Harry Potter: Love's Second Chance

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

with Harry Potter himself

What really happened at the Ministry in his own words.

By

Rita Skeeter

Severus Snape threw down the latest copy of the Quibbler onto his desk in disgust. The image on the front cover of Potter battling the Dark Lord made his stomach churn. The article on the self-absorbed brat and his friends' success at the Ministry was nauseating to the Potions Master to say the least. Skeeter had expertly guided the reader on an adrenaline pumping ride alongside of Potter and company. From the ride upon broom and Thestrals to the final moment as Voldemort apparated away, the story gripped the readers' imagination. She took the readers along in their desperate battle as they tried to first save Harry's Godfather's life and then their own against twelve Death Eaters. Rita has praised the ingenuity of the students in preparing the trap that had sent six of You-Know-Who's servants through the veil while two others died as well. She then described Harry's pursuit of the last Death Eater, Lucius Malfoy, only to come face to face with the Dark Lord himself. She dug deep to pull the emotional strings of the readers as she described the desperate struggle between good and evil, between the Dark Lord and the Chosen One, of golden cages and rays of light that she compared to rays of hope. Skeeter finished up the tale by describing an exhausted but victorious Harry Potter standing tall as the Dark Lord fled into the night.

The Potions Master brushed aside the magazine and its hated photos and turned his attention to the front page of the Daily Prophet. Intermixed with the other stories concerning the Dark Lord's return was a picture of himself. Underneath it was a headline that read.

Severus Snape - Death Eater or just inept?

by

Rita Skeeter

The story detailed the sequence of the events at the Ministry including when Snape had known about Potter's desire to go to the Ministry and the notification of the responding party. By the time the story ended the reader was lead to believe either Snape was actually working for Voldemort or was the most inept bungler for waiting so many hours to raise the alarm concerning the safety of a student of Hogwarts. She then dug into the testimony given by Snape about Peter Pettigrew from two years previous when Pettigrew had been discovered. She raised the question on whether Snape's claims were to aid a fellow Death Eater or again was he so inept he couldn't see someone right in front of him (she didn't mention him being unconscious). The article went on to question why a known former Death Eater was even allowed to be teaching at Hogwarts.

Worst for Snape was another article very close to his own. It was an article on Sirius Black that went into detail about Black and his friendship with the Potters. In the center of that article was a photo; one that depicted a much younger Sirius Black. He was dressed in black robes and stood next to the newly married James and Lily Potter. Lily was obviously giggling at something Sirius had said. Her eyes were wide with mirth and happiness as she held her husband's hand.

"DAMN YOU POTTER!" Severus Snape snarled to his empty office as he threw the paper aside as well. Even he probably couldn't have said which Potter he was referring to.

...

Hermione sat amongst an ever growing pile of books trying to sort them out as she took a well-deserved break from working on the Vanishing Cabinet. Even with Luna's help and Sirius using the mirror to let her compare the cabinet she was working on to the one that now was at Grimmauld Place, the work was still very tedious. In front of her were four piles of books. One was meant for the books to be returned to Hogwart's library, another was for old schoolbooks (she planned to scan them later for possible notes), a third pile contained what was most definitely dark magic books while the last were books she thought might be useful to study. Every time she placed a book marked with the seal of Hogwarts library in the appropriate pile she uttered a few non-polite words for the unknown student who would not return a library book.

She was surprised when the next book she picked up from the unsorted pile was a copy of 'Secrets of the Darkest Arts,' the same book she had summoned from Dumbledore's own study the next year following his death. It was the book that described how to create a Horcrux and how to destroy one. She showed it to the others.

"At least if we happen to mention something about Horcruxes that he hasn't told us, we have an excuse," Hermione said to the others who were sorting other objects. She looked at it more closely and saw a family crest on the inside cover. She recognized it at once. Two dogs rising against a shield with a chevron and sword, underneath it all was the words 'Toujours pur'.

"This came from the Black family library," She said excitedly. "See it has their crest," She showed it to Harry who had joined her.

"Guess we now know how Sirius knew of Horcruxes then," Harry said. "Doesn't surprise me though, as dark as his family was supposed to have been. This type of magic was probably discussed at the nightly dinner table. Wonder which of his relatives left it here?" He took the book from Hermione's hand. "We should see if he wants it back."

"But...shouldn't we give it to Dumbledore?" Hermione asked. "I mean he wants all of these things out of circulation and I can't blame him."

"How about we let Sirius decide?" Harry said. "It's his family's book anyway."

Hermione sighed. Books always rekindled the 'respect authority' that had defined her for so long. "That's fair," She said finally as she pulled out the mirror and called for Sirius.

"Thought you were taking a break," Sirius said when he appeared. He had a dab of some sauce on the corner of his mouth from something he was obviously eating.

"I am, at least from the cabinet but we came across a book that belongs to you or actually to the Black Family," Hermione explained. "We wanted to know if you wanted it."

"Which book?"

"Are you alone still?" Hermione asked and at the affirmation from Sirius she told him what is was and why it was important.

"So that's the book that told Voldemort how to make them?"

"Yes and we wanted to know if you want it back or shall we give it to Dumbledore?"

"I don't want it," Sirius replied, "But will you need it?"

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