Chapter 265: The details

Chapter 265: The details

Nick kept his condition from his friends since he didn't want them to worry for no reason. The entire school was in uproar the next day however since aurors had come to the school the previous night and arrested Lockhart. Despite the daily prophets headline being about Nick and the interview he had very few people in the school cared , but not all. "Look Nick you're on the front page!" Ron pointed at the picture of Nick with Dumbledore , Fudge and Skeeter that was clearly taken when none of them were paying attention.-

Judging from how Collin Creevey was beaming at the photo it was pretty clear where it came from. "It was merely the first of many times!" Nick joked with a grin earning smiles from those around despite the many rolled eyes. "Reckon they'll put the arrest on the front page tomorrow. It's what I'd do after all." Ron said offhandedly and everyone in the know cringed at his insensitivity. Nick shook his head at that though "I'm not some fragile snowflake that can't take a reminder even if it wasn't intended. Ron is right though about it being the headline for tomorrow , it's just far too rich to miss out on for the prophet." he said with a smile.-

"It's not that simple this time I'm afraid , last time both of them dueled they were roughly equal in terms of both health and power. This time however Grindelwald has made himself younger while Dumbledore is still an old man. The only real advantage Dumbledore has now is that he has had all this time to improve his power and skill even further from that time while Grindelwald has stagnated to a degree in the last fifty years. It's tough to say who would win if they truly fought again." Nick said seriously and everyone who heard him looked horrified.-

He didn't mention that Dumbledore also had the elder wand as well since that wasn't the sort of information you hand out carelessly. Most didn't even know the deathly hallows were real much less that two of them were in this school at the exact same moment. Nick hadn't thought all that much about the hallows to be honest since they clearly operated on a set of rules that he didn't quite understand. Stressing himself to try and figure out those rules was simply not worth the effort on his part. Sure the things were powerful but he was pretty sure they were also cursed with misfortune.-

Every previous wielder of the wand had met an ill fate without exception and each person who used the stone knowingly tended to go insane. The only real exception to this was the cloak but Nick had a sneaking suspicious that that was only because it had been passed down in the Peverell bloodline all this time and had no reason to curse it's users. This also explained why Harry lived a full and good life after Voldemort's defeat despite having possessed all three before. As the last living descendant of the Peverell bloodline Harry was immune to the curse on the hallows. The origin of this chapter's debut can be traced to N0v3l--B1n.