Filch comes rushing.
'He turned up because of your yelling.' Harry mentioned looking at Draco.
'Look, I'm sorry. I know a sorry is not enough for my behavior. But I am really sorry.' Draco apologized.
Everyone looked at Draco with jaws open. THE Draco Malfoy was apologizing.
'Draco, it's… it's okay.' Hermione said.
'Yeah, it's okay Malf- Draco.' Ron said.
'Yeah!' Harry said.
Albus and Scorpius looked at each other and smiled. Scorpius knew his father had done some terrible stuff when he was young. But their children wanted them to be a bit more friendly. Don't get them wrong, they had great parents. But they wished they were more friendly to each other. And it was happening now.
Filch: What's going on here? Get out of my way! My way!
'Filch said 'What's going on here? What going on?'' Harry corrected.
Filch looks at Harry with narrowed eyes.
Filch: Potter! What're you…
'That never happened but I guess it is a bit more real because wherever there is trouble it is either you or Fred and George!' Hermione said.
'Hey! You are supposed to support me.' Harry said looking at Hermione.
Fred and George bowed grinning at Hermione.
Hermione grinned.
Filch notices Mrs. Norris.
'Finally, I notice Mrs. Norris. This man, doesn't care about her at all.' Filch grumbled.
Filch continues looking at Mrs. Norris: Mrs. Norris, you murdered my cat!
'He is so calm and so less dramatic here.' Harry said. 'He literally went 'My cat, my cat'. It's understandable though.' Harry quickly said when he noticed that Filch was in tears.
'You- You don't know the pain of it!' Filch sobs.
'I know Mr. Filch. Hedwig.' Harry said petting Hedwig.
Filch keeps sobbing.
Harry stutters: N-no.
'I never said that.' Harry muttered.
The Slytherins smile.
'Of course, they did.' Ron muttered. 'We are talking about the Slytherins of course.'
'Hey!' Albus and Scorpius said insulted.
'Not you all. During the time we were in Hogwarts.' Ron said quickly.
Filch: I'll kill ya! I'LL KILL YA!
He pulls Harry by his collar.
'He didn't pull my collar. But I guess they added it for the drama.' Harry said thinking.
'Yeah!' Hermione nodded.
Professor Dumbledore arrives with the other teachers.
'Yeah, finally.' Ron said.
Professor Dumbledore: Argus, Argus- I…
'Yeah, he did say that. But he said Argus once.' Hermione said.
The teachers notice the writing on the wall.
'By now, he should have told us to follow him.' Harry said.
'Yeah! And then Lockhart says that his office is the closest and that he should feel free.' Hermione said remembering.
'Maybe it'd be the next scene.' Ron said shrugging.
Professor Dumbledore says calmly: Everyone will proceed to their dormitories immediately.
'He never said that. Some more added lines.' Ron mentioned.
'Yeah!'
Everyone starts leaving.
'We are leaving too?' Harry asked confused.
'I dunno.' Ron said.
Professor Dumbledore: Everyone except you three.
He says pointing at Harry, Ron and Hermione.
'Okay, yeah, sure. Some added lines. And we should have been at Lockhart's office by now.' Hermione said.
Others start leaving.
Student: Ravenclaws follow me.
'It was us that left. Not the other way. And why is Professor Dumbledore not carrying Mrs. Norris by now?' Hermione said.
'More added lines and scenes.'
Lockhart looks at Mrs. Norris.
'I guess they are going to skip Gilderoy's office's scene' Dumbledore said.
'Yeah!'
Professor Dumbledore: She's not dead, Argus. She has been petrified.
'I said that in Gilderoy's office. Not here.' Dumbledore said disapproving.
'Yeah. And then he of course went on and on about how it was so unlucky that he was not there and he knew the counter-course.' Ron said remembering.
'Did he really though?' Rose asked.
'Absolutely not! That man can't summon something, most likely.' Ron said shaking his head.
Mr. Filch was sobbing.
