Hey everyone,
Wow, this is going to be quite the loaded month. Not only will this story reach a climax in regards to Dumbledore, Rituals and Reading will finally address the file that has been hinted at for over a dozen chapters, A New Era will get some action before a long set of trials and Yami's and Hikari's will have the end of the Talent Show.
Okay, so not all of them sound as crazy and great as either this one or Rituals and Reading, but I am still quite happy. I am also happy to note that, this month, True Family will be completed and that I had the help of Wechard and DetectiveNathanielWolf to start writing out story plans for the two story sequels to Keyblade's Light.
Happy days, jay,

Venquine1990
PS. This trial will be from the POV of an OC, just for reasons.


Chapter 13
The Legendary Trial – Part 02

Andrea McHarthy's POV

Personally, I can't express how happy I am that this old badger is finally getting his just desserts, even if it wasn't for the reasons I have been growing to dislike and even hate him as the weeks of this summer progressed. No, my reasons are of how he and Cornelius are dragging a whole world into their little dispute.
Now I know that something as serious as You-Know-Who does concern the whole world, but why these two felt the need to involve us even before it was officially declared whether he was dead or alive and, if alive, what we should each do about it, is something that has been aggravating me, especially my motherly side.
This being because my little girl, Janine McHarty, will be going to Hogwarts this year for her first and because I am clear of head enough to see that young Harry Potter – or as he is now known Rin-Gin Cooper – has no real say or involvement into this dispute, do I not believe either side about him and that makes me worried.

Worried because if these two powerhouses are willing to throw around a young boy's name and reputation just to win something that is way over the boy's head and even do so behind the boy's back, it makes me worried for the kind of school and later work life I might bring my daughter into as she grows up.

This alone makes me very glad that this trial is now taking place and while I had been shocked at the lengths Dumbledore would go to keep his secrets, do I not even feel worried that, if one were to look at it that way, it would seem as if Cornelius won the month old Dead or Alive feud he had been fighting with the other man.
Then the Unspeakable who has been in control of this all for most of the premature part of the trial presses a cufflink on his robe and with that actually summons another pair of Unspeakables who walk in just when Snape seems to have regained his bearings and energy as the man had literally drained himself earlier.

Yes, the stupidity of the man is just astounding and the fact that he still believed himself and Dumbledore untouchable by law enough to actively try performing an act like this only makes me happier that he will be locked away and tested on like the mice and rats I know Muggles use in their laboratories and factories.
The Unspeakables approach the man and ask: "Status?" And their coworker answers: "Severus Tobias Snape. Currently under influence of Success #4.361 and with plenty of knowledge in regards to suspect #89.457 due to a non-verbal, magical transfer of knowledge plans and beliefs. Sentenced to punishment #5555."
The Unspeakables nod, while part of me is shocked that the Wizengamot has dealt with almost 90.000 criminals since its founding and the two each pull out a single device that, in some way, looks similar to the probe their colleague used earlier, yet which also clearly has different uses and they move it over the now panting body.

The man growls as he seems aware of this, yet then something humorous happens as one of the Unspeakables slaps him across the back of his head and says: "Hush, you. Bad." Before continuing his probing, yet the fact that he just treated the youngest Potions Master in Britain like an untrained puppy is just hilarious.
The two finish their scanning and probing and then turn to their colleague as one of them says: "Severus Snape. Core power 10%. Mental stability: questionable. Core affinity: darker than the Veil. Physical status: he won't last a month under our care. Does the Wizengamot still accept punishment #5555?"
And the Head of the Unspeakables turns to us all, yet like before do we all raise our wands, all of us only too happy to be rid of the man so early, not to mention the fact that, the sooner he passes on, the sooner the Unspeakables will be able to check his mind for all the beliefs and plans that Dumbledore implanted inside him.

Dumbledore whitens when he sees this, yet the other Unspeakables seem uncaring and just simply nod before they shock us as they put away their probes and pull out their wands before each tapping one side of the chair near Snape's head and as they do so, does the entire chair change to bars of marble and steel.
The bars, as they change, also wrap around Snape and with each bar that gets linked together from both sides, does one of the two Unspeakables tap it, all the while not saying a single word to ensure that Snape doesn't hear their spellwork or learns of the possible counter-curse and this silent mechanic continues all the way to his feet.
Finally at the ankles does the chaining stop and because the chair is now fully gone, has the man fallen down, yet this change of position didn't once keep the two workers from doing their job, yet the minute the last marble bar has been tapped by the left Unspeakable, does the right one take hold of the foul man.

