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She came back in the knick of time as dinner started and she was starving. Serenity came to the hall to find Hermione and Ron eating. Hermione saw Serenity and waved her hand as Serenity smiled and ran over to them. She sat down, about to eat until Ron tried to say something with his mouth full. Serenity rolled her eye and started to eat the baked chicken and salad she got. She took a couple of bites savoring the flavor until something started to hurt her head.
She shook her head as Hermione looked at her with some concern.
"Are you alright Serenity?"
"Yeah...Just have a strange vibe that's all."
"Blimey maybef iz a bision." Ron said with food in his mouth as Hermionie rolled her eyes the same way Serenity did moments before.
"Maybe...I'll just go to bed early then."
"Alright we'll see ya later then, we'll tell Harry you were tired."
Hermione gave Serenity a little hug as she gave one in return. She slowly stood up to leave as she took a little glance to see majority of the teachers were gone except a few like Hagrid and Filch watching over the students. Serenity slowly walked out. She wandered a bit alone, thinking to herself.
...Today was hectic...Especially in the forest when...
She remembered her hugging Professor Snape and she vigorously shook her head.
Merlin's beard! What on earth was I thinking? Comforting him? Humming to him!
She felt her face turn beet red as she walked closer to the open windows as she recalled of the events of her day. But seeing him cry for a woman he loved made it seems as if...he was a child again, vulnerable to the world. Serenity always knew he was a lonely man, but she didn't expect him to be in that much grief and pain. She unconsciously wandered to the potions classroom. The door was slightly ajar as she peeped in to see he wasn't there. He said there was no detention today but she still entered inside. She noticed some messy cauldrons, in the sinks and messes here and there. What really disturbed Serenity was to see nothing but chaos on his desk. She took out her wand and with a gentle flick she started to clean the room. In just half an hour she cleaned up the messes and the cauldrons, neatly placed back on each desk. The papers were stacked accordingly in a clean format, but tried not to read or glance at anything.
Serenity shoved her wand inside the inside pocket of her cloak before turning to leave. She peeked out to see if anyone was around. There wasn't one student or faculty as she quickly made her escape out and walked again in the hallway casually. But in her mind, being in that room she wished she could actually make some potions. She laughed to herself as she thought,
In my dream room I should have a potion desk as well...That would be lovely~
As she muses of her dream room in her mind, she heard a small crackle. Serenity looked next to her to see the the wall changing as a door slowly forms instead. Once it was done she quickly looked both ways to make sure no one saw her. She quietly opened the door and was in complete awe.
It was exactly the room she wanted. It had the ceiling like the one in the great hall except it was the image of the night sky and instead of floating candles there were gentle star lanterns of various sizes and colors hanging. There were no windows but the carpet was a deep green like it was grass as the furniture was what made it truly perfect in her mind. The bed frame had white, pearlescent trees at each corner. It was smooth white wood, with gentle polish with a blanket and pillow set with an earthy brown undertones with intricate embroidery of vines, leaves, and trees on them with hues of greens.
The fireplace was facing the bed as the far side of the room it looked like a potion desk with a bookshelf full of various textbooks. She walked up to it to have her fingers graze over the leather binds. She smiled as the there was a simple love seat couch and a single couch in front of the fireplace and a coffee table. She wondered to herself as she turn to see there was even a bathroom. She was amazed by the room as she looked around it.
"Amazing isn't it?"
Serenity jumped from such a fright as the turns to see Professor Dumbledore.
"Headmaster!"
"Ah I'm sorry to startle you my dear...I didn't expect anyone to be here...Lovely room."
Serenity gazed back at the room and said quietly,
"What is this place?"
"The room of requirement. It's enchanted to become whatever the person requires...Seems to me you want your own room."
She looked back at the headmaster and shakes her head.
"That's not it at all. I love being roommates with Hermione it's just..."
"How about we sit down and talk?"
She nodded her head as they took a seat. Dumbledore sat in the single couch as Serenity sat on the loveseat, feeling the warmth of the fireplace.
"What is bothering you child?"
"...I don't know..."
"What is troubling so much? Have you received visions that have been bothering you?"
"No it's just I- Ah!" She suddenly yelp as she felt a rush go through her body and saw a single image of Professor Lupin but it wasn't him. She flinched as she stared into the fire and whispers to herself,
"...Werewolf..."
"Serenity? Are you alright?" Dumbledore asked as she stared at the young girl.
"...Professor Lupin is a werewolf...and...You know." She stared at the Headmaster as he slowly nodded his head.
