CHAPTER SIX: Impromptu Meeting

After his session with Mystyk Rydel, Albus Dumbledore quickly called in an important meeting and sat down his teachers that arrived in his circular office at short notice. He waited until everyone has settled in their seat before he began.

"I'm sure all of you are wondering why I called up a meeting on short notice, but what I have to tell you all is a matter of grave importance and mustn't be ignored." he eyed each teacher looking and listening to him intently, all seated in a semi-circular patter before him.

"What is wrong, professor?" Professor Minerva McGonagall, head of Gryffindor House, asked worriedly.

Professor Dumbledore turned his gaze to the woman who spoke, shaking his head he heaved a heavy sigh and continued, "As you all are aware of, Mystyk Rydel's presense at Hogwarts could pose a serious threat on one of our students. This afternoon, Ms. Rydel mentioned peculiar that happened between her and young Harry Potter while they were at the library." he paused and looked at the teachers assembled before him once more, watching their facial expressions before adding, "Mr. Potter read Ms. Rydel's thoughts, a feat which cannot be accomplished by a young wizard such as Mr. Potter without having proper training."

An audile gasp echoed around the room followed by hushed murmurings as each teacher conversed with one another. Professor Dumbledore hushed them down once more by raising his hand, catching each teacher's attention.

"We all are prepared for some oddities that might occur once Ms. Rydel and Mr. Potter meet, and we all have taken extra precaution to delay their meeting as much as possible, but as it seems they both managed to meet and discover one of the many odd things that might occur once they get together." he explained.

"Surely it's just a fluke that it happened." Professor McGonagall is still in denial. She, along with the other teachers at Hogwarts, is warned before Mystyk Rydel arrived of some of the unusual occurrences that might transpire between Harry Potter and Mystyk Rydel.

"Please, Professor." hissed Professor Severus Snape, head of Slytherin House, at the woman seated beside him, "Don't be naive."

"I am not being naive, Professor." Professor McGonagall snapped at the man beside her, "I just can't believe it, that's all."

"Whatever." Professor Snape rolled his eyes skyward and looked back at Professor Dumbledore, "Professor, how is it possible for Potter to read Rydel's mind?"

"That's the exact question Ms. Rydel asked me earlier, and a million answers floated in my head at the time." Professor Dumbledore replied.

"And were they all conclusive thoughts, professor?" Hagrid asked, the school's gamekeeper and teacher of Care for Magical Creatures.

"Only one thought kept on popping out of the lot I thought about, Hagrid." Professor Dumbledore nodded.

"And that is?" Professor McGonagall prodded.

Professor Dumbledore took a deep breath. He leaned back in his seat, resting his elbows on the armrest of his chair and lacing his fingers together. He studied each well-qualified witch and wizard teachers before him and expelled a disgruntled sigh.

"Unbeknownst to Mr. Potter and Ms. Rydel, some dark powers are working its hand to get them together." he announced, "And you and I know that is not a good thing once Mr. Potter and Ms. Rydel spend too much time together. Gertude Wiles made damn sure that Mystyk Rydel never set foot at Hogwarts for fear of what we all fear might happen, especially now that Mr. Potter is a student of ours."

A hushed murmur followed Professor Dumbledore's answer. No need to ask him to elaborate what he meant. They all know exactly why it took them five years before they finally tracked down Mystyk Rydel. Her guardian, a runaway witch, Gertude Wiles, was an almost follower of Lord Voldemort. After the Dark Lord's failed attempt to kill a young Harry Potter, all his followers were broken and are on the run, leaving no traces at all of their old life and slowly plotting for the return of their fearless leader.

Gertude Wiles knew what Mystyk Rydel's purpose is in the Dark Lord's plan to kill Harry Potter, and after the Dark Lord's defeat Gertude Wiles changed her mind about turning completely into the dark side of magic, but she couldn't return back to where she came from. She knew of Voldemort's plan concerning Mystyk Rydel hence she took the infant girl as soon as news of the Dark Lord's defeat spread and has remained in hiding since.

Until Mystyk's eleventh birthday and the first of the numerous Hogwarts letters reached their home. Since then Gertude Wiles worked hard to keep Mystyk as far away from Hogwarts; sending her young charge off elsewhere and concocting a hiding spell so no one would be able to find her.