The Disowned Son
Chapter Seven: Return to the Chamber
Harry awoke before anyone else did. He headed to the library to pick up the books Albus had Madame Pince hold for them. There were three books. Inside were spells that were meant to seriously harm a person or group of people. The second book had many basic moves in many weapons and fighting styles, as well as some advanced ones. He skimmed through the potions book and found something very interesting; offensive potions, they could be thrown at an enemy and cause a whole bunch of nasty effects. He did see one that had an interesting ingredient, powdered basilisk ribs. He quickly gathered his books and headed for one class he would never willingly go to.
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Professor Snape seemed a bit annoyed at Harry coming down here, well more annoyed then he usually was anyway. "What do you want Potter?! I am not in the mood to have my time taken up with you!"
"Actually I don't think my proposal would be a waste of you time. How much are basilisk part worth to a potions master?"
He brought his head up from the ingredient he was looking over, "they're some of the most valuable ingredients in the world because of the danger in breeding basilisks. Why do you ask?"
"I know where we can find some bones at the very least."
The potions master let up a bit, Harry thought he looked really happy. "How soon can we get the basilisk?" asked Snape who was showing he wanted to go right now.
"Go get a broom for yourself and whatever we will need to move the parts. I'll meet you in Moaning Mertyl's bathroom."
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Harry only had to wait fifteen minutes for Snape to arrive. They both walked in and Harry walked up to the sinks that would move for him. He said, "enter," in parseltongue and Snape could only watch in amazement as the sinks moved away and the passage was created. "Where are we going?"
"Ever hear of the Chamber of Secrets?" Harry replied before jumping down the drain on his broom. Snape could only follow him and wonder how the boy found it. They finally reached a large iron door covered with snakes.
"Potter, do you know what this means?" He stood in front of the door, looking at it as if it was some sort of Slytherin holy grail. "If it is possible, this could make you even more famous than you currently are."
"Then lets just keep our source of basilisk to ourselves." They walked in and what they saw amazed them both. The basilisk was not a rotten corpse. It was actually intact for the most part. A few rats were lying around it in various states of decay. "Why is it almost perfectly like I left if."
"Basilisks take centuries to decay. Their bodies are also poisonous to most animals." He looked it over. "Lets take the eyes out first. Those are the most valuable part of the basilisk."
"I wouldn't doubt it." Snape handed him a knife and he began working on removing the huge eye. He would have used magic but Snape told him that using magic to prepare a potion ingredient could seriously damage the ingredient. After a few moments he pulled the eye out. He then turned a nearby rock into a big knife and went to the side of the basilisk.
"What are you doing Potter?"
"There was a potion in a book the headmaster had put on hold for me. One of the ingredients is powdered basilisk rib."
"What kind of potion is it?"
"It's a petrifaction potion."
"Offensive potions? Potter, you should know that is a dangerous recipe."
"I already figured that out Professor, but these are dangerous times."
Snape smirked at this, "well put Potter." He paused for a second before going on. "Knowing Albus the way I know him, he probably planned this entire thing. Tell me, how do you use an offensive potion?"
"You chuck the vial at the target or place the potion on a weapon and watch the potion take affect." By now Harry had exposed a rib and was working on breaking it away with the knife which he had turned into a saw. After half an hour of taking turns sawing, they had removed a small rib. They both took off the way the they came from after Harry closed the door.
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When they got out of the tunnels it was about nine in the morning. He and Snape went their separate ways. When Harry returned to the library everyone else was there.
"Where've you been?" Ginny asked, running up to him to hug him.
"Getting a potion ingredient. I might need it if the attack does happen on the train."
"What kind of potion is it?" asked Hermione. Harry picked up her book, which was a copy of the book he had, and pointed to the potion. She quickly looked through the ingredients and paused. "Harry," she said, "did you get the rib where I think you got it from?"
"Yep," he dug put a hand into his bag and pulled out the said ingredient. "Got the basilisk rib right here."
"Where the bloody hell did you get that much raw basilisk rib?" Draco asked.
"The Chamber of Secrets," answered Ginny, "the monster of Slytherin was a basilisk."
"That much rib is probably worth thirty galleons. By the looks of it the Basilisk must be at least sixty feet long."
