Chapter 45: Sentient!

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Magnus watched the headmaster and potions professor as he started towards the stool. He could see that Dumbledore at least schooled his features after a couple of seconds.

While Snape shock seemed to fade into a sneer, but Magnus knew better than to look into either of their eyes.

His occlumency training had taught him that a master of legitimacy did not need their wand nor an incantation to get into his head.

He already suspected as much from fanfiction concepts, which stated that all they needed was to make eye contact with him and they could attempt to pull his memories.

So there was no way he was looking either of them in the eyes and just in case he made sure to raise his occlumency shields to full strength to prevent any intrusions.

Reaching the stool Magnus turned and sat down on it and took a deep breath as he felt the hat being placed on his head and immediately he felt something, a presence inside his head followed by a voice that echoed in his head.

'My-my, what do we have here? Aren't you an interesting one.' the voice of the sorting hat sounded.

Magnus frowned before mentally replying, 'Hello hat, I take it you want me to lower my occlumency shields?' he stated plainly only to get a chuckling response.

'Oh no dear boy, no need to do that, I'm already in your head. The founders enchanted me to be able to bypass any form of mental defences. So your barriers don't affect me in the slightest, though I must admit your defences are quite good for someone your age.'

'Though not enough to keep the castles resident pair of Legillimens out of your head should they try and force their way, though it should buy you the couple seconds you need to break eye contact with them if you don't want them to find out your secrets,' the hat stated.

Magnus mentally scowled hearing that and closed his eyes as he enters into his mindscape which he had done so many times before and opened his eyes again to find him standing in the library of his memories face to face with a floating sorting hat as Magnus mentally spoke.

'You're in my head, but that means…'

The hat shook the equivalent of its head in mid-air, 'It means nothing dear boy. Your secrets are safe with me. The founders may have enchanted me to get by all mental defences but they also made it so that I cannot tell anyone about what I glance from a student's head nor have it pulled from my own, not even the headmaster can order me to do so, your secrets are still secret and will remain that way.'

Letting out a mental sigh of relief Magnus mentally nodded his head, 'I see,' he said before looking at the hat with an interested look, 'You don't seem surprised about my memories, could it be that you've seen people like me before?'

The hat chuckled. 'The same as you no, but like you in a sense. People who have been reincarnated, I have seen my fair share over the years, and though I won't tell you who they are I will say that none of them are as interesting as you are.'

'You certainly have an interesting point of perspective involving the headmaster and certain individuals, a perspective that I and Hogwarts herself happen to agree with.'

Magnus blinked, 'You do? …Wait what do you mean Hogwarts agrees with me? Do you mean the castle's…'

The hat chuckled, 'You've already worked it out. The castle is sentient, though this fact is only known to those who are connected to its wards.'

'The castle-like myself was enchanted by the founders in order to better protect the students, although its capacity to do so has been greatly diminished over the years by each headmaster that have come and gone, and from what I can see from your memories, that isn't going to change.'

Magnus blinked as he mulled over the thought of the castle being sentient and he realised that on some level it was possible if he thought about it.

There had to be some level of understanding if the room of requirements existed, and apparently the castle agreed with him.

'Okay, so what does that all mean?' Magnus asked still trying to wrap his head around the facts.

'It means that you will have Hogwarts support should you need it, but such support will be limited given the restraints placed upon her by the headmaster. It is Hogwarts obligation to protect her charges.'

'That is the duty the founders charged her with, but since Dumbledore has set foot inside her halls that job has become next to impossible. I can see you are aware of what is to occur over this school year, what the headmaster has set up on the third floor corridor.'

'Hogwarts has protested against these to the headmaster but he has ignored all of her pleas to remove them for the student's safety, and she is restricted from doing anything without the consent or orders of the headmaster.'

Magnus frowned, 'so even Hogwarts doesn't like the old man, can't say I blame her'

'Indeed, this castle was meant to be a place of learning but ever since Albus started here and gained favour with the previous headmaster that has changed drastically.'

'I can see you also suspect this by your criticism of what is taught here at Hogwarts, and you are correct, all branches of magic are no longer taught within the castle's walls.'

'This is due to two reasons, the ministerial condemning multiple forms of magic that they deem to be dark, now normally this wouldn't affect what classes Hogwarts has taught in the past as it is a sovereign nation and not restricted by ministry laws.'

'But ever since Dumbledore has been both chief warlock of the Wizengamot, the body who made the decisions on magic, and Hogwarts headmaster. He has used this as an excuse to have the subject cut from Hogwarts curriculum and has done so to such an extent that it is what you see it today.'

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