Chapter 4

"Transfiguration is very dangerous," McGonagall lectured, beginning her very long lecture on Transfiguration. Finally, she said, "Try to change your match into a needle."

As soon as his needle was in front of him, Eridanus began to study the aspects of the match, comparing it to his mental image of a needle. The match was a bit rough and thinner than the needle. Only the color and texture really needed to change. Pulling his wand out, Eridanus tapped it against the match, concentrating on a needle.

"Well done, Mr. Ara. Five points to Ravenclaw."

At Charms, they were instructed to levitate a feather. Once again, Eri managed to do it and earned five more points. After charms, they walked to the Great Hall.

One month

"It's Hallow's Eve!" celebrated Terry Boot as he danced around the dorm room. "No class! Let's go to the feast!" All the boys except for Eridanus rose. "Eridanus? Why aren't you coming?"

"I'd rather not," he whispered in a soft voice. Looking away, his eyes fell on a parchment. "I lost more than one person on Hallow's Eve."

The four shrugged and left for the feast. Almost immediately, Eridanus sighed in relief. He took a fresh apple from his pile on his nightstand. Quickly, he swept a cloak around him for warmth and hurried outside. Once he was sure that he was out of sight, he allowed himself to revert back to his old form, a young boy with raven black hair like Rowena, and emerald green eyes like Salazar. To be honest, he had looked akin to both Founders either in his old form and new form. Unlike his twin, who had hazel eyes and red hair. Slowly, he knelt on the ground and dug a six inch deep hole. He buried the apple in the hole, filling it up, and drew a circle around the hole with his wand.

"Be blessed." He sent a golden array of sparks at the center of the circle. "Be holy." He sent a white array of sparks. "Be happy." Green. "Joyful." Sky blue. "And Loved, Treated as Royalty, my Ancestors," he finished, adding the last red and purple sparks. The sparks blended together, forming a heart streaked with the colors of the rainbow. The heart floated for a few moments before bursting into different colors, sending all the remains into a perfect circle around the hole. "It is done." Eridanus bowed his head for a minute before rising from his kneeling position and reverting back to his [considered] true form (Normal/Silver hair, blue eyes). "I love you mum," he whispered. Quickly, he hurried back to the Ravenclaw Tower, arriving in less than a few minutes. Suddenly, there was a loud BOOM! that made him shiver. "Raven's Slippery Tongue!" he cursed.

A troll lumbered through the tower opening, and he paled. Instantly, he raised his hands and shot off the first curse he could think of, "Flumen venit (The river comes)!" he screamed, shooting a river of ice water at the confused troll. In an instant, the troll was frozen from his feet to his neck. Then, the teachers burst in. "Oh no."

"What happened here?" demanded Dumbly-dork.

"The troll happened," Eridanus replied, internally rolling his eyes. Were they blind?! "It came in here."

"What spell…?" asked Flitwick, bouncing on the balls of his feet in excitement.

"Aguamenti," he lied. "I found it in a book."

"Please take off the spell, Mr. Ara," Dumbly-dork practically demanded. With a flick of his wrist, Eridanus freed the enraged troll, who gladly wrecked havoc in the room, mostly Dumbledore, while Eri stood there, a slightly amused expression on his normally stoic face. "STUPEFY!" Dumbly-dork shouted, sending a huge wave of red at the troll, who immediately fell, unconscious.

"That's your own fault," Eridanus whispered, smirking.

Time Skip: One day

Eridanus stood outside the Ravenclaw common room nervously.

"Wisdom speaks through voice, I speak through actions."

"Love," he answered quickly, stepping through the hole. Almost immediately, he was bombarded with questions. "Umm…"

"Did the troll really come here?"

"Did you really fight the troll?"

"What spell did you use?"

"What happened?"

"ENOUGH!" shouted Penelope Clearwater, the girl prefect. Everyone fell silent at her words. "I'm sure Eri would tell us what happened if he was actually able to talk," she hissed.

"Well, to make it simple, I was doing my homework in the common room, a troll came in, and the teachers followed. The teachers took care of the troll and I walked out," Eridanus finished. "I'm going to bed now."

After a few weeks, the school fell back into normal routine. One change was made though: Eridanus constantly avoided the common room and frequently searched the library.

"What are you looking for?" questioned Hermione softly during lunch one day in December.

"Nothing," he answered quickly.

A week earlier

"The Runes have come...they've come to us, to me…the planets are shining…Mars is bright tonight," Eridanus murmured under his breath, pacing in the empty common room. "The Flame of Death arrives…what does this mean?" he hissed in anger. He closed his eyes and concentrated. "Great Rowena!" he yelped. "Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no…" he whispered. "Voldemort's rising…he's in Hogwarts," Eridanus whispered in disbelief. "I…I need…I need to warn N-Nicholas…I need to warn Nicholas Flamel about the…the Stone!" he whispered, his eyes widening.

After that, Eri spent hours scanning the library for information on the Stone.

Present Time

"Are you going home for Christmas?" squeaked Flitwick as he walked up to them, a clipboard in hand.

"Yes," Eri and Hermione answered simultaneously.

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