Lily's Plan

By: Sheltie


I don't own Harry Potter at all


Chapter 12

Classes were going very well for the group of friends and with the addition of Luna to the group it brought a new way of thinking. The only class that really was bad was DADA. Lockhart was reduced to reenacting scenes from his books and Harry was always asked to play the part of whatever creature there was. This annoyed him greatly and he so wanted to hex the idiot.

"Bloody idiot, I wish I can just duel him and show everyone how big a fake he is," Harry muttered one night.

"Harry, I know that you're frustrated. Believe me I know, the ponce is always trying to flirt with me," Lily said.

"Okay, that's it, he dies" Harry said getting up.

Harry?" Hermione said.

"What right does he have to hit on my mother?" Harry asked out loud.

"He may not have a right, but it isn't illegal either" Daphne said.

Harry plopped down in his seat pouting. He so wanted to push Lockhart out of the castle, but sadly the idiot had not yet done anything that would warrant such an act. Sure he was a terrible teacher, but the idiot had not yet done anything that harmed the students in any way. That and the bearded goat and the board of governors had signed a contract with Lockhart for this year. That made it almost impossible for Harry to get rid of the grinning fool. With Snape was easy since Snape had no contract whatsoever. This made Harry, his mother, his wife and his friends very upset since they wanted to get rid of the blond ponce as soon as possible.

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Meanwhile somewhere else in the castle a hissing was being heard and soon an old evil was about to be released.

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Halloween came and Lily was once again depressed as this was the day her love died. She went through the day going through the motions, but all of her students could see she didn't have her heart in it like usual. Once the day was over Lily went back to the quarters she shared with her son and his wife just wanting to be alone.

"Hey Lily."

Lily looked up to find Sirius sitting on the couch.

"Sirius, what are you doing here?" Lily asked.

"I hate this day like you, and decided that it's better to drink with a friend than alone," Sirius said showing a bottle of firewhiskey that was on the table.

"That's nice Sirius, but I should be at the feast tonight" Lily said.

"Why, we aren't going to be" Harry said.

Lily didn't even notice her son or his wife enter.

"I hate seeing you like this mom, so Hermione and I are going to be with you tonight" Harry said.

Hermione nodded in full agreement.

"Thank you" Lily said with tears in her eyes.

It didn't take long for the rest of the Harry and Hermione's friends to come and comfort Lily. First it was Neville since this was his godmother, then Susan came, followed by Daphne, then Luna and Padma rounded it out.

"I thank you all for this" Lily said wiping the tears away.

They didn't say thing, but Lily knew that they all cared. That night they had a nice dinner together as Lily and Sirius told stories of their time at Hogwarts. Sirius told tales of all the pranks that the marauders did and Lily told them her version of it and what she thought of all the foolishness.

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The next morning they heard about Filch's cat and blood-written words on the wall.

"So much for a peaceful year" Harry sighed.

The news of Filch's petrified cat was heard all throughout the castle and many were wondering about the Chamber of Secrets.

The group of friends were having lunch and discussing just this.

"Yes, and it appears that the chamber has been open before, but by who?" Hermione asked.

"We'll get on to research," Padma said volunteering.

"To the library" Hermione exclaimed.

Hermione, Padma and Daphne rushed to the library.

"You know, all they're missing is a theme song," Susan said as she watched the brainy trio leave.

Neville nodded in agreement with the Hufflepuff.

In the library the brainy trio were at their table with books galore. They shifted through them all looking at them and writing down notes. They were on a mission. Theirs was threefold. Number one, who opened it before? Number two, what kind of creature is it? And number three, where is the chamber located? These were the three questions needed answering.

"Any luck on who opened the chamber?" Hermione asked Daphne.

The Slytherin shook her head.

"No, there isn't any record at all, it seems that they just swept the whole thing under the rug after the attacks ended" Daphne said.

Hermione frowned.

"There are a lot of creatures that paralyze their prey before eating them, but I don't think that they are the monster" Padma said.

"So we got nothing," Hermione said frowning even deeper.

"I guess, how are you doing in where the chamber might be located?" Daphne asked.

"Nowhere, I thought the Slytherin common room, but that doesn't make any sense" Hermione said.

