Kate got up from the table and followed the other kids to a tower which was called Gyrffindor Tower. She was amazed by the moving and talking portraits, and there was a small delay as they crossed paths with a poltergeist. The Prefect, a red-headed fifth year boy she heard others refer to as Percy Weasly, manged to escort them past by threatening the poltergeist, who she gathered was called Peeves, with someone called the Bloody Baron.
When they reached the Tower, all Kate could see was a portrait of a fat woman in a pink dress. Percy the Prefect stepped up to the portrait and said "Capit Draconis" Kate though this was a rather ridiculous thing to say, and wondered if Percy wasn't a bit mad, when the portrait smiled and said "Password accepted" Kate made a mental note of the password and sat down in front of the fire. She pulled out her copy of Hogwarts, A History. She hated to admit it, but her curiosity was peaked about the third floor. Kate was determined to find out the mystery of the third floor corridor.