And then the fun continues as he actually pulls the man over his shoulder and holds him there like one would hold a large sack of potatoes before they say: "We will get started right away. Expect our first report within 168 hours or sooner." Before they, with Snape raging and cursing with tired breath, leave the courtroom.
Yet while I can hear plenty of Grey and even Dark Curses – and even two Cruciatus curses – leave the man's lips, does he seem to have lost all control over his magic – or perhaps it is because he only has 10% left as the Unspeakables reported – and so, while he shouts them, do we soon realize that no curses are flying from his person.

Then the door closes behind them and the Head Unspeakable who had summoned them then sighs and says: "You realize that his drained core, while not a crime in and of itself, is your fault, do you not? Believing we would let a suspected Death Eater, who stayed out of prison on our word, go was foolish and I hope you realize that."
And with that does he look at Dumbledore, who is trembling with a mix of fury for the insolence he must believe the Unspeakable is showing him and terror as he must finally be seeing the man behind the Potions Master, the same man who has been showing himself to the rest of us for all the years he was a professor.
Then we all get reminded that both suspects were dosed with the special form of Veritaserum and he says: "I simply believed that, with all that I know, I would fatigue out of desiring to go after him as well and that he would be able to continue where I left off, even if I left long before it was my time or by any means right for me to halt."

And with that does the man show that he is as delusional as his former colleague and the Unspeakable says: "It is good of you to admit that whatever it is you are hiding is great and varied, but it will not make us cease our desire to finally see justice. Your word has kept justice and now that this means nothing, justice is finally upon us."
And this makes many, especially those who graduated between now and somewhere around 1981-1982 graduate, nod with large smiles, but then Dumbledore proves his delusive mind yet again as the man calmly responds: "I believe that in this case, justice is in the eye of the beholder." To which the Unspeakable replies:
"Then we must have many beholders amongst us, Suspect #89.457, because exactly 76% of this here Wizengamot nodded their agreement to my earlier statement. And now that we have said that, it is time we ignore your beholder's sight as it is your turn to be questioned, investigated, sentenced and punished according to our beholding."

And this seems to again take away the confidence the man seemed to have tried building within himself before Dolorus Jane Umbridge, a woman I barely ever agree with on anything at all, lets out her signature cough and at the nod of the Unspeakable does she say: "I have, I do believe, a few valid questions for Suspect #89.457."
The Unspeakable nods and then, with just a single, yet vary loaded question, does the woman not just prove her level of intelligence to be significant, but also that we are truly on the same page as she asks: "Could Suspect #89.457, by any chance at any time, have used magic to hide away what we can only assume are various crimes?
And – if so – what forms of magic did Suspect #89.457 use and how?" And while silence rings through the hall, can I almost hear Dumbledore attempt to keep his lips and teeth together before he snarls between gritted teeth: "I enchanted my titles to enhance people's beliefs in me and therefore be blind to possible suspicions."

And while this further silences the hall, can I not help but admire the man for thinking of such an ingenious method to keep himself from possible suspicion before the Unspeakable asks: "I take it this to be the reason you write at least three of your titles down on all of the letters heading to newly selected first year students?"
And while this makes a shiver of disgust run down my spine and makes me make a mental note to both inform my friends who have kids and have my own little girl checked, does Dumbledore say: "Yes, though the spell was never used on letters send to families who I knew opposed my ideals and beliefs. It would raise suspicions."
And while I hate myself for it, do I have to give the man credit for acknowledging and implanting such facts into his little list of schemes and then the Unspeakable nods and says: "It is safe to say that, with this question answered and a little more of your true character shown, we will definitely be in for a trial unlike any other."