Mr. Filch was sobbing in real life too.
Others looked at him awkwardly.
Lockhart: AH, thought so. So unlucky, I wasn't there. I know, exactly, the counter-course that could've spared her.
'There he goes. Ughh! And he said "It was definitely a curse that killed her — probably the Transmogrifian Torture — I've seen it used many times, so unlucky I wasn't there, I know the very counter-curse that would have saved her.'' Harry said remembering.
'Did he make it up!?' Everyone asked.
Harry, Ron and Hermione shrugged.
The teachers looked at him with narrowed eyes.
'Of course, we do. He is such a fake.' Professor McGonagall said shaking his head. 'I don't know why Albus hired him.'
Professor Dumbledore: Well, how she's been petrified, I cannot say.
'I said But, how I can't say!' Dumbledore corrected.
Filch: Well, ask him.
Filch says looking at Harry.
'Dumbledore said no 2nd year could have done that before that.' Hermione said.
Filch continues in tears and his voice shaking: It's him that's done it. You saw what he wrote on the wall.
'He spat He did it, He did it. And then he did say You saw what he wrote on the wall. But then he said how I knew that he was a squib.' Harry said remembering.
'He is a squib?' Lily Luna asked.
Harry nodded.
He pointed at the wall.
Harry: It is not true, sir, I swear! I never touched Mrs. Norris.
'Ehh not fully true and they skipped the scene of him saying that I knew that he was a Squib. And I also said I don't even know what a Squib is.' Harry said.
Filch: Rubbish!
'And he said about how I saw his Kwikspell letter.' Harry said remembering.
'But of course, they skip it.' Hermione said shaking her head.
Professor Snape: If I might, Headmaster! Perhaps, Potter and his friends were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time!
'Again, not fully true. Almost true.' Harry said.
'I said If I might speak, Headmaster. Potter and his friends may have simply been in the wrong place at the wrong time.' Snape corrected.
Harry, Ron and Hermione look at each other.
'I don't think he is sneering like he did in real life. But whoever the actor is, he did an amazing job.' Ron said.
'Yeah, he is almost like Snape.' Hermione said.
Professor Snape continues: However, the circumstances are suspicious. I, for one, don't recall, seeing Potter at dinner.
'He said 'But we do have a set of suspicious circumstances here. Why was he in the upstairs corridor at all? Why wasn't he at the Halloween feast?'' Ron imitated Snape's voice. 'But it makes sense as this is not even set on Halloween night.'
'I wonder why. No like seriously!?' Hermione said.
Harry shrugged.
Professor Snape walks towards Harry, Ron and Hermione.
'This is very dramatic.' Ginny said.
'Yeah!' Harry said.
Lockhart: I'm afraid, that's my doing, Severus. You see, Harry was helping me answer my fan mail.
'The what!?' Harry looked at the screen in disbelief.
'That's so wrong. That was… Oh my gosh! That was not even partly correct. We were at Nick's Deathday Party. I was not helping Lockhart.' Harry said shaking his head.
Snape looked at Lockhart.
Hermione: That's why Ron and I went looking for him, Professor. We just found him when he said-
'The what… What is happening? Oh wow! This is so ridiculous.' Ron said shaking his head.
'Yeah. I was sleeping and Ron was also at detention.' Hermione said. 'We didn't go finding him.'
Hermione looks at Harry.
'Ughh this is seriously so ridiculous.' Hermione said. 'I and Ron did look at him but I didn't say that.'
Professor Snape: Yes, Miss Granger.
Harry: When I said I wasn't hungry.
'It was Ron who said that! Not me. And they skipped a heap of dialogue before that. But I seriously don't expect anything else at this point.' Hermione said shaking her head.
'This is so wrong.' Ron groaned.
Harry: We were heading back to the Common Room when we found Mrs. Norris.
Ron nods.
