Rose, Hermione and Ron just ended their class, and their mind was still on the stone and what the centaur said to Rose in the forest.
It was Voldemort who killed the Unicorn to drink its blood. After learning this from the Centaur, Golden Trio just couldn't let the stone out of their mind.
Both Rose and Hermione looked around, and as a rare case, they saw Orion not just disappearing out of the class. They both were about to call out for him but then Rose also so Hagrid.
Something just clicked in her head and she went towards Hagrid, Orion saw this, just smiled a little and then got going. He just sent a mental prompt to Rose's head to make her suspicious about Hadgrid getting a dragon egg suddenly.
While making sure that the story will go just like the cannon, Orion aimed to move first, he rushed towards the 3rd floor, before either Quirrell or his friends made a move, he planned to take the stone for himself.
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"So we are finally going for the stone," Merlin asked with a little excitement. Orion just nodded at this.
While moving through the corridors he made sure that no one spotted him. "Wait a minute, there is a ward here," Merlin said spotting the ward, but he noticed that Orion noticed the ward himself, he just smirked at the improvement Orion was making every day. Just one year and he was this far in his magical studies.
"Is there is any way to break the ward, without alerting the person who erected it ?" Orion asked in confusion, he only had basic knowledge about wards.
"Well there are many but you can't do them yet. It advanced stuff, not to mention with your still weak magic, forget it," Orion heard Merlin but knew that there was a way.
Otherwise, Merlin most likely would have suggested a plan. Orion thought about it, looking around and then suddenly thought of something. There was a smirk on his face.
"So you figure it out," Merlin too just smiled at this, there was really no way for a normal first-year student to break this ward. In fact, even for a professor, it would be a hard thing to do. It's just a sensory ward which announces the intrusion of unrecognized presence and blocks teleportation but it was a high-end ward, most likely placed here by Dumbledore.
"Yeah, others can't remove this but I am different, I have something which others don't," Orion said and before even opening the door which was separating him from the giant three-headed dog, he placed his hands on the floor just a little further away from where the wards were beginning and smiled.
"This ward is like a CCTV camera, hard to avoid. But even CCTV can't work without electricity. This ward too will not work without magic. And I never said that I would play with the rules. I just happen to be a person who cheats, who can absorb magic," Orion said, almost brimming ear to ear.
"That old bastard won't know what hit him," Merlin couldn't contain his laughter anymore.
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It took 10 minutes to absorb the entire magical power from the spell, making it collapse on its own, and that too without alerting Dumbledore as this modern magical system has many loopholes which people like him can take advantage of. As the ward was never infiltrated or broken but rather just ran out of magic, there will be no response sent to the lord of the Light.
Slowly sneaking in, Orion notices a giant dog in front of him, "Well Hope this works," Orion thought and then slowly mutter.
"Sleep, sleep Fluffy," Activating the devil's tongue, he skillfully projected the same calm feeling the dog might have when hearing music.
'Thud,'
'Snor,'
"Worked like a charm," Merlin thumps up.
"Wingardium Leviosa," Orion said taking out his wand and pointing towards one of the heads of fluffy and with much difficulty raised the head.
'Shit this is heavy,' Orion complained. His magic is now strong but not strong enough to lift one of Fluffie's heads.
"Well, I guess I can only rely on these pure old bones and muscles of mine," Orion got into position and lifted Luffy's head, the muscles on his legs and arms straining.
"Good thing that you have buffed up physical strength of that Troll now," Merlin commented while looking at the underground passway that just opened up.
"Yeah very lucky...." Panting Orion didn't think too much and directly jumped down.
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In the dimly lit corridors of Hogwarts, Rose, Hermione, and Ron stealthily moved through the castle, their footsteps echoing in the empty halls. They were looking for Orion needing his help to save the stone but couldn't find him.
After some time of searching in various secret passages and hidden corners, they found themselves in a dead end. Ron was already against involving Orion, he didn't like Orion that much. And after not finding him, they decided to go without him.
They made their way to Professor McGonagall's office, knowing that she was not only the Deputy Headmistress but also someone they could trust.
Upon reaching her office, they knocked on the door and were granted entry by Professor McGonagall herself. The stern-faced Transfiguration professor raised an eyebrow at the trio's anxious expressions.
"Professor, we're afraid Voldemort might be planning to steal the Philosopher's Stone," Rose uttered. Of course, McGonagall didn't believe shit and assured them that stone is perfectly safe in Hogwarts, just like the students. " – ∧ – "
No one believed her and demanded to talk with Dumbledore.
"Unfortunately, he is currently away from Hogwarts, attending to matters beyond the castle." Was her swift response to their plea.
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A/N: More Stones Please. And yeah the first year is coming to an end,
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