Published on: 3/19/20
Words: 3,413
This will be the last chapter I post this week. I am working on the next one but since I still have to keep up with my schoolwork since it is given to me online I wil not be able to post often. My next post will be next Friday. Love you guys for reading and liking this story. Til next time
Hermione POV
After I went back to the Hall, I conjured a notepad and wrote: Founder's Door and under it I wrote: Lion: Gryffindor common room. That is how I spent the next two hours. Touching the engraving on the door and writing down where it would take me. By the end of the two hours, my list looked like this:
Founder's Door:
Lion: Gryffindor common room
Snake: Slytherin common room
Raven: Ravenclaw common room
Badger: Hufflepuff common room
Pile of random stuff: Dumbledore's Office
Eclectic furniture: Teacher's Lounge
Haphazard pile of books: Library
Grand staircase: Entrance Hall
Toppling pile of food: Kitchens
Pots and plants: Greenhouse (#3)
Weird question mark: Room of Requirement (across the hall)
Snitch, bludger, and quaffle: Quidditch pitch (under the stands)
Telescope: Astronomy tower (2nd entrance)
Trophy: Trophy room (across the hall)
Fat man on keg: Cellar ;)
Gargoyles clasping hands: Dumbledore's office entrance
Shackles: Real dungeons
Tree: Forbidden Forest
Lake: Underwater study room
Roman numerals: Corridors (by floor)
After that, I went to lunch since it was 12 in the afternoon. When I got there, the Marauders were already there but Lily wasn't. I sighed and went to sit beside Remus. Remus sat beside Peter while Sirius and James sat across from them. "Hey, guys, what have you been up to?" I asked them and they smiled at me. "We explored a bit of the castle, you?" Sirius asked. "Same, I know where all our classes are and I even got to see the Quidditch pitch," I said to them and James and Sirius started whining. "We haven't even gotten to that yet," the said and I smiled. "Well then, finish eating quickly and get to it," I said and they started shoving food in their mouths. It disgusted me how much food they shoved in their mouths but at least they ate with their mouths closed, unlike Ron.
I sighed as I thought about my old friends. I missed them so much but I know that everything that I'm doing now is for them to have a better life. For them to grow up in a different world than the last one. After lunch, Lily and I went to Severus and started talking about our day. Lily had found the library and spent the whole day reading. Severus had spent some time with his housemates and then joined Lily in the library for the rest of the time. I told them that I went around the school and finding where all our classes were going to be, as well as seeing the Quidditch pitch.
When I mentioned the pitch, Severus had to explain to Lily was Quidditch was and she the game but she was spectacle about learning to fly on a broom. Severus and I reassured her about it since the teacher wasn't going to expect us to fly 50ft into the air on the first day. After a few minutes of talking, I got up to leave "Where are you going?" Lily asked. "I'm going to continue looking around. Don't worry, I won't get lost," I said and left. I went back to the astronomy tower and decided to make the 'fun' entrance, a bit more fun before I went back to the Founder's Door and looked for the entrance to the Founder's rooms.
When I got to the entrance, I closed the door behind me and then looked at the stairs again. I started thinking of ways to get to the Hall without having to walk all these damn stairs and then that tunnel that could go on for ages. I then remembered that muggles had roller coasters and they were really fun. I turned to the wall and made a lever appear there with two features, one where the stairs were going to appear and the other where it would be like a roller coaster ride. For the coaster ride, I make tracks appear where the stairs would be and even made them go through the tunnel. For the cart, I made the bottom squared to it would go along the tracks but I made the cart itself look like a teacup that would spin around when the wheel in the middle was spun around. It would spin either clockwise or counterclockwise. When it was done, I decided to try it out. I also added for it to slow down when reaching the end so it won't stop out of anywhere and someone ended up hurt. When I got off the cart, I went to the portrait that was there and saw four animals in it. "Miss, you have to think of a password so if you bring someone with you, they won't be allowed it without the password," the lion said while the raven, snake, and badger just played together in the background. "Oh, ok. Can it be a song that I wrote?" I asked the lion and he nodded. I conjured my guitar and started playing.
Hey, mamma, how do you get a red wine stain out of your favorite dress?
Black mascara off a pillowcase
Cure a one-too-many headache
Mamma, can I come and maybe stay a few days?
This weekend or next
And hey, how do you get a red wine stain out of your favorite dress?
How does he sleep at night?
Mamma, the nerve of this guy
To leave me so easy
Am I gonna be alright?
I wanna kick myself for falling so hard
Mamma, can you die from a broken heart?
Can you ask daddy if he's got time to come and look at my front door?
It got slammed last night
And now it don't close right
And just promise that you won't tell him everything and keep that pistol in the drawer
Mamma, please don't sayI'm gonna laugh about this someday
You didn't see the way he drove away
How does he sleep at night?
Mamma, the nerve of this guy
To leave me so easy
Am I gonna be alright?
