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The Tome of Merketh Chapter 4:
Harry met the others outside of Myrtle's bathroom.
"The chamber of secrets is here. In a bathroom?" Sirius was asking Dumbledore
"No wonder nobody found it. Probably couldn't picture Slytherin sneaking in to the girl's loos whenever he felt like plotting something evil." Lupin added.
"Hi." Harry said, trying to sound cheery. The four men (Sirius, Remus, Albus and Severus) turned to face him.
Harry held the door open and they all walked into the bathroom. Myrtle came over to Harry and frowned "brought them here to banish me?"
"What? No! We're going into the chamber again."
Myrtle gave a slight smile "if you die this time the, ahem, offer is open."
Harry blushed as Snape pointedly cleared his throat.
"cheating on Ginny?" Sirius whispered into Harry's ear.
Harry, glaring at Sirius walked up to the sink "Open up." He hissed in parseltongue.
The adults gasped quietly as the sinks moved, revealing the entrance. "How do we get in?" Dumbledore asked.
"Jump."
"Ah" Dumbledore said, "Harry, you can return to your dormitory if you wish."
"There are more doors inside."
"Get on with it." Snape snapped.
Sighing deeply, Harry jumped in. He slid into the chamber, and mere seconds later heard the others doing the same. They looked a bit disgusted at the rats' bones on the floor and followed Harry out, over the rubble to the next door. Lupin remarking on the giant snakeskin as they passed. Snape was taking notes in a little parchment booklet.
Soon they were in the main body of the chamber. Harry warily led the adults to the other side of the chamber, where he met Tom Riddle. Due to Sirius's complaining, Harry commentated on what had happened last time he was here. The bones of the basilisk, lay partly submerged. Lupin went to take measurements; snape removed the remaining fang and put it in a potions jar.
"What now?" Harry asked.
"Spread out and look around for a book, inscription, anything." Dumbledore said, and they all walked in different directions. Harry walked up to the statue of Slytherin. He ran his hand along the rock. There was a crevice at the base. Harry felt inside and pulled out a crystal. Suddenly it became burning hot. Harry dropped it with a clatter. The others all turned to look.
A 3D image of Slytherin appeared from the crystal. He started to speak.
"My heir, now that you have discovered this chamber, Hogwarts is yours. Think of the basilisk as a gift." Slytherin smirked "However, Hogwarts is just one castle. My heir, you shall rule the world. Many years ago I began a search for a book. Find it and the one person who can read it and bring it here. The person is descended from the mage, Keldorn. Trace the family line."
Slytherin went on to describe the book in detail, as well as a few suggestions on how to locate it.
"Bring me the book, and make the reader tell you the title. When that is done, I will tell you how to get the book and how to protect yourself from its power"
The image vanished. Dumbledore handed Harry the book. "Read the title, you are linked with Slytherin's heir so he should give you what we need to know."
Harry touched the crystal nervously "merketh". Instantly, the crystal transfigured itself into about thirty sheets of ancient parchment, bound together with string.
Dumbledore picked them up enthusiastically and put them into a bag that he was carrying. The five of them then trooped back up to the bathroom.
"Alright, that's it for tonight, I'll study these and let you know what they say." Dumbledore said
"Will they save Harry?" Sirius asked.
Dumbledore looked at Harry. "That is my hope."
"Your hope?" Harry asked "you mean you don't know?!"
"the incantations may merely lower the effect of the power leaving you, as I said, I need to study them."
Dumbledore spoke with such calmness that Harry could barely restrain himself from taking a swing at him. Instead, he stood up straighter, said in a tone of calm to match Dumbledore's "Goodnight everyone." And marched from the room.
Once Harry had turned a corner he lost his calm and punched the wall. Unfortunately as the wall was made of stone, and Harry's fist wasn't. He yelled in pain. Harry doubled-back to go to the hospital wing when he saw Sirius turn into the corridor.
"Are you alright? What happened to your hand?"
"Nothing. I'm fine!" Harry snapped, of course he wasn't 'alright'.
"We're going to the hospital wing. Come on."
"No! I'm tired. I just want to go to bed." And with that Harry continued to his common room at a jog, feeling Sirius's sadness directed at Harry's retreating back.
The next morning Harry awoke with a groan of pain. He could barely move his fingers and his hand had swollen up. As Harry slipped on his glasses he saw Ron approaching the bed. He sat down on it.
"Well. Did you find what you needed?"
"Yeah." Harry said dejectedly "turns out though that it isn't the miracle solution I thought it was. It might 'reduce' the effects of the power leaving me, whatever that means."
Ron looked furious. "They can't make you do this! After everything that's happened to you over the years, why can't someone else be the hero for once?"
"The only way that another person can take the power is for them to kill me so."
"This is so- Harry! What on earth did you do to your hand?"
"I hit the wall. Dumbledore was being so calm about it, and just 'assuming' that I will follow his little plan that it was either the wall or him."
"You should go see Pomfrey. Do you want me to come along?"
"Yeah. People won't keep talking about this wonderful plan if you're around, they don't know I told you."
"You'd better get dressed. I'll meet you in the common room."
"Okay."
About 10 minutes later Ron and Harry strode to the hospital wing, pointedly ignoring any 'good morning's' from the staff that were in on the scheme.
A/N - thank goodness, this story is finally going somewhere! It will probably be shorter than the last one though.
THANK YOU TO ALL REVIEWERS!!
Lil Lupin: thanks for reviewing!!
Iluvhp:was that fast enough for you?
