HP's Lost and the Lighthouse

After four months without incident, it seemed that nearly all of the students at Hogwarts believed that the attacker had stopped.And the news that the mandrake is about to mature makes everyone start to relax. The students are paying more and more attention to the upcoming Quidditch match. The shadow of previous fear has become extremely shallow Light, almost nothing.

However, it seems that attacks always like to pick inappropriate times to happen-this attack is like that.

Obviously, this attack disturbed the professors who thought they were safe and sound, and the Ministry of Magic—the attack after attack finally made some ambitious people among them start to move around. It's time to push Dumbledore down from the altar.

Almost on the same night as this attack, an unexpected visitor came to Dumbledore's office.

"Good evening, Albus." The dumpy Minister of Magic stepped out from the green flames of the fireplace, took off his dark green top hat and dusted it off, "I hope my eager visit won't seem too Too rude."

Dumbledore stood up from his high-backed chair and smiled slightly: "Of course not, Connelly. I'd actually like to have some old friends visiting from time to time - you know, since Transfiguration is no longer taught, My free time has increased dramatically."

With a flick of his wand he conjured a soft armchair.

"Would you like some black tea?"

"Oh, thank you, no need." Fudge glanced at Dumbledore, but did not sit down. "Actually, I think you already know why I'm here?"

Dumbledore, who was about to turn around to make tea, came back and shrugged regretfully: "Unfortunately, I happened to get some good tea recently."

"About your reason for coming, I personally think that your letter of visit has already made it very clear, Connelly," the old man smiled softly, his light blue eyes staring at the Minister of Magic through the lens, "Speaking of which, Magic The news from the Ministry really surprised me."

"Naturally, the Ministry has our own sources." Fudge said quickly, wiping the sweat from his brow, "It's hot out here - well, dear Albus, I think we'd better get this over with." Those things, and then I can go back and enjoy a nice hot bath."

Dumbledore raised his eyebrows: "Of course, you can go to see Hagrid and ask him some questions. Come with me, Connelly, I think, I'd better not let him be in such a special period. The guest is acting alone in the castle."

"Naturally, naturally, nothing could be better."

……

Standing at Hagrid's door, Dumbledore turned slightly and glanced at Fudge standing behind him, and knocked on the door.

It took a while for the door to open.

"Good evening, Hagrid."

The old headmaster walked into the hut with a serious expression, his eyes slid over the bow and arrow in the half-giant's hand invisibly, and paused when he glanced at the corner of the room.

Cornelius Fudge followed him in, and the Minister of Magic at this time was not as polite as when he was alone with Dumbledore.

He greeted the owner of the hut in a clear and quick tone.

"Too bad, Hagrid," he said, with a faint gleam in his eyes, "so bad I had to come - four attacks on Muggle-born students, it's too much, magic The Ministry must take action." As he said, he turned his head and looked at Dumbledore as if asking, but he didn't wait for his response at all, and quickly turned back.

"I didn't," Hagrid subconsciously clenched the armrest of the chair, glanced at Fudge, then looked at Dumbledore pleadingly, "You know I don't, Professor Dumbledore, sir..."

Dumbledore frowned, and looked at Fudge, who looked a little aggressive - he was walking around the hut at this time, as if he could find some criminal evidence in this way.

"I hope you understand, Connelly, that I have complete confidence in Hagrid," he said.

"But look, Albus," Fudge stopped his circling behavior, his expression flashed unnaturally for a moment, and soon became righteous again, "Hagrid's criminal record is not good for him. The Ministry of Magic has to Take some steps - we've reached out to the school board."

The old man froze for a moment, realizing that the other party's intention for coming was not as simple as 'asking some questions' as stated in the letter of visit - they were targeting him - Dumbledore, and Hagrid was completely taken in by him. A pathfinding stone for his innocent involvement.

His light blue eyes suddenly lit up with bright anger - for implicating innocent people in this way.

"However, Connelly, I still want to tell you that taking Hagrid away will not help at all." He said firmly, going through all the things that happened that day in his mind for a moment, and said firmly.

"Look at it from my point of view," Fudge played with his top hat, not really taking Dumbledore's words to heart, "I'm under a lot of pressure. Something has to be done. If It turns out it wasn't Hagrid, and he'll be back. But now I have to take him. Shouldn't I do my part—"

"Take me away?" Hagrid interrupted him in horror, "Where?" Dumbledore patted him reassuringly.

Before they could negotiate a result, someone knocked heavily on the door again.This made Fudge look a little displeased, Dumbledore stood up to open the door, and nodded to the people outside without any surprise.

