A/N Hee hee hee, I'm going to really get you
guys this time, you'll all go crazy at me but I don't care *does a little dance
around her elfin toadstool* I've decided to put this bit in which looks at the
end of chapter 6 – chapter 13 from Dumbledore's POV, it was inspiration that
just came to me and needed to be done so that I could patch up all the gaps
that I left due to being a lazy git! I
hope you enjoy it, hopefully it wont take too long and I'll be able to get onto
the real nitty gritty of the brilliant plot line that I've created, so bear
with me…
So
we pick up the story at the end of Ch6 with Dumbledore as the 'main man' -
*smiles at her own brilliance and cackles manically*…
When
Harry came to see me that night about the vision he couldn't remember I'll
admit I was surprised. It was unlike
him to be so forthcoming, still I was only too glad to help him out. He was very determined to find out what was
wrong. I remember realising that I
would not be able to keep the truth from him for much longer.
The charm I performed was very difficult. It was an ancient magic but I'd had the
feeling that together he and I would be able to manage it. To be honest I was getting curious as to
exactly what he would be capable of. When he went into the trance I was worried, he seemed to have gone in
too deeply, and then when the convulsions began, just as they had earlier that
day I panicked and pulled him out of the dream. I couldn't let it go on any longer. The boy was shaking badly when he woke up. I had to hold him upright, but when he
managed to recount the vision so vividly in such detail I realised that he must
have put a lot of power into the charm.
The vision itself was disconcerting. I knew that I would have to speak to Sirius
as soon as possible and I sent him an owl straight away once Harry had allowed
the sleeping draught to overpower him.
I spent the night in my office. There was something about the place that Harry had described from
the vision. I couldn't put my finger on
it.
The next morning I had two very nervous Gryffindors
standing outside the gargoyle yelling names of sweets at it. I tried not to laugh. I knew I'd better tell Mr Weasley and Miss
Granger that Harry was safe and well before they got sick with worry.
Once I had sent them off to the Hospital Wing and sat
through breakfast I hurried back to my office to see if I had received word
from Sirius. I was indeed mightily
surprised to see Remus Lupin waiting for me there…
"Hello Albus!" He
said yawning
"Remus! What an
unexpected pleasure." I said
"Yes, well I thought I'd better come. When your letter for Sirius arrived I knew
it was important and that he wouldn't be back for at least a day so I left him
a note and headed here. I hope you
don't mind, I was anxious." Lupin
explained.
I gave him a warm smile
"Remus, I'm glad you've come, as you seem to have gathered,
this is serious and there is much to be done!"
Lupin nodded silently.
"Obviously we need to get Sirius here as soon as
possible. But I would also like you and
Arabella Figg to stay here to help me as well."
So I sent Remus to gather the others for a meeting tomorrow
and sat down behind my desk with possible plans of action racing across my
mind.
I was startled when Fawkes brought the hour to my
notice. It was already dinnertime. I was surprised that there had been no
disturbances, most days I would have 2 or 3 visitors at least and numerous
owls.
I went down to dinner, Harry was still in the Hospital
Wing. For the umpteenth time I praised
Merlin for Poppy Pomfrey! Although I
did suggest that Harry be allowed to spend the night in his dorm. After all,
too much time in a hospital wing is never agreeable.
The next day was far more hectic. Remus had managed to track Sirius down and Arabella had joined
Minerva, Severus and me for the meeting.
Sirius looked far better than I'd seen him last, although
his pale face was creased with anxiety, not for himself but for Harry…
"I still can't believe your making him go to classes as if
everything's normal Albus! If I were in
charge I'd make sure he was kept somewhere safer." Ranted Sirius.
"Sirius Black! You've really gone insane this time! Haven't you? You're talking
about locking Harry away!" Reasoned
Lupin.
"Well, at least he'd be safe!" Yelled Sirius
"Would you like to be locked up 'for your safety'
Sirius?" Teased Remus.
"That's different! I'm a grown up!" Insisted Sirius
A snort from Severus who was beside me prompted an end to
the argument and the commence of a frowning match.
"Enough you too! Sirius, we aren't going to be locking Harry Potter up anytime soon. He's safe here at Hogwarts." I said
"That's what we thought last year." Said Sirius sulkily.
I felt a twinge of guilt, that very thought had been
plaguing me all summer. A Death Eater,
under my nose all year, and I let him get to Harry!
Remus elbowed Sirius in the ribs and seeing the pained
expression on my face he abruptly shut up.
It was Arabella Figg who took control of the situation.
"Albus! It wasn't
your fault what happened here last year, and I know you well enough to know
that you wont let the same thing happen again! Hogwarts is the safest place for both Harry and you Sirius. Now Albus, please tell us what you've got
planned."
I smiled at Arabella. She always managed to get everyone back on track (Even Sirius Black!).
"Well, quite simply we need to concentrate on protecting
Harry – I also feel that it would be best if Sirius remain here as should
anything happen to him, it would also affect Harry. No objections Sirius!"
Severus was sneering at Sirius, who was almost growling in
frustration,
"But I want to be of help!" He insisted.
"And so you shall, Harry needs constant supervision. Don't you agree?" I suggested.
As Sirius digested the idea I gave everyone their specific
orders.
Snape was to continue to spy for me from within Voldemort's
circle, Arabella and Remus would move to Hogsmeade and help to spread the news
of Voldemort's return within the magical community there, and Minerva and
Sirius would be in charge of keeping a close eye on Harry.
Once the others had left I had a chance to talk with
Arabella alone.
