Chapter 20: •Visiting the Slytherin common room
Back at the castle, Extimum escorted Harry and Ron to the common room, it had been a night full of emotions and not very good for Harry and Ron.
Extimum did not plan to enter the Gryffindor common room, but only planned to accompany them and continue on their way, however Harry stopped him before he left.
Harry: "Wait Extimum, why don't you come in with us for a moment and we can discuss what happened more calmly?"
Extimum: "Good." Extimum had no reason to refuse so he agreed.
Upon entering the common room they found that Hermione was there in her pajamas waiting for them.
Hermione: "it seems. Ron. that what you forgot must have been very difficult to find, so that they took so long and even returned with Extimum ".
Hermione had been waiting for them because in fact she had doubts about their suspicious attitude, so she hoped that, if they only forgot something, she would see them soon, she did not expect that she would actually wait for almost two hours for their return, at some point she even stayed asleep.
Ron: "uh ... you see ...". Ron began to hesitate as he thought of a plausible explanation.
Extimum: "ah, let me explain. Well, as you know, I went to be my things and here my friends decided that they were very curious and they followed me, but they ended up embarking on a very interesting and dangerous adventure from which we have just returned, as for the details, we will discuss them lively in a moment ".
After finishing speaking, Extimum motioned for Harry and Ron to sit on the couch as well, that way they would break the scolding stage.
Hearing Extimum's response, Hermione looked at Harry and Ron with a judgmental look.
Extimum: "well, since you are slightly informed. Harry, why don't you continue with what you wanted to discuss? "
Harry: "ah, uh, yeah." Harry and Ron were surprised at how easily Extimum with a few well-placed words can prevent Hermione's outburst towards them, or at least delay it.
Harry: "Well, to sum it up a bit, we basically went to the forbidden forest following Extimum and got lost by not being able to find him, however instead of Extimum we came across a terrible creature and when the situation was not good Extimum and a centaur they saved us and then we are here ".
Hermione: "Wait, what? They went to the forbidden forest? They don't know that for something he has the 'forbidden' in his name? It's very dangerous to go there. And Extimum, what were you doing there too?".
Extimum: "more than the one that went there, the question is why can't I? Although you consider it very dangerous, but from my point of view it was a quite pleasant place".
Ron: "Nice enough? That place?" Ron couldn't understand what part of that gloomy forest was nice, they even encountered that dark creature.
Hermione: "And what were you looking for there, even if it seems nice to you, it doesn't change that it's a very dangerous place."
Extimum: "that ..., I can't discuss it yet, but you shouldn't worry, it's not a bad thing, as for that, I'll tell you about it in the future." Extimum excused himself in his usual serious voice and made his point by saying that he wouldn't say it but that they could trust him.
Hermione: "good ...".
Extimum: "now that everything is clear. Harry why don't you continue?
Harry: "yes, but first, although Hermione already understands the context, but it would be better if I tell her in detail what happened with that creature."
After that, Harry narrated in detail the entire encounter with the dark figure, from how they found him, to what he felt and then how Extimum and the centaur saved him and Ron, ending he said the words that the centaur had said. .
Hermione: "So you think that dark figure was Voldemort?"
Harry: "That's right, besides, he's weak, otherwise he wouldn't consume the blood of unicorns".
Harry: "So, Quirrell or maybe Snape, they must want the stone to give to Voldemort, so he can make the Elixir and recover".
Ron: "But if he comes back ... you don't think he's trying ... to kill you do you?". Ron said nervously as he thought about the consequences.
Harry: "It is likely that he will, otherwise he would not have been so insistent in trying to catch us tonight, however he currently cannot".
Ron: "ugh, I don't know if I'm worried about final exams right now".
Extimum: "You shouldn't worry so much about it, it's like Harry said, currently he can't do anything, you even saw that I was able to hit him and make him run away".
Hermione was curious about how he could have hit Voldemort, but like Harry and Ron they decided not to ask any more because Extimum did not want to explain himself.
Hermione: "yes, besides, Dumbledore is still here and it is unlikely that Voldemort will dare to do anything while he is and more so now that he is weak".
Extimum: "Well, we shouldn't go around with such negative thoughts, besides, it's already late, why better not go to sleep?".
Hermione: "It's true, it's already very late and tomorrow we have classes in the morning".
