Title: Harry Snape And The Chamber Of Secrets
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Chapter 14: Cornelius Fudge
The next day Harry and Hermione saw Ginny asking Dumbledore about something. Harry wanted to hear what was being said but Hermione shook her head and forced him to move on. Soon it was time for the second years to pick their classes for their third year.
"Can't we drop Defense Against the Dark Arts?" Harry asked.
Hermione stared at him. "Why would you want to do that, that class is important?"
"Not how Lockhart teaches it," Harry told her. "He's completely bonkers."
"That I agree, Masster," Harry's snake agreed.
"See someone agrees with me," Harry said and Hermione rolled her eyes.
Harry decided to take The Study of Ancient Runes and Muggle Studies, one class at least Harry knew he would pass with flying colors. The Hufflepuff second years handed them to Professor Sprout. Meanwhile Ron Weasley was having a talk with Professor Dumbledore. He was supposed to return at the beginning of the second half of term but Sprout had decided to extend it.
"I trust that you've been working on your lessons, Mr. Weasley," Dumbledore said.
"Yes, sir," Ron answered.
"Good," Dumbledore said. "Now get to Hufflepuff tower the password is Honey."
Ron thanked him and then left.
Harry and Hermione were very pleased to see Ron when he came back and Ron looked happy to see him as well. He asked what happened while he had been away.
"The Chamber of Secrets was opened," Harry told him and Ron stared at him. "Mrs. Norris was attacked but things have been taken care of."
"That's great to hear," Ron said. "So who did it?"
"I don't know," Harry answered. "But Dumbledore seemed pretty interested in a diary that Tom Riddle owned. He told me that Tom Riddle was the heir of Slytherin."
"So he's the cause of all this," Ron concluded.
"If he was then he would be an old man," Hermione pointed out. "It must have been his child or grandchild that did it."
"Might," Harry said, "Though I'm hoping that Dumbledore will tell us."
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Dumbledore was expecting Fudge to show up in his office but he didn't expect it to be so soon. He knew that Fudge was watching what was happening and Dumbledore had a nasty feeling that he was going to try something, the man still believed that he was after his job.
"Albus, I was surprised that you didn't greet me in the entrance hall," Fudge told Dumbledore.
"Well I had some important things to do," Dumbledore told him. "I couldn't get away to meet you."
"Understandable," Fudge said. "Have you figured out who opened the Chamber of Secrets?"
"It was the same person that opened it fifty years ago," Dumbledore told Fudge. "The problem has been taken care of."
"You mean Hagrid did it again," Fudge said, surprised though his face didn't look it.
"No, Hagrid was framed," Dumbledore said. "Tom Riddle opened the Chamber fifty years ago and he did it again."
Fudge really looked surprised and Dumbledore went on. "He is no longer at this school."
"Good," Fudge said. "Well I'll be going."
And with a sigh of relief he watched Fudge leave.
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