The Room of hidden things

Matthew once again walked before the entrance to the Room of Requirements up and down three times, like he did hundreds of times in the past three years. But this time his goal was another Room that he never entered before in order to preserve the Canon timeline, at least the actions of Voldemort since a predictable enemy was easier to beat.

'I want to enter the Room of hidden things.' Thought Matthew while walking up and down the Wall. At his third passing, the familiar wooden door appeared at the ancient stone wall. Once he opened and stepped through the door he arrived at an unfamiliar sight.

Inside he saw a Room full of different things, it was a completely chaotic place. There were mountains full of different things and objects. There were thousands and thousands of books either in tottering piles or in very old-looking bookcases. There were bottles with potions many of them broken. A lot of different Stuff like Cloaks, Hats, Jewels, Clothes, Some bags, old furniture, broken wands, brooms, and many more things. It was a room full of Chaos, The Room of Hidden Things.

"Damn sorting through this stuff will take me ages. And I can't use any of the House-elves since it could potentially alarm Dumbledore. I don't think I would finish it before graduating even if I spent every second of my Free time here." Cursed Matthew as he took in the beautiful but chaotic sight. He took a broken Wand into his hand but nothing happened, "And a lot of this stuff is just broken trash. Maybe I could use the Raw components but nothing more. I really need to find some cheap Labour." Muttered Matthew as he throw the wand back onto one of the piles.

"Well back to my main Objective for today. I need to find the Diadem of Rowena Ravenclaw. First, let's try this. Accio Diadem of Ravenclaw." Matthew felt his magic acting but something blocked it while waiting for a few seconds nothing happened, "Well damn, that would have been too easy. Now that I think of it didn't Harry already try it and it didn't work. This must be a protective Charm worked into the Room after all its called the Room of hidden things." He mused as he began to walk into the room, "Well no choice I have to search for it the old-fashioned way." Just as he wanted to begin his search he heard the AI Chips mechanical voice in his head.

[Beep! Picking up Energy Radiation of two different Souls in two directions.]

"Oh thank god for you, Sarah. But two? Is someone else's Horcrux here. It can't be Rowena's Ravenclaws Soul seed inside the Diadem since it should be in the same location. So who else could have created a Horcrux?" he wondered, "Well more research Subjects for me, Sarah lead me to the closest location."

Matthew wandered further into the Room under Sarah's guidance, As he passed another pile of interesting-looking Objects among them a heavy, bloodstained axe he muttered, "It would be a waste to let all of this being burned to Ashes through Fiendfyre."

After a few minutes of fighting himself through a Labyrinth made of piles of curious Objects, he arrived at a particular Chest full of Jewels.

[Beep! First Soul Energy Radiation coming from this Chest.]

"So the unknown Horcrux must be inside. Since the Diadem of Ravenclaw was close to the Statue of an ugly old Warlock Statue." He muttered as he cast a few detection charms. "No traps or Curses. Maybe it got placed here without knowing what it was."

Matthew began to work himself through the Jewels, most of them were not of high quality but would together still fetch a few thousand galleons. Unfortunately, his Trunk was currently too full with the materials he created with the Stone, although some Jewels would be nice to have since they also could be exchanged for money without alarming others about the origin of his gold or harming the economy. It's not like he created them from valueless metals like the Gold he created with the Stone.

As he searched through the Chest one particular Stone fell into his eyes, "This can't be. But this must be the Horcrux." The particular stone he found was very familiar to him since he was currently in possession of a similar Stone. It was a small yellowish stone made of multiple cubic facets. Undulating the energy from a powerful but familiar and unsentient Soul.

Matthew fished the Stone already in his possession out of his trunk and compared the both of them. The moment both Stone came close, a flash of energy appeared and the two small stones fused together forming a slightly bigger one. The Soul inside the Stone became more active but was still not awake.

"Damn, it was really another part of the Stone. And they fused together without me doing anything. I need to be more careful if I find another one, I am in no way ready to face the being inside the Stone. Just what are they?" wondered Matthew as he observed the strange multifaceted Stone resting on his palm. "Now I should be able to gain a deeper understanding of it. But I have other priorities now." He muttered as he began to head in another direction after putting the Stone back into his Trunk.

Under the lead of Sarah, he arrived at a place where an old-looking shelve was located. Close by stood the old and ugly Statue of a Warlock, on whose bust Harry would place the Diadem without knowing what it was, just using it as a marker. At least in the Original Timeline.

Matthew had to search around a bit before he spotted it. It looked like a nondescript and Colourless old tiara, which Matthew felt he shouldn't pay much attention to. But only on the first look, this was only the effect of a powerful notice-me-not Charm Voldemort must have placed on the diadem.

Once he used his Occlumency to overcome the effect of the Charm, he saw how the Diadem of Ravenclaw really looked. It was a beautiful Diadem made of the finest Goblin Silver with a blue Saphire shaped like an Oval worked into it. He could feel powerful magic from it since his senses became really sensitive to magic, unfortunately, most of it was the disgusting and corrupt feeling from Voldemorts Horcrux. But deep behind the Dark Magic, he could feel something beautiful and pure.

"Yes, the Soul seed of Rowena Ravenclaw is still present. If I manage to remove the Horcrux I can restore this priceless Treasure. And even use it, most people only believe its powers to be a legend, but they just don't understand how to use it." He cheered as he looked at the legendary Artifact. This would be the first artifact in his Collections of Treasures every proper Wizard should have. The first piece being the founder of his house made it even more important.

Although he could feel the suggestions from the Diadem to put it on the ignored it with the help of his Occlumency, he knew this was a trap of the Horcrux trying to take possession of his body. He took out the chest he prepared before coming here and put the Horcrux inside until he was ready to handle it.

He began to return to the entrance of the room, although he wanted to explore and collect all the treasures inside. Currently, he just didn't have the time or the space to carry them with him. But he will definitely return next year, this was his Treasure Trove now. It was already late and he returned to the Ravenclaw tower.

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