“Am I disturbing you Headmaster?” Hagrid asked.
“Not at all, not at all, Hagrid.” Dumbledore smiled. “I was just going over the required text for this years Defense Against Dark Arts teacher.” Dumbledore gestured for Hagrid to sit down.
“Lemon drop?” Dumbledore offered. Hagrid politely refused. “I trust that your trip to pick up Harry proved successful?”
Hagrid nodded, though there was a thoughtful look to the former Hufflepuff’s face.
“Headmaster, when you had me go and take the kids to visit Harry, you asked me to keep an eye out, see if there were anything unusual.”
Dumbledore nodded for Hagrid to continue.
“Well, Harry took us on a trip to see this here place called Xoana, to see a famous book of magic. Took us a good while.” Hagrid chuckled. “Harry suggested we use brooms, but none of us brought one. Ron was mite upset that he could have used his in public, seeing as how everyone was either wizarding, or Muggles who knew about magic.”
Dumbledore chuckled. “Maybe the next time they visit, you can make sure to bring some along. Broom travel would certainly cut the time.”
Hagrid nodded.
“Well anyway, we get to Xoana, and there’s this big celebration. We’re about to go see the Book, when the castle explodes. Turns out one of Harry’s sisters, Lina was there, and had got in a fight with some guards who was giving a friend of hers trouble.”
Dumbledore eyes twinkled in mirth. “Are you telling me that Harry’s sister was able to blow up a building the size of Hogwarts?” He asked with a smile.
“Well, just a couple of towers.” Hagrid admitted with a sheepish look. “She didn’t blow up the rest until later.”
Dumbledore’s eyes widened in astonishment. While he thought that Hagrid was overstating things a bit, even a single tower worth of damage was extreme for a single spell.
“Please continue.”
“Well, Harry’s sister got to talking with some others, when this giant metal statue, Harry called it a go-lime, or something, appeared. Harry said it might be almost indestructable, but it broke down, and started firing off a blue beam that blew up some mountains.
“Then there was this big noise, and Harry pulled us behind some stones, and casted some kind of shield around us, while his sister threw some kind of spell at the go-lime and blew it up. Took the rest of that castle too. All that were left was a big hole in the ground.” Hagrid just shook his head. “All Harry said was she must a got a mite stronger, cause the hole was bigger than used to be.”
Hagrid stared into Dumbledore’s eyes. “Headmaster, that there hole was about as big as the Lake! Harry even said that his sister’s name is enough to scare a bunch of dragons, and I believe him!”
Hagrid went on to tell of the other events that had happened during their trip, and then left Dumbledore with his thoughts.
Dumbledore turned to Fawkes and sighed.
“I never imagined that such spells would exist. There are legends of spells so potent, but most were lost, even before the days of the Founders, or Merlin himself. Only the Unforgivables remain.
“I would say it is impossible for a child of Harry’s age to wield such spells, but then again, before last year I would have said it impossible for a child Harry’s age to wield spells as powerful as the ones he cast to get through the gauntlet and find the Sorcerers Stone. The fact remains, however, Harry did wield those spells.”
Dumbledore got up to pace.
“It’s good that Harry has grown powerful, but if word of his true magical strength gets out, then Lucius, and other of Tom’s former supporters, might be able to influence the Ministry to do something that could doom us all. I better warn Harry to keep his magic low key, at least for the moment.” Dumbledore chuckled. “It might even give Tom a scare when he comes back.”
With that said, Dumbledore, considered by some to be the most powerful wizard in the world (though he suspects that the true wielder of that title is a young boy, twelve years old) sat down into his chair, feeling the full weight of his years resting on his shoulders.
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