Chapter 84: A Letter And A Discovery

Marcus received word from Vincent Thyme the next morning after he had failed to work up the nerve to ask Amelia Moon out on a date. He hated the idea that Vincent thought that he was his friend, but decided to find out what he wanted.

Dear Marcus,

I hope that whatever your doing goes well and works for the betterment of our Master. The reason why I'm writing to you is that our Master is getting annoyed at Narcissa. You should have been there because you would have found the whole thing funny.

Sincerely,

Vincent Thyme

Marcus grinned at the vision of Narcissa picking on Voldemort. He put the letter away and then went to see the Headmaster. He knew that he would get a laugh over this.

"So what do you think?" Marcus asked after the Headmaster saw the letter.

Dumbledore grinned.

"I think that Voldemort got the shock of his life?" Dumbledore concluded.

Marcus looked at him.

"And what's that?"

"Being a father-to-be is hell," he stated.

They both laughed.

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"Marcus," Hermione called when she saw him leaving the Headmaster's office.

She saw him turn to face her.

"Yes, your grace," he said, bowing before her.

"I need you to find out more about this thing called the Shadow," Hermione said. "I'm not up to it at the moment and I could really use the help."

"As you wish."

"Thanks," Hermione said.

And she slowly left.

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"So what are we looking for now?" Severus asked, after Marcus asked him to help him with what Hermione had requested.

"Hermione wants us to look up information on the Shadow," he explained. "It seems that something is wrong with someone."

Severus rolled his eyes.

"Hermione thinks that something is wrong with everyone," he exclaimed. "However, I'll help."

"Thanks."

Both men spent time looking in the library for anything that might be able to help them. When Sheek caught them at work, he joined them as well. However by the time they were finished they were lost. There was no information on the Shadow and none of them had any idea what person was attached to Harry.

"Why don't we check the Potter residence," Marcus suggested.

"Fine," Severus snapped.

They walked up the long corridors to the Potter residence, knowing that both Potters were in class. Severus said the password and all three of them entered. The living room was filled with nothing that indicated that anything was wrong and even with Severus using his senses, he could find nothing.

"Let's see what's in the bedroom," Marcus suggested.

Severus opened the door and they all walked in. The room was as normal as one could ask for from someone like Harry. They looked through everything and then Marcus pulled out something out. He opened it and felt his blood run cold. He walked over and tapped Severus on the shoulder.

"Severus, I think you need to look at this."

He handed the book to him and he looked it over.

"Oh gods this can't be," he said.

Sheek looked at him.

"What is it?"

"I think we discovered who the Shadow is," he told them.

He turned the book over so that Sheek could see it.

"It's James," he went on. "He's the one that's possessing Harry."

And then everyone fell into stun silence.

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Note: Now that's something. Next chapter: Hermione tries to work a spell to release Harry from the Shadow and Dumbledore gets some strange news.