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Chapter XXII

10th October, 1991

Hogwarts Great Hall
Harry had purposely arrived early for breakfast, so it was that he had just finished when the post owls arrived. Thanking Hedwig he reluctantly opened the paper. As he had expected news of the trial covered the front page. Glossing over the articles he was relieved to see the reporting was accurate if a bit sensational in some cases.
“There’s an article about Dumbledore,” Hermione said as she looked through her own copy.
“Is there?” Harry said. Moving his eyes across the page he soon found the article in question. Written by a Rita Skeeter it detailed the headmaster’s role in Harry’s placement. The reporter called into question the man’s judgement and integrity. She pointed out the fact he had ignored the Potter will, following this up with the revelation that he had placed blocks along with monitoring and loyalty charms on the saviour of the Wizarding world. By the end of the article Ms. Skeeter was demanding to know what the Ministry intended to do about the actions of the elderly, self-proclaimed Leader of the Light.
“He isn’t going to be happy about this,” Hermione whispered.
“I don’t suppose he will be,” Harry agreed.
“He may blame you.”
“I’m sure he will. After all if I hadn’t insisted on punishment for the Dursleys his actions would never have been made public.” Harry turned the pages of the paper, reading, with satisfaction, other articles calling for the same sort of answers. “Of course it could be said that if he hadn’t ignored the will or placed those spells on me then he wouldn’t have anything to worry about.”
“I wouldn’t worry Hermione,” Draco spoke up. “Dumbledore may be questioned and some won’t be as quick to trust him but he has enough power that it will take more than this to bring him down.”
“Yes well that doesn’t mean he won’t give Harry a difficult time,” Hermione countered as she glanced towards the head table.
Following her gaze the boys could see several teachers giving them pointed, disapproving looks as they read the paper. Harry was relieved that his own head of house wasn’t among them. His disappointment seemed reserved for the headmaster, as well it should be.

Hogwarts Headmaster’s office
Dumbledore dropped into his chair. It had been a trying morning as he fielded questions from his staff. Most, he was happy to say, were indignant on his behalf. While they were sorry that their saviour had been abused by his muggle relatives they didn’t believe it fair to blame the headmaster. What else could he have done after all? It wasn’t safe for the Potter child to remain in their world, nor could he simply leave him in a random muggle orphanage. He could hardly believe Lily Potter would have preferred that to her sister, no matter the words within her will.
“What are we going to do Albus?” Severus asked as he stormed into the office.
“What do you propose we do my boy?” Albus calmly asked.
“Surely you aren’t going to allow them to get away with this,” he sneered, waving the paper about.
“You place too much importance on such things Severus,” Albus chided.
“And you don’t place enough,” Severus countered.
“Perhaps,” Albus conceded. “Be that as it may there is little the Ministry can do. The will did state Harry was to go to his grandfather, it did not however specify the man’s name. I will point this out along with the fact that as far as I was aware Lily Potter’s father was deceased.”
“What of placing him with Petunia? Not to mention the block on his magic and the monitoring and loyalty charms.”
“I had no other choice. What was I to do? The child wouldn’t have been safe in the Wizarding world, the Longbottom family was proof of that. Nor do I believe Lily would have wanted her only child placed in a muggle orphanage. As for the block, he is a powerful child the block was placed to protect his muggle family from his accidental magic. I would have removed it myself when Harry arrived at Hogwarts had it not been removed by the goblins.”
Severus stared at the man, awed by his ability to phrase the charges in such a way that he once more looked like nothing more than a benevolent grandfather. “That might work but you won’t explain the monitoring and loyalty charms so easily,” he challenged.
“Ah yes,” Albus smiled. “I placed the monitoring charm so that I would be alerted should the child’s life be in danger. Given the abuse and neglect he suffered it is clear that the charm wasn’t broad enough in the interpretation of danger. I admit I was focused on the possibility of Death Eaters finding and attacking the child. It simply never occurred to me that Harry would be in danger from his own family.” Albus paused only for a moment. “It was wrong of me to place a loyalty charm on the child but my intentions were only the best. I knew there would be those who wished to use the boy for their own political gain. It was my hope that by placing a loyalty charm keyed to me he would readily trust my opinions so that I might protect him from those who would use him.”
Severus was struck silent. The man spoke in such sincere tones that even Severus, who knew the lies for what they were, was nearly convinced of Dumbledore’s good intentions. “By Merlin you may yet save yourself,” he could only whisper in an awed voice.
“You forget my boy I have been at this game longer than most in the Ministry have been alive,” Albus smirked. “Amelia will ask her questions and you have heard the answers. At most I will incur a fine and a small period of probation.” In the coming week the headmaster would be proven to be correct.
Mount Street flat
“Do you suppose any good will come of it?” Ginger asked as he finished reading the articles aloud.
“I suspect the man has too much power to be brought very low by this,” Biggles opined.
“Still I don’t imagine the Wizarding world will be very happy with him,” Algy said.
“No, I shouldn’t think so,” Biggles agreed. “Yet the man will enjoy enough support and popularity to retain his positions, you’ll see.”
Ginger frowned. He hated to admit it but he knew Biggles was likely right. Certainly they had seen, over their long careers, many such men remain in power despite what was termed bad press. And they hadn’t had magic on their side.
“It is a good beginning old boy,” Bertie put in. “Old Dumbledore may survive this tempest in a teapot but the more of his secrets that are revealed the more easily he will topple from his throne.”
“You’re right Bertie,” Ginger said. He was grateful for the reminder of their long-term plans. “I just can’t help wishing we could remove him from his proximity to my grandson. The man could cause our lad a great deal of trouble in the meantime.”
“Don’t you worry about Harry laddie,” Biggles advised. “He is powerful and intelligent, Dumbledore won’t have an easy time manipulating him. Besides he has Hermione on his side,” Biggles grinned, “I nearly feel sorry for Dumbledore.”
This achieved the desired effect, surprising a laugh from Ginger. There wasn’t one of them who hadn’t witnessed the mischief the two children were able to cause when they put their heads together. Biggles was right, Dumbledore didn’t stand a chance.
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