Pansy was right, during the next few weeks, the majority of the students were avoiding Harry. Harry was discovered at another incident that involved Justin Finch Fletchley and Nearly Headless Nick being petrified
" How on earth did a ghost get petrified?" Dianna asked
" Only somebody very powerful could do that" Draco said
" Well Potter is the only one who survived the killing curse" Blaze said
Draco looked angry, " I still do not believe he is the one behind this"
That night, Dianna wrote to Harry and they met up in the Astronomy tower and Dianna had cookies
" How are you doing?" Dianna asked
Harry shrugged, " Everybody thinks I'm the heir of Slytherin, even my own friends are walking on egg shells around me it seems like"
" Well, you and I both know you are not the heir of Slytherin, you are not causing these things" Dianna said
" But what if I am? And I just do not know it?" Harry asked
Dianna shook her head no, " You have too good of a heart"
Harry smiled, " So I saw that you're staying for the holidays"
Dianna sighed and nodded, " Mum says Dudley's sick with the chicken pox and then after those are done with, she wants to make sure all the chicken pox germs are all out of he house before she wants me inside the house"
Harry rolled his eyes at that
Dianna chuckled, " Well you know my mother"
" So Malfoy and Crabbe and Goyle are staying too?" Harry asked
Dianna nodded, " I don't really know the reason why, Draco won't share, and Vincent and Greg always follow Draco like he's their leader
Harry nodded in understanding
" Sadly, Milly's going home, I'm only going to have those three to talk to, we are the only Slytherins staying" Dianna said
" Yah, this Chamber of Secrets stuff is scaring everybody" Harry said
" So, do you want to meet up here on Christmas?" Dianna asked with a smile
Harry smiled and nodded, " Of course"
There were only a handful of students still at Hogwarts for the Holiday
" I'm going to go to the library" Dianna said, she over heard people talking about mind reading and she wanted to check something out and the Holdiay would be a good time to research
" Really, on Holiday you're going to go to the library?" Vincent asked, " Why?"
Dianna shrugged, " Because"
Dianna left and headed for the library
Madame Pince glared at Dianna until she realized it was one of her regulars
" Good day Miss Dursley" Madame Pince said
" Good day Madame Pince" Dianna said
" What can I help you find? The library will be closing soon for the holidays" Madame Pince said
Dianna nodded in understanding, " Well… I over heard somebody say something about maybe the monster is a mind reader and can figure out who are muggleborns or not worthy, and it got me wondering, does the wizarding world actually have mind reading?" Dianna asked
Madame Pince nodded, " Yes, there is a magic for mind reading in this world"
" Do you have any books on it?" Dianna asked
Madame Pince lifted an eyebrow, " Now why would you be interested in a mind reading book?" She asked
Dianna shrugged, " I'm curious"
" Hmm, well, the mind reading as you are calling it is called Legilimency, it is a very difficult and dangerous magic, books on that are in the Restricted Section and I do not allow students in there without a good reason and a note from a teacher" Madame Pince said firmly
" Oh" Dianna said disappointed
" I do however, have books on Occlumency, which is the blocking of the mind, it is far less dangerous and if you are so worried about somebody getting into your head, if you learn Occlumency, you might be able to block that someone from… reading your thoughts" Madame Pince said, " Though, learning Occlumency is just as difficult as learning Legilimency, I only know of one person who knows either of them"
Dianna's eyes brightened, " May I check those Occlumency books out anyway?"
Madame Pince nodded and had Dianna follow her to where the books were located
Madame Pince selected a book called, " Occlumency For Beginners"
" Start with this book first" Madame Pince suggested, " Even if you do not become an Occlumens, this is the best book to help you understand the magic"
Dianna smiled, " Thank you"
"Now then, I'm sure I do not have to go over the rules of checking out books and taking them out of my library do I?" Madame Pince asked
" No Mam, I know all the rules and if you would like, I could recite them" Dianna said with a grin
" No need" Madame Pince said and they went to her desk to check the book out
Dianna spent a lot of time in her room reading the book, it was so interesting, there were deep breathing exercises, ways to clear your mind, it was almost like meditation
" This is an awesome book" Dianna thought to herself, " I wonder if I could actually learn how to do this"
Draco, Greg and Vincent were in the Common Room just hanging out
" So Draco, has your father gotten back to you on the Chamber of Secrets?" Greg asked
" If he knows anything, he's not telling me, stop bugging me about it" Draco snapped
" But you said you were going to ask him" Vincent said
" And I did, but he didn't say anything, I'm not going to bother him about it, just let it be" Draco said
It was very easy for Harry and Dianna to sneak out of their common rooms and to the Astronomy Tower on Christmas Eve where they counted down until Midnight to wish each other a Merry Christmas and eat Candy Canes and homemade cookies
" Merry Christmas Harry" Dianna said with a smile
" Merry Christmas DD" Harry said with a smile