All too soon Christmas was over and the new school term had started back as dull and dreary as ever. The piles of homework were once again stacking up and Quidditch practice was back in full swing. As January rolled into February all thoughts of the chamber and the attacks on the students faded, whoever was behind it had seemed to back off. Professor Lockhart seemed to be under the impression that it was he that had scared the heir off and that they'd be foolish to attack again while he was watching them. While Professor Sprout had been overheard mentioning that the mandrakes were leaving childhood and would soon be ready for another repotting before they could be cut and used to make the remedy needed to revive those that had been attacked by the monster.

The school days were long and boring until the morning of the fourteenth of February. Upon entering the great hall the quartet blanched, not being ones to celebrate Valentine's or get what all the fuss was about for one day the sight that greeted them was sickening. The entire hall had been decked out in pink, flowers of various types and sizes had been stuck to the walls of the hall and tiny confetti hearts fell from the enchanted ceiling that showed a beautiful blue cloudy sky, not at all a true resemblance of the weather outside. Joining their fellow Gryffindors at their house table Fred shook confetti from his breakfast, scoffing at how ridiculous it all was but before he could comment on it he was interrupted by Lockhart himself who was wearing a set of pink robes that perfectly matched the shade of the flowers on the walls. Fred was glad to see that the other professors at the teachers table looked as disgusted by the turnout of events as he felt. The defence against the dark arts professor was however unfazed by their reactions and waved for silence before wishing them all a Happy Valentines Day.

"May I thank the forty six people who have so far sent me cards!" he said loudly and the girls around them giggled uncontrollably causing Ruby and Georgia to scrunch their noses up. They then hid their faces in their goblets of pumpkin juice as Lockhart continued to tell them how he'd gone to great lengths to arrange the little surprise for them all.

"Smarmy git" George huffed, flicking bits of confetti across the table. Suddenly Lockhart clapped his hands and a dozen dwarfs wearing golden wings and carrying harps entered the hall.

"Oh my god" Georgia snorted into her juice, choking on it and Ruby clapped her on the back, the brunette gave her a thankful smile as she recovered. "Don't tell me that's your version of Cupid!" She laughed.

"That's Lockharts version of Cupid" Ruby rolled her eyes, wondering if the day could get any worse. And it did, every class was interrupted by the dwarfs randomly bursting through the door to deliver cards and musical Valentine's from secret admirers much to the annoyance of the professors. Fred and George had sent several to the teachers as a joke to give all the students a laugh and Georgia found herself a little sad to have not received a single card herself until she and Ruby were accosted by one of the makeshift Cupid's on their way to Potions. Each receiving a card marked from F&G, the boys threw them winks across the dungeons bringing smiles to both of their faces, even if they weren't being serious about sending them it was still nice.

By late afternoon the novelty of it all had started to wear off and it had become irritating rather than amusing, that was until they stumbled upon a commotion in the hallway. One of the card-carrying Cupid's had wrestled Harry to the ground and was sitting on him to prevent the dark haired boy escaping as he played his harp to him.

"What's all this commotion?" Came the voice of Percy Weasley and the twins groaned, knowing he would put an end to all the fun. But before he could the dwarf began singing to Harry causing all the onlookers to cry with laughter as the boy in question went redder than the Weasley's trademark hair. At the end of the corridor was Ginny who looked mortified and Ruby nudged Georgia, giving her a knowing look as she nodded at the youngest Weasley. They both knew she was behind the singing valentine poem that Harry had just received.

As Harry scrambled to his feet Percy began dispersing the crowd that had gathered, "Off you go, bell rang five minutes ago, to class, now!" He made a point of glaring at his brothers who had begun singing their own rendition of His eyes are as green as a fresh pickled toad. Trying, and failing, to hide their laughter Ruby and Georgia pulled the boys away, leading them down the corridor towards their last class of the day. Hoping that Trelawney would excuse their lateness due to the chaos caused by Lockhart to celebrate Saint Valentine.

And as if things hadn't already been strange enough, several days later after returning to Gryffindor Tower from another late Quidditch practice, Harry, Ruby, Fred and George were met in the common room by a frantic looking Neville to find out that the second year boys dormitory had been ransacked.

