Text on the Wall

After watching for a while, she got up and went to the girls' restroom where Moaning Myrtle was. She had promised to visit her.

"Oh, hi, Ya Mu. You've finally come to see me. I thought you had forgotten about Moaning Myrtle crying alone in the restroom."

As soon as Muya entered the restroom, Moaning Myrtle emerged from the toilet, floating in front of Muya and wiping her tears.

"Sorry, Moaning Myrtle," Muya apologized sincerely.

Seeing this, Moaning Myrtle stopped complaining. Muya conjured a chair and sat down, then opened the book in her hands.

She thought that since Moaning Myrtle used to be a Ravenclaw student, perhaps she knew the meaning of the words in the book that Muya didn't understand.

She pointed to a word and asked, "Moaning Myrtle, do you know this word?"

"Let me see. It's Ancient Runes. This sentence means that Alchemy can be used in conjunction with Ancient Runes." As expected of a Ravenclaw student, Muya smiled in satisfaction.

"And what about this one, dear Moaning Myrtle?"

"This is the name of a mountain, the Cumbrian Mountains. There is lapis lazuli here, and it's also an important alchemical material."

"Speaking of which, are you studying Alchemy?" Moaning Myrtle floated lazily in front of Muya, her eyes filled with amusement.

Muya nodded. "That's right."

"Oh, and are you free tonight?"

Muya thought for a moment. She had to go to Snape's office in the afternoon, so she told Moaning Myrtle she would come over if she had time.

As usual, Muya arrived at Snape's office.

"Professor, what should I do today?"

Snape glanced at her. "First, come here and process these materials."

After helping Snape, Muya ate dinner and then went to the Room of Requirement to retrieve something.

As night fell, Muya was on the fourth floor preparing to go see Moaning Myrtle. Suddenly, she heard Harry shouting, followed by several sets of footsteps.

She thought, Could it be that Harry and the other two were caught by Filch? Snape finally went to bed early today, so he probably isn't out.

After a while, Muya decided to go take a look, as she hadn't heard Filch's voice.

When she found Harry and the others, they were standing in front of a wall. Behind her, a group of people approached.

"Ya Ya, what are you doing here? Did you come with that Potter?" It was Draco, pointing at Harry not far away.

"No, Draco, she just got here a second before us," Theodore walked over.

Muya saw that students were already approaching the trio. She said calmly, "Let's go over and take a look."

Internally, Ahhh, why are so many people here!

After walking behind Harry and the others, Muya was startled. Filch's cat, Mrs. Norris, had her tail hooked onto a torch bracket. Her body was stiff as stone.

The chatter around them abruptly stopped.

Written on the wall: The Chamber of Secrets has been opened. Enemies of the heir, beware.

Suddenly, someone broke the silence. "Enemies of the heir, beware! You're next, Muggles!" Draco had intended to say "Mudbloods," but he remembered that Muya might know it was an insult.

Muya rubbed her ears. Draco had said it next to her, and quite loudly. She turned to look at Draco, whose face was flushed red.

Noticing Muya's gaze, Draco instantly regretted it. He had forgotten that Muya seemed to be a Muggle too. It's over, it's over!

"I, I wasn't talking about you. I can protect you," he quickly tried to fix it.

Muya looked bewildered but still nodded.

Harry turned, about to say something. "What's going on here? What happened?"

Filch's voice grew closer. He pushed through the crowd with his shoulder. Upon seeing Mrs. Norris, he stumbled back a few steps and sat on the ground, covering his face in horror.

Muya turned her back. Cat lovers couldn't bear to see this scene.

"My cat! What happened to Mrs. Norris?"

His gaze suddenly shifted to Harry's face. He screamed, "You! You killed my cat!"

"Mr. Filch, perhaps things aren't as they seem. D-Dumbledore will investigate," Muya sighed, pulling Filch up in front of everyone.

Filch wept silently. "They three were the first ones standing here. Who else could it have been? Miss Muya!" Muya froze and pursed her lips.

"Argus!" Everyone looked towards the source of the voice.

Dumbledore arrived, followed by other professors. Snape's expression was particularly grim.

Snape: Who understands? I was just dozing off, about to fall asleep, when Dumbledore called me.

Dumbledore carefully took down the hanging Mrs. Norris.

Mrs. Norris: Finally, someone remembered I was still hanging here.

Dumbledore called Filch, the trio, and Muya to Lockhart's office.

This was because Lockhart eagerly offered his office, saying it was closer.

Lockhart's office was much the same as when Muya had last visited, perhaps with a few more photos of him.

Muya stood a little further back, next to Snape. Snape glanced at her before looking away.

One minute later, Lockhart started spouting nonsense again. "It must have been a curse that killed it, most likely the Transfiguration Torture Curse. I've seen others use this spell many times, and it's a shame I wasn't there. I happen to know the counter-curse, and I could have saved it..."

Then, Muya heard Dumbledore muttering strange words and tapping Mrs. Norris's body with his wand.

Lockhart said some more nonsense, which Muya ignored.

Dumbledore said, "It's not dead, Filch, it's been petrified."

"The Petrification Curse? Professor," Muya whispered, tugging on Snape's robe.

Snape raised an eyebrow. "Unclear."

Filch still believed Harry was responsible.

"Second-year students couldn't have done this; it requires the deepest dark magic," Dumbledore stated firmly.

"If I may say something, Headmaster," Snape said from the shadows, "perhaps Potter and his friends simply shouldn't have been in that corridor at that time."

"But why were they in the upper corridor? Why didn't they attend the Halloween feast?" After speaking, he looked at Muya, who was still tugging his robe. "And, Miss Muya, where did you go after leaving my office?"

Muya: "What? Professor, how can you say that? How can you even bring me into this?"

Muya glared resentfully at Snape. "I came down from the eighth floor." She held up the bottle in her hand.

Harry, Hermione, and Ron explained they had gone to the ghosts' deathday party.

But Snape asked a few more questions that stumped Harry, who didn't know how to explain the sound that came from something unknown.