Centra-gal86: sorry1 I can't help it. It's like an addiction. "Must put cliffies in must put cliffies in" (said in a droning voice). Hopefully this one is not so bad!
The Tome of Merketh Chapter 4:
Harry met the others outside of Myrtle's bathroom.
"The chamber of secrets is here. In a bathroom?" Sirius was asking Dumbledore
"No wonder nobody found it. Probably couldn't picture Slytherin sneaking in to the girl's loos whenever he felt like plotting something evil." Lupin added.
"Hi." Harry said, trying to sound cheery. The four men (Sirius, Remus, Albus and Severus) turned to face him.
Harry held the door open and they all walked into the bathroom. Myrtle came over to Harry and frowned "brought them here to banish me?"
"What? No! We're going into the chamber again."
Myrtle gave a slight smile "if you die this time the, ahem, offer is open."
Harry blushed as Snape pointedly cleared his throat.
"cheating on Ginny?" Sirius whispered into Harry's ear.
Harry, glaring at Sirius walked up to the sink "Open up." He hissed in parseltongue.
The adults gasped quietly as the sinks moved, revealing the entrance. "How do we get in?" Dumbledore asked.
"Jump."
"Ah" Dumbledore said, "Harry, you can return to your dormitory if you wish."
"There are more doors inside."
"Get on with it." Snape snapped.
Sighing deeply, Harry jumped in. He slid into the chamber, and mere seconds later heard the others doing the same. They looked a bit disgusted at the rats' bones on the floor and followed Harry out, over the rubble to the next door. Lupin remarking on the giant snakeskin as they passed. Snape was taking notes in a little parchment booklet.
Soon they were in the main body of the chamber. Harry warily led the adults to the other side of the chamber, where he met Tom Riddle. Due to Sirius's complaining, Harry commentated on what had happened last time he was here. The bones of the basilisk, lay partly submerged. Lupin went to take measurements; snape removed the remaining fang and put it in a potions jar.
"What now?" Harry asked.
"Spread out and look around for a book, inscription, anything." Dumbledore said, and they all walked in different directions. Harry walked up to the statue of Slytherin. He ran his hand along the rock. There was a crevice at the base. Harry felt inside and pulled out a crystal. Suddenly it became burning hot. Harry dropped it with a clatter. The others all turned to look.
A 3D image of Slytherin appeared from the crystal. He started to speak.
"My heir, now that you have discovered this chamber, Hogwarts is yours. Think of the basilisk as a gift." Slytherin smirked "However, Hogwarts is just one castle. My heir, you shall rule the world. Many years ago I began a search for a book. Find it and the one person who can read it and bring it here. The person is descended from the mage, Keldorn. Trace the family line."
Slytherin went on to describe the book in detail, as well as a few suggestions on how to locate it.
"Bring me the book, and make the reader tell you the title. When that is done, I will tell you how to get the book and how to protect yourself from its power"
The image vanished. Dumbledore handed Harry the book. "Read the title, you are linked with Slytherin's heir so he should give you what we need to know."
Harry touched the crystal nervously "merketh". Instantly, the crystal transfigured itself into about thirty sheets of ancient parchment, bound together with string.
Dumbledore picked them up enthusiastically and put them into a bag that he was carrying. The five of them then trooped back up to the bathroom.
"Alright, that's it for tonight, I'll study these and let you know what they say." Dumbledore said
"Will they save Harry?" Sirius asked.
Dumbledore looked at Harry. "That is my hope."
"Your hope?" Harry asked "you mean you don't know?!"
"the incantations may merely lower the effect of the power leaving you, as I said, I need to study them."
Dumbledore spoke with such calmness that Harry could barely restrain himself from taking a swing at him. Instead, he stood up straighter, said in a tone of calm to match Dumbledore's "Goodnight everyone." And marched from the room.
Once Harry had turned a corner he lost his calm and punched the wall. Unfortunately as the wall was made of stone, and Harry's fist wasn't. He yelled in pain. Harry doubled-back to go to the hospital wing when he saw Sirius turn into the corridor.
"Are you alright? What happened to your hand?"
"Nothing. I'm fine!" Harry snapped, of course he wasn't 'alright'.
"We're going to the hospital wing. Come on."
"No! I'm tired. I just want to go to bed." And with that Harry continued to his common room at a jog, feeling Sirius's sadness directed at Harry's retreating back.
The next morning Harry awoke with a groan of pain. He could barely move his fingers and his hand had swollen up. As Harry slipped on his glasses he saw Ron approaching the bed. He sat down on it.
"Well. Did you find what you needed?"
"Yeah." Harry said dejectedly "turns out though that it isn't the miracle solution I thought it was. It might 'reduce' the effects of the power leaving me, whatever that means."
Ron looked furious. "They can't make you do this! After everything that's happened to you over the years, why can't someone else be the hero for once?"
"The only way that another person can take the power is for them to kill me so."
"This is so- Harry! What on earth did you do to your hand?"
"I hit the wall. Dumbledore was being so calm about it, and just 'assuming' that I will follow his little plan that it was either the wall or him."
"You should go see Pomfrey. Do you want me to come along?"
"Yeah. People won't keep talking about this wonderful plan if you're around, they don't know I told you."
"You'd better get dressed. I'll meet you in the common room."
"Okay."
About 10 minutes later Ron and Harry strode to the hospital wing, pointedly ignoring any 'good morning's' from the staff that were in on the scheme.
A/N - thank goodness, this story is finally going somewhere! It will probably be shorter than the last one though.