"It had to have been another Gryffindor" Hermione later informed them, "No one else knows the password" She had a point and despite their detective work the culprit however was never found and Harry had refused to report it to a Professor as the only thing he claimed to be missing was a diary, which he didn't deem important enough to report. Ruby couldn't understand why someone would turn a dorm upside down for a simple diary that wouldn't be much use to them but she let it drop, because she had more pressing things to think of. Like Quidditch.

The next scheduled match was against Hufflepuff and spirits were high, Wood had them on a good training regime and they had all the confidence they could win. It was nice to have something to look forward to as well, and helped bring a bit of cheer back into the castle. The day of the match arrived with brilliant sunshine and a light breeze. "Perfect Quidditch conditions!" Oliver had beamed enthusiastically at the Gryffindor table shoving plates of scrambled eggs towards each member of his team, telling them they'd need a decent breakfast in them if they wanted to win.

"What's your plans for today Gia? Coming to watch us?" Ruby asked, taking some extra scoops of scrambled egg much to Oliver's delight.

"You know I wouldn't miss it for anything" Georgia smiled, tucking into her own breakfast, thankful that the weather was nice because it always made sitting in the stands watching much more enjoyable.

After breakfast was finished and Oliver was satisfied they all had enough energy for the day he called for his team to follow him, chancing a quick look across the hall towards the Hufflepuffs who he was pleased to see hadn't sat together to bond as a team before the match and sported unenthusiastic looks as they tucked into their food. "Let's go Lions. Early bird catches the worm. Let's get down to the pitch to warm up and run over everything we've been practicing"

To a round of cheers from the rest of their house the Gryffindor Quidditch team stood up from the table to follow the Captain. "Good luck!" Tilly and Georgia called out.

"Yeah you guys will smash it!" Alicia added while Lee gave them the thumbs up, telling them he was rooting for them with an over exaggerated wink causing them to laugh. Fred mimed zipping his lips and pocketing the key.

"Your bias is safe with us mate" George grinned, clapping his twin on the shoulder before they left the hall and headed for the pitch to get ready for the match. There was still loads of time before the match actually started at eleven so there wasn't much point in following them out like some had. Other than grabbing good seats there wouldn't be anything to see so the girls had decided to take their time and enjoy their breakfasts while they caught up.

As eleven o'clock crept even nearer Tilly and Georgia decided it was the perfect time to head to the pitch, having been back up to their common room to paint red and gold stripes on their cheeks in support the two witches weaved their way through the castle towards the entrance hall so they could go cheer their friends on.

"Hey, I really need to use the bathroom first, do you mind waiting?" Tilly asked and Georgia shook her head with a small chuckle, she needed to fix her hair anyway and the window opposite her was the perfect makeshift mirror whilst she waited for her friend. She was just holding her ponytail in her hand to retie it up when she saw them, a pair of yellow menacing eyes looking back at her in the window and then it went all black...

Tilly dried her hands and then headed out from the toilet, ready to link arms with Georgia, when the scene of her friend frozen on the floor, one hand holding on to a ready to tie up pony, and the other poised to grab the hair tie greeted her. She gasped and then screamed in horror, the icy sound bouncing off the stone walls and echoing through the empty corridor. Trying to regain control of her breathing and shaking limbs she stumbled into the wall, she had to get help. She needed to tell someone, her big sister Megan being the first person to come to mind, she was a prefect and much better in situations like this than she was. Georgia's shadows also needed to know but they were about to play a match and didn't need the distraction right now, back pressed against the wall in fright she tried to think what her sister would do if she was here right now. A professor! They'd know what to do, hoping with all her might that she'd find one as most of the school was already heading outside to the Quidditch pitch she sprinted down the hall towards the nearest teachers office. She felt bad for leaving Georgia alone but she had to get her help.

Turning the corner she spotted the little charms Professor headed towards her and she sighed in relief, letting out the sob she'd held back when her adrenaline had kicked in. "Miss Bennett, no running in the castle" he'd called out before realising she was upset. "Dear girl, whatever is the matter?"

"S-She's been attacked..." Tilly cried out. "Please you've got to help"

"Who's been attacked? By who?"

"I-It's Gia...orgia" she quickly added, realising the Professor wouldn't know her by the nickname. "The m-monster... I only left her for a minute, I swear!"

