Thank you for all the reviews, I'm glad that there are more and more reviewers. I hope that you will enjoy this chapter. I'm not sure if I'll be able to write a lot in the newt days as I will be in an exam week but I'll do my best.


Jade raced around the pitch, the Bludger zooming after her. She made sure not to get too close to the stands or to her teammates. She suddenly dived towards the ground and the Bludger shot passed her, missing her by a few inches. Jade stopped to catch her breath waiting for the black stone-like ball to come back. She took the opportunity to look around the pitch for the Snitch. Her quick scan didn't reveal anything and Malfoy was still flying amongst the dark clouds, looking for the Snitch. The Bludger was coming back at an incredible speed and Jade had to take off again. She was thankful the rain had stopped. At least, she could see where she was going and even look for the Snitch properly, even though it was difficult with a Bludger trying to knock you off your broom. She took a sharp angle which sent the Bludger off track for a minute or so. Suddenly she caught sight of a golden gleam on the other side of the pitch. She sped forward, the Bludger still behind her. Unfortunately, Malfoy had seen it too and was also speeding towards it. The two Seekers flew side by side, frantically trying to catch the Snitch. Both of their hands were outstretched. Malfoy was hit by the second Bludger, a second before Jade was hit by the rogue one. They both fell to the ground. Malfoy was caught by Marcus Flint but Jade hit the ground. The impact sent pain in every part of her body and an ominous crack came from her right wrist. She dizzily lifted her arm so that she could see said wrist. Her hand was hanging limply from her arm. A smile crept on her face when she saw the fluttering Golden Snitch in her hand.

Her team landed around her and she was soon in the middle of a crowd of overjoyed Gryffindors. Fred and George helped her sit up and Wood congratulated her endlessly. Jade smiled stupidly as she looked at the Snitch in her hand. She didn't listen to the twins telling her she needed to go to the Hospital Wing, nor did she listen to Wood's enthusiastic remarks. What finally caught her attention was Christopher running towards her.

"Jade, are you okay?" asked her twin as he crouched by her side.

"I'm fine." said Jade.

Christopher looked at her wrist sceptically. At that moment, Lockhart walked through the crowd towards them.

"A beautiful game, Miss Potter, congratulations." said the man with a shining smile.

"Not you." she groaned.

"Don't know what she's saying." said Lockhart loudly at the crowd of Gryffindors. "Don't worry, Miss Potter, I'll fix that arm for you."

"No, I'd rather keep it like that!" she exclaimed in a high pitched voice.

"Now, now, it's a rather simple charm…"

"No, I'll go to the Hospital Wing." insisted Jade.

Lockhart didn't listen to her and grabbed her arm. She flinched from the pain and slapped the man's hand which was holding her own.

"That hurts damn it!" she practically yelled at him.

Lockhart looked stunned but quickly regained his composure and flashed a smile. Then he pointed his wand towards her wrist. Jade felt a very uncomfortable sensation spread to her arm. She closed her eyes not wanting to see what had just happened. The pain was indeed gone, but if she was to trust the many gasps around her, her wrist hadn't simply mended itself. She took a deep breath and looked down her right side. Her arm resembled a flesh-colored rubber glove. She tried to move it but nothing happen.

"This is a nightmare." she said before passing out.


She woke up in the night, gasping as she felt the incredible pain in her arm. She took a few minutes to recall what had happen. Then, she remembered how Lockhart had removed the bones in her arm instead of mending her wrist. Suddenly, she realized she was being hit on the head and that was what had woken her.

"Stop!" she snapped angrily sitting up with difficulty.

She looked around quickly. As she had suspected she was in the Hospital Wing. Her eyes found the one who had disturbed her sleep and the green orbs narrowed dangerously.

"Dobby." she said.

The elf was standing on her bed, his beady black eyes fixed on her.

"Why didn't Miss stop Christopher Potter from going back?" asked the elf. "Even though Dobby blocked the passage at the station, Christopher Potter still went to Hogwarts…"

"That was you!" exclaimed Jade. "Do you realize you nearly killed my brother that day!"

