Harry Potter: Taking Control. [Archived]

18. Hogwarts. Pt 2. (Common Room)

After Jackson and the others managed to eat McGonagall gathered the Gryffindors to take them to the new common room but was passed by Jackson and Ezekiel sprinting ahead in a sort of race stopping at the entrance Jackson and Ezekiel were both smiling "and that is what I call a school tour" Jackson chuckled, the new Gryffindor Guardian smiled "a fine Heir to my Husband's legacy, and of course as that Heir you do not need the password, and neither does your young Cub" the woman spoke, Jackson straightened "Elizabeth Gryffindor, distant Grandmother, I assume it is good to be free of storage and put to use" the woman let out a grunt

"Centuries under a tarp, yes, it is good to be freed from that fate, although the eastern corridor is still far flung from the grand space I was painted in, and far from other friends of mine"

"I'll see what I can do, now if you would please allow me to see the 'New Temporary' Common Room, and further into my Project space" the portrait nodded as the other Gryffindors caught up and swung open "Thank you Elizabeth" Jackson spoke entering the space.

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Looking over the modifications to the space he snorted, nothing but repurposed furniture, many of his housemates agreed groaning and complaining at the space "It is the best we could do" McGonagall tried to argue to the house seeing nothing but worn classroom chairs and tables, "Tiffy" Jackson called sharply the elf popping in "I want all Gryffindor Red items of furniture I own moved into this space for evaluation, I want you to check the dorm rooms and if needed replace every bed, I don't care if you have to spend money buying new beds for everyone's to be similar or match, I want it done, I want the 6 matching desks and chairs brought in here, I want the long library table and some shelves too, and I want the standard accompanying furniture for everything I've listed, understood?"

"Yes Master, I be happily replacing this filth, the Noble line Gryffindor needs better" the elf squeaked popping away, Jackson turned towards McGonagall "this school has a room that can bring any and all Hogwarts furnishings from storage to supply yourselves and yet this room was filled with former classroom furnishings, while this 'temporary' dorm may not last long it'll still be at least a year that is exists, and I am not spending a year with ruined and ancient wooden chairs to sir on, consider my personal items as a gift to the school, one I know cannot be re-payed given Hogwarts finances, if you would all stand back and let me work I'd appreciate it" he spoke before the furniture popped in, Bold Red fabrics often with gold stitched thread and set on hardwood furniture replaced tired looking chairs, Ron chuckled "he did the same with my room at home, made it at least 10 times bigger" Jackson let out a slight growl and turned back
"your room was a shoebox" he spoke turning and evaluating the furnishings and the space, while large the obviously former corridor needed help, Jackson evaluated his options, the ability was filed as Dark but at the same time Hogwarts was it's own territory, it had its own sovereignty if Dumbledore wouldn't use it, he would, Jackson raised his hands spreading his magic throughout the space scanning what he had to work with, he frowned deeply and turned to McGonagall "exactly what did you hope with this?" he asked flatly

"I'm not sure how you mean Mr. Potter?"

"Aside from my name now being Peverell, I mean the fact this corridor holds at most 5 rooms a floor, 5 bellow us, 5 removed from this floor leaving only 10 above us, with Male and Female dorms, you'd need 14 rooms, not 10, what does that lead to?"

"some years would simply have to share space" McGonagall stated, Jackson sighed before testing the nearby foundations, they could hold just enough extra weight and so Jackson used the current internal walls and expanded the room in front of the assembled students and made it slightly deeper adding steps down from the now raised platform the students stood upon, this change was fairly slow given the size of the space, but sure enough, the walls, windows, roof and all other elements were moved or stacked within the space to show the true shell of that was being worked on, many Gryffindors gasped at the magic within the area, it was inviting but it was darker than it had been a year prior, it hummed but had a bite to it that had each Gryffindor shivering and Ron and Ezekiel snorting, Jackson knew he had to section off the Male and Female dorms given he only had a rectangular space to fit in a common room and a series of 14 dorm spaces made him groan "You had to pick a corridor now a tower to place this stuff in Professor, honestly" he sighed, only two walls had windows... and the Common room couldn't be two short either, and he needed the windows for the Common room also, then a plan came to mind, the extra half floor could be added to the Common room, no, Jackson thought on it again and realised his logic error, the corridor over hung the entry, he turned and looked to confirm seeing indeed a large section of the now Dorms were indeed above the entry Harry had his plan.