The-Girl-Most-Interesting (I) [Chapter 152]

~~Hogwarts, Highlands Scotland, Great Britain~~

Harry continued to watch the Hogwarts Castle while treating himself with some Thai noodles for dinner. Learning how to use chopsticks wasn’t that hard, but getting used to the spice was a bit of a challenge on his part. He was simply waiting for the clock to hit 9 pm. After 9 pm, the halls would be completely empty except for the prefects and Argus Filch.

After a few minutes, it was finally past 9 pm and since Harry was already done with his dinner, he transformed into his harpy eagle form and started to head toward Hogwarts Castle. When he broke into Hogwarts the last time, he never transformed back into his human form when he was inside the Castle, so he had no idea how the Wards would react to his presence, but it was a risk Harry was willing to take.

Yes, Albus Dumbledore was a deterrent, but not for Harry…

Just like the last time, Harry applied the Disillusionment Charm on his Animagus form just before entering Hogwarts. Now, he just needed to find Argus Filch who could be anywhere inside Hogwarts and since he was in no hurry, he started to fly through the halls, looking for Argus. Room 234-00 was the first place he looked for the man as according to his mom, room 234-00 was his office.

The office was still in the same room, but the man and his pet were nowhere to be found, but the man wasn’t supposed to be in his office in the first place. So, Harry started to search for the man floor by floor. That is when he came across a very interesting sight… A disillusioned student was climbing the grand staircase and the reason why Harry found the sight interesting was because it wasn’t normal for a 4th year to have mastered the Disillusionment Charm to such an extent.

While the Disillusionment Charm was supposed to turn a person invisible, it wasn’t even close to perfect. So, no matter how good a person becomes at using the Disillusionment Charm, there will always be some signs of the Spell and the girl was barely noticeable, which meant the girl had put a lot of work into the Spell. The Spell wasn’t even taught to the students in the first place, which was enough proof of her hard work.

Since Harry was intrigued, Harry at least decided to learn her destination and if possible, her identity. So, he followed the girl to the seventh floor and the girl finally stopped in front of a portrait where a Wizard was attempting to teach trolls how to dance. The girl looked around for a bit before she started to pace in front of the portrait, making Harry wonder what she was doing.

|The hell is she doing?| Lily voiced the question that was raging inside both of their Minds.

|Well, there is your answer…| Harry trailed off just after a door appeared on the wall across from the portrait. The girl entered the room in a confident stride and Harry followed suit. He was way too intrigued by the girl and wanted to see what she was up to. Harry entered the room and found it to be a massive training room with dangerous looking training dummies standing all around the room.

|Did you know that there was a room like this on the seventh floor?| Harry asked excitedly.

|No… Even the Marauders didn’t know anything about this room, James told me about all the secret rooms and passages they had found at Hogwarts| Lily explained slowly as she continued to check out the room through Harry's eyes.

The door finally closed and transformed back into a solid wall and the girl finally dropped the Disillusionment Charm, revealing her features. The platinum-blonde hair was tied in a high ponytail while her electric blue eyes were inspecting the dummies like a predator would eye a prey. There was a certain glint in her eyes, and Harry had seen the same type of glint in Katerina Kabal’s eyes. He started to wonder why a 14 year old would have such a glint in their eyes.

With each moment, the girl was becoming more and more intriguing in his eyes… He was glad that he came to Hogwarts tonight, or he might have missed such a gem…

The girl took off the outer robe she was wearing, revealing the battle robes she was wearing. The battle robes she was wearing wasn’t anything to write home about, as he had seen Jacklyn use way better robes than this. The girl pulled out her Wand and took a deep breath before tossing away her outer robe. As soon as her outer robe hit the floor, the dummies around the room became active.

|Is she planning to take on all those dummies?| Lily asked in a disbelieving tone.

Harry decided to land on a rafter and watch the show and the next moment, both Lily and Harry were taken aback by the speed, power, and ferocity of the dummies. The dummies started to attack the girl with the intent to kill and Harry had to admit, he was more than impressed by the way the girl was handling herself against those murderous dummies.

There were twenty dummies in total, but the girl was taking them down one by one with practiced ease. He was certain that the girl used this method to train regularly. Within the next couple of minutes, the girl destroyed the rest of the dummies too, but as soon as the last dummy fell, twenty more dummies appeared along the wall of the room. Though this time, the dummies were a bit bigger and bulkier.

Unfortunately, their size or mass didn’t seem to affect their speed negatively, instead, this batch of dummies was much faster than the last batch. This time, the girl did seem to have some problems at the beginning, but she still managed to take down all the dummies one by one… Now, Harry was beyond impressed. The girl was probably better than Tonks and Jacklyn, though he couldn’t help but wonder how.

The girl was only fourteen for Merlin’s sake and she could already give two veterans like Tonks and Jacklyn a run for their gold and that was saying something. The girl finally managed to take down the second batch and Harry thought that she was going to stop with this, but no!! Another batch of dummies appeared around the wall as soon as she took down the last dummy of the second batch.

Harry wondered if the girl was a masochist… Yeah, that would explain quite a bit…

He simply continued to watch the girl in complete fascination as he continued to turn the dummies into rubble. He wasn’t sure if he could call them dummies anymore… Golems would be a more apt term for the dummies. The third batch of dummies was exactly the same as the second batch, but it was still quite impressive the way the girl was bringing them down.

The girl was clearly tired as her movements were much slower than before but she was still determined to beat them all… When the last golem of the third batch finally hit the ground, no more dummies appeared along the walls, which meant, the training session was finally over. The girl plopped down on the floor and the rubbles littered around the floor started to disappear slowly.

|I do not know what to say… I couldn’t have done that at her age no matter how much I tried| Lily admitted even though it was quite a bitter pill to swallow. Harry didn’t say anything as he believed his mother’s words to be true… To achieve something like this, a person needed to have a drive, and his mother didn’t have that drive when she was fourteen. He wondered what was driving the girl.

|I am going to meet her| Harry declared excitedly inside his Mind, surprising Lily.

|What?!| Lily gasped in shock. |Have you gone mad, Hadrian?| Lily questioned hysterically.

|I am already a bit mad, Mom| Harry retorted while grinning internally. |I find her really intriguing, Mom. I can’t miss this chance to meet her| Harry added. The girl would be a good addition to Lost Garden and he really wanted to know what drove the girl to become this good at the age of fourteen. Right now, the girl was only lacking raw power, but she had both Tonks and Jacklyn beat when it came to skills.

|Are you sure that she isn’t going to inform the professors about your presence| Lily pointed out and Harry simply shrugged dismissively.

|I am willing to take that risk| Harry declared as he kicked off the rafter and started to glide down toward the floor. Harry silently arrived on the floor and shifted back into his human form before finally dropping the Disillusionment Charm. All this time, he was facing the girl’s back, so she never noticed him and decided to be dramatic with his greeting.

“That was quite an impressive show you put on” Harry declared, sounding amused only for the girl to turn around and shoot a Stunning Charm at him…