A/N Wow it's been ages since I updated this story. I'm sorry its' been so long, you will be glad to know the story is now finished there are 11 chapters in total, and I'll update them regularly. Please let me know what you think. I have decided there will be a sequel so don't hate me when this one ends.
Chapter Eight
Ron grinned. "I think Severus should go first. After all he's the only Slytherin here."
Without a word, Severus moved to the pipe and slid down. He landed on his back in a pile of bones. Hermione and Ron landed in a heap next to him. Severus stood and looked around only to be knocked back to the floor by the falling body of Harry Potter.
"Sorry Severus." Harry said with a slight smile as he got up.
"This place is filthy." Hermione complained.
"There was a sodding great big snake living down here on its own!" Ron said kicking a small scull out of the way.
Harry had walked to the nearest wall and lit a lamp on the wall. Taping it with his wand, all the other lamps in the room.
"Wow."
"Whoa."
"Astounding."
"Pretty cool isn't it. You wait till you get further in."
"How can you remember what it was like, we weren't here long and it was dark." Ron asked curiously.
Harry blushed. "Yeah well, I used to come here a lot last year. After everyone found out about the ROR this was the only place I could come to be alone. I left this part as it was to scare people off."
"HARRY JAMES POTTER, HAVE YOU..."
"Hermione, don't shout so loud, are you trying to bring the place down." Ron interrupted.
Hermione looked sheepish. "Sorry, but Harry it's so dangerous down here."
"You were down here this year too weren't you before Snape... um Professor... Bloody hell what do I call you now?"
Severus snorted. "When it's just us around, Ron, you can call me Severus. Answer the question Harry."
Harry blushed. "It's not dangerous now the snake is dead. And I made sure Dobby knew where I was, I asked him to check on me every half hour or so in case something happened. he was happy I'd asked even if he was a bit offended I wouldn't let him help."
"What about this year?" Severus asked.
"You haven't slept in the dorms all year Harry, I noticed even if no one else did. You either made it back before everyone woke up or people thought you'd gone to breakfast already, how did you get your bed to look slept in?"
"Dobby." Harry answered. "I've been down here most nights. This place is huge and I wanted to fix it up. Sal was giving me extra lessons too."
"Sal?" Three voices asked in unison.
Harry grinned. "Come on, I'll introduce you."
Harry lead the way to a solid looking wall.
"How do you suggest we pass this?" Hermione asked.
Harry sniggered. "Oh ye of little faith. I'm not as stupid as I look you know."
"I never said that, Harry I don't think you're stupid, I just." Hermione babbled.
"Don't worry about it Hermione, I'm teasing you. I dumb down a lot, people expect me to be mediocre at best, I'm not going to tell them different and give away my advantage."
"You talk like a Slytherin Mr Potter." Severus teased.
"Well I very nearly was." Harry turned back ignoring the questions to what he was talking about. Placing a hand on the wall he found a hole and slid his hand inside pulling the leaver inside. Part of the wall dissolved leaving an ornate archway. "It took me ages to get that right, spend the first few months crawling through a hole."
The was a large round tunnel ahead which was lit by torches and was perfectly clean.
"What spells did you use Harry?" Ron asked. "Mum's always trying to teach me cleaning charms but they never work this well for me."
"I could only use spells to banish the bones and yucky stuff. The rest was by hand."
"You cleaned the Chamber of Secrets by hand?" Hermione asked. "Only you, Harry. You did a great job."
"I haven't finished yet. See there is this really big mess I need to clean up." Harry started to lead the way.
"Harry mate, if you brought me down here to clean I swore I'm going to learn an impotency curse and cast it on you, both." Ron said bravely.
Severus cuffed Ron across the back of the head causing Hermione to giggle.
Harry paused at a huge door. "This is the main chamber of the Chamber of Secrets. And this is where I wanted to bring you." Harry hissed at the door, which swung open to reveal a massive room easily twice the size of the great hall, in the centre of the room was the untouched body of the Basilisk.
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