AN- Wow it feels like it's been forever since I sat down to write. I apologise for the delay in writing and posting this chapter. This chapter fought me, life got in the way, I lost inspiration. But good news, I'm back! I hope
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Chapter 21 – Little Dragon
He moved down the corridors quickly making sure that no one spotted him; it was well into dinner but he still needed to be careful. He had been planning this for the last two months; Halloween would be sure to be remembered.
He checked the bathroom entrance and then went inside
"Hello?" A girl's voice came "Is someone there?"
He stood silently in the shadows and waited for her to leave; then she floated through the door. This was why the girls never really used this bathroom
"I know someone is here" she said
He knew he should have learned how to cast an invisibility spell
"Okay fine!" she shouted and dove down the drain pipe
"Weird ghost" he said to himself and then stepped up to the sink and opened the journal, he would not call it a diary. He closed his eyes and pressed the journal to his face. Yes this Halloween would be remembered; he felt his magic being pulled into the diary and then heard a voice say something in a hiss. The sink dropped into the floor revealing a stair case
'Go in' appeared in the diary
He walked down the stairs and heard the sink move back into place; he walked down the tunnels following a hiss which grew louder as he got closer. He was losing patience when the tunnel opened to reveal a large hall decorated in green and silver, the statues along the wall were all in the form of Salazar Slytherin or snakes. He had found it; The Chamber of Secrets, the key to destroying the mudblood and half-blood traitors. He ran his hand through his blonde hair; surely father would be pleased with his progress.
He moved around the room looking for anything that may be of use but only found a basilisk skin and a few candles which had died a long time ago, they surrounded what looked like a rune circle. He drew the circle as best as he could in the diary and waited for a response
'Put some blood on the out edge and stand within the circle, it will make you stronger and more durable. This will help with our task' appeared on the pages
He followed the directions and as soon as his blood hit the outer circle of the runes the candles lit up. He passed out
Harry sat in the great hall between Padma and Hermione who were explaining the new spells they were learning from Madam Pomfrey.
"So she isn't teaching us anything serious yet, but she showed us a few diagnostic spells and helped us perfect our minor injuries healing spell" Hermione said "The one you showed us but she says that it's rather useless unless it is cast by a powerful wizard"
"And how are the potion lessons with Professor Snape going?" Neville asked
"I think you'd find that bit interesting, he told us that first we needed to understand plants more thoroughly so we'll be spending our lesson times with Professor Sprout" Padma said to Neville
"I wonder if we could get a more advanced spell book from Professor Snape since we've all mastered the advanced shield and all the offensive spells" Harry said thinking out loud
"I'm sure we could, we should work on learning more spells before working on chaining them together" Neville responded
"Well right now we know; blasting curse, banishing charm, that cool ice spike one, the fire ball curse and the cutting curse. Then there are the more playground jinxes and charms like the leg locking jinx and the tripping jinx so maybe those are enough to start learning how to chain them together"
"Can we enjoy Halloween without having to worry about you guys talking about studies?" Blaise whined
"Okay Blaise, here have a pumpkin pie" Hermione said and shoved a slice in the boys mouth causing all their friends to laugh
"Let's go to our room and chill there instead? I hate sitting at these tables separated like this" Harry said "And I have something to share with you guys" he smiled
The group walked through the halls until they reached their practice room
"So what did you want to show us Harry?" Padma asked
"Okay guys, so Theo and I were having discussions with his father regarding magical tattoos and linking them so that we can communicate through them or something along those lines. He advised that the spell to get the tattoo was simple but infusing it with spells was the difficult part" Harry explained
"And Harry decided to research it" Theo said to the group
"What I found was that getting tattoos is a simple procedure and I can cast the spell" he said revealing his left forearm
"There of all places?" Theo asked
"It felt like the best place" Harry shrugged
"Something you want to share?" Parvati asked
"No, just a thought" Theo said "Continue please Harry"
"Yes well infusing the spells is going to take some time since I need to figure out which spells we need but after that I will transfer the tattoo onto everyone. It's the simplest way to go since I'll only have to infuse one tattoo and then transfer it"
"How painful is the process?" Hermione asked
"Not at all actually, it's draining for the caster but the transferring should take no longer than a few minutes. So you guys will have about two weeks to decide if you want to take the tattoo"
"Will it be exactly like yours? And what is that mark?" Padma asked
"Yes it will be, as you can see it's about the size of the small inkwell so not too big. The mark is the sign of the Deathly Hallows, a few wizards have used it before. The triangle represents the invisibility cloak of death, the circle represents the resurrection stone and the line represents the elder wand" Harry said
"I didn't expect you to know the story of the three brothers" Astoria said "Weren't you raised by muggles?"
