Bab 35: Interlude 2: Dumbledore's Lament
A/N: First part is Dumbledore's thoughts during this decade.
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September 1947: Head of Transfiguration Department Office, Hogwarts:
Dumbledore was frustrated, and he has been for a few years now. And each and every hint of his frustration leads up to two people. Mason Aves, and Tom Riddle. Both so similar, yet so different.
First, Headmaster Dippet allowed Mason Aves to graduate early, and Horace even had the audacity to call in a favour from Healer Euphemia Potter, so Aves could learn Healing under her.
That, he had gotten over soon enough, as Healing was a noble profession, and there's no way a healer can turn into a Dark Lord. Then, Aves joined the Muggle Army, to fight the muggle World War. Dumbledore had called in a few favours, to make sure he stays in the Wizarding world, as war is known to change people.
But, no. Aves still went, after saying, "I did not come to ask you, I came here to tell you. Besides, the Ministry cannot order a Civilian to do anything."
Sure, he made sure Magic was not exposed to muggles, but he was still a wizard, fighting in muggle wars.
Then, Aves killed a lieutenant of Gellert, named Kohler. And then he captured another wizard, and another, and another, and kept sending them through either Dorea Black, or Helena Raven, a Muggleborn witch, who never went to any school.
Oh, everyone knew Helena Raven was his lover, but that was not illegal. And he wasn't even married to Black.
But, the point is, he kept gaining popularity amongst the Wizengamot, and because of them, the ICW, because he was sending so much information. Even Alastor Moody got promoted a couple times, thanks to being Aves's contact.
Next was Tom Riddle, a brilliant Slytherin student, who simply went on a wrong path. Albus had tried, very hard, to make sure Tom never goes to the Dark, but he failed. Tom Riddle killed a young girl, when he was in his 6th year.
How he killed her, Albus did not know. But poor Hagrid got blamed by Tom, and everyone listened to Tom's accusations. Poor Hagrid, he had to spend a few days in Azkaban, before Albus managed to get him out.
The wounds were simply not there, and no acromantula kills a human, and refuses to eat them. If Aragog had killed Myrtle, then she would have had her flesh missing.
Then, when Tom left school, he asked to be allowed to teach DADA, but thankfully, the Headmaster refused, stating he was too young. Albus just knew, that Tom was going to return again, asking for the position, but he'll deal with it when the time comes. Tom cannot be allowed to influence young minds.
Albus still kept an eye on Tom's going ons, when he started working at Borgin and Burke's, and he knew, simply knew, that Tom had some ulterior motive for that, but he hadn't done anything yet. But, Albus was watching.
But then, everything changed. Dumbledore had decided to end this war, once and for all. Aves had just gotten the location of Nurmengard, and Albus wanted to be the one to capture Gellert, not let some kid do it.
First of all, he was young still. Gellert would chew him like lemon drops and spit him out. Secondly, Gellert was Albus's friend, lover, partner, all in one. If anyone was defeating him, it was Albus.
But, no. Aves had to mess it up too. As soon as he'd broken the Blood Pact, and reached Nurmengard, he'd seen Aves apparate behind Gellert, and kick him in the head, defeating him. He'd only seen the memory of the duel later, when Minister Leonard Spencer-Moon gave him the memory.
And it was just as they said. The fight, was amazing. It was rightfully called the best duel of the century, and people were still wondering what those swords were. Not even Goblin Silver could absorb Gellert's flames, and he'd tried it before. The dagger he'd tried it with, got completely Disintegrated.
And now, his dream of defeating Gellert, was gone. All the fame he could have gotten, was gone. Aves got all the fame. Aves got tons of fans, in both the muggle, and the wizarding world. Aves got married to a nice pureblood girl. Aves got a seat on the Wizengamot, and two Orders of Merlin. Two!
Dumbledore, was dropped back to Hogwarts, and only got the chance to start teaching DADA again, as Merrythought had retired.
And now, two years after his defeat, Gellert had died in his sleep, in Nurmengard, where he was imprisoned.
