Betide - 1. To happen to; come to; befall. 2. To happen; come to pass.
Albus Dumbledore looked over his desk at the stern-faced witch who sat opposite him, sighing.
"Well. It's happened. Tom, or Lord Voldemort, as he prefers to be called, is back."
"You really believe that, Albus?" Minerva McGonagall rarely contradicted her colleague, but just now she so desperately wanted him to be wrong that she couldn't help herself, "You really believe Potter? He's just a boy."
"Harry has no reason to lie about this, Minerva. And anyway, we always knew that this would come to pass. Yes, I'm afraid I do. I'm afraid we must call the Order together once more."