And while many nod, does this sentence also seem to make everyone feel very determined, yet only then does Lady Longbottom rise and say: "Before we commence, do I feel I must insist on calling for someone to remove those who have passed from this hall. It is most dishonorable to just leave them there any longer."
And while many now look at the fallen members of this here courtroom, do they still nod and after a few minutes does the one man enter that I had hoped had left with Rin-Gin Cooper and his family. Arthur Weasley, along with a few Aurors and other Ministerial employees moves himself into the room, only to freeze.
Freeze upon seeing the body of his dead son, who had been put in a separate chair alongside the others that have perished and the man clamps down before, with a thick voice asking: "What happened?" And Lady Longbottom gives him a brief explanation before the man nods and walks over to his fallen son.
Tears are clear in his eyes, yet he seems to respect his fallen child and the boy's ambitions enough not to break down in front of us all and yet again does my pride in knowing the kind, gentle man rise, while part of me hates that he lost his son during a time where they were at opposite sides of a conflict caused by forces outside their own.
Arthur then picks his son up and cradles the lanky young man in his arms, his eyes teary and glasses starting to fog, yet the man keeps his shoulders straight and his face a mask of solemn pride as he walks out with the others, the door behind one of his coworkers closing, yet not before we all hear him sniffing in despair.

This makes many of us look saddened and Lady Longbottom sighs and says: "Let us follow their example of strength and pride and let us commence this trial." The others nod and then a man who I have been affronted with for many years of my profession speaks up and says: "Let us first tackle the most famous of mysteries.
Albus Dumbledore's defeat of the Dark Lord Gellert Grindlewald." And with those six words is the excitement and energy back in everyone as the man smirks at the chained man and asks: "Tell us, suspect #89.457, is there anything, anything at all, that we should know about you and your most famous of defeated adversaries?"
And the first answer that escapes the man's white lips makes me actually yelp in shocked disgust: "Only that I raped him and used mind magic while doing so to turn him dark and make him start the fight that killed my sister, which was by his wand, but only due to me casting the Imperius on him to do so in the first place."

And a silence stronger than that of the Sahara dessert at the hottest time of the day is heard through the entire courtroom as not a single one of us, not even those I suspect are probably Death Eaters in hiding, could have possibly seen an admission like that coming and thus all of our mouths are dropped and all of our eyes are bulging.


Holy crap!
WHAT? Dumbledore raped Grindlewald and cursed him into not just becoming a Dark Lord, but killing Dumbledore's own sister? WHAT? Does that guy even know that the words Moral Compass exist? Cause I think he killed his own ages ago. Still, what else does this terrible man hold in store in regards to past crimes.
Well, find out,

Venquine1990


Silence is the only thing I can hear after hearing the statement that just came from the most venerable wizard known to this day and age and I ask: "Did I – did – did we just – actually hear that?" And while my voice startles many out of their shocked stupor, does the Unspeakable seem unfazed as he speaks calmly and says:
"Yes, Lady McHarty, you did. And now that we know this and with that know that suspect #89.457 has no Moral Compass whatsoever, should we use this gained info to further stimulate ourselves and get to the bottom of suspect #89.457's crimes so that we may make a verdict and protect our future and that of the 21st Century."
And these words, spoken with a soft voice that is filled with determination, not only makes me understand how it's possible for the family of the Unspeakable and the Coopers to have an alliance, it also seems to motivate everyone else and for once do I actually spot a sincere sense of unity within the entire Wizengamot.
No longer does it matter amongst these witches and wizards if they are aligned with each other or alienated, if they are of the same sex or opposite or if they have a preference for Dark, Grey or Light magic. Each member of the Wizengamot just wants safety, justice and to see the end of Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore.

The Unspeakable nods as he sees how this determination unites us all and then turns to Dumbledore as he says: "Still, this fight that killed your sister must have happened quite some time before your legendary fight with your little victim. What else have you done to him in the mean time?" And Dumbledore answers:
"Nothing. All my actions to mold him to perfection were from before that fight, though I did use the Imperius to break his own mental compass and search out as many Dark forces as possible so he would seek out a war I could end at its peak, thus making certain I would be remembered for years if not centuries."
And while I hate how the man seems to care beyond too much for his own fame and glory to care for others – and while this makes me hate how the spells on the letters made us blind to his actual own dark nature, does Lady Rensel – who works for St. Mungos – ask: "Does Grindlewald even remember being raped?"
And to part of my relief, does the man answer: "No, he only remembers the mind magic I used on him. I was always extremely thorough with that to avoid getting caught. I even often created room-wide glamours to keep idiots like my brother and that sick, weak little runt that was my sister out of the picture or the know."

