Albus Dumbledore.

1. Ariana Dumbledore was an amazing, young girl.

Though she had been younger, she was almost always sweet. She tried to be careful, but she always seemed to destroy everything. Albus felt horrible about her death, especially because he wasn't sure if he was her killer.

2. He did not fix the crook in his nose on purpose.

It was his way of forever remembering the events of his youth and reminding himself never to go back. He reasoned it was his battle scar, and, in a way, it made he and Harry , he felt he deserved everything Aberforth, his brother, gave him.\

3. Aberforth was greater than he was.

It was true; Aberforth was there for Ariana and their mother when they needed him while Albus was off having his own life. At the time, they seemed very low on his To-Do list, something Albus forever regretted. Indeed, during their youth, Aberforth was the greater man.

4. Secrets only bring hurt.

Albus learned this after the deaths of his sister and mother, after Aberforth and he stopped speaking, and after he finally admitted he and his father were somewhat alike. Secrets he should have shared with his mother and siblings now burned their way through his soul, and there was no cure.

5. Hogwarts was his home.

There was no where else he had ever been truly happy. When he became transfiguration teacher, he would ask the headmaster to let him stay the summeron the condition he helped the house elves in the kitchen or cleaning the castle. Sometimes he would sleep in the Gryffindor Boy's dormitory just to try and relive his youth, but all of the unpleasant memories came back. He welcomed the memories, for unpleasant ones are better than none at all.

6. He had high hopes for Tom Riddle.

After all, he was so much like himself at that age; he was with you yet somehow against you, open but distant, and an honest liar. How one person could be this way was mysterious, let alone two people. He had very much wanted to take young Tom under his guiding wing, but Tom was stubborn and dark, and Albus, too much hope for the boy blinding him, pretended it wasn't so.

7. He played favorites.

Though he truly loved Harry Potter like a grandson, he had previously had students that were his all-time favorites. They were Remus Lupin, Lily Evans, and Nymphadora Tonks. Remus always showed so much promise, and Albus began to hope for Remus to succeed as he had Tom, but this time, he kept his distance, hardly speaking to Remus during his years. Lily was a similar story, but she always found her way to find him for afternoon tea or a late-night chat, because Albus, unknown to all other teachers, allowed Lily to bend the curfew rule. Tonks had been a favorite because her bubbly personality, matched by her hair, could cheer him up on his darkest of days. In fact, Tonks made him regret having so few friends in Hufflepuff.

8. Never did he distrust Severus Snape.

Not even while he was a Death Eater. He always had known of Severus's fondness for Lily, and no man so in love with a woman could stay on the other side for long. So, when Severus came around shortly after Lily and James died, forgiveness was quickly given.

9. He was hopelessly romantic.

It was why he had made James headboy when Lily was headgirl. It was why he tried to appoint Tonks and Remus with similar Order schedueles. It was why he watched so carefully over Hermione and Ron, and Harry and Ginny. It basically explained many of his actions; he had even set up the greatest couple of all times, Molly and Arthur, by using the same trick he used on Lily and James years later.

10. "Severus, please," had other meanings.

He was not begging for mercy; Albus Dumbledore never begged for mercy. He was instead begging for their plan to be executed, and, by extent, begging for Severus to assist him by ending his life. And Severus did as asked. Down, the body fell, before landing on the ground far below. Bones were broken, but the body was not outwardly appeared to be just sleeping, but it was much more peaceful than anything he had known.

11. He didn't know everything.

In fact, half of the time if he winked at someone to signifiy he did, he was bluffing. The "amazing" things he knew that no one else could figure out were merely because his mind worked in strange ways. And, in truth, much of the time, durng his youth, when he claimed to know something and then shared it, he was lying. No one ever figured it out.

A/N: Yep, once again 11. It was just so darn special, I had to add an extra. Also, being it Dumbledore, I wanted to be a tiny bit, I don't know, different, but I'm sort of pleased with this as it is.