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Chapter 22 - Chapter 13: What Comes Around

Early in the morning Albus Dumbledore left his bedchamber and made his way to the Headmaster's office. Even though he was not technically the Headmaster. A shift in the magic around Hogwarts last night had him worried.

"Blood Pop", he said. But the gargoyle refused to move. "BLOOD POP!" yelled Dumbledore. But the stubborn stone statue still refused to move. Now he was really angry. He made his way to Minerva's office and found it empty, thank goodness. His one time friend and confidant no longer trusted him. He blamed Harry for that as well.

Throwing some floo powder into the fire, he flooed someone who owed him a favor.

Harry woke up with Hermione still beside him, sleeping peacefully. Their excursion last night had been an eye opener. He told her everything that had been said by the castle. He was now the Headmaster. She had to giggle at the thought of him as her new authority figure, for however brief it was.

Slowly he got out of bed so as not to disturb Hermione and went and showered. By the time he was done, Hermione was no longer in bed. Walking into the main room he saw that Hermione had gotten Michael up and was already feeding the baby. He went over and kissed Hermione on the lips and Michael on the top of the head.

"Ugh migna ru" said the baby.

"And good Morning to you, young man" answered his father. "Did you sleep well?"

"Eep sssr hey."

"Well that's good to hear."

Hermione broke into giggle as the two continued their unusual conversation. She had never seen Harry act so silly but so grown up before. She realized that he was trying to show his son that he was important enough to talk to even if he really couldn't speak or be understood very well. They were going to have a fantastic relationship. Suddenly her eyes filled with tears.

"Hermione, are you alright?"

"Yes I'm fine, just hormones is all", she said wiping her eyes.

"What are you going to study today?"

"Ancient Runes. Are you going to the Headmaster's office this morning?"

"Yeah. I need to do some cleaning."

Michael chose that moment to make his presence known again by levitating his bowl of half filled baby cereal right onto his father's head. It dripped down onto Harry's shoulders. Hermione's giggles joined those of Michael's as Harry said "After I take another shower of course."

By the time that Harry finished his second shower, Hermione had Michael back in his room and she had taken over the dining table for her study session. Harry heard his son's chatter and decided not to disturb the baby. He went over to Hermione, kissed the top of her head, telling her not to study to hard and to eat some lunch.

"Dobby, Winky."

"Yes, Harry Potter, sir."

"Winky, I would like you to stay here and watch Michael for Hermione. See that she eats some lunch. Dobby I would like you to come with me."

"Of course Harry Potter sir."

Harry left the room with Dobby. Making sure that he wasn't followed he made his way to the gargoyle protecting the stairway.

"You need to set a new password, Headmaster."

"Happiness" Harry answered back

"As you wish, Headmaster. The old one tried to get in this morning. I believe that he is aware that you are the new Headmaster."

"Thank you for the warning." Hogwarts didn't answer, just moved the staircase. Harry went up. Inside the office, he set Dobby to clearing all the gadgets, while he started cleaning out the desk. It took nearly seven hours just to do that. The stuff that they decided to get rid of, Hogwarts took care of. Harry didn't care where it went as long as he never had to see it again. Hogwarts, in a stroke of genius, put everything into Dumbledore's bedchamber, leaving him no room for himself. Hogwarts told Harry what she had done and that she couldn't expel the former Headmaster or those that had the Dark Mark. However when they left the school for what ever reason, the wards would not allow them entry back in. Harry realized that this was the best that could be done. He hoped that those who did have the Dark Mark would be going to Hogsmeade in a couple of weeks.

Dumbledore finished his conversation with Scrimgeour. They had discussed the possibility that Harry had control of the school. How he had accomplished that was still a mystery to him. The brat seemed to be more powerful than he had originally thought. If he added Ms. Granger to the mix, there would be no stopping them. Drastic measures needed to be done.

Since it was daytime and most of the students were about, Dumbledore cast a very complicated charm on himself, causing himself to become invisible. Slowly he made his way to the Great Hall, where he had no trouble locating the suit of armor with the Hogwarts shield. His intent was to reforge his bond with the school, thus gaining back control. But the room refused to reveal itself to him. Instead all he saw was a storage room, filled with cauldrons. After screaming, yelling, and cursing for five minutes, he decided to return to his rooms to plan his next move. When he arrived he saw that all of his things from HIS office were there. There was so much that he barely got in the door. He found that the stuff couldn't be banished to another part of the castle. He could shrink things and they stayed that way, but once he tried to send it to another room, it would return and be normal again. Four hours later Dumbledore had successfully shrunk everything and had placed all of it into boxes that he stacked in a corner. Deciding that he was hungry, he called a house elf and asked for some lunch. Hoping for some savory meal with some pumpkin juice. What he got was bread, with no butter, and water. He decided that someone out there hated him. Looking around his quarters, he realized that he had been reduced to an unwanted guest in HIS school. The thought of getting even with the brat continued to run through his head.

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