I wanna kick myself for falling so hard
Mamma, can you die from a broken heart?
Oh, broken heart
Can your knees give out from praying so hard?
Can you go blind from crying in the dark?
Was it ever really real
If he don't feel like I feel?
How does he sleep at night?
Mamma, the nerve of this guy
To leave me so easy
Am I gonna be alright?
How does he sleep at night?
Mamma, the nerve of this guy
To leave me so easy
Am I gonna be alright?
I wanna kick myself for falling so hard
Mamma, can you die from a broken heart?
A broken heart
After I finished, I looked at the portrait. All four animals were looking at me in awe. I smiled and said, "If I bring anyone here, then the password would one of the phrases in that song, whichever one of their choosing, and they can change the gender of the song, is that alright?" The raven spoke this time, "That is alright, child. And you play well, keep doing it," she said and I smiled before going inside the hall. I went to the desk and looked around the papers that were there. I sifted through the papers until I found two receipts and two small pieces of parchment. The receipts were both in Old English which Hermione translated but the other parchments looked much newer and didn't need to be translated...odd.
Yonwin's Rare Books and Manuscripts ~ Finding the unfindable since 107AD
Standing order: Any new item
Cost: 50,000G (one-time fee, nonrefundable)
Send to: Hogwarts, Founders' Library
Paid in full 18th of April, 982
Right underneath the receipt, there was a small piece of parchment that read;
Hogwarts' Librarian,
I regret to inform you that upon my death there will no longer be anyone to run my shop, I will continue to send a copy of whatever new things I may find between now and then. You can also buy books Brightmore's Books and Writing Supplies here in Hogsmeade or at the newly opened Flourish and Blotts in Diagon Alley.
Thank you,
Osric Yonwin III, June 18th, 1463
Then there was the second receipt;
Brightmore's Books and Writing Supplies ~ Catering to scholars since 504BC
(1) Complete Easy-Update Library subscription
Name: Anonymous
Bill to: Gringotts vault #9
Start date: 1st January 1182
End date: N/A
Price limit: N/A
Book limit: N/A
Restrictions: Omit anything in the Hogwarts General Library
Delivery: "Anonymous" transfer crate
Cost: N/A
And then a second note;
To Whom It May Concern,
Brightmore's Books and Writing Supplies will be closing on December 31st, 1740.
Please note that your Complete Easy-Update Library subscription will end on that date. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you and thank you for your patronage.
We very grudgingly recommend Flourish and Blotts for any similar services you may require.
Sincerely,
Alrick Brightmore VIII
"So, the Founders had set it up so that the bookshops would automatically send books to the library; that explained the presence of newer books. However, because both bookshops had gone out of business, it had stopped updating in 1640 when Flourish and Blotts closed out Brightmore's," I said to myself. Hmm, I'll have to see if I can get something like that started again. Maybe have Flourish and Blotts send a copy of every book that's not already in Hogwarts' regular library up here...that needs thinking about. It also didn't answer my question as to why all the books were in Modern English, but part of the answer was pretty obvious; magic. I looked around and saw the letters that I hadn't read lying there. "Maybe they wrote down how to get into their rooms in the letters," I said to myself and looked at the letters. I decided to start with Gryffindor's letter.
My Heir,
As you know from our combined letter, you are the Heir of Hogwarts, which means that you are also each of our magical and spiritual heirs. We will each probably have blood heirs around, probably more than one heir, but you are our magical and spiritual heir. There have been magical and spiritual heirs before, and we probably have had one or two in the past, I know I had one right before I died. These are people who have what we considered to be our best traits, that young man was brave, courageous, smart, spontaneous and as selfless as they come. He was a spiritual heir, he had the spirit of a Gryffindor. There can only be one magical heir living at one time because a magical heir is exactly that, the person who inherited the magic. To be a magical heir you must also be a spiritual heir. But that is beside the point, the point is that you are my true heir; magical and spiritual. Therefore, you get my knowledge vault, vault number one; I have to say I was quite pleased to find out that I got to have the first vault of Gringotts, the others were rather grumpy about it at first but they didn't really have a choice in the matter. This vault does not have my money, jewels, fancy swords, tapestries and the like, those things are in vault number five, which belongs to my blood heirs, you don't have access to that. You will only have access to that if I have no blood relatives left. The key to that vault will only appear in the first drawer if my line dies out. What my knowledge vault does have is my personal books and manuscripts, the ones not in my office, that is, and these cannot be removed. There is also a collection of crystals imbued with knowledge, just touch them and you will be given the aptitude for learning that particular discipline of magic. I would have just given the information but Rowena wouldn't let me, she believes in the learning process and is adamant that my magical heirs not be allowed to cheat. These can only be used by magical heirs so believe me when I say, no one else in the world will have this advantage, another reason for Rowena's insistence. She says we can't have irresponsible powerful people running around, she really has little faith in my magic's ability to choose people with the traits I value. That might be because she is always accusing me of being rash, but again, that is beside the point. Also in the vault, you will find my wand. Now, it is very important that you only attempt to use it if it accepts you, if you don't the magic will probably overpower your core and leave you as a squib. If there is a shower of red AND gold sparks when you pick it up, then you will be able to use the wand but I warn you, it is powerful and if any of the others' wands accept you as well, then you will have to be extremely careful how you use it. Now, if the other wands accept you just hold them together in your hand and they should – and I say should because no one has ever tried this before – twine together in a similar fashion as your ring. If not, well, it should be interesting either way! Also, there is a statue of a lion in the back of the vault, it contains my power to create and control fire as well as my ability to transform into any feline animals I wish, and speak to them as you wish. You must go to the statue before you go and get my wand.
