Chapter Six

36 hours ago (just after Harry leaves Headquarters)…

Snape and Dumbledore stood in the entry hall of Headquarters and watched Harry Potter portkey away. Shaking his head in disbelief, Snape muttered under his breath about "impossible luck" and "fabulous timing." Turning to go back into the kitchen, Snape heard the headmaster whisper to himself "I knew I did the right thing!" This, of course, immediately caught the spy's attention. 'What did the old coot do?' Snape thought. He swiftly decided to investigate. After all, he is a spy! If Albus had something to hide, Snape needed to ferret it out—in the spy business information equaled survival. And even though he technically worked for Dumbledore, Snape knew he had to hedge his bets. One never knew when a piece of information might become valuable.

Dumbledore stood and watched his newest pawn leave, all the while running his mind over the observations he had made in the past few hours. Harry was a strong young man, intelligent, but trusting, and best of all, he had no previous knowledge of the magical world. That weakness would be easy to exploit. He chuckled to himself. He knew it had been a risk to leave Harry with the American, but all in all, it looked like his gamble would pay off in the long run. He had investigated Leroy Jethro Gibbs before ever meeting with him. After meeting Gibbs disguised as a British government official, Dumbledore had decided that his initial impressions of the man were accurate. Loyal, hardworking, unafraid of danger, willing to take any risks to get the job done…yes, Agent Gibbs was the perfect Gryffindorish person to raise Harry. Of course, he couldn't let Harry start displaying accidental magic around a muggle, so Dumbledore made the decision to place a bind on Harry's powers that only a highly-skilled Legilimens would be able to undo. And even then, only one who knew exactly what to look for would be able to completely remove the block. This way, Harry would grow up without any knowledge of magic until Dumbledore was ready to use him. Then Dumbledore could remove the block and gain Harry's everlasting gratitude for "fixing" his magic. While he hadn't expected Harry to discover the Wizarding World on his own, this new turn of events actually could work out to his advantage. He would still be able to control what Harry learned about the Wizarding World, and about Voldemort. He was relieved to see that the Obliviate was still in place—it wouldn't do for Harry to remember meeting him as a child. This way he could play the concerned grandfather role that he played so well. Now, he just had to arrange things so that Harry realized just how personal this war was going to get.

Author's Note:

Hey, sorry about the shortness of the chapter...it's really more of an interlude, to try and explain some of the backstory. Hopefully this helps answer some of your questions! I will try to have a longer chapter up in a few days. Thanks for reading...and reviewing! :)