Chapter 10: The Meeting II

"Order! Order!"

The man known as the Father among his peers furrowed his brows as he looked at the many faces in his broken mirror. It had been years ago when they had a meeting discussing the matters regarding Wizarding Britain and the Wizarding War there but it was time to revisit the topic again. And the debate was fierce.

"…We are in a position to get charges against Albus Dumbledore. Why are we not doing so? In two or so years, this Harry Potter would attend Hogwarts and return to the wizarding world. He is clearly malnourished and living under his aunt and uncle's staircase. I think it is time to show the world Dumbledore's treachery!" grumbled the witch with a Spanish accent.

"Hear! Hear!" shouted a chorus of wizards from their respective shards of the mirror.

"…But Dumbledore is still powerful in the British Ministry and a well-respected global figure! Nobody would believe the Chosen One is abused even if we have proof. They would likely see this as rumours and fake news generated to harm the Leader of the Light. Every few years something happens at Hogwarts and Dumbledore is always unscathed," pointed out the Japanese wizard.

"You are referring to the recent run-in some students had with some dark wizards trying to steal Hogwarts treasures?" asked another wizard.

The Japanese wizard nodded. "Yes, foolish that the students thought they were capable of taking down dark wizards on their own – only Hogwarts has such foolhardy students! For example, in the recent 1988 Wizarding Schools Potions Championship, the behaviour of Hogwart-"

"This is not the time to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of each wizarding school," the Father intervened before school pride bickering dominated this meeting, "We are here to discuss how to proceed on the matter of Harry Potter."

"Well, I agree with what my colleague has just raised," the wizard who suggested the previous plan to deal with Harry Potter spoke, "That it would be hard to change public perception of Dumbledore by just breaking the news. Especially given there are some grounds for the blood ward theory that requires Potter to stay with his next of kin. I say we wait till this Potter boy goes to Hogwarts and try to turn the boy against the old man instead. The boy comes with his own public support just for having survived the killing curse as a baby."

After what felt like hours of discussion, the members voted on the latter plan and to revisit the "Harry Potter" issue once the boy begins Hogwarts. Giving the boy any secret help right now is beyond question, as it would alert Dumbledore. In the meantime, the Council had to look into the increase of diplomatic interactions between the Chinese and Egyptian Ministries of Magic….