'Oh, Gellert. How far you'd fallen. We wanted to rule the world together, and we both failed. You failed in your violent approach, by getting defeated by a child, and I failed in my peaceful approach, by getting set aside, for that child.' Dumbledore thought to himself, drinking from his bottle of Firewhiskey.
In the last two years, even the Government had gotten around a bit. Aves made a name for himself, by speaking passionately in the monthly meetings of the Wizengamot, and also by being an exceptional healer of St Mungo's.
And Albus, had to juggle between teaching two subjects, because Dippet hadn't found a suitable replacement for Merrythought yet.
Sighing, Dumbledore continued Drinking, crying a bit thanks to all the lost opportunities. 'I should have stopped Gellert from doing this before. I should have..' Dumbledore thought to himself, and passed out.
---Time Skip: 1950: Mason POV---
It's been three years since I got married to Dorea in Godric's Hollow, and I got married to Helena in the muggle World, after inviting only a few of my muggle friends, and my caretakers at the Orphanage.
Of course, Sister Agnes scolded me a lot, for disappearing from the muggle world, but I simply smiled and hugged her, thanking her for everything. It was thanks to her talking about my mother, that I made my mind up on healing, and it was thanks to that, that I also made my mind up on the Army.
I did have to change the memories a bit, by making it so that no wizard or no muggle makes a connection between the Muggle Mason Aves, and the Wizard Mason Aves. I did not want someone to find out I married twice, and make me out to be some Harem guy or something.
I loved both my girls, and I can still say that two girls can make me frustrated. I'm not adding anyone else.
We haven't had any thoughts of children yet, as we wanted to.. just live our lives.
Dorea had almost mastered Alchemy in these years, and she was trying to make the Philosopher's stone now. While the recipe for it was present in the journals, that's not how Alchemy works. You don't just follow the instructions and hope it works.
You need to have the affinity for Alchemy, which Dorea had.
Helena, meanwhile, had kept up with her work with the MIS, which was running smoothly, at least for the last 5 years that it's been completely autonomous.
Muggleborn wizards were given training, in terms of Physical fighting, weapons handling, and duelling, from me personally. Squibs were taught how to take down any wizard, quickly, and efficiently. And all of them were taught any subject they wanted to, at the expense of the Muggle Government.
Right now, MIS had about 300 members, of which, about 180 were wizards, mostly muggleborn. Even Darla joined, as an Agent, as she had wanted to become a cop before her parents disinherited her for being gay.
Well, she still had me. But, I still did not let my personal feelings get in the way of her training, and trained her to be the best there is.
Obviously, everyone there had to sign a Magical contract, that stated that if they even tried to share any of our Secrets, their memories of MIS will be erased, and a team of Agents will be dispatched to clear out their houses of any MIS related stuff.
The point of MIS, for these last 5 years, was infiltration. Many of the Government agencies had just begun being set up now, so I was taking the opportunity to get as many of my people in those agencies as possible.
Darla had joined the MI5, while I'd sent 5 of my Agents to SSR, which was soon going to get changed to Shield. There were also a few agents in CIA, KGB, and even every facets of the British Government.
I did not forget about my friends though. Bucky, while still a drunkard, had begun seeing a girl, near his house, who was slowly bringing him out of his depression. Her name was Gail Richards, and she was a normal girl. I know, as I personally investigated her.
Dugan still led the Howling Commandos, as a SSR team, with even Britain and France allowing Flasworth and Frenchie to work there. But, Bucky never returned. He simply began working at a bar, and living off of that, as well as his pension money, which, for Americans, was pretty good.
Gabe's Family was also being observed, by an Agent stationed there. A black woman, named, Agent Mary Brown had moved to the house in front of the Jones's, and made sure to keep an eye on them.
Peggy, meanwhile, was moved aside as soon as her stint with Captain America was over, which was sad. She was staying strong though, and would get over it. I know that.
But, now, we come back to me. In front of me, lying in the table, were two things, desired by so many, but found by me. Two of the Deathly hallows.
Resurrection Stone, which can call back any soul, from the land of the Dead, for a short time. Pretty addictive, if you weren't me. I've only used it 5 times, in these many years. Once for my grandfather, then Gabe Jones, then my mother, so I can show my girls to her, for Rowena Ravenclaw, and lastly, Dr Erskine, just so he can rest easily, knowing the war is over.
