Chapter 75 – Wards and Suspicion! Part-2

    {Headmasters office, Hogwarts}

    {7th Sep 1991}

    {3rd Person POV}

    Dumbledore sat on his chair as he looked through his mail. The official correspondents while important weren''t as time-sensitive as his ongoing research into Riddle''s background and his worries about where Harry would live after the year was over. While Harry was sent away to the muggle world away from the danger of retaliation from the remaining cohort of death eaters, his coming back into the wizarding world presented Dumbledore with a new problem.

    Lily''s protection had been used up, at least the wards were now useless even if the lingering aura that protects Harry''s magic remained. That last bit of information still brought relief to the old wizard as he knew that Harry would remain relatively safe for at least 7 more years.Fo?llo?w new stories at novelhall.com

    ''7 years and the war would start again...'' Dumbledore mused, he had worked through Riddle''s background in the past 17 years. Going through his actions and any trail he left behind in the history of the Wizarding world with a fine-toothed comb, the facts that were presented in front of him were scattered like breadcrumbs.

    He was missing something he just knew, something important but no matter how hard he tried he couldn''t quite put his finger on it. His musings were disturbed by the arrival of his house elf. Dumbledore''s thoughts immediately jumped to a conclusion as a sense of alarm went through him.

    ''So soon?''

    "Blinky has something to report to Master Dumbledore," the house elf with green eyes bobbed excitedly as finally after days of loitering around that god-forsaken corridor he had found something interesting.

    "Who was it?" Dumbledore asked, even though he knew the answer before the elf even began to speak in broken English.

    In comparison Rigel had different plans, instead of trying to conquer wizarding Britain he seemed more laidback, as he thoroughly enjoyed the company of a certain witch. While the Rowle family was one of the darkest out there, according to Snape he was friends with Daphne, Tracy, and Blaize as well.

    But as bizarre as his actions may be, the fact that he was a Parselmouth had Dumbledore on edge, and the fact that a Basilisk was still alive somewhere in the castle caused Dumbledore to lose his composure.

    Plans swirled in his mind and the thought of using the Chamber of Secrets to lure Voldemort occurred in his mind for a moment. A Basilisk was one of the more exquisite creatures and for a moment he couldn''t help but think about the qualities of the venom.

    Dumbledore swiftly pulled out his wand and swirled it around, although he was quite knowledgeable about potions it was better to seek out the council of experts. The idea stuck to his mind and the more he thought about it the better it seemed.

    A moment later a dark-haired man walked through the doors, a scowl was permanently etched on his face as he spoke in a slow drawl, "Yes, Headmaster?"

    "Tell me, Severus..." Dumbledore spoke, his voice although aged, Snape detected a hint of excitement in it.

    "How strong is a Basilisk''s venom?"

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    AN - What plan is Dumbledore cooking now?

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