A/N: OK I am writing chapters in bulk because I have one week off but I probably won't be able to write that much when school resumes. Also, somebody said that I wrote the quotes wrong, so please tell me if this format is easier to read.
Disclaimer:I don't own Harry Potter all credits to J.K. Rowling
Potter Manor
Amethyst's room
"Honestly Sirius could you believe that he had the nerve to smirk at me. He will pay for that."
"Yes Amy that is the tenth time you told me that now if you are done packing then we should be leaving for the Manor. It's been a long time since I have been there but I am pretty sure the house elves have kept it in pristine condition but we have to make sure and Remus is joining us too."
"Yes I am almost done. And I am complaining to you because Harry is still not talking to me and I can't go to the Burrow. Sirius can't you do some Godfather thing and let me go to meet Ginny?"
"Sorry pup, but Molly also agreed so she will probably send us back and inform your parents and then they will fire me. And I can't let that happen. But cheer up Severus is going to come to the manor tomorrow."
"You are right and I am packed let's go and I will say goodbye to Mum and Dad but I highly doubt that Harry is going to talk to me, he is still upset that I "risked my life" honestly speaking I think he was more upset that I "risked my life" without him."
Black Manor
Location:Unknown
After saying Goodbye and Bon Voyage Sirius and Amy floo'ed to the Manor. Amy was shocked by the size of the hall, while Potter Manor certainly was big, the hall was almost double the size decorated with furniture made of beautiful birch and a gorgeous navy rug. The house elves were ordered to move all the dark artefacts to the family vault, so some tables looked empty. The ceiling was very high up. It looked as if there were 5 stories to the manor, honestly this wasn't a manor it was a castle. The house elves banished her trunk to what they said was the heir wing. Amy forgot all about Ron and Harry she needed to explore!
"Ok pup from the look in your eyes you want to explore so I will let you go. All the dark artefacts are in the family vault so you can go but I want you back for lunch. Before you go I want to introduce you to the house elves. If at any point you get lost I want you to call one and they will help you."
There were 11 elves Mael (the chief elf), Lucien, Nina, Raya, Kela, Thibault, Kaush, Preen, Dalum, Roet, Parvulus and Hodesh. Raya and Roet were Amy's elves whom she would call if she needed help.
Amy set off to explore starting with the Heir wing and Raya was going to help Amy personalize her room. When she entered she found out that the heir wing has 3 bedrooms and hers would have an ensuite much to her delight. The wing also had a study, a mini potions lab which was to her amazement filled with ingredients under a preservation charm and a sun room. And it was all hers. Her room was very large with a king-sized four poster bed, a dresser, a large Armoire, a beautiful perch for an owl, a massive armchair much like the one at the Potter Manor and a shaggy rug with black fur. The windows were large and brought a lot of natural light to the room. Right of the bat Amy was going to change the colour scheme to something much brighter, she absolutely hated the colour scheme which was only made from greys, greens and a lot of black. So she called for Raya and with a pop the elf came instantly. The elf wore a black towel with the family crest.
"Miss Amethyst what can Raya do for you?"
"Oh Raya please call me Amy, and would you help me change a few things in my room."
"Of course Miss Amy."
With that Raya did everything that Amy asked with her elven magic but she couldn't move the black family crest which Amy was okay with. The ensuite was really beautiful with black marble and gold hardware, so Amy kept it the same. In the end she had the perfect room.
Her four-poster bed now had royal purple curtains and her bedding was all white with a lavender runner and different shades of purple for the pillows. Her walls and furniture was now all white wood which awash a big change from the all black. Not only that, but her shaggy black rug was now a lilac. Raya magically unpacked her trunk and it was now all organized in her walk-in closet and armoire. It would be the understatement of the century to say that she was pleased.
Now Amy was going to explore, starting off by the highest floor where her quarters were. There were 4 rooms on the floor and a small lounge. The next floor had the library. The library was HUGE with 2 floors and all walls full of books. Amy found a new favourite room and her hair was turning into a hot pink to match. Amy sat there for hours pouring over the many books. Her favourite had to be the book on phoenixes and the various uses of Gillyweed. The books were very old and from what she could tell quite illegal, making sure to avoid the dark books Amy made her way to the section on magical creatures.
Amy was so poured into her books that she didn't notice a wall that was full of books disappear to form a tall door. Amy finally turned around and saw the door. It was a very intricate door with patterns grooved in. She could make out an eagle, a snake, a badger and a lion. The knocker was made of bronze and had a ruby, an emerald and what she thought looked like a black opal. Under the knocker were words carved in a beautiful script Scientia est Potentia not being able to contain her curiosity Amy went in.
The room wasn't very large just a little larger than Lily's potions ingredients cupboard. Inside was a marble pedestal and four paintings. Two of the paintings were arguing and the other two were massaging their temples clearly annoyed by the quarrelling. The woman with long black hair and an air of aristocracy was wearing a blue dress and a stunning diadem on her head. Her cheeks were flushed with anger as she was arguing with a man with a neat goatee and black hair with streaks of grey. The man had a straight posture and was wearing old-fashioned robes in black and green. He was arguing with the lady in blue, mad at her for opening the door. Amy was very confused and her changed into a white to match. There were two more portraits one with a plump lady in an old-fashioned bright yellow dress with long reddish brown hair and an annoyed expression. The other man was wearing red battle armour and had a neat trimmed bears and shoulder-length auburn hair. He was rubbing his temples. Finally, the yellow lady spoke up.
"I think the young witch is here and maybe we should stop arguing and explain to her who we are and why she is here."
All the heads turned to look at her and her hair changed to lavender. She didn't like the attention she was getting. She was about to run from the room, but the doors closed and she couldn't leave. She was not liking it.
"Please let me go I am sorry to interrupt you I just came here by mistake.," she managed to squeak.
