The next day in Transfiguration class, everyone was still wondering about the Chamber of Secrets,
"Could I have your attention, please?" Professor McGonagall asked, the class started to pay attention then, "Right, Now, today We will be transforming animals into water goblets,"
Professor McGonagall tapped her wand three times on a toucan, "One, Two, Three. Vera Verto. Now it's your turn. Who wants to go first?" She walked to the students. "Mr. Weasley. 'One, Two, Three. Vera Verto."
Ron tried the spell, but ended up turning Scabbers into furry goblet with his tail still showing. The rest of the class began to giggling thinking it was funny.
"That wand needs replacing, Mr. Weasley." Professor McGonagall stated.
Hermione raised her hand,
"Yes, Miss Granger?"
"Professor, I was wondering if you could tell us about the Chamber of Secrets." Hermione replied
Professor McGonagall looked around and saw the class was interested in listening, "Very well, you all know, of course."
Carmela orbed in, "Sorry to interrupted. Please continue,"
Alexis waved her over, She had a desk to her self since no body wanted to sit by the Charmed One who's temper shouldn't be messed with. "She's about to tell us about the Chamber of Secrets." Alexis whispered.
"that Hogwarts was founded over thousand years ago by the four greatest witches and wizards of the age: Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw and Salazar Slytherin. Now, three of the founders coexisted quite harmoniously. One did not." Professor McGonagall began.
"Three guesses who." both Ron and Alexis whispered.
"Shut up, this is the first time in my two hundred and one years, that I heard this story." Carmela replied her eyes still on Professor McGonagall.
"Salazar Slytherin wished to be more selective about the students admitted to Hogwarts. He believe magical learning should be kept within all magic families." McGonagall went on. "In other words, pure-bloods. Unable to sway the others, he decided to leave the school. Now, according to legend...Slytherin had built a hidden chamber in this castle...know as the Chamber of Secrets. Though shortly before departing he sealed it until that time when he own true Heir returned to the school. The Heir alone would be able to open the Chamber and unleash the horror within, and by so doing purge the school of all those who in Slytherin's view were unworthy to study magic."
Hermione and Alexis locked eyes were a second, before both replied at the same thing, "Muggle-borns."
"Naturally, the school has been searched many times." Professor McGonagall stated "No such Chamber has been found."
Alexis' Charmed Instincts were acting up again, something was wrong seriously wrong. "Professor? What exactly does legend tell us lies within the Chamber?"
Professor McGonagall blinked and looked stared at Alexis' ice blue eyes. "The Chamber is said to be the home to something that only the Heir of Slytherin can control. It is said to be the home of a monster."
After class, the Golden Quartet were walking down the corridor
"Do you think it's true? Do you think there really is a Chamber of Secrets?" Ron asked.
"Yes. Couldn't you tell? McGonagall's worried. All the teachers are." Hermione began.
"If there is really a Chamber of Secrets and it really has opened, that means..." Harry began.
"The Heir of Slytherin has returned to Hogwarts. The question is, who is it." Alexis asked.
Draco and his groupies were walking past just then.
"Let's think. Who do we know who thinks all Muggle-borns are scum?" Ron asked.
"If you're talking about Malfoy-" Hermione began.
"of course. You heard what he was about to say. 'You'll be next, Mudbloods.'" Ron interrupted.
"I heard him. But Malfoy, The Heir of Slytherin?" Hermione asked.
"I doubt it, he maybe slimly double crosser but I don't think he's the Heir." Alexis agreed. "I hate to even admit that."
"Maybe Ron's right. I mean, look at his family, no offense Lexi. The whole lot of them have been in Slytherin for centuries." Harry explained.
"Crabbe and Goyle must know. Maybe we could trick them into telling." Ron suggested.
"Even they aren't that thick. But there might be another way." Hermione replied. "Mind you, it would be difficult. Not to mention, we'd be breaking about 50 school rules and it'll be dangerous, Very dangerous."
"Not that much dangerous, then what I faced over the summer holiday." Alexis shrugged.
"speaking of, how you written any more songs?" Harry asked as they were heading toward the library.
"Yes, I have one I thought of on the train. I'll sing it at supper tonight." Alexis answered; she had permission to sing at night whenever she brought her guitar with her to dinner.
When they were in the library, the three of them waited for Hermione to find a book, when she came around the corner.
