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"Tell me about the attack in Diagon Alley today." Dumbledore said eyeing Harry cautiously.
"And what does that have to do with anything?" Harry asked frowning. He wondered what the old man was up to now.
"Don't play stupid with me Harry Potter, I know you think you are doing something good with this little resistance you have going, but all you are doing is causing more harm than good. Serious damage could have been done today."
"Serious damage? No offense professor but serious damage was done today in Diagon Alley and my resistance caught two death eaters, we can now question to further our knowledge of Voldermort's plan. We already know most of what he has planned but it will be nice to confirm things. Where were you and the order of the phoenix when death eaters attacked Diagon alley?" Harry said trying to not to get to angry.
"And you will share the information with the order." Dumbledore said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world to do.
Harry shook his head no, "No I won't be. I am not an order member so my information doesn't concern you. Besides why would I work with someone who has lied to me my entire life?"
Dumbledore frowned, "If you are referring to the disclosure of who your true father is, that is explainable. We didn't tell you who he was because of safety. We couldn't allow Voldermort to find out the truth it would have cost us everything."
Harry stood up in anger. "Don't give me that crap. You lied to me so that when I finally came to Hogwarts it would allow you to mold me into what you wanted. Severus and his darkness would have tainted me. You molded me to be what you needed and then you were going to toss me away like a piece of useless trash. Don't kid yourself with pretending you were looking out for me." Harry said with a snort.
Dumbledore shook his head in sadness; "Clearly you are not the boy I thought you to be."
"And whose fault is that Albus. You can only hold back so much information from a person before they begin to realize the truths they are given don't make sense. You tried to get the boy to be what you wanted, a strong, intelligent, stubborn boy who would defeat a wizard that you could not. Look what you have a strong, intelligent, stubborn boy who will defeat a wizard you cannot." Severus said standing up as well.
"You must forgive an old for thinking he knew what was best in the case of a very special boy." Dumbledore sighed and placed his hands on his desk.
"Perhaps if you had chosen a different path, Harry would have not only had the family he so desperately seeks, but he would have fought to the deaths for you as well. You wanted someone you could control and not a free thinker. That sir was your biggest downfall." Severus said. Harry could only stare at the man in surprise and shock. Dumbledore could only stare at the man he thought he had control of.
The room was silent for a moment before the potion master spoke again, "That would have been true in the case of another young man as well. Who pledged his life to a madman and now risks his life everyday to protect the family he could never have. I am sorry Albus but times have changed and I can no longer do your bidding. Forgive me though I believe I have more than paid the debt I owed you."
Severus grabbed Harry by the robes and practically dragging him from the office. The two were silent until they reached the dungeons.
"Did you mean what you said Snape, about why you became a spy?" Harry asked eyeing the man before him questioningly.
"Yes I did, when I found out that I was really your father, I turned spy for Dumbledore in the hopes that I was protecting you. I am sorry for the things I have said to you in the past. I had a role to play or so Dumbledore said I had to. The man is very good at blackmail you know." Serverus said.
Harry ran a hand through his already messy hair. "Yes I know how good he is." The two men were quiet again. Without warning Harry pressed his hands to his forehead over his scar as he sank to his knees. The pain in his head was worse than he had ever felt before.
"It's the dark lord isn't it Harry? Can you see anything? What's going on?" Severus asked kneeling next to the boy, his hand gently rubbing the boy's back. Before Harry could respond another wave of pain hit him causing him to fall completely to the floor. The last thing the boy felt was the cooling marble against his hot face before he was last in darkness.
"It is time Wormtail, the boy is getting stronger every day. He has severed his ties with Dumbledore." Voldermort said his eyes never leaving the quivering man before him.
"Time to kill him Milord, So soon?" The beady eyed man in front of him shivered at the glare he received and quickly bowed his head.
"No you idiot. I cannot kill the boy when I have yet to offer him a choice. Yessss the night issss near, prepare the roomssss. I do not believe he will be coming alone. Yesss the boy will finally be mine." Voldermort hissed more to himself then the man still shaking in front of him.
When Harry woke he was not pressed against the marble floor any longer. He was lying in a very comfortable bed, in a blessedly dark room. He ran a hand over his forehead trying to soothe the small ache still in his head.
He noticed the room was quiet, letting him know he was not in the dorms. The vision he had just saw hit Harry and he began to ponder what The Dark Lord was talking about. He was startled out of his thoughts by a silky voice.
"Glad to see you awake again Harry. Is your scar still bothering you?" The potion master asked as he came into the room, leaving the lights off but leaving the door open to allow him some light to see.
"Just a dull ache really, it's normal after a vision. Snape does Voldermort have plans for me that don't involve death?" Harry asked slowly sitting up against the headboard of the bed.
