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"Dialogue"
'Thoughts'
-Author notes-
Chapter 91: Too Many Strange Occurrences
Everything in the room trembled with violence.
Harry took hold of Daphne's waist and moved her out of the way as a glass case was about to fall on top of her.
Her face became paler as she realized what almost happened.
"t-thanks…"
A shelf was about to fall but Harry threw a sticking charm to keep it in place.
And then…it stopped.
The whole thing only lasted around five seconds.
But Harry noticed something he had missed the last time.
This was very different from an earthquake. It felt more like an initial impact followed by a weaker aftershock.
Like something had just hit the castle with immense force. Enough to shake its very foundations.
"It's over…you okay Daphne?" he released his grip on her waist and she almost fell down.
"Is not going to happen again?...are you sure it's over?" she looked around, trying to make sure that nothing else was about to fall on them.
"I cannot be completely sure since I don't know what's causing this."
"This means that this is not a natural event like the Headmaster said." Daphne was already suspicious of that.
"No…there are no earthquakes in this area. And even if there were, the castle's many protections would prevent most of the shaking." Harry admitted.
"What it is then?."
"Who knows…I want to go check on my sister, make sure she didn't get hurt." He repaired the case and prepared to leave.
"Ah…right. We can talk more on another occasion. " Daphne looked like she had something else to say.
But he wanted to make sure Lyra had not been hurt, so he left the room and hurried to the library, where she had told him was going to be spending the morning.
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The place was in chaos when he arrived. There were thousands of books scattered all over the floor and some of the shelves had toppled over.
"Point me Lyra." There were many students here and didn't want to waste time.
His wand moved on its own and pointed in one direction. Harry just had to follow it for a few seconds until he spotted his sisters, Ginny and some blonde girl he was not familiar with.
The three girls looked frightened but not hurt, at least a first glance.
"Harry!" Lyra called for him when she saw him approach.
"Are you girls okay? anyone got hurt?." He asked while examining them.
"We are fine, we were only hit by a few books when everything started to fall," Ginny said.
"Some senior got badly hurt when the shelves started to fall. They took him to the infirmary already." The blonde girl added.
"Do you know what is happening, Harry?" Asked Lyra.
"Some of the older boys said that there have never been earthquakes in Hogwarts. And now we had two in a week…"
"No, I don't know what is happening…" But he intends to find out, that's for sure.
"For the moment, I think is better if I accompany you three to the common room. "
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During lunch, the Headmaster made an announcement addressing the current situation.
There were a few injured students during the events but nothing serious enough that Madam Pomfrey could not heal.
Dumbledore said there was nothing to worry about as it was unlikely that it would happen again, but Harry could feel the concern in his eyes. It seemed to him that the Headmaster had no idea what was happening either.
Lastly, he informed them that was an extra security measure, the professors were going to apply permanent sticking charms to anything that could pose a danger of falling, like shelves, the old medieval armors, or the trophy case.
During the afternoon, instead of his initial plan of going to the Room of Requirement for some practice, he decided to venture into Hogwarts bowels in search of some answers.
He had not entered the foundation since last year when he completed his artifact.
Harry walked around the familiar chamber and looked around.
He was convinced that whatever was causing the tremors was doing it from within the castle and this would be the ideal place to accomplish that.
The only issue with that theory was simple. This was the most secure location in the entire castle, and the reason for that was the one hundred marble golems that were placed there to protect it.
Even the Voldemort he knew during his peak of power would not survive long if he tried to invade this chamber.
He continued to explore for over two hours, examining everything he could. The only column with some damage to it was the one close to his workshop. And he was the one who caused that.
Not his smart moment, but he got a bit eager to try his new tool.
Everything else looked completely untouched. Whatever was causing the tremors, was not doing it from here.
'So many strange things had happened recently. Those visions…my invisibility cloak and these strange quakes. Could they be related somehow? or is it just a coincidence that they are happening now?'
He tried to analyze them one by one to find anything in common between them but could not come up with anything.
Harry already had experience with visions from his past life. But those were due to his connection with Voldemort. A conexion he no longer had.
Also, these felt a lot different. In fact, they didn't feel like visions at all but were more…real. It was hard to explain it but the people he saw felt completely real.
And if Voldemort was not the one causing them, he would have a hard time finding the origin of the problem.
The matter of the cloak seemed completely unrelated. He could talk with his father about it, but it was unlikely that he knew much about it.
There was only one person at this time whom Harry could call an expert on the Hallows. If anyone could know the cause for the cloak change, that would be him…Xenophilius Lovegood. Luna's father.
It will not be easy to arrange a meeting with him. That man was very paranoid.
As for the matter of the tremors, Harry only had one more idea…as improbable as that idea was.
"I will need to find a way to enter the Chamber of Secrets."