Chapter 70: Hat Power!

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However, just as I was planning to reach for one such object my mind came to a screeching halt.

Suddenly I recalled something, an insignificant little fact that suddenly became blaringly obvious thanks to my increased wisdom score. 

The Sorting Hat had the power to summon the Sword of Gryffindor from any location in the world, not necessarily hide it within itself. This meant that before the events of the second book the sword was already out there somewhere.

And what better place than the room of hidden objects.

There was a small chance that the sword had somehow wound up among the piles of trash.

Calling back the snatch bears I had them drop what they were doing in order to look for the sword.

I'd have to remove the summoning enchantment placed on it of course, but after that I could think of a number of uses. Perhaps I'd sell it to the goblins in order to form a deeper partnership. Or better yet I could give it to Daphne so she could do it and secure some allies for her upcoming business venture, leaving me free of any potential backlash. I could even simply melt it down and craft a better weapon. I would need to think more about it later.

I could now see why people wanted the diadem so much, its effects were amazing. New ideas began to pop into my head in a rapid stream. I should really start keeping a journal to record all of these.

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Dorm Room:-

Yes, if I add this, and take that- no. Maybe if I make it like this, would that work?

I was distracted from my work when I felt something hit my head, "What the?"

Turning around I was greeted with a strange sight, my female classmates were all running around the room carrying bundles of different fabrics. The guys I noted were absent, but I put that on hold as I had a more pressing question, "What happened to the room?"

It looked completely different than what I remembered when I walked in.

"Oh, your finally snapped out of your trance," Lisa said, holding up some blue and silver streamers in her hands "Well Terry let it slip that you were thinking of decorating your room and so we decided to help you out. What do you think?"

Getting up from my chair, I immediately took stock of the room. It didn't even look like a bedroom anymore, looking more like a club room than anything else.

The polished wooden floors were now covered with a blue carpet with bronze eagles. The stone walls had been smoothed out and colored a light blue, with various nature paintings hanging sparingly.

Christmas lights of all things draped down from the center of the ceiling in a spider-web like pattern, illuminating the entire area. Speaking of which, the ceiling had been replaced with a moving night sky with swirling galaxies and fast-moving comets.

The beds I noticed had been moved to one side of the room while the other hand bean bag chairs around a large coffee table and a small bookcase filled with comics and magazines. The real finisher however was the glowing neon sign on one wall that said, 'Ravens Nest'.

"…What happened to the iron stove?" I questioned noticing that the large heater was gone.

"Oh, that. We asked the Prefect if it was okay to move it?" Lisa answered, wrapping silver streamers around the bed posts.

"And they said yes?" I asked dubiously.

"Well no, but he said he would make an exception if you returned his jewelry to him," Lisa explained, "he even helped with enchanting the ceiling and the lights."

Taking a closer look I noticed that it wasn't the metal wires themselves that were giving off light but rather the glass bulbs that had been enchanted to glow. Well that was certainly one way to get around the no electricity rule, but how did you turn them off?

"Was he also the one that expanded the room," I asked when I noticed that the room seemed to be a lot bigger, almost five times its original size.

Padma, who was rummaging around the chest filling our room's equipment, answered this time, "No, that was someone else, the Head Boy, Eric something. He said he'd do it but you'd owe him one. Where'd you get all this cool stuff?"

"So glad you all took the decision on my part," I said sarcastically, though a little impressed by their resourcefulness.

Padma just grinned, "That's what friends are for." She turned to Lisa, "So bronze eagle or silver eagle?"

"Neither, use this instead," she shot back, waving her wand over a large plastic bowl transforming it into glass. As expected of a Ravenclaw.

Looking at Lisa bossing the rest of the girls around, I was reminded of my mother when she had to plan another charity event. "And what exactly did the other guys have to say about this?" I asked once again noticing their absence, though if they were anything like my father, I could guess what had happened.

"They said, 'Cool, call us when you're done,' and left for the common room," Mandy said, bouncing around a small rubber ball against the wall. So that's what hit me.

"That… sounds about right," I muttered.

Looking out the window I noticed that it was already dark out, had I really been so absorbed in my thoughts that I completely lost track of time and my surroundings. That could prove dangerous. I would have to fix that as soon as possible, or at least limit myself to a safe location.

Removing the diadem hidden underneath my top hat, I placed it in my inventory along with my journal for safe keeping.

"Well seeing as it's too late to stop you, is there anything that I can do to help," I offered kindly.

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