Who: Padma Patil & Theo Nott When: Sometime in the afternoon of December 30th Where: Starts on the 7th floor, near the tapestry of Barnabas the Barmy Rating: PG Status: Incomplete
Show me what you can do. Curses wise, I mean.
Such a simple statement had Padma considering what should have been the unconsiderable. Not working with Theo, showing him what she really could do...but revealing the secret of the Room of Requirement. Even in the deserted castle, it was the safest place she could think of, where no-one would interupt them or accidentally wander in. She didn't want anyone to get hurt. The Prefects Bathroom certainly wasn't suited, her own office was far too public and though many of the classrooms stood empty, it would awkward if someone should wander in. She had no memory of someone actually entering the Room while they were all in it, except that one time the house elf had apparated in to warm them of the Inquisitor Squad's eminent arrival.
She'd listened carefully to what had been said about the Room. It provided what you needed. NEEDED, not WANTED. She NEEDED a safe place to practise her defence with Theo. She kept thinking that was she paced back and forth. Was it three times or four? The door to the Room was always here when she'd come before, did she stop and wait for it to appear? She needed a safe place to practise where no-one could find them or interupt them.
She only hoped that Theo saw her note and actually showed up. As she always seemed to do now when she was thinking or mulling over something, she fingered the pendant of the necklace she'd been given for Christmas as she paced and waited.