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Chapter 3: Goddess of the west well
Hmm...so I see...it's time for me to do my part. Ahh...it almost seems like yesterday when James came back with Lily after the birth of Harry requesting that I help them...that tiny favor...my pleasure. After all, it worked with James and Lily; they have their absolute trust in me now...they won't be let down, I'm sure of that...Hmm...Hermione Granger...well, she's definitely way better than Lavender...but I just have to make sure now don't I?...Hermione Granger...
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"Um...I hate to interrupt our conversation but where are we meant to be going again?" Hermione asked Harry after they have been walking (and talking) aimlessly for quite some time around the school.
"Oh right! Oops, haha, I forgot we were having prefect duty. Seemed to me just like some casual walk when I went to pick you up! Anyway...um...we're going over to the...um...whatsit?! West tower. That's weird, why the heck would they want us to guard the west tower? Hardly anyone goes there...Oh well." Harry looked at Hermione, gave her a re-assuring smile and they continued their conversation.
Those two talked about practically everything under the sun, from "Hogwarts: A History" (Hermione brought that up) all the way to whether Professor Snape is having an affair with Madame Hooch. They laughed, debated, gossiped, and joked, all the way till they reached the stair leading up to the West tower.
Harry turned around to face Hermione while they were talking, walking in a backward manner, not able to see what's behind him.
"Hahaha! God knows what's going to happen next! Last time I heard, Pansy Parkinson was giving Crabbe and Goyle a lap dance! Haha—ouch!" As he said that, Harry's back bumped into something hard. Hermione was laughing so badly with him she wasn't looking at where they were walking into either. Harry turned around to realize that he had bumped into a wooden door. His eyebrow furrowed, and he flipped around within his cloak looking for something.
"Ah! Knew it would come in handy! The Marauder's Map! Hmm...Okay, we are...at the west tower? Already? This door is the west tower? Oh well. Anyway, yea, so I guess this is where we'll be spending the...next half hour until 11 o'clock before we can return to our dorms!" Harry smiled at the thought of getting to spend a bit more time with Hermione despite the fact that he is already so tired, not to mention the fact that he hasn't finished his Potions essay that the &%$#$!# Snape has assigned this morning (due tomorrow!).
Hermione grinned as a thought drifted into her mind. No way she's going to stand here for another half hour with nothing to do but talk to Harry! Sure he's a nice guy, and she has a crush on him, but standing around just plain talking would not be categorized under 'very interesting' to her.
"Hey Harry! I've got an idea!" said Hermione with a mischievous glint in her eye.
"Yea? What do you want now?! We ARE on prefect duty you know. Just cause the both of us are bored doesn't mean I'm going to snog with you okay..." Harry tried putting on a strict face and said that in a reprimanding tone, but started laughing when he realized what he had just said.
"No! Not THAT! Harry, you perverted! I was asking if you wanted to come with me. I'm going to up the stairs behind the door...there's nothing else to do! Coming?" Hermione had a challenging sort of tone in her voice, which she knew Harry couldn't resist.
"Okay, okay...!" said Harry, giving in.
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After climbing for about five minutes, they stepped onto the last step of this long stairway and found themselves facing a door...which was locked.
"Alohamora" Harry took out his wand and said the charm.
The lock broke and the both of them opened the door to find themselves in a room. The room has a pentagon shape and the only sources of light are torches on the walls of every corner of the room. In the middle of the pentagon stands what looked like a water well. Hermione walked over to the well, closely followed by Harry. They looked into it and were quite surprised when they saw mist lingering above the clear blue water in the well, giving a sort of heavenly look/feel.
"Whoa..." gasped Hermione.
"Totally amazing...it looks...and feels like Heaven" said Harry, almost breathless from the shock of it's beauty.
"—It doesn't just feel like Heaven...It will be Heaven, if you find what you're looking for in the depth of this well...not literally of course" a third voice came in, giving both Hermione and Harry a shock, causing the both of them to jump up in fright.
The voice sounded, believe it or not, quite heavenly too (oooo, matches with the heavenly well eh?). They turned around and saw what looked like an angel (without the wings and halo though), semi-transparent (like the ghosts at Hogwarts), and floating in the air. The "angel" was wearing a pale colored white dress that looked like it was made out of some sort of silky material. She had a wand in hand, and gave off this bright, soothing light.
"I'm sorry to scare the both of you like that," she said in her melodic voice, "I'm the Goddess of the West well...In Hogwarts, a long time ago, there was a well situated in every tower—north, south, east, and west. Each well has its different uses, but none of them had the original use of a normal well (for extracting water). After the battle between the houses, the north, south, and east well had been magically transported away by founders of Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and Slytherin respectively. They found that the different uses the well provided suited them well, thus stole it away. But fortunately, the founder of Griffindor thought otherwise. He wanted to share the goodness of this well with others, thus left it here for me to watch over, and guide whoever that chooses to use it..."
"But what does this well do? I mean, how good is it? How does it do you good?" asked Harry as he furrowed his eyebrows in doubt.
"Yes yes...I was just about to go there...This well is also called 'The Well of Confessions'. Everyone has secrets, but not everyone dares to confide their secrets maybe (sometimes) because of lack of trust, etc. But with this well, you can confide to it, tell it your problem, and at the end, you can ask a question you wish to be answered that is relevant to your problem...but you are only allowed one problem and one question, at the same time, in a lifetime." the Goddess explained patiently.
Hermione took it all in at once and nodded in understanding, whilst Harry still looked kind of dumbfounded. "So you mean we can only confide one problem, and ask one question, in our long life? Just one? So you mean we can't come back for another confession?" asked Harry slowly, revising what the Goddess just said.
"Yes...one problem, and one question...but you will have to come back again...but not for another confession, you come back to get your answer..." said the Goddess.
"What?! Don't we like...get our answer immediately?" Hermione seemed a bit upset about not receiving an immediate answer.
"...I'm sorry...you are meant to find the answer out for yourself as time goes. But I assure you, you will be given an answer at some point of your life...BUT only when you more or less know what you're looking for or when you're really really confused/stuck with your problem." explained the Goddess, who is now smiling upon Harry and Hermione.
"This is absolutely crazy! Phooh! What are you talking about...I mean, I know what you're talking about, but, it's crazy! I can't wait that long!" Harry exclaimed in frustration.
"Oh come on Harry! Don't be such a spoilsport! Let's just try it! Whether it works or not, it's just for fun. If it works, then great; but if it doesn't, we'll just take it as a childish game played at our last year in Hogwarts! Come on! Don't you have a confession you are dying to make? Just that you don't dare tell anyone?" said Hermione. Inside, she doesn't really believe it either, but she's dying to make a confession...even if it has to be towards a well. Plus, even if it doesn't work, at least she got it out somehow!
"Pweeasse Harry?" Hermione put on her cute little puppy dog expression.
"Oh kay, ok...! You win again." Harry practically melted when he saw that expression.
"I see you've decided to use it huh?" said the Goddess with a happy expression on her face. "Okay then, let's get started, shall we?" James, Lily, don't you worry anymore, I've got your child's future under control. Trust me.
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A/N: Okay! That's all for the third chapter! Whoa...isn't it long! Haha...okay, it's longer than the other ones I've written. Hope this adds more excitement to the story. Yes...I know the first two chapters aren't that great. Do tell me if the well part makes sense and if it's too complicating to understand yuh? The well will still come in in the next chapter and further on in the story (it's the main basis of the story). Thanks to all others who have reviewed! You were the people that kept me rolling! Please review and tell me what you think!