Chapter 3
The first visit

Finally! Thought Angel as Ron and Hermione left to go up to their dorms. Angel had been waiting hours for the common room to be empty. He was anxious to get started on his nightly walk through the castle. However, as he had been caught last night, he wouldn't be caught again. He plopped into the large comfy armchair, threw down his book and picked up the mirror from the end table.

He had a plan. He stared into the mirror looking intently at his sparkling gray eyes.

He screwed up his face, closed his eyes and gritted his teeth. When he looked back into the mirror, a freckle faced red-haired boy was looking back at him.
He stuck out his tongue, crossed his eyes and started making faces at himself. "Not bad! Pretty good in fact. No one will ever recognize me. From a distance, I look like Ron Weasley."

This was only the second time Angel had transformed at school. Last time, Dumbledore had caught him and made him swear that he would not transform again while at the castle.

Angel was born with curly red-blonde hair, but one day, when he was two, his mother leaned down to pick him up from his crib. She was surprised to find a baby with dark straight hair in the place of the curly haired little boy she had put to sleep the night before. She was not happy and, just like Dumbledore, made him promise not to let others know his secret. He was not to transform outside the house and especially not at school.

Once more, he looked at the boy with Red-hair, freckles, long pointed nose, slightly bucked teeth, and gray eyes.

"Time's movin' on." He thought. So, he threw down the mirror, clamored to his feet and hurried from the common room.

The Trophy Room

Angel pushed against the door to the trophy room and it swung open. He put his wand into his robe and stepped inside. Inside rows and rows of crystal cases, were awards and trophies, gleaming in the torchlight. Angel slowly walked through the aisles, peering at each item. As Hogwarts was very old, there seemed to be no end. But, as Angel looked down the third row of cups, he noticed that, on the end of the row, was a large wooden door with a golden handle that reminded him of a snitch. Carved into the door was a large letter "H" surrounded by a circle of laurel leaves. The door was slightly ajar.

Angel walked quickly to the door and pulled. The door was so heavy, that it didn't move. He leaned back with all his weight and the door began to move slowly. Finally, when the door was open, Angel peered inside.

The room was pitch dark, as the light from the trophy room torches did not reach it.
"Lumos," said Angel as he held his wand in front of him. The wandlight shone only a few feet into the room, so Angel could not be really sure what was in it. He stepped in and his face brushed against something. He quickly turned and pointed his wand. It was a scarlet quidditch robe.

"Lumos supment." The light from his wand intensified. Angel could now see most of the room. Looking up towards the ceiling, he saw several long wooden rods. They were floating parallel to each other. Quidditch robes were hung from them.

He then looked down. The wooden floor was very dusty and boxes were piled onto it. Then Angel shone his wand onto the quidditch robes. There were rows and rows of them; scarlet, yellow, blue and green. Angel allowed his hand to brush against the robes as he walked down each row. He stopped, his eyes resting on a magnificent scarlet cape.

Putting his wand on the closet floor, he slipped the cape from the hangar.

"Brendon McHenry. Gryffindor keeper," said a proud voice from the hangar.

"Cool," Angel thought as he began wrapping the cape over his shoulder…..

What was that? There was scuffling noise from outside the door. Mrs. Norris, Filch?

"Nox!" whispered Angel. And the wand light went out. Angel got to his knees and listened intently, thankful that the torch light from the trophy room did not shine into the closet. After a few minutes, hearing nothing else, he slipped the cape back on the hanger.

He walked to the trophy room door and peered into the hallway. All was clear.

"Lumos" And he headed quickly back to the common room.