'I never said that! And is Snape not going to talk about how he thinks that I should be deprived of certain privileges until I was ready to tell the whole story.' Harry said. 'And also, how he personally thinks that I should have been off from the Quidditch team.'
'Snivellous was just jealous that you were such a good Quidditch Player.' James said sneering.
Snape and James glared at each other.
Snape raises his eyebrows and turns to Dumbledore.
'Ok, they are gonna skip that too.' Harry said shaking his head.
Professor Dumbledore; Innocent, until proven guilty.
'Well, he did say that but that skipped a lot of lines.' Harry said.
Snape gives a small forced smile.
'He didn't give a forced smile. He was furious and he didn't hide it.' Ron said.
'Yeah!'
Filch: My cat has been petrified. I want to see SOME PUNISHMENT.
'Yeah, that was correct.' Harry said.
'You had a creepy caretaker.' Lily Luna said shaking her head.
'Yeah!' Harry nodded.
Dumbledore: We'll be able to cure her Argus. As I understand, Madam Sprout has a very growth of Mandrakes-
'What!? Madam Sprout!? I am Madam Sprout here?' Professor Sprout asked.
'Albus doesn't really call someone as Professor or Madam. He usually calls them by their names.' Professor McGonagall said.
'Yeah!' Professor Dumbledore nodded.
Madam Sprout nods.
Professor Dumbledore: and when matured, a potion will be made which will revive Mrs. Norris. And in the meantime, I strongly recommend caution to all.
'I never said the last time.' Dumbledore said frowning.
'And they, also seem to skip the argument Snape and Lockhart had.' Ron said.
Dumbledore looked at Harry.
Harry, Ron and Hermione walk up some staircase.
'That was weird. They changed so much!' Harry said.
'Yes, I don't expect anything to be correct now.' Ron said.
'Yeah!'
Hermione: It's a bit strange, isn't it?
'What! I never said anything!' Hermione said in disbelief. 'But, here, of course, I am going to get some unnecessary number of lines.'
'Yeah! This person who made this movie must really like you! I mean you are very likeable but they are giving you all the lines.' Ron said shaking his head.
Harry: Strange?
Hermione: You hear this voice. A voice only you can hear. And then Mrs. Norris is petrified. It's just, strange.
'Ron said that it was pretty weird.' Hermione said.
Harry: Do you think I should have told them? Dumbledore and the others, I mean.
'That was correct. Wrong placement but I don't even care now.' Harry cried.
Ron: Are you mad?
'What! I just said no! I never said that!' Ron said shaking his head.
Hermione: No Harry, even in the wizarding world, hearing voices isn't a good sign.
'It was me who said that! Not Hermione!' Ron said baffled. 'Seriously?'
A random painting: She's got a point, you know.
'What!? There was no painting!' Hermione said shaking her head.
Scene changes to the transfiguration Class next day.
'They are showing the Transfiguration Class now?' Hermione asked confused.
'That's wrong. But I have no idea why they are showing it now.'
Professor McGonagall: Could I have your attention, please? Right! Now, today we'll be transforming animals into water goblets. Like so, one, two, three…
'What! We don't do that until Advanced Transfiguration!' Professor McGonagall said eyes wide. 'That's very dangerous.'
She taps her wand three times on a bird.
Professor McGonagall: Vera Verato
The bird transforms into a water goblet.
'Is that not animal abuse?' Dudley askes eyes wide.
'Yes!' Everyone nodded.
'These movies… ughh! I can't! They are harming animals now?' Hermione said shaking her head.
Everyone looked impressed.
'It's impressive, sure. But an animal should stay an animal not turn into a water goblet.' Ginny said shaking her head.
Professor McGonagall: Now, it's your turn! Well, who would like to go first? Ahh, Mr. Weasley, one, two, three, Vera Verato.
'I am pretty sure something is gonna go wrong!' Ron said.
Ron nods and clears his throat. He taps his wand three times on Scabbers.
Ron: Vera Verto.
Scabbers half-transforms into a half-goblet and a half-rat.
