Weren't they a curious pair. Valeria chuckled, amused by the antics between them. "I'd be happy to help you with a thing or two though it's no substitute for an actual Professor." Something she would hope the young lion would keep in mind.

A glimmer of light appeared at the question of the castle during her time. "It's was much like it is now, I'd say. Students running about, the occasional disaster...though I daresay...things have gotten a bit crazy in recent times...more so than I can remember during my living time here..."

It was a little disconcerting to say the least.

But in any case the magic words were said and the woman was all too pleased to AT LAAAAST pull on the hinges of her portrait and let it swing open, revealing a passage.

"Step in, step in."