"What do you mean? It would be hiding in plain sight" Padma said.

"Yeah, but you'd think a Slytherin would've heard it be opened" Hermione said.

"Good point" Padma said.

"So we're stuck" Daphne said.

"For now, we need more information" Hermione said.

The three girls packed up their books and left the library.

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Meanwhile Lockhart was going about how he could defeat the creature if he knew where to find it. The girls who fawned all over him sighed with hearts in their eyes. The boys rolled their eyes, but said nothing for fear of reprisal from the girls. Harry and Hermione and their friends rolled their eyes at the sight and then just went back to ignoring the blow heart.

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The terror in the castle was grand as the possibility of something lurking the halls. Though the only attack was a cat it made students be on guard. The next attack happened and this time it was a second year Hufflepuff by the name of Justin Finch-Fletchley. This made everyone in the school fearful. A student was attacked and now lay in the hospital wing petrified. Madam Pomfrey closed the wing to visitors because many wanted to gawk at the frozen Hufflepuff. Though not all the castle was scared. Malfoy strutted about trying take bets on who would the next to be attacked. He did this in a loud fashion in the Slytherin common room.

"Do I have any takers on Abbott, we all know she's a half-blood?" Malfoy asked.

Several other Slytherins snickered at this and were putting money down.

"What are your odds on that Creevey kid?" a Slytherin asked.

Malfoy pulled out a notebook and looked at it.

"Alright odds, what's your wager?" Malfoy asked.

"Two galleons" the Slytherin said.

Daphne watched all this was a disgusted look on her face. She couldn't believe her fellow housemates would be betting on such a horrible thing going on. But she didn't get angry til she heard what was next.

"What about that Potter bitch, what's the odds on her getting attacked next?" a Slytherin asked.

Daphne saw red. How dare they bet on her best friend possibly getting attacked. Before she knew it she had her wand in hand and began firing hexes. The first one down was the Slytherin who asked the question, he was hit was a hex that caused horrible boils covering all over his face. Malfoy was next, Daphne shot off an Incendio at the little notebook, which he was hold that caused his hand to get burns, then she hit the blond ponce with a hex she remembered reading about a day ago. Malfoy was on the floor screaming in pain. Daphne hit a few other Slytherins with minor hexes. That's when professor Sinistra came in. She found the Slytherin common room in panic with Daphne holding her wand panting.

"Miss Greengrass."

Daphne spun around and froze when her eyes connected with Sinistra's. This caused Daphne to come back down to reality. Her grip on her wand went slack.

"Professor, I didn't mean to, I mean, I meant. I just wanted" Daphne babbled.

"Calm yourself miss Greengrass. Let me first get things settled here" Sinistra said.

It took fifteen minutes for Sinistra to settle things down in the snake pit. Once she did she got the story out of all the Slytherins. Their version was that Daphne started firing hexes without warning and she should be expelled. Sinistra didn't really believe this, but she wanted to know what Daphne's side was. The professor got it as soon as Daphne was calm enough. What Sinistra heard from Daphne made her livid. She took points off for betting on who would be the next student attacked and then she had to take points off Daphne for the attacks and gave her detention too.

Malfoy was in the hospital wing because of the severity of the hex Daphne used. The hex that Daphne used was quite powerful due to the emotions Daphne put into it when she cast the hex. You could hear Malfoy whine and complain from down the hall was the rumor.

Soon Lucius Malfoy made his appearance two days after the attack and demanded that Daphne be expelled. Lucius was in the headmaster's office ordering Dumbledore to do something.

"Sorry Malfoy, but that won't happen" Harry said.

Malfoy senior spun around to find Harry leaning against the doorway in the headmaster's office.

"You have no say in this matter. Now leave" Lucius demanded.

"I do have a say since I'm an heir to Hogwarts and I just found out a few interesting things. Like did you know that you're not actually on the board of governors Malfoy" Harry said.

"Is this the kind of school you run Dumbledore, one where a mere child can make such phony allegations?" Lucius asked.

"Phony? They aren't Malfoy. Did you know that to become a governor that you have to pledge your magic to Hogwarts?" Harry asked.

