The story of Peeves

Chapter 3 -

-Flashback-

A seventh year Ravenclaw was walking towards the Astronomy Tower. It was 11:55 P.M., she was going to be late for her class Astronomy by professor Rowena Ravenclaw. "Why not make her run a little faster?" I thought with glee. I flew into the nearest classroom to fetch me some crayons. Throwing things at students was always fun. Then I heard someone yell: "Let go of me, you filthy Slytherin!" My curiosity made me fly toward the noise (normally I stayed out of the business of students but this sounded serious). It was the Ravenclaw-girl, she was pushed in a corner by a Slytherin student. When I approached, I could see who he was. I didn't knew his name, but his face made me feel angry. I hated that guy! Every time I tried to prank him in the hallways he had something to defend himself against my jokes. Like he could read my mind or something. No, I didn't liked that guy at all. Fortunately, they didn't noticed my presence and I made myself invisible to follow their conversation closer.

"Please, go away Cyrano! I don't love you. Stop following me around, I'm late for Astronomy!" The girl begged him. "Oh no my dear Helena, I will never stop following you, until you admit you do love me. You'll never a better suitor than me, I'm from noble blood, your mother approves me and I'm about to become the greatest wizard of our age!" He smirked. "My mother thinks she's wise but she knows nothing about love! Her opinion on my love life is worthless, she doesn't even has the time to love me! How would she know whom I should love!" Helena shouted in tears. After that she saw a way to get out of the Slytherins' grip and she ran off in the opposite direction. She was not going to go to Astronomy, that was sure. The Slytherin I loathed so much, turned around and walked off in the same direction as Helena, mumbling to himself.

-End flashback-

The rumour mill of the castle was working full speed. The daughter of Rowena Ravenclaw disappeared. She graduated 3 years ago, her grades were acceptable but not as good as a common Ravenclaw would have had. The rumour spread that she felt like she wasn't smart enough and that her mother never really appreciated her and never showed her how much she loved her. But Rowena was devastated, she searched everywhere for her daughter but couldn't find her, despite her cleverness. Because she never had taken the time to talk to her daughter, ask her what she liked, where she loved to go on vacations,…

A week later I heard she had asked an old friend of Helena to go search her. That 'friend' turned out to be our beloved Cyrano. He had graduated in the same year as Helena, and he kept stalking her in those 3 years after their graduation. He was really in love with the girl, wasn't he? So he set off to find Helena and bring her back.

Seven long moths passed before anyone saw Helena and Cyrano again. As expected they returned to Hogwarts. But not in the way Rowena had in mind.

It was a chilly night when they returned and ruined my existence for ever. Everyone was sleeping, except for Rowena, who was pacing around in her room. At that same time I was enjoying myself by putting glue on the benches in the Great Hall. I was just halfway through the Gryffindor table when I heard something rattle. It was a noise I never heard before in the castle so I flew out to take a look. There were two ghost floating at the main staircase. I was in total shock! I was the only ghost of Hogwarts! Nobody else was allowed in my territory!

When I tried to get a grip on myself, Rowena appeared. She must have heard the noise too, her rooms weren't that far from the Great Hall (she was afraid of heights, so the Ravenclaw-tower wasn't her favourite spot to hang out at). "HELENA!" She screamed. "What happened! What…how...when?" Then she started crying. Normally I would have took advantage of this kind of situation, but I was too much in shock to do something. Helena floated towards her mother and tried to comfort her. Cryano was just floating at the same place. But there was something strange about him: he wore handcuffs and he had silver bloodstains covering his entire body. He must have stabbed Helena and then killed himself… I would bet my bowtie that is was a crime of passion. Cryano indeed explained to the sobbing Rowena how he had found Helena in Albania, asked her for the 1000th time if she was in love with him, that she rejected him (again), that he killed her in rage and indeed committed suicide. The handcuffs and chains were a sign of his sorrow and grief, he would have to bare them until the end of time.

After his explanation he floated away in the direction of the dungeons, he would become the ghost of the Slytherin house. Helena led her mother back to her rooms and then floated towards the Ravenclaw-tower. She would become their house-ghost. The next day, screams from students were coming from the Slytherin and Ravenclaw common rooms. "They must have met their new mascots" I thought irritated. The only screams to be heard in Hogwarts should be caused by me!

That morning in the Great Hall, Rowena introduced the two new ghosts to the pupils. And she did another announcement: "The student who had stolen her silver diadem, should return it to her immediately. For the diadem has magical powers, giving the barer all the wisdom it wanted, and it was a dangerous item in the wrong hands." But no student would see that diadem again for centuries, it was called the lost diadem of Ravenclaw. Until one Slytherin would travel off to Albania to search the woods there…