Lunch had been delivered to the common room by the time they got back. Ron grabbed a sandwich off the tray and settled back into his armchair. Harry and Hermione took seats at the table, where they looked at the book Dumbledore had given them.

"If this really is Gryffindor's diary, it's over a thousand years old. We'd better wait to read it until we're done eating, so we don't get food on it."

Ron nearly choked on his sandwich. "Did Hermione just tell us not to read a book?" he coughed. "I would have expected her to make us skip lunch instead!"

Harry made a suggestion. "We could go check out the bathroom where the chamber is while we eat. Then when we come back we'll start reading."

It sounded like a good plan, so they picked up the sandwich tray and started out.

The bathroom hadn't changed much since Harry had last been in it. There were some new cracks in the tiles, and more rust on the hardware, but otherwise it looked the same.

"Is Myrtle in here somewhere?" Hermione asked.

Ron made a face. "I hope not. That ghost gets on my nerves. But Harry doesn't mind her, do you Harry?"

Harry ignored Ron's banter as he examined the sinks. "I think I've found something. Come look."

Ron and Hermione leaned over the sink and stared at the faucet where Harry was pointing. At first, nothing seemed to be happening. Then, something on the faucet moved.

A tiny spider, barely the size of a little black speck, crawled out of the faucet. It dropped into the sink and began to climb out.

"So that's how they get out of the chamber," Harry whispered. "They crawl out when they're small, and then they grow too big to get back in."

Ron closed his eyes. "Thanks for the lesson, but can we get away from it now? You seem to be forgetting that these things eat people!"

"It's just a little spider, Ron, it can't eat us until it gets bigger," Hermione pointed out, but backed away to set him at ease. "Actually, I think it's kind of cute. In a spidery sort of way."

"A spidery way? You're scaring me, Hermione. Why don't we just go back to the common room and let you read your book, before you get any more attracted to the spider?"

Remembering the importance of the journal they had left behind, she agreed and led the way out of the bathroom.

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Harry, Ron and Hermione sat around the table as Hermione opened Gryffindor's journal. She began to read it, leaning over to peer at the small handwriting. After watching her for a few minutes, Harry and Ron began to get bored. They started talking together, quietly so they would not distract Hermione.

"Are you sure you want to do this, Harry?" Ron asked. "After all, you had a busy year with the Tournament and…everything else. Dumbledore would understand if you needed a break and told him no."

"Are you kidding? You think I want to turn down an adventure that has nothing to do with Voldemort? This is a new experience. Aragog doesn't want to kill me any more than he wants to kill you. I'm going to enjoy the variety."

"Wow," Hermione said, and they both looked at her. "I found the part Professor Dumbledore was talking about. Gryffindor discovered the chamber of secrets. He and Slytherin had a huge argument over it."

"That might be why Slytherin left the school," Harry said. "Remember what Binns told us that year? They had a fight, but no one knew why."

Hermione stared at the book in surprise. "Harry, Ron, I think there are two chambers! Gryffindor is writing about one being built. Listen to this- 'A chamber of secrets and a chamber of answers, each in its rightful place by name.' That tells us where to find Gryffindor's chamber."

Harry and Ron couldn't figure it out. "You've lost us. Where is it then?"

"Think about it. The chamber of secrets is in a bathroom. Bathrooms are very secretive places, you can go into a bathroom and no one will come bother you. Gryffindor says that the chamber he built is in a place you go to for answers."

"I still don't get it," Ron said. "Where do you find answers?"

"Honestly! The chamber of Gryffindor is in the library!"

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