Sean Cormag and the Legacy of Hogwarts.

Chapter 47: Legacy.

The Final Repository. At long last. No one had dared entered the Chamber in over 400 years. 

Until today. When Sean Cormag and Professor Fig entered the room. And the room was as Sean had seen in the Memories. The lone bridge. The Torches on the walls. The chamber that housed the Sphere made of Goblin Silver. 

"So... this is the Repository. Remarkable." Fig commented. There was silence now. Almost as if the battle had not happened. Sean had hoped that the others were okay. They were fighters. Strong and capable. He had to have faith that they would be okay. He had to trust them.

"Yes, Professor." Sean agreed. "It's all starting to come back to me. This is the exact chamber I saw in the Pensieve. The one where Isidora... met her demise." And he chose his words carefully too. "After all this time. It was right beneath us. And from the look of things, we made it before Ranrok. And I don't think he's lying in ambush." 

Both he and Fig approached their part of the bridge. "To think, Sean. All the pain that created it. This is what Miriam, George, Lodgok, and countless others died for." Fig said. 

"Yes." Sean agreed. "Isidora created it as a way to remove pain. And in doing so, it became the very thing she swore to destroy. It caused pain. On everyone. This is the power that Ranrok desired. He gave me pain by destroying my village. It would've consumed me, had it not been for the kindness of friends, and others. Harlow and Rookwood caused Pain on so many people to get it. Ranrok caused pain when he killed Lodgok." 

Suddenly he could see pale images of the Hogwarts Keepers. "You made it, Mr. Cormag." Professor Rackham said. 

Sean looked surprised. "How are you here? Are you... ghosts?" He asked.

"Not exactly." Rookwood answered.

"We are projecting our images to you from our Portraits back at the Map Chamber, Sean." Fitzgerald explained. "It is a powerful magic." 

"We had to make sure that you made the right decision with the Repository. We couldn't leave anything to chance." Bakar informed. 

"So... you didn't trust me." Sean figured.

"It didn't go well for the last Ravenclaw we trusted." Bakar pointed out. 

Sean noticed that Fig was silent. "Professor?" He asked. 

"I was just thinking... about... Miriam." Fig answered as he looked at the Repository. "She believed this forgotten magic could be used for such good. But, like Isidora, she did not know the risk. She did not see what the Keepers have shown you. And what Isidora showed you." 

And now it made sense to Sean. "And now... I am the Keeper of the power it holds." He realized. 

"And as Keeper... what do you intend to do with it?" Fig asked. 

Sean looked at Fig, and then back at the Repository and then back at the Keepers. All of that power... that potential to wield such power. It could be Sean's if he could control it. If he wanted to control it. But if there was one thing he had learned, was that power would corrupt. And Absolute Power would corrupt absolutely. And that a Strong man wields power. A Stronger Man knows the limits of the power he wields. He knew what he had to do. "The Repository stays as is." Sean answered. "I don't intend to wield its power. I already have all I need."  

And the Keepers grinned. As did Professor Fig. "You truly are a Ravenclaw, Sean Patrick Cormag." Fig informed. "You've made a wise decision. Say... I've been thinking about something." 

"What would that be?" Sean asked.

"I spent all year trying to keep our journey a secret from everyone." Fig answered. "But now I wonder if I should have shared it with her- and the others- sooner. Trusted them more. The Keepers want this secret to be locked away forever. Do you intend to do the same?" He asked.