"I was, but the story shows us that our choices have consequences and we need to think on them carefully. So I hope whenever you look at the mark you think about that"
"Is there anything else? Can it be removed?" Justin asked
"No, or rather not after I infuse spells into it. That's why I'm telling you about it before we all get the tattoo. I can colour it too by the way, I just prefer this dark green colour being Slytherin and all"
"I'm in" Astoria said
"Well we probably should ask our parents" Hermione said
"It's my arm, my mother will just have to understand that" Blaise said "Maybe colour mine silver though?" he smiled at Harry
"Take the two weeks. We'll gather here then to make our decisions" Harry said and threw himself onto one of the couches they had in the room. The group broke up into the mini groups and carried on separate conversations, Theo dragged his chair over to Harry
"Father will be impressed" he said "No loyalty charm?"
"I'm uncertain if that's the route I want to go down" Harry said looking at Justin talking to Susan "But I fear it might be necessary, grab Neville and Blaise and meet me outside" he said and got up and made his way over to Daphne
"Keep them all distracted please? I need to talk to Neville, Blaise and Theo" he asked and she simply nodded
Once the four boys were in the hall Harry started walking urging them to follow him
"I don't want to use loyalty charms but Justin worries me, if we let him go now we can always claim we didn't learn how to infuse spells and they're simply tattoos" Harry explained
"Personally I don't mind the loyalty charm, you can break it if your will is strong enough and you have the capacity for pain. I say charm that tattoo with the strongest charm and let the idiot deal with it" Theo said "If he is here for Susan then let him deal with it but if he is here to achieve our goals then it won't make a difference"
"What are our goals exactly? I'm on board with pretty much anything but I'd like to know, I know Professor Snape is involved which makes me even more comfortable with the entire scheme" Blaise asked
"I want to be powerful but being powerful alone doesn't change the world. Look at the people who tried that approach, they failed. Even Voldemort with his Death Eaters failed because he looked out for himself first, he made himself powerful and relied on numbers with a small group of skilled fighters and an even smaller group of truly talented and powerful allies. Do I have a few nefarious goals? Yes I do, only one actually."
"Any chance you'd like to share that goal with us?" Neville asked
"No Nev, that cross is mine to bear" Harry smiled
"So what charms are you planning on infusing into the tattoo?" Blaise asked "Now that we have decided on the loyalty charm"
"There are a few actually; a durability charm, loyalty charm, communication charm which is one way only and only transfers intent but you'll get the message, possibly a concealing charm since some people are concerned about the location and the look, a connection charm which allows the tattoos to be linked and enables the communication"
"Have you figured out all of them? Do you want me to write father and ask for guidance?" Theo asked
"My mother is an enchanter so she may be able to help as well" Blaise offered
"No thank you, I have this covered. Let's head back" Harry said
The boys rounded the corner and collided with the rest of their group
"There's been an attack, Professor Snape found us in the room and sent us to our common rooms" Daphne explained "He said to get back there as quickly as possible"
"Okay, let's get back then. Stick together" Harry said to the group and then made his way back to the Slytherin common room
"What you're not going to go have a look?" Theo teased and Harry just laughed along with the rest of his friends
They arrived in the common room which was filled with the rest of the House
"Anyone know what happened?" a seventh year asked out loud "And where is Malfoy?"
"Who's asking?" Malfoy said entering the room looking exhausted and angry
Theo and Harry shared a look and then looked back at the blonde boy who took a seat by the fire and wrote in his journal
"Something is going on with him" Theo said
"Perhaps, it could be why your father warned us about him. Let's try and keep an eye on him." Harry said removing a journal from his bag and started taking down notes about everything he remembered about Draco this year, he was stopped when Severus walked into the room
"Mrs Norris was found petrified, the Headmaster is concerned about the creature. He has not stated that a curfew would be put into place but it is not far off so keep yourselves above any suspicion" he said and then turned to leave
"Notice how Malfoy completely ignored the announcement?" Daphne asked Harry to which he nodded
Things are getting interesting at Hogwarts once more, Harry thought. Maybe it was time to speed up his plans concerning the tattoos
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