"That doesn't give him the right to kill them" Dumbledore argued back "it is important that Harry works with me for the good of the war" Dumbledore decided to send a mind probe, he was more than surprised when Adrian had blocked it. He had assumed that the first time was a fluke!
"Oh, I'm not worried about the war" Adrian said, hiding his anger at Dumbledore trying to read his mind
"You're not?" Dumbledore was surprised by his response
"Nah, I've got the strongest wizard alive on my side" Adrian responded
"Thank you Adrian" Dumbledore smiled at the praise "that means a lot to me"
"I...I meant...Harry sir" Adrian said awkwardly, scratching the back of his head
"Well I...you what?" Dumbledore asked with a confused look
"I meant...Harry was the strongest wizard alive" Adrian explained "I mean, he did defeat Voldemort and multiple death eaters at the age of fourteen, I doubt you could do that at his age"
"Perhaps not but..."
"And" Adrian continued, interrupting Dumbledore "he also defeated Voldemort once as a baby, once in first year along with that troll, he's won multiple Japanese war duels, he killed the basilisk and who knows what else he's done. Yeah, I'd like to think Harry is, or at least could be, the greatest wizard alive"
"Uh...thank you for that assessment" Dumbledore said, not knowing how to respond to that "you may leave now"
He couldn't understand what was happening to Adrian, the boy used to be his biggest fan, hero worshipping him and doing what he said without question. But now he actually thought that somebody else was better than him?! Not just anybody, but his brother of all people. He had noticed that Adrian was very different from before.
Now, Adrian was skinnier, more healthy. He was more popular amongst the school population, he had a lovely girlfriend, he was better at school work and now he apparently knows occlumency. This worried Dumbledore a lot, did Adrian learn occlumency? If he did then who taught him? Was it Harry? Did he learnt it from his brother?
If he didn't learn it, then that meant that Dumbledore's blocks had been removed. He had placed those blocks so Adrian couldn't hide anything from him, when he thought that Adrian was the real boy-who-lived, he couldn't afford for Adrian to keep secrets from him. if this was the case then who removed the blocks? Did they remove his magical block as well? Was it his parents? A teacher? A healer? Was it Harry? Did Harry find and remove the blocks?
No, that's unlikely. The blocks couldn't have been found by anyone who wasn't looking for it, so there was no way that Harry could find the block if professional and trained healers couldn't. Dumbledore himself probably wouldn't be able to find them if he didn't know they were there. He made sure of that, he didn't want someone to find blocks on the boy-who-lived of all people. They would have connected that to him.
No, he didn't think anyone had removed the block, maybe they had just stopped working. Perhaps Voldemort and his death eaters unintentionally caused them to be removed during the graveyard incident, Adrian could have experienced some magical accident which caused the block to be removed or stop working. There must be some explanation.
"Okay" Adrian nodded and left the room, leaving a rather livid Dumbledore. He had just stepped out of the gargoyle statue when he saw Harry leaning against the opposite wall with crossed arms and a smile on his face
"Greatest wizard alive huh?" Harry smirked
"How did you know?" A gobsmacked Adrian asked
"That's not important, greatest of all time maybe?" Harry stopped leaning on the wall and grinned
"Whatever" Adrian shook his head and started walking away but Harry started following
"No, no, come on" Harry encouraged him, nudging him playfully in the arm "would you go as far as to say I'm the greatest wizard ever?"
"I'd say you're the greatest prat ever" Adrian responded with a roll of his eyes
"Oh, no, I'm afraid I'm fourth in that list"
"Who are the first three?"
"Well, bronze is you" Harry smirked
"Of course it is" Adrian sighed
"Silver is Voldyshorts and in gold place is our beloved headmaster, prat extraordinaire" Harry said
"Ha" Adrian let out a short laugh "those two maybe"
"Hi Harry" Daphne said as she walked up to the two with Tracy and Rose behind her
"Hello Daph" Harry said, pecking her on the cheek
"We're all going to the dinner hall, do you want to come?" Daphne asked
"Yeah sure, what about you Adrian?" Harry asked his brother
"Sure, hopefully Rachel well be there" Adrian replied
"Harry" A small voice said, Harry turned when he found Rose tugging on his sleeve
"What's up Rose?" Harry asked in a soft voice "Was it Nott? Do I need to beat him up?"
"No" Rose shook her head
"You sure? It's no problem if it is"
"No" Rose shook her head again while Daphne and Tracy rolled her eyes
"What's up then?" Harry asked. Rose looked a bit embarrassed as she mumbled something and pointed at her feet. "Oh, sure" Harry knelt down and tied her laces for her
"Doesn't she know how to do it herself?" Adrian asked
"Well, she tries but she struggles with them for some reason" Daphne said
"Personally I think she just likes Harry taking care of her" Tracy joked at Rose who blushed
"it's alright Rose" Daphne put an arm around Rose's shoulder "don't listen to the mean girl" She said as she stuck her tongue out at Tracy who responded by doing the same.
"Done" Harry stood up
"Thank you" Rose whispered
"You're welcome" Harry smiled at her and kissed her on the forehead "let's go" The four all walked towards the hall
"Harry" Adrian whispered to Harry as they were walking "you do know there are spells to tie laces for you?"
"Yeah, we both know" Harry responded
"Then why don't you use them?" Adrian asked
"Because I like taking care of her"
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