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At the end of Chapter 26…
Hermione's gasp broke up the brother-sister chatter, "I found him in the dungeons and he's not alone." She looked up as terror flashed in her eyes. Holding up the map to her friends she leaned against the wall, "You're not going to believe who's down there with him."
"Who's there with Snape?" Harry asked noticing the panic in Hermione's voice.
Hermione stood shaking her head as she gripped the Marauders Map. "He's supposed to be dead. Professor Flitwick killed him in the final battle."
Harry's mind tried to think of whom the small professor had killed during the battle. That whole day had been such a blur to him, as he himself had died and come back to life. There had been so many that had been killed from both sides during that awful battle. Whoever it was had shaken Hermione up and it had to be bad.
He stepped over to her and took the map from her hands. His lip curled in disgust when he read the name that was there. No one wonder Hermione had reacted the way that she had at reading the name, "Antonin Dolohov," he read out loud so the others could hear. The name sounded dirty coming out of his mouth. He'd almost killed Hermione in the fight at the Department of Mysteries in their fifth year. He had cursed her with his favorite and infamous signature curse that shot purple fire at its victims. Dolohov had also been one of Voldemort's closest friends and supporters throughout the years.
"So do you think this is the new Dark Lord that's taken old Voldy's place?" Ron asked.
"That's what I was thinking too Ron. It would seem appropriate that it'd be someone that had been close to him. But, I also thought he'd been killed." Harry said trying to remain calm, because someone needed to.
"Severus said that he and Dolohov never got along," Hermione said as if she were in a trance, her eyes staring at the ground. "Dolohov always said that Severus couldn't be trusted, and now he knows that he was a spy all of those years."
"We need to get down there and warn Snape. If he stumbles in on the Death Eaters, he could be outnumbered and he doesn't know that Dolohov is down there." Hermione said as her chest rose and fell with rapid breaths.
"Who else is down there Harry" Ginny asked as she walked to his side and looked down at the map.
"Well, the two wankers we already know about Theo and Justin are there, others I've never heard of…and Gregory Goyle." Harry's nose wrinkled in distaste at reading the last name.
"Not too surprised that the big moron is there; like father like son. I'm surprised that Malfoy's' not down there too," Ron said with disgust.
Ginny looked at the map, "No Malfoy in the dungeons Ron."
Hermione broke their conversation, "We need to leave and get down there. I'm not going to let Severus get attacked." She headed towards the door with a flourish her wild curls waving.
"Remember were talking about Snape here. It's not like he's exactly helpless when it comes to fighting." Ron said.
Ron's words surprised Harry and the girls, considering Ron had always hated Snape so much. So his words praising the man at all came as somewhat of a shock.
"Either come with me or I'm going on my own." Hermione's eyes darted around the room with a challenge and then she yanked the door open storming out.
"Come on," Ginny said, "We can't let her get too far ahead of us." The boys ran after Ginny, with Harry clutching the map in his hand.
Severus had come to a stop in an alcove across from the door he'd seen Theo and Justin enter. Since then, he had seen no one else enter the room. He was almost certain that there were others already in the room from the way the boys had been talking about being late for a meeting. Severus knew full well what that meant in Death Eater circles. Those who had been late when summoned had usually been punished in front of the others with the Cruciatus Curse. Right now he wished he could get a message to the others on his team. There was no way that he was going to enter that room alone when it could be filled to capacity with a Dark Lord and his many Death Eaters. It also put him at a disadvantage not knowing whom this Dark Lord was. If only he had Potter's infernal map showing everyone who was in the castle. It was very surprising that this new Dark Lord and his minions felt powerful enough to be staging a meeting in the bowels of Hogwarts. Either it was someone who truly was very powerful or someone who was a blithering idiot. Even Voldemort hadn't done something like that until the wards were down. Speaking of the wards, who was behind the current takedown of the wards and why hadn't any of the teachers felt when it happened? Unless it was one of the teachers who had allowed the Death Eaters entrance, and they could have covered up the intrusion into the school.
Severus turned when he heard footsteps coming his way. He disillusioned himself and pressed his back against the wall.
