Hogwarts, eighth floor, Headmaster's office.
The most powerful white wizard of the age, Albus Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts, sat in his beloved seat, smiling at a scowling Severus Snape.
"Dumbledore! I don't understand how you can let Dana Avery near Harry Potter? Even letting them live in the Leaky Cauldron together! He will corrupt Harry Potter!"
Dumbledore shook his head slightly, took out his candy box, and pulled out a Fizzing Whizbee.
"Severus, you're too excited. Have a candy to calm down?"
Snape snorted and didn't answer.
Dumbledore said with a smile, "That child is no longer an Avery. He is now an Emrys. He is no longer a criminal. He is now a student at our Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."
Snape crossed his arms. "Student? Not even Durmstrang would recruit students from prison!"
Dumbledore still spoke unhurriedly. "Since the Book of Admittance recorded his name, he is a student of Hogwarts. Besides, you personally picked him up. Do you not know whether he is good or bad?"
Snape replied, "That kid has secrets. My Legilimency doesn't work on him."
"But didn't you see Dana Emrys wailing in front of his mother's bones? Only those with love in their hearts will feel such pain after losing their loved ones. Besides, he was the one who was framed and imprisoned in Azkaban. He himself is not guilty. In fact, we all owe that child."
"But he stayed in Azkaban for four years! Sirius Black was in the cell across from him! Black even taught him many spells! I can't imagine how bad a kid taught by that villain Black could be! And Dumbledore, you actually arranged for him to be with Harry Potter?"
Dumbledore was silent for a while. The "Marauders" group, led by James Potter, had caused great psychological harm to Snape during his student days, and Black was the worst of them. So Snape's prejudice against Sirius Black was deep-rooted, even if Dumbledore knew that Sirius Black's imprisonment might have had its reasons.
Dumbledore sighed. "Minerva has contacted him a few times and said he is a very good child, well-mannered, loyal, and unwilling to cause trouble for others. I believe Minerva's judgment. Besides, he is still young. As long as we teach him well, he will not go astray."
Snape took a deep breath and almost roared, "Dunat Avery told me that Dana Emrys used the Petrification Curse on him on the train, and later even wanted to use Avada Kedavra!"
Dumbledore explained with a smile, "I know about this. I believe you have also investigated it clearly. Dana did use the Petrification Curse, but that was because Mr. Avery spoke rudely first. Later, the so-called Killing Curse was just Dana's Lumos Solem."
Snape glared at Dumbledore. "Even so, we can't gamble! After all, he stayed in Azkaban for four years… He is no longer an ordinary child! A kid who can use the Patronus Charm with his bare hands—just thinking about it, you know he is extraordinary! If he really wants to do something, unless we keep an eye on him, we can't stop him at all!"
Dumbledore reminded him, "He suffered in Azkaban for four years. He shouldn't have had to endure all this in the first place. Besides, he was able to use the Patronus Charm in Azkaban, which shows that his heart has not fallen into darkness."
Snape's voice grew louder. "Is this the problem we are discussing today? I don't care what you think, Dumbledore. You want me to be nicer to that kid? That's no problem. But that kid must stay away from Harry Potter!"
Dumbledore replied, "As far as I know, because of the opposition of the other first-year Gryffindors, Dana has moved out of the dormitory and is living alone in the tower. As for the others, I can't guarantee it. Harry also has the right to choose his own friends."
Snape pursed his lips into a thin line. He stood up, turned, and left, giving Dumbledore his back. "I will use my own methods to prevent him from being with Harry Potter."
Dumbledore shrugged. "As a professor, you certainly have the right to educate students, just don't hurt them."
"Hmph!"
Snape left the Headmaster's office and walked towards the Great Hall. His mood was terrible, his stomach hurt with anger, and he needed some food to fill his stomach. It was lunchtime, and he could have returned to his office and had the house-elves bring it, but he just wanted to go to the Great Hall.
The matter of Dana Emrys and Harry Potter bothered him—he always felt it was his responsibility to teach Harry well. Last night, he looked closely at Harry Potter, and his eyes were almost exactly like his mother's! But unfortunately, the kid's whole face was almost no different from James Potter's.
It doesn't matter if his face looks like that, but it would be bad if his personality developed into a bastard like James Potter… Tsk, I'm afraid that Dana Emrys has been trained to be Sirius Black the Second. If these two are together all day long, the result will be that Harry Potter has James's face, but is as bad as Sirius—Snape felt like the sky was falling just thinking about it.
More importantly, he couldn't see through Dana Emrys. What if this kid was a Death Eater? Then Harry Potter would be very dangerous!
Arriving at the hall, before he had time to go to his professor's seat, Gemma Farley greeted him. "Professor, I finally see you! The Dungbomb smell in the common room last night still can't be cleared. The house-elves have been busy all morning, but it's no use! Professor, please go and take a look!"
Snape was stunned.
Common room? Last night? Dungbomb? Again?
Did I go to the common room last night?
While wondering, Snape saw the Gryffindor first-year students walking into the Great Hall in groups.
Harry Potter was walking next to Dana Emrys, and they were chatting and laughing, which made Snape's eyes almost burst into flames. He turned and left, leaving Gemma Farley with only one sentence: "Such a small matter also needs me to solve it? It seems that you, the prefect, want someone else to take over!"
Snape resisted the urge to go forward and pull Harry and Dana apart, turned around, and went back to his office.
—It was obviously unreasonable to go up and separate the two directly. He hadn't figured out how to keep Harry away from Dana, but if he watched the two of them, he couldn't eat anything—because he would feel like he had met James Potter and Sirius Black again.
"Hey, Dana, you are so awesome! Because of you, our Gryffindor Charms class got four points added!"
Dana shrugged and glanced at Hermione, who was following behind him. "Didn't Hermione also win a point for us?"
The little girl proudly raised her chin, and Harry said with a smile, "With the two of you, our house will definitely be ahead of the other houses. If this continues, the House Cup will definitely be ours this year!"
Hehe, boy, you are so naive, aren't you?
Snape hasn't exerted his strength yet!
Speak of the devil, and he shall appear.
From afar, Dana saw Snape glance this way and then turn and leave. Snape's eyes made Dana's heart tremble. What's with that look as if he was looking at trash? Snape wasn't like this the last time they met.
Dana was a little confused. What's wrong with the old bat? Could it be that what happened last night was exposed?
No, if it was exposed, the old bat would have dragged him out instead of glancing at him like this, neither painful nor itchy!
But he quickly put his doubts behind him and began to think about other issues.
Today's Charms class made the first-year students' attitude towards him slightly change. The little devils, who were originally afraid of him, could now see some admiration on their faces, which also allowed Harry to walk with him without any scruples.
It's just that this can't go on because Harry Potter is the center of the whirlpool. If he gets too close to him, he will probably get into trouble.
So Dana said to Harry, "Harry, it's best if you stay away from me usually, because I have a bad reputation and it will implicate you."
Harry shook his head indifferently. "I don't care."
Ron took two quick steps and walked to Harry's left. "Harry, you should listen to Dana. Dana also needs some space. Look, you are occupying Dana, and Hermione Granger has no way to talk to him."
Hermione rolled her eyes, then glared at Ron. "Idiot!"
End of the Chapter.
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