Side Story : Albus Is Troubled.

A few months earlier.

Dumbledore looked at the small diary in his hands.

'...Harry was knocked unconscious because of using forcibly locked abilities. Loki quickly moved towards Harry who was unconscious to steal the blood from the Sequence 2 Bloody Archduke Beyonder Characterists.'

'But for some inexplicable reason, as soon as he got a hold of the Beyonder Characteristics, Loki did not fill just a vial of the blood, but used an entire bottle. And even more inexplicably, started to set up an altar to perform a ritual.'

'After the ritual was finished, Loki returned the Beyonder Characteristic to Harry and pretended to become unsteady on his feet after waking up Harry…'

Dumbledore pinched his brows and frowned. McGonagall was in the room but she stayed quiet, not knowing how or what to do in this situation.

"Do you know of any way to know what Loki did in that room, Minerva?"

"Sorry Albus. All my attempts to know more were blocked by an endless Grey Fog. I think if I attempt to do anything more, there'll be serious retaliation."

"Grey Fog…I see." Dumbledore nodded and then moved to a wall.

He looked at the mirror that was hanging on the wall in his office and stared at it for a while, before walking to it.

"Could the great Arrodes tell me the contents of the ritual that Loki performed when Harry was unconscious after he'd fought off Voldemort?"

A mist leaked onto the mirror's surface and formed the following words, "No."

Dumbledore's frown only deepened.

"Can you at least tell me if it is dangerous to Harry Potter's fate?"

The words on the mirror reformed, "Your turn to ask a question has finished. Now it is my turn. What would you like to choose? Punishment or a question?"

"Punishment." Dumbledore unhesitatingly chose.

The words on the mirror changed again, "Ask Severus Snape on a date."

"PFFFT *COUGH* *COUGH* *COUGH*" McGonagall was suddenly reduced into a fit of coughs, perhaps her age was catching up to her.

Dumbledore's frown deepened further, but he nodded and asked another question, "Can you tell me if what Loki did was detrimental to Harry Potter?"

The mist on the mirror changed to form the words, "No. The matters are unrelated."

"*sigh*"

"My turn. Punishment or Question?"

"Punishment."

"Send a letter to Gelert Grindlewald telling him, you miss the passionate moments you shared with him."

McGonagall's eyes widened as a sizable blush appeared on her cheeks, before she excused herself and walked out of the Headmaster's office.

'Poor Albus…'

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