It's bit of a short chapter sadly. I am trying to update as quick as possible but I'm trying to think of ideas so it may take a few days to write a new chapter. I hate making people wait for things. Thank you for your reviews and following my story. It really means the world to me that people like it

The Staffroom Cupboard

Miss Hardbroom was angry, very angry. That ignorant teacher. How she was still allowed to teach at this school was beyond her. What was going through Miss Cackles mind when she hired her? She went to go sit in the staffroom alone with her consuming anger before she shouted at a student unnecessarily. She sat down in her favourite seat to relax and have a cup of tea. Slam. Miss Bat came bursting out of the cupboard. It gave Constance quite a shock.

"What are you doing Miss Bat?" she shouted.

"I'm ever so sorry. I seemed to have gotten lost. I'll be on my way," and with that she was gone. Miss Bat was a strange one. Heaven knows what must have happened for her to get lost in a cupboard. Miss Hardbroom sighed. No one would ever figure out the mysteries of Miss Bat.

It was finally time to rest after such a dreadful day and Miss Hardbroom was more than welcoming for the land of nod to take her away. She got into bed and laid her head down on the pillow. She closed her eyes and waited to drift off. She waited and waited and waited. An uneasy feeling kept her awake. She didn't know what it was but she couldn't rest until it was sorted out. She knew the girls were all sleeping peacefully so she decided to take some sleeping potion. Unfortunately she was all out but she had some in her classroom. She got up and hurried down to the cold, empty potions lab.

Celeste was a night owl. She had always been at her best surrounded by darkness. This was perfect for her as she wanted to "scout" out the school. She needed a place for the gatherings and she needed it soon. She had seen most of the school in the day and the library and many of the classrooms held no interest for her. She wanted to see the potions lab and the staffroom. She crept silently along the winding corridors. She knew her way around perfectly and avoided every creaky or loud step. She made it to the potions lab and carefully slipped inside. She needed to check the potions. Maybe one would be useful to her. At expert speed, she scanned the shelves for the one she wanted. Bottle after bottle and no luck. Drat. She turned to leave when she heard the door opening. She leapt behind the oak desk and hoped she wouldn't be caught.

Miss Hardbroom went into the potions lab and saw movement from the corner of her eye. She was on high alert. She walked over to the shelves of potions she had on display. Nothing. She went closer to her desk and was about to look behind it when a bat knocked a cauldron over.

"It must have been the bat," she muttered. She continued into the cupboard and got the potion she wanted and left to go to bed.

"That was a close one," Celeste thought, "Time to go to the staffroom." She waited a few minutes to make sure Miss Hardbroom had definitely gone. When she was sure she had, off she went.

When she got there, it was empty. It was perfect. She headed straight towards the cupboard and tried the handle. It wasn't even locked. If it had been it would have just been a quick spell to unlock it. She opened the doors. Inside was a lot of paper. She decided to dig deeper. Pushing paper and files aside she made it to the wooden back. On the wood was a golden plate that had been engraved.

It read "To be wide awake is what you need to awake the treasures inside,"

Celeste knew exactly how to solve this riddle, but it wasn't going to be easy.