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Author's note: I suppose some people wonder why, in Dimensions, I wrote the line "Ah, Mobius. I met the oracle when I was younger ..." spoken by Dumbledore in chapter 3. Well, this is the story of "how it happened when Albus Dumbledore met the Oracle of Delphius".

Explanations by Chris Atola

Prologue

Albus Dumbledore had only just accepted the post of Headmaster for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and already he was enjoying it. He loved working with the children, watching their young minds absorb all that they were taught.

He has just sat down at this desk, when his assistant, Janie Riverbank, entered carrying a rather large parcel wrapped in brown paper. "A package just arrived for you, Professor." She set the parcel down on the desk and left.

Albus looked at the parcel in bewilderment. Who could have sent it? He hadn't ordered anything, and no-one he knew sent anything the Muggle way...

Against all of his training, he was drawn to the parcel, and started unwrapping it. When the paper was gone, a oakwood box sat on the table. Ignoring the little voice inside his head, he opened the box. As the box opened, Albus felt a tugging sensation, and found himself being sucked into the box. Fawkes the phoenix took to the air and followed him into the box.

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