Chapter 21: The Change, and The Room Of Requirements (1/2)

The working days of Quinn's first week passed, and the weekend arrived. Quinn sat on his bed, reading a book on Magic Theory he had borrowed from the Hogwarts library. Since the wand incident, Quinn had been growing increasingly worried about the progression of his magic. He wanted to improve his ability to focus his magic, but as nothing changed with turning eleven (11), he looked for alternate methods but had little success finding a way.

'My current level of focus is fine for this year and maybe even the next year, but after that, I would be in trouble if I can't improve my ability to mold and focus magic,' thought Quinn as he read the book in bed.

Quinn sighed as he failed to find a method in this book as well. He closed the book, and after a mental session of occlumency practice and making sure that his magical core was drained, he went to sleep.

When the clock turned eleven (11), Quinn was already gone to sleep. Then the clock turned to twelve (12), and the date changed to 8th of September. Around that time, a change started in Quinn's body. Over the night, the magic in Quinn's went through a qualitative change. The unstable nature of magic in Quinn's body gradually changed to a state seen in the usual eleven (11) year old child.

On the morning of 8th of September, Quinn woke up at his usual time. As he sat up and stretched his arms, the duvet slid off him and folded itself. The pillows behind him fluffed themselves, and when he got up from his bed, the bedsheet fixed itself. Of course, this was all Quinn's doing. He liked to start off his day by using magic.

Standing in front of a sink, Quinn brushed his teeth, and after using his hands to hold the brush, Quinn used magic to maneuver the toothbrush to reach hard places with ease. A fun fact about toothpaste from the magical world; it was mixed with a teeth-cleaning potion. There were a few teeth cleaning charms, but none were as effective as using a toothbrush and toothpaste.

As Quinn exited the attached washroom, he just happened to see Marcus' open trunk tipping over from the top of his cupboard. At this rate, Marcus' things were going to fall out of his trunk, with the trunk itself falling down on the floor.

Quinn's eyes widened as he instinctively raised a hand, ”Oh shit-!” A split-second later, Quinn's magic kicked in, and Quinn rushed to at least save the trunk from falling, but the next second, Quinn was shocked to see the sight in front of him.

Instead of just the trunk floating in the air, all of Marcus' things were floating in the air. Quinn, in stunned silence, looked at floating things from his spot. Among the things floating, Quinn saw Marcus' winter clothing, thirty individual pieces of Gobstone that had escaped from their pouch, and many of Marcus' personal belongings.

Quinn was stunned because he hadn't been able to exert influence over these many objects before, but currently, he was using magic to keep the things in mid-air.

'This isn't accidental magic,' thought Quinn as he slowly stepped closer to the floating things. Quinn had his fair share of accidental magic, so he knew what it felt like. It was instinctive use of magic with no conscious control over magic's actions.

But, Quinn had complete control over all these objects. He could move them any way he liked. Then Quinn remembered something, and with a look, the curtains around the poster beds of his roommates fell down to block their view.

Quinn returned his attention to the floating stuff, and the next second, all of Marcus' stuff repacked itself into his trunk. Quinn levitated the trunk back to its position above the cupboard.

Quinn smiled and thought, 'I know what is going on.' With a smile, he turned to Eddie's desk, and with the use of magic, Eddie's desk drawer opened, and a single Gobstone shot towards Quinn, who caught it, and he set it onto the floor.

Quinn took a deep breath to calm down his nerves, focused his magic, and pushed it towards the Gobstone. The next second the Gobstone transfigured into a cat. Quinn smiled as he put the transfigured cat into a full-body bind before it could hiss at him.

Quinn, with a smile, picked up the magically bound cat to observe it.

”Yes, yes, yes! It finally happened!” exclaimed Quinn as he moved the cat around to check all the detail. Transfiguration of an inorganic object to an organic being with a different size and weight was at the fifth-year level.

Quinn pumped his fists in the air as he returned the cat back into a Gobstone.

”My focus increased overnight!” said Quinn, and after the excitement and elation passed, Quinn began thinking about the reason behind it.

He thought back to yesterday. If he did something different, something that could trigger the change in his body. But, nothing came to mind.

After having breakfast, Quinn went to the library to think in peace. He wanted to know the reason behind this change. His magic had changed, and Quinn wanted to know everything about it.

After spending hours in the library surrounded by books about Magic theory, magical biology, and any other books that could provide him answers, Quinn couldn't find anything other than that his magic had entered the period of growth.

'But, why did my magic enter this period now, after two months of me turning eleven (11)?' Quinn sighed as he climbed the stairs of his dorm. It wasn't that the change happened precisely on a person's birthday, and it could occur anytime between before or after a fortnight of a person's eleventh birthday. But two months didn't make sense.

Quinn took a shower to relax, and when he came out, he saw Eddie and Marcus were playing in the room. They were pretending to be swordsmen and were using rolls of newspapers as swords.

Quinn chuckled as he looked at his two roommates, ”What are you guys doing?”

Marcus spoke as he battled Eddie with his newspaper roll, ”We were waiting for you. Do you want to play Gobstones?”

Quinn thought about the offer, 'Well, it would take my mind away from the change.' Quinn nodded and replied, ”Sure, give me a minute. I will be down there.”

Both of them nodded, and Eddie dropped his newspaper roll on the floor before bolting down to the common room. Quinn sighed as he looked at the newspaper on the floor and picked it up. Then his eyes caught the date of the newspaper, and then things clicked in his mind.

”Ah~, that's why it happened today,” Quinn said as everything made sense to him. ”Of course, it would happen today, on September 8th,” Quinn sighed as he threw the newspaper in the trash.

8th of September was the day he found himself in this body. It was also on 8th of September that he had triggered his magic for the first time. He had kept track of the day for a couple of years, but with time he had forgotten about it. Now, on the very same day, his magic had gone through a qualitative change.

'My coming to this world must have pushed the changed to this date,' Quinn thought as he tried to place his thoughts on this matter. Quinn also entertained the theory that even though it had been only seven (7) since he had come to this world, his body was still eleven (11) years old.

”Body, mind, and soul; three parts of a being,” quoted Quinn as he felt the path ahead clear up. Quinn felt a weight has been lifted off his chest and looked around the room with a smile.

”Who knows, it might happen again when I turn fifteen (15),” Quinn said in optimism as he thought what would happen at the eleventh anniversary of his coming to this world.

Quinn felt the need to use his magic this very moment, so he looked around the room and closed his eyes, took a deep breath. With a wave of magic from Quinn, things around the room began moving, and multiple different magic began showing their effects. When the things stopped moving & the magic stopped working, the dorm room looked like it had been freshly cleaned, and all the furniture from the beds to the cupboards looked brand new.

”If anyone asks, I will just give credit to the elves', shrugged Quinn, but then he laughed as he climbed down the dorm stairs, ”Though the elves might not be happy about me cleaning the room.”

Quinn stepped into the common room, and with a broad grin, he said, ”Time to destroy people in Gobstones!”