Carpe Diem: Second Year Revision

by Alec6427/NecessaryEvil

Disclaimer: The Harry Potter world is no more mine than the real world is under my control. This is just how I get comfort about that.

Chapter Seven:

The Chamber of What?

Harry quickly grabbed the cloak flung himself and Cho behind a chair in the corner and flung the cloak over them. Harry was happily aware that Cho was clinging to him as the door opened and two sets of foot steps came in. Cho and Harry held their breath and Cho curled up in Harry's arms he soon felt her breath even out and knew she was asleep so he kept and ear out to make sure they weren't discovered, "Is it really open," asked a voice Harry recognized as Professor Connors.

"Yes Alec, the Chamber is indeed open," came Dumbledore's voice, "And you two can come out Harry," Harry groaned and shook Cho awake and pulled the cloak off of them, "You two should probably get back to your dorms,"

"Sorry we broke into your office sir,"

"No harm done, you'll see it often enough in your time here if I'm correct,"

"Thank you sir,"

"Goodnight Mr.Potter, Ms. Chang,"

"Goodnight Professor,"

They shut the door behind them as they left and slipped the cloak back on, tip toeing back to the Draconis Common Room, Harry muttered the password and they entered, they came to the dorm steps and Cho murmured, "Goodnight Harry," moving away from his hand which had been trying to grasp hers, "Goodnight," Harry whispered confusedly as they made their way to their respective dorms.

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Harry woke the next morning to Ron poking him in the ribs, "What?"

"Where'd you go last night, you weren't in your bed till after one,"

"I haven't been in bed before three for weeks and you're just now noticing?"

"Hey unlike you I actually sleep at night,"

"I was in Dumbledore's office finding out from the Sorting Hat what houses we could have been in,"

"What Houses could Cho have been in?"

"How'd you know Cho was there,"

"You really should pay more attention to your surroundings, what with You Know Who wanting you dead,"

"What Voldemort?" Ron flinched, "Anyway I was distracted by how different Cho was acting from when we were in Dumbledore's office and in the Hall,"

"Well unlike you she notices who's sitting in front of the fire, maybe she didn't want anyone seeing,"

"Yea, right,"

"You ever heard of a secret Chamber in Hogwarts?"

"Sure plenty. The Chamber of What?"

"There's more than one?" Ron simply rolled his eyes and began making his way to breakfast.

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At breakfast Harry saved a seat right next to him for Cho, but when she came into the hall she took a seat two tiers above him. He looked at her confused and locked eyes with her, he saw something that he couldn't quite place as coming from her. She did not break the connection and neither did Harry, it was Ron who pulled him out of it by forcibly turning his head to get him to pay attention to Hermione, whom had to come to visit them for the first time that year.

"Uhh, hi," Harry muttered distractedly taking another glance in Cho's direction then placing his whole attention on Hermione who was talking about all the Secret Chambers that she had read about in 'Hogwarts: A History,' when she saw the blank look on Harry's face she frowned deeply,

"Honestly haven't you ever even Glanced at Hogwarts: A History?"

"Nope," Ron answered for him, "You always seem to come up with it when its actually important,"

"Harry did they say anything other than that it was a Chamber?"

"They seemed to really wish that they were wrong about it being open,"

"So there is something bad about the Chamber,"

A hand slid its way onto Harry's shoulder and Cho's voice came from behind him, "Something very bad,"

Harry turned to her surprised, "You know which Chamber they were talking about?"

By this time Cho's arms had wrapped around Harry's neck and were draped on his chest, "There is only one Chamber that I've ever heard spoken of with that much fear,"

"Which?"

"The Chamber of Secrets, the Chamber where the Slytherin monster lives. Last time it opened muggle born witches and wizards and any wizard who showed feeling for them began to drop dead," Harry turned to Cho at this and raised his eyebrow, "My grandparents were at Hogwarts when it happened."

Harry brushed a strand of hair out of her eyes and she smiled and moved closer to him as he moved forward trying once again to capture her mouth in his but just as he reached her a drawling voice came from behind them, "Got something on your mouth there Chang, looks like a muggle lover," Harry could hear the smirk on Malfoy's face, "No wait, its just Potter. Everyone knows what a Mudblood lover he is,"

Before anyone could blink Ron had jumped over the side of the Draconis house table and had proceeded to beat in Malfoy's face, Harry jumped over the side and began pulling his friend back, Ron glared at Malfoy and smiled at his opponents bloody nose, "Don't you ever even mention that word near me or my friends again, you arrogant prick," Harry was surprised, he had never seen Ron so shaken by a single word.

Seeing Harry's confused face from above Cho leaned down and whispered in his ear, "Mudblood is a really nasty way of saying a wizard from a muggle family," Now Harry understood perfectly, Malfoy had been insulting Hermione and Ron would not stand for that.

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When Professor McGonagal finally came over to see what had happened between Malfoy and Ron, she gave them both Detentions to be served that Saturday night and told Hermione and Malfoy to return to their house tables.

Cho and Harry were once again inseparable that day, they kept barely enough distance between them to keep people from knowing that they were nearly together. Ron was also inseparable from them, constantly muttering under his breath about stupid Slytherin pricks and, "Muggle haters,"

All of their classes went as usual that day, with the exception of Divination (which he wouldn't have been able to take yet if he were in any other house) Professor Trelawney entered as usual and took a sympathetic look at Harry as usual as she had predicted his death in his first lesson, but today she also gave a sympathetic to William Finn who had found a seat in the back of the class and when she spoke it was like she had always spoken to Harry, "I am sorry to inform you Mr. Finn that you will be killed by an old enemy and will be betrayed by a supposed friend," Harry turned and saw a smirk on Will's face, "I'm surprised you find this amusing with a history like yours Mr. Finn," this got Harry's attention and apparently Will's too as his face fell at the statement, what history did she mean?

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