the man anymore, it still filled him with a sense of dread whenever he thought about talking to him.

Mainly because Harry was afraid that Dumbledore was mad at him for destroying his things and would punish him.

Harry shivered slightly at the thought.

He approached the gargoyle and found that he didn't know the password.

"Ah....Chocolate Frogs?" he asked hesitantly and the gargoyle stared back at him, not moving. He huffed in annoyance and started naming sweets off the top of his head.

"Fizzing Whizzbees, Pumpkin Pasties, Cauldron Cakes, Drooble's Best Blowing Gum, Bertie Botts Every Flavored Beans, Lickerish Wands, Cockroach Clusters, Acid Pop..." the stone gargoyle finally jumped aside at the last candy named and Harry walked up the revolving staircase and knocked on the headmaster's door.

To his surprise, not only was Dumbledore and Remus seated, but also Snape, who looked highly annoyed, his arms crossed impatiently.

"Well now that the celebrity has finally decided to take time out of his busy schedule to grace us with his presence, I would like to know why exactly I am here headmaster..." Snape stated quite rudely. He turned to glare at Harry, as if it was his fault that he was here.

Harry met the penetrating glare and felt a sharp pain in his head (not his scar) before breaking eye contact with the hated professor.

Snape smirked and said tauntingly, "I would have thought that you would have learned your lesson about Occlumency and practiced on your own after that rather....unfortunate incident at the end of last year, Potter. Then again, the famous Boy-Who-Lived is to foolish to even think of it! Even when his own Godfather is dead because of his foolishness..."

"That's enough, Severus..." Dumbledore warned as he fixed his blue eyes on Harry.

Remus was staring at Snape as if there was nothing he would have liked better then punching in his large nose.

Snape sneered at the werewolf and Dumbledore cleared his throat, "Enough! Now, what I am about to tell you with effect all of you in some ways I'm sure, but mostly you and Harry, Severus so I need for you all to please try and get along!"

"And why would it effect Potter and I the most, headmaster?" Snape asked in a strained tone, his black eyes glittering.

"Severus, calm down" Dumbledore said tiredly and Snape scoffed, "Then allow me to leave, I am sure that my presence isn't entirely important if it includes Potter..."

Harry and Remus had watched the exchange silently. Remus cleared his throat, obviously quite annoyed by being off topic of whatever it is they had come for.

"Now..." Dumbledore began as he held up a piece of paper, "I have here a delayed letter from Lily Potter.."

The response was quite amazing to Harry.

Professor Snape, who had been scowling, had immediately sat up in his chair, his face unreadable.

Remus had paled and was now looking at Dumbledore wearily.

Harry himself had blinked in confusion and sat up in his chair also. A letter from his mother? Who was it to? Was it to him? What did it say? Why did she send it?

The four were silent for a couple minutes before Harry spoke up, "Why would she send a delayed letter, Professor?"

Remus nodded to Harry's question but Snape remained still, though it was obvious that he was listening intently.

"It would be easier if I were to read it to you all...." Dumbledore told them, looking tired all of the sudden. "And may I remind all that you that besides her no one, except James had any idea about this..."

Remus and Harry stared in confusion at Dumbledore and Snape sneered, "Well get on with it!" there was a tad of impatience in his voice.

Dumbledore read:

'Dear Albus,

I suppose you are wondering why I am sending you this letter, especially when I am probably already dead and have been for some time but you will understand later....you always do and this is something of utmost importance that I had to tell you.

First off, if James and I are betrayed, please know that it was Peter Pettigrew who betrayed us and not Sirius Black.

Sirius came to James and I a couple days after the Fidelous Charm was cast, practically begging for us to change secret-keepers. We had to choose Peter because Remus was off on a mission for the Order and he was the closest available that we thought we could trust.

I have a feeling that he will betray us though.....he's a spineless coward who always sticks with the strongest people.

If he does then James and I will die for sure and that will mean that Harry is the prophesized one to defeat Voldemort.

I don't want that to happen, I'd give anything for it to not happen. I want James and I to survive, so we can watch Harry grow up and love him and be there for him like he deserves, like it should be. But if it does happen then Harry will have to go live with Petunia for the blood spell to work and he will be despised there, I know it.....

