Chapter 127
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After recovering from his little emotional outburst, Harry then seemed to realize he was in a strange place and started looking around. He then saw the table beside his bed full of gifts, and confused, he turned his gaze to me.
"After your confrontation with Voldemort the number of admirers you have has grew, and this is the result... Although a good part also came from your friends" I clarified to him.
"Do people at school know what happened?" he asked in surprise.
"Well, it was supposed to be a secret, but since this is Hogwarts, everyone already knew about what happened the next day. But we managed to change some facts, and now everyone knows that you and your friends managed to prevent a very valuable item from being stolen. Nobody knows that the one who tried to steal the item was Voldemort, and it better stay that way" I said looking at him over the top of my half moon glasses, trying to make it clear that this was a serious matter.
"But what about Ron and Hermione?" he asked apprehensively.
"Well... I think those two probably already have your suspicions since they were with you in this whole mess, so I don't see any reason why you can't tell them about it. But they're the only ones, understood? " I asked, where Harry nodded quickly, smiling brightly at me.
"And speaking of Mr. Weasley and Miss Granger, I'm sure they're very worried about you," I said, earning yet another confused look from Harry. I then decided to explain to him, "You were in a coma for three days Harry"
Then I saw Harry's eyes widen in surprise.
"Three days?!" he exclaimed
"Uhm. You put a lot of effort against Voldemort, and if I had arrived a little later you could have died" I said, feeling tremendous guilt inside me as my idea of hiding the stone in the castle almost caused death of a student of mine.
Harry then looked down thoughtfully, before quickly lifting his head to look at me.
"Sir, what happened to the stone?" he asked me.
"Sigh, the stone has disappeared from the mirror" I said, and Harry looked at me in alarm, "No Harry, it wasn't Voldemort who took it... But we don't need to worry about the stone, it's probably in good hands" I continued, earning a skeptical look from Harry.
"I enchanted the mirror so that only someone who wanted the stone but had no intention of using it could remove it. A simple but very effective enchantment. I got the inspiration for this enchantment when I was making tea in the kitchens one day, and even I was surprised by this idea of mine" I said smiling, "But well, moving on... The person who took the stone probably never intended to use it, and if he took the stone then at some point he looked in the mirror, and if that person wasn't standing in front of the mirror staring at the reflection that was prepared for him hopelessly, then that person has already overcome his heart's desire, and few people get that, and usually when they do, they end up being good people" I continued, seeing Harry start to think about what I said.
"But what about your friend Nicolas Flamel? Won't he and his wife die?" he asked me curiously.
"Well... Death has a different meaning for us, especially for those who've lived this long" I said cryptically, amused to see Harry looking at me confused, "Besides, we don't know what the mysterious thief of stone can do"
"Well, I guess that's enough questions for today. If I stay here any longer and stop you from resting, Madam Pomfrey will probably end up kicking me out," I said, getting up from the bed, but not before grabbing a bean from the box of Every Flavor Beans that was on the table.
"I've always had bad luck with these sweets" I said, putting the beans in my mouth, "Hmm, burnt wood"
'That's why I prefer my Lemon Drops' I thought, turning around and walking out of the hospital wing.
But just as I walked out of the hospital wing I heard someone clearing their throat beside me, and turning around I saw Poppy looking at me.
"Hmm, did you take long enough in there?" Poppy asked, looking at me with narrowed eyes.
"Hehe, it's just that young Harry and I got lost in the conversation and didn't see the time pass," I said, laughing nervously.
"Uhm" Poppy then started to stare at me as I continued to look at her with a gentle smile on my face that hid the nervousness I was feeling.
Poppy then huffed before turning to enter the hospital wing.
'A lesson for life... Never mess with a dragon woman and her 'cubs'' I thought, walking away from the Hospital Wing before Poppy decides I need another bimonthly health check.
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-At night – Great Hall-
[POV – Ethan]
Today everyone from the school was gathered for the end of the school year banquet, where it would be declared which house won the House Cup, but this year everyone was already sure that Ravenclaw would win the cup.
Gryffindor and Hufflepuff were sad, but they were at least happy that it wasn't Slytherin carrying on with their consecutive victories. The Slytherins however looked like they had just sucked on a very sour lemon, as they not only lost, but the difference in points was gigantic.
Ravenclaw had 776 points, thus ranking first. Slytherin had 430 in second place, Hufflepuff had 352 in third place, and Gryffindor had 272 points in last place.
I knew that the Headmaster would probably give points to Gryffindor, but I was sure that even with those points, Ravenclaw would still win.
For Gryffindor to pass Ravenclaw in the House Cup they would need 505 points, and I think even the Headmaster wouldn't be biased enough to give that large amount of points to his lions.
As the banquet progressed, it was time to name the winning house, and after his little speech, just like in canon, the Headmaster gave some points to the golden trio and Nev.
The points given to Gryffindor weren't enough to overtake Ravenclaw, but they were enough to pass Slytherin on the scoreboard, thus putting Gryffindor in second place.
After donating 160 points to Gryffindor, the Headmaster ended the banquet with a landslide victory for Ravenclaw, and the students were torn between feeling disappointed or happy. The Hufflepuffs were confused, but like the good people they were, they applauded anyway. The Slytherins now had worse faces than before, and I had to stop myself from laughing at Malfoy's face. And it got even harder when I heard a 'My father will hear about this!' in the background.
With the Great Hall changing to match the Ravenclaw color theme, my classmates and I started celebrating, and if I hadn't seen Madam Pomfrey sitting at the staff table I would have been worried about Andrew having a heart attack.
In the end this year turned out to be much better than I expected. I am considered by my classmates and even by some teachers as the best student of my year, Ravenclaw won the Quidditch Cup and the House Cup, I made many friends, I found interesting places and creatures, I found new mysteries that I intend to unravel, I improved my skills and my spells, and as a bonus I even got a Philosopher's Stone.
'Well, even with some unexpected happenings I can say that this was still a good year' I thought, looking at the twinkling blue lights that flew across the Great Hall, work of the older students and unexpectedly, or not so much, from Professor Flitwick, who was looking at Professor Snape with the most condescending look I've ever seen on his face.
But this little light show was nothing compared to the massive explosion of fireworks that followed, obviously a gift to the winning house and an end of the school year send-off by the beautiful, smart, cool, and sexy Three Musketeers.
Looking across the Great Hall I winked at the twins, who responded by raising their goblets of pumpkin juice to me.
'Yes, a really good year'
End.
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(End AN: Well... It could be said that the confrontation between Potter and Quirrellmort didn't have much difference when compared to canon, but I really didn't see any other way to continue the confrontation, as I don't think Ethan's presence would have changed the plot that much.
And about Dumbledore's role in his conversation with Potter, where he acted like a worried grandfather, well... that's how I imagine Dumbledore would act with a child who was suffering mentally.
Many may prefer to see him as the manipulative villain of the story, but I prefer to see him as another human who makes a lot of mistakes trying to fix other possible mistakes. For me he is not someone bad, but someone who has lived a lot and seen many things to the point of making some decisions that we judge as bad.
So, what did you think of this interaction? And the end of the school year banquet?)