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Chapter 4: The Light Side

Alvar and Harry cautiously entered the Headmaster office. Since this was Alvar's first time entering the office, he was quite surprised with its looks. The room itself is a large circular room with many windows. The room contains a vast number of portraits of previous headmasters; there are many spindly tables with intricate silvery devices upon them; and the Sorting Hat resting on a shelf. On the right side of the room there is a pensieve and on the left is the Headmaster's personal library. Finally there is the Headmaster's desk with a small perch on it and on that perch is a phoenix.

"Alvar, Harry, good to see you both." Dumbledore announced joyfully. "Would either of you like a sherbet lemon?" Both Harry and Alvar take one and sit down in the chairs in front of the Headmaster's desk. "Now Alvar, how are you doing, I hope that you have made some friends to help you around."

"Yes Headmaster." Alvar replied. "But I'm actually not here to discuss these things; I'm here for my destiny. That is the only reason I came to this school was to discuss what your side offers to the world if you were to win the war."

Harry and Albus were shocked. So Harry asked "What?"

Alvar rolls his eyes. "You both honestly don't think that the Peverell family rejoined the wizarding world just so that I could go to Hogwarts."

Harry just stared dumbly at Alvar, but Albus quickly caught on to what Alvar was saying.

"So is it safe to assume that you have or will be asking the same things to Voldemort." Albus asked.

Alvar smiled. "Now you're getting it. I came back because I know that this is a very pivotal moment in history and that whichever side wins will drastically alter the future. I need to make sure that what happens is in the best of interest for the entire world and whichever side brings that to the table will have me as an ally."

Albus and Harry were both shocked, how powerful could this child, a mere 15 year old boy be if he believes that whichever side he is on will win? Albus and Harry quickly exchanged glances.

"Well Alvar, I don't see how you could possibly change the tide of war by yourself, even with whatever allies you may have." Albus said.

"Well, in a few weeks on October 31st I will be going through a ritual of sorts. It will grant me the knowledge of all of my predecessors which goes back to the time of Merlin."

Albus and Harry once again were absolutely shocked; Harry's mouth was hanging open while Albus was thinking how he could keep Alvar away from Tom.

"Well," Albus began. "I know that what our side is doing is for the greater good of all of us. What we want is equality for all people whether they are a pureblood or a muggleborn. No discrimination and harmony among all of our people and all of our races. Voldemort merely wants purebloods to rule above all others." There that should satisfy him Dumbledore thought.

"Well what will you do to the people who are already in power positions, if you are going to take away what their best of interest is, then I can safely assume that them and their allies will be less than pleased and you may be faced with a coup or a civil war." Alvar retorted.

Albus frowned; he thought that the boy would understand that this is for the greater good and that this is the best course of action. "Well obviously the people in the power positions will see reason; they will understand that this is for the better. As for their being any war like actions, I seriously doubt that they would be so childish as to do something like that. They would understand, after this is done, that what happened was for the better."

"Ok, I'm done with you for now Albus." Alvar had a pensive expression on his face. It's obvious that he wants to see the best in everyone even if they are unwilling to change. "Harry, I want to know what your thoughts are."

Harry was quite shocked, wasn't Dumbledore the leader of the Light, why was he being asked. "Well I feel that we should do basically what Dumbledore said, it will get rid of the ridiculous prejudices in our world and things will be much nicer. As for war after we win, there will likely be some resistance due to Voldemort supporters being high up in power but if during the battle against Voldemort, many of those people will be killed or captured. So a resistance after the war will be manageable especially if our new leaders put an emphasis on getting more aurors."

Alvar inwardly smiled. Finally someone very noble and true who understands that things won't always go the way that they want, the only issue is the major influence of Dumbledore. There is honestly not much wrong with Dumbledore except for the fact that his ideals are unrealistic.

"Alright, well I wish to thank you both for your time, I will make my decision on who to support three days after I receive all of the knowledge and power of my ancestors. First I need to get used to what power I will receive and learn to control it within my body. Then I must prepare whichever side I choose so that they can hold their own. Finally, I must prepare the leader to fulfill the prophecy by defeating the other.

