"Harry, what are you doing out of bed?" Harry heard the tired voice of Dumbledore from behind him just before he had reached the exit.
"Oh, good um, morning professor," Harry said not expecting any company in the library. "I had a dream and couldn't get back to sleep so I came here to read a bit." He explained to Dumbledore, who in return had a concerned expression.
"Is it to do with Voldemort, Harry?" He inquired, and Harry shook his head decisively.
"No, it's nothing like that it's just..." Harry trailed off feeling stupid for explaining some silly dream he'd been having to Dumbledore.
"Continue," Dumbledore encouraged.
"Well, I start out in this room you see," Harry began, looking to Dumbledore for any hints of what he was thinking.
"And at the end I'm at, there's nothing, the walls are bare, but in front of me is a long bridge that crosses over this deep gap, and on the other end of the bridge is a door. The thing is though, behind this door is a blue light that just seems to radiate from the cracks in the wood, and when you grab the knob, it is scalding hot and burns your hand.
"Finally, when you open the door, there's nothing in the room but a few statues with words on the base, there's no blue light either so it really confused me." Harry finished, hoping it wasn't going to mean anything important. Of course, Harry was wrong.
"Harry, I'm afraid there's something I haven't told you." Harry's anger began to build, he was almost afraid to hear Dumbledore continue.
"Over the past week, you probably haven't noticed, but I've been searching frantically for a book in the library." Harry almost smiled; it was quite obvious that Dumbledore had been looking for the book, especially since he had told Harry and friends earlier.
"The reason I've been looking so hard is because there is story of a room in the castle that ahs been around for years, it lies somewhere below the castle, deep, deep underground, with an entrance some where in the castle, but the door can only be found by one it is meant for. It is said that what lies in the room is a secret that involves a prophecy, yours in fact." He explained, leaving Harry a bit confused.
"Excuse me professor, but which prophecy?" a question, which Harry felt was one of the oddest asked in Hogwarts history.
"The one I told you at the beginning of term, speaking of which Harry, I have an idea to who maybe heir of Ravenclaw," Dumbledore told Harry, who was hanging on his every word.
"A Miss Luna Lovegood, she will be notified tomorrow morning. But I digress, this room is said to help those whom the prophecy pertains. There is also said to be an entrance in Hogsmeade, which I believe is what Tom was trying to find during his attack." Dumbledore explained to Harry.
"But professor, how could he get in, you said only members of the prophecy could gain entrance?" He asked with a look of confusion across his face.
"Harry, I believe that Voldemort is the heir of Slytherin. Yes, it says that the heirs of the founders must be present, but not necessarily together, do you understand?" Harry nodded he did.
"Well then you understand, if he was to gain entrance, he would gain more power, which we cannot allow, meaning you must find the room first, and use its power to its full potential, He urged. Harry nodded, understanding how important it was for him to find it.
"The reason I was looking through the library is that I've been searching for a book that gives even the slightest hint at where the door could possibly be." Dumbledore finished, and with few more words, he sent Harry off to bed.
As he was leaving the room, he was sure, even with the room's restorative powers, he would certainly be able to sleep on all the information he'd learned that night.
The next morning Harry awoke with his conversation with Dumbledore still reeling in his head. Looking around the dorm, he found himself alone, all other beds empty and a rather impatient looking house elf seemingly waiting for Harry to wake up and leave.
Harry took the hint and left to find Ron to see if he was up to a duel. Thinking it would be faster, Harry cut through the library to the Great Hall, but what he found amazed him, he stumbled in upon all his friends looking at a rather large hole in the wall leading to a stair case.
"What in bloody hell happened in here?" Harry asked in shock.
"Well you see, Luna Dumbledore told us that Luna was the heir of Ravenclaw, so she came to the library with us, and Ginny and her decided they'd like a duel," Hermione started. "After a few minutes, Ginny sent a rather strong bludgeoning spell at Luna, but she dodged and it hit the wall, and there's a stair case apparently." Hermione said pointing to the obvious stair case.
"We were just about to go get you mate, we weren't sure what to do," Ron explained, without taking his eyes off of the large hole.
"Well, let's go then." Harry said impatiently, remembering the room he and Dumbledore had spoken of, thinking that they may have just found it. With those words, the stepped over the remaining bit of wall over onto the stair case and descended. They walked for ten minutes, with out a word between them until they reached a hallway, a hallway Harry found very familiar.
"Everyone, I think I know what's going on…" and then Harry proceeded to explain his dream and Dumbledore's explanation of it all. After a few minutes of 'O's' and 'Ah's', they continued down the hall to the small room with the bridge, and crossed the bridge.
While walking across the bridge, the made a discovery, Hermione is deathly afraid of heights, making the whole experience far more difficult then it had to be, because every few minutes she needed to be stopped and reassured they were almost their an that they would be perfectly fine. After what seemed to be an eternity to Hermione, they reached the end and the door, yet there was no blue light, which Harry didn't really consider to be a big deal.
Harry reached hesitantly for the door, in fear of being scalded but was relieved to find all he felt was the coolness of the brass knob. Just as in the dream, the door gave little resistance as he pulled it open, revealing the room he had seen in the dream, only much, much larger.