Harry is probably about sixteen now right? I charmed this letter to come to you on Harry's sixteenth birthday because I feel that he needs to know the truth and the charm I placed on him will be wearing off about three months after his birthday so he will need to understand what is happening to him.

I don't really know how to tell you this, Albus so I will be blunt, James isn't Harry's biological father.

And I didn't love him, I loved Severus.

Severus....I loved him so much and I still do. But we couldn't be together....not when he was still a spy for the light at least....

We agreed to not see each other anymore when we were nineteen, we had been going out together since the sixth year. Since Severus was a Slytherin and I am a Muggle-born, we couldn't let it be known that we were seeing each other. So, James, who had always been on bad terms with me, agreed to patch things up by pretending to be my boyfriend in the seventh year so I could make excuses as to why I wasn't in the Ravenclaw dormitory in the evenings.

But you probably already knew that didn't you?

Anyway, after school, Severus and I continued to see each other until we were nineteen, like I said before. When we agreed not to be together anymore, I never saw him again.

I didn't know at that time that I was pregnant.

When I did find out, I panicked and James agreed to marry me and pretend that the baby was his (you know how much pregnancy without marriage was frowned upon).

That baby is, of course, Harry.

Harry is Severus' son, Albus....please tell Severus...tell him that he has a son....and tell him that I'm sorry....

Tell Harry that both James and I loved him more then life itself and tell him that I'm sorry for not telling him sooner...

Tell both of them the truth, Albus, you know as well as I do that they both are going to need family more then anyone and I don't want my son and the man that I love to be alone.

James and I will always be appreciative for all that you have done for us, Albus....

Love,

Lily Elizabeth Evans-Potter'

Dumbledore finished the letter softly and looked around the room, almost cautiously.

He glanced at Remus first, knowing that he would be the safest since he wasn't as included as the other two were.

Remus had his mouth wide open, his amber eyes wide and unmoving. He blinked a couple times before making a rather weird sound and closing his mouth with a 'snap' as he met Dumbledore's gaze and they both cautiously glanced over at their two companions.

Harry had a hand up to his mouth, his emerald eyes wide and glazed slightly.

Snape on the other hand had paled dramatically, his hands shaking as his black eyes glittered strangely.

The silence stretched on and Harry finally snapped out of his daze to look at Dumbledore and Remus, staring at them with a lost expression.

He chanced a glance at Snape....how could the greasy git be his father? How could his mother.....sleep with him! Harry nearly gagged at the thought and broke the tense silence awkwardly, "...it can't be true..." he whispered, staring directly at Snape.

Snape looked up to meet the emerald eyes that looked exactly like Lily's and suddenly felt as if he were suffocating...he needed to get out...away from those green eyes.

He stood and whirled, striding toward the door, his mask firmly back in place, aware of those green eyes following him.

"Severus...." Dumbledore said gently. "I know this may come as a big shock to you but think about Harry, Lily would want you two to be a family, she said so in her letter..."

Snape immediately shoved the doors open with an alarming 'bang' and walked down to his dungeons.

"Severus!" he heard Dumbledore yelling after him and he broke off into a run.

How could Lily lie to him like that? How could the Potter-brat be his son? No, it was impossible...there was no way....

No.

He refused to accept that he had sired such an ungrateful, selfish, little whiny brat for a son!

But it was true and he knew it, but that didn't mean that he was going to suddenly accept the boy! He hated Potter....Snape.....whoever the hell he was...and one discovery would not erase five years of hatred placed upon the boy.

Yes, at first he had hated Potter because of who his father was but as the years went on, Snape had developed a true hatred for Potter himself.

Maybe it was because the boy's temper had matched his exactly and he had stood up to him instead of trembling in fear with the other students.

Or maybe it was because the boy had lived and Lily hadn't....and Snape blamed the boy because Lily had died saving him....

Or maybe it was because the boy was the unity of Lily and James Potter, and he felt as if he had been betrayed.

Maybe it was just all three and it probably was.....but the boy was his son....and when Snape had been younger he had swore to himself that he would always love his children and would never be like his father had been....an uncaring bastard...

