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Chapter 10
Last Time:
"Sit down" the boys sit down and Dumbledore sits down in the armchair, "do you know where Ms. Granger was before the game?"
"She said she was going to the library" Ron answers.
"Why?"
"Research" Harry answers.
"For what?"
"The Chamber of Secrets" Dumbledore nods and sighs.
"I have bad news for you"
"What?"
"Ms. Granger is petrified"
Now:
Alex is sitting on Hermione's bed, holding her left hand. Tears are streaming down her cheeks.
"Hermy, we need you. We need to figure out what is attacking everyone. Please help" Alex starts to sob as she feels something rough against her hand. Alex wipes her tears and pulls out a ball out of Hermione's hand. She unwraps it to see it's a piece of paper from a library book. Alex reads through the paper and grins. Hermione solved it!
"ALEX!" Alex puts the paper in her pocket and turns to the door to see Dumbledore, McGonagall, Harry and Ron.
"All of you get to your dorms!" Dumbledore tells them. He grabs Alex's arm and pulls her into the corridor.
"Kill, kill, rip, taste, drink, kill, kill" the monster says.
"DADDY!" Alex covers her ears and falls to the ground terrified. Dumbledore pulls Alex to him and hugs her close.
"Shh" Dumbledore whispers and covers her ears.
"It's going to attack" Alex whimpers.
"I know" Dumbledore reads Alex's mind to find out it is going to attack on the 4th floor. Dumbledore pops out of the 3rd floor and pops out on the 4th. Dumbledore picks Alex up and runs to the way Alex whispers to him. As they arrive Dumbledore looks to see a GIANT snake in front of him. The snake has its back to him and he sees Headless Nick get killed and a student get petrified looking at the snake through Headless Nick. Alex looks at the snake and screams. The snake turns to them and Alex looks at the snake but Dumbledore covers both their eyes before making eye contact. The snake slithers forward to them and is about to attack, when Alex's uncontrolled magic is let loose. The snake goes flying into the air and back into the pipes. Dumbledore opens his eyes to see the snake is gone, "it's gone" Alex opens her eyes and Dumbledore uncovers her eyes.
"Daddy" Alex whispers shaking slightly as she takes a look at the wall.
"Yes?"
"Look" Dumbledore looks to where Alex is points. On the wall it says... Her skeleton will lie in the chamber forever, "Who got taken?"
"Ginny Weasley"
~HP & WOWP~
Dumbledore takes Alex back up to Gryffindor tower and Alex walks in to see Ron and Harry. After Dumbledore leaves, McGonagall calls a teacher meeting at where Alex and Dumbledore saw the snake. Alex runs over to Harry and Ron, who are sitting at the fire.
"We have to find the Chamber of Secrets" Alex whispers to the boys.
"Why?" Ron asks.
"Your sister got taken" Alex tells Ron. Ron gasps and narrows his eyes at her.
"You got to be joking! This isn't a joking matter Alex!" Ron snaps.
"I'm not joking!"
"YES YOU ARE! YOU ARE AN ATTENTION SEEKING BITCH!" Ron stands up and runs up to his dorm.
"Ron!" Alex turns to Harry, "you have to believe me"
"I dunno what to believe" Harry gets up and goes up to his dorm. Alex buries her face in her hands and groans. Alex sighs and stands up.
"I will just have to go down there myself" Alex walks out of the common room and goes to the second floor bathroom, to talk to Moaning Myrtle.
~HP & WOWP~
As Alex arrives to Moaning Myrtle's bathroom, she opens the door.
"Alex" Myrtle greets nervously. Alex looks up at the window and smiles.
"Hey Myrtle. How are you?" Alex asks.
"Good" Myrtle smiles, happy that Alex is talking to her, "what could I do for you?"
"I was wondering if you know where the Chamber of Secrets is."
"No. I just remember on how I died"
"Could you tell me?"
"I just opened the stall door and saw big yellow eyes at that sink" Myrtle points at the sink and goes to the stall her died in. Alex walks to the sink and looks for anything that could help her. She looks under the sink, above it, and the taps. She looks at the last place she can think of, the spout. There, on the side of the spout is a snake. Alex starts to speak in Parsel tongue as Myrtle watches. As the Chamber opens, Myrtle leaves and goes to get Dumbledore in his office.
