Soul Songs -WBWL AU Tomarry AU-

Empty Halls

Any and all feedback is appreciated feel free to comment on grammar and the characters personalities and whether I should alter them I would really appreciate it especially since the whole point in me doing this is to improve my writing skills.

A teen lays along a large lounge, head perched on the armrest with his legs comfortably crossed. Moving his head to get more comfortable his ebony hair shifted. His tan hands flipped through the pages of a large tome that rested between them. His eyes looked up and immediately were greeted by a mist forming displaying the time, revealing that it was late afternoon. Shifting into a sitting position a thin piece of paper appears, the name Hadrian Potter written along it. The paper falls into his hand and he places it in-between the pages of the book. Swiftly standing he moves towards the large wooden shelves of the room lined with books.

Gracefully shifting between the shelves, he stops, having reached his destination. Placing the book in an empty slot, he turns. Now empty-handed, his black cloak flowing as he walks through an archway leading to a large chamber made of beautifully carved stone, looking to be old but taken care of. What made this chamber special though was the main feature. A large stone statue of an old man's face, Salazar Slytherin protruded from a wall. His beard falling to the floor resembling snakes searching for their prey. His lifeless eyes carved to stare at the entrance of the chamber greeting whoever were to pass its threshold.

As the boy briskly walks towards the entrance he glances back at the statue staring into its dead eyes. He stood holding his breath, only to turn back around a second later, a strange hissing sound being released from his mouth aimed towards the snakes carved in the shape of a circular almost tube shaped door in front of him. A loud scrapping sound can be heard as the snakes start hissing in return, slithering in circles till a click can be heard leaving a large hole that reveals a small dimly lit circular room. The boy steps through, hissing again, stairs silently appear. He walks up them and straightens his tie and waves his hand up and down next to his body, quickly his black pants and white button up shirt straighten, not a single wrinkle or crease can being seen.

Reaching the top of the stairs a dirty abandoned bathroom is reveals itself. He glances around and steps off the last step a squeak being the result of his firm shiny shoes making contact with the dirty slick floor. He hisses again and the gaping hole is replaced with dirty sinks and cracked mirrors. Gazing into the mirror he smiles, appearing flawless, giving the illusion of an innocent child the opposite of his mature appearance that he previously held. Scanning his face he scowls turning and walking to the exit of the bathroom leading to a large hallway, doors littering the walls along with moving portraits.

Swiftly replacing his scowl with a convincing small smile he walks through the hall picking up his pace, he pulls out a wand and waving it he muttering, "Tempus" the smoke previously seen reveals itself again forming the time. Hiding his annoyance that had quickly flashed across his face his he reaching a staircase and looks around noticing the lack of students running late. He scans the area and with a small nervous angelic smile turns towards a portrait of a young man he says, "Excuse me Sir, but do you by any chance know where everyone is?" The man smiles quickly responding, "I believe Dumbledore made an announcement a couple of minutes ago. Saying something about an important announcement that requires all of the students to be present." "Oh, thank you sir, your answer is much appreciated," the boy replies his curly hair covering his eyes as he turns his head facing the ground, the smile is completely wiped off his face.

He continues to walk down the moving staircase. Soon the boy reaches his destination, two large dark mahogany doors lie in front of him. He looks up and takes a deep breath before he pushes them open with little effort. Revealing a large hall filled with students, teachers, families and ministry officials. Noticing this the boy takes note of the large amount of space that the hall previously did not contain, along with extra tables and seats.