~14~ OCCLUMENCY

Hermione watched the crowded hall then sat at the table of her house. Roasted turkey and salad was her choice for dinner. As a reward for herself, she ate three cups of ice cream with a different flavour.

On the other side of the hall, Harry was talking with a pestering Ron asking him thousands of questions. He was a roommate with that nagging boy and clumsy Neville and two others whom he didn't speak yet.

After his reveal, he asked questions as if he is who killed Voldemort forgetting that same day his parents did sacrifice themselves to save him, fifteen months old baby who didn't know m of magic. His brothers celebrated him as well but they didn't disturb him as much as their ignorant brother.

Instead of Ron, Harry favoured Neville. Neville always was nervous and sometimes clumsy but pure like his old self before meeting his saviour, his best friend. As Hermione did he wanted to help Neville, he saw himself in that boy. If Neville was chosen as a Gryffindor that means he is brave or has potential.

The first day went smoothly for Harry except for the enthusiasm of professors. Luckily Professor McGonagall wasn't. First lesson was double charms with half-goblin charm master. After reading his name during attendance his eyes were sparkling.

Class practised Lumos charm which Harry learned with Hermione in Summer and easily he earned 30 points for Gryffindors then they had Herbology with Professor Sprout in the classroom she declared that after learning some theories they will have classes in the greenhouse.

He saw Hermione during lunch but before he could say hi it was time for lessons and Harry needed to fetch his books before going to class. He decided to meet after dinner and luckily he will ditch that idiot.

"Hi, Hermione. It has been like decades since we last talked" Harry followed Hermione leaving great hall before starting a conversation. He knew that she didn't want to gather attention herself unless necessary.

"Hey, Harry. It's been a busy day, isn't it?" She walked with him to the library to write her homework. Essay about Cure for boils and steps to brew.

They talked about their day and shared what happened in each class. Hermione warned Harry to be careful around professor Snape as she 'heard' that he hate Gryffindors and would find every chance to deduct points.

Harry talked about his roommates and wished they also had private bathrooms when he heard about Ravenclaw. "I am jealous of you. We have to share rooms with four other students. Furthermore, we use public bathrooms. You're lucky" he was sulking and pouting.

"Even if you say that you befriended with your roommates and will spend seven years together" Hermione didn't know whether cry or laugh.

"Don't even mention that. There is this idiot Weasley who is pestering me. Nearly caused me to lose points because of his pointless claims. You know I don't like attention and fighting but he is ridiculing those snakes and pulling me into it too as if my name will give him courage or my identity will save his ass" said an angry Harry. It seems Ron's chance to be his best friend is lost for eternity.

"But I will introduce you, Neville. He is like my old self, isolated himself a little bit clumsy but a good one, I guess." He was gleaming for finding a friend as his company.

"Yeah, sure. Let's meet tomorrow after courses in the library then." she accepted his offer and maybe would help Neville to regain his self-esteem.

They stayed till curfew in the library. She returned the common room spent some more time reading books on the shelves and returned her room. After showers, she sat in her bed while crossing her legs and concentrated her mindscape.

She mastered basic Occlumency and began Legitimacy but still never stopped practising and strengthening her defences.

She had nineteen buildings and each of them was different. Some focused on magic while some to science and others to her imagination (like comics she read or anime and films she watched).

Who would guess Saitama or Iron man to defence while intruding a child's mind ( even if children's imagination are better than adults they are forbidden to learn Occlumency in case they damage their mind and become silly) she separated her memories again and left the unnecessary ones alone for those reading her mind 'the ones she let not all of them'.

One of the building had marvel heroes and villains another had bobby traps similar to the ones in Egyptian pyramids.

Another building had monsters from movies she watched such as aliens or the ones in Spider-Man and other heroes had to fight.

She also had zones where intruders would unable to use magic or where gravity would be five to a hundredfold making them unable to take a step.

Her city also had walls and artillery ready to fire. She even had imaginary nuclear heads that would destroy any foreign entry without destroying her mindscape. The bomb was like leucocytes.

She meditated for an hour and practised some simple spells until she would find the room of requirements she wouldn't reveal herself to the headmaster as she didn't know if he had access to the magic used in the houses and her real plan would begin.

She depleted almost all of her magic reserves when she found out that it would help absorbing magic surrounding her more easily and her reserves would expand as well. After repeating the cycle to deplete and absorb magic she was tired and couldn't even move her fingers so she laid in her bed and slept as soon as putting her head to the pillow.