Chapter 4

They went into Mage House. Harry could feel everyone looking at, but ignored it as he was used to this. After turning left from the corner they reached a row of doors. Each doors had something that looked like a clock and its controls. But instead of 12, the clock was from 1-24 and it hand only hour hand, which confused Harry. Emily went ahead and turned the clock to handle to reach 6 and opened the door. The all went in and she closed the door.

Emily then said, "This is the chamber we were talking about Harry. It's a time commpressing chamber. As you're already familiar with time magic, it will be easy for you to understand. The chamber decreases the flow of time within it while it runs normally in the outer world. We can set the rate at which we need it. The can decrease to a maximum of 1 day in chamber to 1 hour in the outside world. This how we are able to train our agents in just 2 months vacation. Once you enter the chamber, you can't exit until it reaches the limit. But you can bring, food and supplies in by using house elves." Harry was thrilled by this news, but he still wanted to know the answers. So they sat down and Severus asked, "Ok Harry, I told you about my past. But I know you still have many doubts. Why don't we solve it one by one. What do you want to know first?". This Snape was not the one he had known for last 5 years. This man was more compassionate, approachable and he could even feel an affection in his voice, which is the polar opposite of what he saw.

But at the thought of something, Harry became angry. Something that haunted him a lot, "Why didn't you warn me that it was a trap. That Sirius wasn't in any danger. Why did you do it?".

Snape took a deep breath and said, "Because we needed to Harry. Voldie was after the prophecy for so long. He tried a lot to get but every time his men failed. He even tried to get Nagini to breach, but you know what happened. So, he was getting more and more impatient. When it became clear that either he or you can only take the prophecy, he was all set to launch a full attack on the ministry to both take the prophecy and the ministry as they're unprepared as they're unaware of his return. We can't let innocent die Harry. So we came up with the idea and I revealed to Voldie about your connection and to use it lure you, so that we can make you retrieve and destroy it after hearing its contents and also we can expose Voldie who without causing much damage."

Harry yelled, "And what of Sirius. He didn't do anything wrong. Your plan was brilliant and outrageous. You destroyed the prophecy and exposed Voldie, but you used me as a bait. Because of which Sirius had to come and save me. Because of which he had to die, because you thought-".

Snape countered back, "SIRIUS KNEW HARRY. Sirius knew about the plan Harry. He knew how we were going to use your connection, how we were going to make it look like Voldie kidnapped him, how we have to get in and rescue you, but we failed to retrieve and learn about the prophecy as ot already got destroyed and now we won't even know about it."

Harry got stuck at one point which he was trying to process again and again that ge didn't hear anything Snape said, "How did Sirius knew about the plan? Wasn't it an MI-M mission and how did he knew about it?".

Emily said, "Because Sirius was one of us Harry. He got into MI-M's radar the moment the news of him being sorted into Gryffindor came to them. We were secretly observing him through our sources, and we approached him after his OWLs, which was also the time he left Black Manor. Though a bit hesitant at first, he took the deal. He was the first and only person with no link to No-Maj world that we have ever hired till date, but we were in a dire need of getting more and more intel from inside magical britain and Hogwarts. He wasn't an agent, he was more of an informant, so he wasn't trained or anything. But always shared intel with us regarding Hogwarts, ministry when he was an Auror and OOTP as he was our man in OOTP."

Harry didn't knew what to do or say and blurted out the first question that came to his mind, "Is there anyone else who I'm acquainted with and are secretly working for MI-M?" Severus actually laughed at this comment and said that him and Sirius are the only ones he is familiar with and working for MI-M, which was a relief for him.

Emily continued, "But he took a major blow two months prior to your birth. When a gang a lead by a Bellatrix attacked and killed the McKinnon family under Voldie's orders, including his pregnant fiancee Marlene Mckinnon. Sirius was completely shattered by it and closed of himself for nearly 2 months. It was your birth that made him to comeback. He wasn't aware that Marlene was pregnant until she died. When he saw you and when James asked him to be your godfather, he started to see you like the son he lost and he was ready to go any extent to protect. He started to give us more and more information he gained on OOTP and Dumbles plan of attack. Since Marlene's death he was getting more and more irritated by Dumbles hesitancy to do what is necessary and started to focus more on helping MI-M. But, by June 1981 he started to doubt a presence of a mole in OOTP when their missions faced some setbacks, but Dumbles dismissed his thoughts which intrigued him too much. But he didn't gave up. He started to observe every members and came to the wrong conclusion that Remus was the mole. Fearing that Remus may lead Voldie to him as he was Potters' secret keeper. So he decided to make Peter the secret keeper unbeknownst to others, as it would be the least expected option. But, he was devastated when Peter betrayed them. The only thought he had was to kill Peter, but he framed him and escaped. When we came to know that he was being illegally incarcerated, we broke into Askaban, but Sirius refused to be broke out as he thought it is where he should be as it was him who let Potters die. It was only the prophet with Peter's photo that made him broke out of Askaban. When we decided to use your connection to lure Voldie out Sirius was ready to take it, only condition he had was no matter what happens you should be safe. He also made sure that even if he had to die he will get you out. So, Harry never think you were the reason why he died, because he didn't, he chose to be part of this mission knowing all the risks it posed. You have no idea what effects being under the influence of dementors will do to you. His health was extremely deteriorated, even though he looked sane, he had issues with his mind. Even at such a state of health, he chose to fight trained deatheaters and he died valiantly Harry. He died a Hero. So, never pity his death by blaming yourself Harry. "

For the first time in the past one month he was truly smiling, even if he was crying along it. To know that he didn't let Sirius die was a relief for him. But, what he felt more was the pride of what Sirius did. He made a decision at the moment, a decision he was being hesitant and skeptical to take. Wiping those tears he turned towards them, "I have no feelings for the magical world. They always shunned, belittled and badmouthed me when I needed them. They only saw me as a the boy who lived, not as Harry Potter. I could just walk out of this. But I know that Voldie won't stop until he hunts me down and I also know what threat not only Voldie but also like-minded magicals pose to innocent muggles. You can say, there is always this people saving thing in my blood. You haven't asked it yet, but I know why you came and revealed all these to me. So Yes. I want to join MI-M".

End of Chapter 4

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