Chapter 108 – An unexpected meeting! Part-1

    {Headmaster''s Office, Hogwarts}

    {25th Sep 1991}

    {3rd Person POV}

    It has been over a week since ''The Attack on the Gryffindor Tower,'' as the rumor mill coined this incident. Conjectures also connected this incident to Sirius Black''s successful infiltration of the Gryffindor Tower. According to the current rumors, Sirius Black carefully timed his assassination attempt, but due to Harry Potter''s prophetic prowess, he was able to escape this feeble attempt easily.

    Rigel found it funny how the rumor mill went from ''Seamus Finnigan''s jealousy over Harry Potter''s fame'' to ''The Attack on the Gryffindor Tower.'' Wild rumors circulated around the castle, and many changes occurred. Dementers roamed closer to the castle walls as shadows loomed over the prospect of the first quidditch match.

    Along with the fact that Harry Potter had somehow found himself back into the Gryffindor Quidditch team, accompanied by the outrage of the other three houses, every house began re-trialing for their own quidditch team, this time including the first years. Rigel had stayed away from the action, though he had noticed that Tracy had been denied the opportunity to trial because of her blood status.

    The Weasley twins had maintained their promise, and not a peep regarding his involvement came out in the rumors. There was some speculation that he must have helped Sirius Black sneak into the castle, but nothing more than that; all in all, after a quiet week, the last thing he expected was to be summoned over by the Headmaster himself.

    ''I made sure that there were no paintings other than the Fat Lady who noticed me arriving and leaving the Gryffindor Tower, so there should be no way for him to track me down. I made sure to take the antidote to the Polyjuice potion before taking the box back with me, and I didn''t even take the box back to the Slytherin common room but to the Room of Hidden Things... There should be no way for him to be able to connect the incident with me.'' Rigel thought.

    "Mystical... that''s the word that comes to my mind," Rigel admitted. He noticed Dumbledore smile slightly as he looked into the old man''s eyes. He wasn''t worried that the old man would try to read his mind because Snape had already tried and failed. He could move the conversation along and focus on why he was here, but seeing Fawkes made him change his mind.

    "How did you two meet... if you don''t mind me asking?" Rigel questioned. He stared at the Phoenix again and noticed that the bird was indeed paying attention to the conversation.

    "Hoh... now that was so long time ago, wasn''t it Fawkes..." Dumbledore hummed as if he was lost in his memories, "...it was safe to say it was Fawkes who found me decades ago when I needed some help and has stuck around since."

    It was a simple way to deny his interest in the clearly mystical creature, and Rigel nodded; he didn''t want to question in this direction, not for now anyway. He turned and looked at the old man before him and asked, "You summoned me for something, Headmaster?"

    The old wizard nodded as his face took on a serious tone. He stared into Rigel''s eyes momentarily and then asked, "How much do you know about the Chamber of Secrets?"

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    AN: The Chamber of Secrets and Sirius''s exoneration would mingle on for the entire school year. The story would pick up pace slightly from now on! Plus, a character will return briefly for a smut scene in the upcoming chapters!

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