Dumbledore is Ron

[Jonathan Pessin]

No: HPFGUIDX 53302

Brinforest wrote about Dumbledore's possible death:

Now, PLEASE, nobody get too excited and think this is the "everything"
he will tell in OotP. Please. It's too early.

(with heavy snipping before and after)

I reply:

I'm not certain I go for this idea; it's my whole TBAY-agnostic thing
going, I guess.  However, having THIS be the "everything" Dumbledore
tells Harry in book five makes for a pretty good scene.  Here's my
version (with the first sentance or 2 provided by JKR

       Dumbledore lowered his hands and surveyed Harry through his
half-moon glasses.  
"It is time," he said, "for me to tell you what I should have told you
five years ago, Harry. Please sit down. I am going to tell you
everything."
       Harry sat down, half-excited and half-bewildered.  What was
Dumbledore going to tell him?  Why he trusted Snape?  Why Voldemort
wanted to kill him?  How...
       "I am not truly Albus Dumbledore"
       Harry's mouth hung open, and he seemed to have lost control of
his right hand, which was flopping around like a fish out of water.  He
was shocked.  Finally, he managed to get some words out.
       "Not Albus Dumbledore??  Then what ... who ... how?"
       "I was not truly born 150 years ago.  In truth, it was only
about 15 years ago, now.  I traveled 130 years back in time a few years
from now in order to keep an eye on you.  I must admit, it has been
somewhat of a full-time job for the last five years."  His eyes held the
old, familiar twinkle.
       Harry was silent, trying to take all this in.  Suddenly, a
thought occurred to him.
       "Wait a second, Professor!  If you were born 15 years ago, that
means that *you're going to school here right now!!*"  
       Looking pleased, Dumbledore leaned back in his chair.  
       "Very good, Harry.  Yes, at the moment my younger self is
attending classes at Hogwarts.  As a matter of fact, you are well
acquainted with him."
       Harry's thoughts were a blur, trying to figure out who
Dumbledore might be.  A thought struck him with the force of a rogue
bludger.
       "Professor Dumbledore, you aren't... you can't be... 
RON?!?!" 

Makes for an interesting conversation, don't it?

Hobbit-guy, who just realized how odd it was that Harry calls Hermione
a witch in CoS, and it's considered a compliment...