Changing from within

Chapter Five

Changing from Within

Chapter Five

Finding Heaven

After grabbing a quick snack, I inform Millicent, Tracy and Pansy that I am going to catch up with my friends, and head to the front of the hall, where Hannah, Megan, Katherine, Gregor, Adam and Steph are already waiting.

Stepping out of the hall, and away from the watching eyes, I pull everyone into a hug, starting with Steph and ending with Katherine.

"How are you all?" I ask rushed, stepping from my last hug, "what was your first class like? What's your house like?"

"Louise?" Adam asks, raising an eyebrow at me, I blush a deep red.

"Yes?" I ask, looking down at him, trying not to laugh at his tiny frame, his growth spurt won't come for another five years.

"Breathe." He orders. I narrow my eyes but obediently take a deep breath in and out. "How's Slytherin?" He asks.

"How are you not in Slytherin?" I pout, ignoring Megan and Hannah as they laugh at me.

"Aww," Adam mocks, "did you miss me?"

"Yes," I inform him with a straight face, "I would have liked a warm bed last night." Hannah, Steph and Megan immediately burst into laughter, Gregor rolls his eyes.

"You would have like him to Slyther-" Gregor starts, I slam my hand out, hitting him on the back of the head before he can finish the sentence.

"I would have liked to have seen what the wards against males were." I snarl back, glaring at the two immature eighteen year olds.

"And here I though you just missed my-"

"Library!" Hannah quickly cuts in. I notice Adam and Katherine looking at her strangely before my vision goes misty and I take on a dreamlike stance.

"Library?" I ask, a library filled with real life magic books, "where?" I snap out of it to turn on Hannah who shrugs. Sighing in annoyance, I take my wand out of my pocket and lay it flat on my hand. "Let's hope this works." I mumble.

Picturing the library clear in my mind, I take a breath and cast the point me charm. My wand whirls in my hand for a bit before stopping and pointing to my stomach. I turn around and the wand turns with me, pointing to the stairs.

"Forward March!" I call out and we head up the flights of stairs, following my trusty wand.

It takes five whole minutes to reach the library. Leaving us with an hour and ten minutes before period three.

As soon as I enter, I take in a deep breath, the smell of old books filling my nostrils and immediately relaxing my tense shoulders. Madame Pince comes up to us, eyes narrowed.

"What do you want?" She asks, looking suspicious.

"More than seven years in this school. I will never get to read all of these books in seven years! How many books can I take out during the holidays? If I read nonstop for the whole seven years-"

"Louise. Shut up." Adam tells me. Madam Pince however is looking at me with a smile. A smile Harry never received. I feel oddly smug at that. I won the librarian over in less than a minute.

"Where would you like to start?" She asks me.

I freeze. All these books with thousands of information on magic. Information J.K never even looked at. And I have the opportunity to learn it.

I look back at my friends and make a quick but pained decision.

"Methods of wizarding communication." I state confidently whilst crying inside. Out of all the books available, THIS is what I choose?