"That's all it takes," Flitwick replied solemnly as he followed Tilly back towards the scene. Still shaking she helped him to lift the petrified witch onto the stretcher he'd conjured and then watched as he began talking to the wizard in the nearest portrait on the wall, asking him to inform the rest of the faculty right away. The man in the painting nodded his head once before disappearing.

"Oh Georgia, I'm so sorry" Tilly let out, wringing her hands together as she stared at her friend who was staring blankly into the nothingness.

"Miss Bennett, please follow me" Professor Flitwick instructed as he waved his wand and levitated Georgia's frozen body into the air ahead of them.

"But Professor, it wasn't me, I didn't do anything," Tilly pleaded, hoping she wasn't going to be blamed for hurting her friend.

"I'm not saying you have, but I can't possibly allow you to wander the halls alone when we know the monster is back" Flitwick replied calmly and Tilly ducked her head, having not considered that.

Meanwhile down on the pitch the gathered students who had come to watch were chanting loudly, their cheers and laughter filling the stadium. Ruby grinned, hearing the roar of the crowd always spurred her on and made her adrenaline rush before the start of games and after the rubbish start to the school term a good match was just what they all needed. As she fist bumped the twins she prepared to mount her broom watching Madam Hooch who was waiting to release the balls and get the game started. Across the field they could see the Hufflepuff team in a huddle still having a last minute pep talk.

"Play this right and we'll win" Wood reminded them all, making the most of the time he had before take off. "We're faster, stronger and smarter than the Hufflepuffs"

"Not to mention that they're scared they'll get petrified if Harry flies anywhere near them" George joked and Oliver agreed as they were able to use it to their advantage. The whole school, bar his fellow Gryffindors, were still under the impression that Harry was the heir and made sure to give him a wide berth in the corridors. Fred and George had taken to flanking him whenever they spotted the black haired boy, warning people to move because the heir was coming through. It was all in jest but Harry wasn't fond of the attention it drew to himself, he wasn't able to joke about such a thing when the real heir was still out there no doubt planning their next move.

Before any of them could take off into the air however McGonagall came marching across the pitch towards them and the smile on Ruby's face faded as she tried to think of a reason why they may be in trouble with the head of house.

"This match has been cancelled" she announced and Oliver actually looked devastated.

"You can't cancel Quidditch!" The captain argued over the chorus of what's coming from the rest of the team.

"Silence Wood" she replied, "You and your teammates will return to Gryffindor Tower immediately" but he wasn't about to back down, he could hear the others groaning in disappointment and he didn't want to let them down after they'd trained long and hard for this moment.

"But Professor! We've got to play, the cup... Gryffindor won't win if we don't play"

McGonagall ignored him though and moved to call across the stadium, holding her wand to her neck to amplify the sound. "All students are to return to their common rooms as quickly as possible where your Head of Houses will provide you with more information" she turned back to the Quidditch players and gave them an apologetic look before urging them to go, "Don't make me ask again, back to your common room, I can entrust you to see to it Wood?"

Oliver nodded sadly, but as the oldest amongst them he knew he had to set an example and get them back to the common room, even though he wanted to start a protest and refuse to leave the pitch. It wouldn't get them anywhere so admitting defeat he led the team back to the changing room to drop their broomsticks off, hoping that once everything was sorted and settled they'd get to play the match later that day.

"What do you think has happened?" Ruby voiced the question on all their minds as she shrugged her Quidditch robes off and hung them back up. Pulling her red and gold sweater back over her head.

"I don't know" Fred shook his head, "Let's just find Georgia and get back to the common room so we can get some answers"

The three of them searched the crowds of students heading back towards the castle for a glimpse of Georgia but it was impossible, prefects could be heard shouting for some order as they tried to get their houses back to their common rooms safely while the Professors had spaced out to keep everyone moving along. Behind them Oliver lightly urged them forwards, "Come on" he said, knowing exactly who they were looking for. "She's only a wee witch, you'll never find her among this lot, she won't have gone far"

Ruby nodded, knowing the captain was right and despite the whispers that were rippling between students about there being another attack she wasn't worried about Georgia. She knew her friend was with Tilly and safe because she'd agreed to come and watch them play. Inside the castle the hallways were cramped, students of all ages pushing and shoving to get through doorways first.

"Do you think it's true?" Angelina asked, keeping her voice low.

"The rumours?" Katie clarified and the taller witch nodded.

