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A/N- Hey guys sorry it took me so long to come out with a new chapter. But don't worry I am back in writing mode and I have the next couple chapters all planned out so this won't happen again. But since I did take so long to post I tried to make this chapter longer. It is the longest chapter in text. So enjoy and tell me what you think in a review after reading. On with it-


Harry, Hermione, and Ron spent the entire weekend decorating the chamber. The worked almost non-stop. In front of the fireplace there was a large scarlet couch with three gold pillows. On both ends of the couch, there was a small wooden end table. Each had a small, decorative plant. Also around the fire were tow squishy, golden chairs, each had on scarlet pillow.

They filled the bookshelves with books and a few other objects. The majority of the books were Hermione's and old school books, but Harry and Ron contributed a few. The bookshelf also contained Harry's set of Omniculors, (Ron and Hermione uses theirs when they go to Harry's quidditch games), many issues of Martin Miggs- The Mad Muggle, and various other things.

In the left branch of the chamber, Hermione conjured a desk. It was actually a three-way adjoining desk with many drawers. The drawers were stocked with parchment, quills, and ink. The desk was for homework, but Ron and Harry had a feeling that only Hermione would be getting much uses of it.

Towards the right of the chamber, Harry, Ron, and Hermione made a small kitchen area. There was a small refrigerator (A/N, I know that wizards/witches don't really use 'fridges since they run on electricity, but in my story they do, lol) filled with butterbeer and pumpkin juice. Next the refrigerator was a cabinet freshly stocked with sweets after a short trip to Huneydukes. There was also a small table with chairs, which also had a small, decorative plant in the center. Hermione charmed all the plants to be self-watering and to never die or wilt.

In the main part of the chamber, Hermione conjured a large grandfather clock. She charmed it to their class schedule. It would be very handy later.

On the wall across from the fire place hung a large Gryffindor banner. Hermione enlarged it and hung it on the wall for them.

After two days of hard work, Harry, Ron, and Hermione sat down in front of the fir in their freshly furnished chamber. Ron and Hermione sat on the couch, and Harry sprawled out in one of the gold arm chairs.

"Wow, this looks awesome. We did a great job," Ron commented as he stretched out on his side of the couch.

"Yes, I'm quite pleased with they way everything turned out. Especially the desk, it will be very useful," Hermione added.

"It does look great," said Harry. "Even though in Godric Gryffindor's note he said to keep the chamber among Gryffindors, I think we shouldn't tell anyone about it."

"I agree with Harry. Even though Hogwarts is a large school, news sure spreads fast," Ron added.

"Sounds logical. We should also have like a code name to refer to when we are around people," said Hermione.

"Why?" asked Ron as a bewildered look crept on his face.

"Oh I don't know, Ron," Harry started. "We're in the great hall and I turn to you and say something like 'Hey Ron, lets go to the secret chamber of Godric Gryffindor.' Seems to me that people would find out!"

"Oh," Ron said sheepishly as his ears turned red. "I get the point, so what should we call it?"

"Um, it has to be general and non-specific but yet not obvious that people will get suspicious," Hermione said as she thought hard.

"You're think too hard," stated Ron. "How about The Den or The Annex?"

"Annex is pretty cool. How about Chateau? Or Scope? It means room, I heard one of Dursley's muggle friends say it," Harry said.

"I think I got it," Hermione said as she cleared her throat importantly. "The Lair."

"Oh that's cool. Its mysterious and original. I like it," Harry said enthusiastically.

"Brilliant," Ron added.

"Thanks. So we are agreed, its going to be called The Lair?" asked Hermione.

"Got my vote," Harry said.

"Ok by me," Ron commented.

"Great then. I now dub this chamber The Lair. Well, its getting late," Hermione said as she looked at her watch. "We should get to the common room. Even though we have the cloak with us, we could get caught and I don't feel like a detention. Tomorrow is Monday and we gave classes."

"Ok, Mom," Ron said sardonically.

"Ok, lets go to the common room. I am a bit tired myself. Decorating this room is some work," Harry said as he, Hermione, and Ron simultaneously stood up and stretched,

The three friends then filed out of the newly named Lair. With the invisibility cloak secularly wrapped around them, Harry, Ron, and Hermione silently walked towards the Gryffindor common room. After muttering the password, Trefoil, they went their separate ways to the boys and girls dormitories.

