The Clash of the Clans
By: The Riddler
Chapter 1:The Beginning
October 5, 1977
It was a dark and stormy night at Snake Showdown. Anybody who was out at this time of night was either a lunatic or had urgent business. Albus Dumbledore was a man who had VERY urgent business. As the storm raged on and lightning flashed, you could see the old man stop right outside Godric's Hollow, the home of the famous James Potter. As the lightning flashed again after the thunder, there was no trace of him anywhere.
"Headmaster!" exclaimed James Potter as he answered the door. "Please, please, do come in. Terrible night for wandering if you ask me." James let the soaked-to-the-bone Albus Dumbledore into the cozy, warm living room.
"Ah, thank you my dear boy," Albus said, as James took the rain soaked coat from him. "I'm afraid I mustn't stay long, though. Very urgent business."
The once jovial man looked like he had 'bit the dust' too many times. His eyes had lost their sparkle it seemed overnight. James noticed this right away, and was concerned. "Are you alright Headmaster? Should I go get Sirius and Remus?"
"Please, my boy, call me Albus." It seemed for a second that he had gotten his spark back, but it quickly faded away like the lightning in the sky. "It does concern your friends, so yes, please go get them."
"Would you like anything Head- um. Albus?"
"Tea would be fine, thank-you."
As James Potter went to go get tea, and find his best friends, Dumbledore looked slowly around the room. He remembered when he had first come here. It had seemed like an eternity ago, but there he was. And because he was here, he was going to change the future. At least he hoped that he would. Things could not happen the same as last time. This time Harry would.Albus didn't want to dwell on what would happen if he failed.
Albus sighed regrettably, just when Remus and Sirius walked in. ."Are you sure James said that Albus wanted us to come also? Because it seems to me that Professor Dumbledore doesn't want us here. I mean Moony, that the way he sighed seemed-"
"Hello to you too Mr. Black," Albus said, his eyes regaining their former twinkle.
Sirius blushed scarlet when he realized that Albus had heard him. "Sorry Headmaster," mumbled Sirius.
"Don't apologize my boy. People make mistakes. And please call me Albus. Your not in school anymore."
Albus chuckled as Sirius slid into a chair as far away from him as posible. He was still blushing burgundy. "Hello Mr. Lupin. Well, I hope?" Albus asked Remus who, unfortunately, looked worse for wear. The full moon had just been a few nights ago, and it seemed that the effect of it hadn't worn off yet.
"Well enough Albus," Remus said forlornly. He plopped down in a cushiony chair next to Albus just as James walked into the room with tea.
"I was wondering where both of you got to. Here's your tea Albus. Anybody else want tea?" James asked. When Remus said he wanted some, James was happy to oblige.
When all of the tea had been passed around, and everybody was comfortably in a chair with the thunder pounding outside, James asked why Albus was there.
It took Albus a few seconds to gather his thoughts. "James, Sirius, Remus, it has come to my attention that you've been out of school for a few years, and yet your all still single." Before Sirius could say something rash to Dumbledore about their love lives, Dumbledore put up a hand.
"You must listen to me now. All of you. James, you remember Lily in your school days?" James nodded. They all had. She was a perfect little with blazing green eyes, and dark red hair. But she was a shy person, and really didn't have friends. She was also in Slytherin, though a muggleborn. No one could forget her.
"Go see her. I believe that she broke up with Severus a few week ago. She'll need a friend. Ask her out or something." Before James could object about getting together with a Slytherin, Dumbledore ploughed right on.
"Sirius, Arabella Figg, Lily Evens best friend, go see her. Remus-"
But Remus cut him off.
"With all due respect Headmaster, I'm a werewolf, and I really can't reproduce or think of reproducing without the chance of giving the werewolfism to my children. So please, don't get meddled in my love life."
"Remus, if I said that I could cure you of your werewolfism and make you a normal human being, with the exception of you being a wolf animagi, would you take it?" Dumbledore said quickly.
"I don't know," Remus said slowly. "But most likely yes. But what does that have to do with-"
But Dumbledore cut him off. He was looking frantic, and you could almost see through him, like a ghost. "Remus, there is a cure. You need to drink it if you want to join your friends' late night antics." Here Dumbledore glanced at James and Sirius who were dumbfounded.
He handed Remus a bottle of a clear liquid. "You must drink it on a full moon though. Now, I must go," Dumbledore, said stiffly, and huskily. "I hope to see you all soon."
And with that, Dumbledore, his twinkling eyes once more grave and thoughtful, lines around his face standing out more than usual, left with a billowing cloak of night blue into the rain and sleet and hail, never to be seen again. for another 7 years.
