Chapter 14

That night Colin Creevey was petrified. The next morning, all the Gryffindors were really sad. Fred kept trying to catch my eye so that he could apologize but I wasn't really interested. I was more worried about helping Harry find the chamber. I had started carrying around a mirror. People gave me weird looks but I didn't care. I managed to convince the others to do it too.

"We need to find out all we can about the chamber of secrets." Hermione was saying. Then I had an idea. I ran upstairs and soon came down with my copy of 'Hogwarts: a History'. "Lets see what it says it here." I said as I opened the book and started flipping through the pages till I reached the appropriate place in the book. I read it aloud so that only they could hear me:

It is rumored that the four founders of Hogwarts, Rowena Ravenclaw, Godric Gryffindor, and Salazar Slytherin each left a hidden place for themselves and their descendants in the school.

Helga Hufflepuff however, true to her nature, decided not to be so exclusive. She built a legendary room named the room of requirement. It will take the form of any room the person who calls it needs at the time. Unfortunately, no documentation of the room being found exists so it has been concluded that it is only a myth. Even though Helga Hufflepuff did not wish to exclude anyone, she was said to have made it so her heir could unlock the true potential of the secret room.

Rowena Ravenclaw, is rumored to have built a secret library, said to contain all her knowledge and more. They say that it is enchanted to magically add knew things to the collection as more knowledge is discovered. Many people have searched for this legendary collection of books but it has never been found. Some say it is not real. Others say that one day the heir of Ravenclaw will find it.

Godric Gryffindor's room is rumored to be a training area. It is said that he built it so none of his descendants will ever feel the need to back out of a fight. When there is need of it, his air would find it.

Salazar Slytherin built a mythical place, called the chamber of secrets. He supposedly built it to hide a dreadful monster. This monster was brought to the castle to rid the school of all muggle born children. After he left, the other founders worked hard to find it so they could destroy the monster but they never did. People have searched and searched but no one has ever found reason to believe that the chamber existed. It can only be opened by the heir of Slytherin. It was brushed aside as pure legend and was rarely spoken of again.

"Amazing!" Harry said. "The room of requirement was built by Helga Hufflepuff."

"Shhhh. People will hear you!" I whispered hurriedly.

"So, it's not a person petrifying people with a spell or something. It's a monster. We have to find out what the monster is." Hermione whispered.

"How?" Ron asked.

"I'm going to go to the library and start looking up monsters to see if I can find some possible culprits." She said.

"I'll come with you." Ron said. Harry and Neville nodded. They looked at me.

"I'm tired. I'll just wait here." I told them. I already knew what it was and I don't know what would happen if they found out this early on what the monster was.

Suddenly I remembered something. I never opened the second letter from Gringott's. I got so distracted I completely forgot about it. I remember putting it in my draw. I quickly rushed up to my dorm room and found the letter. I opened it.

I am just letting you know that the Horcrux was successfully destroyed. Thank you again for your help.

Bogrod.

I let out a small whoop of joy. That takes care of that. I decided now would be a good time to go and fetch the diadem from the room of requirement. I hid the letter and went back downstairs. I left Gryffindor tower and started heading towards the room of requirement.

Unfortunately, I ran into some trouble in the form of Draco Malfoy and his goons. "Well look who it is!" Goyle said. "You shouldn't be walking around alone, what with the chamber opened and all." He had become the main antagonist since he realized Draco had changed. I honestly don't know why Draco still walks around with them. He seems to be trying to keep up appearances. I wasn't worried. Goyle is probably the thickest person, in the history of Hogwarts, to some how cheat his way through exams.

"Just bugger off. I'm busy." I told him. Then I waved at Draco and turned around to keep walking.

However, before I could take a step in the other direction, Goyle had closed one of his big, beefy, hands on my arm. He spun me back around to face him.

"You shouldn't be so rude to your superiors." He spat. I rolled my eyes.

"Who do you think you are?" I asked him. He growled and squeezed my arm tightly. I hissed in pain.

"Thats going to leave a mark, you know." I told him.

"Good." He smiled. I smiled back and in one fluid motion, kneed him right between the legs. I learned that in PE. He yelped and let go as he dropped to his knees it paid. I caught Draco's eye and saw he was trying not to burst out laughing. I winked at him and he smiled at me. Crabbe was now franticly trying to help Goyle up.

