That evening, when Willow, Stella and Snitch were in detention with Professor Blueburger, Pippa had changed her mind about going to look for Grassus.
She left her common room and was searching the stairwells, when suddenly; a hideous house elf appeared in front of her:
"I have come with a message for you" said the house-elf "Mary-Anne Grassus is inside Hogwarts. She is training to fight; you and other must also train to fight her. She is becoming more powerful, hurry!"
And with that, the house-elf disapparated with a click.
Pippa got suddenly frightened, what if Grassus appeared right now? She was smart, but only in second year, she hadn't really learnt that much yet.
Pippa ran back to her dormitory, and tried to get to sleep. She would tell Willow, Snitch and Stella about this in the morning.
THE NEXT MORNING
Pippa and Snitch ran to the great hall. Pippa didn't tell Snitch about the message; she was waiting until they were all together. They found Stella and Willow sitting at the Ravenclaw table, discussing their transfiguration homework.
"Morning!" Willow and Stella chorused as Snitch and Pippa sat down with them
"I have something to tell all of you" started Pippa "Last night I was visited by an old, ugly house elf-"
"-Kreacher" corrected Snitch
The girls looked at her funnily.
"James told me about and old ugly house elf that his Dads, Godfather used to own. Then it became his, and decided to work in the kitchens, so I'm guessing that it's Kreacher" said Snitch
"Okay... But, anyway. 'Kreacher' visited me in the hallways, to tell me that Grassus is in the school, and she's training to fight! He said she's getting more powerful!" announced Pippa
"Okay, what should we do?" asked Stella
"We should train ourselves!" said Snitch
Everyone agreed with this idea, until Willow, naturally being a Ravenclaw and thinking said
"But, where are we going to practice? We need a place; we can't just practice in the middle of the great hall!"
"What about Moaning Myrtles' bathroom?" suggested Pippa
Everyone agreed on the place. And agreed on a time. They would practice every afternoon, starting today.
That afternoon, Pippa, Snitch, Stella and Willow set off to Moaning Myrtles bathroom.
"What spells should we practice?" asked Pippa
"Well, I've been reading, and I think the most useful spells-"
"Useful!" shrieked Snitch, cutting Willow off "Who cares about useful? We need spells to fight! Attack and defence spells! Useful just isn't good enough"
"Fine then..." Willow murmured
"Look, why don't we practice defensive spells first?" suggested Stella
They all started practicing 'expelliarmus' as that was the easiest one to learn. When they had all mastered it, they moved to 'stupefy' but as soon as they were about to start practicing that one, a ghost of a girl appeared in front of them
"Oh, what's this? Some girls practising their spells in MY bathroom! But what could they be practising for? Are they training for something, perhaps?" said Moaning Myrtle
They girls kept practising, but no matter what they did, Myrtle wouldn't leave them alone! They couldn't stand her anymore, so they left.