"What nonsense is this Potter?" Lucius asked with a sneer.

"Oh, you didn't, well that means you aren't a true member and can't be involved with something like this. You have to be like every parent and file a complaint to the board" Harry said.

"I'm a member of the Board of Governors and I demand respect!" Lucius shouted.

"And I'm Lord Harry James Potter Gryffindor, I own this castle and my word is final not even the Board of Governors can overrule me" Harry proclaimed.

Lucius and Dumbledore both could feel the magic coming off Harry and they were both quite frighten. Lucius never felt anything like it even when his master was in a rage. Dumbledore feared the power Harry had and what could happen if he didn't control it.

"Leave now Malfoy and go back to your precious manor before I lose my temper" Harry growled.

Lucius left, but not with a final sneer in Harry's direction. Harry left soon after not wanting to be in the same room as Dumbledore.

Dumbledore sat there contemplating what he had to do to get in control of Harry.

It was also soon after that they found a notebook in Malfoy's handwriting that was an exact copy of the one that burned in his hands. It obvious that Malfoy was a lot smarter than some may have thought. Since he had a back-up notebook just incase something happened to the first one. But, the charms he had on the second notebook were quite feeble and easy to break. This was the evidence that put Malfoy in multiple detentions with several professors and a huge point reduction added to the original reduction. It was biggest in Hogwarts history.

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News soon spread of Harry's exploit and what he did to Lucius Malfoy. It was of course embellished immensely that Harry crumbled the paper in his hands.

"We need to get a handle on the paper before I'm rolled in the mud anymore" Harry said.

"On it" Hermione said and she began writing a letter to Gringotts.

The rest of the day went by with classes and soon they were in the Potter room as it was called. Sirius was there waiting for them.

"Sirius, what are you doing here?" Lily asked curiously.

"I read the paper, and figured that you might need some help" the old marauder said.

"Yes, we're going to buy the paper and want to know if you want in" Hermione said.

"Alright, let's go" Sirius said clapping his hands together.

The agreement was that Sirius would take care of the business end at Gringotts. The Potters would buy 50% of the Daily Prophet and the Blacks would buy the other 50%. Sirius left right away to get the deal going and he also mentioned something about chucking some people out, though Harry and Hermione weren't really listening to that.

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News then hit with the Daily Prophet being under new management. It turned out that the Malfoys, Fudges, Umbridges, and Parkinsons originally owned the Prophet.

But now with a new owner the news was presented without any bias at all. This made Harry and Hermione very happy. And it caused Malfoy to have a bad day since in the paper there was an article about how the Malfoy marriage was dissolved. It turned out that Sirius' cousin, Narcissa hated being married to Lucius and when the chance came to leave Lucius she jumped for it. The Malfoys were a rich family, but most of their money came from what they got from the Black estate. Sirius didn't ask for all the money in return, except the latest payment. Narcissa had a chance to take Draco with her, but she didn't want to and so Draco remained a Malfoy.

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With all the excitement that was going on outside of school many had forgotten the threat in the school. They were reminded by another attack, this time it was Ravenclaw prefect, Penelope Clearwater. This made everyone scared again and they walked the halls in groups now. This also made Lockhart get up one dinner and headed to the podium.

"Students, I know that you're afraid, but never fear. No danger will come to you when I'm here" Lockhart said flashing one of his stupid grins.

Lily groaned and put her head on the table and Harry and his friends rolled their eyes.

"I've asked, and got permission to start a dueling club. It will begin Thursday night and I hope to see you all there" Lockhart said again flashing another grin.

Harry and his merry band soon were back at the Potter room discussing what they had just heard at dinner.

"Well looks like you might get your chance at beating the blond idiot" Daphne said, her detention was over now, but was staying in the Potter room for safety reasons.

"I know, I'm so happy" Harry said gleefully.

Hermione sighed and shook her head. She knew there was no way she could talk her husband out of this.

"So what's your plan Harry?" Neville asked excitedly.

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Luna sighed as she went on her way she was just finishing her last class and she ran into a familiar face.

"Hello Ginny" Luna greeted.

"Uh, hi Luna, how are you?" Ginny asked.

