Chapter 7 – Out with the old

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Then the writing appeared…

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THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS HAS BEEN OPENED.

ENEMIES OF THE HEIR, BEWARE

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At first I thought it was some idiot trying for a star wars script writing job but then people started to get petrified and Hagrid was crying over all his dead roosters.

I remembered Dobby's warning. I figured the blood-red words appearing on the wall outside the girl's bathroom were more than a prank.

Hedwig came soaring in with news of another of Dumbledork's plans or plots. I was to be blamed for the opening of the Chamber of Secrets. Dumbledore was again going to come to my rescue somehow. The whisper campaign worked well but I was the one who wanted to be left alone and with these rumors I certainly was left to myself. The school now knew I was now the Heir of Slytherin.

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Holliday break arrived and I was sitting back while Susan and Hannah were explaining to Amelia about the Chamber of Secrets being reopened.

"What is wrong with that old goat? He hasn't said a word to the DMLE that there is any problems at Hogwarts. If nothing more we should have our Aurors patrolling the school."

Amelia charged off to raise hell leaving me with the girls. They were laughing and giggling the whole time as they discussed Dumbledore and most of the teachers trying to find one Harry Potter. I had stepped out of the leaving feast as if I was going to take a bathroom break but had headed to Bones Manor.

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I for one was not a very happy student returning to Hogwarts. Snape was at the head table and Dumbledore and I played "are you asking as my guardian or Headmaster" game.

I had just left Dumbledore's office when a curse flew by my moving head and chipped the wall; I had just practiced my which is the highest of the elements. That's where the fighting discipline is blended with the other elements. A warrior properly attuned to the Void can sense their surroundings and act without thinking, and without using their physical senses. I had not had any practice since California martial arts classes. That old Japanese fart loved to throw knives and throwing stars at me at the most inopportune of times especially when he had me blindfolded. Of course there was no sign of this attacker so I moved on to the Great Hall.

I received a number of these attacks in the days that followed. Always to my back as all cowards do. I figured they were using either an invisibility cloak or hidden passages to cast their curses without being seen.

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As I was waking to the Great Hall an announcement echoed throughout the castle, "All students are to report to their common room." As I walked by the girl's bathroom I saw underneath the first message, 'Her skeleton will lie in the Chamber forever.'

Nice I thought but as I passed the open door I saw a weird sight. The sinks had moved and opened a bloody great hole in the floor. I stepped into the room and approached the hole to look down and I entered the 'Void'. I was now behind someone who had been sneaking up behind me, I grabbed at the invisible somebody but he twisted. This caused us to fall into the hole. I was on top of someone who was screaming a high-pitched wail as we slid down a pipe for what seemed forever. When we hit bottom I stopped my momentum with a cushion of air. As I stood up I saw a pair of legs, when I removed the cloak I saw Draco Malfoy out cold with a knife in his hand, I kept the cloak.

I heard some noises coming down the tunnel so I headed that way knowing I was stupid to do so. What I found was three people, Granger and Ron were out cold probably from the cave-in. Lockhart was playing some kind of game with some pebbles while giggling like a child. This was getting better by the second.

I gave my hand a wave and the cave-in restored itself to a tunnel and I pressed on. As I stepped through a circular opening I saw the Weasley girl out cold on the ground in this huge cavern and some half solid specter trying to wave a wand around or produce a spell. "Who dares to interrupt Lord Voldemort."

I need a monologue of a bragging specter like I need Snape so I thought, "give it a lightning bolt", whoops not a working idea.

...I who have gone further to become immortal than...

While the specter ranted on I realized that I was too far underground to call lighting from the sky, so I had to manipulate a number of elements.

...my basilisk shall...

Thankfully there was a pool of water in the cavern. Meanwhile I started a storm high up in the cavern. It was forming fast as I could feel the electricity in the air. I pulled water from the pool and threw a frozen spear of ice at the specter. Of course it went right through the specter. My day wasn't going smoothly enough when he says,

"Speak to me, Slytherin, greatest of the Hogwarts Four."

