Warning: Dumbledore will be very creepy and down right evil towards the end, so if you like him, read with extreme caution or stay away to be safe! There will also be mentioning of child abuse and rape but I'm sure I read worse on here and won't get too detailed.

Authors Note: I hope you'll enjoy what I made of J.K. Rowling's characters and that you will have fun reading this partly depressing but partly amusing story. I'll leave a longish note at the end where I'll ask for advise on another story that I'm starting to write since this one is done and I'll be uploading about chapter a day.

Uncovering Secrets

Chapter 1

"Harry." A whispered voice says and Harry turns around in the dark that surrounds him. "I've got to talk to you Harry, before I hide." Harry knows the voice but doesn't see the face that goes with it. He doesn't see anything at all, only darkness, and all that he hears is that voice. "There was a prophecy. That's why he hunts you. He thinks you can defeat him." Harry wants the voice to shut up, already knowing deep down what he's about to hear and desperately wants to avoid it. But sadly, the voice doesn't stop. "You're not who he thinks you are. No one knows who you really are. They made a vow never to tell anyone, only I can tell you and I feel it's long overdue." Harry wants to put his hands over his ears to block the voice out but he can't move. It's like he doesn't even have arms. "Harry Potter died in infancy." Again Harry wants to scream. 'It's not true. I'm Harry!' But no sound is coming from him. There is only the other voice, the voice of his godfather. "They kidnapped you to hide the fact that the child had died to rise the chances of the other boy that fit the prophecy to survive." He wants to run from that voice but can't. "You were kidnapped from a death eater home. But they didn't have a child as far as we know, we don't know your parents but they are most likely the enemy." The voice seems to repeat the last part and Harry sits up in bed screaming again.

He looks around, glad that no one moves and his silencing spell worked again. Harry hardly remembers the last time he managed to sleep through a night without at least one nightmare. And that even though he doesn't have that many different ones. It's either about Voldemort killing his mother, or who he always thought was his mother, about Voldemort in some old building with a graveyard around it killing people and ordering Harry to be brought to him or about Sirius telling him that he's not really who everyone thinks he is.

Like he needs those to be reminded. It's been distracting him most of the time that year. That and some other informations Sirius had given him about that topic. Like that no one knows who his parents are but that he hadn't been alone when they had found him in that house. Apart from a few death eaters that had been watching him there had been three other babies. Harry was one of two that had shared a crib and had been close but Sirius doesn't know who the others are or what happened to them since Dumbledore only took him. The other children including the one in his crib are most likely on Voldemort's side now.

And since both of the other babies had a crib of their own, Harry might have a twin. Either that or the parents of the other two were simply further up the ranks of the death eaters back then. Harry really hopes it's the latter option but fears it's the first. And even if it wasn't his twin, his parents and one or two possible siblings might be somewhere out there and if he himself continues to fight Voldemort, he might eventually fight them, not even knowing it's them.

He could of course try and find out about it by talking to some Slytherins but what if he entrusts the wrong ones with his secret? What if it ends up in the daily prophet that he is not a Potter but the son of some death eaters, taken away by Dumbledore? What if people on Dumbledore's side hate him for it and people on Voldemort's side for fighting the dark Lord? He could end up with no one, no friends, no family, nothing. Apart from Sirius, who had promised to always be there for him, no matter who his parents are. Sirius even encouraged him to tell the right people when the time came that he wasn't a Potter so the dark Lord might not have a reason to hunt and kill him.

But Harry isn't sure if he wants that. Does he want to risk finding out that his real family might hate him now and wants nothing to do with him? Will he take the risk just to have it easier? And there is the other thing Sirius had told him. Another child fit that prophecy. If Voldemort finds out it's not Harry, he might hunt that other boy. If someone tells the dark Lord, it will risk that other boy's life. Harry wonders if he could do that? To risk that boy, even if Harry doesn't know who that is? He feels bad for even contemplating it. But what if he really does have a sibling or two? Can he risk killing his own sibling one day, just because he doesn't know about it? Just because he's on the other side of a war?

