Chapter 19: The Chamber of Portraits


Harry dragged his huge feet to the North Tower for another hour of suffering in Divination. Harry must have arrived early for there was no one around. Harry wondered about how Ron was doing since he mispronounced the wandus breakus charm and ending up breaking every bone in his body while he was still horny from making out with Hermione during Charms.

Harry climbed up the silver ladder and entered the room. An odd sight met him, all of the windows were open and Professor Trelawny was dead. He looked at her and realized that the person who had attacked her had taken her eyes too. Harry looked around the room and saw that the Persian rug that covered the floor was really torn in one spot. He came closer to this spot and saw there was a trapdoor. Foolishly, Harry jumped down the trapdoor with no idea of where it lead to and what he might find there.

Down he fell, for hours he fell and fell, faster and faster he went and finally he saw the ground. He used transformed the floor into jello and manage to survive the fall but, ended up breaking his arm that had already lost all the bones in it, and had been poisoned twice. He reversed the spell and walked down the hall. Here and there he saw picture of Gypsies and other mysterious fortunetellers. Harry came to one that looked like his mother, she kept on turning into a cat and back, but she had no eyes.

Harry came to the end of the hall, where was a large cupboard that contained all sorts of objects that were probably used in Divination and a metal stairway. Harry climbed the stairs, suddenly the stairs swayed back and forth Harry put his wand in his left hand and climbed the silver stairs, with his right arm holding tight to the railing.

At the top of these stairs was a round room with many doors and twelve candles spread about the room. Harry noticed one of the doors was open. Could this be the same as the dream that he had dreamt over the summer, night after night? Harry opened the door and gasped.