"Yes, at first I believed he would rely purely on brute force and speed, but then I saw him throw Malfoy and I had no doubt that he was trained, when he was dealing with Goyle who was much taller than him, he struck him in the legs to lower him enough for himself to strike him in the face. Crabbe had also pushed him against the wall and Mr Potter poked him in the eye to help escape his grip, he doesn't appear to mind fighting dirty"
"Hmm, plus there was that confrontation in the hall" Dumbledore added
"The boy was definitely quick" Snape commented "his punches were as quick as spells and it's further proof that he has been trained, he also stopped immediately when instructed to by Lord Flight. This leads me to believe that Flight is possibly the one responsible for teaching him"
"Yes" Dumbledore agreed "that does seem likely, the question is why Mr Potter knows the Flights"
"Yes, but that is not the only thing about the boy that might interest you" Snape said, hating the fact that he sounded like a gossiping woman right now
"What else should I know?" Dumbledore prompted
"I believe that Mr Potter knows legilimency and occlumency"
"At such a young age?" Dumbledore asked "he should not be able to perform legilimency at his age, but his occlumency barriers are clearly not sufficient enough to keep you out"
"Actually Albus" Snape drawled "he is"
"Severus" Dumbledore frowned "mere moments ago you were claiming to have read his mind"
"Yes, I did read his mind" Snape said "when I viewed the conversation he felt something was off, so I left his mind as quick as possible. Then I felt someone trying to probe my mind, as Mr Potter was the only one present in the room it had to be him. I blocked his probe and when he tried to leave I sent one more to see what he was thinking, but the second time he blocked me"
"Hmm, it sounds like Mr Potter let you see that memory by lowering his shields" Dumbledore theorised "but that doesn't make too much sense, shields can be lowered in an instant but bringing them back up can take time."
"Yes, shields of his level would take a minimum of ten minutes to bring back up to half strength. Albus, his shields were just as good as mine"
"That is worrying" Dumbledore steepled his hands together "Mr Potter is a mystery"
"Yes, a mystery" Snape agreed "but he is much more better than the other Potter brat"
"Severus" Dumbledore warned
"Albus" Severus continued "if we must place all our hopes on a Potter brat then why not at least chose the more competent one? The boy is consistent in class, he is smart and he could be great with the right training while your golden brat does nothing but cause trouble"
"Severus, I have my reasons" Dumbledore said with finality in his voice, Severus sighed, he knew better than to argue with Dumbledore about the youngest Potter. It was like arguing with a wall, albeit a slightly more annoying one.
"What of this mystery man?" Snape changed the topic "The one who attacked Quirrell?" Snape had doubts about Quirrell, doubts he repeatedly told Dumbledore who shot him down each time.
"Ah, there has been new news" Dumbledore said as he popped another lemon drop into his mouth "some of our 'old friends' have been kind enough to dig up some information about him"
"And?" Snape prompted
"He is too old to be a Hogwarts student, assuming it is the same person. The order have discovered what we would call a vigilante, during the last war he took out many death eaters on his own. Those he fought were mostly injured and left for the ministry but he has taken a few lives as well. However, he also has a history with muggles."
"Muggles?" Snape asked curiously
"Yes, there have been many reports of a yellow eyed man in many muggle cases" Dumbledore took another lemon drop "this yellow eyed man has stopped muggings, crimes and various other things. The interesting thing is that these reports are at least forty years old"
"So, the person is likely to be a muggleborn" Snape deduced "and if we assume he started his, 'activities' at the age if twenty then he is likely to be sixty plus in age."
"Which leads to the next three questions, what was he doing in Hogwarts, why did he try to attack Quirrell and is it the same person?" Before Snape could answer a knock was heard.
"Enter" Dumbledore said, Harry Potter walked in alongside Professor McGonagall "ah, take a seat Mr Potter"
"Sir" Harry nodded and took his seat, Dumbledore sat in his chair with Snape standing on his right and McGonagall standing on his left.
"Mr Potter, do you know why we called you up here?" Dumbledore asked
"I'm going to hazard a guess and assume it's because of the over enthusiastic greeting between me and the Flight family"
"Over enthusiastic?!" McGonagall repeated with disbelief etched into her face "You two fought in the middle of the great hall like a pair of hoodlums and you went as far as to knock the other boy's teeth out and cause him to bleed! And you called that over enthusiastic?!"
"Yes" Harry spoke slowly "I believe I did"
"Mr Potter" Dumbledore spoke before McGonagall could say anything "what was the reason behind your fight with the boy?"
"It's just our thing" Harry shrugged "we've been fighting since we could throw punches, rather lucky he doesn't go Hogwarts or we'd have a whole lot more violence"
"The boy is a squib, correct?" Snape asked
"Yes sir, he is" Harry answered "I hope that's not a problem" Harry added with a hint of warning
"Mr Potter" McGonagall spoke "the problem is you attacked another boy"
"No" Harry shook his head "I did not attack him, we both engaged in combat at the same time. I don't know why to be honest, he hasn't beaten me in years but he keeps coming back for more. Got to admire his dedication, but I digress, I apologise and I assure you that I will not fight him again, especially seeing as he left."
Dumbledore took that moment to try and look into Harry's eyes and he was defiantly surprised when Snape was right, Harry did have good occlumency shields. Dumbledore quickly pulled out and hoped that Harry had not noticed him.
"Mr Potter" Dumbledore spoke "I apologise but actions like that cannot go unpunished, twenty points from Slytherin and you are to serve a week's detention with Professor Snape."
"You are dismissed Mr Potter" Snape said
"Thank you sir" Harry stood up "I had best be going, I'm no mind reader" Harry glanced at Dumbledore who shifted slightly as he understood the message "but I can imagine that people will want to talk to me about what happened, goodbye" Harry turned and left.
"That boy" McGonagall huffed "I can't figure him out"
"You're not the only one Minerva" Dumbledore said "you're not the only one"
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