No one noticed the two little animals beside a small desk, their ears pricked as they eavesdropped, nor did anyone imagine that young wizards might have learned the Animagus transformation and used it to sneak into the Ravenclaw Common Room.
"We've practically searched the entire Castle." A witch with a Prefect Badge pinned to her chest spoke. "Eddie, where did you find the things you brought over just now?"
"On the Seventh Floor." Eddie exchanged a glance with his roommate and shook his head. Because of the contract, he could not tell the others about the Room of Requirement on the Seventh Floor, so he chose his words carefully.
"We just happened to discover a room there piled with all sorts of junk. You all saw where I brought those two sacks from. I guarantee I brought over everything there that looked like a diadem."
"Do you think, perhaps, this legend is actually..." said a wizard who looked very mature.
"No, Xiteli." At last, someone Su Er knew spoke up. It was Roger Davies, who had once been Pheobe's dance partner.
"This is definitely real. Remember the Chamber of Secrets? The one beneath the Castle."
Everyone nodded. The Chamber of Secrets incident had caused an uproar in the Castle back then, and they still remembered it.
"Slytherin must have left something there-a legacy. And..." Roger Davies glanced at the Grey Lady in front of the statue, then suddenly lowered his voice. "Not many people know this, but I asked Professor Flitwick. The Grey Lady's full name is Helena Ravenclaw."
"You mean..." The female Prefect's eyes flickered as she asked thoughtfully.
"Exactly what you're thinking." Roger nodded. "Don't forget, when that first-year found the book in the little library, the Grey Lady was right beside them. She saw the tattered treasure