Breaking the Chains

"You clearly have no idea what you are doing" Sirius's voice continued "you don't inform people of your plans, you never take other opinions into account and it was because of your leadership that we nearly lost the last war and we would have done if not for the miracle child that is my godson, Harry Potter. A boy that you have tried to manipulate and control your whole life. While he is out there stopping death eaters, you decide to waste time stopping him instead of fighting Voldemort because you think he is dark and apparently anyone who doesn't work with Dumbledore is dark.

With that being said, me and the rest of the have agreed that we will no longer work for you. As of right now, the order will no longer be welcomed in my home and on behalf of the rest of the order, we quit. I now have only one thing left to say, so listen up...YOU OLD INCOMPETENT, STUPID, SENILE, STUBBORN ASS! IF YOU DARE TO STEP FOOT IN MY HOUSE AGAIN THEN I WILL HAVE YOU ARRESTED! GOOD DAY TO YOU SIR!

P.S…. Remus says hi and the exact same. He also maintains that you are…." The following curse words would never be repeated, never, ever repeated. The voice stopped talking and the letter squirted some green goo at Dumbledore's beard before it burst into flames.

Dumbledore was about to get rid of the goo when it disappeared into his beard, suddenly Dumbledore's bead started growing and growing and kept doing that. By the time that Dumbledore had managed to get out of the hall, it had quadrupled in length.

It took Dumbledore a whole day to get rid of the beard but he had done it, eventually, his beard had returned to its original length. He had called Professor McGonagall to his office, after the usual greetings the two began discussing the topic that Albus wanted to talk about.

"Minerva" He spoke "as you are aware, I have received a howler yesterday from Mr Black that has forbidden me from returning to headquarters while also stating that all the members of the order have quit."

"Yes" McGonagall took a deep breath "that happened shortly after Mr Potter had thrown you out, he had pointed out how he had beat you and the fact that many of the members follow you blindly. After that, Sirius and Remus began talking, and one by one everyone started to quit."

"This is deeply troubling" Dumbledore stroked his beard "we must think of a way to make them see sense"

"No Albus" McGonagall said sadly "it is you who must be forced to see sense"

"ME?!" Dumbledore blurted out in surprise "what could you possibly mean?" It would do him no good to lose Professor McGonagall, she was a strict but fair teacher and one of the best he's ever had. She also took up a lot of the school responsibilities which left him with enough time to plot ways to stop Voldemort and convert Harry to the light. Losing her could also badly affect Dumbledore's image.

"Yes, you!" McGonagall snapped "needless to say I have lost a great deal of respect for you! At first I saw you as a kind and caring man but over the years I have started to change my opinions"

"Minerva..."

"No, Albus" She said firmly "everyone keeps telling you the same thing but you don't listen because you are too stubborn to do so. You-know-who is back and we are at war yet you are hindering our efforts at survival to support your own beliefs and big plan! As Potter has said, on numerous occasions, he is making a big impact on the death eaters and you seem to be doing nothing but slowing him down"

"Minerva, see sense!" Dumbledore was getting very worried "surely you, of all people, cannot go around and condone mass killings"

"Albus, theses deaths will happen whether I condone them or not, but like everyone else, I'd prefer it to be death eaters rather than innocent children and families. Albus, Potter has the death eaters running scared and you could have taken advantage of that fact but you preferred to try and fail at convincing Potter to join you. You realise that all the order members are concerned with your unhealthy obsession of the boy."

"I am not obsessed"

"Not obsessed?!" McGonagall laughed "I wouldn't be surprised if your every thought rested on that boy. In your obsession you have become unprofessional, constantly gotten involved in matters that don't concern you, constantly called him to your office for non-school related matters and you have constantly tried to gather information on the boy or make him join you!"

"What are you saying?"

"I'm saying, Albus, that I have also quit the order. If you chose to fire me from my position as deputy headmistress or head of house then you had better give the board a better reason than 'she disagrees with me' or 'she refuses to stay a part of my club'. If you talk to Professors Flitwick and Sprout then they can tell you similar things. Good day to you!" McGonagall stood and left.

'Unlikely' Dumbledore thought 'everyone love me!'

Later that day, Dumbledore had a conversation with the head of Hufflepuff house, he called her to his office and after the usual greetings he began talking. While she wasn't a member, she knew all about the order.

"I'm sure you know about the order quitting" He said "I'm pretty sure you can agree with me when I say that this is ridiculous and we need to convince them to return and work with me"

"No" Sprout immediately replied "I am in total agreement with them, if you lead them the same way you lead this school then I can totally understand why."

"What do you mean? I'm a great headmaster!"

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