Chapter 13

"Thanks for your help Miss Black, but go back to your common room for now." Dumbledore said, looking around the empty bathroom.

"Ok Professor." I say, and just start walking away.

I know I can't do anything, but it's so frustrating. I just feel powerless. Stop thinking like that, I'm a first year, of course I'll be weak. This is not my problem, but that book is, and it's definitely at the centre of all this. I'm so lost in thought I bump into someone.

"Miss Black why are you not in your common room?" I hear a familiar voice, when I look up it's Professor Snape.

"I'm sorry Professor, I was helping Professor Dumbledore and was just heading back." I say, still conflicted.

I see him looking at me with a worried expression.

"Come with me to my office, let's have a chat." Snape said, and starts to walk off.

I follow behind, still stuck in my thoughts. What can a first year do, and why me?

"Please take a seat Claire." Snape said, which jolted me out of my thoughts.

I nod and sit. I look around to see loads of different potions ingredients in jars.

"I know exactly what your thinking, and don't, this is not your job. You should only be thinking about your studies." He said, looking at me.

"But Professor Dumbledore gave me a job to do, but I'm too weak to do it." I say, confessing to my own feelings.

"Your not weak, you are your mother's child, Claire. The similarities are scary, but you are still in your first year. What can you do?" Snape asked, with a look of knowing.

"My eyes, I can find the thing that's causing this." I said, with a bit of confidence.

"Yes, but why should you do that?" He asked.

"Because Dumb…" I began, but got cut off.

"No, you need to do this for yourself. If you can't just tell me and I'll tell Dumbledore. But if you think your up to this, then you know what to do." He said, with a slight smile.

I think over what he just said, I can't do this for Dumbledore, but I can for myself. Does he mean if I do it for someone else, I'll be weak. But if I do it for myself, I'll grow and be stronger for it? I look up and see a the same slight smile.

"Thank you Professor, I'm going to do this for my growth." I said, getting up.

He smiled and said goodbye, as I rush out. Instead of going to the common room, I'm going to find a room dad told me about. I think he said the seventh floor, or was it sixth. No definitely seventh, so I'll go there. After an hour of searching, I find a door that wasn't there when I walk passed. I open it and to find a comfortable looking bed. I wonder if this is the room, so if I think I need a book on charms. I look around and find a book.

Ok so this is definitely the room dad told me about. But now I know where it is, I'll make a mental note. As I exit the room a see a strange tapestry, well it'll be easier to remember now. I go back to the common room and Ginny and Luna are waiting. So I go over everything, including the room.

"So after lessons, we'll go to the room and start training and researching." Luna said, with her usual smile.

"Yep, but we should grab some food before we go." Ginny said.

"Yeah, I don't think it'll be able to spawn food." I say, thinking of Gamp's law.

"Ok, so we have a plan." Ginny said, with vigour.

And so we went to our room and we are not surprised to find Rose is not here. I need to get stronger, not for the job, but for me. I'll test out my theories with Ginny and Luna. And we'll get stronger together. I lay in bed thinking how great it is to have friends like Ginny and Luna, I know we'll always have each others back. As my thoughts go back and forth, I fall asleep.