Disclaimer: I'm not JK Rowling, so I don't own Harry Potter. I wish I did however... to quote Dom Monaghan: "She's richer than the queen. She wrote 5 books....How did that happen?"

Umm... I was reading my story on FanFiction, and realized that when I changed a big part of the story, I kinda forgot to change some of the words talking about griffins... yeah... so I changed it, and have replaced the obsolete chapter with this one!

Enjoy! R&R puhleeze!

Chapter 7: The Chamber of the Cerfs

Jett, Draco, Elijah, Dyani, Raven, Devi, Elle, and Kathrin started walking down the Great Hall and immediately ran into Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Marissa.

"Oh, joy—our favorite people," said Dyani.

Devi glared at her.

"Of course, Ron's ok---it's just the other three and---"

"Hi!!" said Marissa, sounding noticeably fake. "What are you guys doing today?"

"None of your business," said Draco.

"Is it a crime to ask?!" said Harry.

"No, but for her—yeah, yeah it is."

"Kat, can I talk to you in private for a sec?"

"Whatever," said Kathrin and she walked to the other side of the hall with Harry.

"Well Elijah, what are we doing today?" asked Marissa in that fake tone again.

"What do you mean we?" he asked. "Just 'cause you're my girlfriend doesn't mean we hafta be together at every waking moment of everyday. Besides, we're having tea with Harry and Hermione tomorrow and I said I'd take you early. Today, however, I'm hanging out with my friends--- without you."

Harry and Kathrin had come back and the Gryffindors left. Marissa looked heartbroken that she couldn't spend yet another day with Elijah, but left anyways.

"What did Harry want?" asked Draco.

"He wanted to know if I had seen his map- then the usual stay away from you three," she answered, pointing to Dyani, Draco, and Elle.

"Have you seen his map?" asked Raven, suspiciously.

"Of course I have. It's under my bed... I just remembered about it after I told him no."

"Maybe we should get it, you know, so we don't end up getting lost or caught," said Elijah.

"Ok, fine. I'll go get it," she said and then took off in the direction of the Slytherin Dungeons.

"I'm tired," said Dyani about an hour later. "Tired, hungry and me feet hurt too."

"We know that—you've been complaining about it for about five minutes now. Would you shut it?!" said Draco. Dyani just glared at her twin.

"Where does this lead, Kat?" said Raven, standing in front of a wooden door with gold trim.

Kathrin looked at the map. "Uh... the Room of Perspire-ment."

"Gimme that," Raven answered back, taking the map from Kathrin. "It's the Room of Requirement." She handed the map back to her friend.

"I'm going in- maybe I can find food," said Dyani. Sure enough, she pushed open the door and inside was a table full of snacks and sweets and plush beanbags to rest on. "Oh, please—can we stay for a rest?"

"Why should we?" asked Draco. "I mean, it's not like the rest of us are tired or hungry."

"Actually, now that you mention it," started Jett.

"Oh, fine."

The group relaxed in the Room of Requirement for an hour, chatting and eating. Despite the noise, Dyani still fell asleep for half an hour. Everyone decided to continue their walk about the Hogwarts Castle. They were now in a corridor on the seventh floor that none of them had been in before. They got to the end of the hall and came upon a door.

"Where does it lead Kathrin?" asked Devi.

"I don't know," she replied, looking confused, "this whole corridor isn't even on the map."

"It's probably Unplottable then--or it was never discovered by the map makers," said Jett.

"Should we go through?" asked Elle.

"Hell yeah!" Dyani and Jett, which surprised her, as it was usually her and Draco who said the same thing at the same time."

"Jett opened the door. "Ladies first."

Dyani, Kathrin, Devi, Raven, and Elle walked in first, and the boys followed. Inside, was a round chamber that had thirteen different doors in it, including the one they had just walked through.

Elijah walked to the door closest to him and opened it to find a spiral staircase. He tried to walk up it, but ended up smacking into a solid wall. "OW!!" he said. "That hurt." He walked away from the door holding his nose.

"Maybe one of them actually leads to a room," said Raven. Se walked to the door next to the one Elijah had tried to open, opened it, and stuck out her hand. "This isn't it."

Everyone else began to try the different doors.

"Here it is!" said Devi, who was now walking up a spiral stone staircase.

The rest of the group followed Devi and went up the stairs, which twisted up and up to the top of what felt like a tower. Here, there was another room. It had several windows, showing the late afternoon sky. There were bookshelves full of books, very comfortable looking armchairs and a long sofa sitting by the burning fire, and even a keg full of butterbeer. Towards the back of the room were two more doors.

Dyani ran over to one, opened it and found an empty room. She shut the door, and moved on to the door next to it. It was locked.

"Well, so much for these two rooms. That one's empty and that one's locked," she said and began to join her friends by the fire.

"Didja lose your memory or something?!" asked Draco before Dyani could walk away from the locked door.

"No... no, I don't think so, why?"

"You're a witch you moron!"

"I am? Oh yeah! I am! Umm... oh, yes—Alohamora!" The door remained locked. "Oh well." She plopped down on the sofa next to her brother, who had his hand over his face in that "oh my god" kind of pose.

"Hey, guys- check this out!" said Kathrin from the arm chair on Draco's right. She was holding the map. "The room just appeared on the map- it wants us to name it!"

"Oh! Oh! Oh! I know!!" said Elijah from one of the bookshelves. "The Chamber of Secrets!!!"

Elle stared at him in disbelief.

"That already exists- you twit," said Devi.

"Oh... yeah..." he said and went back to the bookshelf, looking disappointed.

"Umm... what about---no... not that," said Raven.

"Oh, hey, what about the Chamber of the Cerfs?" said Jett.

"Why that?" asked Elle.

"There's a deer on that door," he said, pointing to the door that was locked.

"What about the Cevreuil's Chamber? I think it sounds better," said Dyani.

"Yeah, well you're none to good at thinking, are you?" said Draco. "But, it's not bad."

" Cevreuil's Chamber it is," said Elle.

"Grood," said Kathrin as she scribbled it down on the map. The two rooms going off of the one they were sitting in appeared on the map as well. "Apparently, That room-" she poited to the door of the empty room "- is another room of retirement."

"Requirement," said Draco.

"Whatever."

"Well then how come I opened it and it was empty?" asked Dyani.

"You weren't looking for anything it could provide," said Jett.

"What's in the room I couldn't open then?"

"It doesn't say," said Kathrin.

Elijah looked at his watch. "Uh- dinner's in half an hour."

"Let's go then."

The group walked out of the two chambers and into the hall. When they got to the end of the hall, you could see perfectly all the way down to the door.

"I think this should be our like kind of hide-out or something," said Elle.

"Good thinking," Draco took out his wand. "Obtegere!" A brick wall appeared where the entrance to the entire hall was. "That'll keep people out. Only the eight of us know it's here, so we'll be able to walk through the brick wall into the hallway. Other people, like Potter, or the Mudblood will just run into a solid wall unless one of us tells them it's here."

The group then headed down to dinner.