~36~ ENCOUNTER

I left the common room after putting my books and cauldron set for potion class in my pouch. I love it as its handy for circumstances like now.

I was wandering the corridors hoping to find my way to the seventh floor immediately but stairs decided to prank and here I am in an unfamiliar part of the castle. Hopefully, I will find my way quickly or I will have to steal the Marauder map from twins.

"I want to meet Harry. Introduce us, Ron. I know you are roomies."

"No, I won't. Just because of his celebrity everyone wants to know him and compares us. How he is so good at his studies or handsome or wealthy... I don't want to talk to him neither will I introduce you."

"I know he isn't like what you describe. You are just jealous of him. I'm your sister. You should help me or I'll tell mum."

"No, you won't. Don't think I don't know your intentions and mum helps you. You want to merge the Potter family with Weasleys for his wealth. You might fell in love with Harry before his books were reclaimed and we read about his past. Besides, when you learned that he was living with muggles you tore the newspaper and swore that he is just a mudblood and has nothing except his vaults. Why do you want to marry him when you don't love?"

"It's none of your business. When I shower him with my love he will follow my every need and I will become Mrs Potter whom everybody will worship. I won't have to wear cheap clothes and will buy everything I want."

"You are insane. When did our parents not buy what you want? If there is someone to complain it's me. I 've to wear old clothes and even my wand is not mine. You are the pampered princess at home just because you 're the only girl."

"So what? It doesn't change the fact that we are poor and I will be rich if I marry with Harry. So you should help me and introduce your friend."

"He isn't my FRIEND. How many times I have to tell you that he doesn't spend time and doesn't talk to me unless necessary. He even hid he was the seeker of Gryffindor and had Nimbus 2000 even if it was prohibited to have as a first-year. He has everything I wish, and that makes me mad when I think about it."

"I don't care about your resentment or grudge all I want to do is meeting him. He is extremely mysteries and I can't find him during break and in the common room, he is always with that Neville and returns his room every time I want to talk to him as if he knows about it. So you'll have to find a way and let him wait in the common room tonight after dinner, got it? Or you will have a howler from mum during breakfast."

"Ok. You win. I'll try to stop him after dinner but that's all and that's the last time I'll do something for you. You won't threaten me anymore or I will tell Harry what you plan."

"Don't worry. You just have to delay him and the rest is simple. He will fall in love with me in no time because mum lent me a love potion in case he doesn't like me. I am prepared for the worst."

"Let's go to the Great Hall. It's almost time for lunch."

After two figures left the empty classroom I moved out of the place I was hiding. They were Ron and Ginerva Weasley. What I heard left me astounded. How were children raised these days I can't understand. One is jealous of everyone better than himself while the other was spoiled by her parents to become a selfish girl. I don't know if Harry knows her plans or not but I have to help him for this one. 'Just you wait for you little one. You won't know whom you will fall in love and its the payment for your plans.' while I was planning the future of them finally I found stairs leading to the seventh floor.

I imagined a practice room similar to my basement and walked to and from three times before a door appeared in front of me. Immediately I opened the door and entered and it disappeared after I closed it so if someone wants to enter they won't find the place unless I let them.

The room has dummies for wand practice and sturdy metals for my practices. there is also gym equipment for exercising my body as an important vessel. The best part is there is a modern bathroom with jacuzzi. The magic is fascinating, even though what I imagined hasn't been invented or isn't as advanced as I know the room displays it as I wish. I changed my uniform and wore my practice clothes.

After warming up I stood with my feet shoulder-width apart and arms down at my sides and took a step forward with my right leg and bend my right knee as I do so, stopping when my thigh is parallel to the ground. I pushed up off my right foot and return to the starting position and repeat with my left leg. I completed fifty reps for three sets before finishing lunges.

Secondly, I did push-ups. I don't like it and struggled when I first started but by now I can do maximum 500 times with a standard form but for my schedule, I just have to do a hundred reps for three sets. Squats is easier than push-ups because all I have to do is bracing my core and, keeping my chest and chin up, pushing my hips back and bend my knees as if I'm going to sit in a chair. I repeat fifty times and complete three sets before starting my new exercise.

I pick a light set of dumbbells — 30 pound for now at the beginning it was ten pounds — and start by standing, with my feet staggered. I move the weights overhead so my upper arms are parallel to the floor. I begin pushing up until my arms are fully extended above my head, keeping my head and neck stationary. After a brief pause, I bend my elbows and lower the weight back down until my tricep is parallel to the floor again. I completed three sets of fifty reps and finish it when my arms feeling sore.

All of my exercises are fifty repeats for three sets. I remember how hard it was for me to finish ten reps for three sets of every exercise but it is not anymore. I run thirty kilometres before finishing my regular exercises and bathe.

The hot water soothes my sore muscles and I rest for half an hour before beginning my magic practice. I wave my wand and cast magic without incantations I just imagine the magic and its incantations in my mind. I repeat fifty times before feeling my magic reserves bottoming out.

I sit on the couch and meditate until I feel full of power and repeat this cycle until I feel hungry. I walk to my bag and put out sandwiches I requested from house-elves and eat them. They are delicious as usual. When five hour ends I tune my time turner and return to the time I first entered the room.

This time I imagine a library full of books and a place to read the book in peace and enter the room full of bookshelf. I read advanced books about healing and medicine until the six-hour end and I returned to the time when it's half an hour before potion class and descend the stairs.