After countless conversations with portraits and trying to avoid anymore run ins with Peeves, the girls had tired of their "exploring". Gabrielle stopped in front of a giant window that had a view of the lake. She sighed and leaned on the sill, staring at the giant tenticle that had appeared on the surface of the lake. Mandy stopped beside her. "This is boring, let's go back to the Common Room."She said.

"Mmmhmm ok."Gabby aggreed, tearing her eyes away from the window.

Mandy began walking down a hall and Gabby followed. Mandy paused in mid step, causing Gabrielle to crash into her. "Ow! Hey give a warning huh?" Gabrielle whined.

Mandy turned around and looked at her friend questioningly."Which way is it?"

"You don't know!" Gabrielle demanded.

"No, I thought you were paying attention to where we were going. Don't you know how to get back?"

"What do I look like, a freakin' map?"

"Yeah you're right, a blind person has a better sense of direction than you."

"Does not!"

"Does too!"

"Ugh shut up!" Gabrielle glared at her."Let's split up okay? One of these hallways must lead back to the Common Room."

"Alright, I'll take the right one." Mandy aggreed, choosing a hallway. "See you there!" She waved and continued down the hall.

"Guess I get the left then." Gabrielle sighed, and picked a hall in that direction.

Gabby wandered aimlessly through the castle, having no idea where she was going. She wasn't actually going to attempt to find her way back to the common room. That would be nearly impossible and highly improbable. You see Mandy really wasn't joking. A blind person does have a better sense of direction than Gabby.

"Lalala....Hey! Didn't I pass that statue before?" Gabrielle stopped and frowned at the familiar looking statue. She walked up to it and tapped it on the shoulder. "Hello. Have we met before?" Gabrielle asked and held out her hand. She burst into giggles at her own joke.Gabby played the scene over in her head and laughed even harder.

"I...am...SO...Funny!" She crowed, gasping for air. She plopped on the floor and leaned against the wall, holding her stomach. She let out a deep breathe "Inhale...Exhale..Inhale...Exhale.." Once Gabrielle had calmed down she pulled herself from the hard stone floor and continued on her search for the Common Room or anything vaguely familiar.But not, of course, without saying goodbye to her new statue friend.

"I wonder where Mandy is?" She wondered and smiled faintly at the thought of her friend trying to find her way around. She almost had as bad a sense of direction as Gabby.ALMOST, but not quite.

A/N-Well there it is. Shibees chapter. It's kind of short mmkay? I'm sucha slacker. Arrr Matey. So..DUNH DUNH DUNH! Will Gabby find her way back to the common room? What happened to Mandy? Did she lose her way and get eaten by the giant squid? Will Peeves cause more trouble for the girls? And what about our new statue friend? Will he ever find true love? Tune in next chapter on "Damn Those Portals!" R&R kthnx!