Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or Narnia, though I wouldn't mind having wardrobe that could take me places.
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Harry and Hermione are cuddled up on the couch in front of the fire, Harry is reading The Chronicles of Narnia; The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe over Hermione's shoulder. Harry frowns slightly, "Hermione, I think C.S. Lewis may have been a wizard, maybe even a Gryffindor" he comments, Hermione thinks for a moment before agreeing, "lets check with Professor McGonagall," she suggests.
The pair gets up and begins searching for their head of house leaving the book behind on the couch. Ron enters the common room looking for his two best friends but spots the book on the couch, in a rare moment, he actually begins reading a book instead of just getting Hermione to summarize it for him.
"Professor!" calls out Hermione getting the Old Scottish woman's attention, "Professor, do you know if a C. ever attended Hogwarts?" ask Harry. "Come to my office and we can check old school records," says the professor leading them to her office. After some checking, the teens are shocked to discover that C.S. Lewis did in fact attend Hogwarts and that he had been the prefect for Gryffindor house. "If I may ask, what caused you two to want to find out about this C.S. Lewis fellow?" asks their professor, "simple professor, we noticed several references to Hogwarts in his books." Explains Hermione, Professor McGonagall seems surprised so the two teens explain that C.S. Lewis is a famous author in the muggle world and then point out the references to Hogwarts in his novels.
"Firstly, the wardrobe that transports you to the magical world of Narnia is a reference to the vanishing cabinets that transport you between the two. Next, the symbol of Narnia is a gold lion on a field of red, Finally at the end of the novel, the four characters are crowned kings and queens of the new kingdom, two kings and two queens, a reference to the four founders of Hogwarts" explains Hermione, Harry nodding along as his bush-haired best friend points out her evidence. The transfiguration teacher is shocked, but resolves to look into getting her own copies of The Chronicles of Narnia, all of a sudden Filch burst in to the office dragging Ron behind him. "Sorry for barging in professor, but I found this one going through every broom closet, cabinet and wardrobe around the school, looking for some magical world he reckoned," says the grouchy squib.
"Hey, Harry, Hermione, lets see if we can find Narnia, Harry can take out the dark witch and then, the three of us and Ginny can be kings and queens and have royal feasts every night,: says Ron excitedly. "Ron" says Hermione, Ron perks up hoping from praise from his crush only to have his hope crushed when she continues, "You're an idiot," she says, "why do I have to always deal with the bad guys and you still take some credit?" asks Harry clearly annoyed. Ron shrugs "cause that's just how it goes, the hero defeats the bad guys while the side kick gets the girl" says Ron, Hermione's eyebrows rise as she moves closer to Harry. "Ronald Weasley, since you are so interested in wardrobes and broom closets, you can help Mr Filch clean them all this evening" says the professor. Ron's jaw drops as he begins to argue. Harry and Hermione take the opportunity to sneak out hand in hand, as they decide to explore some broom closets them selves, only planning to explore each other rather than exploring magical worlds.
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Hello my loyal readers, you have to admit, there is some similarities between Narnia and Hogwarts, wouldn't be surprised if Narnia hadn't influenced Rowling at least in a small way.
Your Lovable Tiger
