sands of time

*morpheus pov*

The following weeks after the senses class I had with my fourth-years I made them do the exercises before the end of every class. At first, they thought it was easy I mean this is stuff muggle children do sometimes in class, but soon they began to realize the first exercise was barely a warmup.

At first, with the sense of touch, they needed to feel what shape was etched onto a piece of wood. Circles, squares, stars, and other basic shapes soon developed into animals, constellations, divination symbols, Latin and Greek words, and more.

Hearing is now with multiple bells and chimes at the same time.

Sight is with complicated drawings all the way to the end of the classroom.

Smell is distinguishing between multiple scents.

They will soon realize what I'm helping them achieve can reach farther than the practice of divination.

Time moves astonishingly fast when your life is a cycle of repeating events in a convenient little schedule of life called school. Hogwarts is nearly set to invite the Ugandu challengers in the final duel before the grand finals.

Then summer will hit and the chaos that is being held back by a thin wall will crumble.

***

Blinking I stood from my bed and approached my mirror tapping it twice the glass rippled showcasing Negary flying through the air delivering a small package to Nicolas. Humming in acknowledgment I tapped the mirror again and watched as Vlad and his forces tried to escape the castle but were foiled at every turn.

Vlad probably realized by now one of the members of his group is already infected but can't figure out who. The smell would blend with the smell of the others far too much.

I needed to wait for him to be bitten with a sigh I tapped the mirror once more and was met with the scene of Tom constructing another Horcrux this time using Salazar's locket.

I watched the scene unfold trying to fight the small smirk that threatened upon my lip I wonder if *knock* *knock*

The quick succession of knocks at my door grappled me from my thoughts, tapping the mirror it went back to its usual appearance as I stood from my seat and walked to see what the fuss was about.

Opening the door I saw a house elf staring at me with its wide doey eyes, "Morpheus sirs dumbly Dore is requesting you,"

I smiled slightly, "Of course thank you," the elf nodded frantically before popping away

The walk to Albus's office was short as always, I headed up the winding stairs and entered to the sight of him petting Fawkes. It is still a strange sight to see someone sitting in that chair other than who I was used to.

"You sent an elf, not Fawkes? What if I wanted to pet him too?" I joked with an easy smile sliding into the chair adjacent to him

Albus chuckled, "I am afraid I would send Fawkes, and suddenly he will be short a few feathers,"

"Perhaps a few tears as well," I jested while pouring myself a cup of tea

Albus's laughter soon died out his gaze turning forlorn, "It happens soon doesn't it?" he asked wearily

"Summer," I replied shortly

"You must have a plan? I cannot rally enough support it seems," he bitterly sighed

I nodded slowly, "You will find yourself needing a new divination Professor Albus,"

He looked at me sharply, "You plan on leaving?" he asked angrily

I shook my head, "No, I will still teach divination just under an alias and disguise. I cannot go into further detail about why this needs to happen trust that I am fighting the same war as you,"

He hummed, "Morpheus Everglade is stepping into the public eye," he mused aloud with faint amusement

I chuckled sometimes it is annoying to work with competent people, "Perhaps," I mused a small smirk playing on my lips

I wasn't trying to be secretive but for my plan to work Albus must show at least a modicum of real surprise.

He let out a tired sigh, "I see you will not go into further detail I might as well move on to the other topic I called you here for. I believe Tom will try to have someone sneak into the castle when Uagadou shows up, as you know we are opening the school for family and friends to spectate. I fear Tom will not be able to resist the temptation,"

I nodded taking a sip of my tea, "He won't be able to, I'm sure several members of his group will enter the castle other than the purebloods that will show up to watch of course. Not to worry though I will act when I see something as will Filius,"

"You will inform Filius?" Albus asked

"Of course, Filius would be the best choice it's best not to worry Abara or Yowie they need to be focused on the duelists. Although I'm sure Minerva already knows as you two are quite close it is best to tell her to watch a certain section that way we can cover more ground," I replied leaning back into my chair

Albus looked at me confused, "Have you not divined who his agents will be?"

I nodded, "I have and I will point them out to you when I see them, I'm afraid I don't know all of their names as I just divined this yesterday night and didn't perform a scrying spell yet,"

He nodded, "No matter, faces are enough. It's not hard to figure out who they would be anyway I just wanted to be prepared,"

"Indeed just look for who has a stick up their ass"

***

This summer everything changes, war will slowly start to seep into the soil of Britain blood will run like a river, and the start of my plan will begin to move forward.

I started this whole thing, I will end it.

I'm not a fool I know what they will try, I will be discredited. My past will be shown to the world but I have prepared for it, I have gathered all I need and now I just have to act accordingly.

"I've been thinking," a small voice sounded in the empty corridor stopping my footsteps

"What have you been thinking Filius?" I asked not turning around

"About what I saw," he answered shortly but we both knew what he was referring to

"That's a dangerous thing to think about," I replied calmly

"A man welcomed into the goblin kingdom full of warriors yet they showed hostility and wariness. He had an audience with the king of which one rarely gets. The older goblins acted as if they had known this human for a long time yet the human appears to be still young. I was thinking about just who this human really was," he spoke calmly but I heard the uncertainty in his tone

"Go on I'm curious," I replied

"I reached into the goblin records and found nothing but, when I was just about to give up I found a strange warning,"

"And what was it?"

"To stay wary of the clear-eyed man,"

"Yes, Filius it's best you do that for now,"

And I resumed walking, "Do you not fear me telling others?"

I did not reply.

Because I knew he wouldn't Filius is many things but worried for his and the safety of the castle he was not.

I could tell he was just curious and hoped I would give something away.