Welcome to another short shot. I still do not own Harry Potter. And,
probably fortunately in the long run, I'm not from a family where I can ask
"Daddy, would you buy me the royalty rights to a million dollar book?" and
expect anything other than "go to your room".
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Phoenix
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Harry stood looking over the large room. He had found it just the night before, wandering the halls. Turned out that the marauder's map didn't have the complete layout of the school, only the areas used by people. So had had spent a great deal of time walking around, adding to the map with every step. That would change when school started for the year in just over a week. (Harry was staying at Hogwarts over the summer after the attack on the Dursley's house.)
This room, or rather suite of rooms, had surprised him, and he returned to see what else he could find out about it. There was no doubt about it; the room was a common room. About half the size of Gryffindor's common room, it had a balcony running two adjacent sides. A grand set of stairs lead up to the balcony, and from it were four doors. Two, one on each wall, lead to either the boys or girls suites. They included long hallways, with ten doors. Seven of them lead to dormitory rooms for the seven years. One of the doors lead to a full bathroom almost as grand as the prefects' bath. The ninth door leads to, surprisingly enough, a large library, enterable from either the boys or girl halls. The tenth, lead to small balconies around the edge of another large room. It was accesable through a set of double doors on the lower level of the common room. The other two doors on the balcony around the common room lead to small bathrooms for those not wishing to walk all the way to the large, full baths.
The room through the double door was almost as interesting as the entire rest of the 'house'. It was a training room. Weapons lined the walls, and there were all sorts of training equipment.
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As Harry laid awake in bed that night, he though back to the gifts his ancestors had given him when he came of age, over the summer, to receive his true powers. He now learned more quickly, ran harder, flew faster, and his banishing charm could make Gryffindor tower fall. But perhaps the most interesting one was the key to Hogwarts. All he had to do was go to the heart of the school, as special room, and he could make any changes he wanted.
Then he though about how he had been treated. With the ministry denying Voldermort's return, even after more than a year, he was being treated as exactly the person that Rita Skeeter made him out to be. A murdering lunatic. As a matter of fact, only about a fifth of the school believed him. Actually, it was equal numbers of all the houses that believed him, even Slytherin. Draco was almost becoming a friend . . .
"Wait a minute." Harry thought to himself. "Four houses, each about one fourth of the school. About one fifth believes me, and all of them are outcasts in their houses because of it. One fifth believes me . . . Five Houses!"
Harry sprinted out of the tower, running for almost ten minutes before he reached the heart of the school. It didn't take much. A little magic and the 'house' he had found was cleaned out and assigned not one, but three guardians. The out of the way corridor it was located in was blocked off by a new statue guardian at one end, and a picture at the other, with the entrance itself halfway in between, also guarded by a picture. One only had to pass two of them.
Needless to say the staff was quite shocked when they awoke the next morning. Apon reaching the entrance hall, they found a fifth hourglass, the ones used to show class points, with a new crest above it. The crest was a phoenix, and it was called Phoenix house, with the house location known as Phoenix Keep. Lupin found himself assigned as head of the house.
When the students arrived, they were told that they would know what table to sit at. All those who sat with Harry knew and accepted the changes that were about to occur in their lives. The sorting hat phoenix to its song, with the characteristics of 'knowing truth, and acting accordingly'. Five first years went into the new house, one of which turned out to be Draco's little sister. Draco was also one of the ones that sat with Harry, Ginny, and Hermione. Ron stayed with Gryffindor.
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The end.
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Phoenix
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Harry stood looking over the large room. He had found it just the night before, wandering the halls. Turned out that the marauder's map didn't have the complete layout of the school, only the areas used by people. So had had spent a great deal of time walking around, adding to the map with every step. That would change when school started for the year in just over a week. (Harry was staying at Hogwarts over the summer after the attack on the Dursley's house.)
This room, or rather suite of rooms, had surprised him, and he returned to see what else he could find out about it. There was no doubt about it; the room was a common room. About half the size of Gryffindor's common room, it had a balcony running two adjacent sides. A grand set of stairs lead up to the balcony, and from it were four doors. Two, one on each wall, lead to either the boys or girls suites. They included long hallways, with ten doors. Seven of them lead to dormitory rooms for the seven years. One of the doors lead to a full bathroom almost as grand as the prefects' bath. The ninth door leads to, surprisingly enough, a large library, enterable from either the boys or girl halls. The tenth, lead to small balconies around the edge of another large room. It was accesable through a set of double doors on the lower level of the common room. The other two doors on the balcony around the common room lead to small bathrooms for those not wishing to walk all the way to the large, full baths.
The room through the double door was almost as interesting as the entire rest of the 'house'. It was a training room. Weapons lined the walls, and there were all sorts of training equipment.
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As Harry laid awake in bed that night, he though back to the gifts his ancestors had given him when he came of age, over the summer, to receive his true powers. He now learned more quickly, ran harder, flew faster, and his banishing charm could make Gryffindor tower fall. But perhaps the most interesting one was the key to Hogwarts. All he had to do was go to the heart of the school, as special room, and he could make any changes he wanted.
Then he though about how he had been treated. With the ministry denying Voldermort's return, even after more than a year, he was being treated as exactly the person that Rita Skeeter made him out to be. A murdering lunatic. As a matter of fact, only about a fifth of the school believed him. Actually, it was equal numbers of all the houses that believed him, even Slytherin. Draco was almost becoming a friend . . .
"Wait a minute." Harry thought to himself. "Four houses, each about one fourth of the school. About one fifth believes me, and all of them are outcasts in their houses because of it. One fifth believes me . . . Five Houses!"
Harry sprinted out of the tower, running for almost ten minutes before he reached the heart of the school. It didn't take much. A little magic and the 'house' he had found was cleaned out and assigned not one, but three guardians. The out of the way corridor it was located in was blocked off by a new statue guardian at one end, and a picture at the other, with the entrance itself halfway in between, also guarded by a picture. One only had to pass two of them.
Needless to say the staff was quite shocked when they awoke the next morning. Apon reaching the entrance hall, they found a fifth hourglass, the ones used to show class points, with a new crest above it. The crest was a phoenix, and it was called Phoenix house, with the house location known as Phoenix Keep. Lupin found himself assigned as head of the house.
When the students arrived, they were told that they would know what table to sit at. All those who sat with Harry knew and accepted the changes that were about to occur in their lives. The sorting hat phoenix to its song, with the characteristics of 'knowing truth, and acting accordingly'. Five first years went into the new house, one of which turned out to be Draco's little sister. Draco was also one of the ones that sat with Harry, Ginny, and Hermione. Ron stayed with Gryffindor.
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The end.