Chapter 11: Secret Doors
"So, all of the people in the Death Eater's Rise are Ravenclaws?" Albus said.
"Yes!" Rose said, showing Albus the Daily Prophet and The Life of a Sorting Hat.
"It just doesn't make sense- there are plenty of muggle-born Ravenclaws," Pip said,
"We should go to the library."
They all stood up except for Jamie.
"Jamie, we need to go," Pip said, dragging him to his feet by his arm.
"Fine," Jamie said, reluctantly getting up.
Once they got to the library, no one was there.
"I guess they were all scared off by Alamaster," Albus said as they all headed towards the Ravenclaw section, where there were many big, dusty books about the history of Ravenclaw.
"Of course there won't be anything here," Albus said, opening a book, "The Ravenclaws love to read."
"Well, then let's look in the Slytherin section, I hardly ever see any Slytherins in the library," Rose said.
Albus put his Ravenclaw book back on the shelf and the foursome headed over to the Slytherin section, where they found many desks covered with books and only one small shelf in the corner. The small shelf in the corner held books so thickly covered with dust, you couldn't see the titles. Rose pulled a small book out, that when examined closely, wasn't a book. It was a long, plank of wood with the words, 'I will defeat the bird' on it.
"I will defeat the bird," Rose said, reading the block of wood.
Suddenly, the ground started shaking and the plank of wood flew out of Rose's hand and towards the bookshelf. The plank of wood went straight through the shelf and opened up a small hole.
"Wow," Jamie said, looking at the large hole in the middle of the bookshelf.
On the other side of the bookshelf wasn't the library. Rose jumped through first, making sure not to forget to take the plank of wood with her. Albus, Pip, and Jamie followed, jumping through at the last minute, as the strange door was closing. The room they were standing in looked like an office. There was a large table in the middle, with quills and parchment, and a velvet green chair. On top of the chair was a notebook that looked as though it hadn't been opened in years. Behind the desk was a tall bookshelf with only one book on it, Ravenclaw's Secret. The book was purple with a bird on the front.
"What is this place?" Jamie asked.
Albus picked up the notebook and opened it up to the first page.
"Salazar Slytherin," he read, slowly dropping the book.
"Wait, this must be where Slytherin did research!" Rose said, picking up the purple book and opening it up. The pages where still crisp, although there were many pages ripped out and tucked in other sections, with notes scribbled across them.
"We should probably get out of here," Rose said, tucking the book under her cloak.
"Yeah, I guess we should,"Albus said, reaching for the plank of wood.
Before he even touched it, someone came bursting though the wall. It was Hugo.