He debates about it the rest of the night and starts to get ready for his day when the rest of his dorm mates start to get up too. "Ready to win this, Harry?" Dean asks, "Today is the big day."

"I know." Harry mumbles and just hopes to get through the day alive and preferably unscratched but the latter is probably too much to hope for, considering the last two tasks. "I'll do my best as always."

"I bet you win, Harry." Seamus replies, "The way you got past that dragon and considering that you could have been first out of that lake too, I'm sure you win today too. No one can beat Harry Potter."

Harry tries to smile and not think about the fact that according to Sirius, there is no Harry Potter alive. James Potter's son died even before his father and was replaced with some random kidnapped death eater spawn. What would they think of him if they knew?

Harry just gets ready and tries to ignore everything that morning, trying to forget what's going to happen and his dream as well. It's hard to tune out the noise when everyone is screaming later, it's starting soon. Everyone is already ready to go into the labyrinth while Harry hardly knows how he got there. He looks around and wishes he hadn't. All the other Champions have someone there, the Headmaster or Mistress of their school, Cedric's father, just Harry feels all alone with no one right next to him, for most of the time he stands alone. He looks towards the stands to search his friend's faces there. He smiles after finding them and seeing Hermione wave and Ron smile towards him encouragingly, giving him both thumbs up.

A little latter, after the start, Harry doesn't know if he's scared to be inside the labyrinth or relieved not to have to watch the others stand around with their support right in front of him. He walks through the labyrinth, trying to find the center and faces all the challenges in his way including an obviously imperioed Viktor Krum. He wonders what that is about and if Voldemort has his hand in this. He remembers that Barty was killed not too long ago on Hogwarts' grounds and wonders if Voldemort could maybe even have Harry's name thrown into that damned goblet? Is he in danger? Are the other three in danger as well? Just because someone wants him in this competition? If that is the case he had to get through this as fast as possible to keep the risk for the others as small as possible. The sooner the task ends, the sooner he and everyone else will be safe.

Harry is glad when he's with Cedric and can make sure that at least he's okay. He considers him a friend by now, not his best one but still a friend, considering that they helped each other with the previous tasks and wants to make sure that Cedric gets out alive as well. Harry is glad when they find the goblet and tells Cedric to take it but Cedric tells him the same. After a short discussion they decide to take it together and finally count to three before taking it. All the while Harry is just glad that this will be over in just a moment. Once the tournament is over, whatever Voldemort had planned will at least not include Cedric and the other champions any longer.

Harry is surprised when the cup turns out to be a port key and they end up in a graveyard. Surprise tuns into fear when he notices soon after that it's the one from his nightmare. "We need to get back." Harry mumbles and looks towards Cedric but already sees people walking towards them. It doesn't take long for Harry to know who they are and Cedric doesn't understand the urgency yet and only prepares to defend them. The pain in his forehead and the memories from his dream, as well as from the end of last year, tell him all he needs to know. Wormtail and Voldemort are walking towards them.

Harry is shocked when he hears Voldemort speak not too long after that. "Kill the spare."

"No," Harry shouts, "I tell you something if you don't."

Wormtail hesitates and waits for Voldemort's decision until the little creature in Wormtail's arms asks laughingly, "What could you tell me that is of any worth, little child. Go on, Wormtail."

Wormtail raises his wand and Cedric raises his own to defend himself but Harry fears it's for nothing, he fears for what they might do to the other boy. Voldemort is weakened but probably still more powerful and Wormtail might be a spineless worm, but he's a fully trained wizard and knows spells they don't. "The kidnapped baby."

"Stop." Voldemort orders instantly before asking, "What do you know about that Potter?"

"Let Cedric go and I'll talk." Harry insists.

"I'm not leaving you alone with them, Harry." Cedric insists.

"Yes, you are." Harry insists, "Don't worry about me, he couldn't kill me when I was a baby and he won't be able to do it now."

"You really think I'd let him go?" The dark Lord laughs. "Bind them both."

