Chapter 13
The next day Harry slept in late. He woke up at eleven o'clock and got dress slowly and sleepily and climbed down the stairs to the common room. The room was empty except for Lavendar and Patil.
"Harry. Ron and Hermione told me to tell you that they've gone down to breakfast." Lavendar told Harry.
"Thanks." Harry muttered still half a sleep. He climbed out of the portrait hole, then down the corridor. On his way he saw something that woke him up as he looked at a suit of amour on his right. For a brief second he thought he saw eyes watching him from the helmet of the suit, but when he blinked the eyes were gone. He walked the rest of the way to the great hall quickly, but he couldn't shake of the feeling that someone was watching him. As he made his way to his place in the great hall he noticed that Ron had received a letter. With a parcel attached to it. He sat down and looked at the letter Ron was holding.
"What's that?" Harry asked curiously.
"A letter from mum." Ron replied, holding up the letter." She sent me a magic aeroplane. They fly for ages pulling off all kinds of stunts." He picked up a white plane with red strips horizontally across it; it had a pointed nose and wings pointing in a backward diagonal direction.
"Why don't we go and test it out after breakfast." Harry suggested.
"We could, we do have today off from school work." Hermione said with a tone of disappointment in her voice.
"Cheer up Hermione, it's just one day we have off." Ron said. They ate their breakfast with haste and went out to the lake. Ron threw the plane high into the sky. It did a series of loop-de-loops and pulled into a dive, inches from the ground the plane veered upwards. It went up and up until it was no longer visible, then it slowly came circling down into view.
"WHATS THAT!" Hermione shrieked, looking in the direction of the lake. Harry and Ron looked in the direction her finger was pointing. They saw that near the shore of the lake giant bubbles were forming and popping, with each pop they gave off a strong gust of hot and musty wind. As they looked on in amazement a bubble ten times bigger than the rest appeared out of the lake, it looked bigger than Hagrids house.
"DUCK!" Hermione shouted diving to the floor. Harry and Ron ducked mini seconds before the bubble burst. The power of the wind it gave of was incredible, They covered there heads from the hot and musty stench of the bubbles wind. They felt a hard object crash into them and knocked them flying backwards. The wind died down and they uncovered their heads.
"Seamus!" Harry said." Next time you crash into us, give us a warning."
"Yeah, sorry about that." Seamus apologised. "But what was that?" Before anyone could reply they heard a quiet voice from behind them. They turned around and realised were they were.
"I don't think were supposed to be this close to the forest." Hermoine whispered. The voice came from behind them again.
"Help." It seemed to be saying. At the sound of it Harry and Ron froze, for it was a voice that they knew to well. Snape's.
"That's Snape's voice." Harry whispered what they were all thinking.
"We should help him, after all he is a teacher." Hermoine replied.
"But we could get expelled!" Seamus stated.
"I agree with Hermione, we have to help him." Harry said, much to the horror of Ron. Slowly they made there way into the forest, following the voice that they heard every now and again. After what seemed like hours of walking they saw him, his greasy black hair stuck to his face lying on his back on the floor. Blood was all around him.
"Snape." Harry asked." What happened?"
"Snape turned his head slowly to face Harry.
"H-harry P-potter." Snape weakly replied while struggling for life." It was Voldemort."
"He found out you were a spy." Harry said.
"Yes." Snape answered." Listen. This is important. The four houses of H-hogwarts. The creators, they made a sacred chamber each. Voldemort, he's hiding in the Slytherine sacred chamber." The four of them gasped.
"The chamber of secrets?" Harry said.
"No, this is a different one. The mandrakes cover the entrance, they're near the forest. Where you dug the holes Harry." Snapes head fell to the floor, the foursome stood in silence for a moment and were about to leave when Snape's head moved and his eyes opened again.
"A password must be said, in parceltongue. The password is "The final phase". He's planning something terrible." Snape continued like nothing had happen. " Now go." then his head dropped again.
"But what about you?"
"GO!" Snape shouted with last of his strength. The four of them left him.
"Hermione, you go get Madame Pompfrey to bring Snape to the hospital wing. Then tell Dumbledor what's happened." Harry ordered, Hermione nodded and ran up to the castle." Ron, Seamus come with me. I hope you have your wands. Were going to check out what Snape said."