Inglorious Bastards [Theodore Nott]

Chapter Fifty-Nine

The night of their first meeting, Harry had spread to all of the members of their secret society to meet "tonight. Eight o'clock. Seventh floor, opposite to the tapestry of Barnabas the Barmy being clubbed by those trolls". When Harry revealed to her, Roman, Hermione, and Ron first of the room found, he explained that it was Dobby who found it. With the Marauder's Map, they dodged Filch and Umbridge as they made their way to the seventh floor. They stood before the wall that was across the tapestry of Barnabas the Barmy, who Morgan said to have been made by Madame Solomon back when she made her prediction of the troll-wars, which raised a question to Roman and Ron, asking how old was Solomon in the first place. All Morgan said was, "She's older than Dumbledore, that's for sure."

Stand on the lookout as the door materialized before them, Carina was suddenly tapped on the shoulder by Ron, who looked like he had something to say.

She raised a brow at him.

"I was wondering if you could," Ron shrugged. "Don't dogs have a really good sense of hearing, maybe you could look out for Umbridge."

"What do you think we're doing here, Ronald?" Roman said in a whisper. "Standing while we play with our wands?"

"First of all, you are standing there, and second you were playing with your wand but only stopped when you accidentally set fire on the end of Carina's hair," Morgan said.

"What?!" Carina grabbed the ends of her hair and indeed saw the burnt ends. She turned to Roman, about to punch him but then the door finally appeared. Harry reached to open the door and led the way into the spacious room, lit with flickering torches that illuminated the dungeons eight floors below. The walls were lined with bookcases, silk cushions were on the floor, a set of shelves at the far end of the room with instruments such as Sneakoscopes and Secrecy Sensors. Then the dummies were placed at the side.

Roman came running inside first, transforming to his wolf form, and then jumped on one of the cushions. Carina then joined in and skipped around the room. They then reverted back to their human selves just before the other members entered the room.

"These would be very good when practicing stunning," Roman said.

"Just look at the books!" Hermione said in marvel as she went to the shelves.

"And those dummies could be my practice for Umbridge," Carina grinned.

"I'd love to see that," Ron chuckled.

"Whoa, what is this place?" Cedric's voice echoed in the room.

Dean, Neville, Ginny, Parvati, Lavender, Maisie, and the others arrived.

"Well, this is the place we've found for practices, and you've obviously found it."

"It's fantastic," Cho said.

"I think we should elect a leader," Hermione suddenly said.

"Already setting the hierarchy, Mione?" Roman grinned. 

"Harry's the leader," Cho spoke.

Carina then leaned towards Roman and Morgan and whispered, "Someone's trying to get someone's attention. Three Sickles she makes the first move."

Roman and Morgan snickered.

"Deal," Roman and Morgan said.

"Yes, but I think we ought to vote on it properly," Hermione said.

"Hermione, it's clear as Harry's glasses that he should be leader," Carina chuckled.

"What? No," Harry said. He then turned to Cedric. "You should be leader, you're far more fit to do so – and you're Head Boy."