"It's been too long Arabella! I'm sorry I've had to call you here under such circumstances."
"You're right Albus, it is strange to be back here, although
after spending all that time at Durmstrang it certainly makes you appreciate
Hogwarts' warmth." Said Arabella
stroking the padded arm of her chair
"I understand that you had a rather uneventful summer?"
"Oh yes, it seems the Dursleys couldn't afford a vacation
this year after having to spend so much on specially tailored clothes for that
whale of a son they've got. I didn't
see Harry at all in the end."
"And no unwelcome visitors?"
"No, well, unless you count Sirius Black turning up and
scaring me out of my wits one night, in which case yes!"
I laughed for the first time that day and thanked Arabella
for her time before heading off to help Sirius with an invisibility spell so
that he could commence his 'observation' of Harry right away.
I had to convince him not to tell Harry that he was
here. I didn't want Harry to know we
were spying on him. And I promised to
reassure Harry that his godfather was fine so that he wouldn't worry too much.
Sirius eventually agreed when I reminded him that Harry
would be playing Quidditch tomorrow.
We went together to watch the Gryffindor team practice
whilst under the invisibility spell, and both agreed that the Ravenclaws would
have a hard time the next day.
As it turned out it was probably one of the closest matches
that Hogwarts had seen in years, I went to the match along with England's top
Quidditch scout, Procyon Equuleus, who in actual fact, as well as being a
rather excitable little man, was a relative of Sirius Black. The two met briefly before the game but didn't
seem too close in all truth, he seemed more interested in seeing Harry
play. During the game I must admit, I
was more interested to see the amount of times that Ronald Weasley missed the
quaffle having been staring forlornly at Miss Granger.
It quite reminded me of a similar situation involving James
Potter (perhaps one of Gryffindor House's greatest chasers) missing several
very easy shots whilst trying to ignore Lily Evans flirting with Sirius Black
several years ago. I chuckled
remembering the trouble Poppy'd had in trying to remove the terribly bright
colours from James' hair and Sirius' face once that situation had come to a
head.
I was brought from my musings by the loud cheer when Harry
finally caught the snitch, under the Severus' scornful glare I forced myself
not to cheer too loudly, headmasters cannot afford to have 'favourites' after
all. Mr Equuleus on the other hand had
no such reservations and I was hardly surprised when he suggested that Harry
have a trial.
The meeting with Harry afterwards was very enjoyable, Harry
was genuinely amazed to be offered the trial. I made sure that Sirius was there (concealed of course) to see the whole
thing. I couldn't help feeling proud of
Harry, he was such a genuine person, but more than that, he was as brave and
sensible as a man ought to be, whilst still retaining that childish wonder in
his own achievements.
I knew that Sirius felt the same way, I was only sad that
Lily and James couldn't have been around to see it.
Sirius and I met later on and he told me about the
centaur's warning. I had already known
about this, I was after all the 'other friend' of which Firenze had spoken, but
I didn't mention this to Sirius, I didn't want him to know that I thought the
warning's prediction also involved him.
What worried me more though was the news that Ron, Hermione
and Harry were fighting. I had been
expecting as much but it still worried me, Harry needed the support of his two
friends more than ever at this time.
The conflict didn't last long, a simple misunderstanding it
seemed, but it had worried both Sirius and me enough for us to agree to have
Sirius' 'undercover work' go on for a little while longer.
There was quite some time before the next occurrence, I
felt that the approach to Halloween had extra significance this year, and I was
reassured of this when Arabella reported that there had been a few suspected
Death Eater raids in Hogsmeade that had been deftly covered up by the Ministry.
Then it happened.
I'd just returned from a meeting with Fudge about the Death
Eater attacks when Sirius informed me of the day's big event.
Harry used the power that had been laying dormant for so
long, he'd used it before once without realising it, but this time there was no
mistake, he'd thrown Draco Malfoy into the Lake.
Sirius reported this to me straight away quickly followed
by a visit from Snape who revealed that he was being summoned, I knew better
than to ignore the coinciding of the two events, and then Harry came to see me.
It was the moment I'd been waiting for.
It was time for Harry to know who he was.
The news seemed to sit with him fairly well, he didn't seem
too surprised, more resigned to the idea, and certainly not big-headed about
it. He accepted his destiny as I'd
hoped he would, but I knew that it was time for him to have his godfather to
talk to and arranged for him to meet with Sirius that evening.
I wrote to Remus and Arabella telling them of the most
recent events, then I called Minerva and the just returned Severus to my
office. I hadn't been expecting
Severus' news and it wasn't reassuring.
"Voldemort knows that Potter has used his power, and he's
not happy about it, I think he's scared. I know he won't be waiting long before he strikes, he won't want the boy
to get too powerful before he gets his chance to attack."
I nodded glumly, as usual Severus was blunt but at least
to-the-point.
Minerva looked worried,
"I don't know what we can possibly do! He always seems to find a way around our
every defence!" She exclaimed.
"We can only do our best Minerva, I have faith in Harry, he
won't let us down, now we just have to do our best not to let him down." I said looking at Severus.
"Yes, well, we have to do what we can." He said a little reluctantly rubbing his
forearm absent-mindedly.
I dismissed Minerva and then after a quick word of
reassurance I let Snape go as well. Sirius appeared on the other side of the room looking grim.
Well, I hope you guys all enjoyed that fleeting
look at the past events from a different perspective, I thought it might help the
story and add some more depth and fill some of the massive gaps I left…
Anyway, we 'get back to business' next
chapter which shouldn't be too long to wait for
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