"Not that I know of, though he might now that you have severed your ties with Dumbledore. Perhaps he is planning to ask you to join him. He has stated that with you by his side the world wouldn't know what had hit them."Severus said running a cool clothe across the boys forehead to clean off the blood dried there.
Harry sighed. "He's coming for me Severus. I don't know when, but he seemed to think that soon was a good time. For some reason I don't think he's going to hurt me but then again you can never really tell with someone as insane as he is."
Severus snorted. "What are you planning to do Mr. Potter? Kill him when he attempts to kidnap you and make you join his side. Why not just listen to what the man has to say what could it really hurt?"
Harry angrily threw back the blankets covering him and stood up. "He killed my Dad and you expect me to listen to him? I will not betray my friends or the people that have put their trust in me. I will not be joining the Dark Lord in his muggle killings. I thought you of all people would know me better than that."
Harry stormed from the room and made his way back to the Slytherin Common room. 'How dare he suggest a thing like that? Honestly join Voldermort? Okay so the man does make some good points. And he has stopped trying to take over the world. He only wants to reform the ministry but in the end there would still be a fight and I don't like the idea of muggle born registration at all.'
By this time he had reached the portrait after saying the password (serpentine), Harry went inside his thoughts still on Voldermort's ultimate plan. He was surprised to find Neville and Draco sitting rather closely together on the couch. Blaise was sitting across from them rolling his eyes.
Blaise jumped up when his eyes landed on Harry, "Harry, thank Merlin you're back." He said walked over to the boy-who-lived. "Those two are bloody sickening. They fought again and then right as they went to hex each other they just kissed. They have been sitting on the couch blushing at each other since then."
Harry laughed and sat across from the two boys, as Blaise perched himself on the arm of Harry's chair. "Finally Snogged have you? About bloody time if you ask me. Maybe the two of you will stop fighting all the time now." Harry said a smile playing on his face.
The two boys blushed. "Yes well that's not important now is it? What happened with Dumbledore?" Neville asked. Harry told them what had happened even going so far as to tell them about his vision and the fight with Snape afterwards.
Neville sat back with a thoughtful look on his face. "Perhaps he's right you know. Ever since we have started this resistance the Dark side has been rather quiet. Maybe he's changed his plans and reformed his ideals."
Harry looked shocked; "They haven't exactly been quiet. What about that duel in Diagon alley?"
"Think about it Harry right after your announcement about your stance in the war, the death eaters attack a place where they know order members protect. But there aren't any order members there? It doesn't make any sense. What if it was just a scheme of Dumbledore's to make you think that you need his help or something. I wouldn't put it past the man after everything he's done." Neville said.
Neville blushing when Draco grabbed his hand kissed it and called him brilliant. Blaise rolled his eyes and moved closer to Harry as he whispered, "Neville might be right. Besides is it really going to hurt to talk to him? Maybe he will drop his views and switch to helping you. Now that you both want to see Dumbledore pay for his actions."
Harry nodded at the other boy's words; his thoughts still a jumbled mess in his head. "And if you decide to join with him, you wouldn't be a weapon Harry you would be his equal. He marked you as one when you were a mere baby. There was a reason behind it all and I for one to not believe it was because of some false prophecy that Dumbledore cooked up. Voldermort is just too smart for that one." Blaise said still whispering in the boy's ear.
Harry leaned back into his chair reviewing the boy's words in his head. It did make sense, why would Voldermort fall for a fake prophecy? He was supposed to be smarter than that. There was another reason Voldermort attacked his house that night. And Harry knew Snape was keeping something from him. Something he would bet his firebolt that Dumbledore had no idea about either.
His eyes turned towards the couple in front of him. They were cute really. Harry laughed when Blaise ruffled Draco's hair causing the boy to scowl at him and Neville, who had begun to laugh as well. Neville was laughing and failed to realize that Draco was preparing an attack. Harry smiled again when Draco began to tickle Neville and Blaise stood there telling Neville to attack him back.
It was times like these, with so much information coming his way that he wished Hermione were still his friend. The witch would have known exactly what to do in this situation. But she wasn't here anymore and Harry was determined to stand on his own and figure things out by himself for once.
Shaking his head of his deep thoughts Harry stood up and smiled before moving to Blaise. Neville saw his best friend and smiled between his laughs. "There you are Harry. Mind helping me out here?"
Harry nodded and began the same attack on Draco causing the blonde boy to jump and lose his prey. Neville stood up and smiled brightly still catching his breath from laughing so hard. "Thanks Harry." The two ex-gryffindors shook hands. So they were caught off guard when Blaise and Draco attacked them from behind. Draco began to once again tickle Neville as Blaise began his assault on Harry.
Ten minutes later found all four boys out of breath but smiling and laughing all the same. Harry and Blaise had somehow ended up on the common room floor with Blaise straddling Harry.
When their laughter had died down the two dark headed boys locked eyes, and before either of them knew what was happening Blaise was kissing Harry.