End of Chapter 1
By: The Riddler
Chapter 1:The Beginning
October 5, 1977
It was a dark and stormy night at Snake Showdown. Anybody who was out at this time of night was either a lunatic or had urgent business. Albus Dumbledore was a man who had VERY urgent business. As the storm raged on and lightning flashed, you could see the old man stop right outside Godric's Hollow, the home of the famous James Potter. As the lightning flashed again after the thunder, there was no trace of him anywhere.
"Headmaster!" exclaimed James Potter as he answered the door. "Please, please, do come in. Terrible night for wandering if you ask me." James let the soaked-to-the-bone Albus Dumbledore into the cozy, warm living room.
"Ah, thank you my dear boy," Albus said, as James took the rain soaked coat from him. "I'm afraid I mustn't stay long, though. Very urgent business."
The once jovial man looked like he had 'bit the dust' too many times. His eyes had lost their sparkle it seemed overnight. James noticed this right away, and was concerned. "Are you alright Headmaster? Should I go get Sirius and Remus?"
"Please, my boy, call me Albus." It seemed for a second that he had gotten his spark back, but it quickly faded away like the lightning in the sky. "It does concern your friends, so yes, please go get them."
"Would you like anything Head- um. Albus?"
"Tea would be fine, thank-you."
As James Potter went to go get tea, and find his best friends, Dumbledore looked slowly around the room. He remembered when he had first come here. It had seemed like an eternity ago, but there he was. And because he was here, he was going to change the future. At least he hoped that he would. Things could not happen the same as last time. This time Harry would.Albus didn't want to dwell on what would happen if he failed.
Albus sighed regrettably, just when Remus and Sirius walked in. ."Are you sure James said that Albus wanted us to come also? Because it seems to me that Professor Dumbledore doesn't want us here. I mean Moony, that the way he sighed seemed-"
"Hello to you too Mr. Black," Albus said, his eyes regaining their former twinkle.
Sirius blushed scarlet when he realized that Albus had heard him. "Sorry Headmaster," mumbled Sirius.
"Don't apologize my boy. People make mistakes. And please call me Albus. Your not in school anymore."
Albus chuckled as Sirius slid into a chair as far away from him as posible. He was still blushing burgundy. "Hello Mr. Lupin. Well, I hope?" Albus asked Remus who, unfortunately, looked worse for wear. The full moon had just been a few nights ago, and it seemed that the effect of it hadn't worn off yet.
"Well enough Albus," Remus said forlornly. He plopped down in a cushiony chair next to Albus just as James walked into the room with tea.
"I was wondering where both of you got to. Here's your tea Albus. Anybody else want tea?" James asked. When Remus said he wanted some, James was happy to oblige.
When all of the tea had been passed around, and everybody was comfortably in a chair with the thunder pounding outside, James asked why Albus was there.
It took Albus a few seconds to gather his thoughts. "James, Sirius, Remus, it has come to my attention that you've been out of school for a few years, and yet your all still single." Before Sirius could say something rash to Dumbledore about their love lives, Dumbledore put up a hand.
"You must listen to me now. All of you. James, you remember Lily in your school days?" James nodded. They all had. She was a perfect little with blazing green eyes, and dark red hair. But she was a shy person, and really didn't have friends. She was also in Slytherin, though a muggleborn. No one could forget her.
"Go see her. I believe that she broke up with Severus a few week ago. She'll need a friend. Ask her out or something." Before James could object about getting together with a Slytherin, Dumbledore ploughed right on.
"Sirius, Arabella Figg, Lily Evens best friend, go see her. Remus-"
But Remus cut him off.
"With all due respect Headmaster, I'm a werewolf, and I really can't reproduce or think of reproducing without the chance of giving the werewolfism to my children. So please, don't get meddled in my love life."
"Remus, if I said that I could cure you of your werewolfism and make you a normal human being, with the exception of you being a wolf animagi, would you take it?" Dumbledore said quickly.
"I don't know," Remus said slowly. "But most likely yes. But what does that have to do with-"
But Dumbledore cut him off. He was looking frantic, and you could almost see through him, like a ghost. "Remus, there is a cure. You need to drink it if you want to join your friends' late night antics." Here Dumbledore glanced at James and Sirius who were dumbfounded.
He handed Remus a bottle of a clear liquid. "You must drink it on a full moon though. Now, I must go," Dumbledore, said stiffly, and huskily. "I hope to see you all soon."
And with that, Dumbledore, his twinkling eyes once more grave and thoughtful, lines around his face standing out more than usual, left with a billowing cloak of night blue into the rain and sleet and hail, never to be seen again. for another 7 years.
End of Chapter 1