'That sounds about right," said Ron. "there was a skin outside that was about that size."
"I'm going to prepare the potions and find whatever else could be of use."
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Later that week, after everyone had met Anthony and they all found out about Anthony being Hermione's brother and the new combat teacher, they had all settled in to a routine of waking up early to learn new spells and also train with Anthony. Then breakfast and after that they would hit the books. Then lunch and the lake, except Friday when they all got Anthony to fly a broom. Finally dinner would come.
On Saturday they headed for Hogsmeade. Harry had heard of a new weapon shop that had opened up a few weeks ago from Dumbledore. He took his sword with him so he could get a new sheath for it, hopefully. He finally, found it at the north end of the town. The shop itself was filled with weapons of all kinds, including at least thirty different guns. Harry found that odd, he had learned form Draco and Ron that most pure-blood wizards think to highly of magic to use guns. Maybe he had stumbled across one of the few who recognized such weapons as formidable. Everywhere else in the medium-sized shop was some form of every weapon imaginable. The shopkeeper was a large redheaded man. He had a full beard that was about a foot long, he would have looked intimidating if it wasn't for the welcoming look he had.
"How may I help you laddy," he said in a Sottish accent. His eyes then went up and Harry knew what was coming next. "Harry Potter? It is you! Oh, pardon me, where are my manners, call me Angus," he said holding out his hand which Harry took. "Now what are you in need of."
"I have this sword and I need a sheath for it," he said, presenting the sword to Angus.
"Beautiful sword you have Mr. Potter. Come back at three and it should be done." Harry left the sword there and went to meet with the others for the rest of the day. When they left he told them he would catch up with them at the castle. When he walked into the shop Angus handed him the new sheath for five galleons. It fit his sword perfectly and had a self adjusting belt. He decided to buy a few more weapons before he left. He the left and returned for dinner.
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At dinner Ginny asked him to meet her at the lake. He found her sitting with her back to him. He crept up behind her and hugged her. At first she jumped in surprise.
"Miss me?"
"Yeah," she replied happily. Her mood changed to a sad one. "Harry, I'm worried, about tomorrow. What if something hap..."
"Ginny, don't worry about tomorrow," he said. He pulled her to her feet and hugged her. "Listen, I'll be fine, you know I always pull through these things, and I'll be there to protect you."
"Harry James Potter!" she said in mock anger. "Are you saying I can't protect myself?" She softened up again, "I hope for your sake you do; I'll probably be the one who'll have to drag your butt to the infirmary when you get badly injured."
"I don't think that will happen this time, I'll be prepared for them. I also bought a few items at the weapon shop. Did you know they sell muggle weapons there?"
Ginny looked up, "no, but don't tell dad, he might hurt himself." She paused before going on. "What kind of weapons?"
"Tear gas grenades, an non lethal weapon that irritates a person's eyes. I also got a gun. That is a weapon that can shoot its ammo so fast you can't even see them. I bought tranquilizer ammo. The normal ammo, called bullets, can kill a person in one shot." He began thinking so much that he zoned out for a second.
"Harry!" Ginny was annoyed at him, "What are you thinking about?"
"It's this get the muggles involved plan Dumbledore has. If Moody fails then Voldemort could have control of muggle nuclear weapons. It would only take one to wipe out Hogsmeade and Hogwarts."
"You have to hand it to the muggles though, they have found ways around their lack of magic."
"Ginny, lets forget about everything for tonight," he told her, looking down, his green eyes searching her soul. She looked right back into his eyes before he came down and claimed her lips in a passionate, breathtaking kiss. "Ginny," he said, putting a hand on her cheek, "no matter what happens, as long as I can fight I will keep you safe from any threat I find, I love you." They spent the rest of the night in each other's company. Ginny eventually fell asleep when they were sitting by the lake so Harry transfigured three rocks a queen sized bed, a blanket, and a tent large enough to hold the bed. They slept the rest of the night in eachother's arms.
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That was a pretty romantic chapter. Please review, I'd love any kind of feedback. All of you action lovers will love my next chapter. It will bring in some more Street Fighters and Anthony gets to do some more asskicking.