"Where is he?" Hermione said
"I saw him in this direction, but I also see the names of the Death Eaters close by." Harry said in a whisper back.
Severus reached out and grabbed Hermione pulling her towards him and putting his hand over her mouth. She struggled at first until she realized who she was leaning up against.
In a low whisper Severus scolded all of them, "Would you dunderheads kindly whisper and follow me?"
In an instant he canceled his spell so the troop of students could see him, and they quickly made their way back to Severus's quarters.
"What in Merlin's name were you all storming down into the dungeons shouting at each other?" Severus said in an exasperated voice.
Hermione's eyebrows drew together, "We weren't shouting and I think storming is an exaggeration."
"In my world you all were doing exactly that," Severus said matter of factly in his clipped tone.
"We were worried about you. When we got out the map we saw Theo and Justin and others gathered around one of your old friends," Harry said sarcastically.
Ron couldn't hold back any longer, "We think we found out who the new Dark Lord is."
Severus's face showed surprise, "Do tell Mr. Weasley." He cast him a veiled glance.
No one said a word. They all looked at one another waiting for someone else to spill the news to Snape, not wanting to be at the end of his vicious tongue when he reacted to the news.
Hermione finally huffed and stepped forward, "He's definitely not one of my favorite people, especially after the battle at the Department of Mysteries." Her eyes narrowed as she looked at Severus.
It took only a few seconds for the light to come to his eyes, as he had been the one to save Hermione's life that night with his quick actions and potions.
"Dolohov," was all he said and by looking at them knew he'd hit the mark.
Harry handed the map to Snape where he read out loud, "Antonin Dolohov," that was next to the other familiar names they'd read before. "This could mean something or it could mean nothing."
"Severus, we thought that Professor Flitwick had killed him in the final battle." Hermione said.
"His body was never recovered," he replied grimly. "It was assumed that he had died, especially after many had seen him go down with the curse Flitwick had sent his way."
"There might be only one way to know for sure, and storming a Death Eaters meeting is not the way to do it." Severus looked around the room at all of them as if he was trying to teach them about a serious topic in class.
"What do you suggest then?" Harry asked.
"It's time to interrogate either Mr. Nott or Mr. Finch-Fletchley. I have plenty of Veritaserum in my stores and then a quick memory charm should do it."
No one said a word as they digested what Severus had said. "We are spies after all, aren't we?"
Ron just shook his head and slunk to the floor, "You're the man in charge of this operation."
Hermione gave a sly grin, "So when is this going to happen?"
Severus gave one of his infamous smirks back, "Tonight works for me."
Poor Justin Finch-Fletchley didn't know what hit him. The meeting had ended and he had left without Theo, not wanting to wait for his boyfriend. They'd had a falling out again, especially because they'd each blamed the other for being late and then endured the embarrassment of being punished in front of their fellow brethren.
Justin being distracted lately had become something of a thing, so when he was conked in the head, he never saw it coming.
As he came to, his vision blurred and he didn't recognize his surroundings. The room was dark and the bodies surrounding him were all dressed in black and wore dark masks over their faces. At first he wondered if it were some of his fellow Death Eaters playing a joke on him, but soon this thought disappeared. He realized that his hands and feet were bound tightly. His head was then jerked back and some kind of liquid was forced into his mouth. He tried to spit it out, but his jaws were forced shut and he was made to swallow whatever was given to him. His stomach churned as he wondered who these people were and what they wanted.
"Are you a Death Eater?" A stilted voice spat out near his ear, which made Justin jump in his chair. Severus had disguised his voice considering his was one of the most recognizable at Hogwarts.
They could see that he tried fighting answering, but an answer came forth out of his mouth, "Yes, I am a new Junior Death Eater."
"How long have you been a Death Eater?"
Once again they could all see the struggle he was going through as he was fighting spilling his secrets, but had no power over himself with the Veritaserum inside of him. "Since this past summer when I took the mark at Theo Nott's mansion."
"Who do you follow?" Severus asked.
"I follow the new Dark Lord," Justin said, his voice choked out.
"Who is this new Dark Lord that you follow?" Everyone held his or her breaths; already knowing whom the probable name was going to be.