Extimum: "see you later". Extimum disappeared from everyone's sight after finishing his words and headed towards his bedroom in the Ravenclaw tower.
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A few days passed after the encounter in the forbidden forest.
Things were progressing normally, Harry and Ron continued to watch over Quirrell, Hermione on the other hand would watch over Snape with Extimum, although Extimum was taking it easy as he knew that Snape would not really do anything.
Today, Extimum was heading to the Slytherin common room, in fact, it would be the first time he would sneak into that place, although he was a bit wary of Snape, but since he is always busy with his things it would be unlikely that he would really comply well his duties, even if he were, he wouldn't be watching the common room.
The Slytherin common room is in the castle dungeons and below Black Lake, the entrance was behind a bare stretch of stone wall.
Extimum did not know the password to enter so like to enter the Gryffindor common room I wait for someone to enter and then follow him.
Luckily he didn't have to wait long, after a while a boy came and entered.
Following him quickly he was able to enter, they continued through a corridor full of cobwebs and then they arrived in front of a library, passing the small library was the common room.
The Slytherin common room has a fairly large space, but also very cold; It has a semi-subterranean location since the dungeon in which it is located extends partly under the lake, so that a light enters the room of a green tone, with the walls and ceiling of rough stone. Several greenish lamps hung from the ceiling on chains. There was also a fireplace as in all the common rooms to heat the place on the coldest nights.
The living room has lots of black and dark green buttoned armchairs, leather sofas; skulls; and dark wood cabinets. The walls are adorned with tapestries recounting the adventures of medieval witches and wizards.
There were some students in the room right now, some were playing magic chess and some were just chatting.
Extimum came here today, not only to satiate his curiosity as to what it was like, but also to chat with his acquaintances and thank Draco for his earlier act, it wasn't like Draco was doing him a big favor, but Harry and Draco's relationship was pretty bad, so the fact that Draco let them go when they were actually outside after curfew was commendable considering the enmity present.
He hadn't had time to thank him because he was busy with his studies and helping Hermione with her espionage. On the other hand, his relationship with Draco had improved, at least he had gone a bit beyond the simple relationship for political good.
Draco was not that difficult to deal with, of course he had a more 'purist' view of things, but as long as you ignored all that, you could say that he is currently like any other child.
Extimum considered that it was worth forging a real friendship with him, currently Draco was just like any other child and was not yet so involved in the dark side of the world, so there was no harm in getting together with him and on the contrary if he succeeded To improve his mentality, it would not be a problem to create a new Draco, of course it would all depend on whether Draco was willing.
Extimum transfigured his clothes and changed them to Slytherin colors, then he changed his features and the color of his hair a little.
Since he wanted to walk calmly until he met an acquaintance, he could simply do so in disguise and with a bit of illusion they would think he was someone from Slytherin even if they did not know who he was.
While he was admiring the historical decorations in the room, he realized that in one of the windows overlooking the lake there was a girl with a stony countenance and a lost look, she had blonde and blue hair, She was Daphne.
Seeing her in such concentrated thought, Extimum approached her to greet her and chat.
Daphne seemed so absorbed in her thoughts that she did not notice her approach.
Looking at her more closely, she seemed to have a letter in her hand.
Intrigued by the content that could make her so thoughtful, Extimum decided to look at the letter, taking the letter gently from her hand in such a way that Daphne did not notice until after a while, by which time Extimum had already read the letter.
"
Dear Sister, I have bad news to tell you, I wish I could tell you in person, but there is still considerable time until you can get out of Hogwarts. The results of our father's examination have been resolved. Our father has said that like our mother, I also suffer from the blood curse of our family.
I wish you could join me now, but I know that you must continue with your studies, however, I wanted to share this news with you.
With love, your sister, Astoria Greengass.
".
That was the content of the letter, it was not very long but its meaning was quite clear.
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Realizing that she did not feel the letter in her hand, Daphne turned quickly to look at the daring wizard meddling in her affairs, already preparing to attack him.
Extimum knew that the situation was delicate according to what he had read, so he undid the transformation of his face and hair so that she would recognize him.
Sure enough, the moment her face was clearly visible, Daphne stopped. She already had her wand in hand and would likely have cast a spell had it been slower.
Extimum: "Excuse me, it was impertinent of me to take your letter." Extimum held out his hand with the letter and apologized, since he interfered at a time like this, it would not be proper to act too harsh about the fact that she is pointing her wand at him.
