32 the birth of the oldest magic (1/2)
While the students were gorging themselves on the feast and some throwing up upon seeing a couple of pigs rummaging the surrounding food. Alex was inside the common room, munching on a light meal. Once done, he heads toward the stair. Climbing to the highest level of the tower, he came in front of a door, opening it, he sees five beds, all with trunks on the front. Frowning at this he calls Bilby.
”What Bilby can do, master?”
”Is this the first year dorm?”
”Yes.”
”Then, where should I sleep? there is only five bed and all had a trunk.”
”There is another room! Headmaster whisker says that James Potter he's to have a room for himself, but since master didn't leave his trunk with the other, elves been thinking that is it master trunk!”
”Well, since he has a room with the other five, I would hate to separate them. Could you show me in the last room, please.”
He didn't go too far, in fact, only a few steps back. On the right side of the stair, facing the wall of the dorm door was a tapestry of a lion pride running from top to bottom. Once he was standing in front of it, the lion rises from its branch, jump down, and made his way to the front, waiting for something.
”Master needs a password for the room to open.”
”A password, anything can do?”
Hearing the lion give a roar of approval, still waiting for his new resident. Taking the tapestry into consideration, he says ”Lumos”, at this, the end of his left index light up in a soft withe glow, delving deeper in himself, the glow change from soft white to deep emerald. Once done, he put his finger on a rock at the feet of the lion and trace a unique rune. At this, the lion gave a powerful roar on could feel full of pride as the tapestry left side rise, showing a door in an alcove. Before opening the door, he asks Bilby.
”Is it possible to set up a password for this door too?”
As if the castle was responding itself, the door was enclosed in a transparent blue glow. When he sees it still lingering a few seconds later, he acts. Drawing three other runes in an inverted triangle. Once done, he 'captures' the unique lower rune and bring it on the same line as the two other. Satisfied, he steps down, letting the magic absorb the sequence. The glow recedes in the door and once he tries to open it, he couldn't so he trace the runes again before completing the motion and the door opens itself in.
”Good, I don't know why they don't put those types of password, a listening charm, and everyone could enter, truly stupid. At least the tapestry his protected with family magic, I just hope that Dumble wouldn't be given access to it without the security but it all I can do for now. Bilby, I want wards erected against house-elves, only the family can be given access to the room, ok.”