"Seems likely" Oliver offered, "All I know is that it better be serious to cancel a match like that"

"Who though?" George questioned as they assessed a set of stairs, "Everyone was outside for the match"

"Not everyone is a fan of sport" Ruby reminded him, some students preferred to stay inside and study, taking full advantage of the quiet inside the castle to catch up on homework.

"Granger..." Fred and George spoke in unison causing the others to hum in agreement.

"This way" Fred waved to his fellow teammates, leading them behind a tapestry and into a deserted corridor that would lead them to Gryffindor Tower without the fear of losing limbs. Before Ruby could follow them through someone grabbed her by the arm and pulled her back, the blonde was about to shout at whoever it was for being stupid but the words vanished before she could let them out. Turning she'd found herself face to face with Tilly, the small witch looked awful, the redness around her eyes gave away that she'd been crying.

"Tilly? What's happened?" Ruby asked, her voice getting caught in her throat.

Tilly was in a state of shock, while she'd been in the hospital wing with the head of Ravenclaw Professor McGonagall had shown up with two more students. Both as frozen in place as Georgia was. She couldn't take it, she'd run. She knew she shouldn't be alone but things were getting scary and she wanted her big sister more than anything. Running down the corridors she'd bumped into all the students returning to their common rooms and being short had managed to push her way through towards the swarm of red in the distance. Being in their Quidditch clothes made the people she needed to see stand out, thankful for the twins' height keeping them in her sight she'd made a grab for them, her hand landing on Ruby instead.

"I needed the loo, I left her there, she said she didn't mind waiting, I was only gone a minute..." Tilly rushed out before she took a gulp and then continued "When I returned..."

"No..." Ruby let out, her insides twisting terribly as her eyes filled with tears knowing exactly what Tilly was saying and who she was talking about.

Tilly nodded to confirm she wasn't making it up "I'm so sorry" she whispered and Ruby waved the apology off.

"It's not your fault" she assured her, unsure how she'd break the news to the twins. They were going to blame themselves, she knew that for sure. "Why Gia though?" Ruby cried out, "No ones been attacked in months, why have they targeted her?"

"She wasn't the only one attacked" Tilly whispered as they climbed the stairs towards the tallest tower. Ruby turned her head sharply to look at the other girl, waiting to hear more. "Hermione and Penelope got brought to the hospital wing too"

"Oh god" Ruby groaned, not only had there been a triple attack but it was on the three girls that all the Weasley boys cared the most about. It suddenly felt personal. She fell into silence as she walked beside Tilly, lost in her own thoughts and chewing on her nails. The urge to cry was overwhelming but she held it back, knowing that she'd have to be brave in order to tell the boys the news. She was so worried about Georgia, because what if Professor Sprout didn't get the mandrakes grown in time to make the antidote, what if Georgia never returned to them. Ruby let out a half sob as they reached the hallway that led them to their common room and she spotted Percy ushering students through the portrait hole.

Spotting her sister Tilly took off once again, throwing her arms around her middle and hugging her tightly. Suddenly feeling emotional again. Ruby bit her lip, watching the two sisters, the elder comforting the younger as she cried into her shirt. The blonde hung back though so that she could speak to Percy. As the hallway cleared she stepped forward, "Inside Wilkins" he jerked his head towards the open portrait hole. "Fred and George are inside, they've been looking for you, don't leave them to worry any longer because you and I both know it'll end in trouble"

"Perce..." Ruby spoke softly, praying that her voice wouldn't betray her. "What do you know about what's happened?" She asked the older boy who's facial expression became serious.

"Do you know something Wilkins?" Ruby nodded slowly and letting the portrait of the fat lady swing closed he marched towards her. "What have you done?"

"Nothing!"

"Not even us prefects have been told so you must be involved in some way to know, unless you're lying" Percy accused and Ruby sighed, she didn't want to drop Tilly in it for gossiping but she had no other choice.

"There's been an attack on three people. Tilly was there for one of them. She saw the other two being brought to the hospital wing"

"Three?!" Percy gasped in horror. "Who?" Ruby gulped, not sure she was prepared for his reaction but her silence was enough to tell him part of the answer, "Oh Merlin... Georgia?" He asked and Ruby nodded. "You need to be the one to tell them," he added, knowing that his twin brothers wouldn't believe the news from anyone else.