"I'm fine, and how are you?" Luna asked.

"Good, just good" Ginny said with a flushed face.

"Am I keeping you from something Ginny?" Luna asked.

"Not at all Luna" Ginny answered.

"You looked hurried and flustered" Luna observed.

"I'm fine Luna" Ginny said adamantly.

"You also look quite pale and tired. Are you getting enough sleep?" Luna asked worriedly.

"I'm fine Luna, I think I'm just missing home" Ginny said.

Luna nodded, but she didn't believe Ginny for a minute.

"Well, I got to go, see ya later" Ginny said running off.

Luna watched as her childhood friend run off and shook her head. She knew something was up with the little redhead, but she couldn't put her finger on it.

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Soon it was Thursday night. Dinner that night was exciting and when it was over no one moved as the tables disappeared and a dueling platform appeared in the middle of the hall. Lockhart was wearing purple and gold dueling robes and he strutted up onto the platform.

"Can everyone hear me? Can everyone see? Good" Lockhart said smiling big.

Lockhart then strutted about boasting until he felt like it was time to actually do something.

"Now I think a demonstration is needed before we start" Lockhart said, "I have a very lovely assistant to help me. Missus Lily Potter."

Lily appeared looking pissed that she had to do this.

"Now never fear, you will have your potion teacher back when I'm done with her" Lockhart said smiling wide.

Harry, Hermione and their friends were quite excited on what kind of spell Lily would use on the blond idiot. Lockhart counted to three and he before he could call out his first spell Lily shot off a powerful disarming spell. Lockhart went flying and landed on his butt. Hard. Lily had a smirk on her face.

"Well Lily, that was well done, but know that I could've blocked that quite easily" Lockhart said in a smug tone.

Lily rolled her eyes.

"Why don't we pair the students up Gilderoy?" she asked.

"Ah, perfect idea Lily dear" Lockhart said grinning.

Lily gritted her teeth at this and she clutched her wand tighter.

Soon everyone was paired up. Hermione and Ron were facing one another and it was long before you saw a redhead fly through the air. Hermione did a 'Lily' and sent the redheaded bottomless pit flying. Harry was pitied against Malfoy, who had wanted to face Harry very much.

"You cost me a lot Potter" Malfoy growled.

"Didn't your father teach you to address your betters Malfoy. You have to call me Lord Potter" Harry said.

"I won't" Malfoy snapped.

Harry shrugged, "let's get this over with."

Malfoy shot off the first hex, but Harry evade it thanks to all the training he had done in the summer. Harry then shot off a disarming spell, which hit Malfoy.

"Excellent Harry, my boy" Lockhart said cheerfully.

"Thank you sir, but I would've have been able to do it without you teaching me" Harry said in a fake happy tone.

Lockhart puffed up when Harry said that, which meant that Harry had him where he wanted him.

"Sir, why don't we duel?" Harry suggested.

"An excellent suggestion Harry" Lockhart said nodding.

Lockhart then got the attention of the whole class and soon Harry and Lockhart were on the dueling platform ready to fight. Well Harry was, Lockhart thought that since Harry was a second year that he wouldn't know much. What he didn't know was that Lily taught him a lot before he even got to Hogwarts and then add in all the stuff he learned during the summer. Lily stood in the middle.

"On the count of three you may begin. Only non-lethal curse please we don't want anybody hurt" Lily said though she directed the last bit to her son.

Once Lily said three Harry began. He first fired off a spell to see how good Lockhart really was. Lockhart put up a pitiful shield and this made Harry smile. It was time to put his plan into action. First Harry shot off a spell that made Lockhart float in the air then he transfigured Lockhart's robes into diaper and bib. Harry then finished off by disarming Lockhart. This stunned the crowd except for Harry's friends, they cheered Harry off the platform. Neville patted Harry on the back and Hermione pulled Harry into a furious hug. Susan, Padma, and Daphne hugged Harry too, but in a more friendly manner. They left Lockhart like that and left.

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A/N: that's the end of this chap. I got the Board of Governors thing from The Happiness Contract by udderpd. I'm sorry I didn't too much with the chamber in this one, but I promise that the next one will have more. Thanks for reading and please review.