Hours later Maggie on the portrait finished for Lockhart along with a painting of Mrs. Norris and a puddle, then half of the boy's face. The one with dark brown eyes. She heard a ding from her clock, she looked over and saw that dinner would be over soon.

" Time for a stretch," Maggie thought to herself as she stood up. She left the common room and headed down to the kitchens before she got there, she ran into Harry, Ron, and Hermione.

" Come on!" Hermione urged as they all ran after Harry. They stopped to see spiders crawling out of the window, in a single file line.

" Strange I've never seen spiders act like that," Harry said.

" I don't like spiders," Ron said nervously, Hermione snorted. " Well when I was three, Fred turned my teddy bear into a spider because I broke his toy broomstick, you wouldn't like spiders either if your teddy bear had long hairy legs."

" Shut up you two!" hissed Harry, he was listening for a so-called voice.

" What's that?" Hermione asked pointing toward the corner.

" Mrs. Norris?" Maggie gasped as they walked over to it. Mrs. Norris was frozen just like in her painting, there was a puddle of water below them. 

" What does the message say?" Ron asked. 

" The Chamber of Secrets has been opened. Enemies of the heir beware" read Hermione. " It's written in blood!"

" We should go before anyone else finds us," Maggie suggested. Before they could leave, everyone started to come up the stairs from dinner. Once they all saw Mrs. Norris they stopped dead in their tracks.

" Enemies of the Heir...Beware?" Draco read out loud. " You'll be next mudbloods."

" What's going on here?" Filch asked as he made his way through the crowd of students. " Go on! Make way! Make way!" He caught sight of his cat hanging from the bracket, his face fell in horror, he then turned to Harry. " Mrs. Norris?" You've murdered my cat!"

" No, no," Harry denied, Filch grabbed him by the collar.

 " I'll kill ya! I'll kill ya!" Filch threatened.

" Argus I--" began Dumbledore, saving Harry from Filch. The staff all read the message on the wall. Filch then let go of Harry, he backed up to Maggie. " Everyone will proceed to their dormitories immediately." Maggie made eye contact with Cedric before turning to leave. " Everyone except you four."  Maggie stopped and turned around, she stayed with Harry, Hermione, and Ron. " Come with me."

" My office is the nearest headmaster," Lockhart offered as he stepped forward eagerly.  " Please feel free to use it, it's just down the hall."

" Thank you Gilderoy," Dumbledore nodded. They made their way to the office and set Mrs. Norris on the desk. Lockhart lit candles on his desk, the students sat as far away from the desk as they could. They watched Dumbledore examine the cat so closely that his long crooked nose was inches away from her fur, with McGonagall following his lead. Snape preferred to examine a bit farther away, Lockhart was hovering over all of them, making stupid suggestions.

" It was defiantly a curse that killed her most likely the Transfiguration Tortue, I've seen it used many times, of course. Pity I wasn't there, I know the very countercurse-" Lockhart rambled. Filch was in the corner sobbing, Dumbledore began poking the cat.

"She's not dead, Argue," Dumbledore said as he cut off Lockhart.

" Not dead?" Filch chocked. " But she all..."

" Petrified," Maggie finished.

" Very good Ms. Diggory," Dumbledore nodded. " But how I cannot say..."

" Ask him!" Filch shouted as he pointed at Harry. " He did it! I know he did it!" Dumbledore shook his head.

" No second-year could have done this, it would take advance Dark Magic to," Dumbledore explained.

" If I might Headmaster," began Snape. " Perhaps Potter and his friends were simply at the wrong place at the wrong time. However, the circumstances are suspicious, I for one don't recall seeing Potter and his friends at dinner."

" I'm afraid that's my doing Severus," Lockhart said. " I had Maggie do a painting for me and Harry was helping me answer my fan-mail."

"that's why Ron and I went looking Professor," began Hermione. " We just found them when he said..."

" Yes, Ms. Granger?" questioned Snape.

" When we weren't hungry," said Harry. " I was heading back to the common room, then we ran into Maggie, and then I found Mrs. Norris."

" Innocent until proven guilty Severus," Dumbledore said.

" My cat has been petrified. I want to see some punishment!" snapped Filch.

" We'll be able to cure her Argus, as I understand it Madame Sprout has a healthy growth of Mandrakes. When matured a potion will be made which will revive Mrs. Norris. In meantime I strongly recommend caution to all," said Dumbledore. When Maggie got back to her dorm, she saw Mandy sitting in the corner of the common room.

" Hey," Maggie breathed as she sat next to her.

" So Marcus Flint and Michael Corner all loved their paintings," Mandy informed. " We got some more money."

" Will we keep the business name when do get our own building?" Maggie asked.

" Possibly," Mandy shrugged. " But for now Flick of the Brush is now back in school business. Oh, and I also brought you some food."

" You are the best!" Maggie cheered.