Guardian

~02 August 2006~

*Albus Dumbledore POV*

The trial was finished not too long ago. It is also like what I predicted. Sirius Black becomes a free man after the trial is over. Fortunately, Fudge didn't ask for the one creating the Fidelius Charm. If Fudge asks about it to Sirius, then I need to do damage control.

Now the only thing I need to do is visit Sirius in St.Mungo before he has a chance to take custody of Harry Potter like he should have been doing in the past.

I walk to the nearest Floo Network and take a handful of Floo Powder then toss it into the fire.

"St. Mungo!"

As I walk away from the fireplace, I immediately approach the receptionist table and ask for the Sirius Black room. When the young woman gives him the location, I quickly walk toward my destination while giving people a kind grandfatherly smile. I have a reputation to uphold, after all.

I smile at a couple of Auror guarding the entrance before I proceed to open up the door and see Sirius Black sitting on the bed looking bored.

"Sirius, My Boy"

"Ahhhh, Professor Dumbledore. Please come in."

"Excuse me. How are you? My Boy."

"I'm fine, a bit bored, but fine."

"Good Good"

I let myself be silent and looked at Sirius with a grandfatherly smile on my face. This is the tactic I developed when I became a professor in Hogwart. The silence will lead to an awkward situation and make people's minds easy to read. Not only does it make the people uncomfortable, but it also makes them vulnerable to the low-level confundus charm.

"Errrr… What can I do for you, Professor."

"Ahhhh. It was Nothing important. I just want to ask about Harry's placement. I hear you want to take him as your ward?"

"Of course! He is my Godson, after all."

"Ahhhh. But I think it would be safer if he stayed with his aunt, right?"

Confundus

"I-I guess you are right…. But as his Godfather, it was my duty to take care of him, and I hear his aunt mistreats him."

"Ahhh, It's just a rumor. After all, he needed that blood protection Lily made from her sacrifice after all. You don't want to waste Lily's sacrifice, would you?"

Confundus

"I-I… Yeah. You are right. I guess he needs to stay in his aunt's house for a little bit longer."

"Also, I think you should rest here or in the other country for at least a year. Don't you think? Let me handle Harry Guardianship for this year."

"I guess you are right. Thank you, Professor."

"It's okay, my boy. I'm happy to help you."

I nod at Sirius before walking away from the room with a satisfied feeling. With this, my original plan can still be used. If my prediction is right, then Fudge will resurface the Triwizard Tournament, where little Tom will resurrect once again.

Now the only thing I need to do is visit Severus here as well. Severus is currently sick with an unknown disease, as the Healer calls it. However, I know the truth, I'm Albus Dumbledore, after all, The so-called unknown disease is Tom trying to resurrect himself from the grave. He needs massive magic to resurrect himself, so he uses his follower magic via the Dark Mark.

I feel sorry for Severus, he must be suffering as his magic gets drained by the Dark Lord, but it was needed for the Greater Good.

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*Lexian Vongola POV*

I couldn't help but snort at the audacity of that old man. It looks like I arrive in the world where Dumbledore is a manipulative old man or at least something like that. Not only does he use a subtle confundus spell, if Medea's description is right, he also basically forces Sirius to agree with him the entire time he walks inside the room.

When Dumbledore walks inside the room, he immediately creates a low-level compulsion ward around the room. He makes a low-level ward because he doesn't want to alert the Auror in front of the door, and the reason he chooses the farther away seat from the door is that he also doesn't want the Auror when he cast that Confundus spell.

"Medea, can you clear the magic residue inside Sirius for me?"

"Of course, Master."

A minute later, the bright grey color of Sirius' eyes begins to come back. He shakes his head a little before looking at me and says.

"What just happened?"

"Nothing much. Only Dumbledore successfully 'convinces' you to let Harry stay in his aunt's house."

"That bastard…"

"So, what should we do?"

"I want to take custody of my godson. I will ignore Dumbledore's 'advice' and take custody of my godson."

"It will make him more restless than before, you know?"

"Then what should I do?"

"Hmmm. I think I have an idea."

I look at Medea standing near me and say.

"Medea, can you make a body double for Harry here for the rest of the summer vacation?"

"Hmmm. Yes, I think so. I can make a fake mana core inside the clone made of Mist Flame. It should be able to hold the clone until the middle of September."

"Good. What do you think, Sirius?"

"That is a good idea. I'm in."

"Good. You and Harry can visit our place."

"Really? I forget to ask you, but where are you guys from?"

"We are from Romania"

"I guess I have my location for Dumbledore's so-called vacation."

"Yes. You can also spend your time knowing each other to Harry."

