A/N: Okay, I have to announce this. In this chapter there is slight...ROMANTIC INTERFERENCE:O Like ohmigawd, I know. Haha, enjoy chapter nine:D

Disclaimer: If I owned, I would most definately not name my main character Harry. That's my tarantula's name :D. So therefore I do not own.


The first quidditch match of the year, Gryffindor against Slytherin, was the talk of the common room. Sasha quite appreciated it; it gave her a reason to stay in the library longer. Lately, she had been looking for books about the Chamber of Secrets. Even forging Lockhart's signature (they were all over his books) to get into the restricted section.

"Ugh," Sasha groaned, "I give up." She buried her head in her arms and sighed. She had looked through all the books she could think of and still there was nothing she could find. After a minute she stood up and looked at the pile of books sitting on the table. Since she was in no mood to put them away, she waved her wand and watched each of the books magically put itself away.

"Non-verbal magic," a slightly surprised voice came from behind her, "very impressive." Sasha turned around, hoping very much it wasn't someone she knew.

She got what she wanted: she didn't know this boy. He stood a few inches taller than her with fair hair slightly covering his greyish blue eyes. His surprised expression stayed until he noticed the red and gold badge Sasha was wearing. Before she could blink, his face was in a scowl.

"Gryffindor! Disgusting, here I was thinking you were a Ravenclaw." He began to walk away when Sasha spoke.

"I wish. Gryffindor sucks," She said quietly, sitting down on the chair again. The boy whirled around surprised. This was the first time he had heard of someone hating to be in Gryffindor.

"Adrian Pucey. Slytherin. Sixth year." The boy said, giving a mocking bow. Sasha smiled in what felt like the first time in years. (A/N: I think Adrian's actually supposed to be two years younger, like Fred/George's age. Let's pretend he's Sasha's age for now. Okay? Okay. :D)

"Sasha Timbers. Gryffindor. Sixth year." She repeated Adrian's words with the same mocking tone. "I thought Slytherins were all evil or something."

"Prejudice. People aren't split into 'good guys' and 'Slytherins' you know." The boy replied, "Though, if any of the others find out I'm actually being civil to a Gryffindor I'd probably get hexed. So make sure you don't tell," His tone was still joking, but there was seriousness hidden within it. "What were you looking for anyway?"

"Anything I can find on the Chamber of Secrets. All I know was that Salazar Slytherin is supposedly to have created it. You wouldn't know anything would you?" For a strange reason, it was easy to talk to him. Well, easier to talk to him than anyone else she knew of.

"Nope, I know nothing. But let me tell you this, if you or anyone you know is a mudb – sorry, bad habit – if you or anyone you know are muggleborn then you'd better be careful. Last time the chamber was opened, a muggleborn died. We wouldn't want anything like that to happen again." He was sitting down now, looking at her. All the mocking in his tone was gone. Now it was quiet and grave. Something he said suddenly struck Sasha. Last time the Chamber was opened…

"You mean it's been opened before?" Suddenly she felt very stupid. That's exactly what the message said, that it was being opened again. Adrian leaned close to her and Sasha felt herself blush. She looked away, still listening to his words.

"Yeah, fifty years ago. But if I were you I'd keep myself out of it. Be a good little Canadian girl and worry about not being killed. I have to be off now, my friends will start looking for me soon, and for your safety, I don't want them to see me with you." He stood up and gave her a kind smile. "Seriously though, ignore all this Chamber business. Trust me, you wouldn't want to get involved. Most likely you-know-who is part of this, so watch your neck." Then he turned and walked away.

Sasha still felt the heat in her cheeks. Slytherins weren't as bad as everyone said they were. The she smiled, hoping she would be able to talk to him again. After all Adrian Pucey was the only one that didn't mistake her for an American…

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"Sasha?" She was walking toward the Great Hall for dinner when a timid voice called her name. Turning, she saw Sarah walk hesitantly towards her. She stopped and waited. "Uhm, I'm sorry about the other night. I let my jealously get the better for me. Friends?" She held out her hand.

Sasha stared at it for a second before shaking it with a smile. "Don't worry about it." he hates me anyways. She added the last part in her head. She turned again and headed to the hall, only half listening to Sarah blabber on about something.

When she entered the Great Hall she glanced at the Slytherin table before she could stop herself. As if he felt someone looking at him, Adrian lifted his head and smiled quickly at Sasha before turning back to his conversation. Sasha let out a sigh of relief. It was exactly what she had been waiting for, proof that this afternoon wasn't a dream.

She didn't see Oliver at dinner, and she figured that he was at quidditch practice again. As usual, she ate quickly and excused herself. She was already bored with the castle. A quick look out the window told her it was barely even dark yet. She pulled her robe tighter and walked outside.

The cool November air felt very comforting against her skin. She kept walking straight, with nowhere in particular in mind. She walked passed a whomping willow and right by Hagrid's hut, waving hello to the gamekeeper that Sarah introduced her to earlier this year.

She hadn't realised how long she had been walking, but before long it was dark. Not pitch black dark, but more of a light bluish. As soon as she looked up, she lost her footing. She didn't even have time to scream as she rolled down the fairly large hill.

When she stopped, she found herself in a small clearing surrounded by trees. She scowled as she stood, she wasn't sure which way was out and she definitely didn't want to go any deeper into the forest.

Suddenly there was a rustling in the bushes that almost gave Sasha a heart attack. Instinctively she stepped away from it, hoping that it was just a person or a harmless animal. A hairy leg came into the clearing and a piercing scream cut across the silence. Sasha was not at all shocked when she realises that the scream came from her own mouth.

The spider was completely in the clearing now, and Sasha didn't want to step back anymore in case another one appeared. She knew she wasn't deep in the forest, so this one could only be hunting.

Tears flowed over her eyes as she realised that she could very well die here. The thing was huge, about the size of a large dog, meaning it could only be a young acromantula. As the acromantula noticed her, it began to dart forwards and Sasha hid her face in her hands.

"Rectumsempra!" A jet of bright light hit the spider and sent it flying backwards. As Oliver came into the clearing he jumped off his broomstick, wand out. He ran to where Sasha was. "Do you have a death wish? That's a bloody acromantula! Even a drop of its venom would have killed you! Damn, we're wasting time. Get on!"

Oliver was seated on his broom again and waited for Sasha to get on too. She looked at him in horror. In truth, she would rather get eaten by a spider then fly on a broomstick, but she knew Oliver wasn't going to take any of that. The acromantula began to move again and once more Oliver shot the spell at it again.

"Hurry up!" Noticing Sasha's expression he made his voice gentler. "I promise I won't let you fall. I'll die keeping you alive." To her, his promise seemed sickly sincere. And hesitantly she climbed on. She grabbed on to Oliver with an iron grip and held in a scream as they flew upwards to the sky, with her head buried in his back.

"You better keep your promise!" She tried to yell, but she wasn't even sure he heard her because of the wind and quietly to herself she said, "There's not one thing on this earth I'm more afraid of then falling."


A/N: A near death expirence! I have issues when my characters don't have one of those (:. Thanks for reading! Reviews are highly appreciated:D
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