"Here is is. The polyjuice Potion: properly brewed, the polyjuice Potion allows the drinker to transform himself temporarily into the physical form of
another," Hermione read
"You mean if Harry and I drink that stuff, we'll turn into Crabbe and Goyle?" Ron asked.
"Yes." answered Hermione.
"Wicked! Malfoy will tell us anything." Ron stated
"Exactly" smiled Hermione
Alexis bit her lip. "something about this doesn't seem right somehow."
"But it's tricky. I've never seen a more complicated potion," Hermione stated weary
"How long will it take to make?" Harry asked.
"A month." Hermione answered.
"A month?" Harry repeated. "But, Hermione, If Malfoy is the Heir of Slytherin, he could attack half the Muggle-borns in the school by then."
"I know." Hermione stated. "But it's the only plan we've got."
"Not the only plan, but one that will have a good chance at succeeding, there is always casting a Truth Spell on him but that isn't going be easy and I would have to cast it." Alexis added.
With the polyjuice potion chosen, the Quartet chose to look forward to the first Quidditch game of the year, Gryffindor Vs Slytherin,
The day of the game everything was going smoothly only Slytherin was in the lead.
"Another goal for Slytherin!" Lee Jordon commentated "They lead Gryffindor 90 to 30."
Hagrid was watching though his binoculars until something went wrong, "Blimey! Harry's got himself a rogue Bludger. That's been tampered with that has."
Ron pulled out his broken wand, "I'll stop it."
"No! Even with a proper wand, it's too risky. You could hit Harry." Hermione stated.
"Let me," Alexis suggested. "I can get that thing,"
the youngest Charmed One snuck off to the rafters connecting the Pitch together having the duck several times when the two rival seekers past by and the rogue bludger. Alexis couldn't help it, when she saw Draco fall off his broom and land on the ground. She quickly changed into her tiger form and leapt onto the ground. She padded up to Draco, and nudged his head. Out of the corner of her eyes she saw the rogue bludger hit Harry's arm breaking it.
Her kitty slitted eyes widen as Harry landed on the ground,
"Harry Potter has caught the Snitch, Gryffindor Wins!" Lee Jordon's voice announced.
Alexis saw that the bludger was coming back and that Harry was dodging it. So she ran at full force and pounced on the rogue bludger but thing got alway and not before breaking her own left arm as well. Alexis yowled in pain then transformed back. She sat on the ground holding her arm.
"Finite Incantatem!" Hermione yelled.
Alexis stood back on a walked over to Harry, holding her own arm against her chest. Her mind was on Harry.
"Thank you." Harry stated as Alexis knelt by him.
"Are you okay?" Hermione ask
"No, I think my arm is broken." Harry replied
"Mine too." Alexis hissed in pain
Lockhart knelt down next to Harry and beside Alexis. "Not to worry, Harry, Alexis. I will fix that arm of yours straightaway."
"Not you." Harry replied.
Alexis shook her head then shouted. "Carmela!"
Carmela orb in and noticed how both her charge's were holding their arms. "They're broken," and knelt down next Alexis, the Elder held her hand over Alexis' broken arm and the warm glow of Healing started.
"This won't hurt a bit." Alexis and Carmela heard Lockhart say.
"Don't you..." Carmela began but Lockhart already pulled out his wand
"Brackium Emendo!" Lockhart cast the spell but in failed, he picked up Harry's arm and it flopped to the side. "Yes, well, that can sometimes happen but the point is..." He bent the wrist backwards. "You can no longer feel any pain, and, very clearly, the bones are not broken."
"Broken? There's no bones left." Hagrid stated.
"Much more flexible, though." Lockhart responded.
Carmela shoved Lockhart out of the way, "I'm going to orb you to the hospital wing and Gilderoy touch my charge again and I will orb something very important of yours into a volcano." she placed a hand on both Alexis and Harry's shoulders and disappeared in a swirl of blue colored orbs.
Alexis couldn't help but be torn between seeing that her godbrother get well or going over to Draco's side as he was moaning in pain.
"Mr. Malfoy, stop making such a fuss. You can go. Out of my way." Madam Pomfrey stated rushing over to Harry's side "Should have been brought straight to me or had Carmela Heal him."
"We can mend bones in a heartbeat, but growing them back." Carmela shook her head.
"You will be able to, won't you?" Hermione asked.
