AN: Not sure if there´s someone out reading this but here´s chapter 1.

The story of my life

CHAPTER 1

Albus Dumbledore was known as a very powerful wizard, if not the most powerful wizard since Merlin. Somehow he always seemed calm, patient and at peace with himself and the rest of the world around him. He was the hero and the tower of strength for people around him but right now he felt like he has lost himself and his head was going to explode any minute.

There were far too many things and persons to worry about. First of all, he had to take care of his little son Thomas. He was only three years old and needed to be protected more than ever in these dangerous times but was this really possible? Dumbledore knew that the world waited for him to stop Grindelwald and his daily attacks and murders but this was easier said than done. He´s been searching for the hiding place of the darkest wizard for months now but every time he thought he found him, he was proven wrong.

Of course he wasn´t alone on this mission. A small but growing group of talented witches and wizards were there to help him with his search or took care of his son when he had to go away again.

Albus knew that he wouldn´t be able to do all these researches on his own but it still hurt him to leave little Thommy behind, especially when knowing that no matter how well he was cared for, the little boy never really trusted anyone or even given them any chance to come closer. The only people who could handle the little blond boy were Nicholas and Perenelle Flamel. Still it hurt every time to see the tears in Thomas´ eyes whenever his father left without even knowing whether they would see each other ever again.

Thomas and Grindelwald weren´t the only worries in the wizard´s life. He was also worried as hell when his thoughts drifted away to Minerva McGonagall, former student and secretly the woman of his dreams. He haven´t heard anything from her since the birth of his child. It´s not as he should be shocked about this since he hurt her more than enough. She had every right to hate and ignore him but this wouldn´t explain the absence of Minerva when it came to her beloved Auror job. She was the only woman ever who was good enough to work under Alastor Moody. In truth she was a genius in everything she did but suddenly she was gone and nobody heard from her since then. It´s been almost one year now but he still couldn´t live a day without thinking about her and he doubted that he would ever be able to forget someone like her.

Dumbledore knew that Alastor himself tried to find her but even the greatest Auror of this time had to stop without finding any evidence or trace. The last thing they knew where that the young woman was in Berlin to work as a spy. Like every evening she contacted her boss and informed him about all that was going on there. Soon it was almost sure that sooner or later Grindelwald would decide to open his headquarters there since more and more dark wizards had been found around this city in Germany. She was very near founding out where exactly he would settle down but then she just disappeared. Of course her colleagues tried everything to find her but soon there was no time left since Grindelwald seemed to become stronger every second.

"Albus are you even listening to what I am saying? We have to work faster! As far as I know, Grindelwald will be there in exactly 8 weeks. That´s our best chance we ever had and we just have to use it. You have to take it and finally defeat him! You are the only one that is strong enough to kill this bastard! Stop thinking too much and start preparing for the end of the war!"

Alastor sounded more and more impatient with every word and Albus couldn´t help but sigh loudly while he looked outside of the windows of his private house. It was such a beautiful day outside but he knew that this world was anything but beautiful these days.

Slowly he turned around and his weary blue eyes that lost their twinkle long ago were looking tiredly at his friend. He knew he was right and he should really concentrate all his power towards what would happen in two months but his stomach told him that something would happen even sooner but he still couldn´t find out what.

"I´ll do my best Alastor but I will need the help of you all to locate him and his supporters. We need a plan to not only kill Gellert but to capture all of his supporters as well to avoid that one of them will become the new darkest wizard in case we will defeat Gellert. I am glad I have you here my dear friend because you´re the biggest help I could find. I am really not in the mood for a second war right after this one in case I survive this battle of course. I just want to spend my time with my son and go on with teaching since Armando can´t be left with a teacher who is gone more than he´s teaching and doing his work."

The two wizards started to make plans immediately and didn´t even noticed the dark sky outside until the doorbell rang, telling them both that Perenelle was outside with Thomas and this meant that both men had to stop mentioning anything about the war since this cute little guy with his blond locks shouldn´t be bothered with all the harms around him since he already had too much to suffer for his age.

Albus enjoyed the last hours of every day immensely since this was the only time he would spare for his beloved son and they both needed this time and routine to be able to go on every day. It was filled with short walks around the huge garden that was more like a park while the house elves prepared their meals. Afterwards they ate and talked about their plans for the next day and after preparing his little man for the night, they used the last hour before bed for playing whatever game Thomas wanted to play. Every day ended with a bed time story and a last kiss on the forehead of the sleeping child. Just like every other night, Albus would be sitting in his study afterwards, making his paper work, answering letters and waiting for Fawkes to come back from wherever the phoenix was and finally they would call it a night.

The worries of Dumbledore grew even more when he heard the bells outside ring, telling him that it was already midnight but his beautiful friend was still not on his perch, enjoying the Phoenix goodies before sleep would overtake him. It was quite unusual for the bird and it only confirmed the bad feeling inside his gut.

Although keeping up his work, the middle aged wizard wouldn´t really concentrate anymore and found himself standing at the open window while looking into the dark sky, holding his soft black cloak tightly around his lean and tall body to keep from shivering in the cold. He had no idea how long he stayed like this when he finally saw something huge flying towards him. The red-golden shining told him that it must be Fawkes but he wasn´t alone. It seemed like he carried something in his claws and when the strong bird finally came close enough, Albus almost screamed in panic when he recognized the emerald cloak he haven´t seen for a long time and the person wearing it.

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