Harry Potter

Novus

Part two

May 31st, 2018

James and Albus dashed through large cracks in walls until they came to a dead end. James was thinking about the moment his brother saved him from the foot of death.

Albus wondered if the Basilik morphed to it's serpent self, resulting in it slithering.

James was an alright jumper, but great if it could decide his life.

The epic leap of life or … death.

He leaped. His head was in a daze, thinking he was crushed to death. But he was on the other side miraculously.

But he just made an almost costly mistake.

Albus was wondering how they lead their lives to this moment. He forgot why he was here.

Albus could not jump high. James was aware the Basilik was coming closer. He wanted to be resourceful, but only Al was good at.

He looked around at his surroundings. The atmosphere of the chamber was cold and dark. Most of the chamber, if there was an extension, would be intact. Then an idea struck his mind. There were scratch marks that were hollow on the walls. If he could punch through and get Al on this side, they were safe and sound. But it was impossible.

But…

It was about time listening to Rose's spells paid off!

James drew his wand, swished it at wall blocking him and Albus and shouted, " Go to the side and stay there, Al!" Enough time for Al to get out of the way.

After five seconds, James yelled, "Bombarda!

The wall exploded, leaving a trail of black smoke and a crack big enough for Al to get through.

He fulfilled the purpose of James' act, by getting through hastily.

They encountered a hollow crack on the walls. James pointed his wand at it and yelled, "Bombarda!" But something wrong occurred. The spell repelled and hit James square in the chest and a stifled explosion erupted.

James was hit square in the chest, knocking him back. But not unconscious.

Albus was shocked. There must have been some curse on the wall. But what was it?

Albus looked back. In two seconds, his brother and him would be crushed to death by the weight of the Basilik.

Albus could only decide that the creature was centimetres from it's two targets. The boys were centimetres from death.

"If only I knew apparition."

The Basilik leaped from the floor and was only millimetres away from the boys. The walls were cracking up and a loud bang filled the air.

Albus cried out in pain.

An extremely rare, blue owl flew into the house of Harry Potter through the kitchen window with an envelope tied to it's leg.

Ginny Weasley untied it and opened it.

After a minute, a shriek escaped from her lips. Harry came rushing.

Ginny was lying on the tiled floor, an envelope clenched in her fist. Harry reached the kitchen and knelt down before his wife, checking her pulse. It was beating. Slowly, he opened Ginny's hand and swiped the envelope. A red stamp was printed on the front.

Mr and Mrs Potter

12 Grimmauld Place

London

As he tore it open, nothing could ever prepare him for what he was about to read.

Albus felt no pain.

He cried out in pain, but felt none. But he did hear a pop, and then there was no sound. He looked around him. He was somewhere, but it definitely was not in the Chamber of Secrets. His hand was splintered by not wood, but another material. Albus could feel the grass beneath his feet and his brother was getting up after the knock on the stomach. Albus heard another pop and his cousin, Rose Weasley with her red hair emerged. Albus looked down. And he was on the edge of land. He turned and looked from top to bottom. The magnificent Hogwarts building.

He and his kin were free. The earth beneath him grumbled and tossed them onto their backs, James was almost knocked off the cliff. The grumble ceased and they stood on their feet. "Where the bloody hell, were you off to?", shouted James.

Rose grumbled with an annoyed face. "Ask a stupid question! I don't go wandering off on purpose! If you must know, I was pinched by those demented, treacherous tarantulas who dub themselves 'the children of Aragog'! And I was looking for this." She tossed before them on the green grass, a tattered and pierced diary. It was soaked and the only word that could made out were he day of Tm Rile. "Not, that does not make a lick of sense!", Albus exclaimed. "Why would you-

"It's my turn to ask the questions, Rose interrupted, "What were you too hooligans up to?"

"ASK A STUPID QUESTION!", James and Albus roared to the extent of their voices. "We were just engaged in a wild goose chase with a gigantic reptile, that wanted to kill us! It was real fun, I could take you back there. Just follow us to the girls lavatory and see what you are missing out on!"

"And what are you doing with a stupid journal anyway?", Albus remarked.

Rose replied simply, "I listened to my human instinct! We all have a self-conscious and my self-conscious had a calling for this book. Let's leave it at that!"

The earth shook and a Basilik protruded from the Chamber of Secrets. The children only stared at the scaly armour and not the monsters yellow, deathly eyes.

But it slithered down it's hole again, when a loud, distinguishing voiced ringed out, "Wat ar' ye up to no'?!", barked groundskeeper Rubeus Hagrid.

James looked up to see a half-giant figure, with a withering silver beard and beetle eyes staring down at him. "It was not us! It was the Basilik!" That a stupid thing to say.

"The B'silik wa' killed by ye da' ye'rs ago! Your dad killed the Basilik!" And then Hagrid's eyes set on the gap on Hogwarts property. "Wha' hav' ye rasc'ls don now?!"

Their false punishment was to down the gap back into the Chamber of Secrets, and when that was done, they were to fill the gap again with compost. Rose would be facing an extra difficult examination, harder than others. Albus would have to help Hagrid groom and feed his beasts and visit those "man-horses" in the Forbidden Forest. James would have to banned from all Quidditch trainings and not to play on the day of Gryffindor vs. Hufflepuff match he was anticipating. And Mum and Dad would definitely disallow him to go to the Quidditch World Cup 2018.

But readers, this is not the end of the Chamber of Secrets or Hogwarts. It shall begin on the next Novus.

And expect the unexpected!