I turned and started walking away. That proved to be a bad move. Crabbe fired a tripping hex at my back while I was walking round the corner. I fell into the was and hit my head. Luckily I was out of their view. I used the wall for support as I stood up, rubbing my sore head. To my utter astonishment, at my touch, a section of the wall began to sink into the floor.

Where there was previously a wall, there was now a passageway. My brain was telling me to turn and go but my Gryffindor courage and burning curiosity, wouldn't allow it. I walked into the passageway and the wall lifted back into place behind me. It was dark so I took out my wand and muttered "Lumos". The end of my wand lit up. I walked down the passage. It wasn't very long and I soon reached another door.

There was an inscription on it so I lifted my wand to read what it said. "The heir of Ravenclaw demands entry to her library." I read aloud. As soon as I said these words the door swung open. "No effing way!" I gasped to myself as I walked into the massive room in front of me.

There were shelves and shelves of books. It was bigger than the Hogwarts library. Much bigger. I had no idea how a room so huge could have stayed hidden for so long. There were lots of doors beside the one I just came from. Each had a different plaque on it naming rooms and hallways. I assumed they all lead to different parts of the castle. It the middle of the room there were chairs and a table. Next to the table there was an empty pedestal. There was a plaque under it that read: Rowena Ravenclaw's Diadem.

On the wall across from me there was a huge family tree. It almost covered the whole wall. At the top were the names of the four founders. Under each name was the blood status of each person. It kept going, naming each of their descendants. I was interested to note that Rowena Ravenclaw's granddaughter and Helga Hufflepuff's grandson had gotten married. My eyes trailed down the wall and stopped on my mothers name. I was utterly confused. My mother was a muggle. It even said so under her name. How could she be the heir of Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff? Then I saw that my great-grandma had been a squib. I was the heir of Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff!

I almost fainted. How is this even possible. I wasn't on the tree obviously because I haven't actually been born yet but my mum was on it! Also, I don't think I would have found the library if I wasn't. I looked to the side and saw Godric Gryffindor's line stopped at Harry Potter. Harry was the heir of Gryffindor. Honestly, that wasn't much of a surprise. Finally, to the very left was Salazar Slytherins line. Tom Riddle was printed at the end of it. I touched the wall in wonder. It must be enchanted to add members when they come into the world.

Suddenly, a line started moving down from my mother's name. It stopped a little below and letters started appearing. It was as if someone was writing it down. My name was now at the bottom of the tree. Under it muggle born was written.

"How can the heir of Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff be in Gryffindor?" I asked aloud in confusion. Suddenly, a book flew off one of the shelves and landed open on the table. I walked over to it. It was hand written. It looked to be a diary.

Godric and I had made the sorting hat so that it would sort by what is inside the brain, not by blood. My granddaughter was sorted into Gryffindor yesterday. It was a little bit of a shock. I don't mind though. Helga's grandson was sorted into Gryffindor too.

I stopped reading there. The library must have some sort of searching charm. Brilliant! I closed the book and it flew back onto the shelve.

"Umm. What books have information on the chamber of secrets?" I asked. Three books came flying off the shelves. I already knew what I needed to know about that though. I just wanted to test it. I closed each of the books and they flew back onto the shelves.

Me being the heir was starting to make sense now. That would explain why the gargoyle to the headmasters office jumped aside without me saying the password. The castle is rumored to obey the heirs of the founders. I guess thats true then. There was a clock on the wall so I checked the time. It was past curfew! I had to leave. I turned to the doors to find one to take me back. To my delight I saw that there was one labeled Gryffindor common room. There was one for each of the four common rooms actually. I opened the door and started walking down the passage.

I got to the end and placed my hand against the wall. It started to slide into the wall. I was looking into the Gryffindor common room. There must have been a notice-me-not charm on the door because no one seemed to notice me or the fact that there was a huge section missing from one of the walls. I walked into the common room and the passage closed behind me. I walked up to my dorm room and went to sleep.

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That was a huge revaluation, wasn't it? I hope you liked it! I hope it doesn't seem like I just felt like making her the heir of two houses but it is important for the story and the ravenclaw library will be immensely useful.

Sorry about the poll thing. I have no idea why they weren't working. Oh well, too late now. Next time I'll make sure they are working if I put some up.

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