They had barely reached the common room in record time before their friends were surrounding them demanding to know what had happened. "What happened?" - "Are they blaming you?" - Did Potter and Weasley get blamed?" - "Tell us everything." Blaise, Daphne, Draco and Pansy shot off in quick succession, thankfully Luna and Theo seemed content to wait for Harry and Hermione to catch their breath. "Not here." Hermione hissed, although Slytherin’s were loyal to each other and treated like family, they couldn’t say the same for the portraits or even eavesdropping charms in the common room. Together Harry and Hermione led their friends to the boys dormitory. Their Father had informed them that Salazar Slytherin had done specific magic to keep the dorms private; no eavesdropping charms would work, there were no portraits and not even the inventions of The Marauders or The Weasley Twins could make it through the barriers. But as children of The Dark Lord, both Harry and Hermione threw up protection and silencing charms to be safe, paranoia would keep them and their secrets safe and alive. Finally when they felt safe they all sat down on the floor in a large circle.