November 1994
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Harry picked up an empty parchment and began writing his reply.
Madam Longbottom,
I am must say I was genuinely surprised and pleased to hear from you.
I must admit that after you directly refuted to meet me during my visit to Longbottom Manor, I had little hope of you getting involved in Wizarding Politics.
And now that you are willing to make a return, I welcome you with open arms. And as for your reasons and you being selfish; who is not acting out of self interest? Rest assured whatever may be the reason for your return, it will have no effect on my thoughts regarding you. I assure you of an unobstructed path to our alliance from my side.
Having said all this, I must address the point that your unwelcoming behaviour during my visit was a blow to my prestige. But even so, I will not stretch this issue.
Just I had said to your house elf, you would need to make the approach me. This would be a choice on your own, whether you are willing to take the first positive step or not?
You are welcome to join me at any time.
Harry Potter
After Harry finished writing the letter, he folded in the parchment and placed it inside the letter. Afterwards, he placed the parchment inside the envelope and placed the "Potter" seal on it.
"Dobby," called Harry.
The house elf popped in, "Harry Sir."
"Dobby, get this letter delivered," Harry instructed to the house elf.
Dobby nodded, "Yes, Harry sir."
The elf then took hold of the letter and popped away.
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Having done his breakfast, Harry vanished from the chamber of Slytherin and appeared inside one of the corridors of the Hogwarts.
Now that the world was aware of his identity and he was out in open, he needed an office of him.
And he had a room in his mind. It was on the same floor as of the headmistress' office and not very far away.
He was on his way to the room he intended to take over when he ran into an almost anxious Minerva. Her expression was stiff and she was clearly in some kind of dilemma.
"Harry," she called. "I have been searching for you from so long."
"Madam McGonagall," said Harry. "Calm down."
"This would be the last time you would have to waste so much effort in finding me," he added. "Now tell me, what happened? What made you so anxious?"
Minerva took few deep breaths to calm her down.
"Harry," she said. "After your actions of the past evening…"
She continued, "Today, I have received around a dozen request from parents of students who don't want their children to remain at Hogwarts."
Harry did not show much of reaction to this news. He had very well expected this. Like Lucius Malfoy could not let Draco stay at Hogwarts, so would be the parents of many other children.
"I believe that most of these students are from Slytherin," said Harry.
Minerva nodded but hesitation was clearly visible on her face. Harry raised his eyebrows and waited for Minerva to speak whatever was on her mind.
"Most of these are from Slytherin. Mr. Nott, Mr. Crabbe, Mr. Goyle and the Carrow twins are among them," informed Minerva.
She continued her voice a bit stiff, "Other than them… 4 students from Gryffindor have also applied to leave the Hogwarts."
"The Weasley family," said Harry. It did not require too much of intelligence to guess the names.
"Yes, Arthur and Molly Weasley want their 4 children out of Hogwarts," said Minerva. "According to her, she does not want her children to remain in place where 'a murderer like Harry Potter' roam free."
Harry nodded not too much affected by the news. Minerva continued, "Fred and George vehemently protested this decision of their mother. In under no circumstances, they want to return to the burrow. On the other hand, Ron and Ginny had no visible reaction."
Harry nodded, "Let them do whatever they want. Hogwarts won't do any special efforts to keep them here."
Minerva still hesitated but continued, "Harry, there is one thing I find strange."
"When Fred and George were arguing with Molly about her decision, it caused a big scene."
"In the end, Molly let out slip something. She said that it is not as if they would be returning permanently but would soon be coming back after the Christmas breaks."
Now this was something that strung a note in Harry's question.
Minerva continued, "Although, Molly quickly tried to cover what she said and I did not pry much, this was what she had said."
Minerva's face was marred by confusion, "The way Molly said about her children returning back after Christmas… it was as if she knew something."
"It was like as if some major event was going to happen… I don't know why but my instinct tells me that she is part of some big game."
Harry also nodded in daze trying to figure out anything. If there was something that Molly was part of then it must be Dumbledore's game.
Harry knew, very well, what Voldemort wanted? Be it in the short term or in the long run. Voldemort's aims were clear. And now after reading Barty's mind, Harry also knew Voldemort's plans.
But for Dumbledore, he was completely unaware. From the very first time, Voldemort began his rise, all of Dumbledore's actions were actions.
Even when Harry entered the school, Dumbledore's game got him killed… dozens of times. But as Dumbledore had argued, if he had really wanted to kill or harm Harry, he would not have failed so many times. His schemes would have not failed so many times.
Harry was sure that whatever happened with him during the three years was not coincidences. Those were deliberate actions on Dumbledore's part.
But what Dumbledore wanted to achieve… what his goal was still remained a mystery.
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