Now, there are other things in the vault but they really don't need mentioning here, you should be able to figure them out on your own. So, the next thing to explain is my personal quarters. As my true heir you will be able to get in them, just go to our door, the one with all the carvings, and press my ring to the lion. In there you will find my office, training room, and sleeping quarters. You are welcome to explore all three and I encourage you to use what you find well.
If you have any questions, well, I'm sure you're smart enough to work them out on your own. If not, then the ring will help you.
Godric Gryffindor
Thank you, Godric, for instructions on how to get in your rooms. But what did he mean by the ring will help me? I'll figure it out later. I folded the letter and put it neatly back in the envelope neatly before going to Ravenclaw's letter.
My Dearest Heir,
The others don't believe me when I say that you will be a girl but I happen to be blessed with a bit of the sight so I'm pretty sure. On the off chance that you are a boy, I sincerely apologize but can tell you that you will be one of the best boys around because you're in touch with your gentler side. But moving on, before you continue with this letter please read Godric's, unless you already have. He explained the spiritual vs. magical vs. blood heir situation and I don't think you need it repeated.
My spiritual and magical vault is vault number two, I remember having a heated discussion with Godric and Salazar about who got which vault, Salazar was very put out because he had to settle for number three. But that is neither here nor there. There are many things in my vault; books, scrolls, manuscripts (I believe some of these once belonged to Merlin so treat them with care), magical artifacts of known and unknown origin and much more but there are two I need to draw your attention to. The first is my true diadem. I made two diadems in my lifetime, the first is the most powerful and the most potent, it is the one in my vault. Only my magical heirs are able to wear it. This diadem will allow you to do many things my second one does not; it allows you to See and Hear, two forms of true divination; perfectly recall any memory, from any age; build a fortress in your mind with a single thought; find your inner animal and most importantly, it will teach you how to feel, see and manipulate magic itself. No one besides my magical heirs knows about this diadem and you must use it sparingly or you may become addicted, that is why I created another, an exact likeness. My second diadem, which I have left in the hands of my daughter, will simply enhance the wisdom and knowledge of its wearer, the first does this as well. The second can be worn as much as wanted and by anyone. Be careful though, it is still a powerful artifact and can be dangerous in the wrong hands.
The second object of note in my vault is my wand. Godric has already explained the possibility of combining our wands. However, only combine the wands which individually accept you, you shouldn't have any trouble because you are the spiritual and magical heir of all of us but there is always the chance that it will not work. If my theories and calculations are correct then the finished product, all four wands combined, will not be any larger or more cumbersome than a normal wand. If, when you hold my wand, blue and bronze sparks come together to form the shape of a raven, you will know you can use the wand. If this does not happen then please, do not try to cast with it.
Another thing to mention is the pillar with a raven carved on it in the back of the vault. Touch it and if you pass the test that I have placed, it would grant you everything my first diadem offers as well as control over water. Do this before you go to my wand. Whether or not you pass this test doesn't affect if you are able to use my wand or not. Both are tested separately. The last thing is that the key to my other vault with all my money and other artifacts, which is number six, will appear in the first drawer of the desk if, and only if, my blood relatives have died out.
That is all I will tell you, as my heir I know you are intelligent enough to figure the rest out on your own.
Rowen Ravenclaw
I stared at the letter trying to process what Ravenclaw had said, especially the part about the diadem. The one Voldemort found wasn't the real one! Well, it was one of them but the true diadem was safe in Ravenclaw's vault. I could only imagine what Riddle would have been able to do if he got his hands on the real one; the world wouldn't have stood a chance. I was also glad that such a priceless artifact hadn't been turned into a Horcrux that I would have to destroy. I thought back to what Ravenclaw had said about manipulating magic, would it be possible for her to simply take the magic from Voldemort? Or would that not work because it concerned a soul and taking personal magic from someone's core? This would need thinking about. As it was, I still had two letters to read and it was already 3:30 in the afternoon. I already had an idea as to what Slytherin's letter might say so she decided to read Hufflepuff's first.
