Harry Potter and Future's Past

Chapter 20

Last Chapter

Dumbledore finally tells Harry and Hermione about the Horcruxes. He asks for their help in destroying the locket. When opened, the locket portrayed Arianna causing Dumbledore to hesitate. Harry comes to his aid and the locket is destroyed. In the Owlery Harry sees Hedwig for the first time since they returned in time and it brought back the memories of the escape from Privet drive. Harry comes up with a plan to have 'Hermione' kill Voldemort using polyjuice and the Time Turner. After finishing a note to Hermione's parents they go look in on Ginny's potions. Harry correctly guesses the most likely time for Ginny to try her next attempt would be on the way home on the train. Finally they along with Neville and Luna arrive in the Room of Requirements.

Chapter 20

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.