"Oh young kid you didn't come here by mistake your magic manipulated you in coming here. We have been here for over a thousand years and nobody has come here. Magic judged you worthy of coming here, the Fates made you come here. The room of opportunities and wisdom. I know you have a lot of questions and we have to explain somethings before you can go. Starting with our names, I am Helga of Hufflepuff, this is Rowena of Ravenclaw, beside her is Godric of Gryffindor and lastly we have the scary looking man Salazar of Slytherin. Together we are known as the Founders Four."
Salazar scoffed, "I am not scary looking others just don't appreciate my beauty."
"Of course Salazar I am so sorry."
Amy read a lot of books and she knew of Hogwarts and it's founders. She was hoping to be in Gryffindor having heard about the common room from her father and Sirius. She also admired Salazar's work in potions. Her hair was coming back to its original state as she was calming down. These people won't hurt her, but Why wouldn't they let her go? And how were they here? What was that about her Magic? And why was she chosen to enter this weird place?
"Ok so you don't want to hurt me- At that Helga looked offended and Salazar chuckled, but Amy continued- but why wouldn't you let me go, and how did you get here? I read that the Founders never made portraits of themselves?
This time Godric answered. "We didn't make any known portraits of us, but we wanted to pass our knowledge to somebody worthy of it. We didn't want to pass it to our heirs but we wanted to pass it to somebody worthy. Somebody that Lady Magic would choose. Our knowledge was known to only us and we feared that should our knowledge fall into the wrong hands it could vanish Magic from the earth. So Rowena made us a room, a room which would open to somebody with an abundance of magic. Not just any magic, pure magic, magic that we would be sure was destined for light not dark, not selfish. And then you were chosen. We will pass on all our knowledge to you."
That was a lot for Amy to take in. "But I am just four years old and I can't even lift my trunk!"
They all laughed at that. "Oh young witch we were surprised to see you, we were expecting someone older than you. Regardless, you are the chosen one for Lady Magic makes no mistake. We will pass our knowledge to you and when you are deemed capable we shall take rest until we find another apprentice."
"I don't know if I can and also I don't have a wand how am I supposed to do magic."
This time Rowena answered. "Put your palm on the marble pedestal and you will find a wand infused with some of our magic."
She did just that and a wand came out. It was a beautiful cherry coloured wand with four cores, the claw of a griffin, the feather of an eagle, the hair of a badger and the scale of a basilisk. Amy held the wand and felt a warmth in her body. She was glowing. The wand felt so right in her hand.
"Normally you would get a wand at the age of eleven when your magic matures for the first time but you clearly have magic very mature for your age, so we shouldn't have any problems."
"Can I tell everyone about this room or is this a secret?"
"When you go tell anybody your magic will judge them trustworthy or untrustworthy, when they are judged trustworthy you will be able to tell them otherwise the words won't come out of your mouth."
"How are you going to train me? Aren't training rooms bigger than this?"
"Yes they are, all the training rooms in the manor have empty portraits that we can use. To call us just tap your wand to the portrait and say our names. We will be teaching you all the magic we know. You will be very busy but it will be worth it. Helga will teach you Herbology, History of Magic, Wards, Care of Magical Creatures-At that her eyes lit up- and healing magic. I will teach you Runic Magic, Arithmancy, Spell Craft, Wandless Magic and Charms. Salazar will teach you Defensive Magic, Potions- At that her eyes lit up again- and Mind Magics. Lastly, Godric will teach you flying, Offensive Magic and Languages but should you show talent in Divination or Ritual Magic he will be teaching you those as well."
Amy was pleased to say the least.
"Can I go tell Sirius and Remus now?"
"Of course we will be here the next time you come."
Amy ran as fast as humanly possible and went to the Study where she found the two men talking about Black family assets.
"Woah calm down cub, what happened?"
"I.. Library..Wand..Magic..Founders."
"Here drink some water and take a breath Amy."
"I was exploring the manor and then I found the Library, I was reading some books when I heard it. The wall was full of books but all the books disappeared and it became a door so I went in. It wasn't my fault they said that my magic manipulated me into going in. The founders four of Hogwarts had their portraits there and they told me that Magic chose me. They give me a wand too. Look -And they looked at the wand in awe- and they promised me lessons."
"Ok pup please tell me this is not an elaborate plan to mess with our brains."
"No I swear on you that this is not an enormous plot and this actually happened. Come with me. The magic trusts you or else I wouldn't be able to tell you. We are going to the Library."
Amy dragged the two men up the stairs and into the library. And when they saw the ancient door they stood in front of it with awe. Amy opened the door and led them in the small room.
"Guys I brought my godfather and uncle Moony and they are trustworthy. Ok Padfoot these are the Founders Four. They will be teaching me with your consent. They can travel through the portraits if I touch my wand to a portrait. Now if that is all clear then Rowena will explain all the subjects I will be learning. And then we should eat I am starving."
Rowena explained everything to the two dumbfounded men and then they left to eat in the breakfast nook because the dining room was way too big.
"Hodesh!- and the elf popped in the breakfast nook- can you please get us lunch here."
"Of course Lord Black."
The men were still shook by their new discovery, but Amy was ecstatic that she had a new wand and literally the best teachers in the world. She felt like the next Merlin. The day passed without any more events and Amy went to her new bed with her little black dog and her last thought being Severus and whether she would be able to tell him or not.
A/N: Next Severus and Amy bonding and coming soon Founders training her and the Tonks. Thank you guys each view means a lot to me and keeps me going. I don't know which house she should be in, I think she would be a Hufflepuff in my head, but Gryffindor would be convenient. Leave your thoughts. You can private message me or leave a review. Thank you Qoheleth for helping me with the Latin motto I am an amateur and I really appreciated it.
