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This staircase was located in Gryffindor Tower which was accessible from the seventh floor of Hogwarts Castle. It led to the girls' dormitories.
History
Back in the era of the Hogwarts founders, a common belief was that girls were more trustworthy than boys, and as such, Godric Gryffindor enchanted the girls' staircase so to turn into a slide should a boy try to enter. No such enchantment has been put in place to keep girls out of the boys dorm.
During the 1995–1996 school year, the staircase turned on Ron Weasley and Harry Potter, who had been trying enter the girls dormitory to contact Hermione Granger. The stairs turned into the magnificent slide, and Ron fell. Hermione herself came down moments later, following a pair of laughing girls.
Behind the scenes
- The enchantment on the girls' staircase is possibly an extension of the spell, Glisseo, which was used by Hermione when being pursued by Death Eaters during the Battle of Hogwarts.