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Tiffy and Lori were heading back from the great hall that night. They stepped into the ravenclaw common room and decided to do some homework.

As Tiffy was doing her homework she heard a crash coming from the bathrooms.

"Did you hear that?" asked Tiffy.

"Hear what?" said Lori.

Tiffy got up from her chair and put her transfiguration textbook into her bookbag.

"Where are you going?" asked Lori starting to put her things away as well. Tiffy shushed Lori.

"I'm trying to follow the noises…" said Tiffy mysteriously. She walked around the room listening.

"Tiffy? Are you feeling ok? I can take you to the hospital wing if you are feeling weird or something. Madam Pomfrey is really nice you know…" said Lori in a concerned sort of way.

"I'm not going crazy Lori…now be quiet!" said Tiffy still trying to listen.

Tiffy started heading toward the bathrooms. Lori followed her. The two girls carefully entered the ravenclaw girls' bathroom.

"Look!" screamed Tiffy, "Those towels are moving!" There was a bundle of used towels that were shaking and moving around. Lori shrieked and started to panic, but Tiffy approached the crazy towels.

"I think there is something under here…"she said.

"Leave it alone whatever it is!" screamed Lori, "It obviously doesn't want to be disturbed from whatever it's doing"

Ignoring Lori, Tiffy started pulling off the towels. When she discovered what was under there she screamed too.

"AAAHHH!" both Tiffy and Lori screamed and backed away.

Standing in front of them was a rather ugly and scared looking house-elf. "Please don't hurt me! I had nothing to do with it!" it yelled.

"What do you mean? We won't hurt you." Said Tiffy shakily.

"It's a house-elf!" yelled Lori.

The elf started crying and murmuring strange things. "I don't know what to do! Who will help him! Who will help me?"

"Um…elf. Will you tell us what is the matter? We want to help you," said Tiffy.

"We do?" asked Lori.

"No…no…no…" said the house-elf miserably, "Telling you would put you into danger!"

"Put us in danger?" asked Tiffy.

"Yes! They are terrible secrets! Terrible!" shrieked the house-elf.

"Who do they involve?" asked Lori.

"It involves what everyone desires but only the most evil will try to steal it!" Those were the last words from the elf. It ran away quickly muttering something about saying too much.

"That elf's down right mad if you ask me…" said Lori as she and Tiffy went out of the bathroom and back into the common room.

"I don't know…" said Tiffy, "I think he knows something…"