Harry potter : Forgotten Lord

"Now dear, I really don't get the big deal about leaving you naked on a desk, so you will have to explain it to me. Oh, I have a theory about where you wand is," Harry replied with a mixture of innocence and curiosity. It was a disarming combination when used with those beautiful eyes. He'd be quite the heartbreaker when he grew up a little bit more.

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She couldn't help but feel a flicker of hope and happiness at the idea of having her wand back. She just didn't feel right not having it, like she wasn't a witch anymore. She thought over what he had said about being confused over her anger at being left naked on the table with just her boots.

Then it suddenly hit her; despite Harry being seriously mature for his age, he was still just a first year, and probably hadn't even been taught about 'quill and the inkpots,' as her mum put it. He wouldn't get that until the end of second year then the teachers gave everyone the magical version of the 'talk.' So leaving her naked like that hadn't even crossed his mind as sexual; it was just payback for her own prank on him.

This important realization lead her to recognize that a lot of her anger was misdirected. She was most certainly still angry, but now she had to give a first year 'the talk' since she had brought it up.

Looking back at the first year, she decided to try and stop this subject from being discussed any further; frankly she didn't want the responsibility of giving him the talk. "Never mind about that; you'll understand when you're older," she replied nervously, trying to avoid the embarrassing topic, using the method her mother and father had used to great effect for so long.

"Do you really think that's going to work on me Tonks? You have to make up a much better excuse," Harry replied, causing Tonks to silently curse at getting a first year raven that wasn't intimidated by her in the slightest; it was almost like he was challenging her to do better.

She wouldn't be able to get out of it now; it would be better to explain it on her own terms anyways and would also have the side benefit of embarrassing the hell out of Harry. Of course this would happen only after she got her wand back, since she knew she wouldn't be able to avoid the matter.

"Sure I'll tell you and answer all your questions in lovely detail," she responded in her best innocent tone. She again saw that Harry obviously wasn't convinced and had caught on to her fake innocence.

"But first you need to help me find my wand," she began making her way towards the door, with thoughts of how detailed she should go. After all it wasn't her fault; he just asked her a question, and she was doing her responsible best as older student and mentor by 'educating' him.

"Right boot," Harry's reply came immediately, causing her to wake from her internal monologue before responding. "Pardon me?" Obviously missing what he had just said.

"I said, right boot," gesturing his wand towards her right boot, causing her to look at her boot. She was still confused as to why the raven was pointing his wand at her shoe and her face obviously betrayed her confusion as he clarified. "Last night I put your wand in your right boot, so that it wouldn't be lost," he offered in explanation carefully, making sure to annunciate all his words extra clearly, like when an adult talks to a child.

Quickly reaching into her right boot, she immediately felt her wand handle and a corresponding feeling of warm comfort flow through her, a feeling that she had come to recognise as her magic. She couldn't help but smile at the return of her wand and its comforting presence. Looking it over she saw it giving off a faint glow, just like the day she first got it.

The next thing she did was shoot a complex locking charm at the door, sealing them in tightly, before she turned and gave her best sinister smile. "Now let's talk about the quills and the inkpots," this caused the first year boy to pale, obviously recognizing all too late where this topic was going

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( Padma PoV )

Padma came across the table and saw her 3 friends sitting together. Harry actually looked kind of pale and maybe even a bit sick, just like the time when her sister had eaten way too much dessert when they were younger.

"You ok Harry?" she asked, concerned about her best friend.

"I'll be fine Pad, I was just given far too much information about a topic that I really didn't need to know about for a couple of years, at the least," he offered in explanation, yet refusing to meet her eyes. This answer came as quite a shock to everyone at the table; the thought of a consummate raven like Harry thinking something was too much information. That was just crazy talk!

"Ok, if you're sure," she replied a bit dubiously, before turning to Tracy. "You wanted to show us something Tracy?" Referring to the cryptic message Tracy had sent earlier, with interest, since Tracy was starting to show her more cunning personality recently.

"Yeah, I think I found a spot where we can hang out," Tracy replied, causing everyone to look up from their work in surprise.

All three of them looked at each other in interest, before looking back at Tracy and eerily speaking in unison, "Lead the way." This caused Tracy to jump excitedly into motion. They quickly followed Tracy to a 5th floor corridor, near where the runes classroom was, and passed by one of the popular passageways leading to Ravenclaw tower.

Tracy stopped mid-corridor, making the effort to look over her shoulder to make sure they were the only ones in the corridor, before slipping into the shadows behind a stone statue of a dismounted knight. The rest quickly made to follow her into the passageway.

Harry quickly cast a lighting charm, causing the rest of them to also cast the lumos charm, lighting the passageway with a faint glow. It was just enough for them to see their way, but not enough to cause anyone to notice the glowing light coming from behind the statue.

After a couple minutes of walking following the passageway, they took a right into a hidden grove where they reached a wooden door. Tracy pulled out her wand and spoke aloud, "The sunbird rises at dawn and sleeps at dusk." This was obviously a password as they caused the wooden door to unlock with an audible click, revealing a circular staircase which lead up to the floor above.

They went up the stairs until they reached a door with a door guardian in the shape of a swan. It was beautifully crafted and seemed to have runes covering it, with two bright sapphires for eyes, pulsing with a faint glow of energy.

Tracy stepped forward and once again spoke aloud, "I fly high and true, I follow my heart and let the winds take me and the waters embrace me," this caused the swan to sink into the floor and the door behind it to open.

A well appointed room was revealed, looking out onto grounds. She couldn't help but be amazed at what her friend Tracy had found; it was clear that everyone was equally as impressed by Tracy's discovery, before Padma voiced what everyone was already thinking, "Great job in finding this room Tracy!" this exclamation causing Tracy to glow a bit with pride at her success.

Everyone else quickly voiced their whole hearted agreement, before Harry transitioned into his interrogation mode, asking about the series of rooms. Tracy explained the windows and all about the Lady Songbird who occupied this room previously and was a bird animagus, probably a swan. She also shared what the house elves had explained about the modified wards on the place and why the marvellous place hadn't been found in the last 150 or so years, even when unoccupied.

All of them agreed to keep the current passphrases, but noted them down carefully so that they would remember them all, before they went about discussing how they were going to use the rooms.

The main room was decided to have a common room type theme, and they collectively agreed that the back wall should contain any books of interest to the group or anything else they could use. The bedroom on the floor above they were planning to change into a private study area, a room where silence was needed for things like potions.

The bathroom would stay a bathroom/washroom for the group to use, mainly because they couldn't change it, plus it saved them from having to leave their study room if they need the toilet. Removing that need to leave would also better protect the room from being discovered.

Plus all of them liked the idea of having a private bathroom unto themselves, since it was much better to share between just the 4 of them, rather than having to share with all their current housemates. Of course they made rules for its use and put a sign on the door when it was in use, etc.

Padma thought about the group's membership and purpose and wondered what they should call themselves. She decided to voice this question aloud because surely the others would be thinking along the same lines.

"What are we going to call our group? And how are we going to decorate this place?" These questions caused everyone to break off from what they were doing and began trying to think up an appropriate name.

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