I'm not a coward, just shy (Hogwarts fanfic)

ch 6

I quickly fell into the routine of Hogwarts. Wake up, get breakfast, classes, lunch, more classes, dinner and then at evening of trying to play my guitar without talking to everyone. I didn't want to talk to anyone. Not because I was angry or annoyed, I simply wanted to be alone with my own thoughts and my own words. I was pacing the school a few hours before curfew, trying to find someplace where it was peaceful and I could just be alone. I was so aborted in finding the place I wanted when I didn't realize I had been pacing the same corridor for who knows how long. I was pretty sure it was the seventh floor but it was different. It had a door that I had never seen become which was strange. The door was large and old, carved in such a beauty, you would think it would be impossible not to notice it once. And Yet there it was, standing strong and stony faced. Curiosity getting the better of me I approached the door. I give it a light door and surprisingly it give with little affront on my part. Looking once more up and down the now empty corridor, I entered. The door silently slide closed behind me and I was faced with a cozy looking room. A Large wood fire crackled warmly in the fire. Sighing as the wood settled into the embers. The Walls were covered in more books then I could count. Some of their spine in a text I couldn't recognize. Arm chairs and other comfortable looking seat options were scattered around the room and even though there were no windows the room was light and fresh.

However the best part was for once in over a year, I was completely silent. No flashes, Whispers or visions. It was completely silent. I almost felt like crying or laughing or anything.

"What is this place" I muttered spinning to take in the whole room. A card flattered down from somewhere above me, land face down on the floor. I picked it up and flipped it, revealing the cursive letter. It read

The Room of Requirement

If ever you never something, pace the corridor on the seventh floor three times and I shall appear

Once I had read the words, I give a nod.

"Thank you" I spoke clearly, I had found my place. A second card flatter down from the ceiling. And it simply read.

Your Welcome

The night I found the room, I stayed inside the room way past curfew. I played songs, I sang and I read a book about a Cheating husband, losing anything he held dear without even realizing it was there. In the end he doesn't get the girl but he adopts a child and straightens out his life. It was gripping and sad and all the good things books should be and the best part was no interruptions. I was sad to leave the room because I knew everything would return to normal. What if I never found the room again or found peace like that? Sighing I left the room for the common room, and as thought, the flashes and gut feelings returned.

Although in the end this was good, I could simply avoid any teachers, filchs' or cats catching me. Taking a shot of sleeping draft before slipping unnoticed into bed and for once in a long time... I felt rested when I awoke the next morning.

I found that I had started visiting the room of requirement more and more. I enjoyed the brief moments of silence as much as I enjoyed charms or potions, even defense against the dark which even though it was not my beat subject, Professor Lupin always made the lesson fun. I grew further apart from Hermione, Harry and Ron, who always seemed to be in their own little world anyway. Partly because I spent my free time with Luna or in the room of requirement. I was almost sure Harry would give up on trying to find out where I went soon. Sometimes he would plan to follow with his invisibility clock however I would see beforehand and go straight to the dorms after Dinner. I knew this annoyed him. that was the thing about Harry, he needed to know everything but something were personal, and this room my holy ground, my Noah's ark, my savior. Call me selfish but I wanted to my alone place to be alone for a bit longer.