Until next time,
T-Dogg
Harry awoke before anyone else did. He headed to the library to pick up the books Albus had Madame Pince hold for them. There were three books. Inside were spells that were meant to seriously harm a person or group of people. The second book had many basic moves in many weapons and fighting styles, as well as some advanced ones. He skimmed through the potions book and found something very interesting; offensive potions, they could be thrown at an enemy and cause a whole bunch of nasty effects. He did see one that had an interesting ingredient, powdered basilisk ribs. He quickly gathered his books and headed for one class he would never willingly go to.
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Professor Snape seemed a bit annoyed at Harry coming down here, well more annoyed then he usually was anyway. "What do you want Potter?! I am not in the mood to have my time taken up with you!"
"Actually I don't think my proposal would be a waste of you time. How much are basilisk part worth to a potions master?"
He brought his head up from the ingredient he was looking over, "they're some of the most valuable ingredients in the world because of the danger in breeding basilisks. Why do you ask?"
"I know where we can find some bones at the very least."
The potions master let up a bit, Harry thought he looked really happy. "How soon can we get the basilisk?" asked Snape who was showing he wanted to go right now.
"Go get a broom for yourself and whatever we will need to move the parts. I'll meet you in Moaning Mertyl's bathroom."
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Harry only had to wait fifteen minutes for Snape to arrive. They both walked in and Harry walked up to the sinks that would move for him. He said, "enter," in parseltongue and Snape could only watch in amazement as the sinks moved away and the passage was created. "Where are we going?"
"Ever hear of the Chamber of Secrets?" Harry replied before jumping down the drain on his broom. Snape could only follow him and wonder how the boy found it. They finally reached a large iron door covered with snakes.
"Potter, do you know what this means?" He stood in front of the door, looking at it as if it was some sort of Slytherin holy grail. "If it is possible, this could make you even more famous than you currently are."
"Then lets just keep our source of basilisk to ourselves." They walked in and what they saw amazed them both. The basilisk was not a rotten corpse. It was actually intact for the most part. A few rats were lying around it in various states of decay. "Why is it almost perfectly like I left if."
"Basilisks take centuries to decay. Their bodies are also poisonous to most animals." He looked it over. "Lets take the eyes out first. Those are the most valuable part of the basilisk."
"I wouldn't doubt it." Snape handed him a knife and he began working on removing the huge eye. He would have used magic but Snape told him that using magic to prepare a potion ingredient could seriously damage the ingredient. After a few moments he pulled the eye out. He then turned a nearby rock into a big knife and went to the side of the basilisk.
"What are you doing Potter?"
"There was a potion in a book the headmaster had put on hold for me. One of the ingredients is powdered basilisk rib."
"What kind of potion is it?"
"It's a petrifaction potion."
"Offensive potions? Potter, you should know that is a dangerous recipe."
"I already figured that out Professor, but these are dangerous times."
Snape smirked at this, "well put Potter." He paused for a second before going on. "Knowing Albus the way I know him, he probably planned this entire thing. Tell me, how do you use an offensive potion?"
"You chuck the vial at the target or place the potion on a weapon and watch the potion take affect." By now Harry had exposed a rib and was working on breaking it away with the knife which he had turned into a saw. After half an hour of taking turns sawing, they had removed a small rib. They both took off the way the they came from after Harry closed the door.
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When they got out of the tunnels it was about nine in the morning. He and Snape went their separate ways. When Harry returned to the library everyone else was there.
"Where've you been?" Ginny asked, running up to him to hug him.
"Getting a potion ingredient. I might need it if the attack does happen on the train."
"What kind of potion is it?" asked Hermione. Harry picked up her book, which was a copy of the book he had, and pointed to the potion. She quickly looked through the ingredients and paused. "Harry," she said, "did you get the rib where I think you got it from?"
"Yep," he dug put a hand into his bag and pulled out the said ingredient. "Got the basilisk rib right here."
"Where the bloody hell did you get that much raw basilisk rib?" Draco asked.
"The Chamber of Secrets," answered Ginny, "the monster of Slytherin was a basilisk."
"That much rib is probably worth thirty galleons. By the looks of it the Basilisk must be at least sixty feet long."