"Yes...I know."
"You knew...so him disappearing, the few scars on his face…"
"-Are from accidents when he's a werewolf yes...Not many know about his secret, and I assume you just got a vision about that."
"Yes...It was more like an image but yes...Why haven't you told anyone else? Like the students and the staff?"
"Child...If you were a parent, how would you feel if your child was being taught by a werewolf."
"I see..."
"But there is something else that troubles you."
"...I don't know. It's strange. I love my friends here but I still don't feel like I'm in peace with myself. I feel restless...Like I want to do more."
"I see...From what I hear from some professors you excel their classes at an incredible speed. You could probably finish your seventh year at this point by your knowledge yet you keep yourself quiet, why is that? For miss Granger would gladly exhibit her knowledge in the class yet you keep it hidden."
"How do the teachers know?"
"From your essays...They say your work is top level, far too extensive for a simple third year student."
"...Oops?" Was all she could say with a little shrug as the headmaster gave a low chuckle.
"So how is it you know everything that even the seventh year students sometimes struggle?"
"...When I get my visions I can determine if I want the future or past but not the exact dates that I want them to be. But for those in the past I realize history like those in our textbooks, and in the future I already learn about how to advance my skills in the classroom an-"
"And that's how you know what you know...but you want to make more of your skills that what's here in the school...Like a private office to study more on things like..."
His eyes looked over through the room and glanced at the bookcase to see the collection. It was those of potions, alchemy, DADA, and skills of expanding clairvoyance, seeing the future and more.
...Such a young girl with a heavy burden...Like Harry...
His eyes looked back at her as the air around her changed. It seemed as if she had changed to become more mature that what she really was as the wisdom glimmered in her eyes.
"...For man who has so much concern for Harry, you're just preparing him for slaughter."
"We have no choice."
"There is always a choice!...By the time you realize it you will have dig your own grave. Though you may be a hero in his eyes, but you don't really know what may happen...Be careful...For your mistakes may cause more harm than good…"
"…An old soul in such a young body."
"Coming from a man who still likes to wear colorful socks and eat sweets."
They stared for a long time until Serenity slowly shook her head and flinched, rubbing her temples.
"Merlin's beard that hurts! Ugh I hate it when that happens!"
Dumbledore looked at her and peered a bit and realized she was back to normal. He relaxed as he said to the child,
"Are you alright?"
"Yes, I'm sorry I wasn't paying attention...I just had a huge pain in my head but back to the topic, yes I would like to develop more in my own time."
"Ah...Well I assume you didn't hear me but I said you can use this room anytime you like as long as you go back to your dorm to make sure no one suspects anything...Now I must go but have a good night."
"Oh good night Headmaster and um...Thank you!" She gave a gentle smile as she gave one back in return he slowly stood up and walked out, glancing back to the see the girl go to the bookcase to pick up a book. He quickly turned again to walk to his office, before making a quick trip to Beauxbaton to meet Miss Tsukimi.
"What did you expect?"
Dumbledore sat in Tsukimi's office, taking a time of green tea she had prepared for him. She sat across from him as she moved the biscuits from her desk over to the coffee table between them. He came in right when she had just finished a class, of course she had a feeling he would come to her sooner or later.
"She should not be advancing this much."
"She shouldn't but she is."
"Why didn't you tell me this when you sent the first owl?"
"Because even I didn't know how she would change through the short time of coming back to Hogwarts."
Eliza looked down at her tea before setting it down. She flicked her want to bring over a deck of tarot cards, waving them through the air with her eyes close. The elegantly made deck slowly played onto the floor in a formation. She then used her wand to create a faint white line, before create a black one, making the yin yang symbol. As she turned the cards that were in the yin section, she turned the yang as well.
"Now is not the time to be reading cards Eliza."
"Shh…Do not disturb me."
Soon Eliza's hand goes lips and the lines disappear and the cards that were just floating all fall onto the floor. Soon Eliza's body goes still as she grips onto the arm of her chair. After a few moments she recovered, breathing evenly.
"…She can't be stopped."
"Another vision?"
"Yes…And she will be a very big player in this war but not what we expected."
"…She will be a puppet master from the shadows…She will take the same path as-"
"Yes as him."
The headmaster, the one who usually smiles, had a grim look on his face, one that makes you remember how powerful of a wizard he truly is.
" Anything I should know before I let destiny takes its course?"
"Yes…Do not try to guide her, let her take her own path."
"And for Harry?"
"You already know Sir…You already know."