When you ascend or descend the steep, narrow staircase that connects the Dungeons to the Viaduct Entrance, you can hear howlers being played.

When you are helping Colin with Fred and George's boxes at the Owlery, stand in the center of your area when he sends the very last box to keep it from falling down the stairs.

Go to the library and talk to the portrait that wants to know the headline of the Daily Prophet. Then, go to the Great Hall and walk up to the front table and turn to face the crowd. You will see a podium with candles on it. Cast Depulso for Discovery Points and Incendio to make candles appear everywhere. Cast Wingardium Leviosa and an owl will drop a newspaper on a table near a Gryffindor student. Examine the paper. Then, go to the library again, and talk to the portrait. It will tell you the password is "No news is good news." This shortcut leads to the fourth floor.

Find the portrait on the fifth floor of the Grand Staircase that rhymes. He will tell you to find the portrait with three faces. Go to the seventh floor corridor and find that three-faced portrait. He will tell you to ask Professor Basil Fronsack. Go to the third floor and ascend the stairs to the Defense Against The Dark Arts room, but stop at the talking gargoyle. Take the passage beside him. Keep going until you reach the portrait just before the Charms room. He will tell you to find the shepherdess on the second floor landing. Go back the way you came, but go through the door on the left before you reach the stairs to third floor. Go down the stairs until you see a portrait of a lady in pink with a staff and sheep. She says to see Google Stump in the Viaduct Entrance. Once there, go to the only portrait in the area, next to a bookcase. He says to ask Gifford Abbott. Go all the way down the stairs in the Grand Staircase. He is the last portrait before you get to the entrance. He tells you "This password is absurd." Go back to Pratt's portrait and tell him.

The Charms book you need for Professor Flitwick's essay is in the Great Hall. It is being read by a Ravenclaw student sitting next to the fire.

The book you are looking for is difficult to find. It is in the restricted area on the far left in the second row from the very back. When you are close, an "X" will appear. Press it to retrieve the book. Then, return to Snape.

You will first help Luna Lovegood in the Clock Tower Courtyard. After ... (continued on next page)