He however, hated the idea of family, he was beyond cruel to anyone who suggested it. Then one day he disappeared. He had set the wheels in motion, he had influenced the right people and just like that he left. When he returned, he was barely human. That was when I met him... He had come to Hogwarts to apply for the role of the Professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts. I had seen him come home several times, so I decided to greet him, he was as charming as ever but I couldn’t seem to take my eyes off his face. He had already become ghostly pale, his eyes were red and while we all have dark magic in our homes, his presence radiated something much more vile...  Dumbledore had just become the headmaster of Hogwarts and he refused to let him teach. After that he left and after that I would only see very little of him when he visited my father.