Hogwarts Headmaster's office
Dumbledore sat behind his broad desk, his expression unusually grave as his long fingers tapped lightly on its surface.
Across from him stood all four Heads of House and several other important Hogwarts professors. Sirius and Remus had also been summoned.
In such company, Harry and Tris looked small and pitiful.
In the center of the group, the Pensieve slowly played out a scene. It showed someone's first-person perspective as he crawled out of an enormous egg, inspected his body, then burst into crazed laughter.
Two other people stood beside him.
One was short, plump, and balding, bowing and scraping with a face full of flattery. The other was lean and handsome, but his face was twisted with madness.
Tris knew them both. The first was Wormtail, Peter Pettigrew, and the other was Barty Crouch Jr., whom he had seen at the Quidditch World Cup campsite.
This was the dream Harry had had after fainting at the ball-or rather, the first-person view through Voldemort's eyes that he had "seen" after losing consciousness.
"Professor, how could this happen?" Harry asked, bewildered and uneasy. "Before, I already seemed to have some sort of connection to Voldemort, and now... this wasn't a dream, was it?"
"No, it wasn't a dream." Dumbledore nodded, his gaze sweeping over everyone. "Although we don't yet know how he did it, the outcome is clear. Voldemort... has returned to life."
"Should we inform the Ministry of Magic?" Moody asked.
"Yes." Dumbledore nodded, but after a moment's hesitation, he shook his head. "However, I suspect Fudge may not believe it."
"Why?" Sirius asked in confusion. "Doesn't Fudge always listen to you, Professor?"
"Fudge is the Minister for Magic, after all. Why would he do as I say? Even before, he merely asked me for advice." Dumbledore