(Author's note: Everyone knows the conceptual prototype for Allen breaking the Statute of Secrecy comes from the first Dark Lord, Grindelwald, but judging from the comments on the education reform, it seems no readers have noticed yet that it actually comes from the ideals of the second Dark Lord, Voldemort, when he was young... Though Voldemort was different from Allen, who genuinely wants to spread knowledge and bring about a renaissance in the wizarding world—Voldemort had other motives—Allen's inspiration for this idea of educational reform did indeed come from You-Know-Who's obsession with teaching in the original work. In a sense, the protagonist I'm writing is meant to accomplish some of the goals the previous two Dark Lords failed to achieve, using ideas that already existed in the original world to see what kind of world this direction would create.)
"Harry, I know what you're thinking. This next memory..." A rare trace of confusion appeared in Dumbledore's eyes. "This is actually the reason I told you before for why I hold my current position."
Harry clenched his fists and wanted to say something, but Dumbledore raised a hand to stop him. Dumbledore poured the final bottle of memory into the Pensieve. "Let's talk after we've watched this last memory. This is my memory."
Harry stepped into the Pensieve once more and landed in the office they had just left. Only, the Dumbledore in the memory seemed to be waiting for something, and he looked much younger. Both his hands were intact as well, which made him appear handsome and full of vitality, unlike the present Dumbledore, who seemed weighed down by age.
The weather outside the window, however, was the opposite. In the memory, pale blue snowflakes drifted past the window in the darkness and piled up on the sill outside—then