Hey all thanks for all the reviews last chapter. Sorry it's been so long, life has just been happening and I havent had a chance to write for a while. I apologize that this is such a short chapter I meant for it to be longer but I figured I should aleast try and get something out.

The first thing I noticed upon opening my eyes was that I was very, very wet. Groaning I stood up slowly before stumbling slightly and catching myself on a brick wall. Water dripped down my face and covered my vision. It was raining heavily and with the darkness I could not see my hand when I moved it in front of my face. 'No matter, nothing a little magic can't fix.'

I just started reaching for my wand when my mind was assaulted by a flash of green and memories came flooding back.

"The killing curse...I...I died." I mumbled shocked. "But how am I...? This doesn't make any sense." My voice sounded shaky even to my own ears.

I took a deep breath, resolving to figure it out later and reached into my sleeve. My movements became more and more frantic as I pat myself down."Where Is it? Come on it has to be here." After searching for a few more seconds I became pale and a pit opened in my stomach. I couldn't find my wand.

Turning so my back was to the wall I used one of the few spells I could use wandlessly. "Lumos." A ball of light came to life over the palm of my right hand. Even with the light I struggled to see through the rain. The water in the alley was fairly deep with numerous puddles that would consume my entire foot, and I couldn't see my wand anywhere.

I let the light die out before I closed my eyes and started to focus. Lifting my right palm once again I said the words to the spell with as much force as I could muster. "Accio Wand." Nothing happened. Wandless magic is seen as incredibly difficult in Europe, only the most skilled wizards could perform any spells consistently. Even the few simple spells that I could perform put me way above my peers. Therefore it was no surprise that I didn't get the spell right immediately.

Frowning in concentration I took a deep breath before repeating myself. "Accio Wand." Once again nothing happened. I growled before slamming my hand against the wall. Even though it was no surprise didn't mean I was happy with it.

Taking a few seconds to compose myself I prepared to try again. "Okay Albus, third time's the charm. You can do this." Releasing a breath I calmed my emotions and my mind using passive occumancy and tried to feel the words. Finally I released my intent and desperation into the spell. This time I said the spell quietly. "Accio Wand."

I felt the magic pulse through my body and out of my hand. I knew I did the spell right, but still nothing happened.

A feeling of dread overcame me and I paled. "It's not here. Dammit it's not here." Everything started hitting me all at once. How my brother said he never wanted to see me again, my best friend tried to murder me, the death of my sister and now I had no idea where I was and I was without my wand stranded in the rain. Anger overcame me at the situation and I punched the wall as hard as I could. "Aah." There was a crack and my wrist suddenly felt like it was on fire.

Cradling my right wrist in my left hand I leaned against the wall and cried for all I had lost.

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Five minutes later I composed myself and walked out of the alley. 'First thing I have to do is find out where I am, then seek healers for my wrist.' My wrist was swollen quite badly now and I was pretty sure it was broken.

Walking along the streets of the city I kept a lookout for any people that I could approach while inspecting my surroundings. "Definitely not London." Most people were no doubt indoors, not that I could blame them with this weather. I needed to find a way to get out of the rain myself.

I had just turned the third corner when I saw a window on the ground floor with light shining through it. I quickened my pace towards the door where I proceeded to bang on it hard repeatedly with my left hand.

It was after about 15 seconds that the door was swung open. " Mate are you mad? What are you doing out in this weather." The man that answered the door was probably somewhere in his forties judging by his looks. 'Or he's in his 80's if he's a wizard.'

I didn't recognise his accent which was doing nothing to improve my spirit. "Good evening sir, would you happen to know where I could find the nearest healers? You see there was a bit of a mishap." I held out my arm so that he could see my wrist.

"Healers...?" He seemed to mouth to himself before shaking his head slightly looking at my wrist, grimacing , and then stepping back to allow me entrance." Never mind that boy. Come in for a minute while I go get my keys, I'll drive you myself."

'Drive?' I chose to sum that up to muggles for the time being and followed the man inside just grateful to be out of the rain.

Upon entering I noticed for the first time that this was a store. All along shelves there were tens of thousands of books of all different variety. As a lover of books myself I could say that this was quite the collection.

"Like it do you?" The man had returned and was now carrying a group of keys.

