Richard went to the library as the other kids were in class.

Although Madam Prince kept looking at him, she didn't interrupt him. 

While Richard was looking through various books, he did complete his homework by lunch time. 

However, Richard didn't find anything about Nicolas Flannel.

With a half sad but also half happy heart, he went to lunch in the Great Hall. 

He sat at the Gryffindore table so he could talk with Hermione, Ron, and Harry.

"I got my homework all done, but I couldn't find anything on Flannel." Richard said.

"Oh good! I'm glad you're keeping up with your homework! Also, here's today's work." Hermione handed him the notes and homework.

"Thank you, Hermione! I seriously owe you one." Richard smiled.

"Seriously? So what if he's a few days behind? He'll catch up later. Let him rest." Ron grumbled.

"Ronald! Our education is very important! He shouldn't be slacking off!" Hermione slightly-yelled at him.

"I'm just saying that he's supposed to be resting! Not running around finding books!" Ron yelled back.

"I'm ganna go. Do you want to come with?" Richard pointed to the Slytherin table.

"No way in a hundred years." Harry shook his head.

Dick laughed as he walked away, "You might change your mind, Harry!" 

"See you, love birds!" Richard laughed.

"WE'RE NOT LOVE BIRDS!" Hermione and Ron shouted at the same time.

Richard grimaced, but didn't say anything.

They totally were.

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"Well, well. The Gryffindor steps back into the house of the snakes." Malfoy said as Richard came into the common room of Slytherin.

"Cut the crap, Malfoy." Dick yelled as he walked through.

"You'll regret the day you walked into here, Grayson! Just like your parents regret having you!" Malfoy yelled after him.

Dick stopped.

He was over by Malfoy in a flash, holding the kid up by his neck.

"I told you once, Draco. You can talk about me. About my father. But don't you EVER talk about my parents." Richard said in the coldest, most emotionless voice he had.

A perfect came up to the pair, "Hey! Let's not start a fight now."

"Leave, if you know what's best for you." Grayson said.

The perfect backed up before running out of the common room, into the Hogwart's hallway.

"That goes for the rest of you in here. Go. This is between Draco and I." Richard said in a strong, cold voice.

Everyone disappeared quickly.

"How many times does it take for you to get the idea, Draco?" Richard asked, like he was a parent scolding a child.

Draco chocked as Dick's grip tightened.

"RICHARD JOHN GRAYSON!" Severus Snape thundered into the common room, the perfect right behind him.

 "What?" Dick snapped at him.

"You will put him down, NOW!" Severus growled.

Richard laughed, "Why would I put down the little ferret?" Dick asked, laughing an emotionless laugh.

"Whatever he said, it's not true. And you know it." Snape said.

"You can mock me, Draco. But don't EVER say anything about my parents." Dick let him down, but didn't let him go.

"You're lucky Severus was here to save you. Next time, you might not be so lucky." Richard said.

Dick let Draco go.

As Richard was turning, he suddenly turned back and punched Draco in the face.

Malfoy fell to the ground.

"Remember, Draco." Dick said, walking away.

Snape snatched Richard's wrist, "You, take Mr. Malfoy to the Medical Wing."

 The perfect nodded and went to Draco's side.

"You and I will have a LONG talk." Snape said in his coldest voice. 

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"And that's how I'm in classes now." Richard finished telling his story to his friends.

"Snape said that if I was well enough to punch people, I was well enough to work again." Richard cracked a smile.

"Man! I wish I was there to see Malfoy's face when you punched it!" Ron smirked.

"Everything good happens when I'm gone!" Fred and George both said together.

"Well, I couldn't find anything about our friend." Dick shrugged to Hermione, Ron, and Harry.

"There is only one more place that we could look." Hermione said with a frown.

"I can't. If I get into anymore trouble, I'll be in the Headmaster's office." Richard frowned, on the same page as Hermione.

"Are we missing something?" Fred and George asked.

"Nothing!" The trio and Richard said together.

Fred and George's eyes narrowed.

A bell rung.

"Well, off to class! See you all later!" Fred smiled.

"Have a jolly good day!" George smiled.

They left together.

But Richard heard what they said.

"They are SO up to something. We'll find out what though." The twins whispered.

Dick's eyes narrowed.

"Now, can you fill us in?" Harry and Ron were confused.

"The Restricted Section in the library. It's the only place we haven't looked yet." Hermione said as they were walking to the next class.

Suddenly, a shimmering dark light caught Richard's eyes.

He stopped as he watched it disappear into a wall.

Dick's head tilted as he walked to the wall.

The wall had a barely-noticeable seam in it. 

You wouldn't see it until you were up-close, like Dick was.

What was it?

A secret door?

"Richard!" Harry called out.

Dick quickly looked at them.

"What are you doing? We're going to be late!" Harry said.

Richard quickly ran back to them.

"Sorry, just seeing things." Dick wrote it off.

For now, at least.

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"I'm so glad that History of Magic is over with!" Ron said as he fell onto the Gryffindor couch.

"Well, since Richard can't join us, we have to come up with a plan ourselves to get into the Restricted Section." Hermione whispered.

"Why can't we just walk in?" Harry asked.

"It's watched. And keep your voice down!" Hermione whisper-yelled.

"Is there an invisibility potion or spell or something?" Harry asked.

"There might be! I'll go look into it!" Hermione smiled, before getting up to run to the library.

"You want to go get food?" Ron looked at Harry.

Harry shrugged, "Why not?"

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Richard stopped as he was walking to the Slytherin house.

The dark ball of shimmering light was there.

It flew into the wall.

Dick walked to the wall.

He looked around the corridor. 

It was just him.

He put his hand up to the wall.

A doorway was made as the wall moved.

There were stairs going up.

Dick was torn between finding out where it went and going back to the common room.

He had to put his stuff up before he could do anything, so common room it was.

Richard walked away.

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When Dick came back, his back pack and books now in his room, he found the area of the wall where the door had been.

But this time, the ball of dark light didn't go through the wall.

He put his hand up.

Nothing happened.

Was he in the right place?

Or...

Did the doors move, like the stairs?

And where did the doors lead to?

How was it?