Harry and Cedric fight Wormtail but in the end they are both bound. Cedric lying on the ground in a full body bind and Harry helplessly struggling against a stone angel on a grave. Cedric had fallen first and Harry nearly defeated Wormtail when a spell had hit the stone angel behind Harry from that small bundle and the angel had grabbed him holding his wand hand as well to stop him from casting any spells. "I won't tell you anything unless you let him go." Harry insists but Voldemort just chuckles.

"Ignore the spare for now. Just go on as planned Wormtail," The little thing orders and Wormtail moves closer to a cauldron that is standing close by and turns on the flames beneath it.

He moves the bundle over it and drops it before he adds a bone into the cauldron saying, "Bone from the father unknowingly given,"

The spell goes on about flesh from a servant and Wormtail cuts off his own arm before cutting into Harry's skin to take blood from an enemy and a little later, Voldemort is standing before Harry in all his glory glaring towards him saying, "Now tell me little Potter, what do you know about my son?"

Harry pales and stares at the man wide eyed. "No, that baby can't be your child. I'm talking about an infant that was kidnapped when I was little myself. He was with some other kids and there was another in his crib."

"Yes I know and there is a reason that is none of your business." Voldemort replies and smiles, "Didn't you know that he was my son? That I had hidden my child until that day? And now tell me, who took and killed my son!"

"I'll tell you where he is because he's not dead." Harry whispers, "But I have one condition. You let Cedric go."

The man laughs and asks, "You really think I'll do what you order? I'll kill you if you don't tell me where my son is."

"Fine by me." Harry mumbles not really looking forward to the life as the dark Lord's son. Especially not now that he's in said dark Lord's questionable care. He'd rather die than let the man try and turn him evil. "But I'm not telling you shit unless you let Cedric go and I think it's going to be hard for you to question me when I'm dead. And don't think anyone else will ever let you know. I doubt anyone else that could is still alive."

They glare at each other for a while and Harry temporarily moves his eyes to Wormtail, knowing that the man knew too. He knew that he was the kidnapped baby and possibly the dark Lords son and still let the man hunt him. Was the vow they made that binding or did the guy simply not care? Either way, Harry refuses to let Cedric die. Voldemort suddenly laughs. You really think I allow you to refuse me? I will just have to enter your mind and find the information I'm looking for." Harry can feel the man entering his mind and it hurts more than anything before. He sees memories of his life with the Dursleys and tries to get the man out of his mind by showing him the worst memories he has but it feels the man takes delight in Harry's pain and so he decides to focus on other memories. On his feeling when Sirius told him to live with him. On him, Ron and Hermione laughing about something or other. About his friends giving him a hug after he returns from the infirmary after one of his many visits there. Finally Harry feels the man leaving his mind an hears the man's screams while he does.

"I repeat." Harry says breathing heavily. "I won't let you know shit about your son until Cedric is gone."

"He already knows too much." Voldemort drawls.

"Then wipe his memory, you idiot." Harry grumbles. "Just of this here, let him remember the rest and send him back right away and I'll tell you everything I know, and how I know and who of your death eaters knew all along! I'll answer every question you have about it and I will tell you what I know but only after Cedric is gone."

"Crucio." Voldemort says pointing his wand towards Harry, who fights the scream that is threatening to come over his lips.

The pain goes on and on but Harry just opens his eyes and glares at Voldemort. He knows pain, maybe never felt something quite as bad but he knows how to deal with pain and maybe that is how he finds the strength to whisper, "Make me crazy and you'll never know."

The pain ends right away and for a split second Harry sees surprise and something akin to respect on Voldemort's face but assumes that at least the respect must have been imagined. To Harry's shock Voldemort's wand moves towards the bound Cedric "Crucio!" The man says again.

"Stop or I'll never tell you, even if you let him go." Harry orders. Voldemort just grins and lets the spell go on a moment longer before he stops and orders Wormtail closer.

