The Plan!

{Headmaster's Office, Hogwarts, Scotland}

{4:42 PM, 12th Nov 1991}

Dumbledore was currently sitting at his desk, lost in thoughts like most of the days. He was waiting for the Potters to arrive, or at least most of them, considering this meeting was regarding their eldest son so he obviously wasn't a part of it. He sensed the wards outside his door trigger, "Come in Minerva," one of the advantages of being the Headmaster of Hogwarts was the power to his wards to the Hogwarts wards and thus he always knew who was outside his door.

He watched as both the transfiguration professor and Charlus Potter entered the room, Minerva still had a subtle look on her face, her eyebrows raised with an unspoken question, as she entered his office so Dumbledore persuaded her, "James and Lily are coming, there are some family matters to discuss." Upon receiving a hesitant reply he watched as she turned and walked out of his office.

His attention was then shifted to Charlus, he was clearly nervous and although it was very tempting Dumbledore refused to try and peek into his mind, he preferred to leave these things to Severus.

"How are you feeling my boy?" He asked his tone automatically warming up several degrees as he stared at the Boy-Who-Lived, even if the boy loathed that nickname, he was given one by the society and these names hold a lot of power.

"I'm okay," his tone was a little subdued which suggested he was feeling anything but okay, but before he could further question him though the floo connected to his office flared and a bubbly redhead jumped out of the fireplace.

"Hello, Professor!" Ivy greeted cheerfully, sometimes Dumbledore thinks that being unnaturally cheerful is her coping mechanism, being born into tragedy, her bright personality had kept her family going at times. The floo flared a few more times and both Lord and Lady Potter emerged from the fireplace. James respectfully nodded towards him but it was Lily who had changed remarkably from her Hogwarts days.

Gone was the bright-eyed witch that had just completed her schooling, in front of him now stood, Lady Potter, mother to the Boy-Who-Lived, a mother haunted by the ghost of a boy who had just resurfaced after years. Looking at her closely, Dumbledore could see some changes that had happened in just a few weeks, she doesn't seem to be completely closed off from him, and although he didn't receive a greeting, she didn't glare at him too.

"James, Lily, and Little Ivy... come on, take a seat..." he smiled at Ivy as everyone settled down, there was an awkward silence for a bit before Lily spoke, "I want to meet him," there was a fire in her eyes that easily would have persuaded Dumbledore to agree with her decision, it was James however who rolled his eyes, "Lily we talked about it, the only reason I allowed him to come back using a fake name was to let him get more comfortable in the Wizarding world, he needs to know that his place is with us, and not in the muggle world," James persuaded before his face darkened a little, "if he was given training like the rest of the HYDRA agents, trust me he could disappear if he wants to..."

Lily grumbled and folded her hands, "I still want to get to know him," she mumbled as James sighed once more, Dumbledore decided to maybe help her a little, "Why don't you ask Charlus that! he shares almost half his classes with the Slytherins..." Lily's eyes zeroed in on Charlus who gave her a nervous chuckle.

"Speaking about that, your letter contained little information when I asked you about Harry last week?" Charlus balked at her narrowed eyes as he quickly defended himself, "It's not my fault, Slytherin and Gryffindor don't get along so I don't know much about him except for the rumors floating around the castle and that one time when he talked to Hermione last week."

That last statement got Dumbledore's attention, Hermione was a brilliant witch so maybe she could have figured something out, "What did Hermione say?" both he and Lily asked at the same time.

Charlus was a little put off that they didn't ask anything about the rumors, he had a few juicy ones lined up, "they were both nerding out about magic, apparently, she was having trouble with a second-year spell which he taught her along with his unique take on magic." seeing everyone's expectant look he thought back to that conversation, remembering some of it so he tried to explain, "Something along the lines of, magic is not some silly words and waving your wand like a dunderhead but actually controlling your magic and willing what you want to existence..." he finished.

Dumbledore leaned back in his chair, "So a strong desire for control and a remarkable understanding of magic..." Dumbledore mused loudly whereas Lily continued to pester Charlus, "What does he like to eat?"

Charlus gave his mother an incredulous look, "Geez, mom I'm not a stalker... he does like mashed potatoes a lot." Charlus ignored the snickering of her sister as Lily nodded, satisfied with another piece of information regarding Harry.

"So what's the plan, how do we get Harry to forgive us and move back," Lily asked, even though a part of her still screamed about her failures. And the silence she received gave strength to that voice which she was hiding behind occlumency.

"I don't know Lils," James started, "we got it all so wrong..." he shook his head stopping himself from going down too deep, there is no need to jump into that well, "maybe we don't pester him into spending time with us, I know he doesn't like me even though he appreciated me letting him go on Halloween without a fuss, his shields, and control of emotions is remarkable, and the only one who managed to crack down on his shields was Ivy..."

Ivy smiled and pulled out a small glowing glass bead from her pocket, its glow had dimmed a lot and now it was just shining lightly, "maybe I could find him today and ask him to recharge this for me?" Ivy asked and James hesitated, he didn't want Harry to feel like its a trap to reveal his origins, there is no way a Slytherin should have to talk with Ivy Potter.

"Sure Ivy, why don't you let Charlus help you find him," Lily answered before he could say anything, and from the look in her eyes she was hoping for the same thing. Ivy hopped from her chair and Charlus followed her out of the room, James turned to Lily with a serious expression but before he could say anything Dumbledore interrupted, "Leave that to the kids, here's what I found on Harry Potter or rather Harry Dursley after his arrival into the states," Dumbledore placed a heavy folder in front of them...

The logo of SHIELD was printed in front of the file...

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