When Creatures Meet

Chapter 5

                                                                                           1st year

It is the third week, Lily has spent in Hogwarts and ever since She has arrived and been sorted into her new house She has had this little voice in the back of her mind that has been giving her advice and directions on where to go and what people are interested in being her friends. Lily is very confused about the voice and not quite sure what is happening. Lily is exploring the castle when the voice starts to give her directions to the seventh floor. Not sure if she should go alone, she goes to find Tom. Once she finds him, in an empty potions classroom, she approaches him and calls out "Tom, can I talk to you? I... something weird has been happening since I arrived here." Tom casts a status charm on his cauldron and turns to Lily. "Of course, you can talk to me, Lily. What do you mean by something weird?"

Lily sighs and starts from the beginning "Well, ever since I arrived I have heard this little voice in my head giving me advice on spells and directions when I am not quite sure about where I am going or if I get lost. All the advice and directions are correct and they have never had any bad effects. I'm just not sure where or who they are coming from, and well, earlier the voice was trying to get me to go to the seventh floor. It has never tried to get me to go somewhere before and well... I am kind of scared to go by myself. I was wondering if you could come with me?" Tom stays quiet for a couple of minutes before replying "Yes, I believe it would be a good idea if I come with you. I, myself have also heard a small voice that gives me advice on my studies and on who I should befriend. You said it was asking you to go to the seventh floor. I did not think that anything was up there except for old and unused classrooms." Tom stands and wraps an arm around Lily before saying "Lead the way, dear sister."

Upon following the voice Lily leads Tom toward the eastern wing of the seventh floor only to stop in front of a blank wall where a door would and should have been built according to the architecture. Lily stares at the wall expecting something to happen due to the excited and happy feeling that has suddenly appeared inside her head. Tom looks and inspects the wall for a few minutes only to feel the voice in his head become annoyed while saying 'Pace. Pace. Pace. Pace. Think. Think. Think. Think. Want. Want. Want. Want.' Tom putting the pieces together gasps "I think I know what this is." He starts to pace in front of the wall thinking of a nice sitting room with multiple shelves of books and two comfortable chairs in front of a roaring fireplace. As soon as he finishes his third pace back and forth, a door begins to be carved into the wall. Once the door appears completely it slowly swings open to reveal the room Tom had just imagined.

Tom is excited to have found the Room of Requirement grabs Lily's hand and pulls her into the room. Lily stares in wonder at the room that seems to have just magically appeared and asked Tom "What is this? How did this room just appear?" A soft, sweet motherly voice could be heard echoing around the room. 'Hello, my little heirs. I have waited so long for you to arrive.' Tom and Lily quickly spin around with their wands out trying to find where the voice had come from. "Who is there? Show yourself?" they shout at the same time. Slowly a shimmering figure of a woman appears in front of them. 'I am Hogwarts and I have been asleep for a long time. I can only awaken if two of the founders' heirs are among the students that attend here. I protect all of the students that should attend school here, however; I can only do so much if I am not in the presence of my founders' heirs. You will be able to use this room for your needs here during your schooling. I will help you and your friend in any way I can. We will be needing more chairs in this room.' She waves her hand and adds another five chairs. 'You will know who they are for when the time is right. Goodbye, my little heirs.' she says as she slowly disappears.

Lily turns to Tom "This is amazing. We need to find Severus and show him, he would love this." Tom nods while smiling at Lily "Yes, he would love this. Let me go find him, you stay here okay?" Lily nods and wonders over to the bookshelves reading the titles hoping to find something interesting to read. "Sure," she replies to Tom, not even noticing that he has already left. Skimming over the spines of the book on the shelves she stops on one titled 'Animagi: what you need to know and how to become one.' Lily pulls the book from the shelf and goes to sit in the one chair with her house colors. She has already read the first three chapters by the time Tom returns with Severus hearing the door open Lily looks up from her book and says to Tom. "We are becoming animagi. This is going to be so much fun."