A/N: My, my, I've neglected this fic… sorry, last time I posted something on it, I was incredibly sick of this, and I just remembered I had never finished it! I'm really sorry, peeps! Anyway, here's part eight (or was it nine?)
Albus quickly walked into the dark tunnel. The ground seemed damp, and the path was going in a steep downhill, as though wherever the path led was underground. Albus gained up his courage and peered behind him. Strangely, though he had only walked about ten feet, he could no longer see the light from the corridor. Shivering more from fear than the cold, Albus couldn't help wondering if whatever had hissed and made Quinn fall was stuck in this tunnel with him.
Now on his hands and knees, for he was afraid the wet ground would make him slip, he guided himself farther down the tunnel. He could see nothing, and only hear himself breathing, yet he stayed alert and watched for any movement. Suddenly, his hand slipped forward, and stood hovering in bare air. Cautiously feeling around, he realized his tunnel had come to a straight drop. Scooting closer, Albus peered down the hole, trembling. Squinting, Albus saw a dim light glowing from below. Looking closer, he recognized a few shapes at the bottom—bones. Glancing around frantically, he found the only way to go was down.
Edging around the hole indecisively, his foot caught a hook in the ground… it was a trapdoor! Lifting the door cautiously, he saw it was a slide, leading also to the same faint glow. Weighing his chances, he decided that sliding down that way was safer than risking jumping to the bottom of the hole. Sliding his legs in front of him, Albus eased himself into the slide, and gripping a lump in the what he guessed was rock wall, closed the trap door behind him. Then, he let go.
Sliding steeply for only a few second, Albus quietly was tossed into a large room. Looking around for signs of life, he found he was in an empty room, except for a large crate in the corner. Stepping cautiously toward it, he looked it over carefully, and found nothing odd. Leaning closer onto it, the crate suddenly gave way, revealing a sort of nest under a Bunsen burner, an object that creates a flame. A Bunsen burner? Albus thought, that's a muggle object! What heir of Slytherin would use a muggle object? Immediately, a haunting thought crept into his mind: Nick has muggle parents! Albus shook his head, he couldn't believe it, not his Best Friend.
Then something caught his eye: in the nest was two things, an eggshell, and a single unicorn hair. Now that he realized that, he noticed the room had little drops of silver all over it—Unicorn blood.
Suddenly something clicked in his brain. Eggs, Unicorn blood, a hiss in the corridor, Quinn was a unicorn animagi. Standing up, Albus understood. He knew what person –people- had opened the chamber of secrets. He knew what the Chamber of secrets monster was. And he was in the Chamber of Secrets.
A/N: Next chapter will be the finale, I'll post it soon, if I get reviews. Cause if you don't request it, I won't post it. Anyway, please R/R, I want to know what you think!! -StarFig