Chapter 20 - Dumbledore (1/2)
While I was making my final preparations for my school life at Hogwarts in London, far away in at Hogwarts in the Scottish Highlands, a meeting was taking place between the Headmaster and the Deputy Headmistress. It was the day after I was introduced to Hogwarts and the magical world by McGonagall.
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Inside the Headmasters room, two people were sitting across a large table. The Headmaster, Dumbledore looked in a jolly mood but the Deputy Headmistress, McGonagall was not mood to play around.
Dumbledore ”So Minerva what was the thing you wanted to inform me yesterday. I was busy the whole day with work at the Ministry. Cornelius wanted to ask my opinion on some things. I wonder how he was chosen for the post as he is incompetent and needs someone to point him in everything.”
Minerva ”It is you who wanted him as the Minister due to the very same reason. So don't complain that your work load has increased due to it. I wanted to talk to you about Mr. Falken. I visited him yesterday to give him his Hogwarts letter and introduce him to the wizarding world.”
Dumbledore ”Yes. The orphan heir to a rich and powerful family, the one we found existed only last week. So what was so special about him that you disturbed me yesterday?”
Minerva ”The usual scheme we play on rich orphans did not work on him. He caught me on the act. I regret not finding more about him before I tried our scheme on him as I found out later that he was a smart child. He is well known in muggle London as a Genius. He has already finished muggle schooling which means that he could be considered an ȧduŀt in the muggle world and is miles above any muggle born genius we have ever had in Hogwarts. He refused to sign the contract until he was satisfied with the writing on it. He even guessed there might be some hidden lines on the contract which might be bad for him. I had to include the damn law which you hated and tried to stop from passing before he even considered signing it.”
She then narrated everything that happened yesterday to Dumbledore.
Dumbledore thought for some time. His mind was spinning into action trying to decide his next plan of action.
Dumbledore ”What else can you tell me about him which should be very important in deciding what to do with him? Let me check was Garrick has to say about him. I had reminded him to play close attention to Mr. Falken when he came in for his wand.”
Dumbledore went through the piles of letters on his desk until he found the letter he was looking for. After opening it he started to read the contents of the letter.