The two brothers arrived at the lake and they sat down on some rocks, Harry was rather curious about what was going on but decided to allow Adrian some time to speak when he was ready. Now that he was looking at his brother properly, Harry noticed his red eyes and the barely visible shaking of his hands.
"Adrian" Harry spoke after a few minutes of silence "you're worrying me a little, what's wrong?"
"I...I visited Dumbledore" Adrian said
"What?!" Harry blurted out in surprise
"Remember when we and the rest of the family went to Amelia Bones and gave our statements" Adrian said, Harry nodded "and we found out that the trial was delayed for a day or two?"
"Yeah" Harry replied "I think they want to make a big show of it. Then after that I got called away on some business" That business ended up being a raid on a muggleborns family, while Harry wasn't particularly happy about the delay it didn't really bother him as it wasn't long enough to affect any of his plans
"Yeah" Adrian nodded "then...when we was done, I...I asked if I could talk to Dumbledore. I begged actually, it took some arguing but eventually everyone let me. I...I had to talk to him"
"What happened?" Harry asked
"Well..."
Adrian walked up to the cell where Dumbledore was kept, he knew that a bunch of aurors and his family were outside, ready to spring into action on a moments notice but he didn't care. He walked right up to the cell.
"A...Adrian?" Dumbledore asked after seeing him, he stood up and looked at the boy in front of him.
"Y...yeah, it's me" Adrian nodded "how are you doing?"
"Well...I've been better, my boy, it is good to see you. How I've longed to see a familiar face, besides your brother whom seems to take great pleasure in visiting me when I least expect it."
"Oh...and what exactly does he do when he visits?" Adrian asked
"He seems to take great joy in causing me physical harm and verbally assaulting me" Dumbledore answered "Adrian, I implore you, you must convince your brother to stop. He needs my guidance if he is ever going to stop Voldemort."
"What makes you think that?" Adrian asked "he beat Voldemort in that graveyard and if it wasn't for those stupid death eaters he would've probably killed him. He also beat you as well and he's only the same age as me, give or take a few minutes"
"Adrian, we do not have time to argue"
"But we do have time to answer questions and you can answer mine, why exactly does Harry need you?"
"Adrian" Dumbledore sighed "there is a prophecy, it speaks about the one who is able to defeat Voldemort. Originally I thought it was you, then I realised that it was referring to your brother. Your brother may be powerful but he is also treading a dark path, look at him Adrian, throwing dark curses left, right and centre."
"So, you think Harry's dark?" Adrian raised an eyebrow "This coming from the man who used an unforgivable, the imperious curse, on Sirius Black and tried to kill my brother through those muggle"
"Adrian, try to understand, it was necessary"
"Necessary?" Adrian spoke with a forced calmness "I'm curious Dumbledore, that night if mine and Harry's positions were reversed, would you have put me with the Dursley's?" Adrian watched Dumbledore for several moments before realising that the older man wasn't going to answer "I'll take that as a yes. Perhaps you can answer another question, if you thought that I was the one who was supposed to defeat Voldemort then why didn't you train me? Voldemort, the most feared dark wizard of all time, and you expected me to off him without any training?"
"My boy, where has this lack of trust come from?"
"Oh, I don't know, maybe the fact you tried to kill my brother and was planning to off my parents!" Adrian said, his voice rising
"Adrian, why can't you understand?" Dumbledore spoke in a way that would have you believe that Adrian was the one in the wrong "It was all for the greater good of wizard kind and..."
"Who were you to decide that?!" Adrian interrupted "You're not god, you're not a king! Who gave you the right to decide?!"
"Adrian, I am very disappointed in you" Dumbledore said, emphasised by the disappointed look on his face "of all the members of the light, it was you I expected the most loyalty from. Such a shame that you of all people have decided to turn against me"
"T...turn against you?" Adrian whispered, before a look of pure rage came across his face "TURN AGAINST YOU?! I WORSHIPED YOU! I...I worshiped you. Right from the start, even before school, I worshiped you. I loved you, did you know that? I thought of you as family, you was my family, you was my hero. YOU WAS MY HERO! YOU WAS EVERYTHING I WANTED TO BE! ALL MY LIFE I WISHED I COULD HAVE BEEN LIKE YOU AND YOU THREW THAT AWAY! YOU TOSSED ALL THAT ASSIDE WHEN YOU DECIDED TO ACT LIKE A DARK LORD!"
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