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Word Count 2000
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One Month Later. 10 October.
Today was the day the Wizengamot was going to be held. The first one ever since Harry Potter returned to England.
All of the members who were going to participate in the meeting where getting ready. Preparing their minds and hearts. Everybody just knew it, they could feel it. It was going to be chaos today.
Headmaster's Office
Dumbledore and Snape were talking about the meeting. Severus raised concerns that Harry might join the Dark Faction out of spite. Since he needs more allies to fight against Dumbledore
"No. No. Harry Potter definitely won't join the Dark Faction. Too much trouble for him there. He will most likely go with the Grey Faction and bribe them with the money he got from me or perhaps he will be bold and join the White Faction to try and strip away my dwindling Power Block. Ho, ho, ho. How exciting." Dumbledore laughed with that dammed twinkle in his eyes
Snape glanced at the old man with a weary look. 'He has changed. He isn't the senile old man I knew before. In fact he reminds me of the night when I begged him to save Lily. That manipulative jovial personality.'
"Well then Severus, continue your classes. I'll be going in first, to see their reactions. Keep an eye on Professor Quirrell will you?"
Snape just nodded. He knew what Dumbledore wanted. For him to keep Voldemort away from the room on the Third Corridor. Because 'it was not the right time yet'. His plans about the Potter boy. For him to face the Dark Lord are frankly ridicules. And if the boy does face the Dark Lord. Then that confirms my theory that all Potters are idiots'
"As you wish Headmaster"
Dumbledore nodded and entered the Fireplace, he grabbed a bit of floo powder. "Ministry of Magic"
Whoshhh
In a green flame he disappeared.
~ Wizengamot Chambers
The Noble Houses of Wizarding Britain were slowly gathering. As were the Ministry Officials. Usually almost everybody has arrived during the first 30 minutes.
They each head to their Separate Factions and Power Blocks.
The Dark Faction/The Traditionalists. The Light/The Progressives. The Grey/The Neutrals.
Everybody was watching echoer. How they interact. Who they talk with. How they look. Any information that might give them an edge. Even at what minute they arrive in. Too early, too late. Are they nervous or overconfident.
Right now there are 40 minutes until the Wizengamot starts. And at that moment Albus Dumbledore arrived in the room. Which instantly turned quiet.
"Good Evening Everyone" Dumbledore said in a grandfatherly tone. But to his surprise nobody said anything to him. Which caught him off guard.
'Ahhh. I see everybody is wary of me. This might be troublesome' .
After all even if there was no proof. They know Dumbledore had something to do with the death of the ICW official. And people who have crossed Dumbledore or have taken advantage of his weekend political power. Have slowly been suffering bouts of misfortune or just straight up dying.
Even the Light Faction has been feeling uneasy.
'I expected this from the Dark and Grey. But to think even my own faction is doubting me. Maybe I have been too hasty. It has been a long time since i 'came out' and had fallen back into my habit to get things done as soon as possible.
I need to slow down on my 'attacks'. And let the 'sheep' regain a bit of 'peace of mind' so they can feel safe. False Safety but still useful to control these people. After all nobody is truly safe in this country'
The Old Players slowly started enter the room.
Lord Olgen whose family has created FireWhiskey entered with a smile and started to mingle with the Light Faction players. Lightening up the mood. Dumbledore just glanced at the man. Olgen was an old 'friend'. And knew how to navigate the political scene.
Ever since he found out about the death of Gejutel, Olgen has been buttering up more to Dumbledore. He had sensed that there would be a change in the status quo, and decided to better his relationship with the Magical Titan that was Dumbledore.
The Dark Faction Players saw this and sneered on the inside.
They had a plan about today's session. And they can't risk anything going wrong. So they were more 'tame' and 'controlled' today than they usually are. Today they were going to force the Ministry to remove Sirius Black as Clan aid. To to gain back the wealth of the Black Family.
That gold and political power is the reason why Lucius Malfoy has the position he has now. On their own the Malfoy Family don't have enough capital to play around with the old families. After all a few generations ago the Malfoy Family fled from France. Well what do you expect from a name that means 'bad faith'.
The Neutrals have just been doing what they always have been doing. Playing both sides and chasing after profit. The only surprising thing that has changed with them is Ophelia Greengrass. Ever since her husband died she was like a different woman.
She took charge of all house matters and broke of almost all arrangements with the Dark Faction. But on the other side she increased the payments of the Light Faction. So she made enemies from both factions making the Neutrals confused.
Yet nobody was making a move on her for one reason. And that is because somehow. Somehow Harry Potter was supporting House Greengrass. And it was quite obvious about it.
So everybody was waiting for the man of the hour. To see what he will do. Yet with about 30 minutes to go. Harry Potter still hasn't shown up.
~
Room of Requirement. 10 minutes ago.
