Chapter 46 - Is it not Snape? (1/2)

”What?!” Hermione asked loudly. ”That- That makes no sense! He's a professor that's been teaching here for more than we've been alive,”

”And a lot of people who we thought would be on the good side joined You-Know-Who,” Ron said. ”We haven't witnessed the horrors of those times with our own eyes, but our families did and many others. Many people became Death Eaters purely out of fear. Even the people my parents thought would stay with us for the fight went over to the dark side. Not only does Snape act suspiciously, he also was a Death Eater in the past,”

”Yes, he was a traitor in the past and it wouldn't be surprising if he betrayed Dumbledore now,” Harry said.

”Well we can't just start ȧssuming things now,” Kristine said. ”From our perspective, Snape isn't even that bad. Do you have any proof of him trying to get the stone?”

”Well it was before the Hufflepuff Quidditch match. He was injured by one of the things guarding the stone,” Harry said. ”Why in the world would he even be where the stone is being guarded if he didn't want the stone? Furthermore, we also heard him threaten Quirrell, one of the professor who helped defend the stone. He's been getting harassed by Snape for a long time now and he finally cracked,”

Hermione and Kristine were now silent.

”Either way, regardless of whether or not Snape is helping You-Know-Who or not, it's imperative that we don't allow the stone to get to his hands,” Ron said. ”If he does get the stone then we'll be screwed!”

”How about we try to broaden our suspect list,” Chris said. ”While we do believe you about the stone because there's no point lying to us, but you can't just have Snape as your only suspect just because you hate him. I think that if Snape was going to betray Dumbledore, he would've done it a long time ago. After all, 11 years is a long time. Even if the Dark Lord has been extremely weakened, he probably still has his ways of finding his loyal subordinates. You have to have other suspects as well,”

”But Snape really is the most suspicious one Chris,” Ron said. ”Yes, Harry and I hate Snape, but we won't accuse him of a crime he didn't do especially if it's something this serious. This is us just putting the evidences we found together,”

”So Harry what was your punishment anyways for breaking the rule?” Chris suddenly asked.

”We-We went to the Forbidden Forest,” Harry said. ”Unicorns were being attacked and we had to figure who was doing it,”

”So did you find anything?” Chris asked.

”Yeah, it was really scary. I don't really remember much, but this man was drinking unicorn blood. He was about to attack me, but I don't really remember much after that since I had a huge headache in the middle of it,” Harry said.

”Has anyone told you what drinking unicorn does?” Chris asked.

”Yes, unicorn blood does give you life, but the price is that you'll be cursed and essentially be very weak,” Harry said.

”I'm guessing that whoever it was that you met was the one that is ȧssisting the Dark Lord. Snape doesn't look weak to me,” Chris said. ”On the contrary, I think he looks extremely healthy,”

Ron and Harry started to think about what Chris said.

”You're... right,” Harry said weakly. ”If it's one thing that Voldemort needs, it's an extension on life and unicorn blood can temporarily give it,”