The former Headmaster even had the audacity to hire a teacher possessed by Voldemort and then send Harry, Hermione and two other first years into the Forbidden Forest, at night, accompanied only by the gamekeeper, to hunt a creature powerful enough to kill a unicorn. Harry faced Voldemort before having to confront him in the school and banished the evil wizard once more.
Voldemort returned to the school the following year with a sixty-three foot basilisk for company but was again sent packing by the boy-who-lived. All this was happening under the crooked nose of the man we trusted with our children's wellbeing, after all, wasn't Hogwarts the safest place in the wizarding world with Albus Dumbledore in charge?
After guiding generations of witches and wizards through Hogwarts we had reached the stage where none of his decisions were even questioned. Little did we know that if we did question him, we probably wouldn't remember it as the sparkly eyed wizard offered a lemon drop with one hand while applying a memory charm with the other.
The magical pulse that swept the length and breadth of Britain was caused by Harry's magical core being released from it's illegal binding, due to his soul bonding with that of his now wife, Hermione.
But even here Dumbledores manipulations had to be overcome as mind charms had been administered to the Weasley parents with the instructions that Harry and Ginny would be fed a love potion while Ronald was tasked with keeping his two friends apart. When Harry and Hermione entered the great hall of Hogwarts as man and wife, Ronald fired a curse at Hermione, which cost him his life.
The full scale of Dumbledore's manipulations will probably never be known, between his use of memory charms and the reluctance of people to come forward to admit that they were duped by the self styled 'Leader of the Light,' but everyone can be sure it's more than highlighted in this story.
Dumbledore was fond of the saying 'for the greater good' but if we all stand back and take an unbiased look, our world is in far better shape now than it was then. With Voldemort set to return, all his followers free and the minister for magic a death eater, the alternative future that was on offer doesn't bear thinking about.
Our front-page story explains his latest actions and the consequences he now faces, but what of the others mentioned in this story?
The Weasley parents and Harry's former muggle guardians are currently receiving medical treatment at the Potter's expense, Ginny is of course now Ginny Potter, Lord Black is the new Head of Gryffindor and potions teacher as Professor McGonagall is the new Head of Hogwarts.
On Wednesday our children return to a much-changed Hogwarts, new rules, new classes, new courses, new teachers and even new facilities. This will enhance Hogwarts reputation and amazingly will actually save parents money. The school will now supply all textbooks and potions ingredients, all broomsticks for Quidditch matches will also be supplied by Hogwarts so every house will have the exact same equipment. Our children's only requirements for attending Hogwarts are school uniform and writing materials.
There will be a special edition tomorrow highlighting the changes at Hogwarts but I can exclusively reveal one now, the raised rostrum with the golden throne in the middle has been banished from the great hall. Dumbledore enjoyed looking down on his subjects but Minerva McGonagall is 'off the people' and this journalist for one is a lot happier about that.
Pansy remembered Draco boasting in the Slytherin common room about him facing up to the creature while Potter ran out the Forbidden Forest crying but the fear reflected in his eyes told a different story, that and the fact no-one had ever seen Harry running away from anything.
She glanced around the breakfast table and could see the story filling in the blanks for people; Pansy couldn't understand how anyone who had such a shitty upbringing could turn out to be this wonderful guy.
After New Year Harry and Hermione had invited all the teens of Potter House to spend the last few days of the holiday on the island. Greg and Vince had backed Draco in his torment of Harry yet here they were, sitting having breakfast with the Potters and enjoying themselves. There were no traces of the sullen sidekicks, just two normal guys, behaving like perfect gentlemen that would make good husbands someday. It was like a black cloud had been lifted from them and quite a few girls had noticed the change. Both had pledged their loyalty to the House of Potter and Pansy knew them well enough to know they were sincere, both now had a good future in front of them, not stellar but at least steady.
Pansy stuck by her decision that they would make good husbands but not for her, she had seen the way Ginny and Neville got on, Harry and Hermione were so close they almost appeared like the one person and Pansy wasn't going to settle for anything less. Somewhere there was a man who would love her the way Ginny and Hermione were loved, and with no forced marriages she was free to take her time and find him.
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