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Chapter #28: Suspicions, part III.

A week has passed since Harry Potter was arrested and put through so many hardships by the secret service, right now, he is in the same confined room, he has barely eaten, they give him food, but the cruciatus torture has made him feel rejection towards food, so he can't eat too much, the only thing he hasn't forgotten is water, even if he's disgusted he knows his body needs it.

Lestrange and McNair are very interested in his survival because dying was mercy, and they didn’t feel too merciful these days, Harry could only count numbers to avoid going insane, at least a good thing has come out of this situation, he has found a way to cope with the cruciatus curse.

As long as you have enough mental strength to distract yourself from the pain, you can keep going, however, he feels like his sanity is being put to the test, and he winning the battle against the odds is becoming an impossible task with each day that passes by.

Meanwhile, with the Potters…

James, Lily, Henry, Nymphadora, and Andromeda had exhausted expressions, it’s been a week since Harry was arrested, and they had received no news from them, and to make things worse, all of them had been suspended from the ministry due to their relationship with the suspect.

“We need to do something,” Henry wanted to storm the Auror headquarters and rescue Harry, but he was stopped by his parents.

“James, are you sure we cannot put the plan on set, already?” Lily was on the verge of desperation.

“I’m sorry, Lily, I have made no progress with the task Dumbledore gave me before he died, and without me finding those things, we can’t do anything yet,” James explained with a sad look.

“So…Are we just going to let him rot and die?” Nymphadora couldn’t believe it.

She had no idea of the burden the whole family was carrying due to Dumbledore’s plan and the destiny they had to fulfill, for her, there was only one thing clear, a family was abandoning a member for the greater good.

“That’s the last thing we want, Tonks, but…What would you do if you were forced to choose between saving your brother…Or saving mankind?” Henry’s words didn’t make sense to Nymphadora.

“I don’t care about the world, I would do anything for him!” Nymphadora was determined.

“So…Are you planning to attack the ministry? That’ll only get you killed, dear,” Andromeda did her best to stop her daughter from doing something crazy and stupid.

Tonks knew they were right, and that’s the worst part, that her death would serve for nothing, Harry wouldn’t be free even if she sacrificed her life.

Meanwhile, Harry was finally on his breaking point, he had been put through the cruciatus curse, he was starting to lose his mind, and he was already hallucinating. He needed to do something, or else he was going to truly face a worse punishment than death, and that was losing his mind just like Neville’s grandmother.

“Well, well, you’ve been brave, Potter, that’s something I admire, but…We’re starting to get bored, I guess we should just execute you, that’s the punishment for breaking curfew after all,” Lestrange told him with a wicked smirk.

Harry decided to try one last trick, if things didn’t work in the way he wanted and he died, at least he was going to try to take as many of them with him.

“Wait…Okay, I give up!” Harry finally declared.

The two crazy wizards smirked, it seems like they finally achieved what they were hoping for.

“Okay, we’re all ears, Potter,” McNair suddenly lifted Harry.

Now the three of them were sitting at the table, the dark wizards were ready to hear Harry ratting on his family.

“I know you guys want me to rat my family, and that sounds nice in theory, but…What if I told you that there’s more behind and they’re actually doing some shady stuff?” Harry tried to lie as best as possible.

And yet, even if this trick was to save his life, he felt like the worst person in the world right now for slandering his family.

“What do you mean, Harry?” Lestrange was looking at him with a confused expression.

“My family has been doing a lot of illegal stuff, things that could put our amazing government in danger,” Harry was hating himself so much right now. “However, I can’t tell you everything right now, I’ve been documenting their plans for years, as they never thought I could be a danger to them, they’re always underestimating me!” Harry lied again.

Soon, McNair and Lestrange whispered something to each other, they were curious about what information Harry possessed.

“We would like to know more about the documents you speak of,” Lestrange told him with a calm expression.

However, inside, he was already preparing himself to give this gift to the dark lord, he was surely going to be pleased with it.

“Then let’s go to my place…There’s an item I use to hide all my important stuff, but it can only be opened by me, so, you should bring my wand with you,” Harry insisted.

The wizards from the secret service shared a look.

“Wait a minute,” Lestrange told him before he and his partner got on their feet and got outside the room.

Five minutes later, they came back with Harry’s wand, but they weren’t alone, ten more people from the secret service were with them, it seems like Harry's plan to be alone had been sabotaged, Harry couldn’t help but gulp.

“Let’s go,” Lestrange told him as they grabbed him.

Soon they took him to his place, the neighbors looked a bit worried about Harry, who was surrounded by the secret service, but they didn’t pay the neighbors too much attention.

Soon, anti-apparition charms were cast across the place, and then, a group of five magical people, including McNair and Lestrange, accompanied the emerald-eyed wizard inside his home, it didn’t take too long for them to reach his room. Inside, they found a crystal cube.

“Please, I need my wand to activate this, it’s one of the keys to reveal the secret documents,” Harry asked for his wand.

Most of them were skeptical as they didn’t know what the cube was, still, they decided to let Potter have his wand, after all, they outnumbered him, and they were pointing their wands at him, so he wouldn't dare to try anything funny.

Harry soon tapped the cube, and it started to glow, Harry then placed the cube on his bed, but not before whispering something very low.

“Ah, it’s good to be back home, to the place I shared with Tonks for a very short time,” Harry said with a smirk.

“Potter…The documents, hurry up and give us back your wand!” McNair didn’t have time to waste.

“Oh, right, sorry officer, I can’t do that, how else am I going to open the secret box where it’s hidden?” Harry wondered with a calm expression. “Relax, guys, you outnumber me, you’re five after all!” Harry laughed, he had everything planned, he just needed to wait for the right moment to kill them.

Or at least that’s what he thought until he was disarmed by McNair.

“I knew you were just bluffing, glad we brought numbers,” McNair said with a cold tone.

Harry couldn’t believe it, he didn’t know how, but they somehow realized he was just bluffing, now, everything was over, he was going to die, in a situation like this, he could only close his eyes and wait for the killing curse.