The elf looked sheepish and pulled on his ears. Jade was pretty sure it hurt but at the moment she couldn't bring herself to feel pity for the little creature.

"Dobby, was it you who jinxed the Bludger?" she asked her voice ominously calm.

The elf nodded, then squealed, jumped from the bed and banged his head on the floor.

"Stop!" commanded the girl. "Tell me why you did it."

The elf stopped banging his head and looked at her trembling.

"Dobby wanted to scare Christopher Potter, miss. So he jinxed the Bludger to scare his sister, miss. Because Christopher Potter listens to his sister, miss."

The house-elf burst into tears. Jade watched the pitiful thing blow his nose in the pillowcase he wore.

She sighed and she forced herself to calm down.

"Why are wearing that thing anyway?" she enquired looking sceptically at the pillowcase.

"'Tis the mark of enslavement, miss. Dobby can only be freed if Dobby's master presents him with clothes, miss." explained the elf. "Christopher Potter must go home, miss. He must."

Jade watched the elf in exasperation.

"I don't suppose you're going to tell me why he must go home?" she said.

"If only Miss knew! Now that the Chamber of Secrets has been open again…" the elf froze.

Jade jumped.

"So there is a Chamber of Secrets and wait, did you just say it had been opened before?" she asked.

The elf whimpered and disappeared with a loud crack. Jade swore and dropped back in her pillows. She had been so close to get more information on the Chamber. She was busy cursing the world for everything that had happened when hurried footsteps came from the corridor. A second later, the door burst open and Dumbledore came in carrying one end of what looked like a statue. Professor McGonagall followed carrying the feet. Jade lay quite still, pretending to be asleep. The two teachers placed the statue carefully on a bed opposite Jade's and professor McGonagall hurried off, probably to look for Madam Pomfrey. The two women arrived and the nurse gasped as she saw the statue.

"Oh dear! What happened?" she said in a hushed voice.

"We found him on the stairs, we think he snuck into the kitchens and he was on his way back to Gryffindor." answered Dumbledore.

Jade tensed. She raised her head very slowly so as to not attract attention. A ray of moonlight lit the face of the statue. Jade froze. It was Colin Creevey. The boy was holding his camera to his eye. Or rather what seemed to have been his camera…He was frozen in the movement much like Mrs Norris had been.

"Melted?" said Madam Pomfrey looking at the camera. "What does this mean Albus?"

"It means that the Chamber of Secrets has been opened once again." replied the headmaster warily.

There was a collective gasps from Madam Pomfrey and Professor McGonagall.

"But…Albus, who…?" said Professor McGonagall.

"The question is not who, but how." said Dumbledore.

The headmaster's words echoed in Jade's head long after the three teachers had retreated. Not who but how. She needed to find out who had opened it the last time and what had happened, and then she would be able to get a clue as to how it was opened this time. She fell asleep as her mind started forming plans, the pain in her arm completely forgotten.


When Jade left the Hospital Wing the next day, she had to roam the corridors in the hope of finding her friends. Once she had searched the Common Room, the library, the seventh, sixth and all the way down to the third floor without success, a horrible thought crept in her mind. No, there was no reason they would be there, and yet…She walked warily to the second floor and stopped in front of Moaning Myrtle's bathroom. She opened the door with trembling hands and stepped in the horrifying bathroom. She heard whispers from one of the cubicles.

"It's me." she said.

Three heads popped out of the cubicle.

"Jade, how are you feeling?" asked Hermione.

"Loads better, thanks." said the raven haired trying to smile.

"Brilliant catch yesterday." said Ron clapping her back.

"Thanks." she said.

Christopher was looking at her with a worried frown. She managed to smile at him in wha she hoped was a reassuring way.

"There was another victim, last night." she announced.

Her friends froze.

"Who was it?" asked Hermione in a very small voice.

"Colin Creevey."

There was a long silence during which all of them looked uneasy. The sound of a boiling liquid rose from the cubicle. Hermione immediately went back in.

"What's that?" asked Jade bewildered.