"Yeah. Thank you, Lexian, for everything."

I nod at him. While I want to let both Sirius and Harry bond together, my main concern is Valerie that begins to create a guardian bonding to Harry. I don't want to separate the newly formed bond between the Sky and its guardian.

"Now, I will let you and Harry have private time. My companion and I will stay inside our room in Leaky Cauldron."

"Once again. Thank you."

"No problem."

We then teleport ourselves to our room inside the Leaky Cauldron. As I sit down on the bed, I can see Valerie have a weird expression as if she is reluctant to leave Harry's side. Before I could give her comfort, Carol walked toward me and said,

"My Lord, can I ask you a question?"

"Of course."

"Why are we bringing Valerie here? I thought you say that we need to lay low for a moment, so we don't draw Rizevim, as you call him, attention to us."

"Well, yes, if we are in the other type of Magic society."

"Huh?"

"How should I say this…. The wand waver is considered the weakest magic society in the world. The only attraction to this society is their rather versatile magic spell. The other thing that makes us safe in this society is because of how annoying their people are. They considered themself a top player in the magical world, but the truth is that they are the weakest. The other magic societies are also too lazy to deal with the wizard people as they use an old tradition that even an Old Noble house considered outdated. For example, the inbred. They still think that marrying their close relative will preserve the purity of their blood. That tradition was already abolished a long time ago by the other magical societies."

"I see."

I nod at Carol, but before I could say more, Valerie tugged my sleeve and said.

"How do you know about all this, brother?"

"Our castle has a library full of world history, you know. You should try to read sometimes."

I chuckle a little when I see Valerie frown. That's right, the ROB kind enough to give me a massive library full of books. Sadly there is no spellbook or recipe for potion making, but it contains the history of this world. It contains ALL the history of the world. There are too many books that I need in the library to take a book I want to read. However, I need to know what kind of history I want to read to make the book appear. For example, I asked the orb to bring me a book about the other crossover this world has, but it failed. So I need to know which crossover in this world-first before I can read it's history.

"So, What should we do now, Master?"

I look at Medea and say,

"We will stay here until Sirius can go to Romania with us. I don't want to leave Valerie here when she just formed a guardian bond toward Harry."

"Guardian?"

I look at Valerie and smile at her.

"How do you feel when you near Harry?"

"Ummmm. It's like I'm safe….? It's like Harry will protect me from anything."

"Good. Now, what is its color?"

"Mmmmm. His soul is pure white with a hint of green surrounding it. It's like Lightning protecting the Sky."

"Bravo. Now a guardian is like your soulmate. They exist to complete each other. What Harry has is the flame of Lightning, they are the guardian that draws damage to himself/herself and away from the rest of the family, serving as a lightning rod. They are the ones that protect the family in the frontline and let himself get hit by the other to protect his/her Sky. That is the reason why you feel protected when you are near him."

".... Brother…"

"Hmmm? What is it, Valerie?"

"What is the duty of Sky Flame? If lightning duty is to draw damage to themself, then what is the sky duty?"

"Ahhhh. How should I say this…. Rain, Storm, Cloud, Sun, Mist, and Lightning, he influences all of them. He understands and accepts all of them. The Sky is someone that accepts them all, and the Sky is the place the other flame can call home. The Sky gives them the feeling of home, the place they can go back, and let go of all of their burdens. Sky's is the place where they can be themselves without being judged by society. Sky flame is the home they never had."

"I see."

"The sky and it's elements also complete each other because the Storm, Rain, Cloud, Sun, Mist and Lightning cannot exist without a sky and the sky will be lonely if it doesn't have the other elements to accompany them for the rest of their lives."

I widened my eyes when Valerie suddenly hugged me. I pat her head for a second and ask her what is wrong.

"What's wrong, Valerie."

"ᴵ ʷᵃⁿᵗ ᵗᵒ ᵇᵉ ᶜᵒᵐᵖˡᵉᵗᵉ"

"Pardon?"

".... I want to be complete."

I flick her forehead lightly before glaring at her.

"You are complete, Valerie. Never say that again, okay? You are not broken being like before. You are Valerie, my little sister. That's why never implying you are not complete, okay?"

"Un…. But you said that the guardian would make me feel complete."

"It's just an example. What I mean by that is that a piece of yourself that you don't know empty will be filled by the presence of the guardian around you."

"But… It was the same as complete, right?"

"I-I… Arghhh…. I guess yeah, it will make you complete. I don't know how to explain it."

"Fufufufu"

"Oi, don't laugh at me."

I sent a playful glare at my guardian and little sister before joining them in the laugh.