you make your own destiny

chapter 7

The Pensive



When Voldemort,Harry and Hermione looked around, they

saw that they were in a typical bachelor home that

lacked a woman's touch.



Suddenly a door opened, frightening them.



A man entered and it took them a while to realize that

it was a young Alastor Moody. He moved to a desk and

began preparing a cup for himself.



Suddenly there was a knock on the door. Alastor's

eyebrows shot up. It was rare that he got a visitor.

He slipped his wand out of his jacket and went to open

the door.



A woman with red hair and green eyes greeted him.



"Lily! Not to seem unfriendly, but what are you doing

here?" Moody asked, stepping back to allow her

entrance.



"I need to speak with you," Lily said. "Alone."



"Come in then. Would you like some tea?"



"Yes, thank you," she said, sitting on his dirty sofa.



Moody went into the kitchen to get a mug. When he

returned, Lily had a stack of papers in front of her.



"I have some things I would like for you to take a

look at."



"Alright," he said gruffly. He sat down and began to

read.



The farther the read, the angrier he got.



Finally, he finished and looked at Lily.



"Do I have this right? Dumbledore is planning to use

Harry as a weapon against Voldemort?"



She nodded.



"What are you and James going to do about it?"



"We are joining the Death Eaters," she said firmly.



"Isn't that a bit dramatic?" he asked, shaken.



"No. Dumbledore...he plans to kill Harry if Harry

even survives the war."



"What?" Moody asked.



Harry felt his throat tighten as he watched. A

comforting hand moved to his shoulder and without

thinking, he leaned into it.



"That's why we're joining. He has already met Harry

and...Harry didn't have a problem with him."



"Exceptional. That boy is extremely hard to win

over," Moody commented. "He doesn't trust anyone.

But...I think I do see why you are planning to join."



"We will do anything to keep Harry safe," Lily said.



They sat in silence for a moment, each sipping their

tea.



"What about Voldemort's problem with Muggleborns?"



"He doesn't want to kill them," she replied, gazing

out the only window. "He wants to start educating

them at an earlier age."



"That's a long way from the story Dumbledore is

spreading," Moody said, astonished.



"Dumbledore doesn't want the muggleborns to learn

about magic before he can get his fingers in them,"

she said bitterly.



"He would rather keep them naive so they trust

anything he says."



"That would give him...almost complete control of the

Wizarding World!" Moody exclaimed.



"Alastor, he already has that. Don't you remember

what he said to us a year ago?"



Moody closed his eyes. "We should be on guard.

Voldemort will be the darkest wizard we have ever come

across."



"That's a lie," Lily said firmly. "He's not a Dark

Wizard. He's rather...gray. He's not afraid to use

the Dark Arts to get to his goal. As long as

Dumbledore fights him, deaths are inevitable. But he

hates it, Alastor!"



"Lily, he has killed a lot of people."



"No, he has been blamed for their deaths. I have

evidence that Dumbledore has been killing them, just

to drum up support for his side of the war."



Moody could only sit in shock. "He's gone mad!"



"And that's why James and I are switching."



"I'll join you," Moody said suddenly, setting his tea

down and taking her hands in his. They were cold.



"Do what you feel is right, but I must ask something

of you."



"Name it."



"If...something happens to us, will you protect Harry

as best you can?"



"Of course," he replied. If he weren't careful, he

would start crying for the amount of trust the Potters

put in him.



"There is one more thing...When I went into labor,

that girl that was with Voldemort. Do you remember

her?"



"Why do you ask?"



"Voldemort's real name is Tom Riddle and he was really

married to Aliza O'Rally Riddle, but she died in

childbirth. He told us the child died too," Lily

said. "But I found out...that Dumbledore broke into

the room when Aliza was delivering, killed her and

took the baby."



By that time, both Voldemort and Hermione were near

tears in sorrow and anger.



"Merlin! What happened to the child?"



"He gave it to some muggles, a childless couple. The

Grangers."



"Voldemort needs to know this."



"I plan to tell him once we join his side.

Voldemort...Tom deserves to know what happened to his

child."



"Good."



"But just in case, will you look after her?"



"Of course I will."



Moody and Lily didn't notice the rat that was sitting

by the fireplace, but Harry couldn't miss it. He knew

that rat...and now he knew who had betrayed his

parents.



They had to interrogate Wormtail.