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Chapter 2- Uh Oh Part Two

Harry lingered in the hallway for a few seconds perplexed by his best mate's words. Oh well can't be any worse than what the Dursley's would do to me. He thought. He walked into the kitchen before the door even stopped swinging.

"Harry, Ron, sit down. We need to discuss what happened last night. I will listen to you one at a time. First of all whose idea was it to sneak out in the middle of the night?" Mrs. Weasley stood with her hands on her hips and glared at the boys the whole time she spoke. Wow, she looks madder than Snape has ever looked. Harry thought. And that was saying something. Ron gave Harry a sheepish look. Harry sighed. He loved Ron like a brother but honestly he was such a coward. What could Mrs. Weasley do?

"It was mine Mrs. Weasley.", he said. "Ron tried to talk me out of going, but I told him that I was going to go no matter what." He stared at his audience. Sirius looked disappointed. Mrs. Weasley looked completely livid, and Snape's face was unreadable as usual. He started to feel a little guilty. He didn't care about Snape but seeing Sirius look disappointed made Harry's stomach start to churn. And Mrs. Weasley, she had done so much for him.

"And why did you leave the house?" Sirius asked. He looked so disappointed. Harry's stomach churned harder. He did not want to tell them about the note. "Er...", he stuttered. "Well I fancied a walk." Harry said somewhat lamely.

"A walk! That's it? You just decide to go for a walk at two in the morning." Mrs. Weasley said this all rather sarcastically for her. She was usually so jolly. Harry had only seen Mrs. Weasley angry once as far as he could remember, that time when Fred and George, and Ron, had stolen their father's car and basically kidnapped him from the Dursley's. But the second she saw Harry she was just fine. As far as Harry knew none of the Weasley children were ever punished for it or punished at all for that matter. However Ron had said that he wasn't going to like whatever Mrs. Weasley had in mind for them and his friend seemed highly embarrassed.

Sirius looked at Snape. He could tell by the man's face that Harry had not told the truth, however the man remained quiet. His thoughts turned back to Harry. If he had to be honest with himself he knew Harry hadn't been truthful. So what was he hiding? "Harry" he said, "I'm afraid I don't believe you. You know the rules about this place and I refuse to believe you would knowingly endanger us all let alone me and leave this place just for a walk. So now I want the truth from you. Or I'm afraid I might have to ask Professor Snape here to use a spell known as Legilimens. Sirius looked at Snape to see if he would argue this idea. His face remained stoic. Mrs. Weasley gasped. "Yes, Mrs. Weasley, if the Professor agrees I will indeed... He turned and looked Harry straight in the eye. "Let him read your memories!"

Harry gaped at Sirius. There was no way he would do that. Would he? As much as he wanted to live with him when everything was over, he didn't really know the man. He looked at Snape, he was smirking slightly. There was no way Harry would let this man read his memories. That would get him, and his friends, in much more trouble than ever. But he didn't want to tell them about the note Hedwig had brought him last night. The note that said his friend Doug was being held hostage.

Doug, the only friend he had ever made in the muggle world. Harry valued that friendship as much as he valued Ron's. Doug had moved away the year before Harry found out he was a wizard. They barely kept in touch because the Dursley's burned any letter he had ever gotten from him. Harry did manage to sneak out a letter to him explaining what the Dursley's were doing and that maybe it was best if he stopped writing. He didn't tell him of the beating's he had gotten but he suspected that Doug knew and he stopped the letters. There was the occasional phone call. Doug was clever enough not to say who he was if one of the Dursley's answered. He pretended he was a telemarketer or something. On the occasion that Harry did answer the phone it was always a quick, 'Hey Harry, just making sure you're all right. I don't want you to get in trouble. Call me if you can. Bye.', and that was it. Harry only got the chance to call twice before he found out he was a wizard, but the friendship never dwindled because of the lack of contact. Once he started Hogwarts he sent a letter explaining he was in a better situation but would only be able to write since there was no phone to call on. Doug wrote back immediately and they had kept in touch ever since. He had told Ron and Hermione about Doug last year.

The note wasn't signed. Harry never thought about it being a trap. He just wanted to make sure his friend was ok. So he did what the note said. He left the house and was planning to travel to The Leaky Cauldron in London. The note gave him one week to get there. It also said to come alone. He didn't want Ron to come but it was easier to bring him than to fight with him. But he had gotten caught or rather attacked. Now he didn't know for sure whether or not Doug was really captive. He didn't know what to do. So he remained silent.

Sirius saw the indecision on Harry's face. He sighed. He had never intended to let Snape actually read his mind but he wasn't about empty threats either. Harry had had his chance. He turned towards Snape and bent down low so they were eye to eye. "Only last night's memories. No more. You'll regret it if I find out you read anymore!" He said this all very quietly. Then he stood up.

Snape sneered at Sirius. Then he pointed his wand at Harry. Before Harry knew what he was on about Snape muttered his spell. "Legilimens." Snape thought about last night. He filtered through the memories that he was there for and went back to the beginning of the evening. There was Hedwig flying through the window. Was this where it started? Yes this was it. He watched as Harry read the letter and then heard as he read it aloud to Ron.

Potter,

I have your friend Douglas! You have one week to show up at The Leaky Cauldron. I am in room 1408. I want 100 galleons. If you bring this to me Doug shall not be harmed. Tell no one. Come at night and come alone!

Snape was a bit surprised as he heard Ron tell Harry that they had to tell someone and heard Harry say that this Doug was his only muggle friend. That can't possibly be true. Snape thought. But Snape was also disgusted, that stupid Gryffindor bravery always got the brat into trouble. Why did he never tell anyone about problems like this? He skimmed over the rest as the boys made their plans to leave.

All this had happened in under a minute. Harry barely had time to register the feeling of shock before it ended. He felt his memories of last night come to the surface of his mind and he could do absolutely nothing to stop them. Snape saw all of it. He looked at the man. Of course his face was completely unreadable. Honestly did the man not have any emotions other than anger? "Shall we let you elaborate now, Mr. Potter or do you want me to do it? " Snape said perturbed.