while Alex is observing the stone with his eyes, Hermoine rushed yelling," quick professor we need to stop the man inside from hurting Alex". Dumbledore and Hermione entered the room only to see the room is in shambles with most its pillars destroyed and wreckage everywhere.
Hermoine after seeing Alex rushed forward and checking if there are injuries on him and constantly touching his body, Alex didn't say anything and just hugged her tightly to calm her, she is beat red in his arms and Dumbledore is watching this scene with a teasing smirk.
they stayed like this for a few seconds before Dumbledore coughed and said," miss Granger , you can go now I have something to discuss with Alex and we will move to my office". Hermoine though embarassed didn't say anything and went to Griffindor's dorms.
Dumbledore and Alex move to the headmaster's office and Dumbledore told Alex to sit in the chair opposite to him, many portraits are looking at the little guy with interest while acting like they are sleeping and occasionally stealing glances at him. Alex didn't say anything and sit down while placing the stone on the table reluctantly, seeing this Dumbledore said with concern," Alex , I know it'll be hard to resist the desire to become powerful and immortal, but I don't recommend taking paths that will not only harm you but also the ones around you". hearing that Alex couldn't help but laugh and then said," professor looks like you misunderstood, I'm not interested in the immortality by that stone, it's also exhausted with only little magic in it, I am more interested in studying the alchemy behind that stone, and also professor it's not finished, is it? that's why Nicolas flamel aged so much right?".
Dumbledore is stunned by Alex's evaluation and laughed before saying," so, you're completely different from what I imagined, you Alex unlike a kid I saw who chased after power is looking for love and friendship both of which are lacked in that man's past, he transformed into something terrible due to this".
Alex didn't say anything and took a toffee from the table, Dumbledore is happy seeing someone is eating the sweets he is offering since Severus and Minerva always refused when offered a snack.
Dumbledore is interested in Alex's perception in alchemy and discussed with him about various products of alchemy, he is stunned to now the knowledge of alchemy far exceeding that of a master ,then said," I'll ask Nicolas about taking you as a disciple, will you agree?"
Alex agreed when he heard Nicolas flamel and eager to experiment in alchemy and see what this legendary alchemist invented other than philosopher's stone.
Dumbledore send him away after some chat about alchemy principles and theories. he decided to write a letter to Nick about Alex and thought of recommending Nicolas to teach Alex about alchemy.
Alex exited headmaster's office and the portraits began to talk, while a portrait said," who is this kid? he is so much knowledgable at such an young age, we can't even talk about how far will he reach in the future, Albus, Is this a disciple of yours?" , the man in the portrait is Armando dipper, the head master of Hogwarts before Dumbledore. Phineas black on the other portrait said," huh, so what I warning you to be careful , he may turn into something far worse than the previous young man, but I have to admit his skills are far above his age ,Albus which pure blood family does he belongs to?, is he a Slytherin?".
the other portraits who heard this looked black with disdain. Dumbledore replied," he isn't a pure blood Phineas, but he belongs to the Potter family, his mother is a muggle born and he is a Ravenclaw". Armando dipper who heard stood proudly as he is a Ravenclaw when he is a student and black sneered saying," in our generation the potter family belonged to sacred twenty eight , but then they began to marry muggle-born tainting the blood, they are excluded then on from the pure bloods as they don't follow pure blood supramacy, it's a pity such a talent will be wasted in the book worms of Ravenclaw, otherwise he will have grown into a powerful wizard if he is in Slytherin".
along with Armando some other portraits rushed towards black fighting him, Dumbledore ignored this and is in deep thought about Alex at such young age he gathered knowledge about spells and alchemy even discovered a spell that will work against black magic. he need to drive Alex into a correct path destroying the dark lord, if Alex would've heard he will burst out laughing as it the last thing he want to do.