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The many sins of Albus Dumbledore
“Come on Ron, we have to hurry. I think this will be the only chance to go through his office and Harry left a while ago. Severus should be waiting for us.”
“I´m coming Mione, your right we better hurry. It´s just I am really scared for Harry, what if Dumbledore does anything to harm him? We still don´t know what exactly his problem is. We shouldn´t have let him leave with him all by himself. One of us should have gone with them.”
“You know that Harry needed to do this alone. We can´t risk Dumbledore getting suspicious. Harry was never afraid to be alone with him before so he can´t suddenly be so. Dumbledore is smart, he would notice that something is wrong, and we can´t afford him starting to ask questions.”
“Of course, your right and I know you are, but I really am afraid for Harry. Dumbledore killed his entire family, you can´t tell me that you´re not concerned.”
“Of course, I am Ronald, what do you think? Harry was my first friend. Even you were mean to me when we got here but Harry never was. I hate to say it but that he grew up at the Dursleys had one good thing coming out of it. Harry would never treat someone badly except when they gave him a good reason, and even than he isn´t mean, not really. He was always there for me, except after the whole firebolt incident in third year and that was my own fault. I don´t know what I would do if something would happen to him and not just because without him we stand no chance to end this war.”
Hermione and Ron made their way to the headmaster´s office while they were talking. Hermione´s steps became quicker and soon they got to the corridor where Severus and eight house elves were waiting for them.
“What took so long? They´re already gone for more than half an hour. Never mind, this is important, we probably won´t get another chance. Here is the plan. Hermione, I want you and two elves to focus on written evidence. I bet Dumbledore has a few diaries that we must find. If you do, tell the elves to make an exact copy and put it back where you found it. Ron, I want you to focus on the portraits. I want you to pick one and try to find out anything you can from it, then move on to the next. I also need you to help the other house elves as well. They will search the office for anything that could be hidden. If they discover something I need you to look at it. If you don´t know what to do ask Hermione or me when I come back.”
“What? Where are you going? You´re leaving us alone?”
“Don´t worry I won’t be far; I will look in his pensive. I will go and see what he doesn´t want anyone to see. Please try and be quick with everything. Only use magic if necessary. I want to be out of here in three hours since we have no idea how long it will take them to come back and if you use it to much Dumbledore will know someone was in here the moment he steps back into this office. If you need to use spells tell the elves and only do what they can´t yourself alright?” Severus looked at his new friends and waited until they both nodded their acceptance.
“Alright, one more thing, Harry was able to talk to the castle last night. Hogwarts will warn us should they come back and we´re still in here so we have enough time to get out. You guys ready?” He waited until they both nodded, before naming the password and watching the moving stairs to Dumbledore´s office appear. Together they went up and into the office.
Three and a half hours later Severus stepped out of the pensive. His entire body was shaking, and he was white as a ghost. Ron and Hermione looked up at him and he could see similar horror written on their faces. He walked over to a chair and sat down only to burry his face in his hands.
“That bad Severus? The stuff that I read was horrifying and I only read a little here and there. All the copy´s are ready and the house elves already took them to the trunk.” Severus looked at her.
“It´s worse than I could have imagined. I can´t believe no one noticed just how twisted the old man’s brain is. He did horrible things to almost everyone I know. But let us talk about this tonight. We really should get out of here and I need a bit of time to come to terms with what I just learned.”
“I think that would be best, that gives me time to read a little more in his Diaries. When Harry comes back, I want to be able to tell him as much as I can. Ron did one of the headmasters tell you anything important?”
“Nothing specific. But I did find out that the old coot talks to himself a lot. We should really try to find a way to monitor his office, maybe we could even find a way to listen in. He won’t be careful when he´s alone after all.”
“Please guys, I really think we should go.” Severus said again.
“Right, lets get out of here.” The three of them left the office and Severus decided that he needed an adult to talk to.
“You guys go, I will go look for Poppy and Minerva.” Hermione nodded.