"I've still got another plan." Voldemort moves his wand tip onto the dark mark on Wormtail's still complete arm and grins, "Now we just have to wait until he can get away. My little baby's older half-brother usually has some Veritaserum with him, that will make you spill everything."

For the moment Harry is just glad that Cedric is being left alive for now, the man must be more worried to lose his bargaining chip than he lets on. Harry just tries to think of a way to get that half-brother of his to do as he wants, instead of feeding him Veritaserum and that without letting Voldemort know who he is or he won't have a reason to let Cedric go.

"I hope you didn't forget our deal, my Lord." Harry hears from behind himself and can't stop the grown. Could this day get any worse?

"Of course not." The dark Lord drawls, "I promised not to summon you unless it's a life or death situation or I found a lead on your half-brother. And Potter here was kind enough to tell me that he apparently is still alive and that he knows where my son is."

Harry watches Snape walk into his line of view and move right in front of him asking, "Where is he?"

"Get Cedric out alive and well and I'll tell you." Harry replies.

"Just feed him Veritaserum." The dark Lord replies while Snape looks towards the boy on the ground.

"Your brother won't like it." Harry threatens.

"How much does he know?" Snape asks.

"Too much." Voldemort replies.

Severus looks towards Harry and the dark Lord before pointing his wand towards the boy on the floor and mumbles "Obliviate." After that he levitates the cup onto the boys body making him disappear.

"Didn't I tell you to just feed him Veritaserum?" The dark Lord complains.

"I remember that order, just like I remember your promise to my mother that you avoid killing children." Severus drawls. "Unlike you I do honour her memory."

"He's nearly a grown man." The dark Lord replies. "And we both know that the spell can be reversed."

"He's a student and as such I consider him a child. And I was careful to replace his memories in a way that won't cause reason to meddle with it." Severus insists before turning towards Harry and getting out a vial from his robe. "I did as you wanted. Now take this like a good boy, so I know you tell me the truth."

Harry glares at the man before saying, "Dumbledore trusted you."

"Dumbledore took my brother and until now I thought my brother dead, killed by that meddling old coot." Severus says spitefully. "Why pray tell should I be loyal to that man?"

Harry doesn't reply, "I thought I could trust you. What did I ever do to you?"

"Of course, since it is you I will do whatever you say. Who wouldn't bow to your whims?" Snape drawls before moving his hand towards Harry's jaw and forcing his lips apart before dropping some Veritaserum into his mouth and covering his lips until he swallowed.

He waits a moment before asking, "Where is my brother?"

"I don't know." Harry replies honestly since he has no idea where he is himself.

"You said you know where my son is." Voldemort bellows. "You even told me that he wasn't alone in his crib, so where is he?"

"I don't know." Harry once again replies while Snape raises his hand calmingly towards the dark Lord before asking.

"What is the kidnapped boy you mentioned towards the dark Lord called now?"

Harry tries to fight answering, he doesn't want either of them to know but can't fight the effect of the Veritaserum and says, "He is called Harry James Potter."

Everyone still in the graveyard stares at the boy. "How is that possible?" Snape asks.

"James Potter's son died in infancy and was replaced to make the dark Lord believe that he was the child mentioned in a prophecy." Harry says this time, not even bothering to fight it.

"Do you know more about the prophecy?" Voldemort asks.

"Only that another child fits the description and that they believe this child has the ability to defeat Voldemort." Harry says, glad that he doesn't know who the other child is.

"No details?" Voldemort asks.

"None." Harry replies honestly glad for once that he wasn't told everything.

"Who told you about being that kidnapped child and why were you told?" Severus asks more interested in finding out if Harry was lied to and not his brother.

"Sirius Black." Harry replies, "He thought it safer if I could tell death eaters and the dark Lord that I'm not the child from that prophecy. He said he didn't know who my parents are or anything else about my family or the other children that where with me."

"He might have lied." Voldemort muses before asking Harry, "You said someone else knew, one of my death eaters. Who is that someone?"

"Peter Pettigrew." Harry replies and Peter whimpers and tries to look as small as possible.

