And from three remained two

Aliana smiled at her, then she frowned. " I... I have to go do some work I promised I would do as soon as I got here." And with this she rushed off. As she entered the Phoenix common room, she looked around at the golden decorations.

This place looked comfortable and accommodating. With a moment's hesitation, she whistled, a sharp, piercing sound. At that moment, a slim blue-grey cat jumped down the stairs. She smiled. "I thought you would be up here." Aliana said.

The cat purred happily, and leapt into Aliana's lap. " I'm not sure if I will fit in here, Lune" she said sorrowfully. "You will learn to fit in, Ali." The cat's voice came, a soft purr. "You're right." She said with a deep breath. "I just have to try to fit in." Aliana smiled at her, then she frowned.

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Adara and Birdy watched Aliana run out of sight. "Hmm... seems a bit shy, doesn't she? Oh well, maybe she has the right idea. We're gonna get caught if we stay standing here much longer. Let's try one of those doors off to the side..."

Birdy ran her hand along the wall until she found a doorknob, "This one ya think?" she opened it and slid in. Adara slid in after Birdy. "A-choo! Kinda dusty in here isn't it. And dark. Now what was that spell..." She took out her wand from the inside of her robes "Lumos!" The end of Adara's wand lit up so that they could see the room clearly.

Birdy's eyes shifted from side to side, as soon as Adara lit her wand, she covered her eyes, "Ahh! Not the light! 'Tis blinding!" she laughed, she stopped when she heard the footsteps that could only belong to a professor, first, the heel went down, then the toe... She bit her bottom lip. Voices were outside, though she didn't really want to know what they were saying. Birdy was beginning to wish that she hadn't wonderfully thought to go down the forbidden corridor...

"You know Adara, clumpy oatmeal DOES put a damper on the entire day..." she smiled, "But we DID find out, that there IS something they DON'T want us to know about..." Adara sighed. "unfortunately, this incident has peaked my curiosity. Now that I know they are hiding something, I want to know what it is. Hey look, isn't that Andrew at the end of the hall?" Adara yelled to him and waved.

"Yes..." Birdy said, "Yes, I think that is him," she ran a hand through her hair frustrated, "WHAT is in there?...If they don't want us to see it, then it must be something IMPORTANT!"