The large head at the end of the chamber slides up and a huge snake starts to slide out. Grabbing more water out of the pool I formed several dozen small dart which I flung in the direction of the snakes head. Hopefully they would get the eyes before they got me. I was not in the mood to become petrified when those eyes appeared. With a flick of my hand stone spikes flew out of the floor impaling the snake, then it got a lightning bold in its mouth, BBQ'ed snake anyone. About that time I saw a black book on the floor and Dobby's words came to me 'Weasel's book cauldron". The next bolt of lightning fried a little round hole in the book and poof the magic specter went up in smoke. I pocketed the Weasley's wand and checked to make sure the area was secure.

As one pissed off Elemental, I have the wind take me up the pipe and to Dumbledore's office. The gargoyle jumps out of the way and I kicked the wooden door open with a blast of air. There wailing was most of the Weasley family. Snape and Dumbledore completed a room of my favorite people.

"Well great leader of the light you have a mess in the cellar. The Weasley kid is out cold next to a BBQ'ed great snake. Larkhard is playing babble next to Granger and Ron Weasley who are rocked out. So you best send Fawkes to wake up the wakeable and cart the rest off to the infirmary. Oh! You might want to call Malfoy Sr as Jr. is out cold after he tried to assassinate me with a knife to the back." The whole lot of them thunder out of the room. At that I laughed as I never said where the cellar entrance was or that it was open. Dumbledore just sat there Twinkling at me.

I had enough of the twinkling and started to leave when I fell in the Void again and sprang away from the door. Mr. Malfoy almost knocked me over as he swept into the room the huge door just missed me. Dobby was scurrying in after him, crouching at the hem of his cloak. I had just sat down for the continuing fun when Snape came barreling into the room yelling for my expulsion from Hogwarts.

Fawkes returned carrying the black book laid it on my lap, gave me a laugh and flashed out again. McGonagall stormed in along with Professor Babble. This was appearing to have the makings of super good yelling fest. I had been using my handkerchief to wipe the sweat and grungy off my face but since everyone was now yelling at each other I just neatly folded the filthy handkerchief and put it in the filthy book rather than my pocket.

The yelling had subsided to quiet threats from Malfoy so I though I would liven things up again. "Oh! Mr. Malfoy here is the book you dropped in the Weasley girl book cauldron. Standing I slapped it in his hand. Well whether he couldn't be bothered or it was too dirty to hold it he slapped it into Dobby's hand. The elf wasn't as crazy as I though as he went straight for the handkerchief and declared his freedom. That's how I got bonded to a house elf.

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Summer vacation had started and I was looking forward to fourteen, my family house ring and getting free of this insane world of magic. That of course must have registered with Dumbledork as he had a bill in the Wizengamot to change the age of last of house line from fourteen to seventeen. Dumbledork was becoming one of my favorite people on my favorite people list to administer some elemental fun.

Meanwhile I started to dig myself into a large hole. I wasn't sure I would be happy to be in the hole or kick myself for digging it. Susan I noticed was a very curvy young lady. It was the first week of summer I wanted to go shopping as I had outgrown my muggle clothes. Therefore, I some how asked her.

"You want me to come along on your shopping trip?" Susan purred and who was I to change a purr into a pout?

"Sure is Connie going to tag along?"

"Yes I'll call Auntie so we can get going."

The first shovel had been employed.

Connie came and we headed muggle shopping. While we were getting me all dressed up like Susan approved, she also picked up a few items for herself. Now I had to be helpful and more shovel loads were being removed from my ever growing hole.

Hanging around Susan and two other women did not stop my eyes from working. Stopping to visit in Susan's messy room had gotten me an eye full…AND her bathing suit was definitely Victorian. Not to mention her unmentionables lying around her room, all Victorian. I saw a Bravissimo's shop and made a smart alec remark. Susan and Connie entered and went crazy shopping. Bravissimo provides lingerie under its own brand name but also offers brands like Cleo, Fantasie, Freya, Gossard, Masquerade, Miss Mandalay, Panache, Royce. These names I noticed as I wondered the shop in a daze of modeling dummies. I lived in the Americas and after seeing the Victorian underwear lying in Susan's room I had to open my mouth about magical's and...The hole got really deep when Amelia saw Susan's purchases. Connie was now a full time residence of Bones Acres. I think Amelia was under the impression that I was now too old to be around Susan un-chaperoned. Talk about Victorian!