"I'll be able to, certainly. But it'll be painful." Madam Pomfrey answered "You're in for a rough night, Potter. Regrowing bones is a nasty business." she handed him a glass full of a clear liquid and Harry spitted it out.
Alexis looked at the bottle and it was shaped like a skeleton were the words Skele-grow on it.
"What do you expect? Pumpkin juice?" Madam Pomfrey asked.
"Madam Pomfrey, could I stay with him tonight?" Alexis asked.
The school nurse looked at her and seen she was still holding her arm like it was broken too, "yes, I want to make sure nothing happens to that arm of yours, not that I don't trust the Healing of an Elder."
Later that night, Harry and Alexis were awoken by the voice again.
"Kill. Kill."
They sat up and looked at each other.
"Time to kill."
they looked around and looked down to see the same the House-elf.
"Hello." greeted Dobby
"Dobby?" Alexis asked. Harry looked at her in confusion.
"Harry Potter and Alexis Halliwell should have listened to Dobby." Dobby stated. "Harry Potter should have gone back home when he missed the train, and Alexis Halliwell should have missed the train too. Dobby thought She would have gotten stuck outside too"
"It was you. You stopped the barrier from letting Ron and me though." Harry replied.
"Indeed, yes, sir." Dobby confirmed.
Harry lead forward, "You nearly got Ron and me expelled."
"At least you would be away from here." Dobby stated. "Harry Potter and Alexis Halliwell must go home. Dobby thought his Bludger would be enough to make Harry Potter see-"
"Your Bludger? You made that Bludger chase after me?" Harry asked.
"that Bludger broke both our arms." Alexis hissed.
"Dobby feels most aggrieved, sir, ma'am. Dobby had to iron his hands"
"You better clear off before my bones come back, Dobby, or I might strangle you." Harry threatened.
"let me." Alexis agreed. They both got out of bed.
"Dobby is used to death threats, Dobby gets them five times a day at home."
"I don't suppose you could me why you're trying to kill us?" Harry asked.
"Not kill you, Never kill you. Dobby remembers how it was before Harry Potter triumphed over He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named and Alexis' Charmed One is legend among us elves. We house-elves were treated like vermin, sir. Of course, Dobby is still treated like vermin."
Dobby then began to cry.
Alexis felt the unsettling need to comfort the creature. "Why do you wear that thing, Dobby?"
"This, Ma'am? It is a mark of the house-elf's enslavement. Dobby can only be freed if his master presents him with clothes." Dobby answered.
A sound at the door alerted them, Dobby jumped on the bed.
"Listen. Listen! Terrible things are about to happen at Hogwarts. Harry Potter and Alexis Halliwell must not stay here now that history is about to repeat itself."
"Repeat itself? You mean this has happened before?" Harry asked.
"I shouldn't have said that." Dobby gasped. He grabbed the bottle of Skele-grow and began hitting himself with it. "Bad Dobby! Bad!"
"Stop it!" Alexis stated.
"Stop it Dobby," Harry stated before grabbing the bottle away the grabbed the elf's collar "Tell me. When did this happen before? Who's doing it now?"
"Dobby cannot say, sir. Dobby only wants Harry Potter and Alexis Halliwell to be safe." Dobby replied.
"No, Dobby. Tell me. Who is it?" Harry asks again.
Dobby snapped his fingers and disappeared.
Alexis looked at Harry, "Well that got us no where, I have a better time interrogating demons then I do with a house-elf."
They noticed shadows coming in, quickly laying down and pretending to sleep, they saw it was Professor Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall lead by Madam Pomfrey.
"Put him here," Madam Pomfrey instructed "What's happened?"
"There's been another attack." Professor Dumbledore answered
"I think he's been Petrified, Madam Pomfrey." McGonagall explained. "Look, Perhaps he managed to take a picture of his attacker."
the sound of an explosion of film came next, Alexis found herself wanting to change into her tiger form and coward into Harry's side.
"What can this mean, Albus?" McGonagall asks.
"It means...that our students are in great danger." Dumbledore replied
"What should I tell the staff?" McGonagall asks again
"The truth. Tell them Hogwarts is no longer safe. It is as we feared, Minerva. The Chamber of Secrets has been opened again." Dumbledore answers
Alexis and Harry stared wide awake at the wall.
The next morning, Hermione, Ron, Alexis and Harry were together.
"Again? You mean the Chamber of Secrets has been opened before?" Hermione asks.
