Chapter 39: Mcgonagall and Snape
Nick stopped forcing the issue and held the wall for a moment as a wave of vertigo hit him. Once the world stopped spinning he tentatively released the wall and felt his lip where he found a small amount of blood. "NEN!"(Water) he said calmly in elvish while pushing his wand forward causing a small orb of pure water to appear in the air. With a careful movement of his wand Nick moved the orb of water to his face where he rinsed off the blood the best he could without a mirror.-
After he was done Nick sent the water out a nearby window and left the area to continue his exploration of the castle. He found the transfiguration class room and surprisingly enough professor Mcgonagall herself within it enjoying a morning cup of tea. "Something I can help you with Mr. Iron?" She asked seeing him outside the classroom door. "Not at the moment professor , I was just exploring the castle to get my bearings is all and noticed you within this room giving me pause." Nick answered both honestly and cordially. "How goes your progress so far?" the elderly witch asked curiously.-
"Splendidly professor , I have already cleared the second to seventh floors from my list and only require this one and the dungeons to be fully aware of majority of the castle." he answered honestly. Mcgonagall raised an eyebrow in surprise at this "An impressive speed I admit. I expect you will have no trouble being on time for lessons come tomorrow then?" She asked seriously. Nick nodded with a grin "Unless something unusual happens to delay me I aught to be amongst the first to arrive from my housemates." he said confidently. The elderly witch had the smallest upturned corner of her mouth "Very well young man I shall hold you accountable to that , off you trot now." she said waving him away dismissively.
'That guy's got issues , ah well i'm done here anyways so I guess I can spend the rest of the day in the library.' Nick thought before leaving the dungeons and walking through the halls of the first floor to the library at the eastern portion of the castle. The library was an intimidating place for Nick as not only was the librarian Irma Pince a stern woman who looked like she hated anyone who so much as touched her precious books , but the damned thing looked endless as Nick simply could not see an end to the rows of bookshelves.
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