Daphne: "It's you, I'm sorry, I was a bit agitated". Daphne accepted the letter and under her wand, her body relaxed a bit now that she noticed that she was actually quite upset by the content of the letter.
Extimum: "okay, do you want to sit down and discuss it?"
Daphne thought about it for a bit and then nodded, They walked to a nearby chair and sat together in it.
Daphne: "how did you get in here?" Now with her mind a little more calm, Daphne asked a question that was quite relevant to the situation.
Extimum: "Oh, can't you see my uniform? I'm clearly a Slytherin, why can't I go in?"
Daphne: "Tch, it's okay if you don't want to tell me."
Extimum: "So, will you tell me what the letter is about?"
Daphne: "aish, my family has been affected by a blood curse for generations, the curse affects a member randomly in each generation, in the previous generation, it was my mother who was affected by it and now according to this letter , my sister will be the one who suffers it in this generation ". Daphne sighed and began to recount the context of the situation.
Extimum: "What are the effects of the curse?"
Daphne's face seemed to darken a bit at his question and with a slightly heavier tone she answered.
Daphne: "The curse will weaken its user slowly from the moment it is manifested and at some point the person will die, although the effect is slow, none of its previous holders have ever reached old age."
A brief silence seemed to descend around them as Daphne finished her words.
Based on his past experience trying to comfort someone, this time Extimum took a gentler approach.
Extimum released his natural aura in an attempt to ease the depressed mood.
After his connection to his lineage, his abilities had grown stronger and more effective. This was also the case with his natural aura.
As he wrapped his aura around Daphne, Extimum reached out and placed his hand on Daphne's hand giving it a light squeeze.
Extimum: "it is still early, you should not lose hope so quickly, although it is not sure to find a way, it would be difficult to know if it is possible to change something without having tried, therefore, you must try, also ... Can you tell that you're really alright? Although your face is always indifferent and you have closed your heart to most things ... but I can still see it ... I can feel it ... sadness ... despair ... impotence and the loneliness that abounds in you ... How to live like this? ... I really can't promise you anything but ... if possible ... I'll help you find a way to heal her, then you should cheer up and fight, fight to find a solution". Extimum said slowly and meaningfully in his words, although there were no palpable emotions in Extimum's tone when he spoke, yet you could still feel that he truly understood her feelings.
The feelings that she felt were complex for him, his perspective on emotions until now has always been as if they were alien to him, he can clearly feel them and more, but it is different, Extimum is empathic, so he can feel the emotions of the people who are close to him, however, he also practices oclumency that desensitizes him to a certain extent and allows him to organize the mind including the emotions that he perceives, that means that he registers the emotions, but his mind is usually indifferent to them, combining his emotional atrophy together with a cold control of them have made him aware and at the same time oblivious of it. It is like being anesthetized, you feel your body, but you are insensitive to the sensations of it.
His ability to feel emotions has been with him for as long as he can remember, initially it was weak, so weak that it could be considered more like an occasional rare perception of emotions, however, when he practiced legilimency, empathic ability seemed to evolve and become capable enough to perceive the feelings of the people around you.
Such ability is usually passive in nature and does not directly affect Extimum thanks to its oclumency, however, it sometimes manages to distract its mind due to the influx of unknown emotions that it receives not only in its origin but also in nature.
Seeing emotions from an observer's point of view including your own is one of the reasons that has driven Extimum's character. Such things should be felt to be truly understood.
Daphne seemed to calm her chaotic emotions as she felt suddenly enveloped by a wave of tranquility and understanding, however, she still felt sad, however, when she heard Extimum's words, her previously stony face seemed to break, although she wanted to, she did not break to crying, the calming aura and her own pride did not allow it, although she could not avoid the redness of her eyes, Daphne hid her face in Extimum's chest to not allow herself to show her emotional state.
After a few seconds, however, he withdrew and organized.
Daphne: "Thank you, you're right, I can't drown in these depressing thoughts, I must find a way to help my sister."
Daphne: "I'll retire for the moment, we'll talk later." Daphne left quickly after that.
Extimum: 'Well, it wasn't exactly what I planned by coming here, but at least I was able to help her.'