It was a poorly lit cave type of room of large gray bricks, but around the room laid the most elaborate statues. The first statue, was the phoenix, an then an owl, then a unicorn, a lion, a griffon, a shark, then a bear, and finally a large snake, which Harry presumed belonged to the Slytherin heir. It all made sense to him now, the animals were the people it represented animagus form.
After they all made the same connection as Harry, they wandered over to their animal. "Harry found his to say 'Welcome, you have reached the Cave of Prophecy, a structure as old as Hogwarts itself You are the heir of the noble and brave Gryffindor, and you shall now be bestowed a power only one can teach, and it will be most useful in your futures bouts against evil. The power of which I speak is elemental magic, the arcane ability to create and manipulate the elements. To learn this ability, you shall be taught by your heir himself inside the Temple of Gryffindor' and with that, a map of Hogwarts appeared in his hands as did a door on the wall behind his statue, which he stepped out of into a hallway.
Seeing what Harry did, Luke followed suit.
'Welcome you have reached the Cave of Prophecy, a structure as old as Hogwarts itself. You are the Heir of the tragically misunderstood Dark Mage, and shall now be taught the power he once possessed. You will be taught the most ancient of spells from the darkest of places, spells very few use to its proper use. With this map, you will be lead to the Tower of the Dark Mage. Continue on to receive this great knowledge, from the Mage himself.' Luke continued, a bit shaken, 'Will I be learning dark magic?' we wondered to himself as he walked through the newly appeared door.
Syrus had done the same as his other two companions and bent down to see what his statue said.
'Welcome, you have reached the Cave of Prophecy, a structure as old as Hogwarts itself. You are the heir of the forsaken Shadow Knight, an almost immortal warrior who years ago was able to take on great physical feats and conquer all in battle until his allies great betrayal. You shall soon be taught skill of mixing melee combat with magic by the great Warrior himself. Proceed to the Armory of the Forsaken One and you will find him waiting for you.' Syrus didn't need any more information; he took his map and practically sprinted out the door, anxious to meet his newly found mentor.
Ron proceeded slowly; weary of what he may find.
'Welcome you have reached the Cave of Prophecy, a structure as old as Hogwarts itself. You are the Heir of the All Powerful Merlin. A lesser known power of Merlin's had been his ability to take on the form of anything from animals to humans, and was also able to make altercations to his own appearance. He was, and you shall be a most powerful Shape-Shifter. To gain the privilege of Merlin's tutelage, you must enter the Shrine of Merlin, be weary young man, with great power comes great responsibility' Ron gulped, he was about to meet and learn under the great Merlin. After shaking himself of his nerves, he exited the cave and began to the tower.
Ginny had, without hesitation began to read hers.
'Welcome you have reached the Cave of Prophecy, a structure as old as Hogwarts itself. You are the Heir of the named 'Angel' of Destruction. Though referred to by many as the angel of destruction, she was a mere mortal, with the power to destroy villages out of angel. Other then her amazing gifts, she was also well known for being a caring and kind person, but due to her title, many ran from her out of fear. Go now child, for within the Angel's Sanctuary she waits to impart you with her knowledge and skill.' Ginny had not expected this in the least, but was not afraid, she took hold of her map and journeyed out the door a step closer to her fate.
Next was Neville, who shakily leaned forward to discover his power.
'Welcome you have reached the Cave of Prophecy, a structure as old as Hogwarts itself. You are the Heir of the kind and hardworking Hufflepuff, and you shall now be given the honor of learning the skill of healing under the great Cleric herself, go now young Hufflepuff and master this skill, it will be of great importance in the life of you and your companions. You will find the Matron of Healing in the Cleric's Tower, she is waiting for you.' Neville understood and was ready, he exited in a hurry ready for all challenges that my lay ahead.
Now, with just two people left, Hermione did not want to be the last one out of there so she began to read.
'Welcome you have reached the Cave of Prophecy, a structure as old as Hogwarts itself. You are the Heir of the Sorceress of Mind and Soul, a witch who had the ability to look into not only ones mind, but their heart and soul as well, she could see if they were lying to her, if they were plotting against her, and even if they were an evil person within seconds, which came in handy in a time of war, a time where you must keep your allies close, but enemies closer. Go to the Church of the Sorceress and accept her knowledge.' Hermione was eager to begin her learning experience so without hesitation, she rushed to her destination.
Finally, Luna approached the only animal left, which she assumed to be hers, a beautiful raven with a few golden feathers along it's immaculate black coating.
'Welcome you have reached the Cave of Prophecy, a structure as old as Hogwarts itself. You are the Heir of the wise and rational Ravenclaw, the first and only Animal Empathetic. She was able to speak with all animals and gain their trust, this is a power of great responsibility, use it well. The wise one awaits you in the Fortress of Knowledge, go now and accept your fate.
A/N So that's chapter 13, hope you enjoyed it, but I have to ask you guys, please review, I now some ones reading and even if you think it sucks major ass let me know it helps to know I'm not the only one reading.
Next Chapter
We learn what happens at every ones tutoring session, and Harry gets some extra help until then, peace