"I know" Ruby told him, "I'm so sorry though Percy, but Hermione and Penelope were found petrified too" her voice was barely above a whisper as she spoke.

Percy's head snapped up at the mention of the Ravenclaw Prefect and Ruby nodded solemnly to confirm she wasn't making it up. Percy ran his hands over his face and then quickly snapped back into prefect mode. "You best go and tell them" he reminded the blonde third year, who gulped - that wasn't a task she was looking forward to - but she nodded before she left him to it so that she could go and find his twin brothers, looking back once more at the Prefect whose heart she had just broken.

It didn't take her too long to find the twins, the growth spurt and red hair definitely helped with that, walking over to them she stood so that she cast a shadow over them and the sofa they were currently occupying. George was the first to look up and upon seeing her he sat up straighter ready to ask where she'd disappeared to, but spotting the devastated look on Ruby's face he proceeded to poke his twin in the arm a few times so that he too would look up and hear what had gotten into the blonde witch because he knew it ran deeper than Quidditch being cancelled.

Fred craned round to see if Georgia had suddenly shrunk even more and was hiding behind Ruby because he couldn't work out why she wasn't with her "Where's Gia?" He enquired and then looked at George, in case she was hiding down by his side of the sofa ready to jump up and 'surprise' them but his twin just gave him a blank look in return.

All of this was helping Ruby form sentences in her mind to break the news to the pair of them, and in the process potentially break all their hearts. "Roo? Where is she?" George spoke up, which bought her back to reality and throwing them both a weak smile she beckoned to them.

"Not here" she said in a low voice and then pulling them up off the sofa she pulled them both over to a quiet corner of the common room - she for sure knew she didn't want the rest of their housemates to hear and she also knew the twins wouldn't want anyone else to see their reactions either, which is why she positioned all three of them away from prying eyes and ears.

But the twins were growing impatient with all of her cloak and dagger and secrecy "Ruby! Will you for the love of Merlin please tell us not only where Gia is but what is going on?!" George shot at her, with added dagger eyes. Fred threw his twin a look, getting angry with each other wasn't going to give them answers.

"What Georgie is trying to ask is, where did you vanish to? How come you didn't come through that secret hallway with us? Did you find Gia?" The elder twin tried instead.

The blonde witch gulped, took some very deep breaths while she kept looking at the floor, hoped she wouldn't burst into tears and then looked back up into the pairs of brown eyes that held similar emotions but weren't identical "T-There's been a tri-triple a-a-attack" She stammered out, already knowing that her own eyes and emotions would betray her.

"Who?" Fred gasped out, which was unlike him as George was the more sensitive one so Fred's reaction threw her momentarily but she quickly composed herself and replied to the elder twins question

"Hermione, Penolope and -" she stopped and shook her head, she couldn't do it. They were all best friends, the twins had accepted Georgia into their already pretty well formed childhood trio this would throw a massive bombshell through it all - even more so than what Georgia's grandparents had decided to announce at Christmas.

"Ruby…" George said, and both his brother and the witch could tell he was about to blow a gasket "I swear on Godric Gryffindor if you don't start talking.." he threatened, face hard.

"GEORGIA!" She screamed out, her entire plan now blown as the whole common room stopped what they were doing and turned to look in the trio directions. Ruby ducked her head and busied herself with pretending to examine the poster on the wall beside them as she ignored the stares. Hoping they'd soon lose interest in what they were up to and why she'd just screamed.

George blinked and Fred frowned before the pair of them started to chuckle "Nice one Ruby-Roo!" Fred quipped, hitting her shoulder playfully "For a moment there I thought you'd said our Gia had been part of the triple attack"

But Ruby wasn't laughing "I did" she replied, the reality of it all beginning to set in as the tears started to stream down her face "S-She never made it to the match… Tilly needed the loo, and being the kind person that Gia is, she waited for her. She was alone for a minute. But that was clearly all the time the m-monster needed"

George's heart was slowly breaking as he saw Ruby cry - he'd discovered that he hated that more than being apart from Fred - but he didn't know what to do to fix it. He wasn't used to dealing with anyone crying, usually he'd crack a joke and make them laugh but he too was just as worried about Georgia and it wasn't the time for joking. Beside him though Fred was having his own war inside his head when suddenly the Knut dropped.

