Bella Swan was nervous. Albus Dumbledore sent an owl requesting that she come visit him at Hogwarts. Now she wasn't nervous about going to Hogwarts. Actually she loved Hogwarts as being a member of the alumni. No what she was nervous about was wondering what Professor Dumbledore wanted to speak to her about.
Bella's cousin Cederic Diggory was just killed a couple weeks ago and from what Professor Dumbledore said, it was Voldemort that killed him. Now she knew that there were some witches and wizards' saying this was total hogwash, but she knew that Dumbledore would never lie. No she knew that the ministry wanted to keep their heads up their asses. It was easier than accepting what Dumbledore knew to be true.
What the real big question to Bella was, what were the details that lead to Cederic getting killed. Dumbledore was keeping some of the things that went down that night to himself. She was in the stands that night that Harry Potter re-appeared with the body of Cederic. She saw how distraught he was and knew that he probably felt some guilt about surviving while Cederic died.
Bella was pacing around waiting for Professor McGonagall to let her in the stairwell. If Professor Dumbledore wanted to see her, it probably had something to do with all the recent happenings. Bella, herself, had recently taken a leave of absence from the ministry. Being distraught over Cederic's death, and helping her uncle Amos bury the body and take care of affairs. No the recent happening that had Bella up in a tizzy were the fact that the ministry and the public had done a complete 180 about their feelings towards Dumbledore and by association towards Harry Potter; saying that he is getting to old and that Harry just wants attention. One thing she knew, if Harry wanted attention he would have gone after it during the Tri-Wizard Tournament.
Bella heard the statue moving and looked up to see Professor McGonagall wave at her and call out, "Bella dear, Professor Dumbledore will see you now." "Thanks Professor McGonagall, I see you are still doing well?" Professor McGonagall smiled at Bella and remembered what a wonderful student Bella was, "Yes dear, I am well. How are you doing and how is the family holding up? You can call me Minerva you know, you are no longer a student here?" As Bella got the stairway and felt it moving upwards she smiled, "Thank you Minerva, Amos is doing, well is doing as can be expected. The death of Cederic has hit him very hard. Minerva, do you know what Professor Dumbledore wants to see me about?" As the statue reached the top of the stairwell Minerva looked towards Bella and replied, "No my dear, I don't know what he wants to see you about. However, I have the feeling that it is going to be extremely important."
They walked down the hall towards Professor Dumbledore's office and Bella's nerves were starting to get bigger. She thought about what Minerva said and wondered what was so important that Professor Dumbledore wanted to see her about. She only just finished Auror training and hadn't actually been out to the field. As she reached the door she turned towards Minerva and said, "thank you for walking with me, and it was good to see you again. I hope we meet again and soon." Minerva looked at Bella and said, "yes dear, we shall have to get together soon. I would love to hear how you Auror training went. I hope everything goes well for you." Bella then turned back towards the door and knocked.
The door started to open and Bella went in. She didn't see Dumbledore behind his desk, so she started to look around. It was the first time that she had ever been in the Headmaster's office. It wasn't really what she expected and yet she really didn't know what she should expect. Considering that Dumbledore was an extremely interesting man, or so she heard. She went straight towards the bookcases to see what kind of books he actually kept in his office. Bella was astounded at all the different types of books there. Potions, Transfiguration, Quidditch, Herbology, Defense Against the Dark Arts; basically every subject that was taught at Hogwarts.
Yet over at one of the farther bookcases down at the bottom, were some different books. Algebra, English, Science, and other books that she really had no clue what they were related too. Dumbledore came down the stairs and saw Bella looking at the books. He knew how much she loved written books and gave Hermione Granger a run at her money on who spent the most time in the Library. He also found it interesting at what books held Bella's interest. Considering what he wanted to ask of her. So he spoke out to let Bella know of his presence, "Hello dear, thank you for coming."
Bella was startled to hear Dumbledore behind her and jumped up in shock. She turned blushing considering she got caught looking at his books. She spoke out to calm herself down, "hello Professor. How are you doing?" Professor smiled at Bella and waved to her to sit at the chair across from the desk. "My dear Bella, I am doing well. Will you please sit? I have the topic of upmost importance to talk to you about."