Wizards Lack Common Sense Part 2

by Boy-Who-Hates-Hyphens

There are things that make absolutely no sense in Harry Potter. Some are serious plotholes. Some are not plotholes per se, but more like events that are supposed to be impossible. Some are more along the lines of hypocrisy, self-contradiction and not using an obvious spell at a time of need. This story resolves the ones in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. IN-PROGRESS!

1. In Which Snakes Are Conjured

Disclaimer:- This is fanfiction and I do not make any money from this. I write this without the permission of JKR. Everything you find in this story is completely fictional and bears no resemblance to anyone, living or dead.

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Prologue

Each chapter begins with a few lines from the original books, highlighted in bold. Then there is the point of divergence; one of the characters in the problematic scene (mostly Harry himself) point the problem out. They then proceed to emphasize their point with examples or logical arguments. Now remember, not all chapters will fit into that specific format. Sometimes the character will choose to act later, for reasons that will be made obvious in the chapter itself. Sometimes the chapter will contain two or three of these 'problematic scenes' separated by a horizontal line.

Haven't we all thought at some point in reading Harry Potter that wizards are really stupid sometimes? That their common sense seems to be notably absent when it is needed the most? Well, this story takes each of those scenes from the Chamber of Secrets and proceeds to dissect them for the entertainment of us all.

Note: They are all independent of each other. Things that happen in one chapter do not affect the others. They are separate little AU's that have no relation to each other!

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Chapter One: In Which Snakes Are Conjured

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Snape moved closer to Malfoy, bent down, and whispered something in his ear. Malfoy smirked, too.

Malfoy raised his wand quickly and bellowed, "Serpensortia!"

"Hey!" shouted Harry, outraged. "What happened to Disarm only?"

The end of his wand exploded. Harry watched, aghast, as a long black snake shot out of the end of it, fell heavily onto the floor between them, and raised itself, ready to strike.

"What. The. Hell! How did you conjure a bloody snake out of nowhere? That's impossible magic for second years! Even just transfiguring animals is NEWT level! Doesn't anyone think that it might be an adult wizard using Polyjuice Potion? Like, seriously?" said Harry, freaking out.

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AN: Conjuring a snake is advanced magic at best, and ridiculously powerful at worst. I am sort of thinking that those Super!Harry fics should be super!Draco fics.

And do not forget that he is twelve.