"Lord Dolohov." Justin slumped down in his seat knowing he had spilled the greatest secret of all and knowing now his life could be on the line.
"Why were all of you in the castle tonight?" Severus continued with the questioning. With so many things that had been happening to them the past several weeks, they wanted to get as many answers as they could from their unwilling victim.
"We've set up a secret headquarters in the lowest part of the castle. We have been recruiting and Lord Dolohov has been holding all of his meetings there." Justin's eyes started watering as more and more surprises flew out of his mouth.
"The Dark Lord has been amused that we have been right under the noses of McGonagall and Snape since the beginning of the school year." Severus tried not to react at this last statement, not wanting to give himself away. How could they have not known? Why had Potter not seen this going on with his precious map?
"What are the Death Eaters plans?" Severus asked as he gave another small dose of the truth potion to Justin, wanting to make sure that they'd be able to hear all of their plans while they had him.
"To kill those who ended the life of the former Dark Lord, Lord Voldemort." Justin said as he gagged on his own words.
"Who are the targets?" This was the most important thing they could find out tonight.
"Harry Potter, Ronald Weasley, Hermione Granger and Severus Snape. They are the ones who need to die in retribution for Lord Voldemort's death." Justin shouted out with a fury.
The uneasiness in the room increased by a hundredth degree. Even though they knew that their names were probably on this list, to actually hear them spoken out loud caused many of them to shudder.
"Granger should have died weeks ago," he bragged, "We should have finished the job after she fell, but Theo chickened out." Hermione gasped from the corner.
Severus felt like punching the boy in the face, but he wanted a little more information. "What are you planning next?"
Justin continued to try and fight, not wanting to give any more of the Death Eaters plans away but it was of no use. "We plan to storm the castle and take control of Hogwarts within the month." He started screaming at what he'd just said.
Severus was done with the fool. His drew out his wand pointing it at the boy's head, "Obliviate," and Justin slumped in his seat, the ropes stopping him from crashing to the floor.
Ron started pacing around the room and came over to where Justin sat passed out, "I watch to kick the living shite out of that bastard."
"You'll have to beat me out of the way first," Harry said as he walked up to them.
"If anyone deserves first jabs at the wanker I'd say it was me," Hermione said.
Severus held back a laugh, as he wanted to give Hermione a big kiss for her spirited answer. "This wanker, my love, needs to be dumped back in the dungeons and then we need to meet with Minerva. She is Headmistress and deserves to know what is happening."
He began to walk in circles around Justin with his hands behind his back. Then he stopped right in front of him, "But first…this." Severus shocked them all when his arm drew back and his fist came out and slugged the Hufflepuff in the face causing his nose to bleed.
"He deserves more than that, seeing he was one of those that almost killed Hermione. Now get him out of here Mr. Potter and Mr. Weasley, and meet us up in the Headmistress's office."
Severus put his hand out towards Hermione, and she put her hand in his, "I can't believe you did that, " she said with a smile.
"I learned a few things about boxing from my Muggle father," he said with distaste.
Ginny came up to them enthusiastically, "Well, I think it was brilliant!"
Severus only smirked at her words as they left his quarters; while Ron levitated Justin and Harry threw his invisibility cloak over the still knocked out junior Death Eater.
I'm so glad that this story is still running around in my mind and we are actually getting somewhere. So, who was surprised by Lord Dolohov? I'm sure at least some of you were because no one guessed that it was him. I had to choose someone who was not so obvious, and like all of our characters, they thought he was dead, maybe some of you did too. Now the power is back in their hands and they won't have to be the victims any longer. Tell me how you liked this chapter. Don't ask how many more chapters because right now I don't know. I'm kind of flying by the seat of my pants with this story.
Thanks for those still reading and reviewing!! You are amazing!
If you are looking for something else to read, I have a new story started that is a Fredmione (Fred and Hermione) fic called, "Playing with Granger" Even if you've never read this ship, give it a read and tell me what you think. Also, my other WIP Blinded, a Dramione, is nearing the end and at a pretty tense point in the story. It's one of my favorites to write. I love my cute little Scorpius. Go check out what other fics I've written because I have many other ships there too. I have something for everyone!
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