In the meeting room conjured by the Room of Requirement, the two continued their conversation.
Spring had yet to arrive, but the sunlight already held a mellow warmth. It streamed through the glass windows conjured by the Room of Requirement, its soft light illuminating the fine down around Hermione's lips.
"Did you find that room, then?" Su Er straightened, his interest piqued. He knew Hermione's personality. She would not have come to speak to him about this before investigating it thoroughly.
"Of course." Hermione smiled smugly. "I asked lots of ghosts, including Professor Binns."
As she spoke, Hermione took a very ancient-looking sheet of parchment from the satchel beside her and carefully unfolded it. The parchment was huge, covering the entire little tea table before them. With the passage of time, its once jet-black ink had oxidized and faded to an emerald green. Countless lines combined to outline the entire Castle, with tiny lettering labeling its various parts.
Su Er narrowed his eyes and looked it over, comparing it against his memories of what the various rooms were used for. In fact, the locations of many rooms on this map had changed, and many no longer matched his memories. Defence Against Dark Magic, for instance, was currently taught on the fourth floor, while the map marked it on the Second Floor.
Some places had remained unchanged over the years, such as the Kitchen. A mysterious location to many students, it had always been below ground in the Castle, along a corridor on the same level as the Hufflepuff Common Room. Of course, being marked on a map was one thing; whether students could find it still depended on them.
The Great Hall and the Astronomy Tower, for instance, had not changed.
"Did you get this from Professor Binns?" Su Er