In his mind Harry sees Albus leave Hogwarts. The first time he noticed that the name changed he was confused. Why did Dumbledore's name change all of a sudden. He had a few theories but they didn't make any sense.
The best conclusion he came to is that Dumbledore was probably making a deal with someone and temporarily changed his name. Since he already knows about the maps existence. He hid his name and made Hogwarts only recognize him as Albus.
"Its Show Time. Shiny Red Stone here I come"
'Show me the Room with the Mirror.' x3
Then in front of Harry the scenery changed. He entered a dark chamber like room lit up with torches. And it the middle stood a bit ornate mirror.
Harry then asks the Room to show him the room of the mirror in a 3D holographic version of Hogwarts. Giving him the precise coordinates of the Mirror.
"Okay. So far so good. i have precise coordinates of the mirror. There are two options now. Use magecraft teleportation or my newly invented Reverse Apparition."
Apparition is where you imagine a place and force your body to go through a tiny gateway that takes you from Point A to Point B.
But in this case. Harry will first find Point B and link the Mirrors magic to the 'gateway' to force it to go to Point A where he was at. He is tricking the magic in the 'Apparition Process' to think that the Mirror is a person.
'I hope Dumbledore didn't put up any protection against Magecraft. Here goes nothing' Harry channelled his magic and a magic circle appeared in front of him. At the same time on the 'screen', a magic circle appeared under the mirror. In a few moments a flash appeared and the huge mirror was in front of Harry'
"HELL YEAH!" Harry fist pumped. "It freaking worked"
The Mirror of the Erased.
"Erised stra ehru oyt ube cafru oyt on wohsi".
" I show not your face but your heart's desire".
"We will see about that"
He immediately started to do some scans on the Mirror from a distance. After a while he snorted. "Really? Just a Legilimency attack based on the persons desire and ego. And what bullshit was Dumbles sprouting in the original. 'Only the one who wanted to find the stone but not to use it'.
Bullshit. It clearly says that only Dumbledore and Harry Potter can remove the stone from the mirror. The game was rigged from the start. After all any thief in the world would get it if the enchantment was true. They want to find the stone to 'sell it' not 'use it'. "
Harry continued his scans until he found what he was looking for. 'There we go. Alarm Spells for when the stone is taken or the mirror is damaged. Confuse the spell about the stone. While leaving the one about the mirror'
He took a step forward and immediately felt a mental probe from the mirror. Harry smiled as he guided the probe to the Cartenon Temple/ Double Dungeon. His first floor of protection with the Statue of God. He then used his magic to trap the mental attack there.
'Good. Now if I understand the enchantments correctly. Destroying this mental attack should form a small crack on the mirror. Just enough to trigger Dumbledore's alarm. I'll do it while the Wizengamot session is in place. Hopefully the old man will make another mistake. So that I can gain even more benefits.'
Harry walked to the mirror which was blank. It didn't show anything, since it couldn't collect Harry's desires. Harry placed his palm on the mirror and he felt something else other than the mirrors smooth surface. He pulled his hand back and in his palm there it was.
A big shiny red gem.
The Philosopher's Stone. The Fifth Element. The Grand Elixir.
Wealth. Immortality and Life.
All within such a small object.
However the moment Harry's eyes made contact with the stone. His entire body shivered. No his soul itself. The Peverell Bloodline was reacting to it.
"Flamel you madman" Harry said breathlessly
If he had thought the brothers went too far with the sacrifices for the Deathly Hallows. It was nothing compared to this.
"Millions. There are Millions of souls trapped in this thing, No wonder its so freaking powerful. What the hell. I half expected it to be fake. What was Flamel thinking. Giving this to Dumbledore." Harry shook his head as he started to inspect the stone.
'Hmm?' he noticed something in the core of a stone. It was tiny bead, filled with groves.
He took out a Jewellers Loupe. Basically a monocle with a magnifying lens on it and put it to the stone to take a closer look. He put the stone right above his face and got nearer with the monocle.
'These runes. This combination. I think its a locator spell. No, not a spell. A permanent locator artifact. I see. Flamel can find this anywhere in the world. Possibly even beyond it. With the power of the stones he can search it even in different dimensions. There is a self-destruct switch as well. Most likely if some other Supernatural Factions got their hands on it. Hmm troublesome.'
Harry kept musing for a few minutes before he shrugged. 'Well that means i just can't move it away from Hogwarts. After all Flamel won't dare explode it while the stone is still here. They can search this castle all they want. They can search the Room of Requirement as well.
This is Rowena's Personal space in the Room. Nobody can enter here without my permission. I can only make one bottle of elixir per week. Or use that same energy to make a kg of gold per week. I'll make one Elixir now and give it to Melinda. Then the next one will go to Bellatrix. But that's for later. Now I have a party to show up to. Let the Chaos Begin'
~ A/N
Hidden Tittle. The Philosopher's Stone
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