Chapter 5

"Master, t-there is a letter for you."

"Open and read it you fool"

My lord,

I have completed your task. But unfortunately instead of hating them he seems to be indifferent. I will make sure he hates the light and join our side.

Your most faithful servant

Victor Hofstader

"M-my Lord, who is he?"

"He attended Hogwarts at the same time as Bellatrix. He joined our side but was turned into a vampire unfortunately. Instead of killing a bloodthirsty vampire who just turned, Dumbledore simply took away his wand and removed him from Hogwarts. Since then he worked loyally as my spy in the vampire community."

"Now hurry to the forest you fool, I am growing weak again."

"Y-yes My Lord."

Dumbledore pov

Dumbledore sighed as he came out of the pensieve. Looking through his memories he was sure that Tom Riddle found a way to escape death. But Dumbledore knew that nobody can be a true immortal.

He along with his old friend tried to unite the Deathly Hallows when they were young. Now that he thought about it, it was more likely that the three Peverell brothers made the Legendary artifacts and the rumors about Death were spread to make it seem even better in the eyes of others.

He had the invisibility cloak for some time and after sometime he finally gave up on being the master of Death. Even Alastor Moody's eye could see through the cloak which should be able to hide someone even from death.

"You should give up two of your jobs Albus. The stress is really getting to you, and you are not as young as you used to be." The painting of Headmaster Dippet said.

"I cannot relax until we stop Tom. It was my fault he turned out like this. If I had paid more attention to him and did my best to interact with him he might have turned out differently." Dumbledore said.

"How many times have we had this same conversation." Dippet said wryly.

"Perhaps we can talk about something else? I tracked down who took in Hadrian. It was Victor Hofstader."

"The one you removed from Hogwarts when he was turned into a vampire?" Dippet asked.

"Yes, the same one. When those with magic are turned they become much more bloodthirsty unlike others. I had no choice but to remove him." Dumbledore replied.

"Let's hope young Harry is safe. He seemed to have gone through a lot."

"I hope so." Dumbledore said.

"And how are the Potters?" Dippet asked.

"Cassandra makes the son and father feel like they own the world. She apparently liked James since she was in school. There were even rumors that the reason Lily and James did not happen was because of her." Dumbledore said.

"Is she dark?" Another painting asked.

"No" Dumbledore shakes his head slightly, "She just wanted to be loved by the most famous of people. She even suggested that she was willing to do anything for me." Dumbledore chuckled.

"She is a bootlicking woman who wants the most prominent people of our society but she is not dark. I wonder how that happened." Headmaster Phineas Black said.

There was a knock on the door.

"Ah, please come in. It's already the time for our monthly meeting. How quick does time fly."

The professors started to fill in and each of them sat down in their respective chairs.

Dumbledore asked, "Shall we begin our first monthly meeting?"

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"We may have found a new group of people for the room. They are… quite special. Now we just need to find younger ones so that we can mold them."

"How soon will you have them?"

"Two months if things go bad."

"Good. I will await for the good news. Don't disappoint me, the last one was a success but she slipped out of our grasp."

"I will make sure that they do not escape."