'Told ya.' Ron said.
'Ughh! They harmed that poor rat!' Hermione said.
Everyone starts laughing.
'It's not funny! It's not a laughing matter.' Hermione cried. 'An animal is supposed to be an animal not turn into water goblets.'
'I know! These movies… they are not just getting it all wrong. But now they are harming animals too.'
'NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED MAKING ANY OF THESE MOVIES!' The voice boomed.
'Okay?' Everyone said confused.
Ron looks at the half-goblet and picks it up in confusion.
Professor McGonagall: That wand needs replacing, Mr. Weasley.
'You could have just told us, Ron!' Mrs. Weasley said.
Ron looked guilty.
'I know why you don't! But, using a broken wand is very dangerous.' Mrs. Weasley said.
'Sorry Mum.' Ron said.
'It's okay!'
Hermione raises her hand.
'Okay! What are they gonna do? Is it the Binns scene? But, in the Transfiguration Class?' Hermione asked.
'I dunno.'
Professor McGonagall: Professor, I was wondering if you could tell us about the Chamber of Secrets.
'There you go! But why in the Transfiguration Class? They could have added a History of Magic lesson.' Ron said.
'I don't know!' Harry said shrugging.
Everyone looked at professor McGonagall eagerly.
Professor McGonagall: Very well, well you all know, of course, that Hogwarts was founded over a thousand years ago by the four greatest witches and wizards of the age: Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw and Salazar Slytherin.
'That skipped a lot but whatever!' Ron said.
Professor McGonagall: Now, three of the founders coexisted quite harmoniously. One did not.
'That skipped a lot!' Ron said.
'Yeah, even if McGonagall is saying this.' Hermione said.
Ron: Three guesses who.
'If I interrupted her when she was saying something…' Ron shuddered.
Professor McGonagall continues: Salazar Slytherin wished to be more selective about the students admitted to Hogwarts.
'Of course, he did. We are talking about Slytherin.' Ron muttered.
'Hey! That was like one person! Not every Slytherin is bad!' Scorpius said.
'I know you aren't! But when we were in school most of them were.' Ron defended himself.
Professor McGonagall: He believed magical learning should be kept between all-magical families.
'Like it should have been kept.' Voldemort said coldly.
Others ignored him.
Professor McGonagall: In other words, purebloods.
'Yes! Mudbloods came to our world and destroyed it!' Lucius sneered.
'We didn't! If wizards hadn't married Muggles, you'd have been dead a long time ago!' Hermione said.
The pure-blood supremacists glared at her.
Professor McGonagall: Unable to slay the others, he decided to leave the school.
'He actually left the school when he had an argument with Gryffindor.' Harry corrected.
Professor McGonagall: Now, according to legend, Slytherin has built a hidden chamber in this castle known as the Chamber of Secrets. Thus, shortly before departing, he sealed it until that time when his 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.
'That did miss somethings! And it was Professor Binns who told us that!' Harry said.
Hermione: Muggleborns.
'Of course, Hermione gets all the lines.' Ron muttered.
'And also, this makes me look like I am ashamed of being a Muggleborn. I am not! I am a proud Mudblood.'
'Don't call yourself that!' Ron said.
'No Ron! I am a proud Mudblood.' Hermione said.
Professor McGonagall nods: Well, naturally, the school has been searched many times. No such chamber has been found.
'Binns actually said that it was nonsense and that it has been searched for evidence and it doesn't exist.' Harry said.
'Well, he was wrong!' Ginny said.
'Of course, he was!' Ron cried.
Hermione: Professor, what exactly does legend tell us, lies within the chamber?
'The horror that lies withing is a basilisk who can kill if you look into his eyes.' Ron said.
'Does that really exist?' Lily Luna asked eyes wide.
'No, it's dead now.' Harry said.
'I kind of wish that it did exist!' James Sirius said.
'James…' Ginny glared at his son.
'Mum! I graduated!' James Sirius said throwing his hands up in the air.
