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Preparations
Chapter 1:
New Beginnings
"...Karwyn Lindison, Jared Lofton, Remus Lupin," Professor McGonagall
broke off from reading the long list in front of her. "Albus, could you
come here a minute?"
"What's the problem?" he said, walking over.
"What does it mean when there's an 'x' by the student's name?"
she asked the new headmaster.
"It means that for some reason, the student cannot attend." He stroked his
beard in thought. "Lupin, Lupin, er...That would probably be Jeremiah and
Rebecca's other son."
"That would explain it. Poor boy."
And that was that. For now.
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"Dora, what do you know about werewolves?" Albus asked Professor Shepardd,
the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher.
"Depends on what you want to know." she replied.
"Well, pretty much anything."
"I have a book in my office you can borrow. Why the sudden curiosity?"
Dora said, raising an eyebrow.
"Oh, there's a boy who would be starting this year..." Professor Dumbledore
said evasively.
"Don't tell me you want him to come."
Dumbledore nodded.
"Albus, you know that would never work." she insisted.
"Why wouldn't it?"
Shepardd just shook her head, knowing that once Albus had made up his mind,
no one could change it.
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Professor McGonagall walked into the newly remodeled office (nearly tripping
over one of the many boxes on the floor) to find the headmaster reading a
book with his feet comfortably up on his desk.
"What are you reading?" she asked him.
"/Werewolf Ways/," Dumbledore answered. "What would you say if I told you
I want Remus Lupin to come here?" he said.
"Honestly, I would say you're mad, Albus." she replied, shaking her head
at him.
"Minerva, you've worked with me, what, 10 years now. You KNOW I'm mad."
"True." She instinctively straightened a book on the shelf next to her.
"We all knew you were going to change things here, but that's pretty
drastic." She said. "What's next? Vampires replacing the house elves?"
"Look at it this way. Everyone has the right to learn, correct?" Albus
proposed.
"Well, yes, but do you expect to have him transforming all over the school?"
"I'm working on a plan now. Werewolves /can/ be restrained, you know."
"Yes, but the parents definitely wouldn't want their children exposed to
a werewolf."
"We won't tell them. It's that easy."
"Isn't that lying?" Minerva asked suspiciously.
"Not unless anyone asks, 'So, I hear you have a werewolf at school this year.'"
Minerva chose to ignore this answer and go on to the next issue.
"Well, why are you so set on changing this right away?"
"About 20 years back, a second year girl was bitten. Old Professor Dippet,"
he gestured at the picture of the now-retired headmaster on the wall, "had her
out before the week was done. I haven't heard anything about her since."
"That is tragic, but it will take a lot of work. Have you considered what
we'd have to do to keep it a secret?" McGonagall demanded.
"Yes, as a matter of fact, I have. It could be done by the end of summer,
if I have the staff's cooperation. I'm doing it either way. Will you help or not?"
"Well, you will need my help, won't you?"
owned by J.K. Rowling.
Preparations
Chapter 1:
New Beginnings
"...Karwyn Lindison, Jared Lofton, Remus Lupin," Professor McGonagall
broke off from reading the long list in front of her. "Albus, could you
come here a minute?"
"What's the problem?" he said, walking over.
"What does it mean when there's an 'x' by the student's name?"
she asked the new headmaster.
"It means that for some reason, the student cannot attend." He stroked his
beard in thought. "Lupin, Lupin, er...That would probably be Jeremiah and
Rebecca's other son."
"That would explain it. Poor boy."
And that was that. For now.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Dora, what do you know about werewolves?" Albus asked Professor Shepardd,
the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher.
"Depends on what you want to know." she replied.
"Well, pretty much anything."
"I have a book in my office you can borrow. Why the sudden curiosity?"
Dora said, raising an eyebrow.
"Oh, there's a boy who would be starting this year..." Professor Dumbledore
said evasively.
"Don't tell me you want him to come."
Dumbledore nodded.
"Albus, you know that would never work." she insisted.
"Why wouldn't it?"
Shepardd just shook her head, knowing that once Albus had made up his mind,
no one could change it.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Professor McGonagall walked into the newly remodeled office (nearly tripping
over one of the many boxes on the floor) to find the headmaster reading a
book with his feet comfortably up on his desk.
"What are you reading?" she asked him.
"/Werewolf Ways/," Dumbledore answered. "What would you say if I told you
I want Remus Lupin to come here?" he said.
"Honestly, I would say you're mad, Albus." she replied, shaking her head
at him.
"Minerva, you've worked with me, what, 10 years now. You KNOW I'm mad."
"True." She instinctively straightened a book on the shelf next to her.
"We all knew you were going to change things here, but that's pretty
drastic." She said. "What's next? Vampires replacing the house elves?"
"Look at it this way. Everyone has the right to learn, correct?" Albus
proposed.
"Well, yes, but do you expect to have him transforming all over the school?"
"I'm working on a plan now. Werewolves /can/ be restrained, you know."
"Yes, but the parents definitely wouldn't want their children exposed to
a werewolf."
"We won't tell them. It's that easy."
"Isn't that lying?" Minerva asked suspiciously.
"Not unless anyone asks, 'So, I hear you have a werewolf at school this year.'"
Minerva chose to ignore this answer and go on to the next issue.
"Well, why are you so set on changing this right away?"
"About 20 years back, a second year girl was bitten. Old Professor Dippet,"
he gestured at the picture of the now-retired headmaster on the wall, "had her
out before the week was done. I haven't heard anything about her since."
"That is tragic, but it will take a lot of work. Have you considered what
we'd have to do to keep it a secret?" McGonagall demanded.
"Yes, as a matter of fact, I have. It could be done by the end of summer,
if I have the staff's cooperation. I'm doing it either way. Will you help or not?"
"Well, you will need my help, won't you?"