Chapter 26:
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After the feast was finished and Dumbledore gave his warnings and spoke nonsense, Harry followed the other Ravenclaws up to their tower, being lead by Penelope Clearwater who Harry had never met, but remembered getting petrified in his second year and for dating Percy Weasley. The other prefect, Jason Samuels, Harry had never heard of.
Making the first years wait while the rest of the house entered, Penelope waited for the door to close before beckoning them all closer.
"Right, we have a tradition in our house for first years, which is that you all have to work together the first time to unlock the door. Unlike the other houses, we in Ravenclaw don't have a set password, instead the door guardian will ask you a riddle. To get in, all you have to do is answer correctly," she explained.
Harry shared nervous looks with the rest of his house mates. He had become a lot more studious and cunning since having the blocks removed, but he didn't know if that would correspond with him being able to solve riddles.
"Right then, are we ready?" Jason asked.
Harry, alongside his year mates, nodded and waited for the guardian to speak.
"You will always find me in the past. I can be created in the present, but the future can never taint me. What am I?