"Of course, don't you see?" Ron asks. "Lucius Malfoy must have opened it when he was a student here. Now he's taught Draco how to do."
"Maybe, we'll have to wait for the Polyjuice Potion to know for sure." Hermione stated.
"I still think someone else is behind this, The Malfoy's are a bunch of idiots but killing Muggle-borns, that isn't something they would do at least this time, eleven years ago sure but now?" Alexis asks.
It was silent for a few seconds.
"Enlighten me. Why are we brewing this potion in broad daylight..in the middle of the girls' lavatory? Don't you think we'll get caught?" Ron asks.,
Hermione and Alexis began to giggle.
"No. No one ever comes in here." Hermione explained.
"Why?" Ron asks.
"Moaning Myrtle." Alexis stated simply
"Who?" Ron asks again.
Alexis saw a translucent girl glide out of one of the stalls to stare at Ron. She had her hair up in pig tails, wearing glasses and she's was dressed in a outdated version of the Hufflepuff uniform.
"Who's Moaning Myrtle?" Ron asks yet again.
"I'm Moaning Myrtle." She floated pass then to hover above them now. "I wouldn't expect you to know me. Who would ever talk about ugly, miserable, moping Moaning Myrtle?" she sobbed and screamed flying back into her toilet and causing water to go everywhere.
"She's a little sensitive." Hermione added.
"I keep on telling her, she's not ugly but she won't believe me." Alexis shrugged.
One afternoon, the students gathered in the great hall. There was a long platform standing then Gilderoy Lockhart step up on it.
"Gather round! Gather round. Can everyone see me? Can you all hear me?" Lockhart asked then muttered "Excellent."
Alexis stared up at him, with a bored expression on her face. She was interested in this dueling club that was going around the school.
"In the light of the dark events of recent weeks...Professor Dumbledore has granted me permission to start this Dueling Club to trains you all up in case you ever need to defend yourselves as I myself have done on countless occasions."
"Sure he has." Muttered Alexis, she didn't wouldn't trust this guy as far as her shield could repel him and that is pretty far indeed.
"For full details see my published works." Lockhart went on saying, he took off his cloak and tossed it at a Gryffindor girl who caught it and sighed. "Let me introduce my assistant...Professor Snape."
Professor Snape slithered up with his arms crossed.
"He has sportingly agreed to help with a short demonstration." Lockhart explained "I don't want any of you youngsters to worry. You'll still have your Potions master when I'm through with him. Never fear."
Alexis nudged Harry's side. When he looked at her.
"but the question is will we still have him?" Alexis asks.
The two professors walked up the long platform and met each other in the middle took out their wands and saluted each other with them and bowed then walked down the length.
"One. Two. Three!" Lockhart counted.
"Expelliarmus!" Snape casted and the blast caused Lockhart the fly back and hit the platform.
"Do you think he's all right?" Hermione asked.
"Who cares?" Ron replied.
Alexis noticed something shimmer in just then, she was about to set fire to it when she saw it was Cole Turner, her sister Phoebe's demonic boyfriend.
"An excellent idea to show them that, Professor Snape...but if you don't mind me saying, it was pretty obvious what you were about to do." Lockhart stated walking up the platform. "If I had wanted to stop you, It would have been only to easy."
"Perhaps it would be prudent to first teach the students to block unfriendly spells, professor." Snape replied.
"An excellent suggestion, Professor Snape." Lockhart stated. "Let's have a volunteer pair."
"I volunteer." Cole spoke up.
The students turned to him along with professors.
Cole began walking forward.
"What are you doing here, Cole?" Alexis asks with her arms crossed and the famous Halliwell glare.
"Phoebe asked me to come check on you." Cole replied. "I saw what happened and I'm willing to take a beating from you."
"Fine by me." Alexis agreed, "Then you can tell my sisters to stop worrying about me."
the Charmed One climbed on top of the platform and Cole disappeared then reappeared on the platform. Right in front of her.
"You tracked me here didn't you." Alexis accused
"Only way I'm going to find this place." Cole replied.
"Lexi, you know him?" Hermione asked.
"Sure do, he tried to kill me over the summer." Alexis replied. "Well he tried to kill the Charmed Ones that is. He's a demon."
Cole changed forms then into a red and black demon.
