CHAPTER 23: Dumbledore and McGonagall
January 11, 2005
Dumbledore sat back in his chair; he began to think about the day before. It had been a long, emotional day, where Draco had finally told his father that he was on the good side and he refused to join the ranks of evil, much to even his surprise. That night Draco received a howler, which he opened in Dumbledore's office. Lucicus Malfoy's voice still rung in his head.
"Excuse me? Did I read correctly! Are you refusing to become a Death Eater? Are you refusing to serve your lord? You are protecting the Potter child, that child is yours and my worst enemy and you are taking care of it? Willingly? Foolish boy, you will die for your insolence. Watch you back stupid child. You are no son of mine." Draco had only shuddered, before he got up and left, heading back to the infirmary.
Dumbledore felt responsible for what was happening to the five teens in his care. However, how was he to know that Susan was working for Voldemort? She had hid it well; Dumbledore had done thorough background checks, and even went and talked to former employers, who all highly recommended her. He was interrupted from his thoughts when the Minister of Magic walked in followed by three Auror's holding Susan. Dumbledore stood up, then grabbed a potion off his desk.
"This is a Veritaserum potion, she will have to tell us what we want to know, truthfully." The Minister nodded, and then proceeded to make Susan drink every drop of it. Only moments later, it went into effect. "Susan, how long have you been working for Voldemort?"
"Three months."
"Why did you join his side?"
"He said he wanted me. No one has wanted me before, so I did."
"What were your plans with Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ronald Weasley, Ginny Weasley and their children?"
"I was told to kidnap one of the children, preferably a Potter child, and bring it to Voldemort himself, but you were on to me, and sent me away. I snuck back in, the teens however refused to leave the children alone for even a split second, so I slipped them a poison, to get them out of the way. The poison did not work, the teens took the baby's into there rooms for the night, locking the doors behind them. I had to get them out of their room, with the babies, so I took the Weasley girl as a hostage. The teens came out like I wanted them to, but I had not counted on Harry shooting his own girlfriend to get to me. Ginny became a dead weight, I could not carry her and complete my mission at the same time, so I dropped her, that was my mistake, the teens got me."
"No, your mistake was joining forces with Voldemort in the in the first place. You have confessed under the Veritaserum potion in front of witnesses, you are hereby sentenced to life Azkaban." The Minister stated, and the Auror's took her away. "Thank you for all your help, Albus, if you need anything, remember to ask." The Minister walked out after his prisoner. Albus shook his head sadly, and shut his door behind the group. A soft whimper could be heard behind him, and he turned around to see John was waking up from his nap. Dumbledore forgot about his troubles for a few minutes, as he lifted the child from the playpen the baby had fallen asleep in. John smiled, as he began to immediately play with Dumbledore's long beard, placing whatever toy he could find into it. Dumbledore smiled, 'These truly are amazing babies' he thought.
***
McGonagall sat back in her rocking chair that sat in the corner of her chambers. It was the evening, and she had just come back from the evening meal. Julie had managed to eat with out getting any food on the teachers sitting next to her, much to their amusement. Pulling out the book, she had found in Hermione's room by the babies crib, she began to read from where she had left off the night before, showing the baby the moving pictures, who would put her fingers over the pictures, eyes wide in awe. McGonagall had gotten to visit the parents earlier, and had been told what had happened the day before, that Harry had not woken up again. When she finished the chapter, she looked down at the baby in her arms with a warm smile, she got up to put the baby in the crib, but the minute she got to the crib the baby woke up suddenly screaming, the look in her eyes was pure fear. McGonagall held the baby tight and looked around, the only thing she saw was a beetle on the baby's pillow. She bent down closer to the beetle, the baby started screaming harder, McGonagall was about to flick the beetle off when it flew to the other side of the room. McGonagall stepped out of her chambers into the hall, where the baby immediately stopped crying. Shaking her head in bewilderment, she walked over to the Headmasters office.
McGonagall stepped into the office, and placed the baby into the playpen with John, then sat down at the headmaster's desk.
"What can I do for you, Minerva?"
"Albus, I think that our spy is an animagus, in the form of a beetle."
"Really? What has drawn you to this conclusion?"
"Just now, in my chambers, I had just gotten Julie to sleep and was about to place her in her crib when she suddenly woke up screaming. There was a beetle on her pillow, the closer I got to it, the louder she cried, the minute I left the room she stopped crying." Dumbledore nodded.
"That would explain why..." He was interrupted by both John and Julies screams. The two professors looked around, and found the same beetle sitting on the window seal of the room. Dumbledore remained calm, and carefully pulled out his wand, keeping it out of sight of the beetle. Dumbledore shot a spell to trap the bug, but the beetle was fast, and disappeared out of site into the dark of night. Dumbledore shook his head and looked at the now silent toddlers wiping their eyes.
"I wonder how they can sense its presence." Dumbledore asked, more to himself, in wonder.