Lucius Malfoy strode in, with a reserved but clearly smug smile on his face—as if a long-cherished wish had finally come true.

"What do you want from me, Lucius?" Dumbledore asked in a calm and polite tone, the previous anger had not faded from his blue eyes, making those wise eyes extraordinarily bright .

Lucius slightly raised his head, suppressing the smile on his face. "Things are terrible," he said slowly, pulling a long roll of parchment from his pocket. "The board thinks you should be let go. Here's a recall—you'll see twelve All the directors have signed on it." Even though he didn't have that smug smile, everyone could clearly feel his complacency.

"We feel that you may not have given full play to your ability." Lucius said, showing a regretful smile again, "How many attacks have occurred so far? That's two this afternoon, isn't it? At this rate there would be no Muggle students left at Hogwarts, and we all know that would be a terrible loss for the school."

Before Dumbledore could speak, the face of Fudge, who had been vaguely arrogant before, turned pale. He glanced at Lucius in panic, and then looked at the fact that he hadn't shown any signs of behavior towards Lucius' appearance from the beginning to the end. Too many accidental Dumbledores.

"What did you say, Lucius? Dumbledore was deposed... no, no... we absolutely don't want to..."

Lucius nodded lightly at Fudge disapprovingly: "The appointment of the headmaster—ah, no, the removal—is a matter for the board of directors, Fudge. Since Dumbledore failed to prevent these attacks..."

Fudge glanced flusteredly at Dumbledore, who had been watching Lucius all the time, and his upper lip began to sweat: "But, Lucius, if Dumbledore can't stop them—I mean, who can?"

Lucius stared at the jumping fire for a while, and then slowly said: "Let's wait and see." He smiled with an unknown meaning.

"But all twelve of us voted—"

……

Dumbledore stretched out his hands to hold Hagrid who was defending himself, and his eyes never left Lucius' cold, light gray eyes.

"If the board wants me to go, Lucius, of course I'll give up my seat." He said calmly, ignoring Hagrid and Fudge who were stammering and trying to stop him.

"However," he said softly, but with absolute clarity, "I've only really left this school when everyone here has betrayed me. You'll also find that at Hogwarts, those requests Those who help always get help."

When Lucius didn't think so, he glanced at the two children hidden in Hagrid's cabin and blinked quietly.

"The emotion is commendable." Malfoy said, bowed slightly, opened the door and sent Dumbledore out.

The author has something to say:

Alas, to be honest, I wrote these undercurrents so cryptically, I don’t know if you can see it.

Anyway, Fudge was probably a little jealous of the principal, but felt that if Dumbledore could not solve the problem of the Chamber of Secrets, no one would be able to, so he seized the opportunity to attack Dumbledore [take Hagrid], and when the principal was really going to be When I was driving away, I couldn't help but shout out for maintenance.

Then Lucius—the one who told Fudge about the attack together in Hogwarts [reasonable speculation], he really wanted to seize the opportunity to drive Dumbledore away, as for the Chamber of Secrets—to Lucius Said that this was entirely his own doing, and it could be easily resolved as long as Dumbledore was driven away.

In addition, what Dumbledore could not do [resolve the attack incident] was solved by him, coupled with reasonable guidance of public opinion, it is easy to damage Dumbledore's reputation and raise the Malfoy family and himself reputation - I think that's what Lucius was trying to do in the first place, after all he's a full-fledged Slytherin and you want him just to 'take revenge on Arthur Weasley and make trouble for Weasley' For such a reason, I personally think it is unrealistic to put down my image and fight in a bookstore.

Of course, Lucius can't guarantee that Dumbledore will not be able to solve this problem, but the diary was given by Voldemort after all, and it might make Dumbledore feel troublesome, so even if it fails to improve himself, Just hitting Dumbledore was a good deal for Lucius - I have to say that the diary is much easier to use than Lucius expected.

And the principal—I think everyone should have discovered this?

The headmaster has been eyeing Lucius, not the 'higher status' Fudge, and given Dumbledore's ability to discern human nature [Lucius is still a bit carried away 23333], I judge that he finally found the attack at this time The man behind the scenes - Lucius.Although he still can't understand how it is done, he has a rough guess in his heart, just like the original book "The point is not who did it, but how it was done".

Accidentally babbled a lot... But the above plot is completely speculated according to the original work, I think it is basically accurate.All in all, Lucius is a Slytherin through and through, the headmaster is as smart as ever, and Fudge... from the beginning to the end, he was used as a gunman and thought he was great, but he was an ambitious fool anyway.

Well, after analyzing so much, I think it is quite thorough, please remember to leave a comment!