Over the years he has been at Hogwarts - I have treated the boy unfairly, I must admit - and, it is for nothing he has ever done to me, himself. You see it yourself, I am sure, he is the very image of his father, but in looks alone - and, when it came to him, until recently, I never saw past the ruffled hair and glasses, to the boy himself.
It was mere accident really - I had found him out of bed, again, wandering the halls, and I had released some flippant comment regarding Gryffindor pride, while escorting him back to his common room, and deducting points.
I almost fell flat on my face when he told me, that the sorting hat had originally wanted to put him in Slytherin - the idea of me as his head of house, while hardly appealing at the time, was an ammusing thought - but in the back of my mind, a seed had been planted. He may have been his father's son in looks - but surely - he was NOT James Potter, my old adversary - he was his own, unique person.
I asked him why then - why, if the hat had wanted him in Slytherin, did it place him in Gryffindor, and again, I was shocked at his response.
Albus, do you realise, the sole reason the boy is in your precious lion den, is, because he bumped into a weasely rather than a malfoy?
I said nothing more that night, but I pondered, and I felt, that I should get to know this little snake in lion's clothing.
I am still unsure if that was a mistake.
It was mere accident really - I had found him out of bed, again, wandering the halls, and I had released some flippant comment regarding Gryffindor pride, while escorting him back to his common room, and deducting points.
I almost fell flat on my face when he told me, that the sorting hat had originally wanted to put him in Slytherin - the idea of me as his head of house, while hardly appealing at the time, was an ammusing thought - but in the back of my mind, a seed had been planted. He may have been his father's son in looks - but surely - he was NOT James Potter, my old adversary - he was his own, unique person.
I asked him why then - why, if the hat had wanted him in Slytherin, did it place him in Gryffindor, and again, I was shocked at his response.
Albus, do you realise, the sole reason the boy is in your precious lion den, is, because he bumped into a weasely rather than a malfoy?
I said nothing more that night, but I pondered, and I felt, that I should get to know this little snake in lion's clothing.
I am still unsure if that was a mistake.