I don't Own Harry Potter.

Chapter Twenty-two

Andromeda's POV

It's been two months since the twins were born. I can't believe how big they had gotten. Nymphadora keeps changing her hair to some very strange colors. Most of the time it's pink or purple. The purple makes her look a bit peaky. I can already tell that she will always be a bit unconventional. Hopefully, she will keep her hair a normal color when she's older.

T.J. doesn't have his sister's ability. He has red hair that would make a Weasley proud. I hope that he doesn't grow to resent that he isn't like his sister.

I have that feeling that something is going to happen at Hogwarts again. I don't know when it's going to happen except that Dumbledore isn't going to be there. That has me very frightened. He assured my parents, Ted, and I that he won't leave the school unless it was absolutely necessary. I can't help but think that his idea of necessary is extremely different from my own. He does tend to hide things from others that could save lives.

James' POV

For the past few months have been hard on everyone. Adie barely eats and only talks when spoken to by teachers. Sirius stopped coming up with new pranks. Lily, Remus, and Peter are also quieter. I've even seen some students glaring at the sun as if it was mocking us in Gryffindor Tower. I can't say that I'm much different.

Professor Dumbledore has hired a sub for Transfiguration, Professor Hartwell. She tries to keep the class upbeat but with out class one short and the head of House in the Hospital Wing, it isn't working very well.

Sirius' POV

I spoke to Regulus after Defense today. He was really pale and had dark circles under his eyes though he hasn't been sleeping. He said that he was fine. The weird thing is that he ran away from me when he saw Professor Catalina. It was as though he was afraid of her… or of her seeing him talking to me. I swear she was glaring at him. She's usually so nice. She doesn't care what House a person is from since she didn't even attend Hogwarts as a student.

Adrian's POV

I've heard the voice a few times during the last few weeks but nothing has come of it. No else has been attacked. But I'm still scared. No one knows that I still hear the voice. I don't think my brothers would understand. I don't really understand. That really irritates me.

Lily's POV

Professor Sprout told all her classes that she finally found some mandrakes so that she and Professor Slughorn can cure those who were Petrified. I miss Dorcas so much. She's like a sister. The only problem is that we have to wait another month before they are mature to harvest. I don't know if I can wait that long to know who attacked her and the others.

The Common Room was once again crowded. It's been like that ever since Professor McGonagall was Petrified. Despite it being so crowed it was eerily quiet. Adrian hated it. There was a curfew that made that students weren't allowed out of the Common Rooms after dinner. That was an hour go.

So he sat, bored, reading Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. He was taking Care of Magical Creatures the next term. He was in the 'B' section when he gasped. That caused his brothers, Remus, Peter, and Lily to look over his shoulder to see what he was reading.

Basilisk.

It was the only thing that made sense. It explained everything that has happened. It explained why Adrian could hear the voice when no one else could. Now the problem was how to tell the professors. The idea of a basilisk roaming the school was ludicrous… impossible. Some one would have noticed some odd was in the halls.

"It's been going through the pipes," Lily whispered. "Think about it. Some one would have seen it and not be Petrified if it were out in the open. More people would have been attacked." She paused. "However, if it's in the walls all it would need is for someone to call for it."

"There must be another Parselmouth in the school controlling it."

"James, what do you mean by 'another Parselmouth.' Have one at school is slim but two is ridiculous." Lily really was clueless.

"I'm a Parselmouth, Lily. I don't understand how because no one else in my family is one. I've known for years but I usually try to stay away from snakes since I can't control when I speak to them." Adrian explained for his brother.

"That and its really creepy listening to your brother hiss," said Sirius.

"I've been hearing the basilisk. I couldn't see it. That voice has been driving me insane. I didn't know what it was."

"Why didn't you tell us?" asked Remus. "We could have helped you through this."

"I was scared that you guys wouldn't believe me. I was hearing bodiless voices. That doesn't exactly scream out sane."

"What are we going to do?"

"We aren't going to do anything, Lily! You, the Muggle-born, is going to stay here while us Purebloods are going to the staff room to tell them what we know. Professor Dumbledore will listen to us." James was fuming at what Lily was saying.

"You can't make me stay behind. I can protect this school just as well as you can."

"You are NOT going. It's too dangerous for even us to go the staff room after curfew. Remus is staying behind as well."

"Yes I am. There's no legitimate reason why I can't go." Remus glared at James.

Adrian sighed. He knew what James was doing and he agreed with him. "The fewer people that go the less conspicuous we will be. James, Sirius, and I are going, no one else. We have ways to get around the castle that will make us less noticeable." There was no reason to tell them about the map that their sister gave them last year until it was done. "It's the only way that this will work. If too many people go it will be noticeable."

"Then that means that someone other than a Potter should go. You are identical so someone will notice that your faces isn't here," Lily volleyed back

"I should go," said Peter. "No one really notices me."

"He has a point." Remus looked almost reluctant to agree. Other than a few instances, Peter was rarely noticed.

"We are running out of time since we don't when the basilisk will strike next. We will draw straws. Adrian will go since he can hear the snake." Lily made the compromise.

Adrian transfigured a piece of old parchment into a stick and broke it into uneven sticks. He shuffled the so that not even he knew which was which. They decided that four, including Adrian, would go tell the teachers what they knew. Remus and Peter got the short sticks and were going to be left behind. James protested letting Lily go with them since she was a Muggle born and was in the most danger.

Peter was looking relieved. He may not be noticed by the upper years but his friends knew that he was a coward in these situations. He knew that if faced with questions from the teachers he would freeze. Sometimes he couldn't figure out how he ended up in Gryffindor and he suspected others wondered the same thing.

Remus on the other hand was furious that he couldn't go. He was keen to have an adventure that didn't involve him nearly killing his best mates. He knew that he could talk the teachers into anything so that they wouldn't get into trouble for being in the corridors.

The map that the Potter boys were working on with Remus and Peter was only half done. Some of the floors had blind spots that they hadn't gotten to. They were on one now.

They didn't go far when they ran into Professor Catalina. She motioned them to follow her. Adrian didn't like the look she was giving them. He had no way to tell the others that he was uncomfortable with the professor.

It was when they realized that they weren't headed toward the staff room that the others began to feel uneasy.

"Where are we going?" asked Sirius. Catalina just ignored him. It was Lily who recognized the landmarks, being that she was the only girl in the group other than Catalina.

"Myrtle's bathroom." At first she was confused then a look of understanding washed over her face. Adrian was the next to understand what was happening. "That's where the Chamber of Secrets is, you're the one who's been opening it. You've been attacking all the Muggle-borns. NO, you won't get away with this. Professor Dumbledore will stop you."

Catalina just smiled wider. "Dumbledore isn't here. He's been called away by the school governors. He won't be back for a few days."

They reached Myrtle's bathroom and entered. Myrtle glared at the boys for daring to enter a girls' toilet but didn't say anything since they were with a professor. Catalina hissed at one of the sinks and forced the students down the pipes.

A/N I'm thinking about skipping third and fourth year. I don't really have any ideas for those years that could happen at the school. I can give vague journal entries such as Quidditch matches and baby updates but that's about it. Tell me what you think.