Disappointment was not to be in my eyes for long. Amelia was always working and the pool left my jaw hanging. Susan had purchased a bikini and she was developing in all the right places. I think she was happy with my reactions.

Things got back into semi normal routine. I kept catching myself watching Susan and I know she liked it even if she didn't say a word. Being this young should be outlawed.

With great disappointment the Hogwarts letters came and our trip to Diagon alley was scheduled. The summer was just about over and I had yet to return the Weasley's wand. Everyone had received their letters so the alley was full of shopping students and their parents. Since Dumbledore's attempt to change the age limits had failed I stopped into Gringotts and picked up my Head of House ring and did all the paperwork Susan happily tagged along. Connie was just there as ordered. Then it was off for new robes and school supplies. Hedwig flew in, "Now don't you forget my treats, they are getting low." She then took off for her sleep.

That was when the day started to fall apart, "Did so!"

"You're not allowed to do that Ronald!"

"Who says!" Hermione and the Weasley's were in town.

"Hay mate where did you pick her up?" Ron was noted for his mouth in speech and in eating like a pig.

"Susan are you with Potter now? Hermione asked.

"No he just arrived and we have been having a nice talk." Susan knew it was bad to draw attention to us because that could draw Dumbledore into nosing around. We still didn't know if he would try something if he found me spending my summers at Bones Acres.

We got away before they could ask us any more questions of worse that they joined us. We picked up some owl treats at Eeylops with the idea to head to Fortescue's for some ice cream when the day got worse. Coming up from Gringotts was Albus Dumbledore, his robes caught my attention first as they were in eye blinding blue with shooting stars flashing around the robes. His pointed wizard hat was matching the robes. MadEye and a female Auror were right behind him heading right at us. Connie was across the street viewing the latest racing broom in the window of Quality Quidditch Supplies. We were not spotted as the streets was packed with shoppers so we headed towards The Leaky Cauldron. Days like this should be forbidden, Draco Malfoy was coming from The Leaky Cauldron with a crowd of Slytherins. There was no way that we were going to get around Draco before he started his bigoted mouth which would draw Dumbledork and company. I dragged Susan into the closest Alleyway, I was sure Dumbledork had seen us by this time.

"Susan Dumbledore is coming, I need for you to give me the strongest hug that you have and don't stop until I say so." I was somewhat surprised as she did without a word of protest. I 'flamed' to another alley that I knew that was muggle and safe. It wasn't Susan safe.

"I thought you wanted to be alone with me, what was that, what happened…HARRY!

It took me a minute to catch up and I did some quick thinking and then decided to bring out the shovel, "Susan I would love to be alone with you but I saw Dumbledore and Malfoy was headed towards us so I 'flamed'."

"Flamed?"

"Err, I have a secret I must tell you and I need you to never tell anyone ever!"

"Of course I won't"

"First I am not a wizard…"

"WHAT?"

"Easy Susan this is a little complicated. I am not a wizard I am what is called an Elemental."

"What the hell is an Elemental?"

That would take some explaining and since the only muggle alley I knew was the one next to McDonalds I dragged her there for a burger. She had never been to a McDonalds and that somewhat slowed her down so I could explain. She was not thrilled with the food until the chocolate milk shake after that she calmed down and insisted on another shake.

Explaining about me being an elemental was fairly easy, the hard part was what was said in the alley. We hummed and hawed but finally worked our way into the subject.

"So you like me Susan?"

"Of course I do. You're my friend."

"I got the idea in the alley you were expecting maybe we being closer friends?"

"I wouldn't mind that at all Harry, what about you?"

"Well being completely new at this and having no idea about, you know, but yes I wouldn't mind you as a girlfriend."

"You wouldn't mind?"

"Told you I am completely pants at this but if you want to give it a try…Miss Bones would you be my girlfriend?"

"Of course you idiot."