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style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"There's something about summer that makes things feel like they're going to last forever./span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"Albus looked over his shoulder, and there on the ground beside him laid what could last forever —/spanspan style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;" a/spanspan style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;" dark haired boy with dark eyes and dark ideas. Gellert was as dangerous as he was beautiful. /span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"Rainstorm eyes flicked up to meet Albus's, and for a second there was the si/spanspan style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"lence of getting lost in another world. He and Gellert were swept up into the clouds and carried away into a place where no one could find them, carried away to somewhere untouched by the human dangers of time. Here, hidden and safe, nothing was transient./span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""Why must you look at me like that?" Gellert murmured, breaking away and pulling the two young men back down into reality./span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""I don't look at you like anything," Albus said sheepishly. "I just- well, I just look at you." /span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"Gellert laughed, an unusual, tinkling sound that filled Albus up until it reached his stomach and collected into warmth. "You say that, but no one's ever looked at me quite the way you do."/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""Oh. Really?"/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""Yes, love," he said, tucking his head with a wry sort of undertone. "So open — like a little fawn."/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""Oh," Albus said again, and felt intelligent. "Right." /span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""Quite right," Gellert whispered./span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"The sky was warm and rosy, and the air chill (yet not the only thing sending shivers up and down the pair's arms)/spanspan style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;". A gentle breeze slipped past like the last sigh of August sinking into sleep, and it felt as if they'd never leave./span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"All was well, and well they believed it would stay./span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;" /p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;";;;/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;" /p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""Professor?"/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"Albus startled. "Oh! Apologies, miss, I'd thought everyone had left for lunch."/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"A small second-year in/spanspan style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;" Ravenclaw attire smiled up at him. Sage Ner, daughter of Avery Ner — yes, that's right, he'd known her mother. She was a somewhat... well, somewhat eccentric potions expert. And Sage herself was a bright girl, really, she had quite the talent for Charms. /span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""Perfectly alright, sir," she said. "I just wanted to ask you somet/spanspan style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"hing about the homework you'd given us. See, the chapter you'd told us to read for this section mentioned a Demiguise, but it seemed... well, to be completely honest it seemed to portray the creature in a negative light, and they're really very kind creatu/spanspan style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"res! More so than most humans," she added under her breath. "But anyway, no one needs to be afraid of them unless they're provoked. I just wondered why the book said to prepare defensive measures if you happened to spot one. Surely you wouldn't need them?"/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"Albus raised an eyebrow. Boy, would this child get along with Newt. /span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""You're quite right," he said with a thoughtful nod. "However, as you said, most humans really aren't the kindest of creatures."/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""Yes, but surely they wouldn't attack one without reason— right?"/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""Well, what do you think would happen if a couple of Gryffindor fifth-years came across a Demiguise at school?"/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""Well, honestly they'd probably throw a shoe at it or something stupid like that."/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""And there you have your answer." Albus tapped his head. "If someone's going to get themselves into a stupid situation, they'd best have the means to get themselves out, do you agree?"/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""I do," said Sage slowly, "but wouldn't it be better to teach them to not get into the stupid situation in the first place?"/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""Oh, you're quite right. Do you think I should set up a little experiment in class tomorrow? I could turn myself invisible and see what they do," he said, smiling./span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"Sage snickered. "I like this plan."/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""I'll see what I can do, Miss Ner," said the professor. /span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""Can I ask one more question, sir?"/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""Of course."/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""You seemed..." she fumbled for words. "You seemed a bit sad in class today, is everything— well, is everything alright?"/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"The girl was just like her mother, Albus thought to himself. Always seeing right through him. /span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"He smiled a bit, the sparkle not reaching his eyes as it usually did but fizzling and falling to the floor. "I'm alright, Sage. Just had a few memories come up that I'd rather forget at the moment."/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""Were they bad memories?"/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""No, not really. They're happy memories, but—"/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""But they're sad because you're only remembering and not still experiencing them?" she asked./span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""Yes, Miss Ner."/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"He really /spanspan style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"emmust /em/spanspan style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"speak to her about divination sometime./span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"Sage looked at him for a bit. "I hope you get around to being happy about them again, sir."/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"He nodded. "Yes, I hope so too."