Dumbledore talked with Will a while longer. He made his intentions clear: before the battle at the Department of Mysteries, he would find a way to remove the other candidates for the Time-Turner. When the time came, Will only had to play along with Voldemort.
Dumbledore would search for the Horcruxes and destroy them, ensuring that Voldemort was dealt with once and for all.
Will looked at Dumbledore [White Wizard Manifestation] and could not help thinking of the most unusual Horcrux of all—Harry.
The future was getting more interesting by the day... He needed to hurry. Before all this was over, he had to become strong enough to protect himself.
For now, he would raise his Transfiguration another level. Will had never forgotten his earlier idea: brewing a complete potion using materials created through Transfiguration.
"Sophie, why did you bring me here?"
Sophie Robert of Beauxbatons had dragged Harry to the edge of the Black Lake. Ever since they had gone to the Christmas dance together, the two had grown steadily closer.
They ate together now and then, went on dates, and discussed magic—though most of the time, Harry could only keep up with sixth-year Sophie because Strange helped him through his glasses.
"Keep your voice down." Sophie put a finger to her lips, then pointed. "See that?"
Harry looked where she was pointing and saw several bare-chested young men repeatedly diving into the water despite January's bitter wind. They were, of course, the Durmstrang Champions, Krum and the Petrov brothers.
"Uh, what about them?" Harry scratched his head.
"You—" Sophie looked thoroughly exasperated by how slow Harry was. "Fine, I'll tell you straight. The Second Task takes place underwater! You need to train!"
"Well, actually..." Harry opened his mouth.
"Actually what?"
"Actually, thank you so much, Sophie. Let's