Compared with the animal paddock on the edge of the Forbidden Forest at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, this pasture was enormous. Most importantly, it was theirs!
They could do whatever they wanted with it.
Everyone was excited. George and Fred began moving the animals to their new home, Anna helped Hannah transplant the varieties that had already taken root, and Anton directed them as they made subtle changes to the terrain.
As for Neville, after thinking it over, he moved some of the more important documents from the school to the new place.
Compared with Cabin at Hogwarts, where people came and went and they had no real say, Cabin at the Sanctuary Tower seemed like a better place to keep documents.
Their friends agreed. Hannah asked Neville to bring along the manuscripts on the shelf documenting Cabin's daily activities, and George and Fred also considered moving some of their research materials there.
Before they knew it, this place had become Cabin's new center of operations.
The reason was simple: freedom.
Besides, Dumbledore, Grindelwald, Voldemort, and the other big shots wouldn't be able to drop by whenever they pleased. This place belonged to Anton, under his protection. Even those big shots could no longer sneak into their secret base without permission.
That mattered a lot.
Anton had wondered whether to move the Sanctuary Tower to Britain. But after giving it some thought, he realized he didn't feel any particular attachment to Britain. Besides, Portkeys were so convenient that the Sanctuary Tower's location on Earth hardly mattered.
Globalization—a word that had been coming up more and more often lately, thanks to the New York explosion and the Top 100 Tournament—was beginning to influence the members of the Hut Club, too.
Once George, Fred, and Anna had made the Space