Harry Potter.....again (spoiler....again)

To continue with my Harry Potter theme I'm going to take a minute and discuss one of my most favorite characters.....Dumbledore! Why him you ask? Because he is, as all wizards should be....VERY wise. But he's more than that, he is also quirky, silly, cool, calm, kind, accepting, sophisticated, funny, witty (all the things I strive to be). I loved that character so much that I actually went into shock and found myself going through the grieving stages when JK Rowling had him killed by none other than Snape himself at the end of the 6th book. I still cry every time I read about Hagrid carrying his limp body across the grounds of Hogwarts, and the mermaids singing at his funeral.

There is a scene at the end of the last movie where Harry has given himself up to Voldemort and finds himself with Dumbledore (who is dead, too) at King's Cross Station. Harry and Dumbledore's souls are completely whole, while Voldemort is but an ugly, bloody, helpless, and almost infant-looking mass (because of the things he did). There is much to see in this scene! (and for those who have never read Harry Potter, you don't know what you are missing.....I love stories...especially ones that make you think about real life and how it relates!)

Dumbledore: "You can't help it (referring to Voldemort's bloody, helpless soul lying on the floor). Harry, you wonderful boy. You brave, brave man! Let us walk."

Harry: "Professor, what is that?"

D: "Something beyond either of our help. A part of Voldemort sent here to die."

H: "And exactly where are we?"

D: "I was going to ask you that. Where would you say that we are?"

H: "Well, it looks like King's Cross Station, but cleaner and without the trains."

D: "King's Cross Station, is that right? This is what they say 'your party.' I suspect you realize
that you and Voldemort have been connected to something other than fate since that night in Godric's Hollow all those years ago."

H: "So it's true then, sir? A part of him lives within me?"

D: "Did.....it was just destroyed moments ago by none other than Voldemort himself. You were the horcrux he never meant to make, Harry."

H: (thinks for a moment) "I've got to go back now, haven't I?"

D: "Oh, that's up to you."

H: "I have a choice?"

D: "Oh yes! We're in King's Cross you say? I think that if you so desired you'd be able to...board a train."

H: "And where would it take me?"

D: (chuckles) "ON!"
*sound of train approaching.....Harry stands up, gazing into the distance*

H: "Voldemort has the Elder Wand...."

D: (nods) "True...."

H: "And the snake is still alive...."

D: "Yes...."

H: "And I have nothing to kill it with." (exasperated look)

D: "Help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it.....(pauses)...I've always praised myself on my ability to turn a phrase. Words, in my not-so-humble opinion, are a most inexhaustible source of magic....capable of both inflicting injury and also remedying it. But I would in this case amend my original statement to this....'help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who deserve it.'" (smiles) *backing away* "Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living! And those that live without love...."

H: "Professor is this all real or is it just happening inside my head?"

D: "Of course it's happening inside your head, Harry!!! Why should that mean it is not real?"

Dumbledore walks and fades into the distance, while we find Harry back to where he was to finish his life and rid the wizarding world of the most powerful (evil) wizard.....Voldemort!