'That sounds about right," said Ron. "there was a skin outside that was about that size."
"I'm going to prepare the potions and find whatever else could be of use."
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Later that week, after everyone had met Anthony and they all found out about Anthony being Hermione's brother and the new combat teacher, they had all settled in to a routine of waking up early to learn new spells and also train with Anthony. Then breakfast and after that they would hit the books. Then lunch and the lake, except Friday when they all got Anthony to fly a broom. Finally dinner would come.
On Saturday they headed for Hogsmeade. Harry had heard of a new weapon shop that had opened up a few weeks ago from Dumbledore. He took his sword with him so he could get a new sheath for it, hopefully. He finally, found it at the north end of the town. The shop itself was filled with weapons of all kinds, including at least thirty different guns. Harry found that odd, he had learned form Draco and Ron that most pure-blood wizards think to highly of magic to use guns. Maybe he had stumbled across one of the few who recognized such weapons as formidable. Everywhere else in the medium-sized shop was some form of every weapon imaginable. The shopkeeper was a large redheaded man. He had a full beard that was about a foot long, he would have looked intimidating if it wasn't for the welcoming look he had.
"How may I help you laddy," he said in a Sottish accent. His eyes then went up and Harry knew what was coming next. "Harry Potter? It is you! Oh, pardon me, where are my manners, call me Angus," he said holding out his hand which Harry took. "Now what are you in need of."
"I have this sword and I need a sheath for it," he said, presenting the sword to Angus.
"Beautiful sword you have Mr. Potter. Come back at three and it should be done." Harry left the sword there and went to meet with the others for the rest of the day. When they left he told them he would catch up with them at the castle. When he walked into the shop Angus handed him the new sheath for five galleons. It fit his sword perfectly and had a self adjusting belt. He decided to buy a few more weapons before he left. He the left and returned for dinner.
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At dinner Ginny asked him to meet her at the lake. He found her sitting with her back to him. He crept up behind her and hugged her. At first she jumped in surprise.
"Miss me?"
"Yeah," she replied happily. Her mood changed to a sad one. "Harry, I'm worried, about tomorrow. What if something hap..."
"Ginny, don't worry about tomorrow," he said. He pulled her to her feet and hugged her. "Listen, I'll be fine, you know I always pull through these things, and I'll be there to protect you."
"Harry James Potter!" she said in mock anger. "Are you saying I can't protect myself?" She softened up again, "I hope for your sake you do; I'll probably be the one who'll have to drag your butt to the infirmary when you get badly injured."
"I don't think that will happen this time, I'll be prepared for them. I also bought a few items at the weapon shop. Did you know they sell muggle weapons there?"
Ginny looked up, "no, but don't tell dad, he might hurt himself." She paused before going on. "What kind of weapons?"
"Tear gas grenades, an non lethal weapon that irritates a person's eyes. I also got a gun. That is a weapon that can shoot its ammo so fast you can't even see them. I bought tranquilizer ammo. The normal ammo, called bullets, can kill a person in one shot." He began thinking so much that he zoned out for a second.
"Harry!" Ginny was annoyed at him, "What are you thinking about?"
"It's this get the muggles involved plan Dumbledore has. If Moody fails then Voldemort could have control of muggle nuclear weapons. It would only take one to wipe out Hogsmeade and Hogwarts."
"You have to hand it to the muggles though, they have found ways around their lack of magic."
"Ginny, lets forget about everything for tonight," he told her, looking down, his green eyes searching her soul. She looked right back into his eyes before he came down and claimed her lips in a passionate, breathtaking kiss. "Ginny," he said, putting a hand on her cheek, "no matter what happens, as long as I can fight I will keep you safe from any threat I find, I love you." They spent the rest of the night in each other's company. Ginny eventually fell asleep when they were sitting by the lake so Harry transfigured three rocks a queen sized bed, a blanket, and a tent large enough to hold the bed. They slept the rest of the night in eachother's arms.
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That was a pretty romantic chapter. Please review, I'd love any kind of feedback. All of you action lovers will love my next chapter. It will bring in some more Street Fighters and Anthony gets to do some more asskicking.
Until next time,
T-Dogg