Dumbledore jumped in his seat in shock. How could this boy know of the prophecy? As Dumbledore was thinking this through Harry asked; "What prophecy?" Now it was Alvar's turn to be shocked. He stood glaring at Dumbledore. For a minute the two just stood there staring at each other when finally Alvar spoke. "You didn't ever tell him?" Alvar whispered with a burning intensity.

"Now, now, Alvar, you must know that I did this so that Harry could have a normal childhood. If he knew the prophecy then Harry would be so busy trying to prepare that he would not be the person he is today. He would not have his friends and he may have even gone to the dark side."

Harry knew at this point that the prophecy was going to be life changing. He was worried that now if he heard it that he would be changed completely around. But if he didn't learn it then he could not prepare for what is ahead. He thought about this for a moment before asking; "What is the prophecy?"

Albus sighed; he knew that if he didn't tell Harry that Alvar would. He took a deep breath and began; "The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches… born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies… and the Dark Lord shall mark him as his equal; but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not… and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives… the one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies…"

Harry was shocked to say the least, he had to kill or be killed by Voldemort. His parents died because of the prophecy, because of him. Harry's temper started to get out of control and started to lose control of his magic. Around the room, object started to be levitated; books flying off shelves were swirling around Harry.

All of a sudden everything stopped, as if time stood still and a moment later, all of the objects that were flying around the room, fell to the ground. Harry quickly stormed out of the Headmaster's office and ran back to his dorm.

Alvar was sitting at the Slytherin table, watching the entrance to the Great Hall. It had been 3 days and no one had seen Harry. According to his dorm mates, he had locked himself in his bed and had put up strong silencing and locking charms on the curtains. Alvar was worried for Harry, he felt sorry for the fact that Harry had been kept in the dark for what he was destined to do and now he learned that he must kill or be killed. Fate was cruel.

Alvar went back to eating dinner and a few minutes passed but suddenly everyone went silent and all heads turned to the entrance where Harry Potter stood. He walked over to the Slytherin table, right up to Alvar. He silently handed him a note and left promptly. Alvar pocketed the note and went back to eating. Many of the student eyes were on him. They were all wondering what Harry had given him.

Before anyone could ask anything, he left the table and went back to the Slytherin common room. He went to his dorm room and opened the note. It read 'Meet me on the seventh floor, in front of the tapestry of Barnabas the Barmy at 7pm tonight.'

Alvar checked his pocket watch and saw that it was just after 6:30. He swiftly made his way out of the dungeons and began walking to the seventh floor. Five minutes before 7, Alvar made it and waited. Right on time he heard a subtle brushing of fabric. He knew it was the cloak of invisibility. He waited for Harry to reveal himself but suddenly a door appeared on the wall in front of him. The door opened and was promptly shut. Alvar walked up to the door and opened it.

The room itself was a small circular room covered with maroon and gold decorations. He assumed it must be a replica. In front of the fireplace, sitting on a couch was Harry Potter. Harry was sitting and watching Alvar. Alvar made his way over to a big leather armchair that sat opposite the couch. The two of them sat there, just watching each other. Alvar was waiting for Harry to speak up, he knew that if he pressured him now that he would close up and he wouldn't speak to him very much again.

After about 10 minutes Harry finally spoke up. "Why?" He whispered.

Alvar just sat waiting. He had a blank expression on his face.

"Why did this have to happen to me?" Harry whispered. He didn't look angry or sad; he looked like he was exhausted. He obviously had spent a lot of time thinking about this, realizing how cruelly unfair this was. Who had the right to ask this of him? His parents were killed when he was a child and he had few people to turn to.

The two sat in silence for a few minutes. Alvar just sat still thinking about what kind of leader Harry would be if his side won. Alvar currently had not chosen who to side with. He got a few answers for how the future would be if Harry's side won, now he needed to meet Voldemort and see what his side offered.

After sitting for about half an hour, Harry spoke up once more. In a dry voice he asked; "If you choose to side with us, could you train me?"

"Of course" Alvar responded. "However, if I side with Voldemort then I will be training him instead."

Harry looked at him with a blank expression. Why would anyone wish to side with Voldemort. Isn't it obvious he stands for all that is wrong in the world? Well this isn't the first shocking thing I learned from Alvar. Harry rose, muttered a quick good bye and left. Alvar waited there for another few minutes before leaving as well.