/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;";/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"Albus stared into his drink. He'd had three different people ask him if he was doing alright after Sage. How was he supposed to say no? They'd only ask why, and it wasn't like he could /spanspan style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"emtell /em/spanspan style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"them. /span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;" God, how did he even begin to describe Gellert, to describe what happened?/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"The steam from the pumpkin juice twisted upwards moodily, fogging his glasses./spanspan style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;" He'd rather just let them assume he was fine./span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"A sharp voice interrupted his dismal train of thought. "Albus! Are you listening?"/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"Albus looked up to find Minerva McGonagall stared expectantly at him across the table. /span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""Er, yes, Minerva. Although, well, a slight reminder would generally be welcomed." He smiled half-heartedly./span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"The Transfiguration teacher let out a long-suffering sigh. She'd only been teaching at Hogwarts for two years and already knew many things; pertinently, she knew that while Albus really was a great wizard, his mind did tend to evade him at times./span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""I was asking what you expect me to do about that Slytherin girl— you have heard of Miss Verlice by now, I'm sure."/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""Yes, yes, of course. Elyra, correct?"/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"Minerva/spanspan style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;" nodded. "She's been covering the stairs in ice, setting owls loose, and just causing mayhem in general." She gestured around wildly as if to suggest the mayhem was present at the very moment. "The child's been given detention more times than I can count."/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"Albus chuckled and took a sip of his pumpkin juice. "Let her loose on the Gryffindors. They could use a good dose of reality."/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""I'm being serious, Albus—"/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""And so am I." He pushed his chair back and stood up. "I'm sure you'll find a way to quell her youthful amusement. If you'll excuse me, I really must get to marking papers."/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"Minerva sputtered as he left, but everything was already fading into grey./span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"Albus's steps seemed heavier as he made his way down the halls. The shadows were deeper, too; everything seemed to be more intense. /span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"Gellert'd had that way about him. He'd stand beside you and suddenly the evening light, usually so soft and thoughtful, would become fiery and dynamic./spanspan style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;" His coat could brush against your fingers and shivers would fly instantly up your spine. /span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"Inside Albus everything was turbulent, but the day was fading cautiously outside the window, still and serene. Softly, silently, he wondered if anything would ever be the same. /span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"Albus couldn't fight him. /span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"He /spanspan style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"emcouldn't./em/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"But he was the only one who could./span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"Albus looked over his shoulder, and there on the ground beside him laid what could last forever —/spanspan style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;" a/spanspan style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;" dark haired boy with dark eyes and dark ideas. Gellert was as dangerous as he was beautiful. /span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"Rainstorm eyes flicked up to meet Albus's, and for a second there was the si/spanspan style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"lence of getting lost in another world. He and Gellert were swept up into the clouds and carried away into a place where no one could find them, carried away to somewhere untouched by the human dangers of time. Here, hidden and safe, nothing was transient./span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""Why must you look at me like that?" Gellert murmured, breaking away and pulling the two young men back down into reality./span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""I don't look at you like anything," Albus said sheepishly. "I just- well, I just look at you." /span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"Gellert laughed, an unusual, tinkling sound that filled Albus up until it reached his stomach and collected into warmth. "You say that, but no one's ever looked at me quite the way you do."/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""Oh. Really?"/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""Yes, love," he said, tucking his head with a wry sort of undertone. "So open — like a little fawn."/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""Oh," Albus said again, and felt intelligent. "Right." /span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""Quite right," Gellert whispered./span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"The sky was warm and rosy, and the air chill (yet not the only thing sending shivers up and down the pair's arms)/spanspan style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;". A gentle breeze slipped past like the last sigh of August sinking into sleep, and it felt as if they'd never leave./span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"All was well, and well they believed it would stay./span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;" /p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;";;;/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;" /p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""Professor?"/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"Albus startled. "Oh! Apologies, miss, I'd thought everyone had left for lunch."/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"A small second-year in/spanspan style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;" Ravenclaw attire smiled up at him. Sage Ner, daughter of Avery Ner — yes, that's right, he'd known her mother. She was a somewhat... well, somewhat eccentric potions expert. And Sage herself was a bright girl, really, she had quite the talent for Charms. /span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""Perfectly alright, sir," she said. "I just wanted to ask you somet/spanspan style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"hing about the homework you'd given us. See, the chapter you'd told us to read for this section mentioned a Demiguise, but it seemed... well, to be completely honest it seemed to portray the creature in a negative light, and they're really very kind creatu/spanspan style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"res! More so than most humans," she added under her breath. "But anyway, no one needs to be afraid of them unless they're provoked. I just wondered why the book said to prepare defensive measures if you happened to spot one. Surely you wouldn't need them?"