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Disclaimer: I don't, and never will, own Harry Potter. All plots and characters belong to J.K. Rowling and company.

::Parseltongue::

/mind-to-mind with Huginn/

'thoughts'

"Normal Speech"

(30) How Dumbledore Sees It

August 1991:

Albus Dumbledore glanced at the registry book. He looked at the list of incoming first years and gave a frown when he saw one of the names crossed out. Harry Potter.

He remembered the day the Potter's had called him in a panic. The boy was a Parseltongue. He had no idea where it could have come from. Unless Lily's family wasn't as muggle- or as light- as she would like them to think.

Then there was a name he had never heard of before. "Corvus Cygnus Lestrange," he said the name aloud. "Now there's one family that could cause trouble." He sighed as he stroked his bear. "It will be a year of trouble. Malfoy, Parkinson, Nott, Crabbe, Goyle."

"No Blacks, Dumbledore?" came the voice of one of the former Headmasters Phineas Nigellus Black.

"Now Phineas, you know Sirius is your last relation and has yet to bear a child," he said amused. "Though the Lestrange Heir carries the blood of the Blacks on his mother's side."

"Couldn't hurt to ask," the portrait muttered before leaving his frame.

Dumbledore chuckled to himself as he sat in his chair. His plan was coming into fruition. The stone was in place and Quirinus was most certainly possessed by the wraith that was Voldemort. Now to get Charlie Potter to stop him from stealing it.

He was quite proud that the Potters had allowed Hagrid to take the boy to Diagon Alley, and that they had the time to go to the vault. It didn't hurt that a surprise party was planned and they needed him out of the house anyway.

The boy was a bit more of a snob and bully than he would like, but when his parents catered to him as much as they did, what else did he expect?

"What to do Fawkes?" He said looking at the Phoenix sitting on it's perch. "If I penalize him, he'll be upset and so will James and Lily. If I don't, he'll be more agreeable to me, but the other students may not like him as much." He took out a lemon drop and popped it into his mouth thinking for a while. "I guess the most important children will follow him. He is the Boy-Who-Lived after all. I won't worry about the Slytherins just yet."

Fawkes let out a trill of disappointment that his human could not interpret, as he just smiled with his blue twinkling eyes and nodded.

()

September 1st 1991: Opening Feast

Looking over the new first years who were amazed at the Great Hall always put a smile on the Headmaster's face.

As usual it wasn't all fun. He closed his eyes and took a breath before using his Aura Sight. True it was not to be used without permission, but he had to make sure the incoming students would be strong enough to handle the curriculum they would be presented with. Not to mention those with lower power tended to do better in Potions because it came easier than working with their magic. He also used it to watch for those with the darker taints.

The colors were like a rainbow halo that surrounded a witch or wizard's body. They represented the magics a child would have, while the brightness represented the power behind them. However, since the colors represented different talents depending on the family the child came from, it was near impossible for one to tell where the child's talents lied. Not only did they change between families, they changed over generations from mixing lines. For example, red could mean Potions in one family in this generation but Herbology in two more, or even could mean defense in a different family.

In the end some may say it was a useless skill, but Dumbledore wasn't looking for what talents a child would have, but whether they would have many talents and how powerful they were.

Dumbledore could also tell how happy a child's life was based on a dark red that cut through the halo of colors. An abused and unhappy child would have angry red spikes shot through their rainbow of an Aura. The happiest child would have one or two.

Charlie's Aura was fairly low, but it was expected as his maturity had not come to pass yet. His reds, yellow and blue pulsed evenly, happily with only one red spike.

Though he was surprised to see the strength that flowed off of the Longbottom heir, and even more by the angry red that was shot throughout it. He would have to talk to Augusta and see what... No she would know what he did to get the information.

The Malfoy boy also had a strong aura, though, again surprisingly, with many less spikes than Longbottom boy. In addition he had a light gray on the very outside, denoting practice in the darker magics. He internally shook his head. They are starting them young...

Most of the other students had a standard strength. He smirked at the pureblood supremacist families who had low powers.

Would they never learn? He suddenly paused in his inspection. What?... He looked again. Dark Hair and... he narrowed his eyes. Who is that child?

The Aura was the strongest he had ever seen from a first year, barring himself, Severus Snape, and Tom Riddle. But he really didn't want to think of the last.

There was something odd about this Aura though. Some colors overlapped. Others suddenly ended. It was odd to see a child's magics stagger in such a way. The angry red spikes staggered the same way. Maybe he got out of an abusive home? But the staggering in the colors tells of a blood adoption.

He closed his eyes and shut down the sight. He watched the sorting intently.

As Granger stepped up, he remembered the name from Minerva's trips to Muggleborn homes.

'Gryffindor' he said to the hat mentally.

'She would do well in Ravenclaw... but even she wants Gryffindor. More of your influence, Albus?'

The Headmaster stayed silent, but let out a sigh of relief as the girl was sorted.

"Corvus Lestrange" said Minerva.

Dumbledore's jaw nearly dropped when he saw the dark haired powerful wizard step up. A Lestrange with such power. He felt goosebumps prickle his skin. He stared at the hat willing it to send him to Gryffindor.

'Not this time, Albus' came the voice of the hat in his mind.

'But, that power-'

'Is not yours to play with. Consider this child fire. Don't play with it, or you will burn. None of your manipulations here, Headmaster. I may not tell your secrets, but I can keep from being a part of your manipulations'

'Not Slytherin' he yelled mentally.

'The boy will go where he wants to go,' the hat replied. 'Consider yourself lucky that he wants to go to...' The hat paused, making the Headmaster begin to sweat. "RAVENCLAW!"