"D-Did you say Tilly left Gia on her own?!" He questioned, before looking over the top of Ruby's head to see where the mousy haired witch was, eyes narrowing when he saw her and grabbing George they marched over to her, not caring that she was currently cuddled into her sister and she was also in tears, he towered over her and looked her dead in the eyes "How could you be so STUPID!" He all but screamed at her and as Ruby soon realised what was going on she quickly wiped the tears from her own eyes and ran over to pull him away. Causing a scene was the last thing they needed to do, the yelling had also attracted the attention of Percy.

Turning Fred away from Tilly she jabbed her index finger into his chest "Fred Gideon Weasley!" She hissed, using his full name to make sure he understood her. "You leave her alone, it was in no way her fault" She then pushed him away, glaring at George to follow and calm him down. She then turned to Tilly and Megan and threw them both apologetic looks "Really sorry about him, he's worried about her. He knows it's not your fault" She said the last part a little louder so that the twins could hear and then she left to go back to the corner where they had been huddled before Fred's little outburst.

Fred was breathing heavily and George was attempting to calm him down when Ruby returned "Are you dense?" She asked, still angry at the elder twin for letting his anger get in the way of clear and logical thoughts - this wouldn't help Georgia in the long run, even though she was petrified and couldn't exactly do much.

"She left her!" He argued, "We've spent all year keeping her safe and for what?"

"Would you like me to slap you again? It's still not Tilly's fault, it's whoever opened that Chamber in the first place. That's who you should be yelling at" Ruby glared at him as she sat down, she knew neither of them were going to take it well and had expected a little screaming and maybe a few tears. But to lose their temper completely hadn't been it.

"C-Can we go see her, do you think?" Fred soon asked, through sniffles of his own and Ruby found herself feeling sorry for him. Moving close she rubbed his arm in comfort truthfully telling him she didn't know. She knew no matter the answer though that both boys would find a way of visiting the brunette. Ruby wasn't so sure she could face seeing her petrified though.

"Let's wait and see what McGonagall has to say first" Percy answered as he joined them in their corner, placing his head in his hands, his elbows propped on his knees. They didn't have to wait too long though and suddenly silence fell across the common room as McGonagall stepped through the portrait hole. Lee moved to join them in the corner of the room as everyone focused their attention on their head of house, anxiously awaiting the news.

McGonagall cleared her throat, staring at the many faces looking back at her, she'd never seen her lions so quiet that you would hear a pin drop. "There has been another attack... another triple attack" she spoke in a gentle voice before naming the students. "Georgia Goshawk was found outside of the girls bathroom on the second floor. Hermione Granger and Penelope Clearwater were found outside of the school library" there was a collective gasp around the room and several people began whispering, turning to look at the friends of the people who'd been petrified. The three remaining members of the quartet threw worried looks at one another as the usually stern professor unrolled a sheet of parchment and began to read from it. "Due to such reasons new rules will be put into place starting immediately."

Making sure she still had everyone's attention and they were listening she continued, "All students will return to their common rooms by 6pm. No student is permitted to leave their dormitories after this time. You will all be escorted to lessons by a teacher and all further Quidditch practices and matches are to be postponed. Evening activities will be no more"

There was a round of groans at the news and Ruby didn't know if to feel relieved or angry about Quidditch. Right now she didn't think she'd ever be happy again, she wasn't sure that even the freedom of flying a broom could help improve her mood, so she'd definitely not be able to focus on winning a match. But on the other hand having something to do and keeping herself busy would come as a welcome distraction from worrying about Georgia and who might be next.

"It is likely the school will be closed unless the culprit behind these attacks is caught. I would urge anyone who thinks they might know something to come forward." McGonagall added in a choked voice before turning and leaving. The silence she'd left behind was almost deafening, then slowly the chatter returned.

"This is real serious now, if they're talking of closing the school" George sighed and Ruby reached out to take his hand, wanting to offer some support but not having the words to do so.

"We need to find the bastard and stop them" Fred growled out and Ruby gripped his hand also, they needed to stay level headed. Getting into trouble wouldn't do any of them any good, nor would Georgia appreciate it when she woke up.