This definitely makes me wonder whether the man is just insulting his poor sibling or if there could have been something wrong with this mystery sister, yet while storing the little tidbit of info away for later do I ask: "We now know how you led us into a terrible war with one Dark Lord – but what of the other one?"
And while I can tell that this makes Cornelius slightly uncomfortable, probably because he believes there to be a chance that he could still lose the dispute between him and the criminal of a man before us, does Dumbledore's answer again render me near speechless as he says: "Tom was much easier to mold, really."
And the fact that the man doesn't just admit to his crime, but also admit that he believed the crime to have been even easier makes me ask only a single question: "How did you even do THAT ONE?" Yet Dumbledore seems as calm as ever, probably because he must be feeling the same pride as when he did it and answers:

"Simple, I have always been fascinated with the Founders, yet I was only ever sure that Slytherin had an Heir and shortly after getting the Transfigurations position, did it allow me access to various parts of the castle that were, by magic, hidden from student eyes. In these I was able to do research and so search out the Slytherin line.
My luck was with me as the last of the Descendants were a bunch of lame, weak, almost squib-like wimps who cares more for their blood than their wealth and who lived on the outskirts of a Muggle village. I just used some magic on both the father and later the mother of Tom Riddle and then made sure the boy lost his family."
And while it absolutely sickens me how easily the man speaks of murdering a family, do I grit through my teeth and say: "Verify your story. More details." And while it was not spoken in any ways that can make the words be considered a question, does the potion within the man still make him comply as he says:

"I first enchanted the father to take his horse to ride near the mother's house several times for a few weeks to months, then enchanted what I believed to be a hurdle in the road and got the fiancé of the father to leave and then cursed the horse near where the mother was, thus setting into play a meeting between the two.
I enchanted the father as the mother was trying Love Potions, but was horrible at it and used completely the wrong ingredients and thus made him see a natural beauty in the horrid little runt, yet only made sure this enchantment lasted until an heir had been conceived. After the spell would have reverse and opposite effects.
The father, when the mother was found to be expecting, had his eyesight changed and now saw what could only be described as a combination between one's Boggart and a beggar woman in her late eighties, thus he became revolted, even more so when he heard her lame Love Potions excuse and removed him from the plan.

And my luck lasted as it seemed that the dumb little witch pined after the father even more than I had anticipated. Without her lover around even her own life mattered no more to her, yet I couldn't let her return home, so I had her believe she was on one side of England and heading home, while leading her in the opposite direction.
The woman sold a few items – which I intended to buy from the buyers myself when I could seize my chance – and then found herself in a Muggle town, I made her believe would be her last stop before reaching home, while it was on the utter opposite side of our country instead. And to make matters even better, she was close to birth.

I led her to what I had found to be a Muggle orphanage and there shot a little spell to make her give birth. Yet her heartache had become a physical thing and so, as the fates would have it, she died in child birth and I erased the orphanage's head councilor of remembering that the mother had told her about the Gaunt family.
I further enchanted the orphanage so that the father would never be able to see it and then, over the years, casted spells on the boy whenever he was getting social or near social events, making it so that he wished to use his actual powers more than he wanted to actually become social, thus hurting his social status and desires for it.
Then, as was my duty as teacher, I visited the orphanage when the boy was eleven and enchanted him room while showing him that magic was indeed real. The spell I used both made him look even scarier to the other orphans and made him more compelled to have exaggerated responses to their growing fear of him.

I molded Tom Riddle into Voldemort even before he was a student and he rewarded me for it by becoming another entity I could defeated and allowing me to find out where exactly Salazar Slytherin's legendary Chamber of Secrets was located, even though it also came with the challenge of learning Parsletongue."
The man says, his voice calm yet full of passion for what he is saying and with clear pride and a sense of accomplishment both sounding through his voice and shown on his face, yet I remember the first well-known event with the Chamber all too well and furiously ask: "And Myrtle Pitsburg? His and therefore your victim?"
And while part of me wants to say first, do I know this not to be true, especially because of the poor sister this sick man had and while I can only hope that she has found peace after being so ruthlessly taken from this world, does the man speak with apathy and say: "Deaths are required for the Greater Good to be achieved."

And just the way that the man sounds almost monotone as he says this inflames me with fury and I say: "We know now that both Lord Voldemort and Gellert Grindlewald are your work and thus their murders your fault. Yet, seeing your most famous title, that of Headmaster, I say we move onto those most valiant to us.
Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore. What have you ever done that can be considered either criminal or – in your eyes – for the Greater Good against the Student body?" And while this makes the entire Wizengamot almost fall off their seats as they move forward, do I still dread the answers the man could give me.

