Noelle ran a hand through her hair as she waited for the gargoyle to move, shift, shake.... whatever it was supposed to do.... but it wasn't doing anything. She shifted in front of it, willing it to move with her eyes.

Nothing.

Looking at the professor, she opened her mouth to say that perhaps they didn't have the right password, only, the headmistress was behind them. Noelle nodded her head at the headmistress and moved aside to let her say the password and thank Merlin that statue moved.

Noelle didn't have to say a word though as Professor Newton began telling the story. Exactly how Noelle would have told it. So Noelle nodded with everything that she had said. Now what?? Could they go get their precious pea?