Hey guys! I'm back with a new chapter. So, Dumbledore has appeared. How is he going to affect the story? What news does he have for the Golden Trio? How are Sibuna going to get across the gap with their help? Keep reading to find out!

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Chapter 10: House of Collection

Harry's POV

I turn to look back at Sibuna and find that they're as stunned as I am.

"What-what are you doing here, sir?" I hear Hermione say.

"Hello, Miss Granger." Dumbledore says, stepping into the hallway. "I'm here to tell you that you three will be leaving soon."

"No!" I find myself saying. Dumbledore looks at me and I feel my cheeks grow hot. "Sorry sir. I mean, this isn't-"

"What you were expecting?" he finishes for me. "Perhaps you are…busy…with something."

He looks over my head at Sibuna, who are still standing back with their mouths wide open.

"It's alright children." Dumbledore tells them, smiling. "I don't bite."

Nina smiles weakly and clutches at her locket. I've learned, by now, that it's a sign that she's nervous. The silence drags on.

"Why don't we move into the sitting room to talk?" Dumbledore suggests.

Ron and Hermione open the doors to the sitting room and walk in. I turn to Sibuna and wave for them to follow us.

As we enter the room, I feel my scar. It's prickling again; maybe Dumbledore has news about Voldemort.

"Who-who are you?" Nina asks.

"My name is Albus Dumbledore miss."

"Nina. My name is Nina Martin."

"Well, it's a pleasure to meet you Nina." Dumbledore says, shaking her hand. He looks towards the rest of Sibuna expectantly and introductions come out in a rush.

"I'm Fabian Rutter, sir."

"Amber Millington!"

"Patricia Williamson."

"Alfie Lewis."

"Excellent!" Dumbledore said, clapping his hands once.

"Mr. Dumbledore?" Nina asked, "What's going on?"

"Your friends, Mr. Potter, Mr. Weasley, and Miss Granger, are to be leaving shortly."

"Why?" Amber asked.

"They are going to be moved to a new safe place. You know why they were sent here, right?"

Sibuna shook their heads.

"We haven't found the time, sir." I explain as Dumbledore's eyes swing to me. "We've been helping them with something."

Dumbledore looks at Sibuna and then back at me. Then he looks around the room.

"Sir?" Hermione asks. "May I ask you a question? We…we have had to use magic in the last few days and nothing has happened to us."

"Should it?" Dumbledore asked.

"Well, we thought that the Ministry would detect out magic and arrest us." Ron said.

"Ministry?" Fabian said, "You guys have a government?"

"Yes, Mr. Rutter, we do. And Miss Granger, "he turned back to Hermione, "I believe it is to do with this house."

"Anubis House?" Nina piped up, "What about it?"

"I can detect its magic; I believe it is the house's magic that is cloaking yours Miss Granger."

"But it would take a very powerful kind of magic!" I said, frowning.

"That this house, undoubtedly, possesses." He turned to Nina. "You have a relic?"

Nina clutched at the Eye of Horus and looked at me. "Let him have it." I told her.

She hands over the locket. As Dumbledore reaches for it, sparks fly from it and Nina pulls it back reflexively.

"No need, Miss Martin. That reaction proves my point. The magic in that locket is resisting my magic."

"Do you really think it's that powerful?" Ron asks, looking at the locket as if it might blow up. I can't say I blame him now.

"Yes."

"That would explain a lot of things." I say, looking at Nina.

"Hang on," Patricia says from her place on the couch, "So you're saying that this house is magic?"

"Precisely, Miss Williamson."

"Whoah." Alfie breathes from beside her.

Suddenly, Nina stiffens and whispers something to Amber. Amber looks at Dumbledore. "Well," she says, "It was nice meeting you but we've gotta…"

She trails off, looking at the three of us. As she does, my scar begins to prickle more intensely.

"May I ask what it is?" Dumbledore asks.

We all look at each other. As Nina looks at me, I nod my head. Dumbledore was going to find out everything anyway, in the strange way that he usually does.

"It would be easier to show you, sir." Fabian says, ignoring the incredulous looks on the rest of Sibuna's faces.

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"Fascinating!"

We were all in the tunnels, facing the swinging pendulums. Dumbledore had taken in everything there was to see in the tunnels, including the rubble that used to be the descending part of the ceiling. When he had seen it, he raised an eyebrow at Hermione and me.

Now, he was examining the pendulums quietly, humming to himself.

"Okay guys," Fabian said, "Let's do this. You remember the song right?"

Everybody nods. Fabian starts. As soon as he steps onto the beam, there's dead silence. We all hold our breaths. He makes it across and gestures for the next person to step up. One by one, Sibuna cross the beam; when everybody has gone across, the pendulums stop and they turn to look at Hermione, Ron and me.

"Go on." Hermione says.

"What about you guys?" Nina asks. I can hear the panic in her voice.

"Hey," I say, smiling, "You don't need us to cross. We'll meet you back in the cellar, okay?"

Nina looks at us and smiles back. "Don't leave just yet, okay?"

"We won't." I Say, but I look up at Dumbledore.

"I can tell the Order that you would like to stay for a day longer. No more than that. Molly can't understand why I would send you to a muggle school and will have my head if I allow you to stay for longer."

Ron smiles weakly. "I can imagine the state she's in…"

I turn back to the passage, only to find Sibuna gone. "Let's go you guys."

"So," Dumbledore asks as we walk back along the corridor, "What is all of this?"

So we tell him about all of our adventures as we walk.

There's another chapter for you guys. Sorry if it's a bit anticlimactic for you, with Dumbledore's appearance and all, but I blanked on ideas. The end isn't too far now, only two or three chapters left. The epilogue might surprise you.

Till next time,

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