Chapter 3

After class everyone was excited and confused wondering how a Muggle like Professor Ellis could have so much power. Harry, Ron and Hermione were packing up and heading for the door.
"So what's your secret gesture, Hermione?" asked Ron.
"I'm not telling you."
"Oh come on, it's not like I'll tell anyone," said Ron surprised Hermione didn't want to share that information.
"It's embarrassing you'll laugh," said Hermione. Harry didn't get to hear the rest of their conversation because they were already gone leaving him behind as he quickened his packing pace. Pretty soon he was the only one left in the classroom.
"So, Harry, how's did you think I did for my first day?" asked Professor Ellis when she saw that no one else was present.
"You did great, although I think you should have kept taking off points from the Slytherin house, other than that, great."
Professor Ellis let out a little laugh and picked up the box of permission gestures. "Wow, I didn't expect this many consents."
"And why not you seem very trustworthy," said Harry.
"Thank you, that means a lot to me," she glanced at Harry and when their eyes met Harry got the same familiar feeling about Professor Ellis. He got a confused and curious look on his face.
"Something wrong Harry?" she asked.
"Uh.um, no, nothing's wrong, just that."
"What?" she asked concerned, but Harry felt that he shouldn't tell her, seems pointless anyway, he doesn't want to scare or worry his new teacher. He thought it was probably nothing.
"It's nothing, I'm just kind of dazed I guess."
They spent a few more minutes talking in her office while Professor Ellis was rummaging in what appeared to be an old large crate. Then Harry realized how late he was for Herbology.
"Professor Ellis, sorry to interrupt you, but uh, I'm gonna be really late for Herbology," he said.
"Oh please, Herbology, don't worry I'll write you a pass. Oh before you go could you help me move this thing into the storage room she pointed from the crate to the bog storage room behind Harry."
"No problem," said Harry. He took one end of the crate and carried it, with his back to the storage room. When they set it down Harry looked around the storage room. It was filled with so many unimaginable things. To his left Harry saw a small model of an enchanted castle with dozens of tiny people walking around on it. Then Harry noticed oversized egg shells, which he wouldn't have recognized if he didn't know Hagrid.
"Wow, you used to have a dragon?" Harry asked, but then realized that Professor Ellis left the storage room and couldn't hear him. Harry looked around a bit more, then something got his full attention, in the corner of the shelf there was a small ruby box with gold script lettering on it. Harry tried to get a closer look he moved closer and the box began to glow and Harry could now read that the lettering on the box was his own handwriting.
"Here you go Harry," he heard Professor Ellis come closer to him and snapped back to his earlier position behind the crate. Professor Ellis hadn't noticed and handed Harry a pass for his next class.
"Thanks," he took the pass trying to look as normal as possible, and left the class.
Later at lunch he was sitting very quietly not touching his food.
"What's wrong Harry?" asked Hermione.
"Yeah you were like this in Herbology too, something wrong?" asked Ron.
"I'm not sure, I found something really weird in Ellis's storage room," said Harry.
"You went snooping around her office?" asked Hermione.
"No she asked me to help her after class," Harry snapped back at Hermione.
"Anyway go on," said Ron.
"I saw this red glowing box, it kept drawing me in closer to it, and when I got a closer look, it had my name on it, in. in. my handwriting," after he finished both Ron and Hermione looked perplexed.
"Why would she have something like that?" asked Ron looking from Harry to Hermione.
"I don't know," continued Harry. "but when I saw it, I got the strongest feeling that I've seen it before."
"Have you?" asked Ron.
"I don't think so, or at least.I don't remember,"