The room was exquisite. It was painted a gorgeous peacock blue colour which encompassed the entire ceiling as well. On the ceiling were these deep ridged designs which were silver in colour. In the centre of the ceiling was a silver medallion from which a gorgeous crystal chandelier was hanging. There were luscious silver coloured carpets all around the room. Directly in front of them facing a huge fireplace with Rowena's portrait over it were two teal coloured antique chaise lounges. She smiled and bowed at them before speaking.
Welcome to Ravenclaw's Retreat. Congratulations on being the first people to ever find my retreat although Filius you did come close in your seventh year. I'd like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for always looking after my Ravens for me. You are at least one of the current heads of house who is doing it right. I'm sorry but Slytherin's grease face representative would seriously want to shower. As this is wonderful and full of unique opportunities for you both you shall enter from the portrait outside the Ravenclaw entrance. It is best this way as Filious can visit here privately whenever he wishes. My office also contains some treats which have been revealed for you Filius since the girls have found this wondrous place. You will find a wealth of my notes Filius which are just for your eyes only. I've seen to that personally so please use it well.
Also I regret to inform you that this password is too generic and will be guessed by anyone else so I must strongly suggest you please choose another one now. "Ok thank you for that advice. I'd suggest two words rather then just one as that would be better. Ok I have it. Our password will be Diagon Lily" said Hermione smiling.
"Very good choice. Diagon Lily it is. Now Professor Flitwick I must talk to you about these rooms as they were designed with specific things in mind. As the girls have said their password is Diagon Lily but what they are not as of yet aware is that it is the password for their personal private floo as well. Their floo should be used to reach their room and the ground floor once the password is spoken. They however may only use it during meal times and not class times. You must allow them to use it at all times without question and please note they will emerge just down the hall from the great hall so no one will notice them. This will help them getting to and from their meals on time but during in classes they must walk everywhere as the floo will only work either before, during and directly after meals. I would suggest them having their things with them with when they floo. The headmaster has no say here as this has been here and long before he was born I can tell you. The fact that no one has discovered it till now is quite frankly irrelevant."
"The password to this place is within only you three people and should anyone manage to get it from you magically or otherwise it does not matter as they will be totally refused access. This is a special private place for select Ravenclaw's only. Now if you look over there you will see the doorway through which you must go. I need to speak to these girls in private. Pull out your book on arithmancy in your office tomorrow and you will receive great things Filius. Good night dear loyal and humble Ravenclaw!"
To say Filious was shocked at the gift he'd been given was an understatement. He was elated and as he left he thanked her and both girls before making a note of the portrait he'd exited from and heading to bed. Inside both girls turned back to Rowena as she spoke once again.
"Girls through this door directly to my right you will find your bedroom and attached to that you will find your master bathroom. In the rooms to my right you will each have an office for study and ad-ministerial purposes. Please note that these offices have more inside them then meets the eye. Inside you will find four books each labelled after the four houses. One need only select one book and look in it to view that house's common room and what's going on in it at that particular time. Also because we didn't always trust everyone, in the book labelled Albus Dumbledore you will find a record of every floo call he makes or takes. This book will also document the locations of where he goes or where people come to see him from. It will update every day and will record everything they talk about as long as it's a floo call."
"Also in your offices you will find one door each leading to the rooms of Godric Gryffindor and Helga Hufflepuff. Ensure the boys reach their rooms soon. Hermione in your room you will have two doors one for Helga Hufflepuff's area and one for your own Salazar Slytherin's area. Luna's room will contain the door to Godric Gryffindor's area and another door to a common area for the four of you to meet up in if you wish to do so. You should note that as my own personal retreat had surprises the other ones will too. Goodnight to you both!" Said Rowena smiling brightly.
They both continued to look around the room they were in before moving onto the offices. Both the offices were the same containing a fireplace with a couch in front of it that had a coffee table on a rug in front between the couch and fireplace. To the end of the room was a window and a desk behind which was large shelf stocked fully with books, parchment, ink and quills. On the ceiling there was a small chandelier and on the walls were the aforementioned doors. Looking in the books Hermione decided to chance a look at the Hufflepuff one and there she saw Cedric punch Ron for being a jerk and rolled her eyes. Not ten seconds in the house he didn't want to be in and he was already causing fights. She could I suppose expect no less from him. Closing the book she turned to the Gryffindor one and opened it to see Harry and Neville talking.
"Harry I thought I saw it glowing a while ago but now I'm not so sure. Hmm I'd say the girls aren't having this much confusion on the first night".
"Neville one moment it's opening. What the hell is this? Why did I never see this before? Oh here comes McGonagall let's ask her! Professor what is this it was glowing so I tried to see and it just opened?"
"Stand aside boys. What have you found here? Good Godric! This is unbelievable!" Hermione closed the book smiling and went out to the living space to relax for a while as she waited for Luna to come out. "Tilly! Please bring me a cup of frothy hot chocolate thank you!" "Of course Hermione right away!" she responded leaving only to return moments later with it in hand. As Hermione sipped on her hot drink she fully relaxed. It had been a rather tiring day. She didn't think she could deal with much more tonight without sleep. As Luna emerged from her office she was smiling. "Come on Hermione I'm tired let's check out the bedroom and we can head to sleep!" said Luna smiling.
They entered the bedroom and gasped in even more awe. There were two king sized four poster Edwardian beds with midnight blue and silver coverings and curtains. The ceiling was covered in a golden leafing design. A huge chandelier hung in the centre of a blue coloured ceiling medallion. There were various beautifully shaped and designed Edwardian wardrobes and vanities. The carpet was cream coloured in this room and it was extremely luxurious. So luxurious was it in fact that you might forget you were in school if you weren't thinking properly. Going into the bathroom she further gasped as her eyes fell on a bath twice the size of the prefects bath. Changing into her pyjamas she brushed her teeth and hair before slipping into the bed.
"Tiny! Please wake me up in the morning at seven thirty so I may shower and get ready for class. Have a good nights sleep you may retire to bed now!" "Thank you Hermione I will see you in the morning good night!" said Tiny hugging her and smiling brightly before leaving once again. As Luna joined Hermione in the room she got into her own bed. "Can't believe we found this place Hermione. I saw that Harry and Neville found the place in Gryffindor but to be honest I was too tired to check on them. We'll have to check on them tomorrow. Goodnight!" "Yes I saw that as well. You must come with me tomorrow evening when I check out Slytherin's place. Goodnight!" she said to Luna falling asleep as her head hit the pillow.