January 11, 2005
Dumbledore sat back in his chair; he began to think about the day before. It had been a long, emotional day, where Draco had finally told his father that he was on the good side and he refused to join the ranks of evil, much to even his surprise. That night Draco received a howler, which he opened in Dumbledore's office. Lucicus Malfoy's voice still rung in his head.
"Excuse me? Did I read correctly! Are you refusing to become a Death Eater? Are you refusing to serve your lord? You are protecting the Potter child, that child is yours and my worst enemy and you are taking care of it? Willingly? Foolish boy, you will die for your insolence. Watch you back stupid child. You are no son of mine." Draco had only shuddered, before he got up and left, heading back to the infirmary.
Dumbledore felt responsible for what was happening to the five teens in his care. However, how was he to know that Susan was working for Voldemort? She had hid it well; Dumbledore had done thorough background checks, and even went and talked to former employers, who all highly recommended her. He was interrupted from his thoughts when the Minister of Magic walked in followed by three Auror's holding Susan. Dumbledore stood up, then grabbed a potion off his desk.
"This is a Veritaserum potion, she will have to tell us what we want to know, truthfully." The Minister nodded, and then proceeded to make Susan drink every drop of it. Only moments later, it went into effect. "Susan, how long have you been working for Voldemort?"
"Three months."
"Why did you join his side?"
"He said he wanted me. No one has wanted me before, so I did."
"What were your plans with Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ronald Weasley, Ginny Weasley and their children?"
"I was told to kidnap one of the children, preferably a Potter child, and bring it to Voldemort himself, but you were on to me, and sent me away. I snuck back in, the teens however refused to leave the children alone for even a split second, so I slipped them a poison, to get them out of the way. The poison did not work, the teens took the baby's into there rooms for the night, locking the doors behind them. I had to get them out of their room, with the babies, so I took the Weasley girl as a hostage. The teens came out like I wanted them to, but I had not counted on Harry shooting his own girlfriend to get to me. Ginny became a dead weight, I could not carry her and complete my mission at the same time, so I dropped her, that was my mistake, the teens got me."
"No, your mistake was joining forces with Voldemort in the in the first place. You have confessed under the Veritaserum potion in front of witnesses, you are hereby sentenced to life Azkaban." The Minister stated, and the Auror's took her away. "Thank you for all your help, Albus, if you need anything, remember to ask." The Minister walked out after his prisoner. Albus shook his head sadly, and shut his door behind the group. A soft whimper could be heard behind him, and he turned around to see John was waking up from his nap. Dumbledore forgot about his troubles for a few minutes, as he lifted the child from the playpen the baby had fallen asleep in. John smiled, as he began to immediately play with Dumbledore's long beard, placing whatever toy he could find into it. Dumbledore smiled, 'These truly are amazing babies' he thought.
***
McGonagall sat back in her rocking chair that sat in the corner of her chambers. It was the evening, and she had just come back from the evening meal. Julie had managed to eat with out getting any food on the teachers sitting next to her, much to their amusement. Pulling out the book, she had found in Hermione's room by the babies crib, she began to read from where she had left off the night before, showing the baby the moving pictures, who would put her fingers over the pictures, eyes wide in awe. McGonagall had gotten to visit the parents earlier, and had been told what had happened the day before, that Harry had not woken up again. When she finished the chapter, she looked down at the baby in her arms with a warm smile, she got up to put the baby in the crib, but the minute she got to the crib the baby woke up suddenly screaming, the look in her eyes was pure fear. McGonagall held the baby tight and looked around, the only thing she saw was a beetle on the baby's pillow. She bent down closer to the beetle, the baby started screaming harder, McGonagall was about to flick the beetle off when it flew to the other side of the room. McGonagall stepped out of her chambers into the hall, where the baby immediately stopped crying. Shaking her head in bewilderment, she walked over to the Headmasters office.
McGonagall stepped into the office, and placed the baby into the playpen with John, then sat down at the headmaster's desk.
"What can I do for you, Minerva?"
"Albus, I think that our spy is an animagus, in the form of a beetle."
"Really? What has drawn you to this conclusion?"
"Just now, in my chambers, I had just gotten Julie to sleep and was about to place her in her crib when she suddenly woke up screaming. There was a beetle on her pillow, the closer I got to it, the louder she cried, the minute I left the room she stopped crying." Dumbledore nodded.
"That would explain why..." He was interrupted by both John and Julies screams. The two professors looked around, and found the same beetle sitting on the window seal of the room. Dumbledore remained calm, and carefully pulled out his wand, keeping it out of sight of the beetle. Dumbledore shot a spell to trap the bug, but the beetle was fast, and disappeared out of site into the dark of night. Dumbledore shook his head and looked at the now silent toddlers wiping their eyes.
"I wonder how they can sense its presence." Dumbledore asked, more to himself, in wonder.