11 Feast, headmaster's office and Snape.

Once I felt the intruder, I started the 3D occlumency technique. The magical signature was that of Snape who was sitting close to me.

'Well time for disgust I guess'

I started showing him a fabricated memory of Old Dumbles's office. Snape was in the office face down on the table with Dumbles behind him thrusting rhythmically. "Severus my boy, you should loosen up a bit, live a little" Dumbles said.

"Blaargh" Snape vomited blood on his plate.

"Professor Snape are you all right?" I asked. Concern laced in my voice.

"You should consider a potion to loosen up your pipes, sir" I advised.

"Blaargh" he vomited once more looking pale.

The double entendre was noticed only by Snape and the rest of the faculty looked concerned.

"Perhaps you should visit Madam Pomfrey in the infirmary Professor" McGonagall said.

Snape got up and left giving me a look of disgust. A trail of blood leaked out of his mouth.

Once the feast was over the headmaster stood up. "I have to let you know the two members joining us in the teaching faculty this year. Professor Quirrell has completed his sabbatical and returned to his old post as the Muggle Studies teacher. Professor John Dawlish will be taking Defence Against the Dark arts classes".

I stood up and gave a curt bow and looked at the ex auror who stood up at the other end of the table. He wore a green turban and emerald robes.

'Holy cow, is that the guy Voldy possessed. I thought he would still live as a wraith if I didn't go to Albania. Seems like the canon is going to progress as it should be.'

Soon the kids went back to their dormitories while the professors were called up to the headmaster's office.

Once all the professors came by. The headmaster came and sat on his chair looking around all the teachers.

"I've called you here to discuss the details of the 3rd floor. My friend Nicholas Flamel entrusted me with an artifact. It was supposed to be housed in Gringotts but an attempt to steal the philosophers stone was made by an unknown party. As you know, it can be used to brew the elixir of life that can grant one life or nullify a curse and create a body" he looked at me with twinkling eyes.

'He is goading me thinking Voldy is under my turban. Who even gives all this information out freely unless he wants you to play his game' I thought.

I put on my best poker face. But I saw Dawlish's face, reflecting greed.

'Yup it's definitely him and the old goat has not even noticed. He believes his plans are infallible'.

The headmaster continued "I've placed a peculiar protection charm around it. I need you all to come up with security measures that may stall or alert us when anyone tries to enter. No need to be overly paranoid with the protection. Some creatures, plants, or potions would be enough. To keep the security features from leaking, you will be responsible for one floor only and none of you would know the entire layout. Let me know your plans once finished. Now let's retire to our chambers and have a good rest, for classes start tomorrow".

Once in my chamber, I started to check it thoroughly for traps and wards. As I suspected, there were several wards to monitor and listen to what happens within the chamber. I just left it as such not wanting to alert the old man. I looked at my schedule for the next day. Three classes each day. The number of students taking the classes on muggle studies was abysmally low. The prankster twins were in the third-year class. Most probably because their father works in misuse of muggle artifacts.

Once I set up my schedule for the next day, I lay down in my bed. The old man is going to go baloney thinking why I am not doing anything suspicious. Well off to train with the crazy gnome. System load up the training room.

[New training template obtained - Severus Snape. Do you wish to spar?]

'It seems like the previous legllimency attack did prove useful'

"Load up Snape system let me see what the man has in store for me" I said.

Once within the training room, I was welcomed with a killing curse to my face by the bat-like potions master. I dodged in the nick of time and rolled as he started sending spell after spell in my direction. I deflected the cutting spells he sent out using a shield and held out my dagger. Then I proceeded with a stupefy-incarcerous-expelliramus combo which he skilfully evaded or shielded.

'This guy's experience is indeed monstrous, after all, he has fought in the war' I thought.

Without giving an inch I sent out a bombarda at his feet followed up with an avis. As the sand blocked his eyes and birds tried to block his line of sight I use UHM(Ultimate Hiding Method) and vanished from his sight.

Snape tried to use homenum revelio to no avail. I wanted to see what he would try. The man started bombarding left and right. Once that was found to be unsuccessful, he smiled a bit and swished his wand in a circular motion picking up sand and he let it flow freely in a circle around him. The sand particles scoured around aimlessly until they reached me revealing my invisible form. Snape used a sticking charm causing the sand to stick to me making me visible and sent a wave of dark spell my way.

"Shit" I said as I moved out of the way of the dark cutting spell. "What the hell was that?"

[The dark slashing spell Sectumsempra. Make sure you move out of the way or shield it well or you would end up as jerky.]

I started madly bashing away from the curse trying to get closer to the wizard. I sent my magical power to transfigure some dirt spears and used waddiwasi(projectile jinx) spell to propel them towards Snape. He used a shield charm to block it while I sent a blob of water using Aguamenti behind the dirt spears. The resulting clay formed from the mixing of dirt and water gave me a second to send a chain of glacius-stupefy-incarcerous. He slipped and fell but he blocked the other two with a shield. Before he could get up I launched a scalpel and used the projectile jinx on it. It sped up and cut his thigh spreading paralytic poison. The normal fight would have been over by then but the souped-up version in the training room bit his tongue getting over the effects of paralysis with pain and started to fight.

After 5 minutes I woke up in my bed. "So this guy is fucking crazy".

[The system may have extrapolated the ability of the individual. Since they fight to the death it means they will be crazy.]

[Mission completed - Make a late entry. No great wizard will pass up the opportunity to impress his students. Make sure your entry into Hogwarts main hall is flamboyant and awe-inspiring. You have stolen the thunder of the headmaster.

Reward - Piercing gaze spell information (a spell that is able to peer into the condition of wizards and witches obtaining their information, abilities, and weaknesses).]