As Alex takes off her robe, she zips up her sweater, puts her hair in a ponytail and jumps down with her wand in hand. Alex is wearing her skirt, a pair of running shoes, since she always breaks that rule, and purple sweater. Alex lands on her back, after rolls and gasps when she sees the snake skin. Alex climbs to her feet and follows the skin.
Up in the castle, Dumbledore and McGonagall run into the bathroom and is surprised to see the sink, which is the entrance of the Chamber of Secrets.
"She really has your brains Albus" McGonagall whispers to Dumbledore.
"Yes she does" Dumbledore pops into his office and gives Fawkes the sorting hat and sends both of them to the Chamber, to help Alex. What no one knows is the Sword of Gryffindor is in the hat. Only Dumbledore knows.
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Alex opens the last door before the end of the tunnel. She walks into the last little bit of the chamber to see Ginny lying on the floor. Alex runs to her, dropping her wand.
"Ginny!" Alex whispers and looks for a pulse, "Ginny, wake up" Alex breaths when she feels her pulse.
"She won't awake" a boy's voice tells her. Alex looks up to see a handsome 17 year old.
"Who are you?"
"Tom Riddle" Alex gasps in her head, knowing this is her great grandfather, or whatever.
"Who?" Riddle rolls his eyes and writes his first, middle and last name in the air then scrambles it around to say:
"I am Lord Voldemort" Alex reads, "I HATE reading. I don't even like the name. Could I call you Voldy?" Alex asks. Riddle groans.
"No"
"Is Ginny ok?"
"No"
"Are you killing her to make yourself more powerful?"
"Yes"
"Could I join you?"
"Why?"
"Because I am bored"
"Why are you bored?"
"Long day of school"
"Huh?"
"Well, my friends and I are in a fight. Your snake petrified my best friend. They, besides my best friend, tried solving and figuring out who is attacking the school. No one knows though. I just knew it was a snake"
"You are very smart. I might have to figure out your name"
"You will hate me"
"What is it?"
"Alex"
"Alex what?"
"Dumbledore" Riddle narrows his eyes as Alex rolls her eyes, "told you"
"You like comedy right?"
"Yes"
"Do you like horror, thriller and suspense?"
"I thought suspense and thriller is the same thing?"
"Nope"
"Really?"
"Really" just then, out of the blue, the snake pops out. Alex gets up and runs to the tunnel as the snake attacks her. Just as Alex dives into the tunnel she starts to dodge the spiders and mice running on the ground, at her feet.
~HP & WOWP~
In the castle, Dumbledore and McGonagall have gotten Snape, Flitwick and Lockheart together. Dumbledore notified Pomfrey that Alex may need help once she comes up from the chamber.
"Let's go" Dumbledore tells the teachers and he jumps down first, then McGonagall, Flitwick, Lockheart and Snape.
~HP & WOWP~
Alex is kneeling beside Ginny, feeling her hand, which is almost ice cold. Just then Fawkes arrives.
"This is what the old man sends his only child. A song bird and an old hat" Riddle smirks.
"DON'T CALL MY DAD THAT YOU FREAKING IDIOT!" Alex snaps. Fawkes drops the hat at Alex's knees.
"I was hoping for Potter to come"
"Ya well, he is a chicken"
"You do know you are going to be in lots of trouble right?"
"Ya, but since Ron and Harry and I are in a fight, there is nothing we can do. You are just stuck with the youngest of the year"
"Huh?"
"You know, for an old guy, you are an idiot" just then, something catches Alex's eye. She reaches into the hat and pulls out the Gryffindor sword. Alex sees a book in Ginny's arms, and hopes it has something to do with this. She grabs it and flips it open. Alex hides the sword between her and Ginny, and grins inwardly knowing that Riddle hasn't seen a thing, "when can I have my wand back?" Riddle took Alex's wand before the snake chanced her.
"Later" Riddle answers.
"Ok. Does this book have anything to do with school?" Alex holds up Riddle's diary.
"Yes" Alex nods and pokes it, "why isn't..." Alex is cut off by the snake popping out of the water. Alex screams and covers her eyes, "please don't let it eat me" Alex whispers as Fawkes flies to the snake and eats its eyes. Alex opens her eyes and sees no eyeballs. Alex secretly grabs the book, slips it in her pocket, grabs the sword and runs quietly to the stone head at the front of the room. Alex starts to climbs as the snake uses its ears and listens for her movements.