Harry safely packed away his invisibility cloak and got ready for bed. He said goodnight to Ron and climbed in to his four-poster bed. Harry took off his glasses and pulled the bed curtains shut.

Harry laid there for a while trying to sleep. He couldn't because he was so excited about The Lair. After a few minutes of thinking a great idea popped into his head. He should add to his father's legacy by adding The Lair to the Marauder's Map! Harry made a mental note to write Sirius about it as he drifted to sleep.

***

Harry awoke with a start. He reached over to his bedside table and put on his familiar pair of round glasses. As the room came in to focus, Harry realized that the dormitory was empty. He panicked a little and jumped up to get his watch.

"Whew, I have a hour and a half before classes start," Harry said to himself.

He quickly got ready, then grabbed his books and headed towards the Great Hall. Harry walked in to see Ron and Hermione happily chatting as they ate their breakfast. He sat down on the bench next to Hermione. Harry helped himself to some food, french toast, bacon, and orange juice, and joined in the conversation about a new product invented by Ron's twin brothers, Fred and George. Fred and George own a joke shop in Hogsmeade.

"You put the small device on your hand, then when you shake hands with someone it turns their hand green for eight hours!" Ron told Harry as he stuffed more bacon in his already full mouth.

"That's really cool. We should try it on Malfoy, although I wouldn't want to shake hands with that slimy git," Harry said laughing.

"Yeah, it would be great to see his reaction. But he'd probably like it- Slytherin colors," Ron said.

"You should talk to Fred and George about producing then in different colors," Hermione stated not looking up from the article in The Daily Prophet she was reading.

"Ok. They got the idea from a muggle children's toy called a 'hand buzzer.' But that one just shocks the persons hand instead of turning it green," Ron said as he took a giant gulp of pumpkin juice.

"I'm glad Dudley never had one of those," Harry said thoughtfully.

"We better finish up here. Classes are starting soon," Hermione said, putting The Daily Prophet in her bag.

"Ok, I'm finished eating," Harry said. "I'm ready to go."

The three Gryffindors stood up and headed out of the Great Hall. Hermione went towards Arithmancy and Harry and Ron to Divination.
After a tough day of classes, Harry was glad that it was dinner time. Potions was the worst. Snape seemed nastier than usual, if that was even possible. And in Divination, Trelawney had once again predicted Harry's death, but this time she said it would happen in the next two months. So all in all, Harry was ready to relax.

Harry and Ron dug in to the delicious dinner consisting of broasted chicken with all the fixings. There was additionally many different side dishes. Also was some scrumptious looking chocolate-peanut butter pie that Harry had his eye on and his sweet tooth wasn't disputing. The only thing to complete this wondrous scene would be the presence of Hermione.

"Where is Hermione?" asked Harry in between bites of warm, buttered bread.

"I'm not sure. But you know Hermione, she's probably at the library starting that huge potions paper we just got. She probably lost track of time and will be down here anytime," Ron said with bits of food flowing out of his mouth.

"You're probably right. We should save her a plate just in case she doesn't come soon," Harry replied.

At that very moment an owl swooped down and started to fly towards the Gryffindor table. That was most odd because mail typically came during breakfast. But what was more odd was that it was Harry's snowy, white owl, Hedwig. Hedwig flew over to Harry and dropped a small scroll of parchment on to Harry's lap. Harry gave Hedwig a quick pat and watched her fly away before picking up the scroll from his lap.

"Who do you think its from?" asked Ron.

"I don't know, let me see," Harry said as he un-rolled the parchment. He looked at the signature at the bottom. "Its from Hermione."

"I wonder what its about, read it out loud," Ron replied.

"Ok, here goes-

'Dear Harry and Ron,
I have a big surprise for the two of you. Meet me in The Lair as soon as you can. It is important.
See you soon,
Hermione' "


"I wonder what Hermione's big surprise is," said Ron.

"I don't know, but I do know how to find out," Harry replied as he stood up from the Gryffindor table.

"Ok, lets go."
A/N- Yeah, Yeah I know, I ended another chapter with 'Lets Go.' I couldn't help myself, lol. So this was my attempt at writing a cliffhanger. I don't know how suspenseful it was but there you go. Tell me what you think of this chapter. Good? Bad? Please review, I really enjoy them.

Also thanks to the reviewers from the last chapter. I'm not going to list them and write little notes because I'm anxious to post.

Stay Cool,
Katrina