Chapter-7: sneaking into the office of Dumbledore
There are many people guarding this place through portraits. It is the notes written by the founders of Hogwarts that was carefully hidden in the office of the head master under the eyes of other head masters of the school from the portraits.
For Winky taking that is not easy. She has to find the time when Dumbledore is not at Hogwarts to get these things using the invisibility cloak. Unlike other house elves and wizards, Winky's way of operating is different.
There are many ways in modern science that can be replicated in the magical world. One of them is surveillance replica. That is when she takes the thing she would create an illusion to those portraits that nothing has changed.
She did not use magic on them but she only used a covering barrier in the area she is working and still used the invisibility cloak. Those people in the portraits cannot attack Winky. But they cannot see her either.
Since they cannot see her they cannot do anything to her. Just like that Winky can succeed in doing the things perfectly. The best time to do this is actually during these holidays when the case of Sirius would happen.
Right then Dumbledore would leave for a while and Winky can take the chance to do what she wanted. During this time she replaced the invisibility cloak secretly. Harry doesn't need the invisibility cloak during this time.
All in all things are planned. But they can be done later. Since it is later part she continued to study other things that are useful to her. The most important thing is to know the materials of this world.
She is going to live here for another 6 years at the least. So she plans to get to know the important things. The time turner of this world is a valuable resource that can spoil her plans. So except for the one with Hermione she has to steal other things.
As for who have this kind of thing she already got the information from others using her enhanced magic to hypnotize them. Since she is no longer bound to servant contract she will not be restricted or monitored.
She found a stupid witch in the knockturn alley and She directly told everything when her mind was filled with magic hypnosis. So she just has to go there and steal the things directly. Later she can understand them.
The knowledge can be applied in other magical worlds. It is not said that she would lose her memory of this world. So information is the most valuable thing. Also she plans to learn other things like alchemy, crafting, charm making, wand lore….
With proper application she will be able to use this knowledge in other worlds. No matter what the basics never change, fire would burn and clouds would rain. Since basic things never change basic tricks will also not change.
So, the available time should be used fruitfully in the future to the best of her capabilities. With that her life once again fell into monotony. She practices every day and the practice is related to the control of magic.
She got an illegal wand from the knockturn alley. This wand is illegal wand is because the wand did not have the trace of the ministry of magic. This wand was tampered with by some dark wizards and made by not so official means.
But for simple practice it is still good for Winky. Winky practiced using this wand which is quite rough to use. If she can use the problematic wand properly then she can use a proper wand perfectly.
There is always good in bad things, it is just that you have to look for it deeply. With the incident of the tom riddle's diary is over and basilisk was killed by Harry things returned to normal.
The petrified people are cured with special potion with mandrake essence as the main ingredient. Well they actually waited for so long to get the medicine for the students instead of buying the important materials from outside to make the potion.
It looked like deliberate delay and Winky did not care about this matter because it is their problem. No one even knows that she is present at Hogwarts during this time. She is always in hiding and did not come close to either of Dumbledore or Snape.
Penelope Clearwater has read the letter of Winky gave her before and the concern of Percy did not look good after knowing the ins and outs of the matter. She doesn't know how to react. So she decided to take it slow and find the truth over time.
So her attitude towards Percy is Luke warm even with all the concern. Naturally their relationship did not progress much. Soon it was summer holidays again. This time Winky did not have much to do other than secretly coming to the restricted section to read books.
During this time she found a time when Dumbledore is not present at Hogwarts. She used this chance to sneak into the head master's office silently. She used a spell to block out all the eyes of the paintings.
She learnt it in the restricted section. This spell is called the blackout curtain. It would produce a strange black fog to restrict the visibility of everyone present. This includes her but she is an elf with strong senses. Based on the information she went to shelf with secret books.
There is a powerful restriction. Winky directly used her knowledge on runes to create an opening in the barrier. Reading all this time is not in vain. She got what she wanted and quickly started to read them.
She cannot take the things away from here. There is even more powerful restriction present. So she used a spell to quick read and also produced two more clones using the time turner to quickly read through the books with relevant information.
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