Amulet of Power
Chapter 7: Hogwarts Again
Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Neville arrived at Hogwarts at about three o'clock pm after leaving earlier that morning. It took much longer for them to get to Hogwarts then it took them to get to the Burrow partly because Ron and Hermione, both had Nimbus 2000s and mostly because Hermione was really bad at flying. It was more than once that Neville or Harry had to stop her from falling into a muggle town. Harry imagined the kind of response that would give, they would probably dismiss it as a skydiving accident.
When they arrived at Hogwarts, they were all very tired and hungry. It wasn't long before a couple house elves scurried toward them with piles of food. Harry told Ron and Hermione that it was best if they both stayed out of Harry and Neville's secret room, because very dangerous magic is practiced in it, and because it was a place for Neville and him to unleash anger and let there powers loose.
As the quartet walked toward the mysterious castle of Hogwarts, Hermione asked "can the four of us have our own room, I mean for us to practice magic in and hide away in."
Harry replied "Sure, why not, just give me a second to trace my memory for a room that would be good." He paused and closed his eyes. Harry started again and said "Ok, there is a place, it can be entered from both the outside and the inside. It is at the top of a tower." Harry pointed up to the third tower from the left and continued "I think that this is perfect, it has four fairly large rooms connected in the middle to a common room, not unlike the Gryffindor common room. If the room isn't big enough, I can teach you and Ron the expanding charm to make the rooms larger on the inside but appear the same size from the outside"
Ron butted in, "like that tent we stayed in for the Quidditch World Cup"
Harry replied "Yeah, kinda like that, but the one I will teach you is unknown to anyone except Neville and I, and it is much easier than the one used on the tent, not to mention much, much easier. The spells Neville and I use don't usually require us to say the incantations, but we know them, kind of like we have known them forever but they were hidden from us so we can teach them to you easily."
Hermione, interjected, "Lets just go there and then we can start our training under Harry and Neville."
They found the room, with some quick hidden passageways through the castle it is only about a five minute walk from the Gryffindor common room and less from the Great Hall. The room was even better than Harry had described. It had a very tall ceiling, with magnificent paintings covering the it. The carpet on the ground was very soft, but not so much that they tripped and fell down, (with the exception of Neville, but that is almost everywhere) Hermione took off her shoes when she walked in the room, she said it felt good to walk around bare footed on the carpet.
They spotted a staircase across the room that led to a second level, a balcony that wrapped around the room, then another from the second balcony to the third. In all there were five floors and to Hermione's delight they all had book cases on them, all of the books were rare and untouched by human hands.
On each of the four walls was a tall arch that led into another room. Harry told everyone to stop. Harry said calmly "Everyone give me your wand," everyone obediently handed him their wands. He further explained, "I will cast a spell on your wands, and mine so that when you drop them on the ground, it will point to a different room." Harry put the four wands on the floor, all points facing each other in an "x" shape, Harry put his finger on his own wand and closed his eyes.
He said finally after a few seconds, "It's been done. Everyone pick up your wand and at the count of three, drop it on the floor, mind you I put another spell on them that I think you will like." Excitedly everyone picked up their wand and they started, in unison "one...two...three." all at once the wands started toward the floor, but all at once they stopped in mid-air and floated, each spun quickly then stopped abruptly each pointing a different way. While still floating, all at once each of the wands let off a powerful blast toward the selected room. The wands slowly floated toward each of their hands with a glint of finality in his voice, Harry said "I think you will find each of your rooms to your personal liking.
Ron said "Lets go to my room first," pointing toward his room with his left hand. Everyone followed, walking behind Ron, who was in a dead sprint across the soft carpet toward the room on the right.
Ron walked in the dark room, "Hey Harry turn on the lights."
Harry replied, "Do it yourself, just tell the lights to go on"
Ron said "lights" stupidly, the lights flashed on and the room was brightly lit, on the walls were famous quidditch players, to the right was a big bed. The ceiling was very, very tall. On one side of the room was a collection of quidditch memorabilia, from ancient brooms to, a Firebolt 2, the rumored broom that wasn't supposed to be released for another two years.
Harry said quietly "Ron, I cant let that leave the room, alright"
Ron ran over to the sleek, black, polished, perfectly straight broom and said "up" it responded silently and sat just to his right waiting for him to get on it.
Harry said, after about five minutes of Ron flying every way imaginable, "lets go to someone else's room. Hermione, cried out loudly from the other end of the room "ME NEXT!!!"
Ron flew under the arch, over Hermione, who was sprinting toward the room on the left side of the main room, she arrived there, tired but excited like a small child waiting to be allowed into their Christmas presents. Harry and Neville ran to the room easily, following a Hermione who was gasping for air.
She walked into the room and screamed, there was every book she ever wanted and many, many, many more. Along the walls were thirty foot tall bookshelves. She asked, "Harry, its amazing, but how do I get the books at the top of the shelves"
"Just ask for them" Harry replied urgently
Hermione asked, "How about the original print of Theory of Magic by Jean Marc Harmon." The book flew down from the top of a tall bookshelf to the right of Hermione and floated silently in front of her.
Harry continued, "You can ask for books about certain topics, and they will set themselves on one of the tables in here."
Ron flew around Hermione's room while all of this was being explained. He called down, "What about yours and Neville's room?"
Harry replied "They are just like our hidden room. We should go talk to Dumbledore"
"Ok, lets go" replied Neville
"Oh yeah, if you ever cant find this room, you can just ask your wand where it is. Your wand wont ever point anyone else to this room"
Ron and Hermione reluctantly agreed to go find Dumbledore with Neville and Harry. They all left the room feeling like a million galleons.