"I enchanted the portraits to give false information to Heads of Houses, thus making sure they would punish students of opposite Houses for the wrong causes and increasing the House Rivalry. I enchanted books that were for upgraded studying to make the readers want to bully those they viewed to have lesser intelligence.
I cursed the words Hogwarts Grapevine and Defense Professor to ensure that students would outright bully those they gossiped about and to ensure that no teacher, who could do well in this subject and thus gain a name for him or herself, would last for more than a single year, regardless of how the resigning happened.
Most of this I performed around 1988, to ensure that both curses were well in place by the time Rin-Gin Cooper came to Hogwarts. I also made sure that the teachers only bought gifts for their students through me and thus allowed myself access to said family's vaults, always taking a little more than necessary when withdrawing money.
I cursed the Point system meters and the House Cup as well as the banners of Slytherin and Gryffindor to make both the students and Heads of Houses competitive and uncaring for how they won the cup, yet kept the spell limited as I was well aware of how famous Minerva's Moral Compass had become.

I put Severus Snape under an Unbreakable Vow to remain loyal to me and desire the safety of an already dead Harry James Potter, who had never existed in the first place and therefore made the Unbreakable Vow open for interpretation and then cursed the vow to make his feelings of resentment to the Potter line exceed themselves.
I stole from various families and then cursed the money, only to send it to certain Light Sided families as favors and returns of favors with the intention to make them and – more importantly – any children they had that went to Hogwarts averse to all that which I know will just stand in my way to the path to greatness such as Slytherin House.
And finally did I sleep with practically every Head Girl since I became Headmaster and afterwards did I enchant them to become near perfect sluts the minute they became engaged to a Light Sided House or desire to have a secret affair with a Light Sided wizard if they bonded themselves or married into a Dark Sided House."

If I believed that the silence from before was deafening, do I now feel as if it is pressing down on me with the power of an Unforgivable as I stare at the man in the center of the room, the man's eyes calm and his voice speaking as if he is explaining Cornish Pixies to a group of Second years or something of equal nature.
The fact that this man showed absolutely no revulsion, self-hatred or even regret over his actions both sickens me and makes me glad I never got the badge, but then I remember something and think: "Lily Potter. The witch who died for a son that she knew she was not her own. She was Head-Girl. Wait, a son she knew was not her own."

And while I have no doubt that many will hate me for bringing even more dark knowledge to this room, do I say: "What of Rin-Gin Cooper? What did you do to him?" And instantly everyone seems to realize that Dumbledore had been generic the entire time and never once mentioned his most well-known student as the man says:
"I kidnapped him when he was young and used Peter Pettigrew – who I had cursed to turn against his friends when the time was right – to get the adult Potters, who could get in my way of a title that is rightfully mine, killed before sending the hybrid brat of to Muggles who I had interrogated and who had agreed to my plans.
They had then been paid by me to abuse and use the hybrid and when he had come to Hogwarts, did I curse whoever I felt would help me cement the brat there where he belonged; a small teenage hero, who lived up to my ideals and believes and who married into a family that was as loyal to me as he himself and his offspring would be."
Yet, while part of me is glad that the crimes themselves seem less than what we had expected – and while I have no doubt that the man doesn't consider the adventures that have been rumored to have happened at Hogwarts while Rin-Gin was there as criminal activity, do I still pick up on something that really worries me and I ask:

"You cursed Peter Pettigrew – a wizard now known as deceased – to turn against his friends?" And the answer astounds me as Dumbledore says: "Yes, I used a spell of my own creation, which would let darkness grow within the little boy and let it go full power on Halloween after ensuring he was the Potter's Secret Keeper."
"AFTER WHAT NOW?" Marcello Jordan, a man who I know had actually worked together with James Potter and Sirius Black when they all became Aurors and who joined the Wizengamot after that faithful Halloween night and the man seems to have finally lost his professional cool as he snaps in raging fury: "Explain!"

