Professor Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, walked down the marble staircase into the entrance hall. He turned down a small hallway. Professor Firenze, who taught Divination, had sent an urgent note requesting Dumbledore's presence. He opened a door to his right and moved into a room that looked distinctly like a forest. "Professor Firenze?" he called.
The sounds of galloping hooves reached Dumbledore's ears, and before he knew it he was staring at the tall form of a centaur. "Ah, headmaster. I am please to know you are well, and have received my message."
"I was under the impression that it was urgent."
"The heavens have shifted, and I believe you have been waiting for this event. Though, I fear the change you seek will not come in the way you expect."
"I apologize my friend, I do not quite follow. Is this concerning Voldemort?"
The centaur nodded "And the new Head Boy and Head Girl. Please, have a seat, I will tell you what I can."
Later that night, Dumbledore entered his office and went straight to the Hogwarts Sorting Hat.
"Good evening Professor." The wrinkles in the old hat contorted to form a face.
"So sorry to bother you, I am sure you have a lot of song writing to do. However, there is an urgent matter concerning next term's Heads. Tell me, have you chosen them yet?"
"Hmm, I believe I settled on Miss Hermione Granger of Gryffindor, as our Head Girl."
"I couldn't have chosen better myself… And the Head Boy?" Dumbledore's voice was impatient.
"Yes, that was a difficult choice. An unlikely choice, I believe you will say. However, I really did not believe there was any other top student who could fulfill the job better than Mr. Draco Malfoy of Slytherin." The hat's pseudo-lips curled into a smirk.
Dumbledore moved to sit in the chair behind his desk. He held his head in his hands, deep in thought. Not a moment later, he swiveled his seat around and stared out at the Forbidden Forest, wondering if the other centaur's had noted the same as Firenze. He questioned himself, had he really been so wrong? He supposed he would have to do a bit more research on the things that would be needed to defeat Voldemort. Firenze seemed to believe that love was the key, which was what Dumbledore himself had been saying for years. However, he had never thought that more than one kind of love would be needed. ~
The next evening Professor Dumbledore came to a difficult conclusion. In order to defeat Voldemort they would need three key ingredients; friendship, family, and soul mates. This was going to be a difficult year.