Strength in the Darkness
Disclaimer: If I owned Harry Potter... Let's just say my life would be a little bit different! ;)
A/N- Sorry I couldn't get this posted yesterday! I had some trouble with WIFI and writers block! Enjoy the chapter! :)
Chapter 3: Trickiness and Trouble
As I turned around, my stomach plummeted as Dumbledore said, "Ah, Harry my boy..."
Harry's POV
"...what are you doing in Diagon Alley?"
My happy mood and excitement faded away instantly. I turned around, and at seeing the look on Dumbledore's face, my stomach turned to acid. The Headmaster was looking at me like he was scanning my soul, or reading my mind. His normally twinkling blue eyes were like frozen ice chips. I wasn't at all eager to continue this conversation.
I ignored Dumbledore and turned to Brickjaw, "If we could go schedule that now?"
I tried to make Brickjaw understand that I needed to get out of here as quick as possible. He seemed to understand my silent plea. He motioned for me to follow him.
Now, during that whole bit with Brickjaw, the Headmaster had been watching and listening. Let me paint you a picture of what his face looked like through my conversation. He started out with that angry look on his face, but when I said 'schedule that' his face turned into pure desperation- whatever Brickjaw was about to tell me, Dumbledore definitely did not want me to know.
Before I could follow Brickjaw out, Dumbledore grabbed my shoulder. He said in what he probably thought was a grandfatherly voice, "Ah, Harry, how about you schedule that meeting or whatever it was another time. I have something I would like to talk to you about."
Well I was definitely not going to let the Headmaster tell me what I could and couldn't do. I turned to face him. "I'm sorry Headmaster, I have already made arrangements with Brickjaw to have this meeting.. It really can't be rescheduled." I put on my most convincing innocent and confused face.
It seemed to work. Dumbledore's face softened, and his face lost some of the anger and panic. He said, "Alright Harry, I will wait out here for you to discuss what I need to talk to you about."
I internally rolled my eyes. Like that tone would actually fool anyone! He seemed to think I knew nothing, which really ticked me off. But I had to play the lost and scared teenager, "Sounds good, Headmaster." And then, to get him less suspicious of the contents of my meeting, I said, "I think Brickjaw is just going to tell me how I can save my money until I am old enough to get a job. Because I don't have enough to last through my seventh year." I lied.
Dumbledore seemed convinced. He smiled benignly at me, and then walked over to a bench by the doors of the bank. I quickly walked off in the direction Brickjaw had headed. Whatever I learned in that meeting, I was sure that I would NOT want Dumbledore to know.
So... I know a lot of you are probably super annoyed that I posted this a day late just so you could read a super short chapter. BUT, I felt like this was a good place to stop, because this next chapter is gonna be a LOT longer. I'm hoping to get it to 3,000 words. So that is the reason that this chapter is so short!
Review, and tell me what you think Dumbledore is so worried that Harry will find out? And what does he need to 'discuss' with Harry?! :)
I'm thinking that the next chapter will be up on Friday, February 6th, or Saturday the 7th! Thanks for reading, and I hope you guys are all enjoying it! :):)