Caretaker Argus Filch found the egg and, because Harry was under his Invisibility cloak, assumed that Peeves had stolen it. ![]() When heading back to the common room, he fell through a trick step in the staircase and dropped the egg, after seeing 'Bartemius Crouch' on the Marauder's Map, which he assumed to be Barty Crouch Snr. When she confirmed this information, Harry got out of the bath and headed back to the Gryffindor Common Room. After some contemplation, he asked Myrtle if there were merpeople in the Black Lake. With the urging of Moaning Myrtle, Harry opened it up underwater. He did not figure out the clue until he took the advice of Cedric Diggory and 'took a bath' with the egg. Harry Potter did not pay much attention to the egg the first weeks, the reason being him thinking he had hordes of time. Harry in the prefect's bathroom working out the clue of the Golden Egg ![]() If opened in open air, the egg would screech (like a banshee) and make a horrible racket. As the voices were those of merfolk, they could only be understood underwater. The eggs contained disembodied merpeople voices singing a song to the champions, letting them know that they had to come to the lake and rescue something very valuable to them, which turned out to be a person very close to each of the champions. ![]() The nearest thing to it Harry had ever heard was the ghost orchestra at Nearly Headless Nick’s deathday party, who had all been playing the musical saw." - The horrible noise produced by the egg when opened in open air " It was hollow and completely empty - but the moment Harry opened it, the most horrible noise, a loud and screechy wailing, filled the room.
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