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Dumbledore sat on the curb of the Hogwarts Express station, his legs and beard dangling sadly over the tracks. A small box was beside him.
He fiddled with the clasp of his robe, muttering angrily to himself and calling down centuries of bad luck for Dobby and Hagrid.
Minerva hadn't been able to face him after his exposé chased him out of the school.
"Albus... how could you?" She'd said forlornly.
Albus had merely growled at her, turned, and romped off, his beard sailing behind him and the train of his wrinkled, grass-stained robes dragging behind him.
It would be a matter of minutes before the Hogwarts Express would take him back to Platform 9 3/4, where Dumbledore had already decided he would immediately gallop into a the nearest forest and live out the rest of his prolonged life in a hermit-like state.
"Sir..." came a squeaky voice from behind him.
Internally, Dumbledore sighed in longing. Externally, he grimaced and stared down at the tracks, not answering the little elf.
"Sir..." Dobby stated again, sounding unsteady.
Dumbledore turned slowly, frowning angrily until he noticed the state of the elf.
Swaying on his socked feet, covered in patches of mud, his ears drooping, Dobby's hands were splayed across his convulsing stomach.
Dumbledore's eyes widened in surprise, and he barked out a laugh.
"You think I would help you? After all that?" Dumbledore said quietly, rage simmering in him. He stalked closer to the little house-elf.
"You exposed me to the world," Dumbledore said, shuffling forward on his hands and knees.
"You cost me my job, my reputation," Dumbledore simmered.
Dobby could only sway in fear in his weakened state.
"My colleagues think of me lowly now," Dumbledore growled. He crouched beside the small elf and paused.
"I will help you," Dumbledore whispered. "Dumbledore is free of the social restrictions that previously held him to his bipedalism. Because of you."
Dobby's eyes widened in surprise.
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Dumbledore's One Love
FanfictionDumbledore has a secret, and it's one he's been carrying a long time. Might a new lover expose the truth?
