TBAY: Dumbledore's feelings about Voldemort

[Melody <Malady579@hotmail.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 51059

Sitting sideways in her cushy armchair positioned perfectly in the
sunlight from the window, Melody watched Grey Wolf carry off Coney to
teach her to trust her instinct and hunt with no fear.

"Fear," Melody thought out loud twisting one of her curls around her
finger.  "Funny word there.  Does Dumbledore *fear* Voldemort?"

She bounced her legs against the arm of the chair, and thought about
what all he just said.

"Gracious, Grey is back for ten minutes and he already has me turning
canons over in my head," she grumbled but was slightly pleased.  She
kicked her legs back over and squared her jaw.  Rising up, she crossed
over to the kitchen back door and left to find the wolf and her bunny
deep in the forest.  They were right at the edge when Melody caught up
with them.

"Grey," she called a few yards away.

"Yes, Mel?" he called back smiling.

"Oh wipe that smile off your face," she fussed as he came into focus.
 "You baited me back there."

"Why is it that everything you say lately has to do with baiting?" he
asked sitting down on a tree stump and curling Coney in his lap.  His
smile had not left and he seemed quite pleased with himself.

"Sorry.  Some ideas never fall from the mind.  But, how can you say
Dumbledore *fears* Voldemort?" she asked looking straight in his eyes.

He blinked a bit.  "Easy.  He does."

"Ok," she began as she paced in front of him, "I can see Dumbledore
being cautious and deeply careful with his steps.  I can see
Dumbledore wanting to create Hogwarts a safe haven from Voldemort, but
Grey, that safe haven is created because Voldemort fears Dumbledore.
If Dumbledore cannot, and will not kill him, then why would Voldemort
fear anything that Dumbledore can do to him?  In Voldemort's eyes,
there is more to fear here then.  You said yourself, Dumbledore will
not use Avada Kedavra out of nobility, so then what is it that Voldie
fears exactly?  Being tricked into being caught and kept at Azkaban?

"You said in a duel, Voldemort would win because he would use the
unblockable AK on Dumbledore.  I think that is a fair and reasonable
assumption.  Voldemort, given the chance, would kill Dumbledore.  So
then, what is stopping him?  Why does he not get up, go there, and do
it?  It is not out of respect, or even fair play obviously.  Seems, if
I was a dark wizard and I would use spells and potions that no one
else can except this one guy who will not, then I would rule the
world.  And yet, even though Voldemort has all this power, he is
scared because someone else could too?  That makes no sense Grey.

"Maybe this is a case of equals knowing what the other is truly
capable of.  Maybe Dumbledore truly does deep down fear Voldemort.  It
is just..."

Grey sat and stroked Coney.  He looked up and watched the girl count
out her thoughts.  Knowing better than to interrupt her now, he stayed
quiet.

"Remember the boggarts?" Melody paused and asked.

Grey nodded.

"Remember that Harry did not fear Voldemort the most?" Melody asked.

Grey nodded.

"Are you telling me the only character in the books that does not fear
Voldemort is Harry?" she asked.

Grey looked up blankly and said nothing.

Melody began again, "See - the way I see it.  There are precious few
people in the series to date that will actually say Voldie's name
without prompting or reserve.  Dumbledore, Harry, Sirius, and Lupin.
Interesting line of people there really.  Even Snape has not said it.
 So, what is the line that draws those four together?  They do not
fear Voldie.  That is what I always assumed at least.  Is it more,
they do not fear the name?

"Come now Grey, a name is just a name, but you yourself know how much
a person is linked of their name or you would not of adopted your own.
 The name conjures up the person in your mind, and it is that which
you are reacting too.  The wizard world fears to say Voldemort because
they do not want to face their fears.  The name brings up the image of
evil, death, and decay.  The fab four listed above do not fear to say
it because they have conquered that fear.  They are at least
confronting it and dealing with it.  Maybe at the end of the series,
every wizard should raise a glass saying 'To Voldemort, the name we
shall say.'"

Melody stopped pacing and looked at the wolf.  He looked up and back
at her and sighed.

"Come now.  You didn't expect your first day home to be that easy, did
you Grey?" the girl smiled.


Melody