"It's an impressive collection." I answered honestly. While nowhere near the size of Hogwarts library this was still impressive nonetheless.

My answer made him grin." The Parthenon is the largest bookstore in all of Canberra!"

"Canberra?" I realised my mistake as soon as it came out of my mouth and suppressed a wince.

The man was studying me now but thankfully chose not to question my slip. "Come along now you should probably get to the hospital for that wrist." With that the man swiftly left the warmth of the store.

Sighing I braced myself for the rain and followed.

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Cars are incredible. Sure they're not as fast as a good broom but they're definitely more comfortable and they have a certain charm to them that only adds to the wonder I was feeling. They also have so many features. Such as warm and hot air on command, seats that move and a truly extraordinary device called a radio that played music on command. The features themselves were not all that impressive, except for the radio of course, but they had all of this without magic! Truly muggles are geniuses, I wonder why we don't have any of these back in Europe.

It was while I was lowering my seat for the third time to test if it would work if the radio volume was on high that my attention was snapped back to the man when he switched off the radio and spoke. "So what's your name boy?"

"Albus, Albus Dumbledore."

"Nice to meet you Albus Im Jack Daniels. Before you say it, I know, my father had a strange sense of humour. The old bastard. It's ironic since I can't stand the taste of alcohol." Jack chuckled to himself a bit. "Heh, atleast it's a good icebreaker."

I had absolutely no bloody clue what Jack was going on about. Must be a muggle thing. Oh well, I'll follow my mothers advice for what to do when talking to someone who might be a bit daft. I smiled understandibly and nodded my head a bit just to be on the safe side.

Jack seemed to have bought my ruse atleast. Of course he did, Im an expert. "Well here we are, lets get you sorted out kid."

The interior of the hospital was white. That's all that stuck out to me was that it was white. That and how crowded it was. There seemed to be almost twenty people sitting on the chairs. Some looked as if their skin was ripped off parts of their bodies showing raw flesh underneath while others were shaking, pale and looked almost frozen to death. One particular man was holding a severed frozen hand and crying. I started to feel a little ill just looking at it.

Jack and myself walked up to the counter. Where Jack proceeded to talk to the lady sitting there. "Hey Jenny how are you doing today?"

The lady at the counter smiled tiredly at him. "Jack it's good to see you. Im good, tired though. We've had another cape incident today as you can see." She gestured with her head over at the seats.

Jack looked over and grimaced. "Let me guess Sandstorm and Snowstorm."

"Yeah, and they got away again. Can you believe it? When are they going to finally be caught?"

"The heroes are trying their best Im sure."

Jenny snorted "Always defending the heroes aren't you Jack."

Jack smiled "You know Im right though."

Jenny sighed softly "I know." She then looked over at all the victims. "I just wish they could do a little more. I can't believe the villains would commit crimes in this weather though."

"Id imagine Snowstorm would take advantage of it and create huge hailstones."

Jenny seemed to have a moment of realisation. "It would certainly explain some of the injuries I saw earlier. All those people are already in ICU. I just wish we had enough doctors for these people too."Jenny shook her head. slightly. "Anyway, what are you doing here Jack? You here to volunteer again? And who's this?"

Since I've woken up it seems as if I've been in a constant state of confusion. I mean what inMerlin's name is a cape? Judging from how these people speak of them they must be wizards. But that doesn't make any sense. The ICW would have a fit if wizards were breaking the Statute of Secrecy in such a manner.

"This is Albus. Were actually here for him, you see he did something to his wrist..."

I smiled happy to finally be getting my wrist treated. The sooner I leave this place the better. It looked as if my luck was finally turning around.

Once again I apologize for how short this chapter is. Ill try to make the next one longer .Ive been having thoughts on Dumbledore being an animagus. I would like your guys opinions of whether he should be one or not as it's not confirmed in canon. If he should be one what animal would suit him best and why. Albus Dumbledore has to be one of my favourite characters in fiction. Purely because of how imperfect he is and I wish more authors would write stories with him as the main character. Unfortunately he is also an incredibly difficult character to write and I know Im not going to get him perfect (or even do him justice but i will try) so any advice on what I could improve on when it comes to writing him would be appreciated. I read every review and will try and take whatever you guys say into account as im mainly doing this to get better at writing. Criticism is welcome as long as it's constructive.