That night, Harry and Ron went to bed as usual. Only after Neville, Dean, and Seamus stopped discussing the Chamber of Secrets and finally fell asleep did they get up, dress again, and pull the Invisibility Cloak over themselves.
When they reached the common room, they found Ginny already waiting for them on the sofa.
"Let's go. We'll head to the Slytherin Common Room first. I managed to contact Mr. Riddle, and he'll be waiting by the entrance," Ginny said at once.
Their journey through the gloomy corridors was far from pleasant.
Harry had wandered around the Castle in the dead of night several times before, but he had never seen so many people about after sunset. Teachers, prefects, and ghosts patrolled the corridors in pairs, checking everywhere for anything unusual.
Useful as the Invisibility Cloak was, it did not work every time. Once, he and Ron had nearly been discovered by Snape. Harry always felt that Snape seemed particularly sensitive to the Invisibility Cloak.
They finally reached the Slytherin Common Room, but there was no one outside.
"Where's Riddle? He hasn't been caught, has he?" Ron whispered worriedly. There were simply too many teachers on patrol tonight.
"Right here!"
Hearing their conversation, Cyrus abruptly materialized out of thin air.
"I used a Disillusionment Charm. Otherwise, I couldn't have avoided the professors." Following their voices, Cyrus reached out and lifted Harry's Invisibility Cloak, then frowned. "Isn't this a bit small for all four of us?"
"Don't you know the Disillusionment Charm?" Ron asked, puzzled.
"But I can only guarantee I won't be spotted if I stay still. If I move, the professors will notice something wrong," Cyrus said deliberately. Malfoy's body was no longer of any use to him.
What he wanted was-Ginny!
"Ginny, let me possess you. With one