The Girl who Vanished

Chapter 12

When Lara enters The Great Hall the next morning for breakfast, she looks up at the staff table and smiles.  She sees Professor Fig talking with Professor Sharp, he turns and smiles when he sees her.  They both nod, the unspoken agreement to speak later in his office clear. 

"Finally!"

"What took him so long, he was gone for like 2 days?"

Professor Fig's Classroom

Lara bursts into Professor Figs office.

Lara: "You're back."

Professor Fig: "Finally. Minister Spavin talks more than he listens. Ranted on and on about rogue dragons. Wouldn't listen to a word about goblins. Speaking of which -"

"He was gone for like 2 days, did the minister rant that entire time?"

"He can't be worse than Binns ranting about goblin rebellions." One student replies, people chuckle at the irony.

Amelia groans, some days she wishes she stayed in bed, so she didn't have to deal with Fudge and her.

Lara: "Listen, Professor. So much happened while you were away. Your friend, Mr Ollivander, sent me an owl asking for help finding an heirloom wand that was stolen from him -"

Professor Fig: "He did, did he?"

Lara: "- and so I went to the Owlery, like he said. And there were all these statues."

Professor Fig: "What do you mean 'statues'? In the Owlery?"

Lara: "Yes. Which led me to a secret hideout where I found Richard Jackdaw's ghost -"

Professor Fig: "Who on earth is 'Richard Jackdaw?'"

"Poor Fig, he has to be so confused." Lily chuckles.

Lara: "He was a student here long ago. Anyway, he told me about a secret cavern. I went there and, right next to Jackdaw's skeleton - I found the missing pages."

Professor Fig: "You found the pages?"

Lara: "I did. And because Jackdaw had followed the map they contained, when I found the pages, I found the location on the map. Believe it or not. It's a room below Hogwarts."

Professor Fig: "Why am I not surprised? Shall we?"

Lara: "I was hoping you'd say that. Oh, and we'll need to bring the book."

Map Chamber

Lara: "The room is called the 'Map Chamber', by the way. And a portrait of Percival Rackham awaits us there."

Professor Fig: "Professor Rackham. I look forward to meeting him. How did this 'Jackdaw' get the pages from the book?"

Lara: "Evidently Peeves stole them - and Jackdaw stole them from him."

Professor Fig: "(sigh) Peeves."

"Wait, if the book could only be found using ancient magic how did Peeves steal the pages?" Alice asks.

They arrive at the chamber.

Professor Fig: "To think it was beneath us all this time." He looks around in awe.

When they place the book on the pedestal a burst of magic covers the room, it swirls around the floor and a moment later millions of tiny lights spread across the floor. Professor Fig watches in amazement as the floor turns into a large map of the surrounding land.