He knew if the boy were to move back into the dorm, his children would have to work harder because his naturally retiring personality would have the children questioning everything his children told them. They might even question the boy about the things his children told them. So Harry needed to stay separated from the general population where his children could reenforce the idea that he was a spoilt and pampered brat. Or just too dangerous for the good children to be around all the time.
Of course, because he was deep into the problem of how to regain control over Harry's vaults and finances, Albus had no idea Harry wasn't nearly as unpopular with the children as he had been before. For the first time since he'd allowed the boy to come to Hogwarts, the students were truly on his side.
Nor did he realize his three chosen patsies were actually the ones being ostracized by their peers. Or just exactly what the marks on their faces actually were. He still had the mistaken idea they did it to themselves in some misguided attempt to start a new fashion trend amongst their peer group. All popular teens tried it sooner or later and the trends were short lived if they ever got off the ground at all. The only successful trends were created unknowingly by people who honestly didn't care if others followed their lead or not.
Nor did he realize the triad were attempting to see him but being blocked at every turn by his staff. Even Minerva was blocking their efforts to go complaining to him about their disfigurement. But she was getting fed up with the Triad because they weren't listening to her and were still trying to openly lie to her. Not just about past events but also their current difficulties as well. Harry was still their go-to person to blame for every misfortune in their lives. It was both frustrating and infuriating.
Dumbledore had no idea it wasn't Harry the children saw as the child too dangerous to be around. That was Ginerva, Hermione and Ronald. Ginerva, mainly. Because she actually had gotten a child killed already. Even first through third years knew of the child she had gotten killed because they were introduced to him by their older classmates. Colin Creevey had returned to Hogwarts as a ghost. Like Myrtle, he hung out around the second floor girls necessary where he had been killed. And since he was of an age to Myrtle, he'd struck up a friendship with her. But he could often be found trailing along behind either Harry or his younger brother in the halls as well. He still liked to follow Harry around and still worshiped the ground Harry walked on. So he was easy to find when older students wanted to introduce a younger year to him. But neither Ron nor Hermione were trusted by the students either. Word of mouth had made certain every child knew how very many times the two seemed to have tried and failed to kill Harry or at least led him to a place where he would get killed. Every single student was doing their level best to let the Triad know they didn't agree or approve of their past behaviors.
Harry wasn't actually socializing with anyone, though. He was fed up with the hot and cold attitude of the wizarding world and didn't really care that now it was ok for people to be seen talking to him again. In his experience, they'd only turn on him as soon as the slightest whisper of wrongdoing was attached to his name and person. While he would return greetings and he did speak when he was spoken to, he deliberately didn't seek out anyone for any reason. It was too dangerous for him to do any such thing. He did know he had other enemies than just the Trio of Misfortune, as he thought of his former friends now. The last four years had shown him very clearly anyone he could be said to care for was at great risk and he didn't want to be responsible for anyone else getting hurt or killed. Not even the Trio of Misfortune deserved that fate.
Though he could easily see them leading the charge to hurt anyone else they thought he might be close to or care about. Especially now when they so clearly wanted revenge for what he'd done to them. After all, personal injury of others meant little to them so long as they achieved their private goals. And right now he had no doubts whatsoever as to what they wanted most in the world. He was well aware they still hadn't realized the extent of their own bad acts against him. They still truly believed He had done wrong to them. In their eyes, they hadn't done anything all that bad. Yes they'd taken his money without asking him first. But he had so much of it, what did it matter if they helped themselves to some of it? And besides, they needed it for Dumbledore's schemes. Because Hermione told them Dumbledore said what they were doing was ok and Ron and Ginny listened to and believed her while she listened to and believed the old man. Therefore, what they'd done to him had been ok while what he did to them wasn't.
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