“See you later then, come on Ron we can talk a little more when were back in our rooms.” Severus watched the two Gryffindors go before almost running off to the infirmary.
“POPPY!!” He yelled as he came through the doors.
“Severus! What is going on?” The Medi witch asked, concern clearly written on her face.
“I need Minerva to come here ASAP. Please sent your Patronus to summon her.” Poppy did and only five minutes later Minerva came rushing through the doors.
“What has happened? Severus you look terrible. What is going on?”
“Dumbledore.” Severus said. His voice was shaking.
“He… he you have no idea… I mean what he did, everything he did…” Severus´s voice got louder with every world and his thoughts were running wild.
“Severus please try to calm down. What has happened?”
“Calm down? CALM DOWN???? Are you kidding me? I can´t come down, it is all his fault, ALL OF IT. He played me, he played all of us. You have no idea, He… He…”
“Severus, Severus please, you´re scarring me. Please take a deep breath.” But Severus was near hysteria, so Poppy got up and got a calming draft from her stock which she handed to the DADA Professor.
“Drink, then breathe and tell us what happened.” Severus took the potion and was glad when he immediately felt clam wash over his body and mind. He sighed and looked at his two colleagues.
“He played us all. He used us like chess pieces on a board. He didn´t think twice about sacrificing one of us either, for example I found out that he always knew that Sirius wasn´t Lilli and James´s secret keeper. He let him go to Azkaban and left him there for thirteen years because he needed him gone so he could decide what to do with Harry after his parents’ death. Also, it is because of him that I bear the dark mark on my arm. He wanted to drive me into the dark Lords arms. I don´t know how he did it but apparently that is what he wanted. There is also another Prophecy concerning Harry.
The one to right the wrong approaches. He will be marked by evil ones and be betrayed by another that hides in the light. His power will be strong and together with his fated he will achieve true greatness. He will thrive and grow and with his friends he will rebuild the world as we know it.”
The Medi witch and transfiguration professor looked at him with wide eyes.
“So, Dumbledore knows that Harry is the one who will end him so he tries all he can to stand in his way?”
“No, I think he got the Prophesy a long time ago, and everything he did since then was to make sure Harry is dependent and obedient when he arrived here, so he can control him to his liking. I am sure that Albus told the Dursley´s to abuse Harry, maybe Hermione finds something in his personal notes.”
“What are you talking about Severus?”
“Ron and Hermione helped me search the headmaster’s office today. Harry got him away from school. We need to know what it is that he is planning, and we need to know why he did all that he did. I think the Prophesy is a good starting point to figure out his motives but it doesn´t explain why he attacked the Williams Family or why he spared Lilli´s life. I hope we find more information soon.”
“I don´t like this, I don´t like this at all. Where is Ms. Granger now Severus?”
“She and Ron went back to the Dungeons. I bet she locked herself in the trunk and only plans to come out when she read through everything we found today.” McGonagall looked at him.
“I will go and look at it myself. I need to see it with my own eyes. Please excuse me.”
“Of course, Minerva, please come back here in the evening and tell me everything you discovered.” Poppy said to which the other nodded before leaving through the big wooden doors.
“Now, Severus, tell me, what do you mean when you said that you have the mark because of him.”
“I´m not quite sure yet, I looked through his pensive and came across a very short memory. All I saw was someone telling him that I joint the dark lord and him being extremely happy about it. He told the other that finally all his preparations are done and that all he must do is to sit back and watch as everything plays out. I didn´t see the others face but I am sure I know the voice, I just don´t know where from.”
“Don´t worry dear, we will find out exactly what it is he is after and who is helping him, although it sounds like all he´s after is maintaining his power, nothing more or less which makes him as bad as you know who if not worse. With you know who at least you know that you follow evil. He is a sociopath but he doesn´t hide the fact.”
“I think you´re right, power has corrupted him completely.”
“Where did Harry go? It can´t be safe to leave him alone with him.”
