18 Forbidden Forest.

The next day, The Daily Prophet's morning issue caused a bang in the wizarding world of Britain. The article went like this.

[Trolls bypass magical wards of Hogwarts, faculty stumped as two first years takes the troll down - By Reeta Skeeter.

In an interesting turn of events Halloween, this year has truly been scary for the students at Hogwarts when a Troll entered the castle and wreaked havoc. The castle which is claimed to be safer than Gringotts has been broken into by none other than the weakest creature when it comes to brainpower. The troll attacked a first year girl in the bathroom and managed to cause enough property damage. Due to the immense luck, she escaped unscathed as Harry Potter and Ron Weasly took down the troll. The headmaster places trust in the competence of first-years who were trained for a month or he is indeed blind to the working of the castle. Hopefully, this one time luck may not be in favor of the students the next time something like this happens. If you are one of the parents whose child is studying in the school, please explore the reasons why you were not informed of the malfunctioning wards and the incompetence of the staff. More information on trolls on page 3. Professor Durand explores the possibilities of ward-breaking by trolls on page 4. Has Dumbledore's age caught up to him on page 5]

[Leo/Quirrell POV]

'Shits gonna hit the fan. Rita's ability to weave conjunctures is second to none' I thought.

[I believe she is in possession of Poisonous quotes Rubiks cube]

"Are you trying to pull out a joke system? Because if that was the case then it's not quite good is it" I said.

[Believe Leo, you must believe]

"You don't make any sense. Talking gibberish once you've lost. You should be named the Talk no Jutsu or the Zen yoga master system instead of the Ultimate Wizard system "

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[Dumbledore POV]

'Damn that poisonous woman and her quill. The number of howlers I received today exceeds what I've got in my entire life. The staff has been questioning why parents did not receive letters from their kids regarding the troll. But of course, I filtered them. Do they think that I will stake my reputation on a stupid troll attack? And who informed this poisonous woman? When I find out who did it, their end will be very unfortunate. I should also visit this reporter for the common good of course. Damn, I need some lemon drops to calm myself. I am now 80% sure that Dawlish is being possessed. But what about Quirrell, didn't he go to Albania? I think both of them are working together to throw me off the track. Maybe Dawlish's acts of being possessed is a cover for the actual possessed, Quirrell. Or is it a double bluff?'

'I need to go see the governers of the school board and deal with those half-asses about the troll attack. Like they could manipu...manage a school. Ahem'

Soon Dumbledore was also called into the ministry by the DMLE to ask about the attacks.

[Leo/Quirrell POV]

I was doing my nightly rounds of patrolling the castle as that duty falls on a teacher every day and mostly it is someone who is not the head of a house. I met Filch along the way with the golden trio and Draco.

"What do we have here Mr. Filch" I asked casually.

"Detention Professor, in the Dark forest" he answered with glee.

"Alright, off you go then" I commented and resumed my patrol.

What they didn't know was that once I turned a corner, I set up UHM(Ultimate Hiding Method) and added a runic mask. The mask was made from dragon skin. I used several runes from training with the Rune Rubiks cube. Its only function was to hide my face and prevent any penetrating gazes from finding who I was. I would need it today.

I followed Filch and company. As he left them in Hagrid's care, I followed them to the dark forest. Soon they stopped near a puddle of silver liquid.

"What is that Hagrid" asked a curious Hermione.

"That's unicorn blood. Somethings been hunting unicorns in the forest. We are here to find what it is and maybe take down the bugger." Hagrid replied, his hands tightening on the crossbow. "Now we split up and search the grounds".

'I rolled my eyes. Who would split up children in this godforsaken forest? He is either confunded or he is a fool. Since he is not attacked in the dark forest, he believes it is the same for others as well. That seems to be a reasonable explanation. Spells normally don't work well on half-giants so we can eliminate confundus' I thought.

I followed Harry and Draco as they neared the clearing where the hooded creature was drying the unicorn of its blood.

"Aaaahhhh" Draco let out a scream and ran with Fang, the dog of Hagrid in tow leaving Harry, who froze up.

The creature floated and slowly stood up in front of Harry as he started taking steps back.

'I guess it's time for me to show up' I put a glamour on the mask and clothes and canceled my UHM just near Harry.

"My boy, you have a terrible condition" I wore the glamour to look like old Dumbles with his silky clothes.

I held the glowing wand towards the creature and said "Take this lemon drop and follow me obediently. I can truly change you for good my boy" I said with the best Dumbledore expression I could muster.

The creature took a step back as my wand started glowing green. "Do not run my boy" I said as I sent a Verdimillious(green sparks) charm towards him missing by an inch.

The wraith was surprised as it thought it was a killing curse, while in reality, it was just a green spark's curse that emulated the appearance of the killing curse. It just turned into a wraith and ran like its life depended on it.

"Do not run, my boy. I will find you. You have to get my help. Take this lemon drop." I shouted. The wraith never looked back.

Harry looked at me. "Headmaster Dumbledore"

"Hardly" I removed my glamour and took off the mask. 'I ain't gonna give the old coot this kids respect'.

"Professor Quirrell. Why did you dress up like Headmaster Dumbledore?" asked Harry.

"Ah, the headmaster may be as unreliable as our ministry, but his name in dark wizard circles does invoke fear. A wizard's duel on most occasions is not about strength or magic, it's about deception Harry. The best victory is always when you win without a battle"

"What was that Professor?" he asked.

"Killing a unicorn is unnatural Harry. But unicorn blood will keep you alive even if you are on the brink of death. The moment the blood touches your lips you will have a half-life, a cursed life." I said.

"Who would want that professor?" Harry asked.

"I think you know the answer to that Harry. Well, your friends are coming. Better not tell others that I was here' I said as my wand glowed and I vanished into thin air.

"Harry, are you all right" came the voice of Hagrid from behind.

"Yes, I'm alright" he replied.