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Albus Dumbledore had spent many a decade feeling confident in himself and his abilities. Not much existed that could put him on edge. Not much that would make him worry about himself. Nothing that needed his personal attention.

His relationship with Gellert Grindelwald had revealed so many new facets about Albus' personality and he had learned quickly that he was more capable than he had originally believed. But then Gellert had to stray from the plan and in the middle of their battle, Ariana had to suffer the consequences.

That was how Dumbledore ended up fighting for his own beliefs. He judged everything based on his experiences with Gellert. If anything was even remotely like Gellert, it had to be eliminated before it could possibly become any worse. And that was exactly what happened when he had met Tom Riddle for the first time.

The boy had seemed normal, but then his irregularities began to shine through the longer he attended Hogwarts. It was obvious that Tom was not concerned with other people and seemed to view himself as being far above any of them. Just because he was talented, did not mean that he was better than anybody.

It was alarming behavior, which was what prompted Albus into watching him very closely. The boy was a threat to the peace of their magical society and if Albus had to, he would destroy that threat if given the proper incentive and chance to do so. Anything to keep the dark from overthrowing their land.

When one's least favourite person exits from their life. People are usually thrilled. Not Albus. The day that Tom Riddle graduated was the day that he had fallen out of Dumbledore's scope. That meant that Tom could be out in the world, getting up to nothing good and tarnishing the innocent minds of everyone he came into contact with. He had already molded the poor souls of his fellow Slytherins into worshiping him without proper cause.

He would spread his vile attitude to others and it was disgusting.

Often times, Albus would hire somebody to go and look into Tom Riddle's life. And he was never pleased when he received the reports on the boy's well-being. Usually, the child decided to expose himself to others of similar nature, which did save the innocent from his influence, but it wasn't good enough for Albus.

Tom had chosen to work in Knockturn Alley, one of the darkest and most evil magical shopping districts in all of England. To make it even worse, he has chosen to work at Borgin and Burke's which was a well-known Dark shop. The owners of the shop were known to be men of questionable action, and had been under the scrutiny of the Ministry of Magic more times than Albus could count. That meant that they were untrustworthy and not proper company to keep.

Tom Riddle had decided to place himself in an area that Dark witches and wizards frequented, in order to integrate himself into their lives. And with his talent at conniving people into doing what he wanted, Tom Riddle would no doubt gain a massive legion of followers.

It was worse than Albus had expected it to be.

Then one day, one of the watchers informed him that Tom Riddle had been in contact with a young, Hogwarts student. A Hufflepuff.

Dumbledore had been understandably displeased, because the poor child was too innocent to be exposed to one such as Tom Riddle while he was on his own. And what was even more worrisome, was how Tom had apparently taken a liking to the younger wizard.

All throughout the summer, the child would visit Borgin and Burke's at least once a week and he and Tom would stand around and talk, and sometimes they would use Tom's lunch period to sit down at the Leaky Cauldron together.

When little Haraldr James came back for his fourth year at Hogwarts, Albus had immediately noticed a difference in the child. Where once he was shy and innocent and preferred to keep out of the way of almost anybody, he was suddenly confronting Gryffindor's and getting cheeky with his upperclassmen.

Of course the boy was never caught doing anything, but Dumbledore knew. He knew very well that this was Tom's influence on the child. Tom seemed to ruin everything he touched and went near. It was obvious just by using Haraldr as an example.

Albus tried to rectify the boy's errors. He tried to make him understand that his choices in life were going to lead him down a Dark path where there was no return. His warnings were not heeded, and he received many looks that he had once seen pointed in his direction while on Tom Riddle's face.

And that was when Dumbledore knew that Haraldr James was a lost cause.

Since the boy was beyond his aid, Albus knew that he had to do anything to get him away from Tom. Anything.

It was unfortunate that the child had to be sacrificed, but it was better for him to be dead than for him to live the rest of his life in the Darkness that Tom was leading him into. Dumbledore had mourned with the rest of the staff and the students, because Haraldr could have been something amazing had he not made such a terrible choice in his companion.

Tom's reaction to the situation had only proven that Dumbledore was right in the end.

Years later, Tom Riddle returned as a different man than when he had left.

He had left because Armando had wanted him to gain more experience and then return in a few years to take up the post.

When he returned, Armando had passed on, leaving Albus in charge of Hogwarts.

Albus had refused to make Tom the Defence Against the Dark Arts instructor. As if Albus would give him any level of authority over the young and impressionable minds that would lead the future!

How would Albus have any way of knowing if Tom would try to slip in some evile magic into his teachings? How could he be certain that the boy would not favour the Slytherins over all the other students? And how could he be sure that everything would be done fairly?

