Chronicles of Camelot

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The next morning, amidst a whirlwind of emotions that threatened to consume him, Harry found his way down to the Lion's Wing Common Room, his hand holding tight to the letter that Amelia had sent him; in his rage and anger against the Malfoys, the Dead Man Walking – though now he was a Slytherin, he was that – and Dumbledore, Harry had completely forgotten about it, but now, seated in front of a warm fire, Harry peeled the envelope open and read the letter:

Lord Potter (Harry)

I am sorry that the results of my investigation that you requested last summer have taken so long; combined with meetings, barricades against the information and discovering the home truths that you requested have taken their time. However, at the end of it all, I think you'll find the information that I present to you very informative.

Enclosed is a magical copy of the official Last Will of Lily and James Potter, both of whom revised their wills the day before they…well, you get the idea, but here is the information that you requested on one Severus Snape.

As you heard, he does indeed owe a life-debt to one James Marcus Potter for saving his life from a werewolf in their younger years; my research puts the time of the life-debt around their third or fourth year. However, and here is the irony, there are many recorded cases of Snape trying to claim he has fulfilled his debt to you and your Father; however, the identity of the werewolf in question is unavailable.

I have also discovered that, in the event of the death of one Sirius Black, your Mother, Lily Alexandra Evans, placed an edict against Snape saying that he was to become your honorary godfather and guardian and that, in this time – though you may wish to tell him yourself – he was to be given this message:

"I forgive you!"

Whatever this means, I am unsure, but it may be in your favour to visit Professor Snape and speak openly with him about this; show him this letter and the enclosed will as evidence and make sure he does not show them to Dumbledore. I fear that Dumbledore may have tried to manipulate the situation away from what Lily and James wanted;

Should you have anything else that you need of me, do not hesitate to contact me;

Awaiting our next meeting;

Amelia Bones

Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement

Ministry Of Magic

PS: the time for the Dog Star's Second Coming has been arranged for the anniversary of the coming of the Storm.

Looking to that last message, Harry felt a mixture of rage and unconfirmed sorrow brewing inside him: his Father had risked his neck against a werewolf to save that biased teacher's life and now Harry was being treated like scum on his shoe?

'No,' he thought, 'Not anymore: but that last message…'

Reading through it several times, Harry's mind clicked as he translated what was obviously a well thought-out message: the Dog Star was the constellation that held the name Sirius, as in Sirius Black; Second Coming must mean his trial and the anniversary of the coming of the Storm: well, there was only one Storm at Hogwarts.

Harry James Potter, Holy Knight of Thunder;

'My birthday,' Harry clicked, 'Sirius' trial has been set for my birthday: hope that Dan and Emma won't mind this.'

Summoning a parchment and ink, Harry quickly wrote two replies: one to Amelia, thanking her and adding that if anything changed, then he would contact her and then a second reply to Dan and Emma, telling them to inform Sirius of the news as well as providing a copy of the letter from Amelia.