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Sneaking out of the dorm, I could see curfew for the older students was not yet, so a lot of students were still in the open.
Silently, I walked along the hallways of the castle, trying to act as natural as I could, and the experience as Madara helped.
I instantly blended into the surroundings while unconsciously, a barrier of mana surrounded me to hid me from the eyes of others.
I slowly made my way around the castle and finally found the library.
Entering, I saw shelves upon shelves full of books, grimoires, and codex lining the shelves.
A glimmer of excitement flashed through my eyes before I suppressed it and cautiously approached the closest shelf.
'Flaws'. Placing my finger on the first book on the row, I muttered. Instantly, a book appeared in the LOHP. 'Success'.
With a hint of a smile, I continued to go along the length of the shelf and copied each and every book that I could get my hands on.
When one row was done, I moved over to the next. When the whole shelf was done, I moved over to the next.
Slowly but steadily, I copied all the books from the library's open for student's section.
As soon as I was done with the last book, a wave of exhaustion hit me, causing me to stumble and fall to the ground.
"What the hell." I silently curse as I inspect myself.
That's when I notice the almost invisible barrier around myself. Looking closer, I try to invoke the LOHP.
"Basic Disillusionment Charm: Cast by Harry Potter unconsciously when trying to hide from the eyes of others. Due to unstable control of the user's magic, the spell uses 250% mana when performing."
"SO that's why no one noticed me. I thought it was my awesome ninja skills." I chuckle lightly as I sit on the ground and try to catch my breath.
Looking around, I could barely see anyone in the library, and when I checked the huge clock on the wall, I realised I spent the last hour copying the books into LOHP.
"Well, I guess, I have to hit the restricted section tomorrow." I say as I stand up on wobbly feet and head back to the dorm, still under the disillusionment charm.
"Quite good to hide from young wizards and witches. But does it work on experienced wizards?" I mumble to myself as I enter the dorm.
Silently entering the dorm, I crawl under the blankets and instantly, the exhaustion knocks me out cold.
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The next morning, we got our timetables at breakfast and looking through it, I saw a lot of classes were shared classes with other houses.
"Those will be fun." I say to myself.
"Hey Harry. Did you read through my book?" Hermione cheerfully approached me and sat beside me.
"Hey Hermione. Yeah, I finished the book last night. Couldn't sleep early so I went through the book. A very interesting read." I say as I hand her the book that I borrowed during the train ride.
"Finished already? Mind if I quiz you?" she looked at me suspiciously, to which I just nodded as I continued eating my breakfast.
"Do heavier objects fall faster than lighter objects?" she asked.
"No, they do not. They fall at the same rate in a vacuum. However, due to air resistance, a lighter object might fall slower." I answer with a small smile.
"How come in free fall you feel weightless even though gravity is pulling down on you? Ignoring air resistance of course." stunned for a moment, she pulled herself together quickly and asked the next question.
"The reason you feel weightless is because there is no force pushing against you, since you are not in contact with anything. Gravity is pulling equally on all the particles in your body. This creates a sensation where no forces are acting on you and you feel weightless. It would be the same sensation as if you were floating in space." I reply back with the same smile.
Instantly, Hermione and I engaged in a rapid-fire physics questions for high school trivia and a few minutes later, she just gave up.
"How did you learn all that in just a night. I thought you didn't have any muggle education before coming to Hogwarts." Hermione sighs.
"Who told you I didn't have any muggle education. I was in a public school till last month. Though it wasn't the best school." I reply.
"Wait, what. I thought you were raised in the magical world. You know, you are Harry Potter, the Boy-Who-Lived. Why did people let you live in the muggle world?" Confused, Hermione questioned.
"Long story short, someone left me at my abusive relatives when I was a child to keep me away from the fame." I shrug.
"Anyways. Classes are about to start, should we head their early. We don't even have a map, so it will take a while to find the rooms." I quickly change the topic before Hermione lingers on my reply.
"Yeah, sure. Let me get my book bag." She replied in a daze and picked up her bag and we left the great hall.
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