/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"Albus raised an eyebrow. Boy, would this child get along with Newt. /span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""You're quite right," he said with a thoughtful nod. "However, as you said, most humans really aren't the kindest of creatures."/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""Yes, but surely they wouldn't attack one without reason— right?"/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""Well, what do you think would happen if a couple of Gryffindor fifth-years came across a Demiguise at school?"/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""Well, honestly they'd probably throw a shoe at it or something stupid like that."/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""And there you have your answer." Albus tapped his head. "If someone's going to get themselves into a stupid situation, they'd best have the means to get themselves out, do you agree?"/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""I do," said Sage slowly, "but wouldn't it be better to teach them to not get into the stupid situation in the first place?"/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""Oh, you're quite right. Do you think I should set up a little experiment in class tomorrow? I could turn myself invisible and see what they do," he said, smiling./span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"Sage snickered. "I like this plan."/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""I'll see what I can do, Miss Ner," said the professor. /span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""Can I ask one more question, sir?"/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""Of course."/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""You seemed..." she fumbled for words. "You seemed a bit sad in class today, is everything— well, is everything alright?"/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"The girl was just like her mother, Albus thought to himself. Always seeing right through him. /span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"He smiled a bit, the sparkle not reaching his eyes as it usually did but fizzling and falling to the floor. "I'm alright, Sage. Just had a few memories come up that I'd rather forget at the moment."/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""Were they bad memories?"/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""No, not really. They're happy memories, but—"/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""But they're sad because you're only remembering and not still experiencing them?" she asked./span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""Yes, Miss Ner."/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"He really /spanspan style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"emmust /em/spanspan style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"speak to her about divination sometime./span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"Sage looked at him for a bit. "I hope you get around to being happy about them again, sir."/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"He nodded. "Yes, I hope so too."/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;";/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"Albus stared into his drink. He'd had three different people ask him if he was doing alright after Sage. How was he supposed to say no? They'd only ask why, and it wasn't like he could /spanspan style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"emtell /em/spanspan style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"them. /span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;" God, how did he even begin to describe Gellert, to describe what happened?/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"The steam from the pumpkin juice twisted upwards moodily, fogging his glasses./spanspan style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;" He'd rather just let them assume he was fine./span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"A sharp voice interrupted his dismal train of thought. "Albus! Are you listening?"/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"Albus looked up to find Minerva McGonagall stared expectantly at him across the table. /span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""Er, yes, Minerva. Although, well, a slight reminder would generally be welcomed." He smiled half-heartedly./span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"The Transfiguration teacher let out a long-suffering sigh. She'd only been teaching at Hogwarts for two years and already knew many things; pertinently, she knew that while Albus really was a great wizard, his mind did tend to evade him at times./span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""I was asking what you expect me to do about that Slytherin girl— you have heard of Miss Verlice by now, I'm sure."/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""Yes, yes, of course. Elyra, correct?"/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"Minerva/spanspan style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;" nodded. "She's been covering the stairs in ice, setting owls loose, and just causing mayhem in general." She gestured around wildly as if to suggest the mayhem was present at the very moment. "The child's been given detention more times than I can count."/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"Albus chuckled and took a sip of his pumpkin juice. "Let her loose on the Gryffindors. They could use a good dose of reality."/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""I'm being serious, Albus—"/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;""And so am I." He pushed his chair back and stood up. "I'm sure you'll find a way to quell her youthful amusement. If you'll excuse me, I really must get to marking papers."/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"Minerva sputtered as he left, but everything was already fading into grey./span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"Albus's steps seemed heavier as he made his way down the halls. The shadows were deeper, too; everything seemed to be more intense. /span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"Gellert'd had that way about him. He'd stand beside you and suddenly the evening light, usually so soft and thoughtful, would become fiery and dynamic./spanspan style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;" His coat could brush against your fingers and shivers would fly instantly up your spine. /span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"Inside Albus everything was turbulent, but the day was fading cautiously outside the window, still and serene. Softly, silently, he wondered if anything would ever be the same. /span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"Albus couldn't fight him. /span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: none; mso-border-top-alt: none; mso-border-right-alt: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"He /spanspan style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"emcouldn't./em/span/p
p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; border: none; mso-border-between: none;"span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"But he was the only one who could./span/p
