Harry paused. He had been moving his trunk to the foot of his bed and starting his morning routine, but now he felt... odd. He had never slept in a house that had moving rooms. 'We are safe though, right?'
'Yep. I was playing with the threads you anchored yesterday in the castle, and I found out that if we send extra power down one we can feel what is around it, like the Red Network. I sorted that knowledge into the essential shelf, so it should be almost subconscious to you now.' He pulsed the Great Hall and could feel a few people passing through the door. That could be VERY useful. 'I will have to mark more places with thread then. Could you help Jim set up another room in Snail Q to monitor these markers?'
'No problem. I will need your help later though, I don't have permission to alter the whole world bubble like you do.'
Harry had just finished brushing his teeth. 'Uh... Why would you want to?'
He could almost feel the eye-roll. 'Well, when you repaired the damage you accidentally wiped out the testing area. I figure you will be bringing the girls in here again?'
He nodded.
'Well, we have the backup system now. Set off a backup of the world so I am safe, then you can just invite them into your mind proper. I can keep an eye on anyone who wanders where they shouldn't, especially with Jim's help.'
'What if they try to get into somewhere they shouldn't?'
'Quack.'
'Thanks Jim.'
Harry looked over the room once more. The bed had sky blue silk sheets, the walls were a soft white, and the roof in the entire tower looked like a starry sky. He loved it even more now that he was awake.
With another futile attempt to make his hair NOT look insane, he moved down to the common room to wait for Hermione and Padma. They had mentioned going to breakfast together, and no one else seemed to be up this early anyway. He idly leaned back and opened his master book, deciding to read more about runes. Hermione gave up on her hair. Bushy was the new in thing... or at least, it better be if she wanted to be in. With a soft sigh she wandered downstairs, with only a few dozen books in her bottomless pouch. They WERE going to the main library after breakfast, so heavy reading could wait.
As she reached the common room she paused. There was Harry, leaned back on the couch with that strange black book again. She was curious, but didn't want to bother him... what if she drove him off like her other friends? She sat on the other end of the couch and re-opened her potion book. She had already memorized it, but darn it she had a goal. Number one, period. Hopefully.
Padma grinned as she saw the two readers lost to the world. "Come ON, breakfast waits for no dragon! Or something."
Harry grinned and stood. At some point the book had vanished and he seemed eager to go. "I think I know the way, although I would like to schedule exploration as soon as possible." Seeing Hermione's expression he waved a hand. "I know, I know, you would rather read... but let me ask you this, do you know how to find all our classes?"
Wide eyes of horror had her quickly on her feat and heading to the door. "What are you two waiting for? Places to see, places to see!"
Padma was SO thankful she had followed Harry today. They had gone upstairs, sideways, into a room with no doors and under a desk... and were now in the Great Hall.
People who had left almost 10 minutes before the group even left were just now arriving.
She turned to the boy who was now eating what appeared to be a small amount of EVERYTHING on the table. "Ok, HOW did you do that?" "Do what?" Harry put some butter and pickles on some bacon, ignoring people's expressions.
Hermione was enjoying some fruit, but paused while eating some melon. "Harry, I am pretty sure we didn't go that way last night. HOW did you find your way here so quickly?"
Harry pointed at two redheads at the Gryffindor table. "Remember how those two were singled out last night?" He saw their nods. "I tagged them with threads so I could keep track of where they were. Didn't want them sneaking up on me." He leaned forward. "They go EVERYWHERE! I must have felt over twenty secret passages last night. Took Wisdom forever to map them all."
Padma wiggled a bit closer so it would be harder to overhear. "Wisdom? Who is that?"
He shrugged. "Last night I turned my feelings of wanting to know stuff into a person. Wisdom is the librarian of my memories, thoughts, etc. She also handles the maps."
'Quack.'
Harry nodded to the girls confusion. "Jim clarified: She MAKES and MAINTAINS the maps, Jim still handles security."
Hermione was now eating much slower. "So... why is a part of you a woman?"
He ate some peaches wrapped in a pancake. "She looks very similar to the first librarian I ever met." He looked away, as if seeing something far off. "She... well, when I was very young, I used to pretend that my mom looked like her. Never saw a picture of my parents back then, you know? So smart and pretty woman, I just pretended." He didn't seem to notice the reactions of the girls.
"Anyway, Wisdom has done an awesome job so far. With her around I don't even mind letting some of you into my library. She can duplicate anything you want to look at, so you won't damage it."
"HARRY!"
They turned to see Terry Boot huffing as he tried to catch his breath. "Morning Terry!"
"Morning!? How did you get down here so fast!" He seemed to collapse onto the bench and began gathering some breakfast. "I saw you leave the common room and couldn't seem to catch up!"
Harry shrugged, finishing his breakfast. "Learned some shortcuts. This place is FILLED with secret passages. I haven't even started looking yet and I found a few by accident."
As Terry seemed fully involved with his breakfast, Harry and the girls talked about the new dorms, how they slept and so forth. Seeing Terry finish, Harry grinned. "Now that we all seem to be ready, who wants to go to the library?"
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