Virginia got up early the next day. Walking
inside the castle, she came across the words “Dumbledore’s Army, still
recruiting” on the wall for the third time. She guessed this must be
troublesome for the headmaster. She came to the eighth floor and gave herself
another Disillusionment Charm. She seemed to be more careful than before.

  She
walked three times around the corrider and thought concentratively, “ I need a
place to hide my things.” And luckily the place appeared. Admittedly, this was
a large place, with almost everything inside it. This was as though you want to
find a gem, but instead a room full of jewelry and it was harder to find a gem
inside.

  She
thought of Ravenclaw’s diadem. In the original series that diadem should be
here now. She couldn’t remember clearly, but she knew she would recognize it if
she sees it. That pattern on the diadem was much too unique.

  And
she saw a cabinet, a rather strange one. That must be the cabinet used by draco
Malfoy to transfer Death Eaters to Hogwarts.

  She
kept walking, looking for the diadem. And then she saw it, high up there. She
had to reach it. She took a box and stood on it to take the diadem off. She
took something in the vicinity and transfigured it into the same diadem. That
wasn’t difficult for her at all.

  She
carefully put the diadem inside her robe and placed the fake one to the
original place. She looked at the diadem but suddenly seemed to be back to
herself. Why did she do so! That was a Horcrux and she should keep herself well
away from that!

  She
certainly met some sort of devil and was possessed by it just now. According to
the originial series the diadem will be destroyed. All Horcruxes, including one
inside Harry Potter, were destroyed in the end. If she took away the diadem, oh
this was stupid! Lord Voldemort might come back in her own hand! She threw the diadem
away forcefully but went to look for it then. And she fell over at the sight of
it. She replaced the diadem and went out, giving herself another Neglecting
Charm. But she found she had left the Transfiguration Textbook inside and had
to go in again to take it. She took her textbook, a bottle of accidentally
discovered Felix Felicis, the luck Potion, and a bottle with “LeitungsstarkeGegenmittel”
on it. She didn’t understand what the last one was, but she took it
nevertheless.

  Sitting
down in the Transfiguration classroom, Virginia thought she should have
transfigured the fake diadem back. She shouldn’t have left it there. But
McGonagall didn’t come when the class started. Virginia felt strange, for
McGonagall was always a stern and careful woman. She was never ever late for
classes, so there must be some reason.

  The
students began to chat under their breath. She heard two Hufflepuffs saying, “I
saw Professor Carrow in the morning…..” Another disrupted, “Oh I would never
admit that the two evil Carrows are Hogwarts professors. They are ugly Death
Eaters!” Then they kept saying in a lower voice and Virginia couldn’t hear
clearly. In the end, one siad, “Oh alright. I saw her attacking Nevil
Longnottom in the corrider just now. Longbottom was hurt severely from head to
feet, and McGonagall went to stop her.”

  “And
then?”

  “….And
then I ran away.” Virginia thought Professor McGonagall might not be able to
come today.