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Chapter 63. Telling Severus the Truth ☾

A/N: Its been so long since I last updated, sooo sorry I couldn't update due to my exams and assignments but they are done now (phew) so here a update ta-da :)

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Harry surveyed the ragtag team as they marched up the hill to Hogwarts. The crew thinned considerably. There was not a redhead to be seen. What could he have done? Could he have done anything? Would she still be alive if he had told her to go back? Would they all be mourning him? Would that have been better?

"Oof! Harry, what's the big idea..." Draco trailed off as he looked into the face of his godfather, a sinking feeling hitting his stomach. They had arrived at the entryway, and Professor Snape stood there, waiting for them.

"My office, now." Severus growled. Right as he turned to go, Dragon came prancing up to them, tongue lolling to one side, eyes shining with glee. Severus scowled at the grim and Dragon had the decency to look cowed. He obediently fell in line behind the dark man.

As the three time travelers walked toward Severus' office, they began to whisper to one another.

"I...I think we should tell him," Harry said. Draco looked back at Harry.

"You're sure?"

Harry nodded. "He's proved himself." He was about to say more when they arrived at Severus' office. They each entered and Severus closed the door behind them. Severus shot Harry a grimace. He shut up.

"What...in the world...gave you...the inane idea...to go to the MINISTRY...in the DEAD of night...KNOWING the Dark Lord would be there?" Severus asked, enunciating clearly and in a dangerously calm tone.

"We-we knew it was a trap, so-so we went and turned the tables on-on them," Harry said.

"We-we thought we knew what would happen, sir, so we planned. We never thought we were in danger," Hermione said, eyes transfixed on the floorboards.

"At least, this time around."

Hermione gave a start and turned to Harry. Oops, he had forgotten to tell her the plan. He gave her an apologetic look and went back to the task at hand. Dragon also seemed to know what he was doing, and popped back into Sirius. He knew that Severus might need a little bit more convincing than he did, and he thought he might be able to give some corroborating evidence. He figured, by this point, either they were time travelers, or the best seers in the history of the world.

"What do you mean this time around?" Severus asked slowly, holding back his temper as much as he could. He would hear the boy out before giving him the riot act.

"What I mean is, we did this before. This life, we lived before."

Severus waited a beat. Surely this was a joke. Surely, Black put them up to this. He waited. He looked around. He looked at Black. Oh no, that was a bad idea. He could always tell when Black was joking. He chalked it up to survival instinct. Black was not joking.

"You mean to say, you time traveled recently?" Severus asked. Something must have gone horribly wrong, more horrible than someone dying. They must have gone back in time a few hours to fix whatever stupid thing they had done. He would deal with the illegal possession of a time turner and be done with it.