The Princess of Hufflepuffs

Three headed Dog

The four are walking up a staircase. A railing pulls in...Hermione looks, but continues walking.

Ron: "I'm telling you, it's spooky. She knows more about you two than you do."
Harry: "Who doesn't?" Eloise nodded
The staircase shudders and begins to move. The four grab the railings.

Ron: Ahh!

Hermione: {Gasps.}

Harry: What's happening?

Eloise "The staircases change, remember?"The staircase stops, in a new place.

Harry: {taps Ron} "Let's go this way."

Ron: "Before the staircase moves again. "They all open a door and walk into a spooky, dark room.

Harry: Does anyone feel like...we shouldn't be here?

Hermione: "We're not supposed to be here. This is the 3rd floor. It's forbidden." Whispered

Suddenly, a flame lights on a tall stone support. At that moment, the caretaker's cat, MRS. NORRIS, comes running in and meows. The group jumps.

Harry: "Let's go."

{meow}

Ron: "It's Filch's cat!"

Harry: "Run!"

The group runs. Flames are lit as they go. They get to the end of the corridor, to a door. Harry grabs the handle, but it's locked.

Harry: It's locked!

Ron: That's it, we're done for!

Eloise : Oh, move over! {pushes through and pulls out wand} "Alohomora. "The door opens.} "Get in."They bustle in.

Ron: Alohomora?

Hermione: Standard book of spells, Chapter 7.

Filch appears at the start of the corridor with a light. Mrs. Norris looks at him.

Filch: Anyone here, my sweet? {meow} Come on.

Eloise : Filch is gone.

Ron: Probably thinks this door's locked.

Hermione: It was locked.

Harry: And for good reason. {Ron and Hermione turn to stand with Harry and Eloise There is a massively huge three headed dog sleeping in front of them. The dog, FLUFFY, begins to wake. It growls, yawns, and growls more...noticing the intruders.
All: AHHHHHHH! {The four bolt, running out of the door. They turn quickly to shut the door and battle against the dog. They get the door shut and run.

Back in the Gryffindor room. They are breathless.

Ron: What do they think they're doing?? Keeping a thing like that locked up in a school.

Eloise : You don't use your eyes, do you? Didn't you see what it was standing on?Well I have to go back to my dormitory until a prefect will find so goodnight Harry, Ron Hermione" she exclaimed as she headed out.

Ron: I wasn't looking at its feet! I was a bit preoccupied with its heads. Or maybe you didn't notice, there were three! {they begin to climb the stairs to the dorms.}

Hermione: It was standing on a trap door. Which means it wasn't there by accident. It's guarding something.

Harry: Guarding something?

Hermione: That's right. Now, if you two don't mind, I'm going to bed before either of you come up with another clever idea to get us killed...or worse, expelled! {turns and leaves, shutting the door to her dorms.}

Ron: She needs to sort out her priorities!

Harry nods.