Chapter 7: Hogwarts Again
Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Neville arrived at Hogwarts at about three o'clock pm after leaving earlier that morning. It took much longer for them to get to Hogwarts then it took them to get to the Burrow partly because Ron and Hermione, both had Nimbus 2000s and mostly because Hermione was really bad at flying. It was more than once that Neville or Harry had to stop her from falling into a muggle town. Harry imagined the kind of response that would give, they would probably dismiss it as a skydiving accident.
When they arrived at Hogwarts, they were all very tired and hungry. It wasn't long before a couple house elves scurried toward them with piles of food. Harry told Ron and Hermione that it was best if they both stayed out of Harry and Neville's secret room, because very dangerous magic is practiced in it, and because it was a place for Neville and him to unleash anger and let there powers loose.
As the quartet walked toward the mysterious castle of Hogwarts, Hermione asked "can the four of us have our own room, I mean for us to practice magic in and hide away in."
Harry replied "Sure, why not, just give me a second to trace my memory for a room that would be good." He paused and closed his eyes. Harry started again and said "Ok, there is a place, it can be entered from both the outside and the inside. It is at the top of a tower." Harry pointed up to the third tower from the left and continued "I think that this is perfect, it has four fairly large rooms connected in the middle to a common room, not unlike the Gryffindor common room. If the room isn't big enough, I can teach you and Ron the expanding charm to make the rooms larger on the inside but appear the same size from the outside"
Ron butted in, "like that tent we stayed in for the Quidditch World Cup"
Harry replied "Yeah, kinda like that, but the one I will teach you is unknown to anyone except Neville and I, and it is much easier than the one used on the tent, not to mention much, much easier. The spells Neville and I use don't usually require us to say the incantations, but we know them, kind of like we have known them forever but they were hidden from us so we can teach them to you easily."
Hermione, interjected, "Lets just go there and then we can start our training under Harry and Neville."
They found the room, with some quick hidden passageways through the castle it is only about a five minute walk from the Gryffindor common room and less from the Great Hall. The room was even better than Harry had described. It had a very tall ceiling, with magnificent paintings covering the it. The carpet on the ground was very soft, but not so much that they tripped and fell down, (with the exception of Neville, but that is almost everywhere) Hermione took off her shoes when she walked in the room, she said it felt good to walk around bare footed on the carpet.
They spotted a staircase across the room that led to a second level, a balcony that wrapped around the room, then another from the second balcony to the third. In all there were five floors and to Hermione's delight they all had book cases on them, all of the books were rare and untouched by human hands.
On each of the four walls was a tall arch that led into another room. Harry told everyone to stop. Harry said calmly "Everyone give me your wand," everyone obediently handed him their wands. He further explained, "I will cast a spell on your wands, and mine so that when you drop them on the ground, it will point to a different room." Harry put the four wands on the floor, all points facing each other in an "x" shape, Harry put his finger on his own wand and closed his eyes.
He said finally after a few seconds, "It's been done. Everyone pick up your wand and at the count of three, drop it on the floor, mind you I put another spell on them that I think you will like." Excitedly everyone picked up their wand and they started, in unison "one...two...three." all at once the wands started toward the floor, but all at once they stopped in mid-air and floated, each spun quickly then stopped abruptly each pointing a different way. While still floating, all at once each of the wands let off a powerful blast toward the selected room. The wands slowly floated toward each of their hands with a glint of finality in his voice, Harry said "I think you will find each of your rooms to your personal liking.
Ron said "Lets go to my room first," pointing toward his room with his left hand. Everyone followed, walking behind Ron, who was in a dead sprint across the soft carpet toward the room on the right.
Ron walked in the dark room, "Hey Harry turn on the lights."
Harry replied, "Do it yourself, just tell the lights to go on"
Ron said "lights" stupidly, the lights flashed on and the room was brightly lit, on the walls were famous quidditch players, to the right was a big bed. The ceiling was very, very tall. On one side of the room was a collection of quidditch memorabilia, from ancient brooms to, a Firebolt 2, the rumored broom that wasn't supposed to be released for another two years.
Harry said quietly "Ron, I cant let that leave the room, alright"
Ron ran over to the sleek, black, polished, perfectly straight broom and said "up" it responded silently and sat just to his right waiting for him to get on it.
Harry said, after about five minutes of Ron flying every way imaginable, "lets go to someone else's room. Hermione, cried out loudly from the other end of the room "ME NEXT!!!"
Ron flew under the arch, over Hermione, who was sprinting toward the room on the left side of the main room, she arrived there, tired but excited like a small child waiting to be allowed into their Christmas presents. Harry and Neville ran to the room easily, following a Hermione who was gasping for air.
She walked into the room and screamed, there was every book she ever wanted and many, many, many more. Along the walls were thirty foot tall bookshelves. She asked, "Harry, its amazing, but how do I get the books at the top of the shelves"
"Just ask for them" Harry replied urgently
Hermione asked, "How about the original print of Theory of Magic by Jean Marc Harmon." The book flew down from the top of a tall bookshelf to the right of Hermione and floated silently in front of her.
Harry continued, "You can ask for books about certain topics, and they will set themselves on one of the tables in here."
Ron flew around Hermione's room while all of this was being explained. He called down, "What about yours and Neville's room?"
Harry replied "They are just like our hidden room. We should go talk to Dumbledore"
"Ok, lets go" replied Neville
"Oh yeah, if you ever cant find this room, you can just ask your wand where it is. Your wand wont ever point anyone else to this room"
Ron and Hermione reluctantly agreed to go find Dumbledore with Neville and Harry. They all left the room feeling like a million galleons.