"We decided to get started on the Polyjuice Potion." said Christopher.

Jade poked her head inside the cubicle. Sure enough, Hermione was bending over a cauldron there.

"We thought, it was the best place to do it." added Ron.

Jade felt her soul being crushed. This was horrible. She would have to come back there often. It would be torture, it was already torture.

"Oh, right." she said suddenly. "Dobby came to see me last night."

Hermione and Ron looked confused but Christopher frowned clearly remembering the house-elf.

"What did he want?" he said.

"Apparently he was the one who blocked the passage at King's Cross, he told me you shouldn't be here." she said. "But the most important is, he said the Chamber had been opened before."

Hermione gasped.

"It's been opened before!?" she exclaimed.

Jade nodded.

"This settles it, then." said Ron. "Lucius Malfoy must have opened it when he was at school and he's told dear old Draco how to do it. Wish Dobby would have told us what kind of monster it is though. I want to know how come nobody's noticed it sneaking in the school."

"Maybe, it can make itself invisible." suggested Hermione. "I've read about Chameleon Ghouls…"

"I noticed it. I heard its voice." cut in Jade.

The others looked at her uncomfortably. The raven haired girl realized they weren't sure if they should believe her. With an indignant huff she left the bathroom.


In the days that followed, the atmosphere in Hogwarts was morose. Most Gryffindors were saddened by Colin's attack and many were trying to find ways to protect themselves. Jade hadn't talked to Christopher, Hermione and Ron again. She had been hurt that they didn't believe her. However, she had a suspicion that she had reacted so violently because she didn't want to go back in the blasted bathroom. When Professor McGonagall had brought a paper to sign for those who would be staying for Christmas, Jade had signed it. She had heard Malfoy was staying which was suspicious in itself but she was also sure the others would be staying as well. Knowing that Christopher could be in danger was enough for her to stay. Dobby's warning was still fresh in her memory and she spent her days worrying about what could happen.

Jade also knew that her three friends were continuing the Polyjuice potion. She had confirmation of this during a Potions class. She caught sight of Christopher discreetly sending one of Fred's Filibuster fireworks in Goyle's cauldron. The cauldron exploded causing an unimaginable mess. Snape was furious and he glared threateningly at Christopher. Jade had to fight to keep a straight face when she saw Malfoy's nose become the size of a small melon.

A week after the incident in Potions, as Jade walked through the Entrance Hall she noticed a gathering in front of the notice board. She made her way through the crowd of students. A note was announcing the beginning of a duelling club.

"The first meeting is tonight." she heard Hermione say behind her.

"What, you reckon Slytherin's monster can duel?" asked Ron, though Jade could tell he was interested.

"Could be useful." she heard Christopher say before the three voices became distant.

Jade glanced at the note. She might as well go. It would be easy for anyone to get hurt in such a club and she wanted to keep an eye on Christopher, Hermione and Ron. She had a hunch that bloody Loanshark was behind it and whenever that wannabe hero was involved, Catastrophe wasn't far. So that night, after dinner, she went back to the Great Hall where the duelling club was to take place. There were many students there and as Jade had predicted Lockhart was there. What she hadn't predicted was that Snape would be there as well. The greasy haired man was standing behind Lockhart looking absolutely bored.

"Ahem, Professor Dumbledore has granted me permission to start a duelling club." announced Lockhart. "To train you all in case you find yourself in need of defending yourself like I have done on countless occasions." Jade sighed; this was going to be a long evening. "Let me introduce my assistant Professor Snape." said Lockhart flashing a wide smile. "He tells me he knows a tiny little bit about duelling himself and has sportingly agreed to assist me with a little demonstration before we start. Now I don't want you to worry, you will still have your Potions master once I'm finished with him."

Jade laughed loudly.

"You should be more worried about what will happen to you once he's finished with you." she called causing a good half of the students to laugh.

She noticed Snape's lip curling and wondered if that was a sign of amusement. Lockhart cleared his throat, apparently embarrassed and turned to face Snape. The two professors raised their wands like swords.