He couldn't. It was the smart choice for him to deny Tom the job.

As the days passed, Albus took notice of something new. Tom had shown an interest in a new person. While he was gathering his followers, he also seemed to be courting a former student of Hogwarts.

A Slytherin who was incredibly talented, and had a level head on his shoulders. Albus have been skeptical of him, but he had never gotten into any mischief or trouble during school. In fact, the boy seemed more Ravenclaw than Slytherin. Albus had been willing to place money on the assumption that the boy was only placed into Slytherin because that was where the rest of his family had gone.

Albus had been perfectly okay with leaving the boy to his own life. But then he entered the Ministry and within a few years, had managed to become the Senior Undersecretary to the Minister herself.

If that wasn't something to be worried about, his new husband was.

Who was the husband, one might wonder? None other than Tom Marvolo Riddle.

Albus had immediately noticed the resemblance between Haraldr James and Harish Flint. Tom had gotten so obsessive that he had gone and replaced his dead friend, with a look-alike. It was an incredibly sad thought, and it just made Albus all the more wary.

Tom had no issue with using a relatively innocent child to get what he wanted and that was not okay.

No matter how Albus tried to save Harish from his husband's controlling ways, the boy did not want to listen to him or his Order. He did not believe anything they had to say. He was stubborn, and had obviously been swindled by Tom's way of thinking. Tom was a master manipulator after all.

It was in that moment, when Arthur Weasley had come to their meeting in tears over something Harish had said, that Albus had decided that Harish Hamish Flint needed to be stopped.

Someone who spurned the good and righteous actions of the kind-hearted, and delighted in the evil that the wicked were wrought with, couldn't be worth saving. And so he would have to be taken care of one way or another.

The loss of lives during Harish's last raid had left a large blow to the side of the Light. However, the wonderful news of Lily Potter giving birth had just flushed away the sorrow. Especially when her child was revealed to be the child of the prophecy that Dumbledore had heard.

This child would be the savior of Magical Britain. This child to be the one to rid the world of Tom's nasty influence. This child would need to be reared properly, and taught all the ways of the good and Light.

Even when James and Lily had unfortunately become victims of the war, Albus knew that he had to continue on with his plans. He knew that Harry Potter would one day grow to defeat the Dark Lord.

There seemed to be one little problem however.

Harry Potter had gone into Gryffindor as was expected of him. However, he had already known about the magical world, and had already shopped for all of his school supplies and had therefore not needed any assistance in understanding the world he had never been a part of.

On top of all that, the boy was nothing like a Gryffindor was supposed to be. Severus had even claimed that he was more Slytherin than anything else, which was worrisome.

He did not make friends with Ronald Weasley, and instead chose Neville Longbottom as a companion. He wasn't particularly kind to the Muggleborns students. Just because Ms. Granger was a little too rambunctious, did not mean that he had to be so rude to the poor girl.

And to top it all off, he lacked the mentality needed in a saviour.

It was as if the universe had convened to conspire against Albus' plans for the boy! How was he supposed to vanquish someone if he did not possess the moral compass or desire for good, like a hero should?

Adding on to his list of stresses was the fact that Tom was inside the school and seemed to be taking his time in retrieving the Philosopher's Stone. As if there was something else of interest to take note of first.

So how was Dumbledore going to test Harry's mettle when he didn't seem all too concerned about anything beside his grades? And how would he set up the perfect situation for Harry to face Tom and not fail nor flee?

Because from what he had seen thus far, the boy was more concerned over his own health than the health of those around him. Just like a Slytherin would be.

Harry needed to vanquish the Dark Lord. He was prophesied to do so!

And wouldn't it just be so terrible when Tom was destroyed by someone who resembled his husband so closely? As if the universe was shoving his evil deeds involving Harish, back in his face?

It would be poetic in a sense.

"That's what we came down here for?"

Voldemort sighed because once again, Harry Potter was complaining. If the boy hadn't wanted to come, he shouldn't have asked to.

"It is an priceless, ancient artifact and yes, it is what we came down here for."

The boy huffed. "I still don't think it was worth it. You don't know what it will do to you because no one has ever actually done it before."

While he had a point, Voldemort was not about to give up now. Not when he was literally holding the stone in his hand.

Dumbledore should have added better protections to it. Why had it been so easy?

"He probably wanted me to come and get it," Potter remarked. "He seems fixated on controlling my life for whatever reason."

Yes. Dumbledore thought he had a pliable weapon in his hands. If only he knew that Harry Potter preferred the Dark Lord he was supposedly prophesied to vanquish, more than the old coot!

Voldemort couldn't wait for the day the truth was revealed!

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