The thing I have to mention most is that without Dobby trying to keep Harry away from danger there will some minor changes. But with a new character around some things never change. Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or Teen Titans.

Chapter 14: Rogue Bludger

Things passed quickly at the Weasley Burrow up until the first day of Hogwarts, mostly filled with Harry getting in some early broom-riding practice and dealing with the occasional gnome. For most of the trip on the Hogwarts Express, Ginny never seemed to leave Harry's side. The only time they had to separate was when Ginny was taken off with the other first-year students on the boats. Meanwhile all the other students were taken to Hogwarts proper via a series of carriages that seemed to move on their own. Ginny didn't have to leave Harry for long, however, as she was soon sorted into Gryffindor.

Classes started in short order with Herbology. Professor Sprout had all the students wear strong earmuffs, making her use a charm to amplify everyone's voices so they could be heard during the lecture. "Today class, we learn about the various properties of the Mandrake. Now, can anyone tell me what the Mandrake is primarily used for?" Neville raised his hand almost immediately. "Yes, Mr. Longbottom," Sprout replied. "The Mandrake, or Mandragora," Neville began, "Can be used to create certain restorative droughts." Sprout nodded. "Precisely. Ten points to Gryffindor. Now, one must take care when growing Mandrakes, as when matured their screams will kill whoever hears them."

She pointed to the earmuffs. "Hence why we're wearing these during class. That said, the Mandrakes we will be handling today are far too young to kill anyone, although they will knock you out for several hours." She proceeded to instruct the students on how to pull up and replant the Mandrakes. Sure enough, even with the earmuffs muffling regular sounds it was clear the almost infant-like roots were screaming at the top of their lungs. Harry was thankful the greenhouse was charmed to be soundproof. The Mandrakes only calmed down when placed back in a pot and covered in soil.

Later at Defense Against the Dark Arts, Lockhart brought out a cage full of pixies. "Rather mischievous creatures, though their pranks can be quite harmful. Fortunately, a very simple charm exists to render them harmless." He carefully released a single pixie and demonstrated the Freezing Charm, Immobulus. Unfortunately, after dealing with the first pixie, the rest managed to escape, causing an impromptu practical lesson. Once everything calmed down, Lockhart stated, "Well... Apologies for the sudden excitement. Certainly grateful that didn't turn out worse."

The info network formed by the students in Harry's year proved useful in more ways than one. Not only did they exchange knowledge of future classes and what they might teach, but they assisted the first-year students, and even provided information about goings on in the school. One day after Quidditch practice, Harry was Theodore and his two cronies, Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle. "Filch's cat was petrified?," Harry asked when he received Theodore's information. "Gotta be the Heir of Slytherin," Crabbe pointed out, "Which means the Chamber of Secrets is open."

Harry raised an eyebrow. "The Chamber of Secrets?" "There was an incident similar to this several years ago," Theodore explained, "Even before our parents were in Hogwarts. The Heir of Slytherin somehow infiltrated Hogwarts and opened the chamber. See, the chamber was built by Salazar Slytherin, one of the Hogwarts founders, after he got into an argument with the other three about only allowing pureblood wizards and witches into the school. The Chamber is supposed to house a monster that only the Heir of Slytherin can control, which would remove all students with Muggle blood from the halls of Hogwarts."

"But why would the monster attack Filch's cat?," Harry asked. "Well," Goyle chimed in, "There is the fact that Filch is a Squib." Harry shook his head in confusion. "A what?" Theodore sighed. "Sometimes it's easy to forget you were raised away from the wizarding world. A Squib is basically a Muggle born to magical folk. Think of them almost as a... Reverse Muggle-born. But even if you take the fact that Filch is a Squib into consideration, it still doesn't add up. The monster attacked and petrified Filch's cat, not Filch himself. And Filch was never a student here, and is part of the faculty. The monster is only supposed to attack students. It makes me wonder just how much control the Heir really has over this monster, whatever it is."

Donkrieg was a little upset that so far only a cat had been attacked, even more so that it was merely frozen and not killed. He decided to relax by brewing an Invisibility Potion so he could watch the first Inter-House Quidditch game of the year. Quidditch was perhaps the one thing that really brought a smile to Donkrieg's face. However, when he saw who was flying as Seeker for Gryffindor, his smile faded. "Harry Potter. He's the one who defeated Voldemort. Well, I'll just have to make sure he doesn't interfere with my own plans." "Don't do anything obvious," Aries advised, "You'll be spotted easily and likely taken out before you can finish your mission."

Donkrieg nodded. "Good point. Let's make Harry's demise look like a mere accident of the game." He pointed his wand at one of the Bludgers and cast a spell on it to bring it under his control. But what he didn't realize was that enchanting a Bludger to go after one player alone was bound to attract attention, and sure enough Hagrid was quick to spot. "Looks like Harry's got himself a rogue Bludger. Someone's clearly tampered with it." "Had to be during the game itself," Alex said, "I double-checked the balls before Madam Hooch brought them out. Cyborg, is anyone chanting this time."

Cyborg scanned the area. "Don't know about chanting, but infra-red is picking up a person hiding among the lower scaffolding." He pointed to where he picked up the individual. "Blighter must be invisible," Hagrid said, "No wonder Madam Hooch missed him." Alex and Ron quickly ran around to where Cyborg had spotted the individual. Donkrieg was quick to detect when Alex was showing up as his magic started to fade, causing the Bludger to return to its default enchantment of targeting the nearest player, which luckily for Harry was the Slytherin Seeker. With his opposite number occupied, Harry was able to nab the Snitch and win the game.

During the course of the game, Gryffindor Captain Oliver Wood took a nasty blow from the tampered Bludger. Luckily, a fractured shoulder was a simple fix for Madam Poppy Pomfrey, the school nurse. "There's no need to worry dears," Pomfrey said to the rest of the Gryffindor team, "Players have had worse injuries from equipment that hadn't been tampered with." Just then, Dumbledore came in along with McGonagall and Sprout, who were carrying a gurney. "It seems we've had another attack," Dumbledore explained to the concerned students, pointing to the petrified student.

Harry gasped when he recognized Colin Creevy, a Gryffindor first-year who seemed to have a penchant for photography. In fact, up until recently Colin had spent most of his free time trying to get pictures of Harry. When McGonagall picked up the camera to see if Colin got a picture of his attacker, she was stunned to learn that all the film had melted. "I'm afraid this means the worst has come to pass," Dumbledore said, "Once again the Chamber of Secrets has been opened. The only question is, who could have opened it?" "We've got to find out soon," Pomfrey said, "Before I run out of beds... Or worse." Dumbledore solemnly nodded.

To be continued...

Of course, I've already suggested who could have opened the chamber. But it's not like my story characters know that. Read and... For crying out loud SEND ME REVIEWS!