Chapter 10 The Room of Requirement & Talking to The Headmaster
Heather and her friends have been back to school for about two weeks now and Heather is already at the top of her year in three of her favorite classes. Transfiguration, Charms, and Defence Against the Dark Arts. Hermione and their other friends were surprised but supportive. They've always known that Heather was smart but for some reason, she felt the need to hide her intelligence. They were happy that she was finally applying herself even if they don't know the reason for her sudden drive to learn everything.
Heather was making her way to the Room of Requirement to go through everything and copy them so she can return everything to Hogwarts. She knew Hogwarts needed more funds and she was more than happy to help her school given that she was the heiress of Gryffindor and Ravenclaw by blood and Slytherin through conquest.
When she arrived on the seventh floor she peered down the halls making sure no one was looking before walking back and forth three times before opening the door.
Heather asked for trunks to appear and watched as they appeared from Merlin knows where due to the room being so big. She summoned all the money in the room and placed it inside one of the trunks due to all the trunks having an unlimited extension charm on them.
After the money was dealt with, she summoned all the Goblin made items and placed them in another trunk so she could send it to Gringotts at Yule. She had no need for blades anymore so she was sending them all back along with the jewelry.
Then she summoned all the wands and wand holsters, she was stunned at seeing the number of lost wands over the years. There had to be over a thousand wands she placed them inside one of the trunks.
She then summoned all the books, parchment, inks, and quills before she copied the books then placed them inside another trunk before summoning all the brooms and placing them inside the last trunk. Looking around Heather saw there wasn't anything worth saving or copying so she shrunk the trunks before leaving the Room of Requirement and heading down to the Headmasters office.
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As Heather got to the entrance of the Headmasters office she couldn't help smile at the thought of speaking to her mentor again.
"I wish to speak to the headmaster," she announced as she didn't know the password to his office. Magic never failed to amaze her as she watched the Griffen statue swirl around revealing the stairs.
When Heather got to the door of Dumbledore's office she didn't even get to knock before his voice called out.
"Come in," he stated as she pushed open the door.
"Sir, how do you do that?" she asked smiling as she sat down.
"Sorry my dear girl, I can't tell you that. What can I do for you?" he asked. Heather could tell that the deaths of the Death Eaters have eaten away at him even if they were monsters.
"I have to tell you something but please don't ever tell anyone else, especially Snape. I know you trust him but I don't and I know that he's the one who told Voldemort about the prophecy. Besides, he a grown man bullied children and there's just no reason good enough to excuse that," Heather started explaining why she doesn't like or trust Snape.
"I promise, I won't tell anyone," Dumbledore stated understanding it must be serious for Heather to come to him.
(AN: You know the story so I'm not going to repeat it).
"Wow. That is some story and I'm sorry for my part in your tragic life," Dumbledore stated as the twinkle dimmed in his eyes.
"It's alright sir, I understand. One life isn't worth hundreds or thousands of deaths. Now, I've made some changes in this timeline with the help of the goblins," Heather hesitating as she frowned. She didn't want to think that she was indirectly responsible for hundreds of deaths.
"What is it my dear?" he asked.
"Um, I gave the goblins a list of the Horcruxes and they destroyed them over the summer. But what I didn't know was that the loyal Death Eaters would die along Voldemort when they cleansed the last of the Horcruxes. I am very sorry they died," Heather stated as she tried not to cry.
"I know Heather. You're too good of a person to want to kill anyone," Dumbledore gently but firmly stated as he smiled at her favorite person.
"Well, the only people I've ever wanted to kill was Voldemort and Bellatrix. Voldemort because he ruined my life and Bellatrix because of what she did to Neville and his parents along with Sirius," she stated glaring a little as she remembered a very painful part of her life at the age of fifteen.
"Anyone in your place would have. Now, is there anything else you'd like to talk about?" Dumbledore asked.
"I went to the Room of Requirement and cleared it out. I summoned everything into different trunks so Hogwarts to could get some much-needed help. There's money, books, quills, parchments, ink, and broom. The money is going into the Hogwarts vault while the books are going into the library," Heather started explaining as she took a sip of tea that the house elves provided.
"You are a generous young lady," Dumbledore stated very proud of Heather.
"I'm thinking of opening a little shop here in the castle for students so they can get everything they need without going down to Hogsmeade. Madam Hooch can have all the brooms because the brooms I found are in good condition and with the brooms, everyone's using now, someone is bound to get hurt," Heather explained. She didn't want her friends getting hurt if she could prevent it.
"Hmm, that's a good idea," Dumbledore stated wondering why he didn't think of that.
"Oh, I copied all the books for myself and I'm sending everything goblin made to Gringotts," Heather stated.
"I heard about your new vest for learning, I am very proud of you along with your professors," Dumbledore stated smiling because he knew he would've done the same thing.
"Well, I've got to study for a test so I'll see you later sir," Heather said as she placed the trunks on Dumbledore's desk before leaving.
"Have a nice day Ms. Potter," Dumbledore said as she shut his door.
A/N: Please, review. . .