Disclaimer: The song used in this chapter belongs to Delta Goodrem (don't know if that's how you spell her last name or not); also all these characters do belong to J.K. Rowling, just in case you're not sure.
Chapter 29.
"Harry James Potter, you have no idea just how much trouble you are in." The very irate Potions Master moved closer to his nephew. "You know where Draco's sleeping, don't you? And you lied to my face about it, who knows what else you've lied about."
"But Severus, …" Harry tried to interrupt, but Snape simply continued over the top of him.
"I will assume the in some ay you are behind the large list of students not to be found sleeping in the dorms, and," Severus paused and drew a breath, "you're out after curfew." Harry checked his watch.
"No I'm not. I still have three minutes left."
"And even you couldn't possibly make you're way back to wherever it is that you are sleeping."
"Enough." Minerva cried. "It doesn't much matter if Harry is out after curfew, there are more important things here to discuss." Both Harry and Severus nodded. Severus walked over to his chair and sat down. Harry followed and sat down in the last unoccupied chair. Gasps were let out once again by those sitting in the other chairs.
"What?" Harry asked.
"You have no idea where you are, do you?" Ponoma Sprout asked curiously. Harry shook his head.
"You are in what has come to be known as the Head of House staffroom. Only a Head of House may enter. You may also have noticed that each Head has their own chair, it is impossible to sit on one another's chair. Each chair reacts differently, but each obtain the same result, the person gets off. This also applies to the chair where you are sitting. Through out history no one has ever actually sat on that chair." Minerva informed Harry.
"Oh." Harry said, clearly shocked. "So does that mean I'm some kind of Head of House?"
"So it would seem." Snape stated dryly.
"Hermione'll be happy." Harry thought out loud." She's thought we should have told a professor since close to the first day we moved in."
"In where?" Severus asked slowly, temper in check, just.
"Um, we named them the Phoenix dorms." Harry explained, glancing at the portrait that had held the portrait of The Phoenix, although was currently empty. "I found them one day, and then kinda showed them to some of the DA."
"There are five common rooms?" Filius queried.
"Yeah. This is the one that was first used, in the time of the founders"
" 'When I was first around, The Houses lived side by side, Within these walls there was a place, Where each one could abide'" Minerva quoted.
"What was that?" Ponoma asked.
"It was one of the lines the was in the Sorting Hat's song this year. I didn't know what it meant, and spent several weeks unsuccessfully trying to decipher it. I suppose that this is what it meant."
"How do you remember that stuff?" Harry asked in amazement.
"I listen." Minerva answered.
"You and Hermione. Impossible." Harry stated in admiration.
"Yes, well interesting as this may be, Harry, where exactly is this fifth common room?" Severus asked.
"It's in the passageway behind the fire place?"
"Which passageways behind which fire place?" Filius asked, confused.
"The middle one, and the common rooms." Harry answered easily.
"Does that mean that you've been in all the common rooms?" Minerva asked, aghast.
"At least once each."
"And, apart from Gryffindor, which common rooms have you entered more than once?" Minerva asked.
"I'd prefer not to answer that." Harry replied. He looked at his uncle, who already knew that he had entered the Slytherin common room anyway, and he smirked.
"I must be the only person here to have been in all five common rooms, now that I'm Head of Phoenix House."
"That remains to be seen." Severus warned.
"I don't know if we can do anything about it Severus," Filius told him, "None of the Head's of Houses have ever been chosen, they always simply knew. I don't think we can stop him being a Head of House if he wants to be one."
"Cool" Harry said. "Does that mean I get special powers, like taking points?"
"No." Severus hastily took away the idea. "You are not a professor, your house has no point anyway, and you're still a student."
"No way." Harry protested. "Don't I get something cool?"
"You can join in on these meetings." Minerva suggested. "However you realised that we were here tonight you'll feel again whenever one of us enters this room, and if you enter by yourself, we will all realise. But ensure that you bring no-one else in with you, as the room wont allow it." Harry nodded.
"Alright. So what were you all meeting here tonight for?"
"To work out where all the missing students had gone to." Severus replied, "And that one has been resolved in the way we planned, with just a little twist."
"Does that mean that it's over?" Harry asked, a little sadly. Minerva nodded. Harry was just about to say something when The Phoenix burst into flame in the portrait. Harry wondered if the tears of this phoenix would heal the portraits if they were injured.
"I believe it is your turn to sing now Harry." It informed him.
"Alright," Harry stood, "Do you lead into the common room from here?" The Phoenix nodded. "Cool. Night Severus, Minerva, professors." Harry said before whispering the password and entering. Severus made to follow him but Minerva grabbed his arm. Together they stood at the slightly opened frame and watched as Harry headed over to the magical microphone. A song started up, and Harry sang the words passionately, if not talentedly.
Doing everything that I believe in, gone by the rules that I've been told, and more understanding of the worlds around me, and protected from the worlds own love, all that you see is me, and all I truly believe;
That I was born to try, I'll learn to love, be understanding and believe in life, but you gotta make choices, be wrong or right, sometimes you gotta sacrifice the things you like, but I was born to try.
I've already told them what I should have been, and regretted the things that we're told. Life's full of mystique, stars still need some faith, and move the cards to get the bigger picture, no, and all that you see is me, and all I truly believe;
That I was born to try, I'll learn to love, be understanding and believe in life, but you gotta make choices, be wrong or right, sometimes you gotta sacrifice the things you like, but I was born to try.
All that you see is me, and all I truly believe, all that you see is me, and all I truly believe;
That I was born to try, I'll learn to love, be understanding and believe in life, but you gotta make choices, be wrong or right, sometimes you gotta sacrifice the things you like, but I was born to try.
But you gotta make choices, be wrong or right, sometimes you gotta sacrifice the things you like, but I was born to try.
The common room burst out clapping at the performance, but the two watching professors, and several of the older students were also applauding the meaning behind the words. Slowly reaching out to the frame of The Phoenix, Minerva swung it shut, the small noise going on unnoticed as the next student took their turn at karaoke.
