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She probably wasn't talking to him, but Forrester answered anyway, "I don't think you knocked down a prison they were in, Anna. They're ghosts, they come and go as they please." He paused, pondering, then, "you might have woke them up, however."
He looked then at Alex, "I know the school has been known to play tricks on students, doors that lead nowhere, the moving staircase that....well, moves. But I've never heard of students knocking secrets out of it before, have you?" He wasn't sure if he wanted to give the students a get-out-of-jail-free card or not. However, the hunt had been last year, no sense in punishing them now.....was there?
Anna turned her attention back to Professor Forrester, who was addressing what she'd just said about the mirror. Anna nodded as he spoke, realizing that he was correct in saying the ghosts couldn't have just been merely set free from a prison of walls. He did, however, agree that the students may have awakened the ghosts. Anna wondered if ghosts could really "sleep" or lie idle, and if so, what had caused them to stay away for long in the first place? Anna started to add something to what he'd said, but Professor Forrester had already started talking to Professor Pierce once again. It was best not to interrupt adults any more than necessary.
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Slytherin Fox Antonio had heard voices coming from this room and was wondering what on earth could possibly be in here that would be of interest to anyone. Truth be told, he never even knew this room even existed, though he hadn't visited this particular floor that often. He thought he had a fairly good understanding of where all the rooms were located inside Hogwarts, how had this one passed unnoticed?
To his surprise, upon entering the room he found not only several students in there but Professors Forrester and Pierce, as well. His suspicions were beginning to be confirmed about this place holding something secret. "Hello, professors, students," he greeted, then turned to gaze upon something he never expected to see, could it really be? "Is that the mirror of Erised?", he asked. He had heard rumors about it, but certainly never expected to see it appear at Hogwarts. For some reason he couldn't explain, he was beginning to feel a desire, something drawing him close to the mirror. But all he could do at this point was stare.
Instead, she focused her attention on Professor Dumont, who'd apparently just stumbled upon the secret room, as well. "Hello, Professor Dumont," she greeted, watching him eye the mirror in awe. "That's what we've been told. Apparently a few of the students standing around had previously read about the mirror and knew what it was capable of doing," she said. "It's true. It really is. The reflection I saw when I looked into it was definitely not the one I see inside normal mirrors."