~HP & WOWP~
As the teachers arrive to the open door they see Alex standing at the top of the stone head, with the Gryffindor sword in hand. The teachers quietly walks into the chamber and watches the snake try to take a bite of Alex and she stabs the sword up inside, through the roof of the snake's mouth. Alex pulls the sword out and the snake's fang goes into Alex's arm. Alex pulls the fang out and sits down on top of the head. They all watches as the snake fall to the ground... dead.
"You know, I always wondered what is in this book" they hear Alex tell Riddle. Alex pulls out a black book, out of her pocket and stabs it with the fang. They watch as Riddle lights up, and as Alex keeps stabbing it, Riddle finally explodes into millions of pieces. Dumbledore watches in shock as Alex collapses and falls into the deep water bellow. Dumbledore runs over with all the teachers, and Dumbledore dives in. He swims deep in the water and finds Alex going pale each second from the venom. Dumbledore grabs Alex's arm and pulls her to the surface.
As Dumbledore arrives to the surface, McGonagall helps Alex out and lays her on the ground as Fawkes flies over and let's tears fall onto Alex's bleeding arm. Right in front of them, they watch Alex's arm heal. Alex then gasps for breath and hugs Dumbledore tightly.
"I'm sorry" Alex whispers, holding Dumbledore tight.
"It's ok" Dumbledore whispers and hugs Alex back. Ginny is sitting up, watching Alex and Dumbledore hug. She knows Alex saved her life and almost died for her. In other words, Ginny has respect for Alex now and is willing to be her friend.
~HP & WOWP~
2 weeks later, Alex is laying on her hospital bed, talking to Hermione who is now awake. Tonight is the final night of Hogwarts, before summer holidays. Dumbledore has already told Alex that exams have been cancelled and Alex told Hermione.
"So Ron and Harry didn't help you in the chamber?" Hermione asks Alex.
"Nope. Ron got mad when I told him it is Ginny who was taken and Harry went with Ron to the dorms" Alex answers.
"Wow. If your dad, McGonagall, Snape and Lockheart weren't there, you would've drowned"
"I know. Dad saved me, along with McGonagall and Fawkes"
"Who's Fawkes?"
"Dad's phoenix"
"Cool" Hermione smiles, "I'm glad you are ok and solved it"
"Me too or Ginny would be dead"
"And the school"
"Yup"
"So you and Ginny are friends?"
"Kinda. To a point. We will see how things go in the future"
"Good plan"
~HP & WOWP~
That night, it is dinner time. Over the two weeks, Harry and Ron didn't go to see Alex, but only Ginny and Hermione. Ginny was fine after a week in the hospital, but went to see Alex and Hermione. Well, Hermione just woke up 7 hours ago and Alex has been knocked out for a week and a half. Harry and Ron are eating their dinner, hoping for Hagrid to come back from Azkaban. Neither Alex nor Hermione knows that Hagrid was taken, but then again, they both were caught up trying to solve the mystery.
Just then, Hermione and Alex walk into the great hall with the rest of the petrified students. Alex and Hermione sit down next to Harry and Ron after receiving hugs... besides Alex. Alex's hands and right arm are still bandaged up along with her forehead, which had a huge cut running across.
"Congrads on solving it Alex" Hermione tells Alex with a smile. Alex looks confused for a minute and nods.
"Thanks?" Alex sighs and rubs her forehead.
"What about us?" Ron and Harry ask together.
"You didn't risk your life to save Ginny or the school" Alex looks across that hall, ignoring the fight between the three. She and Malfoy makes eye contact and both secretly smiles at each other. Before Alex went to the hospital wing, she freed Dobby, the house elf, from the Malfoy family. And now, Dobby works at Hogwarts, which means Alex, has a new friend to play with during the summer.
Alex sighs, as Hagrid walks into the great hall and hugs Harry, Ron, Hermione and her, before sitting down at the staff table. Dumbledore tells the school that exams are cancelled and that Alex and Hermione are the ones who saved the school. Malfoy grins at Alex, as their eyes stay locked. To be honest, Alex has a crush on Malfoy and Malfoy has a crush on Alex. What will happen to them in the next year that is to come?
And that's the chapter. What do you think? Please review.