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Guest: Good point. And I agree to some extent on Harry's personality. It should be noted, however, that during the fifth book he acted different in s moody teenager-like way. I guess Vaisey and Zeller just caught him in a bad mood. But to be fair, Harry was dealing with a lot at the time!

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Guest: As stated previously, I intend to finish this story and tie up all the loose ends that are hanging. I apologize for ending with a cliff-hanger for such a long time.

a/n: One of these days I'm going to get smart and just work on one story at once. That day is not today.

"So what are you going to do? About the letter, I mean," asked Aleron, playing with his paper bird.

Annabeth paced back and forth across the Room of Requirement, furiously fidgeting with anything she could get her hands on. "I don't know. But I can't let her read it. Other than the fact that it's against my rights, the letters honestly contain stuff that I'm not so comfortable sharing with her."

"What are you going to do?" Harper said, petting Canis from across the room. "Break into her office?"

"Oh, please! She's not a Gryffindor!" Harper and Vaisey high-fived.

"Guys, stop it. I'm trying to concentrate. Umbridge has read, or is going to read my private mail. I don't care if she works for the Ministry, there must be some law against doing that."

Theodore Nott looked up from his copy of The Daily Prophet and said, "You don't seem to understand, Chase. For all intents and purposes, Umbridge is the law. Still, I wouldn't worry if I were you too much. The toad's going to get a major distraction soon, so you're not too pressed for time or anything."

The other three jumped. "How long have you been in here?"

"Me? I don't know. A while. Longer than you guys, anyway. I like it better here than in my own Common Room, everyone avoids me like the plague there. Besides, I don't see how that's any of your business."

"You mentioned a distraction," Annabeth prompted, "what did you mean by that?"

Nott shrugged, looking rather uncomfortable, as if wishing he hadn't said anything. "I can't be sure exactly, but let's put it this way: we're not the only ones using this room."

"What are you talking about?" asked Annabeth. Had someone been using the room and Theodore had kept it a secret from them?

"It's Potter, isn't it?" Vaisey pipped up. "It has to be Potter. I ran into him on this floor a while ago . . . and . . . and, well come on, it's Potter. Does there even NEED to be a reason?"

Harper nodded. It would make sense. It had seemed that Potter and his friends had been organizing something

Nott shrugged enigmatically. Annabeth was sure that half of the time Nott didn't even know what he was talking about. It annoyed her to no end. Still, she had bigger issues at the moment. "No matter what, I can't have her read my mail. Do you guys understand?"

"Why? What's in there?"

Annabeth turned to glare at Vaisey, who immediately shrunk back. "Does that matter?"

"Actually, Chase," said Harper, "it does. If we're going to help you -and I'm not saying we are, then we have a right to know what we're helping you with."

"Okay, you're not even supposed to be here! So why don't you just shut up?"

Annabeth sighed. "Forget it. I can figure this out on my own."

"Okay," Nott said, "I guess you won't be wanting this then." He casually held out a what have been the thickest book Annabeth had ever seen. It was titled, Advanced Wizard Law of the Western Hemisphere Volume 683. That by itself would have been an unbelievable coincidence, but there was something more: the book was in Greek.

"Where did you find that?" she demanded, snatching it from Theodore's hands.

"I already told you. It's the Room of Requirement. It gives you anything you need. I mean, except live animals or people. Or food. Or water. Or one of a kind objects unless specifically put in here. Or a bunch of other things. But, whatever. There's the book."

Annabeth examined it. The book had to be at a thousand pages long, and there was no index! How was she going to find what she needed in time?

Nott, as if reading her mind, said, "The bookmark."

"What?"

"Look, see that ribbon? The room put it there for your use. I'd say there's a good chance that it's the page you're looking for."

Annabeth was skeptical but she opened it anyway, surprised to find that Theodore was right. Immediately, she began reading the page.

If an American citizen chooses to go abroad for magical education, he or she is expected to follow the laws of his or her native country and that of his choice, respectively. The only exception occurs if a situation comes up where the laws of the country contradict those of the American Ministry of Magic in Philadelphia. Philadelphia? Annabeth wondered. Well, to be fair, that's where the American capital was located before Washington D.C. if the American wizards were anything like the UK ones, they would be too stubborn to change.

She looked back at the excerpt. The rule sounded just like the kind of ridiculous backwards law a magical society would make. Still, Annabeth was never happier to see something of the sort. A highlighter conveniently appeared in her hand and Annabeth highlighted the section. She skipped a few pages, before settling on another passage. The American Ministry of Magic states that citizens have certain unalienable rights, many of which mirror those found in the American Constitution, including the five freedom amendment. Freedom of speech, press, petition, assembly, and religion. Students visiting abroad are still entitled to said amendment as long as it is not interfering with their school work.

"This is perfect!" she exclaimed. "I have freedom of press. That means she has to give me back my letter!" She was practically shaking with excitement. Would it work? She hope so. It had to work.

Annabeth gathered up her stuff and ran out of the Room of Requirement down a couple of corridors, up some flights of stairs, and a few sharp corners. She had nearly reached Umbridge's office when someone running the other way, smacked right into her.

"Sorry," Annabeth mumbled.

"You should watch where you're going!" the girl hissed angrily. She appeared to be around her sixth year and had a head full of strawberry blond ringlets. Annabeth recognized her from the Ravenclaw table, although she could not recall the girl's name.

The girl gathered her things up in a hurry before storming into Professor Umbridge's office.

"Ah," said the Professor, inviting her in, "how lovely to see you, Marietta Edgecombe . . . "

Harry Potter fact: Throughout the Harry Potter series, there were a total of 199 chapters, 3363 pages, and 1090739 words. The movies add up to 17 hours and 13 minutes.

Random fact: Stray dogs in Moscow, Russia are known for their intelligence. The dogs have learned to travel their territories via subway by recognizing distinct smells and recorded voices. They also send out the smallest, cutest-looking dog in their group to beg for food from humans.

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