And secondly, the Elder Wand. The Unbeatable Wand. The Death Stick.
This wand, was special in the sense that I did not know what core it has. Yes, I learned a bit of Wandcrafting, and I can at least take a wand, any wand in my hand, and feel what core it has, and what wood it's made if.
But not this one. I know it's made up of Elder Wood, but I have no idea what core the maker used.
One thing I noticed about the wand, is that what Grindelwald said was absolutely true. I can overpower my spells with this wand, and they won't fizzle out. They stay intact. I tried it with a few cutting spells, and even some destructive spells.
It worked with the Elder Wand, but not with the Acacia wand. The Unforgivables did nothing, though. Either you control, torture, or kill someone, or not. You might think Torture spell might become more painful, but nope.
The spell stimulates the nerve endings to mimic pain. All at once. So there's no overpowering it.
I've used it a few times, and it works pretty well for me. I've been practicing dual wielding with the wands, but it's hard. Magic does not like to be pulled in different directions.
When I used wandless magic with my left hand, the pull was small, and I'd gotten used to the discomfort. But using two wands was way harder.
I'll keep practicing though. I keep the Elder wand on a holster on my left forearm, with the Acacia wand on my right, and place the Resurrection Stone on my left index finger.
As soon as I get up, I hear a scream of excitement come from the floor below, and make a portal to Dorea's lab, where she was dancing in her place.
"What's got you so excited?" I ask, amusement in my voice, as another portal opens, bringing Helena to the lab.
Dorea sees us, hugs Helena first, and then hugs me. She exclaims, "I DID IT, MASON! THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE! I MADE IT!"
I drop my jaw hearing that, and before I even know it, I'm picking Dorea, and spinning her around, as she screams in excitement. Dropping her I kiss her passionately, as she cries tears of joy.
Helena speaks up, "Well, Mason. You finally have your final ingredient for whatever it is your aim is." But she has a smile on her face as she says it.
Dorea stops the kiss, and going towards Helena, without a thought, kisses her too. She says, "That's more than that! I can call myself an Alchemy Master now, Helena!"
While Helena and Dorea celebrate, I simply look at them, enjoying the view. While, in the beginning of the marriage, we had some problems with sleeping, Dorea found an amazing solution.
She kissed Helena, to shut her up, as Helena was saying she'll sleep in a different room, and said, "You're married to Mason, too. Get your cute butt there, before I make you."
Ah, memories. Shaking my head, I turn towards what had Dorea so excited, and see a red stone, about as big as my fist. Picking it up, I feel the amount of magic flowing through the softly glowing stone, and simply blink.
"This one stone has more magic than all three of us! Yep. This will do." I mumble to myself.
The Stone was continuously taking the Ambient magic, and storing it inside a pocket Dimension, that's only entrance was inside this particular Philosopher's Stone. This stored magic, can later be extracted, so that it gives you an extended life. The Elixir of Life.
As you know, more magic, means the longer the wizard lives. So, the stone provides with the magic, so the Wizards, or in this case, witches, stay alive longer.
But, Philosopher's Stones have a drawback. They don't give youth back to your body, but stop your ageing as soon as you start taking the Elixir of Life. But, it has to be taken in small amounts, every year, or the ageing starts again.
I'll deal with it when the time comes. But, for now, this will make sure my ladies don't get old, as we grow older.
"Oh, Mason!" Dorea calls, making me look towards her, where she was standing in my bedroom, naked. There was a portal that one of them had made, leading from the lab to the bedroom.
Helena was standing behind her, her chin on Dorea's shoulder, and her hands roaming on Dorea's body, as she says, "Won't you join us?"
Well, they've asked so nicely, how can I refuse? Keeping the Stone back on it's spot, I simply walk through the portal, and into my bedroom, removing clothes as I go. I'm just happy that my girls won't die anytime soon, now.
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A/N: One more chapter, before the bigger time skip happens, leading us to First Wizarding War of Voldemort. I might just start the time skip in next chapter too, depending on how it goes.
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