“No, but he has his emergency portkey so I´m not too worried. Besides, they are going to meet up with someone else so I doubt that Dumbledore will try anything. I just hope they will be back soon so that I can make sure.”
“You really are taken by him. I can see the worry in your eyes.”
“Very…” Severus said looking at his hands. It still felt strange to him to share his thoughts with others.
“I don´t know how it happened, especially since I thought I would never find someone but then, out of nowhere I was in love. All I had to do was to give him a chance to speak with me. I did and then one thing happened and then another and suddenly I found myself under his spell.”
“Well, he is a very special young man not unlike you, my boy. He will do you some good.”
“Oh, he already has, and not only him but his friends too. I never knew that I needed friends until they became mine and again, I have no idea how it happened it just did. How does this work? How turn six years of hate and mistrust for one another into friendship?”
“In the Prophesy you told us was the mention of his fated. Maybe it´s you. If your relationship is foretold by fate, then it is no wonder that all turned out as it did.”
“You think so?”
“Yes, in fact, the more I think about it the surer I get. With how quickly things changed between you and the fact that I always believed that you were destined for something big don´t give me much reason to doubt it.”
The two of them fell into a comfortable silence after that and Severus thought about Poppy´s words. They sat together for an hour before Severus stood up to take his leave. Before he left, he looked back at his companion.
“Thank you for listening Poppy, really, it means a lot. I think I need to get back to my office though.”
“Anytime Severus.” Poppy said with a fond smile. He turned and hurried down to his quarters. He couldn´t wait to see his favorite pair of green eyes again.
Hermione Granger sat in her bedroom down in the trunk and looked for one of the journals they´d taken from Dumbledore’s office. She wanted to start with the one of the year previous of the Potter´s death. To be honest, she was much more interested in the older ones especially the one from the year Dumbledore triumphed over Grindelwald, but she knew that she has to set priorities and her number one priority was Harry.
Hermione hated to admit to herself that she was kind of relieved that she obliviated her parents and not only because they were safe, thousands of miles away but also because she knew that her life and that of her parents were so different. They would never understand her as she would like them to and although she missed them, she was kind of relieved that she didn´t have to put up with all their questions and worries anymore. When they looked at her, they still saw their baby girl who needed to be protected and they didn´t realise that she was very much capable to look after herself and others. She had to save Harry and Ron`s butt at least 3 times every year and she did it gladly because she could. Not for nothing was she tilted the brightest witch of her age, but she also worked her ass off to accomplish her goals.
She always thought in a way that Harry and Ron had it easier than her. True she had the better grades, but she studied day and night while Ron had a huge advantage of knowledge of things she would never know since she would never think about looking it up because she wouldn´t know it exist only because he was around magic the minute he was born. Harry had great instincts and had a seemingly endless amount of power which helps since you just get spells down faster.
She smiled fondly when she thought about her friends. They really were her family. Hermione was devastated when she came to Hogwarts and for the first month, she really had no one to talk to. The other Gryffindor´s didn´t leave her out of conversations but she had no one to sit with in the common room or someone she could go to class with. Hermione knew she was a difficult person since back home in school she hadn´t had friends either. That was why it hurt so bad when she heard Ron saying that she was a nightmare on Halloween that first year at Hogwarts. When she rushed to the bathroom, she tried to come to term with the fact that the next seven years of her life would be as lonely as it was in the past and she couldn´t stand the thought. When she finally resigned to the fact and was ready to leave, she was confused to see that Harry Potter and the boy who insulted her had come to safe her from the troll, but she was so thankful that she didn´t even think twice about lying to her teachers. That day she knew that they would forever be friends. She was also ecstatic that she had actual brothers know. She was an only child and always wanted siblings.
Maybe now they want one since they don´t know I exist.
She smiled at that thought. Maybe someday there will be another Granger roaming the castle. Her parents had a magical child ones, so it was not out of the question that their could be another.
She finally found the book she was looking for and sighed. She really didn´t want to start reading afraid of what she would find. She sighed and opened the book and begun to read.