And the calm Dumbledore goes on with his list of crimes: "Pettigrew already had an insignificant level of resentment for his friends in his heart and I simply used that to make him have fantasies where he made them suffer with the use of Dark magic, thus drawing him to become a secret spy in Voldemort's ranks.
The spell allowed me access to his mind at all times, limited of course as I wasn't always interested in the brat's thoughts, yet he was also the one to convince Lily and James not to pick Sirius Black as Secret Keeper, even though they were already hesitant due to his role as the guardian Rin-Gin would go to were they to be compromised.
The conviction of the dumb brat convinced the two idiots and when, on Halloween, I heard that Black was planning to create a chain of Fidelius charms and have one Secret Keeper protected by another and through this secure all those within my wealth collection known as the Order, did I instead unleash Pettigrew's inner Darkness.
The brat betrayed his dumb friends, something allowed little Cooper to survive and my plans were set. Of course, I knew that – with Lupin being the beast that he was – his friends would have surely become Animagus and when I found evidence through Pettigrew's memory of transforming, did I further my plans.
I laid a second spell on Pettigrew, one which would influence a family that owned his rat form to be loyal forever to me and my cause and then had him get rid of the only true obstacle in my path; Sirius Black. That had to have been one of the only times my luck worked against me as the blasted wizard survived, even if he was incarcerated."

Everyone looks at the man shocked as he is still explaining this as if we were a teacher in front of a class of young students and then the Unspeakable takes a deep breath and says: "I do believe we have heard all that we, as human beings, can stand for one session. Permission to suggest a punishment – at least a temporary one?"
And while these last four words worry me, do I still light my wand along with all the others of the Wizengamot and the man then takes away my worry as he says: "Unspeakable Punishment #1280: Captured Criminal gets send to our Locked room where he is subjected to various forms of magic that drain his own.
This treatment will only be postponed every so often and only when the entire Wizengamot feels steady and ready to further question Suspect #89.457 on other crimes he could have performed on specific students and or other witches and wizards." And finally does it seem as if Dumbledore's calm has been broken.

The man looks whiter than snow and his whole body trembles while I can tell that he is desperately trying to use wandless, Non-verbal magic to free himself, but then the Unspeakable says: "Don't bother, I used the potion in your system, together with your lackey's attack, to put blocks on all but your verbal, wand-used magic."
And while I wonder how he could have done that as he himself had ducked for cover and shouted a spell to guard himself, do I still love the ingenuity of the Unspeakable before he continues: "Oh, and I cast an Anti-Familiar charm on this room when I saw Mrs. Cooper unveil the both of you, so forget that phoenix of yours."
And while part of me feels stupid for forgetting that the powerful – and very, very dark - warlock had access to such a mythical creature, does it seem as if Dumbledore realizes he has met his match as he looks just as defeated as he did when we admitted that none of us would take anything he said seriously after sentencing Snape.
Then I decide to take action and before anyone else can do anything, do I light my wand as a sign that I agree with the proposed sentence, those sitting near me following and those sitting near them following as well before, soon, the entire room is as bright as a Patronus being cast within an underground basement.

The Minister, who had actually thrown up and looked close to fainting a few times throughout Dumbledore's speeches – something that had been also shown on the faces of various others – then sits up straight and slams his gavel as he says: "This Wizengamot closes with the acceptance of Unspeakable Punishment #1280."
And with that, while Dumbledore looks as if he just got told he was to become the janitor to the Hog's Head, which I suddenly remember is run by his actual brother and while the Unspeakable again presses his cufflink, also makes for a collective breath to run through the Wizengamot, all of us glad to be done with this – for now.


HOLY MERLIN!
Okay, let me make one thing very, very clear before anything else. Practically 25 to 50% of what I had written as Dumbledore's crimes were UNPLANNED! The only crimes I had planned were the rape and mind-games with Grindlewald, Dumbledore playing off of other Dark Wizards to make himself look better and a few others.
I planned for the cursing of the portraits, for the using of other family's money, for the kidnapping of Rin-Gin, the usage of Potter Money and the spelling of his titles to make himself look better. I also had two other things planned, but those will fall into the later sessions part. Everything else WAS NOT PLANNED!
I just have a darker mind than I sometimes expected and I really wanted to go all out with how evil, vile and morally broken Dumbledore actually was. I know a lot of people actually like the Canon Dumbledore better and that I really strayed from that one, but this – still made me feel pretty darn good, really.
Why? It made Dumbledore so OC, he almost became a character of his own and developing new characters is something I really desire to work on this year. It's a step I want to take in order to – one day – create a story of my own and I really think I grew in that with this chapter, so yeah – the chapter disgusts me, but I'm still proud.
Sorry for the vileness,

Venquine1990
PS. Who hated me for that fake AN in the middle?
PPS. If Coopers And Wizards is your absolute favorite, please vote on it in my new poll. Thanks in advance.