Extimum had his doubts about such a curse, it was very likely that if the family had such a curse, the ancestors must have tried to eliminate it and the fact that they did not succeed not only says a lot about the strength of their caster but also the complexity of the curse, on the other hand, in the current era there was not much information about curses or it is very well protected, likewise, perhaps with the change of Era new methods were discovered to eliminate such curses, so not even trying would be difficult to give a verdict.
Looking around, Extimum wondered when Draco or some other acquaintance would arrive, since Tracey wasn't with Daphne she was likely somewhere else, as for Pansy she was likely to follow Draco, though she shouldn't be madly in love with him yet. Extimum had already noticed a bit of fanaticism on her part, as for other students in the house ... he was not that close.
Luckily it seemed that his thoughts were heard because a few minutes later, Draco entered the common room from the dungeons, he was accompanied by his always faithful Crabbe and Goyle, plus an addition of Pansy who came behind.
Wanting to lighten his own mood, Extimum decided to joke around a bit and waited until they sat down and then using his illusion he sat next to Draco silently.
Extimum wondered since when he likes to scare or surprise people so much, he was not someone to make jokes, however, lately he seemed to enjoy it.
Pansy: "Hey Draco, when are we going to bother Longbottom again?"
Draco: "Afterwards, we have been a bit intense these days, we must let him rest, otherwise how can we continue to bother him?"
Extimum: "Wow, you really are very mean to poor Longbottom."
** ahhh **
Draco, Pansy, Crabbe and Goyle almost jumped immediately upon hearing and feeling someone right next to them, Draco and Pansy especially who were closer couldn't help but jump in shock and surprise.
Draco: "Merlin, you want to surprise us to death." Draco quickly composed himself ignoring her earlier scream and exclaiming.
Draco: "wait, how did you get in here Extimum?"
Extimum: "Ah, I dressed like Slytherin and they let me pass."
His answer clearly didn't convince anyone, but before they could continue, Extimum spoke again.
Extimum: "Okay, changing the subject, I come to thank you for what you did last time, it is rude of me to have taken so long, but hey, today I have come."
Draco: "Oh, you don't have to worry, after all… we are… friends… right?" Draco said tentatively, unsure of his own statement, but with a hint of expectation.
Extimum: "Of course, I wouldn't bother coming here otherwise."
Crabbe: "Huh, but you hang out with Potter and his group."
Goyle: "It is true, how can we know that you are sincere?"
Draco: "You guys ...". Draco was slightly outraged by his friends' comments, but was interrupted before he could say anything.
Extimum: "in fact, I may seem unreliable if you rely on my relationship with them, but don't forget that I'm actually a Ravenclaw, not a Gryffindor, on the other hand, there's not much I could really get if I had ulterior motives for approaching to you".
From a certain point of view, Extimum's attitude could be considered hypocritical, after all, he has been fraternizing with Gryffindor and making friends with Slytherin, but Extimum saw it differently, for him they only represented an enmity of houses that was carried too far. , they were all Hogwarts students and the goal of the separation should be to distribute students who could be more like-minded by their character and worldview, as well as increasing the competitiveness among the students and their fighting spirit.
In addition, Hogwarts was one of the few schools that had a house division, it would be the only one if not for Ilvermorny or another that he did not know, although the division had its benefits it also separated its unit as a magic school.
On the other hand, although his behavior may not be taken very well by all the members of the houses, but that is where politics and charisma come in.
Extimum is in one way or another influenced either by the fame of his family or his teachings, the same can be said of some other students, they maintain good relations by politics, but it is Extimum's charisma and cunning in dealing with everyone, which keeps them calm with their fraternization actions.
Pansy: "Well, don't fight about it, the important thing is that Extimum came here with us, which means he's one of us."
Draco: "you're right."
After that, Extimum spent the rest of the afternoon chatting with the group and playing some games.
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--Pov Draco--.
Draco Malfoy is the only son and heir to one of the oldest and richest pure-blood families. He was raised in an atmosphere where he lamented that the Lord Voldemort had not successfully seized power in the wizarding community and for as long as he could remember, he associated primarily with the pure-blood children of his former Death Eater friends. dad.
Draco's role model was the most impressive person he knew, his father, and he based most of his behavior on him.
