NOVEL NEXT Chapter 28: Talk With Dumbledore
Rose Potter and Hermione Granger appeared in front of Henry and said," thank you for your help Henry Wells. We don't know what would have happened if it weren't for you ", Henry just nodded and get back up eating his food while the two girls bit their lips and hesitated for sometime.
Rose took the initiative and said," we're going to meet hagrid tomorrow evening. We want to invite you too. It'll be great if you're there ", she hinted something and walked away with Hermione while Henry thought,' did I just became the additional trio member now ?'.
Henry looked at Penelope Clearwater. She looked at him and said," professor flitwick is calling you ", she said and walked away immediately while Henry goes to meet the professor. Knocking on the door he heard the professor's approval and entered the room.
There professor flitwick is sitting with a modified broom stick. he smiled at Henry and said," ah if it isn't the famous troll slayer. You saved many students on Halloween Mr Wells, pity they don't have much gratefulness for that. I reworked your broom and modified it to the limit. It will be able to hold on to your speed now ".
Henry nodded and took the broom while professor flitwick said," and professor Dumbledore has something to ask you. He told me to call you to his office today. The password is the same one as last time lemon drop ".
Henry nodded and after some pleasentries and talk with flitwick he took the broom away and placed it at in his room. Going to the headmaster's office he uttered the password while the staircase elevator rotated and gave him the way.
He climbed the stairs and arrived at a door. Pushing it open he saw Dumbledore's eating his usual cockroach clusters. Dumbledore motioned him to take a seat and asked," how is your life in school these days Mr Wells?".
Henry looked at Dumbledore and asked," not good headmaster. I have few doubts I want to verify ", Dumbledore's furrowed his eyebrows and asked," oh what are they Mr Wells?".
Henry looked at Dumbledore and asked," in the flying class I observed a magic thread manipulating Anthony's broom and on Halloween I saw the trolls being manipulated to lead the way to that corridor exactly with the same magic thread which also manipulated the stairways I'm supposed to take and lead me there, even Cassandra and her group of followers also arrived in the same manner. Recently I'm seeing this thread so frequently around that it looks like someone is manipulating strings from behind and that magic thread has the same magic signature as you headmaster. Isn't that too much coincidence?".
Dumbledore stopped eating cockroach clusters and looked at Henry then sighed. He looked in a certain direction and said," we need warriors to fight evil Mr Wells. You may not know a great danger is lurking in Hogwarts at this very moment and I'm powerless to take action. Innocent lives are at stake here. One mistake lead to all this. Although I directed all this I'm not the one to take certain actions like the rumours, and Slytherin behaviour. I can swear on that ".
Henry took a deep breath and asked," then why are you calling me here headmaster?", Dumbledore looked at him and said," I'm here to ask you for an agreement Mr wells. An agreement that will benefit both of us ".
Henry raised an eyebrow and asked," what kind of deal will you make with a first year headmaster ?", Dumbledore took out a gem and said," you're an obscurus child. You'll not live long, I'll offer you the opportunity to get elixir of life, don't worry about Nicholas flamel. I have already discussed this with him. If you're impressive enough and talented in Alchemy, Nicholas promised to accept you as a disciple and offer the elixir of life to you. If there is something else you need we discuss the terms. I know you won't trust anyone. But the power you held is huge enough to offset the balance between light and darkness. I'm not cruel enough to kill a child, so I'm offering you a deal. A deal to choose a faction in exchange for a prolonged life span".