No one said a word until they reached the Chamber of Secrets. Harry hadn't exactly gotten the chance to examine the room before, but realized now that it was well furnished and looked rather comfortable. In fact he wouldn't have minded inspecting the room except that Hermione started firing questions at the new commers.
"What's going on?"
Faye looked at her sympathetically.
"Don't worry. Spire gets it from her dad. He can speak just about any language you can imagine and he's been teaching her since she was little."
"So what are we doing down here?"
Spire pulled a cigarette out of a pack in the inside pocket of her duster.
"Teachers don't know how to get into here, so they can't catch me smoking. We came here last night to explore, that's how we know the grounds."
"So what about Peeves?"
Destiny grinned.
"We ran into him last night and he threatened to tell Filch we were here. So Faye threatened to exorcise him from the school."
Hermione's eyes were wide.
"You know how to do that."
Faye nodded.
"I can teach you."
Hermione beamed.
Spire turned to Harry, throwing away her cigarette.
"So, Sirius is your godfather, right?"
Harry nodded.
"Damn, is he ever cute. And people think daddy looks good."
Destiny looked stricken.
"Your dad DOES look good."
Spire rolled her eyes.
"Oh well, we should probably head back."
Faye nodded in agreement.
"They'll be looking for us at breakfast." She turned to Hermione. "How about we meet down at the library at lunch and I can teach you that exorcisism spell?"
Hermione grinned.
"Sounds great."
Spire sprayed her breath freshener into her mouth and put it into her pocket.
"Then let's go."