-1Chapter 4: Bacchette Trasversali Academy
Harry looked over the palace that was to be his home indefinitely. Though not as large as Hogwarts, it was equally impressive. A slightly older man was standing in the doorway to the castle waiting for them.
"Ciao, my name is Signore Mogavero, and I am the new headmaster of Bacchette Trasversali Academy. Welcome. I will give you a tour around the palace then show you to your rooms." He said. Harry, Draco, and Snape followed the man into the palace. Everything was beautiful, elegant. Out on the grounds there were opulent rose gardens, a beautiful lake complete with waterfall and weeping willows. Inside the palace there were four levels with three wings each. On the bottom floor was the Entrance Hall and Great hall, the children's nursery, and what the headmaster called the entertainment room. The second floor held the defense against the dark arts corridor, Potions corridor, and Charms corridor. The Third floor held the transfiguration, History of Magic, and electives corridors, and the fourth and final floor was the dormitories. One wing for girls, one wing for boys, and they actually had a wing for married students. The headmaster explained that they encouraged students to marry if they felt they had either found their soul mate, or were truly in love with their significant other. There was a small decadent building behind the school that held teachers housing. There were also large greenhouses behind the teachers housing used for Herbology classes.
After the tour the headmaster lead Harry and Draco to their new rooms after leaving Snape at his. Harry walked into the room looking around in awe. He had his own small sitting room with plush gray chairs and couch. There were three doors leading off the sitting room. One lead to a bedroom with attached nursery, one lead to a large marble bathroom, and the last lead to a small study with a large rosewood desk and bookcases. Everything in the room was gray.
"All the rooms are gray to begin with, because we allow you to express yourself. You are free to decorate these rooms to however you feel." He said quietly before leaving to room.
Harry looked around before unshrinking Lyneah's cradle and placing her in it. He turned to face the sitting room. The walls suddenly became a pale creamy yellow color, while the couch and chairs were changed into a soothing sage green color made of sturdy stain proof material. There were cream colored sheer drapes hanging around the beautiful picture window that over looked the lake and the weeping willows. He went to his room next and spelled the walls so they were a beautiful deep navy blue. He made the bedspread, bed hangings, and drapes all silver silk. He then proceeded into the small nursery. He spelled the walls a soft lavender color, and changed the furniture to all white. There was a small beautiful crib with intricately carved roses and a small mosquito net canopy against one wall, with a rose carved chest of drawers and changing table across from it. There was a small white glider rocking chair in the corner. He pulled out Lyneah's pink and white quilt that Molly had made her and placed it in the crib along with the pink and purple flowered bumper pad, and the fairy mobile. He spelled the canopy so that it had real fragrant roses trailing down it around the crib. He put an arch around the door and spelled it to grow forget-me-not vines throughout the arch. After the nursery was done he went into the study and spelled the walls to be an earthy brownish red color. He summoned his school books from the previous five years and placed them on the shelves along with pictures of his friends, and godfather, and one of him, Lyneah, and Anna taken just after she was born. He then went back into his room and place his clothes in the dresser.
There was a small knock on the door. Harry was surprised to see the lights blink
"Come in!" Harry called. Draco opened the door and stepped into the room looking around.
I didn't know you had quite this good of taste Potter. Draco said clearly impressed with the design of the small suit of rooms.
Yeah well, I wanted some place nice for Lyneah and myself. He answered nonchalantly. Draco nodded.
The headmaster wants to see us about our schedules. He said. Harry nodded, picked up Lyneah and followed Draco to the headmaster's office. Once inside they fixed their schedules. Harry decided to continue with Defense, Potions, Transfiguration, and Charms. He also decided to drop Herbology, care of Magical creatures, and Divination in favor of History of Magic (he was giving it another go since it was no longer Binns), Wizard Customs and Culture, and soundless magic. Draco's schedule was the same except he took Ancient Runes instead of Wizard Customs. They also scheduled to return to the wizarding village tomorrow to purchase their school supplies. After that they were given free reign of the school to become familiar with it. Harry headed outside with Lyneah to explore the grounds. He cast a sun blocking charm on Lyneah once they were outside and began to walk through the rose gardens. After touring the gardens he went and sat under one of the weeping willows for the remainder of the afternoon. At six o'clock he headed into the great hall for dinner where he sat at a small table with Draco and Severus, feeding Lyneah with one hand while eating with the other.
After dinner Harry headed to the entertainment room to check it out. He found a large screen TV which was charmed to run on magic, and a large selection of DVD's. Having never been able to watch movies at the Dursley's Harry picked out a movie and put it in the DVD play and sat down to watch. Thank heavens for closed caption. He thought to himself.
The next morning Harry met Draco and Severus in the great hall for breakfast before the three of them left for their shopping. The first place they went to was Gladrags Wizard Robes. They each got four pairs of the required burgundy silk school robes. Then Harry picked out dress robes of purest silver with black trim, and several baby robes for Lyneah in varying colors, one even matching his school robes. After that they went to the book store and purchased their books, then moved on to get paper, quills, ink, and potions ingredients. Harry couldn't believe how different it was here than in England. He loved being able to walk down the street and have no one stare at him or his scar. He watched the people as he walked, and was fascinated by how open they were with each other. People greeted each other by kissing cheeks, and hugging, they were constantly gesticulating with their hands and touching each other. The difference in culture here fascinated Harry to no end. While they were out they decided to also take a trip to the near by muggle town of Siena for some shopping. While there Draco fitted Harry with a whole new wardrobe before they bought new clothes for Lyneah. Harry and Draco had decided that Severus wore entirely to much black, and needed a wardrobe change. So they convinced him that while his black robes were fine for class, he needed other clothes, so they picked out some muggle jeans, dress trousers of both black, and kaki, T-shirts, dress shirts, jumpers, and ties of every color imaginable. By the time they were finished Severus didn't even resemble the same man that Hogwarts knew.