Harry potter : Forgotten Lord

"I don't know miss, but if you give me a couple of minutes to ask one of the older elves, I could provide you with the answers you seek," dibs replied. Tracy just nodded, before once again looking around the room taking in all its features.

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Several minutes passed before dibs returned with an elderly female elf, who appeared to be extremely old, probably nearing the end of her life. "This is Petal, she can help answer your questions miss" Dibs explained, before Tracy asked Petal the same series of questions.

"Miss, these quarters were last used in 1818, when the Lady Songbird was teaching here at Hogwarts. The glass windows were because Lady Songbird was a bird animagus and liked being able to see the sky," the elderly Petal answered slowly, thinking carefully over each word, in a sagely tone, which could only come with age and great experience. Old people seemed to enjoy using this tone to make sure they didn't forget anything important.

Thinking over everything Petal said, it explained the windows and why they could actually be opened. It also explained the choice of swan door guardian and why it appeared the room was near the top of one the towers. "Thank you Petal, can you also explain to me why this room is so well hidden?" she asked the two elves.

"Of course miss" dibs replied. "The Lady Songbird was very well respected, but had several powerful enemies who wished her harm; she created these quarters with that in mind. It has modified wards on it, which prevents it from being plot-able. It also has wards which hide the outside windows from all those who don't know the secret. There are also several subtle compulsion wards designed to redirect anyone away from the room who didn't know of its existence already," Dibs answered thoroughly.

Tracy couldn't help but smile at Dib's description of the suite's protections; it would be an ideal place for her and her friends to hang out in private. However, she wondered how she had been able to find the place at all.

"That's good to hear; it fits everything we need," at this she saw the two elves beaming at their success, before she continued, "How is it that you were able to show me the room then as I didn't know it was here? And will anyone be able to find it, such as my head of house, Professor Snape?" she could easily see Snape interfering if he found out about this place.

He was already trying to get her and Daphne to stop hanging around with Harry and Padma, but he didn't have any legitimate grounds to justify it after Daphne pointed out that they had a mutually beneficial relationship which bettered both parties.

Potter assisted them with their weak subjects; they in turn assisted him with his. Two parties working together for mutual benefit was the Slytherin thing to do. This argument forced their head of house to drop it for the moment, as he didn't have any other grounds to justify forbidding their friendship.

"No miss, only people like yourself who know the room's location can reveal it. If you show your friends, then they will be able to find it again. In the same way that anyone who follows them will be able to find the door again.

We know the room's location because we are connected to Hogwarts and are charged with taking care of its halls, unless ordered to do otherwise. Only the Headmaster can find this room without another's aid and that's only if he was specifically looking for it. To everyone else this area is just another old storage room, no longer needed." Dibs explained while Petal just nodded in agreement at the younger elf's explanation.

"Thank you for your help Dibs, Petal, I am most grateful for your aid" both elves beamed at her with their success. "I just ask you to keep this secret," she asked.

"Of course miss, as long as you do nothing that endangers Hogwarts or its students, we will keep it secret, until the Headmaster orders us otherwise," Dibs replied in explanation.

"Thank you again" Tracy said, causing both to bow before disappearing, leaving her alone in the room. She couldn't help but beam with pride as well over her success at finding their own private and secret common space to meet in the future.

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The following morning

Tonks was looking the part of a very angry woman as she stormed through the halls, looking for the green eyed raven that had left her naked and unconscious in an abandoned classroom. He had also taken her wand. Marching into the Great Hall, she looked over the tables to see that he wasn't even there yet, since it was a Sunday. Obviously he had chosen to lie in.

Rather than waiting in the hall she picked up an apple before heading towards the Ravenclaw dorms looking to catch her prey.

Marching through the corridors at a fast pace she hoped to ambush him as she'd rather avoid going to the teachers. It would be an amazingly embarrassing story to tell as she had been bested by a first year and then left naked with nothing but her boots and over-robes in a locked classroom for several hours. Luckily one of the house elves had turned up and unlocked the door.

She was going to hex his bits off as soon as she got her wand back, she promised herself with relish.

Arriving at the Ravenclaw common room door, she knew that she had to answer a stupid riddle to get in, but ended up failing horribly, as in her unbridled rage she just wasn't able to think clearly and logically. She actually had to wait for another Ravenclaw to turn up, who then agreed to get the green eyed first year, whom she desperately wanted to use as target practise.

After a while the raven haired boy turned up. Before she could say anything his wand was levelled at her and he was speaking calmly, but coldly. "I know you're angry my dear, your hair says it all." This caused Tonks to realize that her hair had unknowingly turned bright, crimson red during her raging throughout the school.

"But no matter how angry you are, I doubt you want to make a scene in front of my dorm where we would have an audience," Harry said, gesturing to the open door and the curious looks they were getting from inside. A moment later he was gesturing for her to lead the way towards a nearby room that he had pointed out to her with the tip of his lit wand, following her carefully.

As soon as they reached an abandoned classroom she turned around and began to shout angrily, "HOW THE HELL COULD YOU LEAVE ME NAKED LIKE THAT HARRY? ESPECIALLY IN SUCH A POSITION! AND WHERE THE FUCK IS MY WAND?"

He was just looking at her, calm and collected as could be, obviously formulating a response before replying, "First of all, if you'll remember, you did the exact same thing to me Tonks. You stripped me bare and left me locked in the same classroom. So don't lecture me about it; you did it first and fair is fair after all," he said to her all the while looking deeply into her eyes.

Before she could reply that it had only been a joke, he continued "You thought it was ridiculously funny when you did it to me and you still haven't given me my stuff back; so it seemed absolutely fair that I'd keep yours until you return what's mine And I left your wand with you, so that you could unlock the door.

So unless you lost it, it's hardly my fault. And another reason why I left you like that was that I quite frankly didn't know the counter spell to the stunner. I only learned that spell a couple of nights ago because I wanted to surprise you with it during our duel" Harry carefully explained.

His answer brought up several mixed emotions, the most urgent of them being concern and heartache for her lost cherry wood and Demiguise hair wand, and the possibility of losing her very first wand. She felt empty without it on her person, before feeling renewed anger for being left in such an exposed and vulnerable position. 'Who knows who could have taken advantage of me in that defenceless state?'

"You still shouldn't have left me like that, you should have gone and found someone. And you will be helping me search for my wand" she said angrily, trying to make him feel guilty.

"Yeah, I suppose I could have," Harry admitted. "But I wanted to keep the lessons private. I checked you over and you were fine, just a bit of bruising on your third and fourth ribs, nothing serious.

Besides, you should know as well I do that a stunner can last anywhere from 10 minutes to 5 hours, depending on the circumstances. That stunner and the training session that came before it left me magically drained; I needed to lie down afterward," he explained smoothly.

"I also cast a warming charm on you, despite being light headed from training with you.

You were as safe as you could be; I even covered you up with your robe! I didn't have to leave you that, you certainly didn't leave me with any clothing the night you pulled this exact same thing," he snarked, shooting an angry look back at her, causing her to feel slightly guilty over her own joke.

"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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