Disclamer: I do not own any of the characters in HP. Come what may is a song of the Moulin Rouge! soundtrack. The only things I own are the characters of Mr. Quijano, his daughter, Clara Quijano, Juan, Maruxa, and Josefa Pereira
Summary:Summer of 1857. A young Albus Dumbledore went to a little village in Galicia (Spain) to visit an old friend. What he didn't know is that he would find something more... (Albus Dumbledore/OC)
Come what may
Chapter one
It was the summer of 1857.Albus Dumbledore, who had already finished his student years at Hogwarts, went to a little village in Galicia, at the Nort-East of Spain, where Juan Pereira, one of his friends of childhood lived.
One day they were having a walk, when Albus saw a girl, who had brown hair drapped in a knot, and was wearing a brown dress. He thought it was like seeing an angel. The girl passed, but Albus reimained there, marvelled because of the vision...
- Continue dreaming, dear fellow, beacuse that girl is an impossible dream- Juan said at the back of Albus- for you and for lots of boys here
Albus turned back ,and asked his friend:
-Why is she an impossible dream?
-Believe it or not, she's María Quijano, the daughter del Señor Quijano, the richest bussiness man of the zone. - Juan said
- But, what does it matter?- Albus asked
- Albus, wake up! She has a lot of VERY RICH suitors at her door- Juan said- I don't really believe that her father would put down all those rich suitors beacuse of you.
- Why are you so sure of that?- Albus asked
- Believe me, if you ask every boy who has tried it, they answer you that her father, took them out of his house nearly kicking them.- Juan replied-I've tried it... My ass still hurts beacuse of that.
Albus laughed
- Well, Luck goes with brave people, so i'm going to try it
- But not now, Maruxa and my mother are waiting for us- Juan said- And you know my mother's temper gets worse when I arrive late
-Ok, then- Albus replied.
And they continued walking until they arrived to Juan's house. A little house in which Juan, his wife, Maruxa, and his mother, Josefina, lived since Juan was a baby. He opened the door, and said:
- ¡Ya hemos llegado!
Maruxa came to the hall, very silent.
-No hables tan alto- she said in a low voice – Tu madre se ha ido a dormir, dice que tenía dolor de cabeza.
- Vale- he replied
- What happens?- Albus asked (Strangely enough, in the seven years that he hadn't visited Spain, he had forgotten most of the spanish that he learned when he was a kid)
-It's my mother, she is sleeping, beacuse she had headache, so it would be better if we don't do any noise.- Juan replied
-Ok, Juan.- Albus replied
They went to the kitchen, which was also the dinning room, to help Maruxa with the table.
Maruxa noticed the state of fascination of Albus, and asked Juan:
- ¿Qué le ocurre a tu amigo?
- Ha visto a la señorita Quijano...y se ha enamorado- Juan replied
Maruxa looked to Albus :
-Dile que vaya a por menta al jardín- she said to Juan- Tengo que hablar contigo.
-Vale- Juan replied. Then, he talked to Albus-Albus, would you mind going to the garden to take some mint leaves?
-No, I don't mind- Albus said, leaving the glasses over the table.-where is the garden door?
-At the end of the corridor, left door- Juan replied
Then, Albus left the room:
-La verdad es que tiene cara de enamoradísimo- she said
- Va intentar hablar con el Señor Quijano mañana-Juan replied
Then, the forks and knifes that Maruxa had in her hands fell to the floor.
-Está de broma, ¿verdad?-she asked, quite surprised
-No, y eso es lo peor de todo- Juan replied- No sé que hacer para convencerle de que no lo haga.
-Cuentale lo que te pasó a tí - she told him.
-Ya lo he hecho, y sigue pensando en ir.- Juan replied
- Pues, entonces, déjale- Maruxa said- si le has contado lo que te pasó y no te ha hecho caso, mejor será que lo viva por él mismo
Then, Albus came back.
-Here you are.-he said as he gave the mint leaves to Juan.
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Here is the translation of Maruxa and Juan's conversation.
-What happens to your friend?
-He has seen Miss Quijano... and he has fallen in love.
Maruxa sends Albus to the garden and the conversation continues)
-He has the face of someone who is in love
-He is going to talk with Mr Quijano tomorrow
- You are kidding, aren't you?
-No, and that's the worst of all. I don't know what to do to convince him not to do it.
- Tell him what happened to you
-I've done it and he still wants to go
-Then, leave him. If you've told him what happened to you, and he didn't pay attention, better let him live the experience by himself