"True" Adrian grinned before his expression turned serious "where did you go by the way? Because I remember you saying something along the lines of talk to you before I judge and then the next thing I know Lestrange has apparently escaped the aurors thanks to a masked man"
"Wow, news travels quickly" Harry responded "yeah, I helped her escape"
"Why?"
"Partly because I'm rather fond of her, secondly because...I'll tell you later"
"Wait, why?"
"Because of her"
"What do you mean..."
"Adrian" A voice interrupted and the brothers turned to find Hermione had walked up to them both
"We were having a private conversation" Harry said
"Well sorry" Hermione said despite being not sorry "but Dumbledore wants to talk to Adrian"
"Adrian, do you have your rape whistle? You might need it" Harry asked with a straight face
"That's not funny" Hermione said disapprovingly
"It is a little bit" Adrian said with a small smile
"Are you coming or what?" She glared at them both
"What? Now?"
"Yes now, come on" She said irritably
"Talk to you later bro?" Adrian said to Harry
"Of course" Harry responded
"Let's go" Hermione said impatiently
"Alright, alright, keep your knickers on" Adrian said as he followed Hermione away
"Hmm" Harry said out loud "not like anyone would want to take them off"
"I heard that!" Hermione shouted
"You were meant to!"
"You shouldn't be disrespecting me or the headmaster" Hermione stopped and shouted at Harry as Adrian walked off, leaving the two to argue "he's a great man"
"The headmaster? Please, he's about as effective in the war effort as a cat flap in an elephant house."
"Don't talk about him like that!"
"Oh...and here I thought that Ron was your boyfriend" Harry smirked at her reddening face "although if I had to chose between an old man with a bit of money compared to a trained ape without the training then I'd also struggle to chose"
"Will you shut up you arrogant, cruel, heartless cockroach?!" Hermione shouted
"I'm sorry, are you talking to me? You stopped using English for a second there and unfortunately, I don't speak stupid. I imagine you're rather fluent in it but not all of us are"
"I'm not stupid!"
"Granger, I've seen waste disposal bins with more intelligence than you and your boyfriend. The ginger one, not the creepy old one"
"Do you just spend your free time coming up with insults to use against me?!"
"if I gave you any thought than I might"
"You're infuriating!" She growled and stormed off
"You don't say" Harry called to her retreating figure "almost like I'm trying to annoy you"
...
"Hello Adrian" Dumbledore said as Adrian and Hermione entered "please take a seat"
"Okay" Adrian nodded and sat down
"Miss Granger, thank you for your assistance, you may leave now"
"You're welcome sir" Hermione smiled and left while Adrian just shook his head slightly at how much of a suck up Hermione could be.
"How are you Adrian?" Dumbledore asked
"I'm good" Adrian shrugged
"That's lovely" Dumbledore gave Adrian a kind smile "would you like some lemon drops?"
"No thanks sir" Adrian politely refused "if you don't mind me asking, why have I been called up here? I'm not in trouble am I?"
"No, of course not" Dumbledore shook his head "I just wanted to ask you a few questions about your brother"
"Harry?" Adrian asked "You called me up here to talk about Harry?"
"Yes, you see, I'm worried about your brother, I believe that he is hiding some things from me"
"Like what?"
"For example, how he has come to be so powerful." Dumbledore answered "There is also how he knows things he shouldn't, such as Voldemort's history" Also the prophecy, Dumbledore's past and other things that Dumbledore was not comfortable with Harry knowing.
"Have you tried asking him how he knows?" Adrian asked
"Sadly, I don't not believe that he is willing to tell me. I was wondering if you knew?"
"Not really, I don't know much about Harry's past and you probably know all that I do know" Adrian replied
"That is not my only concern" Dumbledore replied "I believe that without our help, Harry will surely never join us in the light"
"What do you mean?"
"Adrian, are you aware of your brothers recent actions?"
"You mean Bellatrix?" Adrian asked and Dumbledore nodded "Well, I was going to ask him about it but then you called me up here before he could finish giving me an answer and Hermione wasn't going to wait for us to finish our conversation"
"Oh" Dumbledore's mouth opened slightly, damn his timing and damn his idea of choosing Miss Granger. He chose her to fetch him as he believed Ronald Weasley was more likely to end up fighting one of the Potter brothers than he was to actually complete the task.
"All I know is he had some reason for it and I'm not planning to judge him for it until I hear his side" Adrian said
"That's very loyal of you" Dumbledore replied "but I should warn you, you're brother tends to have a habit of executing his enemies."
"I'm aware sir" Adrian replied "it may have escaped your memory but I haven't forgotten him killing Pettigrew or any of the other death eaters in that graveyard"
"Ah yes, that must have been a horrifying experience for you"
"Well yeah, it was" Adrian admitted "knowing that I was going to get killed if it wasn't for Harry being there. He didn't just save himself, he saved me and I can't thank him enough for that."
"Yes, while heroic, he did unfortunately take many lives that night"
"They were death eaters" Adrian said in defense of his brother
"They were still people" Dumbledore said as if he was talking to a child "I understand emotions were high that night and he was in a difficult situation but he should've attempted to subdue them rather than kill them. How are we supposed to offer redemption to them if they are dead?"
"Peter Pettigrew brought back the worst dark lord in history" Adrian pointed out "he betrayed my parents, he then said that horrible thing about my mother and you wanted to redeem him?" Adrian looked at Dumbledore with a high amount of disbelief
"Adrian, everyone can be redeemed. Which is why I think we need to help your brother change his ways quickly"
"Sir, Harry is too stubborn to change his ways so if I was you, I wouldn't bother" Adrian replied
"But surely, you can convince him, you are his family"
"Sir, you want Harry to stick with stunners and body binds and all that, right?"
"That is correct" Dumbledore confirmed
"Well, that sort of limits the amount of spells Harry can use and I would hate myself if he gets hurt because he didn't want to use a spell because it would upset me. Also, truthfully, I'm the one that listens to Harry. Not the other way around, I doubt I could make him do anything he doesn't want to do"
"Buy Adrian, we need him on the light" Dumbledore responded
"Harry's not in the light but since he's not in the dark, I don't really see what the problem is"
"Adrian see sense!" Dumbledore was alarmed, what had happened to Adrian?! He never usually had to put this much effort into convincing the boy of something "You're brother is killing people!"
"Yeah but it's not like they're innocent people" Adrian argued.
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