"You know, there's no point in wearing an invisibility cloak, if you make so much noise when you walk?". Richard stated as stood near the third floor corridor, leaned against the wall near the staircase.
" yeah? Well maybe you should've thought about that before making me walk up three flights of moving stairs hunched like a hag inside a toddler sized invisibility cloak." Tonks huffed a little seemingly out of breath.
Richard ignored complaints, before taking the lead. "So... what are we doing here?" Tonks questioned curious about the nature of their excursion. Richard simply put his index finger on his clips and motioned her to be quiet before using the disillusionment charm on himself.
tap tap
The sound of foot steps were followed by man in a grey cloak, who passed by them the moment Tonks covered herself with the invisibility cloak. However the identity of the man did not escape both of their eyes.
" Was that..... Professor Quirrell?" Tonks questioned, bit hesitant long after the sound of foot steps faded away.
"What was HE doing here?... And what are we doing here? In fact what are any of us doing here really? Don't you remember what Dumbledore said about third floor corridor. " she scrunched her face up as she tried to remember the exact words. "Something about being forbidden to all... painful death and something along those lines?"
Richard did not beat around the bush. "There's something valuable hidden inside Hogwarts. And Quirrel wants to take it to himself."
" Then what are we doing here? shouldn't we call the headmaster ?" Tonks asked a bit panicked. However Richard did not lose his demeanour.
" I don't really care what's inside or whatever happens to it" he replied " it's just, there're some more people coming and their deaths at the moment would be of great inconvenience to me".
Tonks blinked her eyes and stared at the source of Richard's voice. She did not expect Richard to actually meddle in someone else's business, or even care about anyone else for that matter.
They did not have to wait long as the sound of more light footsteps followed. Tonks wanted to question, only to once more find herself unable to open her mouth.
"Invisibility cloak"
Richard answered the unvoiced question before following in the just same direction with Tonks tagging along behind him.
After a short walk, they came across an old closed wooden door at the end of the corridor. It was locked tight, and the door itself looked sturdy enough with the strips of iron welded into the somewhat discolored wood. But that didn't stop the sound of Fluffy barking and scratching as well as the muffled screams of Richard's three housemates.
' They're already in' Richard thought as the noise died down. He placed his ear against the aged wood for a few minutes,only to hear nothing but silence. He pointed his wand at the door lock intending to unlock it, however they both froze as the door opened itself in a light push. The moment it did, they found themselves facing six eyes and three maws full of sharp teeth looking directly at them. And none of the three faces looked happy.