Chapter Ten; The Ministry of Magic

Thanks guys you truly are amazing! Hope you enjoy the next chapter! This is probably going to be the longest one in the Harry Snape series since we haven't even reached the middle yet. I think the whole thing between Snape, Harry, Ron, and Hermione is the cutest thing ever by the way! I love their friendship slash father children relationship. :P Who's with me on this? Especially how deep down they really all do love each other even though they bicker quite a bit.

"Alright so remember when we get into the department of mysteries my name is Mafalda Hopkirk, you're Reg Cattermole, and Harry you're Albert Swanson." Hermione whispered to them as they started walking down the sidewalk together.

"Alright but technically we're just entering the ministry of magic, not the department of mysteries." Ron answered back.

"Alright listen, Harry and Ron you need to come with me into the boy's lavatory." Snape told them.

"What!?" they exclaimed together.

"It's how you get in." he muttered under his breath. "Through a secret passageway." He explained.

"And where exactly would that be inside a bathroom?" Ron questioned him as Snape rolled his eyes.

"Through the toilet!" he snapped inside a whisper through his ear.

"What!? That's completely disgusting!" he cried. "Besides what about Hermione? How does she get in? She can't very well come with us into the men's room now can she?" he questioned.

"Don't worry about Hermione, she'll be able to get in the same way in her own restroom. And I'm sure she's very capable of doing it herself." Snape told him.

"Yeah but at a time like this I sure wish that Ginny would have been able to come with us. That way at least she would have company." Ron said.

"Yeah,.." Harry said making his voice trail off while he thought about her and Hermione elbowed Ron in the stomach.

"Ouch! What was that for!?" he cried.

"You shouldn't talk about Ginny right now in front of Harry. You know how much that upsets him." She told him.

"No, it's alright. Right now all I care about is her safety, and I think that she's in the best place that she can be." Harry said.

"You really do love her don't you son?" his father questioned him as Harry just simply nodded. "Boy, it sure seems like the Potters have a thing for red heads." He said. For even though Harry didn't go by that name anymore, (and hadn't for years) he still had Potter blood inside of him. He just hoped and prayed that God would watch over Ginny, and possibly even his other father.

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"Boy, I didn't think that there could be anything worse than drinking Polyjuice potion but boy was I wrong." Ron said after they appeared through the fireplace. "I hope I don't have any poo stuck to me." He said when suddenly they ran into Cornelius Fudge.

"Severus? What on earth are you doing here? I thought that you had decided to take some time off so that you could spend it with your family." He said.

"I did, but that was before I remembered that I had forgotten something." He explained.

"Oh I see. Well now that you're here you should probably know that Scrimegour has gone missing." He said as Hermione turned over to look at Ron obviously thinking about her little brother again.

"Yes, that is terrible. A lot of witches, wizards, and muggles have gone missing lately. But, as I always tell my kids, we can't give up hope." Snape said smiling down at Hermione and winking as she grinned back up at him. "Anyway, I'd love to stay and chat but we really must be going." He said as they started walking away.

"So how are we going to find the locket? It could be anywhere in a place this big." Ron said.

"Ron, you're a wizard remember?" Hermione whispered. "Just use the summoning charm." She told him. "Let's split up. Harry,.. I mean Albert and his father will go one way and we'll go the other." She said as Snape nodded.

"I agree. C'mon son." He said as he started leading Harry away and then leaned his head down to whisper inside his ear. "Follow me." He said as he led him to Umbridge's old office.

"What about Ron and Hermione?" he asked him.

"They'll be alright. I planted magical microphones on them just in case though." He told him which were special microphones that didn't have to be wired or connected to anything for him to hear them. As they stopped in front of the office door Harry recognized Mad Eye Moody's old eye. Of course he never really knew the real Mad Eye Moody because the last time he had seen him was when he was in his fourth year, and that had been Barty Crouch Junior in disguise.

Harry had recently read inside the paper that Moody was recently murdered for trying to protect him. His eye that was now stuck inside the door looked up at the words on top of it that read;

"Property of the Ministry of Magic, TOP SECRET!"

"I think we're in the right place." Harry said as he withdrew his wand and pointed it at the lock. "Alohomora." He whispered quietly as there came a click and they slowly pushed their way inside of the room and closed it behind them. That's when suddenly an alarm started going off. "Oh shit!" he cried.

"We have to hurry up! Open that drawer and see if you can find it!" his father yelled frantically as Harry quickly rushed over to the desk and opened it up. Sure enough the first thing he found was the locket. As he grabbed it he saw a glimpse of a packet of papers. The very first one was a picture of Albus Dumbledore with a big fat red X marked a crossed it. "C'mon son!" his father told him while grabbing ahold of his arm and pulling him away snapping him out of his trance.