CONTROL(Harry Potter x MCU)

101. Alas I Have Learned the Horrors of the Past

(A/N: If you don't normally listen to the playlist above the chapters when you read, I suggest you specifically listen to this one with headphones as it sets the mood better)

"You wanted to see me sir?" I asked entering Dumbledore's office and he nodded gesturing to the chair across from his desk so I sat down. The uneasiness I felt in the corridor had multiplied tenfold as I studied the man in front of me.

"Yes, yes. There are somethings I want to discuss with you." He said studying me just as I was studying him. He looked ill, weak, maybe even a bit uncertain. I really couldn't be sure in the poorly lit office.

"Of course, though I must admit I was shocked you called me here. I don't think we've ever spoken one on one before. Is something wrong?" I asked looking around, this office seemed to have a lot more life to it back in my first year. That feels like a life time ago if I'm being honest with myself. Then everything seemed like a journey of endless possibilities and experiences waiting to happen, but now...everything is dark, grey, and definite. Like one wrong move could change the course of the future good or bad. But mostly bad.

"It was intentional, I'm afraid. But alas that isn't why I've asked you here tonight. I've brought you here to speak of more pressing matters." He admitted but there was an odd shakiness to his voice that I didn't quite understands. He was afraid, what he was afraid of I couldn't be sure. It's not like I would ever do anything to harm him, so I know he's not afraid of me.

"And those are?" I asked confused as I continued to study him. His posture read of someone who was physically drained, but his eyes showed someone who knew all the secrets. I'd never been able to read him so well, it was almost unnerving. 

"At the end of all this, this...situation regarding He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, a grand battle will take place. One I feel, you and your friends with have a dire part in. Essentially I've asked you here because I would like to know where you stand." He explained simply an I looked at him, taken aback by his words. Maybe he really was afraid of me.

"Excuse me?!" I asked almost offended. He can not be serious! I refuse to believe he called me here to ask something as ridiculous an insensitive as that.

"Surely it can't come as a shock to you Miss Romanoff. The end of times is fast approaching, everyone will need to be sure-"

"Have I not proved myself enough? Have I not fought on the side of Hogwarts since I came here? Do my actions not show where my loyalty is?! What more do you people want from me?! How much more do I need to sacrifice, before people see me?" I exclaimed and he looked at me unfazed, like no matter what I said his mind was already made up. Like he knew exactly what was about to happen and he was ready for it.

"It's less about loyalty and more about how far you will yourself to blend for survi-"

"Blend? Are you- you can not seriously think I'm a spy against my family. Against the people I love." I scoffed angrily, I stood up so fast that my chair flew back behind me. Who was he, a man who has gone out of his way to ignore me for years, to say that I would do something as awful as this. He doesn't even know me, he's never even tried.

"Even the most loyal turn in the end. You have never trusted me, not even as an infant and perhaps you were right not to. I've never known you to be wrong, it's a gift you have. One you were born with. One I always suspected, might get the pair of us into a bit of trouble of our own one day." He continued an I looked at him confused.

"What exactly is it your trying to say to me? Because if this is some sort of ruse to get me to confess to something, I'll tell you right now. It won't work because I have nothing to confess." I said glaring at him angrily but he shook his head raising his arms in surrender.