"Nice to see you again, Belthazar" Alexis greeted. As she looked up at the demon. "I'll explain later, I want to get this started." Alexis took off her cloak and tossed at Cedric, who was staring at the large demon.
They bowed to each other and paced away. Before Belthazar turned around with a fireball in hand and threw it at her. But the silverish blue shield sprung up,
"Now, now. You know I like to see who I'm fighting against." Alexis smirked. Before she raised her hands and sent an energy blast at Belthazar sending him flying back only to have him shimmer away then reappear again on the platform.
He threw another fireball at him, but she caught it this time and closed her hand on it.
"This will last all day, I say its a draw." Belthazar stated before shimmering back into Cole.
"Leave before I really want to vanquish your sorry demonic self." Alexis growled before jumping of the platform. Cole shimmered out before Alexis could think of a way to vanquish him.
Lockhart came back and looked around for more students. "Potter, Weasley, how about you?"
Harry began to make his way to the platform. Ron was about to when Snape stopped him by speaking.
"Weasley's wand causes devastation with the simplest spells. We'll be sending Potter to the hospital wing in a matchbox." Snape stated. "Might I suggest someone from my own house? Malfoy perhaps?" He turned and motioned for Draco to climb up.
"Wands at the ready." Lockhart ordered.
"Scared, Potter?" Draco asked.
"You wish." Harry replied.
"On the count of three, cast your charms to disarm your opponent. Only to disarm." Lockhart explained "We don't want any accidents here. One. Two."
"Everte Statum!" Draco casted without waiting the charm caused Harry to somersault in the air and land on his side.
Alexis growled, "Bad form!"
Harry stood up pointed his wand. "Rictusmpra!"
Draco was sent flying this time.
"I said to disarm only." Lockhart stated.
"Serpensotia!" a snake came out of Draco's wand tip, it began to slither its way to Harry
"Don't move, Potter. I'll get rid of it for you." Snape stated.
"Allow me, Professor Snape." Lockhart interrupted. "Alarte Ascendare!" the spell only made the snake angry and it turned to another student.
Harry walked forward and began talking to the snake. Alexis moved sideways a little, and stood in front of the student the snake was posing the strike at. Then she too began to speak to it.
While the snake was distracted.
"Vipera Evanesca." Snape casted and destroyed the snake.
Harry and Alexis blinked like coming out of a trance.
"What are you playing at?" one of the Gryffindor students asked.
The two just looked at everyone confused.
Harry, Hermione, Alexis and Ron went to the Gryffindor common room,
"You're a Parselmouth?" Ron asked "Both of you. Why didn't you tell us?"
"I'm a what?" Harry and Alexis asked.
"You can talk to snakes." Hermione stated.
"I know. I accidentally set a python on my cousin Dudley at the zoo once." Harry replied.
"I haven't done anything like that, I don't remember even playing with snakes at home." Alexis stated before looking at Harry.
"Once. But so what? I bet loads of people here can do it." Harry stated.
"No, They can't. It's not a very common gift," Hermione replied. "this is bad."
"What's bad? If I hadn't told that snake not to attack Justin-" Harry began.
"And if I hadn't step in the way and trying to convince it to stay away from others-" Alexis added.
"That's what you said to it." Ron interrupted.
"You were there, you hear us." Harry replied.
"I heard you two speaking Parseltongue. Snake language." Ron explained.
Alexis couldn't believe it.
"I spoke a different language?" Harry asked. "But I didn't realize—how can I speak a language without knowing I can?"
"I don't know, but it sound like you were egging the snake on or something." Hermione answered "Harry, Lexi, listen to me. There's a reason the symbol of Slytherin house is a serpent. Salazar Slytherin was a Parselmouth. He could talk to snakes too."
"Exactly. Now the whole school's going think you're his great-great-great grandchildren or something." Ron agreed.
"But we're not." Alexis stated. "We can't be."
He lived a thousand years ago. For all we know, you could be." Hermione replied.
Alexis shook her head in denial, "I got to talk to Carmela." she ran out of the room, up the stairs and into her own dormitory. Where Carmela was waiting.
"What's the rush?" Carmela asked.
"Did you know I could talk to snakes." Alexis asked.
Carmela blinked "So that what they were thinking about and wouldn't tell me. The other Elders gave you the gift of being a Parselmouth. To help Harry. Don't tell him this but we think Voldemort transferred some of his powers the night he tried to kill him."
