Hello everyone :) So here is the sequel to the Enemy Within. I have started to upload without having finished the entire story which is a new technique I'm trying out. Although I have a rough plan, I'm totally open to readers comments and suggestions to what way the story should pan out.

This story starts before the epilogue of the last one. The Veils Reward starts in September and the epilogue to the Enemy Within is in November. This story will show Harry through his recovery and what happened in the 3 months running up to the epilogue and then beyond into the unknown!

If you haven't already, I suggest you go and read the first story!

Just to fill you in - After Dumbledore's death in the Enemy Within, McGonagall was made headmistress.
The Order are trying to find the remaining Death Eaters and Harry is having a hard time recovering from his battle with Voldemort.

This chapter is a flashforward into the future.

Prolepsis

The room fell silent, but the shouts and screams outside the headmistresses office seemed to grow ever louder.
Harry was still staring across the room at Snape with a look of utter horror on his face.

'You're lying,' he said quietly, fury emanating from every part of his body. 'Why would you lie about that?'

'I'm not lying,' Snape assured him.

Harry waved his hand dismissively and turned his back. 'I don't know why I believe anything you say.'

Snape reached out and grabbed him by the arm, turning him around sharply.

'I have proof.'

Harry knew what he wanted. He reluctantly lifted his head and allowed their eyes to meet. All too quickly a blur of colours and sounds shot through his head. Snippets of conversation tore through his mind; an image of two men speaking in the very room he was stood in now; the same two men watching him and Remus from afar. He pulled his gaze away from Snape and let the man tumble from his mind.

It took a few moments for Harry to collect himself before he realised what he'd just seen. Furiously, he tore his arm from Snape's grip.

'YOU KNEW?' he roared. 'You knew all this time! You – you betrayed me – you betrayed all of us!'

'It is not as simple as that!' Snape argued.

'Isn't it?' Harry snarled and then started towards the door. Snape intercepted and shoved him hard against the wall, his hands tight around his shoulders. 'Get off me!'

'Listen to me, Potter. Things are not as they seem.' Snape took a deep breath. 'You're going to need to listen so I can tell you the truth about what has happened. Then you will be free to make your judgements.'

Harry glared at him. 'Why should I give you the time of day?'

'Because you wanted to know why I made the promise to your mother – why I made the unbreakable vow to keep you alive. And what I promised Albus Dumbledore before he died?'

Harry's eyes grew wide and his anger suddenly dissolved into disbelief.

'You made that promise!' he said, astounded. 'That happened? It wasn't just a dream?'

'It happened,' Snape said releasing his hold on Harry's shirt. 'I have not revealed it to anyone. Until now.'