"As you can see," he said. "We are holding our wands in the accepted combative position. On the count of three, we will cast our first spells. Neither of us will be aiming to kill of course."

Looking at Snape baring his teeth, Jade thought that the man actually looked like he was, in fact, planning to kill Lockhart. She couldn't blame him really, if she had been in his place she would have felt like casting the killing curse.

"One, two, three." counted Lockhart.

Both of them waved their wands. Snape yelled 'Expelliarmus' and a scarlet light sent Lockhart flying across the room. Jade watched gleefully as the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher smashed in a wall and slid to the floor. The only thing that stopped her from cheering was seeing Malfoy doing just that.

"Well, there you have it." said Lockhart as he got to his feet and walked back to the centre of the room. "That was a Disarming Spell, as you could see. It was a very good idea to show them that Professor Snape, though, if you don't mind me saying it was very obvious what you were about to do. If I had wanted to stop you it would have been very easy. Obviously, I thought it would be good to let the students see…"

Lockhart must have noticed the murderous look on Snape because he stopped and turned to face the students.

"Time to pair up everyone." he announced.

Jade saw Christopher pairing up with Ron. Her gaze met with Hermione's. The bushy haired girl gave her an uncertain smile and started walking towards her. Snape must have noticed the motion because he walked over to them.

"Time to split up the Dream Team, I think." he said, his eyes glinting evilly. "Potter you pair up with Mister Malfoy, Granger can go with Bulstrode."

Jade glared daggers at the Potions master as he retreated. She then went to stand opposite Malfoy. The blond had a smirk plastered on his face and looked highly amused by his Head of house's decision. Jade wasn't amused in the least, the only positive aspect was that at least she wouldn't have to worry about hurting her partner. If he was hurt it would be beneficial to the school; she would be doing a good deed.

"Face your partners and bow." called Lockhart.

Malfoy and Jade barely bowed and never broke eye contact.

"Wands at the ready!" said Lockhart. "When I count to three cast your charms to disarm your opponent. Only to disarm, we don't want any accidents. One..Two…Three."

Jade waved her wand but the Slytherin had started on two and his spell hit the girl so hard she nearly fell. Jade felt like she had just been hit on the head by something a little too heavy. She wasted no time in retaliating.

"Rictusempra." she shouted.

The jet of silver light hit Malfoy in the stomach and he doubled up, wheezing.

"I said to disarm only." shouted Lockhart.

Jade ignored him, watching with interest as Malfoy laughed hysterically. Suddenly, Malfoy managed to gasp some air and pointed his wand at her before shouting 'Tarantellegra'. Jade's legs started tap dancing against her will.

Lockhart was still shouting for them to stop. It was Snape who took action.

"Finite Incatatem." he said and both spells were removed.

Jade suddenly noticed that her duel with Malfoy wasn't the only one which had gone wrong. Hermione was being held in head-lock by Millicent Bulstrode, Dean was lying on the floor in the middle of green mist, Ron was helping an ashen-faced Christopher up apologizing for whatever his broken wand had done.

"I'd better start by teaching you how to stop unfriendly spells." said Lockhart at last. "Let's have a volunteer pair."

He looked around him in order to choose the 'volunteer' pair. Snape walked forward.

"How about Miss Potter and Mister Malfoy?" said the Potions master with a sneer.

Jade gritted her teeth. She knew that talking back would only make things worse.

"Excellent idea." said Lockhart motioning them forward.

Jade walked up to the platform in the middle of the room. Malfoy placed himself opposite her. Lockhart came to show her the spell. He made some complicating movements with his wand and finished the move by dropping it.

"Oops! Looks like my wand is a bit over-excited." he said picking it up and turning towards Malfoy.

Snape was whispering something to the blond with an evil smirk. Upon hearing his Head of House, Malfo smirked as well. This made Jade very uneasy.

"Professor, could you show me that Blocking spell again?" she asked Lockhart.

"Just do what I did." said the professor not looking at her.

"What? Drop my wand?" she replied causing a few students to snigger.

The professor ignored the remark and started counting.

"One…Two…Three!"