'Don't even think about that!' Ginny said.
Professor McGonagall: But the chamber is said to be home to something that only the heir of Slytherin can control. It is said to be the home of a monster.
'It was Binns who said that but okkk.' Hermione said.
Draco smirks. Ron looks at him.
Harry, Ron and Hermione were walking through the hall.
Ron: Do you think there really is a Chamber of Secrets?
'That skipped a lot!' Hermione said.
'Yeah! I did ask that but a while later.' Ron said.
Hermione: Yes, couldn't you tell? McGonagall's worried. All the teachers are.
'I actually said I wasn't sure. And whatever petrified Mrs. Norris must not be a human because Dumbledore couldn't cure her.'
Harry: If there really is a Chamber of Secrets, and it's really been opened, then that means…
'By now we should have seen the spiders.' Ron said shaking.
'We have already seen the spiders, remember?' Harry said.
'Oh yeah!' Ron said relieved.
Hermione took over Harry's line.
Hermione: The Heir of Slytherin has returned to Hogwarts. The question is, who is it?
'Shouldn't we be in Myrtle's bathroom?' Ron asked.
Harry shrugged.
'And I said something along those lines in the Common Room.' Hermione said.
Draco and his goons walk past them.
Ron (with sarcasm dripping from his voice): Let's think. Who do we know thinks all Muggleborns are scum?
'Of course, I have no idea.' Ron said sarcastically.
Hermione glares at Ron.
Hermione: If you're talking about Malfoy…
'Hey! I am not the Heir of Slytherin.' Malfoy said.
'I know!' Harry said.
Ron interrupted her.
Ron: Of course. You heard him, 'You'll be next, Mudbloods.'
'I guess that's a pretty good reason but you should have found more proof.' Sirius said.
'I know! That was stupid. But we did get some information.' Harry said.
'How?' Lily asked suspiciously.
'You will see.' Harry said nervously.
Harry: Maybe Ron's right, Hermione. I mean, look at his family. The whole lot of them have been in Slytherins for ages.
'Seriously? Not all Slytherins are bad.' Albus groaned.
'I know! But when we were at school there were no good Slytherins.' Harry defended himself.
Ron suddenly had an idea.
Ron: Crabbe and Goyle must know. Maybe we could trick them into telling.
'Like we'd say anything! We are loyal to Malfoy.' Crabbe and Goyle laughed.
Hermione chuckled.
Hermione: Even they aren't that thick. But there might be another way.
'We are not thick!' Crabbe and Goyle said.
'Shut up!' Draco said.
Crabbe and Goyle became quiet.
The three of them stopped in the middle of the corridor.
Hermione: Mind you, it'd be difficult. Not to mention, we'd be breaking about 50 school rules, and it'll be dangerous. Very dangerous.
'I am so proud of you!' Fred said fake- crying!
'Our girl has grown up so much! She is thinking of breaking the rules.' George said fake-crying as well.
'She is encouraging you guys to break the rules now! I am so proud.' Fred and George said in unison.
'Shut up you two.' Hermione said rolling her eyes.
A.N. Hi guys. How are you all?
Butter broke all these records:
Biggest YouTube premiere (3.89 million live viewers)
Fastest MV to reach 10 million views. (13 minutes)
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Fastest MV to reach 30 million views. (2 hrs 20 min)
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Most viewed MV in 24 hrs of release (113 million views) If YT hadn't cut the views, we would have been at 125 million views.
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And Butter won all 4 awards in the BBMA's. Well, I did vote for them. And they dedicate it to ARMY! Ok, I should probably stop with my BTS obsession. Here!
Reviews:
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And also, guys should I have an intermission after this chapter or at the end? I just realized they didn't have lunch and it's probably not time for them to have lunch. But, yeah, should I have an intermission after this chapter or at the end?
QOTD:
Who is your favorite actor in Harry Potter?
Emma Watson, Alan Rickman and Daniel Radcliffe.
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