Bits and Pieces of Harry Potter

Title: For the Greater Good

Fandom: Harry Potter

Pairing/Characters: Dumbledore fic

Prompt: for the greater good

Drabble #: 192

Date: October 3, 2012

Word count: 289

Next pairing: Naruto, Neji

AN: Oh, and I continue.

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Running a hand over his beard, staring at the fire place before him, Dumbledore thought back over what he had done over the years. All of his missteps and mistakes that he had done over the years, making him wonder just why he had done them in the first place.

He supposed that young Harry was right and he had done it because he thought he knew best, having been through so much already. Sighing softly, he rubbed at his face and frowned into his beard as the fire snapped and crackled before him.

Dumbledore could admit that he had messed up sending Harry to the Dursleys, never listening to first his dear Minerva and then later Harry himself about how awful they were. He hadn’t wanted to listen, believing that they loved the young boy, would protect him for as long as he needed it.

But he had been wrong. The moment Harry had turned 17, he had left the house without any protesting from the Dursleys. In fact, the family had flat out celebrated having him gone. That celebration had been cut short when they had been attacked, saved luckily from Voldemort by Harry himself with several people who supported him.

Then, after that, Harry had left after taking his OWLs after his forced year at Hogwarts, testifying against the Ministry much to his disgust. Now, he was just Dumbledore, headmaster of a Hogwarts that he barely knew. The school was adding teachers and classes, others being retired after so long and yet others changing the classes they taught.

Sighing, he wondered if everything he had done for the greater good had been a lie to not only himself but to everyone who had believed in him.