Mariel had been silently eating her lunch in the Great Hall watching student after student disappear into some strange room that she was sure had not been there before. Curiosity finally getting the better of her, she decided to follow to see what was going on for herself. Almost at once she thought of turning back since the room was pitch black, but upon hearing voices, some of them seemingly familiar, she decided to move forward, feeling her way along the walls.

Finally she came to a large room, filled with many Ravenclaws and a statue of Rowena Ravenclaw, lit with a spotlight and five colored circles. She stood silently apart from the group and listened as they pondered what to do with the circles. Mariel listened curiously as the statue's mouth opened and spoke a riddle. Walking over to Meredith, the girl she met at the last Quidditch match, she looked over the notes the girl made.

"The second one.. the one about birds of peace, those are doves and they're white, so the second one should be white, right? I would think the last one would be Ravenclaw since our house is known for our superiour wit and intellect. I agree with you about the rest," she told Meredith tentatively. She wasn't sure about the first one though. She had thought Huffies were supposed to be pure of heart, but maybe it was really Gryffindor. But with the process of elimination, she'd have to be right.