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Returning to Hogwarts after a long day of dealing with muggle-born families, Professor McGonagall went straight to Headmaster Dumbledore's office.
His office is located in the Headmaster's Tower, which doubles as the residence of Albus Dumbledore as well. It can be reached by utilizing a circular, moving stone staircase, which in turn is concealed by a gargoyle statue on the third floor of Hogwarts.
Arriving in front of the said statue, Minerva said the magic words.
"Fizzing Whizzbees." She says and immediately the gargoyle begins to spin and stone steps begin to rise from the floor along with it. 'Why must the password always be related to sweets?'
Stepping onto the stairs as they're rising, Professor McGonagall uses them as a sort of circular spinning escalator, riding it all the way to the top towards the Headmasters tower.
Arriving at the headmaster's office doors, Minerva gives a courtesy knock and enters, not waiting for any sort of response.
Minerva is fairly close to Albus Dumbledore compared to other faculty members at Hogwarts. He was her teacher when she attended Hogwarts. She even ended up becoming a sort of protege of his, and then took over both of his old positions. Transfiguration Professor and Deputy Headmaster.
The need to stand on ceremony with each other has long since gone out the window.
The Headmaster's office itself is a large circular room with many windows and many portraits of old Headmasters and Headmistresses. The portrait of the immediate predecessor of the current Headmaster or Headmistress hung behind the Head's desk.
In the center of the room is a decorative table with a red bird perched comfortably on top.
"Hello, Fawkes." Minerva greets as she passes the bird.
"Scree!" Fawkes cries out in greeting.
"Ahh, Minerva. Welcome back!" An old but powerful voice greets her.
Seated behind an ornate wooden desk sat a white-haired elderly man with a long beard. He was dressed in ornate light blue wizarding robes with a tassel hat to top it all off.
His appearance fits every category of an old and powerful wizard from books, movies, and games. He even lives in a wizard's tower that's password-protected by a magical statue.
Truly a wizard's cliche.
"Yes, I just got back. It took longer than expected because some families needed more convincing than others. Some also refused apparition, which was particularly frustrating but expected." Minerva answers back as she takes a seat across from her boss and mentor.
"I see, so it was the usual, huh?" Albus says with a small chuckle. "Were there any standouts among today's bunch?"
"Two." Minerva holds up two fingers to emphasize her statement.
"Two stand-out students in one day? That's rare." Albus comments as he reaches into a bowl of hard candies, popping a few into his mouth.
"Yes, Hermione Granger and Bruce Wayne. Both are far smarter than their age would suggest, but out of the two Mr. Wayne is truly impressive and complicated at the same time." She says with a conflicted look.
"Oh, really? How so?" Dumbledore raises a brow in interest.
Minerva goes on to explain her meeting and experience with Bruce. His maturity, wealth, butler, security, parent's deaths, etc.
"Hmm, it has been a while since we've had a wealthy muggle-born attend Hogwarts, but I don't see a problem." Albus comments after hearing everything.
"Except he's not just a wealthy muggle-born..." she says and waves her wand, conjuring a stack of newspapers and magazines.
Each one of them has Bruce's picture on them along with headlines about his parents, recovery, move to England, etc.
On her way back to Hogwarts, Minerva collected all the newspapers and magazines related to Bruce that she could find. She was beyond surprised to find so many.
"Not only is he extremely wealthy, possibly greater than the oldest and richest pureblood families, but he's practically a celebrity. The Wayne family was very influential, and that only grew when Mr. Wayne's parents were murdered. The muggle media somehow turned Bruce into a celebrity. Now they follow his every move like he's some sort of star." Minerva explains while Albus goes through the newspapers and magazines.
"Hmm, this will be the first time a muggle celebrity has attended Hogwarts." Albus says as his face scrunches in concentration.
He has no idea if Bruce's attendance could come with any sort of issue. Hogwarts has never really hosted any celebrity children, muggle or otherwise, so this would be a first in Hogwarts history.
Though he's been preparing for a similar situation since Harry Potter will be attending this year as well, at least he's familiar with the Wizarding worlds young savior thanks to the reports he receives from Arabella Figg.
Also, Harry Potter's popularity doesn't spread to the muggle world as Bruce's does.
"I see why you think there may be some problems..." Albus comments.
They would have to make sure that Bruce's experience in Hogwarts is a welcomed one, or else who knows what he could do with his muggle resources. The Wizarding world could unintentionally make an enemy or even worse a very well-funded dark wizard.
Especially with the way Slytherin house members have been acting since Voldemort's reign of terror. They wouldn't take more than a second to find a way to offend Bruce. Let alone throughout an entire 7 years of schooling.
A lot of damage could be done in that time. Possible irreversible damage.
"Hmm, call a meeting with all faculty members. We'll have to make sure the rules are enforced properly and maybe add a few that are long overdue." Albus commands.
Minerva looked at him with surprise. She's been talking about doing exactly what he said for Harrys arrival, but Albus wouldn't listen.
'I guess it takes an unknown to make Albus move like this...' She thought as she stood and began to walk out. "I'll have everyone in your office within the hour."