That Christmas, I got a lot of gifts. A lot of books from Lupin, a few dresses from
Maudie and Lucas were what accommodated most of the lot with a few trinkets
here and there. Harry had informed me that he would give me the gifts from Mrs.
Weasley when I returned. It was three days after Christmas, on my birthday when
I received my most interesting treasure. There was a gentle knock on my door
and I looked up from my book of Aurors and Lupin walked in with a small box and
a large tin. "Assorted cookies and chocolates, my dear?" I smiled and nodded,
"Sure." He walked over to me and sat on the edge of my bed as I sat up and
crossed my legs, leaning forward to secure myself. "Happy birthday," he said,
giving me the smaller box. "You didn't have to get me anything. I'm fine being
birthday-less. I don't like celebrating anyways." "Well you have to take this.
It's perfect for you I think." I gave him a skeptical look but opened the box
anyways. Inside was a small and clear orb with a copper wire surrounding it and
the whole thing was sat on a silver chain. It was rather adorable and made me
smile. "What is it? It's beautiful."
"It's a mood necklace. I was hoping," He took it out and put it on me as he
talked, "It would help you find yourself and accumulate your feelings." The
clear orb turned into a smoke that was a gentle sapphire blue as it rested on
my neck and made me smile. "What's that mean?" "That is relaxed or collected.
The colors read blue, calmed or relaxed, red is inflamed or aggravated, yellow
is happy or sunny, orange is the color of excitement or a burst of happiness,
pink is infatuated or warmly loving, purple is romance, green is wealth or
close to nature, and black is darkness or utter anger. Anything else I would
say is neutral. Oh, white is angelic or basically when you're really
forgiving." I looked down and smiled, loving it instantly. "I love it," I said
with a smile, "Thank you very much Professor." I leaned forward and hugged him,
holding him tightly. "I don't know what I'd do without a teacher like you." I
let him go and he stood up, "Well, I'm going to sit on the porch with the
others. I hope you will come join us?" I looked down at my book and nodded,
"Yeah, I have a chapter and I'll be down in about thirty minutes." "Ok." He
left and I smiled again. I was absolutely grateful for him, no matter the
conditions. I looked down to start back on my page when there was a sharp rap on
my window. I looked up and saw Lyra at my window, a letter in her beak. I got
up quickly and opened it up for her. She flew in eagerly and dropped the letter
on the bed, perching on my bed frame. "Hello beautiful, what do you have?" I
picked up the note and turned it over. It had my name scrawled in messy ink and
even though it was rather atrocious, I could still make out that it was Harry's
work. I put my finger up under the tap and undid the seal. I pulled the letter
out and read it to myself. "Dear
Kimber, Sorry this is so abrupt, and I know you aren't expecting or wanting bad
news on your birthday but we have a problem. Ron and I were going to check on
Myrtle because she had flooded the bathroom again. We walked in and there was a
leather bound book. I tried writing in it when we got back to the Common Room
but the ink just vanished. So eventually I wrote "My name is Harry Potter." The
craziest thing happened! It wrote back, "Hello Harry Potter, my name is Tom
Riddle." I asked if it knew anything about the Chamber of Secrets and it said
yes. But when I asked if it could tell me, it said no but it could show me. It took me into the
book and showed me that a person really did die, a girl. Then, it proceeded to
show me who the perpetrator was. It's Hagrid, Kimber. Hagrid set off the
creature, a big harry creature and it killed her. We aren't doing anything till
you return but we need your help. Hurry. –Harry" I
looked at the note again and my heart sank. Hagrid? Our Hagrid? He was our
friend, I didn't have any thought that he was one to blame on what was
happening in the school. I picked up a piece of paper and quickly scrawled, "Don't jump to any conclusions –Kimber." I
put it in an envelope and put it on the dresser, "Take it whenever." She seemed
to understand and I quickly went downstairs. I needed to get my mind off things
quickly and I figured talking to everyone was the only way to do that.