Chapter 5 - "Keepus Maconfidus"
5 minutes later Harry found himself in Dumbledore's office with Dumbledore, McGonagall, Snape, Lupin and to his surprise Sirius. "Sirius what are you doing here?" asked Harry. "I have been with Remus since I left you last Harry. These are now very dangerous times. Voldermort has begun to hunt me too and Hogwarts is the safest place for me to be. Remus and I came here tonight because we discovered Voldermort's plans to attack. It is a good thing we did. 5 weeks ago we discovered that Voldermort had the Dementors on his side. The Ministry has managed to hold Azcambam but we don't know for how long. We have been practising a new stronger form of "Expecto patronum" ready for attack, and see how useful it was tonight. "Dumbledore" said McGonagall, "I think it would be useful for us to try this new form of patronus." Dumbledore cut her short "no, Voldermort will not try an attack like that again. He will have realised that the Dementors are no use to him. He will keep them on his side, but we needn't fear them at present. What we need to worry about is how to keep Harry safe." "Headmaster, if I may speak" said Snape. " I have told you what I have learnt so far, and I still think our best course of action would be a charm, and I think you know the charm I mean". "What charm?" asked Harry "I think our charms teacher will be able to explain it better than me" said Dumbledore. He walked over to the fire and threw a handful of purple dust in to the flames. "May I have a word please Professor Flitwick?" and a few seconds later Flitwick stepped out of the fire. "We have all agreed now," said Dumbledore, you may perform the charm". "Very well" squeaked Flitwick and produced his wand. "Wait a minute," said Lupin. "You still haven't explained this to Harry". "Ah yes" said Flitwick, "you will have to have 'keepus maconfidus' explained to you Potter" Harry sat and looked at everyone else in the room. They al looked very apprehensive, which wasn't very comforting. "Keepus Maconfidus, is very much like the secret keeper charm. However the most vital difference is that the person you are hiding from can still find you, however they cannot harm you in anyway until they find the password. The password is a word of your choice that you must give to only one other person, who will keep it. No one must know who your keeper is, not even your keeper. I will tell you the charm that will put the word in to them. The only way anyone will be able to get to this information is if they have your password keeper and the anti-password. For example if your password was 'hot' and someone said 'reverso cold' they would gain the password." Harry sat stunned. "Harry, would you be willing to do this?" asked Dumbledore. Harry looked up at Dumbledore who was now stood straight in front of him and said "yes".
5 minutes later Harry found himself in Dumbledore's office with Dumbledore, McGonagall, Snape, Lupin and to his surprise Sirius. "Sirius what are you doing here?" asked Harry. "I have been with Remus since I left you last Harry. These are now very dangerous times. Voldermort has begun to hunt me too and Hogwarts is the safest place for me to be. Remus and I came here tonight because we discovered Voldermort's plans to attack. It is a good thing we did. 5 weeks ago we discovered that Voldermort had the Dementors on his side. The Ministry has managed to hold Azcambam but we don't know for how long. We have been practising a new stronger form of "Expecto patronum" ready for attack, and see how useful it was tonight. "Dumbledore" said McGonagall, "I think it would be useful for us to try this new form of patronus." Dumbledore cut her short "no, Voldermort will not try an attack like that again. He will have realised that the Dementors are no use to him. He will keep them on his side, but we needn't fear them at present. What we need to worry about is how to keep Harry safe." "Headmaster, if I may speak" said Snape. " I have told you what I have learnt so far, and I still think our best course of action would be a charm, and I think you know the charm I mean". "What charm?" asked Harry "I think our charms teacher will be able to explain it better than me" said Dumbledore. He walked over to the fire and threw a handful of purple dust in to the flames. "May I have a word please Professor Flitwick?" and a few seconds later Flitwick stepped out of the fire. "We have all agreed now," said Dumbledore, you may perform the charm". "Very well" squeaked Flitwick and produced his wand. "Wait a minute," said Lupin. "You still haven't explained this to Harry". "Ah yes" said Flitwick, "you will have to have 'keepus maconfidus' explained to you Potter" Harry sat and looked at everyone else in the room. They al looked very apprehensive, which wasn't very comforting. "Keepus Maconfidus, is very much like the secret keeper charm. However the most vital difference is that the person you are hiding from can still find you, however they cannot harm you in anyway until they find the password. The password is a word of your choice that you must give to only one other person, who will keep it. No one must know who your keeper is, not even your keeper. I will tell you the charm that will put the word in to them. The only way anyone will be able to get to this information is if they have your password keeper and the anti-password. For example if your password was 'hot' and someone said 'reverso cold' they would gain the password." Harry sat stunned. "Harry, would you be willing to do this?" asked Dumbledore. Harry looked up at Dumbledore who was now stood straight in front of him and said "yes".