Harry Potter and the Room of Things no one Knows About
Chapter 21
What if Draco ruined everyone's day that year?
By
Jason Richard
So a feast took place in the great hall, celebrating the defeat of the Chamber of Secrets and the restoration of those who were petrified. Harry and Ron were reunited with Hermione and hugs were shared. Dumbledore announced that exams were canceled for that year, and Gryffindor house was awarded the house cup. It truly was a happy day, and everyone believed that there was no way someone could ruin it.
Enter Draco Malfoy.
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Once again everyone was praising Harry Potter, the boy who lived...three times...how many times can one person survive the same Dark Lord? Surely it couldn't be the real dark lord who kept showing up. No these others had to be imposters. They had to be.
Some were even calling that Weasley the girl who lived. This was getting out of hand.
As he walked down the Hogwarts corridors, however, Draco's frustration turned to glee. He had a way to embarrass Potter now, and it involved him tapping on the walls every few minutes. Only Draco knew why he did this, or why his path led him to the great hall where a feast was waiting.
At the doors to the great hall, he stopped, took a deep breath, and stepped inside.
"Well well well!" Sadi Malfoy loudly. "If it isn't the boy who lived!"
"What do you want Malfoy?" Asked Harry in disdain.
"Yeah go away!" Said Ron. "Even you can't ruin a celebration like this!"
"Oh yeah?" Said Malfoy, grinning. "Harry forgot something. There was another creature that survived the chamber."
"Oh now what?" Asked Harry, rolling his eyes. "The hampster that lived? The fish that lived? The iguana that lived?"
"That last one is pretty close actually," said Malfoy, tapping the wall again. "The giant snake that lived!"
Harry, Ron, and Hermione felt a shiver go down their collective spines.
"Are you insane?!" Demanded Harry. "You're leading the basilisk here?"
Malfoy: "What's a basilisk?"
And the basilisk, having managed to get rid of the scotch tape that Harry had conjured over its eyes, started coming out of a pipe in the wall, breaking through a weak section.
Harry: "Ghosts! Cover us."
The ghosts, many of whom knew what a basilisk was, immediately got in the way.
Justin, Colin, Nearly Headless Nick, and even the cat Mrs. Norris all said, "Oh no, not again!"
Filch: "Wait a minute, you can talk?"
And then...
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"What were you thinking!" Demanded Snape as he sat with Draco in his office. "Bringing a dangerous creature into the great hall!"
"I..." Stammered Malfoy. "I thought it would be funny."
"Well no one's laughing," said Snape. "And no one is happy that every one of our students and the house ghosts have been petrified. The only one who's even a little happy is Hagrid.
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Hagrid stood outside his hut and said with much joy, "My very own basilisk. Oh, happy day!"
The basilisk, wearing a blindfold and sitting next to Hagrid's dragon Norbert, tried to ask, "Please sir, might I have some food?"
But since Hagrid didn't speak parseltongue, Hagrid just replied with much affection, "Yes, I'm happy you'll be staying here too."
And the basilisk sighed.
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"Okay," said Draco. "I messed up. I get it. But you've got to admit, Potter, Granger, and Weasley look funny? You know? Because all three of them got petrified mid sneeze?"
Snape, surprisingly, didn't find the sight very funny, and his face got very, very angry.
"You got the son of Lily petrified," he said angrily as he lifted his wand. "VENGEANCE WILL BE MINE!"
And outside the office, you could hear Draco's girly screams of terror!
Moment's later Snape stepped out to find Dumbledore outside his office, a solemn look on his face.
"Did I hear screaming coming from your office?" Asked Dumbledore.
"Y...Yes," said Snape nervously.
"I see," said Dumbledore. "Well, carry on."
And Dumbledore walked off, leaving Snape to be relieved. And then Snape noticed the ghost of Slytherin, The Bloody Baron all covered in chains, hovering next to him.
Bloody Baron: "What did you do to him?"
Snape, hesitantly, said, "I altered his memory and made him think he's a muggle."
Draco: "I can't use magic and live in a cave!"
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Many parents were noticeably upset at getting petrified children back from Hogwarts, but it wouldn't be until later before the mandrake roots could be made again. The Grangers looked at Hermione in horror, Arthur Weasley held Molly in his arms as she cried, and many other parents found themselves aghast at what had happened.
The Dursley's, however, just looked at Harry in their living room, frozen mid-sneeze, with annoyance. Vernon just shook his head and said, "It's going to be a long summer, isn't it?"
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Epilogue: Lockhart's Boggart.
The Boggart that Voldemort left at Hogwarts to scare off defense against the dark arts teachers was concerned about this latest target. He could sense the fear within Gilderoy Lockhart, but it was faint. Apparently, the man had recently lost all his memories, and that included memories of his fears. The Boggart wasn't certain he'd be able to scare this one, but he had to try. The magic placed on him by his dark master compelled him.
Lockhart sat in his bed at St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies. He knew he was a big deal and everyone wanted his autograph, but the reason why seemed to escape him. As he tried in vain to gather his memories, someone approached his bed.
It was the boggart, in the shape of a reporter from Witch Weekley.
"Professor Lockhart," said the woman.
"I'm a professor?" Said Lockhart. "Wow. I didn't..."
"I am from Witch Weekley," said the boggart woman. "And we are rescinding your most charming smile award."
Lockhart: "Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"
Suddenly his terror ceased for confusion, and he said, "Huh."
Boggart woman: "What?"
Lockhart: "It's the strangest thing. What you just said utterly terrifies me, but for the life of me I can't figure out why. Heh."
A moment of awkward silence passed.
Lockhart: "Are you sure you're rescinding my most charming smile award?"
Boggart: "Positive.
Lockhart, "Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"
End of Part Two.
Next up, Harry Potter and the Poodle of Magic Alcatraz.