He stumbled into his private rooms almost blindly, the lights coming on automatically.

He opened a cabinet, pulled out a bottle of rum and poured a large glassful before gulping it down greedily.

Yep...besides terrorizing students this was his stress-reliever right here....at least whenever he got drunk, he forgot his worries which was definitely what he needed now.

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Harry sat in the headmaster's office, still not moving from the position he was in. Slowly, he turned back towards the other occupants of the room.

"Harry, are you alright?" Dumbledore asked gently.

Harry didn't say anything.....he didn't know if he was alright or not, he was practically numb.

"So..." he began, his mouth feeling dry as stated the horrible truth. "...so, Snape is my father..." he swallowed, "..and my whole life has been a lie.."

"No!" both Dumbledore and Remus yelled at the same time. Harry looked up to meet their eyes, his own brimming with unshed tears.

"Yes it has! My whole life has been a lie! I'm not 'Harry Potter' anymore! I'm not the beloved son of Lily and James Potter who loved me so much that they gave their lives for me.....no... I'm 'Harry Snape'! Son of the most hated teacher at Hogwarts, hated by his own father..." he ranted nonchalantly.

"Harry!" Remus interrupted him. "James loved you like a son! I know that because when you were born....James wouldn't stop bragging about you...and Lily, she loved you so much, they both did!" he told him softly as he made his way over to Harry's chair and squatted beside him.

"And I love you just as much as I did before regardless of who your father is....you're like a son to me Harry, you were like a son to Sirius also and I'm sure he wouldn't have stopped caring for you just because of something that you cant help..."

Harry let Remus' words wash over him as he tried to calm himself down enough to ask the next question, "What are we going to do? She....my mom said that the charm would start to wear off near Halloween..."

Dumbledore nodded, "Well we certainly can not let anyone know about this..."

Harry's head snapped up, "You mean were going to keep it a secret?!"

"That is the only choice, my boy, Severus is a spy and if it were to get out that you were his son....Tom would not be pleased..." Dumbledore muttered wearily.

"Am I going to go into hiding?" Harry asked, fearing the answer.

"No......its been a long night, Harry and you've had a big shock....I suspect you want to get back to the common room to tell Mr. Weasley and Miss Granger about this discovery?" Dumbledore asked, his eyes twinkling.

"er....am I aloud to, sir?"

"I see no reason why not, just as long as you are not overheard..." Dumbledore told him sternly. "This secret must be kept and no one can know Harry, no one besides them because if it were to get out, then I'm afraid this war will come sooner then it is meant..."

Harry nodded to Dumbledore's request. He still felt slightly light-headed from everything.

"Now, you should get some rest, Harry...we'll talk later, when Severus is here.." Dumbledore told him.

Harry nodded again and left.

Remus turned to Dumbledore, "He seems to be taking that almost to well..."

Dumbledore nodded, "Just give it a minute to sink in, Remus, I doubt that young Harry will be getting much sleep tonight..."

"And Severus?" Remus asked and Dumbledore sighed, "Just don't go down to his rooms tonight, Remus, Severus wont be in any condition to talk..."

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Harry slowly walked into the common room just as it all seemed to hit him. Severus Snape was his father....and his father hated him.

He suddenly had the urge to cry, he hadn't cried in so long and it all just seemed to pile up on him at this moment, Cedric's death, Sirius' death, him being the prophesized one and now, Snape being his father.....

"Hey Harry!" Hermione said brightly as he spotted her and Ron sitting by a couch, doing homework.

Hermione noticed his forlorn expression, "What's wrong? What happened?"

Harry didn't answer, he past by the two of them and hurried up to his dorm, plopped down on his bed, fully clothed, put up a silencing charm, and cried for the first time in ten years.

He cried because of all that had happened to him, his parent's death, his uncle beating him. He cried for Cedric, who would never grow up and for Sirius, who would never experience freedom. He cried for himself, because he had to defeat the Dark Lord once and for all, because he was terrified that he would loose his friends in the process, and most of all because his whole life had been a lie.....and his father hated him...

() err....okaaay, well hope you liked this chapter...um...ya

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