The Survivor

The Man with Two Faces - Part Two

'Harry!' Hermione looked ready to fling her arms around him again, but Harry was glad she held herself in as his head was still very sore. He didn't notice his sister giving Hermione a look and slightly pointing her wand at her. 'Oh, Harry, we were sure you were going to – Dumbledore was so worried –'

"Boohoo. He couldn't be bothered to protect you in the first place, but now he's worried." Muttered Neville.

'The whole school's talking about it,' said Ron. 'What really happened?'

It was one of those rare occasions when the true story is even more strange and exciting than the wild rumours. Harry told them everything: Quirrell; the Mirror; the Stone and Voldemort. Ron and Hermione were a very good audience; they gasped in all the right places and, when Harry told them what was under Quirrell's turban, Hermione screamed out loud.

"Did you remember what your sister did?" Asked Ron as he now realised that Harry omitted to mention that Violet killed Quirrell.

"I didn't until it was mentioned in the books. The pain from my scar made my vision very blurry and I could barely understand what was happening around me." He explained as everyone stared at him expectingly.

'So the Stone's gone?' said Ron finally. 'Flamel's just going to die?'

'That's what I said, but Dumbledore thinks that – what was it? – "to the well- organised mind, death is but the next great adventure".'

"Many cultures agree with that. Some celebrated the death of a loved one since they believed they just went for their next adventure of life." Said Luna.

'I always said he was off his rocker,' said Ron, looking quite impressed at how mad his hero was.

'So what happened to you two?' said Harry.

'Well, I got back all right,' said Hermione. 'I brought Ron round – that took a while – and we were dashing up to the owlery to contact Dumbledore when we met him in the Entrance Hall. He already knew – he just said, "Harry's gone after him, hasn't he?" and hurtled off to the third floor.'

"Really?" Asked Amelia while massaging her neck.

'D'you think he meant you to do it?' said Ron. 'Sending you your father's Cloak and everything?'

"I've never loved you more in my life, Ronald." Teased Ginny.

"And here I thought your head wasn't as empty, Weasel." Said Adrian.

"Nah, he is smart when he wants to be." Shook his head George.

'Well,' Hermione exploded, 'if he did – I mean to say – that's terrible – you could have been killed.'

'No, it isn't,' said Harry thoughtfully. 'He's a funny man, Dumbledore. I think he sort of wanted to give me a chance. I think he knows more or less everything that goes on here, you know. I reckon he had a pretty good idea we were going to try, and instead of stopping us, he just taught us enough to help. I don't think it was an accident he let me find out how the Mirror worked. It's almost like he thought I had the right to face Voldemort if I could ...'

"I can't even begin to point out on how many different levels of messed up this is." Sighed Bill.

"Can't you make students go to therapy? These two – five – seven – all of the them need it." Said Fleur.

It was mandatory in France for all students to attend a monthly meeting with a licensed therapist and based on the case the meetings could be more frequent. They valued mental health as much as physical health.