Mastering the Mind Art 2
"I don't think that's wise, Minerva. Sirius already knew about it and tried to enter the Gryffindor tower. Who knows what methods he will try to break in again?"
"We must take into account Sirius's life here at Hogwarts. I know you all remember it well," he said and everyone nodded. Snape tried to say something, but his mouth shut before he could speak.
No one noticed this as they were deep in thought "How about we hide him in the Dungeons?" Suggested Professor Sprout, surprising everyone.
"It is not a good idea, for that matter, any Common room is not good as Sirius might break into them." Dumbledore declared with finality and everyone nodded in acknowledgement.
Harry felt like following a bunch of blind people who can't decide for themselves and listen to every word their guide is telling them. As his Professors were doing exactly that, with Snape being the occasional barking dog on the road.
They again fell into another silence and Dumbledore looked at them with a twinkle back in his eyes seeing this, they inched closer to hear the wise Headmaster's advice.
"How about we do nothing?" He asked loudly, making a few eyebrows raise. 'What? How is it protection?' Thought a confused Harry.
"I mean, we appoint a Professor to guard Mr Potter when he is in the corridors and after thinking about it, if Sirius does try to enter the Common rooms again, we will be informed in no time, which allows us to catch him!" He proclaimed with his hands stretched, in a grandiose fashion as if it is the greatest idea.
'What? Now he is suggesting no security and let things be with one Professor to Harry/me?' Thought everyone was confused.
'What the hell, Dumbledore. Are you supporting or opposing Sirius here? Though I'm not sure about whether he knew of the change in Secret Keeper, I can't rule out the possibility.
He is an intelligent old man after all. What to do? If I hadn't known better, I would have thought he is being wise or if I'm ignorant, this wouldn't have happened without my voice being heard, following like a lost lamb to the slaughterhouse. Who knows.
Maybe he just wants more scrutiny and most probably will put one of his loyal men to 'guard' me. Hmm, what an elaborate scheme, old man,' Harry thought, giving the old man credit for coming with this plan.
"Hmm, I think the best person to guard Harry is Remus." He declared and Snape rose in protest, his face marred in outrage.
"Headmaster, I think that wouldn't be wise. This… man is not suitable to guard one as Mr Potter in case of that murderer's attack," he proclaimed.
"Calm down, Severus. I think Remus is best because of his past with Sirius. He knew everything about him before he went to Azkaban. After all, they studied together.
That's why I suggested that he protect Harry. Don't you think that his foreknowledge and experience will be crucial in case of an attack?" Dumbledore asked and everyone including the Potions master started to think about it.
"Also, because of this, the Ministry decided to increase the number of Dementors, even more, to guard the Castle as Cornelius is taking this as a challenge to his Ministry.
So we are going to host even more Dementors from tomorrow. Keep this in mind when you allow any students out of Castle and detentions in general." He said in a grave tone and everyone nodded.
"What are we going to do about classes? We shouldn't cancel them indefinitely as that may negatively affect students." Professor McGonagall asked.
"Yes, that's concerning as well. Let's search for Sirius for this week and if he is not found, the classes will resume as usual next week with Mr Potter being escorted by Remus. Is that acceptable?" Dumbledore asked and everyone nodded after contemplating a bit. Harry was surprised by the turn of events.
The whole purpose of 'safety of students' was thrown under the bus if the classes resume next week and he won't get a chance to search for Sirius.
He knew he would be closely guarded for the whole week and if Sirius was not found, then he would be given some relief and only allowed to travel with Lupin and he is not going to allow that. Who knows where his Godfather is now?
"Headmaster, how about I travel with my friends and when Professor Lupin is free, he can escort me? I don't want him to miss his classes for me," asked Harry.
Everyone turned to him as he just openly opposed Dumbledore and the headmaster's suggestion with his own as Harry is known as Dumbledore's golden boy, which didn't help the situation.
"I can defend myself well. Professor Lupin can attest to that and I have my Heir ring to protect me," said Harry, his Potter Heir ring appearing on his right-hand ring finger.
Everyone looked at him as if he grew a second head. Heir and Lord rings are enchanted with protection spells and then more to safeguard the Lord/Heir of the House.
As they are current and next in line to be the Lord of the house, attempts to kill them were common back in the day and they were protected with a protection enchantment at least in the Heir and Lord ring.
So Harry referring to that and showing his Heir ring is generally not expected by anyone in the room and was staring at him, surprised.