Like any other boy Harry Potter's age, Draco heard stories of the "Boy Who Lived" during his childhood. Given the great fame and origin of Potter, Draco's father, Lucius, hoped that Harry Potter could become a great champion for pure-blood supremacists and help him dominate magical Britain, this due to rumors and theories that spread for a few years about how Harry Potter managed to survive what should have been a deadly attack and that Harry himself was a great dark wizard and had retired from the wizarding community for that reason, Such rumors and fame are very useful if used properly. It was because of this, knowing that he was doing nothing that his father would disapprove of, and in the hope that he could send home some interesting news, that Draco Malfoy always wanted to meet Harry Potter when he was Hogwarts.
However, the reality was different, when he finally formally presented himself to Harry Potter, he rejected him in front of everyone and by someone who was a member of a poor and blood-traitorous family like the Weasleys.
Such an act naturally created great hatred towards Harry Potter.
On the other hand, it seemed that things were not going so bad for him, although he had some conflicts with Potter, there was still the heir of the Shadowless family, he already knew him so getting close to him might not be too difficult. Although his father does not have nor would he dare to have thoughts with such a family, but his father would be pleased if he could establish a good relationship with them, however, it was not only a surprise but also an annoyance that the Shadowless heir, Extimum , met with Potter and his friend Weasley, with whom he already had a relationship of enmity. Such a situation only managed to make him more osco, why would the heir of a great family like Extimum join a Weasley and Potter, who had dared to reject him?
On the other hand, Draco hadn't really managed to make many friends or at least real ones. Crabbe and Goyle easily got together with him and although they were friends, but they were very silly and seemed more like his followers, it is not as if he had no doubts about whether they really were and only followed him by suggestions of their respective families, for another On the other hand, Draco also related to Pansy Parkinson, but she was also silly and a little crazy, she sseemed to have a fanaticism for him, which was a bit strenuous; He had tried to form relationships with others but it didn't work too, the example of this was Daphne, she just treated him coldly and indifferently and ignored him, annoying him a bit. His relationship with the Slytherin house in general was good for the fame of his family, although he might not be the most respected being only a first year, but given his character so in line with the ideals of the house and his family, he easily obtained her influence and recognition, leading him to associate with others like Blaize Zabini and Theodore Nott who were also blood supremacists.
All that said, Draco was not really alone and could be considered very well-off in Slytherin, however, he still had not found a friend who felt him real or trustworthy, his current relationships did not bother him because they were with like-minded people or useful for social and political connections, but they could not be considered. as someone on an equal footing.
That is why he had wanted to associate with Potter, he considered him worthy enough, but being rejected there were not many other options, however, before Christmas Extimum had approached the members of his house, he seemed to have a good relationship with the trio of Daphne where Pansy was, after that she even fraternized with others and even got close to Draco himself.
Such development surprised him, given that Extimum had been selected in Ravenclaw he already expected it to be more difficult to approach him and when he got together with the Gryffindors even more, especially with Potter with whom he did not have a good relationship. Draco expected to receive the cold shoulder, but to his surprise Extimum did not seem to take that into consideration and treated him normally as if he were indifferent to it, even with the days, he seemed willing to improve their strained relationship and become his friend.
Draco accepted at first quite suspicious of his intentions, but over time he realized that Extimum was easily integrated into Slytherin after he agreed and not only received recognition from the majority of the house, but the environment seemed more friendly. .
Over the days, Draco slowly lowered his guard and considered whether he should also try to become his friend, he even sent him a nice gift for Christmas, he had asked Pansy who had given him a good suggestion.
Finally, the opportunity to improve their friendship appeared when he followed the Potter trio and discovered the dragon, at first he had decided to rat them out with the head of Gryffindor, McGonagall, he knew that Extimum would not personally mind if he messed with them, besides he had seen the methods of him and knew that he could easily disappear so he would not be caught, however, as he prepared to escape the scene he changed his mind, this would be a good time to show his goodwill and cement the possibility of turning Extimum's friend, even if he had to forgive Potter this time.
So when today he was surprised by his sudden appearance and heard the reasons for his visit, he got a little excited and was willing to improve their friendship.
--End Pov--.
[this Pov was more of a Draco intro so there was no first person]
CREATORS' THOUGHTS 
Zeroz7
Zeroz7 I wanted to do a little development for the story, since I am based on the film after the forest event it goes straight to the problem and then to the outcome of the story and many months are skipped.
here I introduce the position of Draco, if anyone does not like the character should know that here Draco is still a child so although he has a bad character he is not bad.
on the other hand i introduce a little to Daphne.
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