He whimpered again under Voldemorts glare and quickly says, "We had to vow. Remus and I had to vow to never speak of it to anyone who doesn't already know. It was an unbreakable vow. I couldn't have told you, my Lord. I would if I could have."

The man moves his wand towards Wormtail and calls out "Crucio!" Yet again holding it long enough for the Veritaserum in Harry's system to stop working.

"He vowed, he couldn't have told you. Sirius explained that to me too and I doubt you trusted the rat enough to let him know who I am, did you?" Harry asks. "Not that I like him, I really really don't but you don't need to torture him and just so you know, I hate you more than him, so can we get back on track? If I remember correctly you wanted to kill me now."

Voldemort and Severus are staring towards the boy that is still held by the stone angel and bleeding from a wound on his arm thanks to Wormtail and Voldemort.

Nagini, the dark Lord hisses loudly, I need you.

A little later Harry can see the big snake moving towards them across the graveyard. It or rather she suddenly stops close to the area he and Cedric appeared and then she moves along the ground in a detour towards Harry, who notices that the detour is exactly how he moved earlier. She even moves up his body once she reaches him and her tongue touches his wound. Harry fights his initial reaction towards the huge and dangerous snake and tries to appear fearless while she hisses Baby! Blood! Who hurt baby? Who harmed my precious? Kill! I kill everyone who harms baby! Master's baby is hurt! My precious!

Nice to see you, Nagini. Do you really mean it? Do you want to kill everyone who tries to hurt me? Harry asks the snake, still trying to appear fearless.

Yes! No one hurts my precious, no one harms my little baby. The snake mumbles.

"Okay I've definitely seen magic do a little too much to stand this." Harry mumbles slightly sickened and praying that Voldemort isn't quite as crazy as he starts to fear, "Please tell me who my mother is, unless she is literal?"

Severus eyebrow rises while Voldemort actually looks sickened, "Her name was Eileen Prince and she was also my mother and a pure blood."

"Oh thank Merlin." Harry mumbles, "First good news of the day." After that Harry hisses again. Nagini, what would you do if I told you someone tried to kill me? Because someone did try that.

Who dared to kill my baby? I'll kill them. I'll slowly squeeze the life out of them and watch them suffer before letting them catch one breath. Just enough to drag it on and on and on until I'll bore of them and then eating them alive and whole to digest them alive!

That's disgusting. Harry mumbles disgusted before cheerfully adding. Your master tried to kill me, so go ahead and do just that.

Master wouldn't Harry is surprised that the snake's hiss somehow sounds outraged.

I didn't know it was him. Voldemort says in his defense. He was hidden as my enemy, I had no idea it was my baby boy.

Nagini still hisses angrily towards Voldemort and clearly is considering to kill the man while he just complains that she shouldn't be nick-picky and just protect his son for now because his kidnappers might try to get him back.

"I believe we have more important things to deal with than whatever you three are discussing in Parseltongue." Severus finally drawls, upset that he doesn't understand a word.

"Of course." Voldemort replies after telling Nagini that they can continue that discussion later, for now he'll have to take care of his son. "Get here, Wormtail." Voldemort orders and grabs the man's intact arm before the rat manages to move a muscle, coausing Harry to wonder if the Crucio had been a little too long, and once again presses his wand against the dark mark there. A cloaked man appears a little later, this one needing only slightly less time than Severus had. "What took you so long?" Voldemort asks angrily before the masked man even manages to kneel in front of him.

"My apologies, my Lord." The dreadfully familiar voice says while the man kneels and bows deeply, "But I was at Hogwarts and couldn't just apparate away."

"I assume you and your son know Harry?" Voldemort asks pointing towards Harry.

"Yes, my Lord." The man replies without even looking at Harry.

Curious about the reaction he's going to get Harry can't help himself and mentions, "Of course he does, he tried to kill me at the end of my second year."