Again, he let out a sigh of relief. As Charlie Potter was called, he nearly choked as the hat nearly called out Slytherin. 'Do it and i will burn you with fiendfyre!' he threatened the hat. He smirked as the hat grumbled "Gryffindor".

()

October:

Damn that Corvus boy... Charlie should have been able to take on the troll, why was the girl there anyway?

And he killed it with no remorse! Just blew the creature's head off! He's going to be a dark one, that is for sure! I have to get him turned around. He's already causing problems. I will need to limit his power use. Who knows what kinds of spells he will want to use?

No wands in the hallway, that's it. I believe Charlie was complaining about his bullying, maybe I should approach his father and the Minister about it? That will work.

()

The nerve of that boy! At least I got his wand uses limited... that will show him who is in charge.

()

(After the hallway incident)

"Charlie, my boy" He greeted the Potter heir.

"Hello Albus," The boy greeted him smiling and with a hug. "How are you?"

"Well. I'm sorry to say this isn't a social call. I need you to lay off the Lestrange boy. He now has something to use against us. We don't want people to think you are going Dark and I'm very afraid that he can start those rumors. What happened in that hallway?"

"He mentioned Harry," the boy replied, sneering at his estranged brother's name.

"How did he know about him?" Dumbledore asked shocked.

"He said he read it in an old article. I don't doubt mother had an announcement in the papers, as all Pureblood families do. Just... what if someone else finds out? If they found out a Potter was... Dark?"

"No one else will know. Who would look back that far? I think he is just trying to dig for something to use against you. All the more reason to let him be." The boy sighed but nodded. "Good. Now, about Harry. His name was stricken from the books."

"Mother and Father told me about that. He's dead then?" The old man nodded. "Good. One less Dark wizard to worry about. Not to mention, dark or not, I'd hate to have to face him on the field. I mean we are twins, our power is probably close. I know I would be stronger because I'm the boy who lived and all," the boy rambled on, "but I would hate to have been seen as killing a family member, no matter how dark."

"I just wanted to make sure you knew. Alright Charlie. Go on to dinner now and we will talk again soon."

()

"Evening, Professor, you asked for me?"

Dumbledore looked into Hermione Granger's eyes and quickly assessed the situation. Apparently Lestrange was concerned about the smart witch having to do the homework for the other two.

He knew she didn't like to do it, but the boy really needed the good grades.

"I noticed you are not spending as much time with Mr. Potter and Mr. Weasley," he said, getting straight to the reason for the meeting.

"They confronted me and said all I was to them was a grade. A person to do their homework for them. I thought I would be their friend," she said softly.

"You know how boys are Ms. Granger, especially at this age. They don't want to be seen in the company of girls much, let alone studying. Mr. Potter has many expectations heaped onto his shoulders with him being the Boy-Who-Lived. Surely you can see that he needs all the support he can get?"

The girl looked thoughtful for a moment before replying, "What do I get from this though? They treat me horribly and just expect me to do the work for them. They don't want help or support. They both want a lackey."

Dumbledore frowned. This would be harder than he thought it would be. "Why not tell them to write their essays and that you will review it for them?" The girl seemed to be considering his words, so he pressed on. "I will have a talk with the boys to make sure they hold to their end. You can even add other students to your tutoring group. After all, tutoring fellow students is a sure way to get your name into the Head Girl position."

The girl smiled widely at him and nodded. She agreed if he spoke to the boys she would return to tutoring them.

()

Dumbledore was cursing up a storm as he faced off with the possessed Quirrell. What had gone wrong? The three were inseparable and suddenly on the night they need her, Granger is in the hospital wing with a muggle cold. Really?

And now, he had to face off with Voldemort. Not something he had really planned on doing.

He sighed in relief as the professor collapsed and the wraith of Voldemort escaped.

Where the hell are those boys!?

()

After the leaving feast, Dumbledore sat in his office, thinking about the year and all that had happened. Why was Charlie so focused on the Lestrange Heir? It couldn't be because he mentioned Harry... there has to be something more there.

Of all the wizards in his year to pick a fight with, he picks the strongest one.

They found my darned loyalty potions too and my magic blockers that I put the boy under. Now they definitely won't trust me. How to keep him from the dark?

Being raised by the Lestranges is definitely against us. His saving grace is Severus. Bellatrix is a lioness when protecting her cub... Maybe if I can get something on him I can get her to work for me. That would be a hit against the dark...

He had to go and screw up the test... then again Charlie was stupid with his friendship with the muggleborn Granger. She was needed for Severus' test. It's actually a good thing they went down there, otherwise our Savior could be dead...

What was that reaction to James and Lily though... Could it be? No... the registry says he's dead. Unless... I may have to read the auras again. The boy did have an aura like one with a blood adoption...

I'm just glad I was there to watch... poor Quirinus. At least he didn't get the stone. Test or not, there was still a likelihood of him succeeding.

What will happen next year?

-END YEAR 1-

A/N: Dun Dun Dunnnn. So will Dumbledore confirm his beliefs? What will happen in year 2? That's the end of year 1. I hope it meets your approval. I've already got about 10 chapters for year 2 and I'm going to start going back over the rough draft and start posting the new year soon.

On another note, I have to say thank you to all of my reviewers and anyone who reads this story. Whenever i read a positive review, my heart truly swells and I am proud of what I write. Though I use the HP universe and the WBWL and Potter twins has been done over many times, I hope I am bringing a new light to this theme of HP fanfics. Thanks again and keep reading!

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