Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

Kurumi followed Professor Hadley as the woman dashed out of her office, robes bellowing behind her as she scampered as quickly as her short fourth year legs could carry her. "Professor, what do you think is going....OH MY STARS!"

Kurumi's jaw dropped when she saw paper fluttering all over the place. Torn pages! Who would dare to tear a book apart like that. Furthermore, who would tear a book apart and keep the cover and binding? That was the more peculiar thing on the Gryffindor's mind. Like...a pack rat or something. Were there wizarding versions of pack rats? Kurumi wasn't sure that she had come across them in her reading of magical creatures.

Slowly, Kurumi knelt down and picked up some of the pages from the book. Judging from the state of the torn pages, it looked as though it had been one of the older books in Professor Hadley's collection...which made the crime even worse.

"The cover...is missing..." she said, stating the obvious. "Who would want to take the cover of a book?" The best part of it was all over the floor. Whoever it was one thing was sure, they were not a Ravenclaw. Ravenclaws may tear the cover off and take the inside though.