Harry can see the anger flare and the wand move towards the kneeling Lucius Malfoy and Harry adds a "Hypocrite." After a questioning look from the dark Lord Harry says, "Come on, you were about to torture the man for something that you did yourself and it's not like he managed what you failed and he at least was provoked by me and I was way older than I was when you tried to first kill me. Which reminds me, I destroyed that diary you left with Lucy over there. Are you mad enough to kill me now? You said you would only a little while ago!"

Lucius' face turns in surprise towards Potter and due to that doesn't see the dark Lord cast the Crucio he hears towards himself rather than the insolent boy causing Lucius to scream for a while before the dark Lord says "Just so you know Harry, that Crucio was for him risking that diary in the first place, it was very important, more important than either of you will ever know and this one, Crucio." Again he leaves the spell for a few moments more on the blond man, "Is to make sure that you follow my future orders. Especially the one I called you for. "I want you to take Harry home with you and take care of the boy."

"It will be my pleasure." Lucius drawls.

"If I may be so bold, my Lord." Severus drawls, "You might want to inform Lucius what you mean by taking care of the child because I'd rather not see him tortured even if those muggles he lived with probably spoiled him enough."

"You have no idea it seems, Severus." Voldemort replies angrily, just now remembering the first memories he's seen in the child's mind, the pain and hunger. The hard work and loneliness he had to endure. "Lucius, I'm sure you recall that there were a few raids that seemed to target children according to my spies?"

"Of course, my Lord." Lucius replies, "They nearly got my son the night our dark prince was taken." Lucius replies. "I still remember that Draco cried for months since he already adored your son and wanted him around himself."

"It seems my son was taken to replace a boy that had died. The real Harry Potter is dead and the boy there is my son. If I find him even the slightest bit unhappy you'll watch your family die before you join them. Did I make myself clear?" The dark Lord says threateningly.

"Hey Lucy, might as well kill yourself now." Harry cheerfully interrupts, "There is no way in hell I'll ever be happy around a death eater and lets not forget, I most certainly don't want to be around an oversize-snake-like-wanna-be-ruler-of-the-world-who-can't-even-kill-a-baby either."

Voldemort glares at the boy but doesn't say anything to the boy and returns his gaze towards Lucius, "I do hope you're up for the challenge. I'll give you about a month to change his mind. You better use that chance to redeem yourself after loosing my diary."

Voldemort puts Harry in a body bind, before more gentle than Harry had believed possible from the crazy snake man, he's freed from the stone angel and placed in front of Lucius. "You have about a month give or take a few days, so you better hurry Lucius or you will get the punishment you deserve for not only letting my diary be destroyed but also nearly killing my only son!"

Nagini is still around Harry hissing angrily after feeling the boy's body freeze and Voldemort starts to explain to her that his son was manipulated into hating him and might run off and that Lucius is to take care of the boy while he prepares a permanent home for his son, as well as that she better stay close to ensure that Lucius isn't going to hurt his only son.

A little later Harry is in Malfoy Manor and has his wounds treated by an elf, wondering what will happen next.

Authors Note: I hope you like the first chapter and are going to enjoy my new story.

I some of you might know from my authors note in Snake Brother I'm also working on a time travel fic and would like to know who you'd like to see end up with Harry in the end. There will be a few in between especially one in the past that Harry will lose when he goes back to his own time. To warn you Harry will be 22 when he returns form his time travel a few moments before his 12 year old self left meaning he will be ten years older then the rest of the gang but since he is going to be rather depressed after his return due to having lost everyone he liked from the past including his son (yes mpreg story) it will take some time until he finally starts to seriously date again and find his final partner. I just would like to know if you want him with someone older like Snape, someone younger like Draco or someone closer to his age like Charlie or if you can think on someone, I didn't think about. I did put him with a man in the past but that doesn't mean he has to be fully gay so a girl could be included in your suggestions and while I'm not used to write such stories I might if it isn't a girl I really dislike for Harry. Which by the way is why in this case I won't go with the most suggested person but the most suggested person from those that I actually like since I do have my own favorites but can't really choose and might not have thought of all possibilities which is why I won't write a list of characters to choose from.