3rd of January 1980
I just can´t stop thinking about this damn prophesy. Why can´t I figure out to whom it speaks. Two boys are to be born as the seventh month dies. I wonder if I can influence that part to my benefit. I need to know which boy will be marked by that halfblood Riddle. I need to plan what to do with the boy after the fact and to do that I need to know WHO IT IS!! This is so frustrating.
17th of January 1980
So, JAMES is Godric´s and Helga´s heir? Are you kidding me? He is a talented wizard but he´s just ordinary. Maybe greatness skips a generation. If only I could find out more about Lilly.
9th of February 1980
I must do something. How am I to know who Riddle will choose so I guess will have to. The Longbottom´s are pure bloods but James is the heir of two founders. I think he will be more of a threat to me and since I have no idea where the Williams girl is I must play it safe. If I sent the Potter´s into hiding maybe Tom, the idiot will think I know that it is the Potter´s child whom the prophesy speaks of. Yes, I think that should work quite nicely.
28th of February
I have to make sure that no Potter is left when Riddle goes after the them. Theirs friends could be a problem as well. I am sure one of them works for Tom I just need to find out which so I can make sure that they will make him the secret keeper. I´m pretty sure it´s not Black but Remus and the other one are wild cards.
1st of April 1980
So, it is Pettigrew I should have known. He always runs after the ones greater than him. I will have to work Sirius; I have to come up with a good excuse so he tells the Potter´s not to take him otherwise it would be bad. It is too much of a…”
Hermione twitched when it knocked on the door.
“Come in.” She said looking up form the book when the door opened.
“Hello Professor, how can I help you.” She smiled looking at McGonagall.
“Hello Miss Granger, I just spoke with Poppy and Severus. He told us that you have acquired Albus´s Diary´s. I was wondering if I could have a look at them?”
“Of course, Professor I just started myself. I decided to start in the year Harry was born and work my way to now but maybe you could start with the most resent and we look how far we come.”
“That sounds like a good plan.” And with that the teacher sat down at Hermione´s desk searching for the right book. The two women didn´t leave the room that day and long into the night. They cried, growled in frustration and shook in fury about the many sins of Albus Dumbledore.
Severus was pacing in his office. It was already eight and Harry still hadn´t come back. He sighed in relief when the door opened and closed. Seeing no one he knew it only could be his Harry who pulled of his cloak the very next moment. It only took two big steps for him to envelop Harry in his arms.
“I was so worried.” He mumbled in the others hair.
“I´m glad to be back.”
“Went everything alright?”
“Yes, we met with someone who could answer all my questions. He gave me his card so that I can owl him all the details so that’s good.” Together they walked to Sev´s quarters. When Harry climbed down the stairs of the trunk in the living room he wondered where everyone was.
“Ron is out. He said something about tonight being the night.”
“Ah yes, it has been for the past week or so.”
“What do you mean?”
“Ron wants to talk to Cho Chang. Every night he is saying that he will do it but has chickened out every time. I doubt today will be different.” He grinned.
“I assume Hermione is locked in her room going through what ever you found today?” Harry asked.
“She is. Minerva jointed her some time ago.”
“That´s what I thought. How are you doing?” Harry asked sitting down next to Severus snuggling into his site.
“I would actually rather not speak of it know. I need to think it through first if that´s okay?”
“Its more then ok. How bout we will have a meeting Monday afternoon. Mione will have read a lot since then and can tell all of us. I have to focus on telling Molly and Arthur tomorrow so that is enough stress for now. How about we make some dinner I haven´t eaten much and cooking always clears my head and then we make it an early night, I´m exhausted.”
“Sounds good love.” But before getting up he pulled Harry closer, and they shared a deep kiss. When they pulled away Harry sight and played with Severus´s hair.
“I really missed you.” He whispered and got a smile as an answer. Sev looked at him with such adoration that he couldn´t resist leaning in to claim those lips again. When he was here with his man, life truly couldn´t be sweeter.
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