I Need To Know The Truth

The Unexpected Visitor and Unexpected News

!!BANG!!

Harry spun around and noticed standing in the doorway was the one person he had least expected to be standing in number 4 Privet Drive. "Professor Snape? W-W-What are you doing here?" Harry stuttered. There stood Harrys' potion master, Professor Severus Snape. He stood glaring at the small thin boy in front of him, once he saw that Harry was a lot thinner than he last saw him and the state of the clothes he was wearing, Severus softened his glare. "Believe me Mr Potter, I do not wish to here any longer than I have to be. As to why I'm here, well unfortunately I can not answer that here. Mr Potter I have come on the orders of a Goblin called Griphook, I am to collect you from this god awful place and deliver you to Gringotts. Before you ask Potter, no I do not know why Griphook has asked me to come and collect you. Believe I would not have been the first choice of collection you." Severus turned his nose up at Petunia taste of decoration whilst he spoke. He then looked at the boy in front of him. "Well Potter, are you deaf or have you suddenly been unable to move, go collect your stuff so I can go and leave you at Gringotts and then I can get on with the rest of my night." Harry gave a sight nod and ran up to his room whilst Snape took a seat at the kitchen table.

Once inside he sat on his bed and tried to get his head around thing. 'Snape is sitting in my kitchen, Snape is sitting in my kitchen.' Harry kept on chanting in his head. 10 minutes Harry heard a shout, "Potter are you coming or not, unlike you I do not have all night." With a jump Harry snapped out of his trance and quickly collected all of his belongings, making sure to double check the loose floor board under his bed. He threw it all in his trunk (luckily he managed to convince his uncle to let him keep it in his room), grabbed Hedwig and went downstairs. When he walked into the kitchen he heard his Professor sigh in relief, "Finally" Severus stood from the table, "Have you got everything?" Harry nodded to scared to talk. Severus made sure Harry had a good grip on the cage and his trunk and when satisfied he grabbed Harry's arm and apparated them to Diagon Alley.

Severus looked at Harry to make sure he hadn't dropped anything and noticed he looked a bit green, no sooner had Severus conjured a bucket and handed it to Harry, did the 12 year old throw up. "I apologise Mr Potter i forgot that was your first time apparating, don't worry everyone throws up on their first time." He gave Harry a slight smile and tapped his shoulder. 'ok now I'm freaking out, Snape is smiling at me and tapping my shoulder' thought Harry. Once Harry was done being sick, Severus got rid of the bucket and led them both to the bank.

When inside Severus made his way over to a Goblin. "By request of Griphook I have brought Mr Harry Potter to see him. He said pointing the boy standing next to him. The goblin looked at Harry, clicked his fingers and another goblin walked up to him. "Please let Griphook know that Mr Snape and Mr Potter are here to see him." With a nod the Goblin scuttled away thought the big doors at the back of the bank, within a few moments a different Goblin walked out into the foyer and approached the two of them. "Mr Snap and Mr Potter I am so glad you both could make it so soon, please follow me I have a matter of urgency I need to speak to you about privately." As Griphook went to turn Severus stopped him, "I am sorry Griphook, but I was under the impression that you only needed to talk to Potter." Griphook gave a slight laugh, "Oh my, Mr Snape what I need to talk to Mr Potter about very muchly involves you. So please follow me."

Severus sighed, looked down to Harry who only shrugged in confusion. "Come on Potter, lets get this done with." Severus growled before following Griphook.

Griphook took them through the door and down a very long corridor, finally they came to his office, he ushered them both in and closed the door behind him. He pointed to the two chairs in front of his desk and sat himself in his own chair and faced them. "Now Mr Potter and Mr Snape there is a reason why I have asked you both to be here today. You see Mr Potter and Mr Snape you are both being lied to." "Excuse me what do you mean being lied to?" Snape demanded. Griphook looked at him sternly, "What I mean Mr Snape is that someone close to you both have been lying to you, and I think it is about time you both know who and what the lie is. Now Mr Potter I understand that you encountered Voldemort at the end of your first year at Hogwarts?" "Yes sir, he was possessing the body of my Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher." Harry quietly replied. Griphook nodded, "Yes and I understand that you had a visit from a house-elf 2 days ago which resulted in the Ministry issuing you a warning." Severus looked at Harry, "Who was this elf Harry? And what was the warning you got of the Ministry?" Harry shuffled nervously. "Harry, you are not going to be in trouble over this." Severus said quietly. Harry looked the two of them and started to talk.

"The elf said his name was Dobby and he said that I was not to return to Hogwarts for my second year as I will be in danger. My relatives had company round and I was banished to my room for the night where Dobby had appeared in a few minutes after I entered. He wouldn't accept that I was going to return to the school whether he liked it or not. So to try and get me in trouble he ran out of my room and down to the kitchen, this is when he decided to float the pudding my Aunt had made for after dinner over and hovered it about one of the guests head. Well obviously he dropped the pudding on her head and disappeared out of sight to make it look like I was the one who done it. The guests had left and before my uncle could tell me off an owl flew in with a letter that started to talk, it stated that I was expelled for using underage magic. As my Uncle was happy, another owl flew in with a letter for my Aunt, this stated that I was not expelled and was returning to school at the start of September."

Severus was shocked, "Did you say Dobby was the elf's name?" Harry nodded. "Mr Snape do you know this elf?" Severus looked at Griphook. "Yes I do he belongs to the Malfoy family, but why would he be warning Harry about a possible threat to the school and telling him not to return?" Griphook gave what he thought was a smile but to Harry and Severus it was not. "Mr Snape and Mr Potter I can tell you both now that there is no threat to the school. We actually sent Dobby to give Harry the fake warning and to get him in trouble so we had a reason to bring you both here today. We have news that concerns the two of you and we think it is time you both know."

"Mr Griphook sir what is it that we need to know?"

"My dear boy, you have been told all your life that Voldemort killed your parents and that the Dursleys was your only living relatives yes?" Harry nodded.

"What would you say if I said that you actually have a living parent, and that parent is in this room with you right now?"

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Little cliff hanger there.

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