Plans-That-Failed

~~Headmaster's Office, Hogwarts~~

Albus Dumbledore took a sip from the glass and a grimace appeared on his face. It has been nearly a decade since he reached out to his liquor cabinet, but today was one of those days…

Even though the liquid felt sour and bitter, he couldn't bring himself to care… He finally found Harry or it was more like Harry finally deemed it fit to reveal himself to the rest of the world, but it was simply too late to fix anything.

So many plans, but all of them were useless now… Harry was only eleven years old, but he was already a murderer. Albus shook his head in disappointment when he remembered that Harry was also responsible for killing Dudley, who was only a child.

Albus released another sigh as he took another sip from the glass… Now that Harry decided to run off to another country, he no longer has any control over what Harry was supposed to learn… The boy could already be learning Dark Arts for all he knew.

Unlike in Britain, Rituals were completely legal in America. Albus has been trying to get Rituals banned all around the world, but he hasn't been successful in that regard. Not surprising since a lot of people use Rituals to reach newer heights…

He knew he could try to get Harry under his thumb, or at least, he could try to bring the boy back to Britain, but that would lead to a confrontation with the boy… Albus wanted to avoid that at any cost.

There was no way he could get the boy back to Britain without raising questions… Questions he wanted to avoid at all costs. Right now, Jacklyn Harper, a seventeen year old girl has been named as Harry's guardian, and as soon as Albus tried to contest her claims, uncomfortable questions will be asked.

Questions like…

'Why has he never bothered to meet Harry all these years?'

'Why was the will of Potters never read?'

'Why was Harry given to a Muggle family?'

The Dursleys were dead, but it will cause a huge ruckus if the truth was revealed… He could have dealt with the whole matter easily if he would have to contest the girl's claims within the shores of Britain.

Unfortunately for Albus, Jacklyn Harper is a resident of America, and since she has been named as Harry's guardian, so by extension, Harry has become a resident of America too. So, if he tried to contest the girl's claim then the case would be heard at the ICW Headquarters.

Albus might be the Supreme Mugwump of ICW, but he wasn't that well-liked among the International Wizarding Community, so it was highly unlikely that he would win the case… Some people will simply vote against him just to spite him. He was also quite aware of the fact that Carlson Kent, the Headmaster of Ilvermorny hated him.

The man will fight tooth and nail to keep Harry in his school… Albus could try to get Harry back by claiming that Ilvermorny wasn't fit for the boy, but once again, it would open a can of worms he didn't want to deal with.

There was no way of getting Harry back without causing a huge ruckus… So, he could only leave Harry where he was for the time being. Everything was spiraling out of his control and Albus hated not being in control… Once again Albus started to wonder if he made the wrong choice by placing Harry at the Dursleys or not. After all, that is where everything started to go wrong…

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Minerva McGonagall was staring out of the window with a solemn look on her face… Harry Potter decided not to attend Hogwarts, instead, the boy decided to attend a foreign school. She may not be well connected as Albus, but she was quite well-known among her fellow educators.

So, it wasn't extremely difficult for her to find out that Harry Potter decided to attend Ilvermorny. Minerva has come to know that Harry didn't have a good childhood, and maybe that is why the boy decided to leave their country, but she still couldn't understand why Harry would leave the country.

Did the boy know who left him at the Dursleys? But it was simply impossible, right?

After all, they never met the Dursleys, so nobody probably knew who left him at the Dursleys… That wasn't the only problem. There was something going on with Albus. She knew Albus had his reasons for placing the boy at the Dursleys, but she simply didn't know why.

Did the boy leave the country to avoid Albus? Probably… Most likely…

Though it was simply an undeniable fact that she failed the boy… Not only that, but she also failed the boy's parents. James and Lily were two of her favorite students and she failed them… Minerva didn't have any excuses for her failure.

A lone tear trickled down her eye as she continued to stare outside the window… She would have liked to have a drink, it would have helped her to remain calm, but even the thought of having a drink soured her mind…

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~~Unknown Location~~

Alastor Moody took a large swig from his hip flask and burst out laughing… Harry Potter, such an enigma!! Alastor would have gone to congratulate the boy if the boy wasn't a murderer… Even though the boy was a murderer, Alastor couldn't deny that the boy was quite cunning.

Alastor didn't know much about politics, but he knew quite well that there was no way Albus to get the boy… At least, not without raising some really uncomfortable questions. Alastor would have loved to train the boy… He started to wonder what James and Lily would think if they could see their boy right now…

He didn't blame the boy… At least not completely. He would have also killed the Dursleys if he was in Harry's shoes… Maybe he would have spared their boy, but he would have still killed the adult Dursleys.

Now that Albus' plans have gone down the drain, Alastor started to wonder what the man was going to do next… Alastor couldn't wait to see the man fail again. He took another sip from his hip flask and burst out laughing…

~~SEASON- I (Ends)~~