"It's a Slytherin" Lee commented, "It's obvious isn't it" Standing up he stood on his chair to see over the crowd, Percy not even flinching to tell him off for using the furniture inappropriately, he continued his mini speech. "The heir of Slytherin. The monster of Slytherin. I say we chuck them all out." he roared, receiving a round of cheers. "I mean look at the facts, they've all been safe. While we're down three Gryffindors, not to mention our ghost, one Ravenclaw and a Hufflepuff." He added, and those listening agreed with him that all evidence pointed towards a Slytheirn being the attacker.

Percy, who had this far been silent, not even commenting on the academic effect of closing the school, sucked in a sharp breath at the boy's words. The attack on Penelope had hit him hard, he looked pale and shaken where he sat.

"Is he okay?" Harry asked, him and Ron joining them in the corner as the rest of the students began to disperse.

"Percy's in shock" George replied, "I don't think he expected the monster would dare to attack a prefect"

Ron slumped against the wall before sliding down to sit on the floor, "What are we going to do?" he asked hoping his elder brothers would have the answers.

"If we knew where the Chamber was we could stake it out and catch whoever keeps sneaking in to let the monster loose" Ruby sighed.

"But McGonagall said we're to stay in the tower unless we're in class -"

"What McGonagall doesn't know won't hurt her"

"Harry, you must know something" Fred spoke, looking pointedly at the black haired boy. Harry turned to him with wide eyes.

"W-what do you mean?" stammered Harry.

"You heard the monster say it would kill" the elder twin reminded him and George took over speaking.

"He's right, so you must have some clues"

"Like what the monster is"

"How's it getting around without being seen?"

"Where's it staying?"

"Has it said anything else?" Fred and George listed off between them, Fred was determined to find which of the Slytherins were behind it, for Georgia's sake if nothing else. He wasn't afraid to tattle on them, he'd also very much like to kick their arse too for good measure.

"I don't know anything, I'm sorry." Harry shook his head, very aware of all the eyes on him. Even Percy had suddenly seemed to take an interest, "I haven't heard it since" he lied.

Fred scoffed at the response, if no one else was willing to take him seriously and help then he'd look into himself, standing up he brushed past his friends and took the dormitory stairs two at a time disappearing from sight.

"There's no point in dwelling on it, what's done is done" Percy said as he too stood up, needing to find something to keep himself busy. And making sure no one was breaking the no leaving rule seemed like the perfect place to start. George watched him go, not knowing what to do with himself and being restricted of where they could go and when had him feeling lost.

"I'm going to go check on Fred" he mumbled and Ruby quickly stood up, thankful for the excuse to move. Giving Ron and Harry a small smile.

"I'll come with you" She didn't really feel like being alone.

Entering the fourth year boys dorm they found Fred sitting on top of his bed, legs crossed and staring intently at the map laid out in front of him. Without a word George joined him, the two sitting opposite one another. Once upon a time there would have been space for Ruby to have squished in with them but they'd all grown a lot since they first arrived at the school, so instead she sat on the edge of George's bed across from them.

"Did anyone else believe Potter?" George broke the silence.

"Not a word of it" Fred shook his head, "He knows things"

"You think?" Ruby asked, not sure she shared the same thoughts as the boys.

"He's too shifty," George nodded. Ruby laid back on the younger twins bed, pondering their words, she hadn't thought Harry had acted strangely but if the boys were so sure of it then she would believe them. "What are you looking at?" He aimed the question at his brother.

"Looking to see if there's a space big enough to hide a secret chamber" Fred replied, unfolding another section of the map, "If you were Salazar where would you want your secret place to be?"

"The dungeons" Ruby answered, turning on her side and propping herself up on her elbow to face Fred.

"That's too obvious" George shook his head.

"Why? It's dark and mysterious, it's a perfect hiding place. Not to mention the fact that no one is going to spot the hidden entrance when there's not much light" the blonde shrugged.

"I dunno" Fred mused, "It's feasible, I mean what if it's below the Slytherin common room? The only ones with access to it would be them. Lee's right you know, one of them is the heir"

The three of them spent hours closely scouring the map for any hints of where the chamber and it's monster could possibly be hiding, but without being able to go out searching the castle they weren't able to discover if their theories held any water. Fred suggested they needed to plan a night of adventures but their dorm mates had shown up before they could formulate a proper plan and all too soon McGonagall had returned to walk them all to dinner. That night as Ruby headed to bed, she stared at Georgia's empty bed beside her own, realising the rest of the term was going to be a long one for sure.