Chapter Seven- A Families Loss
Harry stood outside the dungeons wary of his surroundings as Slytherins pointed and sniggered. Snape constantly was picking on Harry. He dropped hints that he shouldn't be in this class and that he was incompetent loudly in front of the Slytherins.
"In" Snape said throwing the door open. The whole class rushed in not wanted to annoy Snape.
Once they were behind their desks Snape waved his wand at the blackboard which had words appear across it.
"Today we will be brewing a potion used to delay the reaction of spells. It is often used by Aurors to create a distraction such as a person breaking out in a sweat and collapsing from a fever hex to give them time to enter a restricted area, but is even more often used by dark wizards and witches who want a person to think they are safe. They will stun someone feed them the potion and hex them before letting them go without them knowing a thing." He glared around at the class before snapping. "Instructions on the board. Start now."
Harry and Hermione shared a look before getting to work. "Stupid git. I wish the deatheaters would use a time delay potion on Snape." Harry laughed quietly.
"Something funny Potter?" Snape sneered. "Has our golden boy wonder got something he would like to share with the class." Harry glared at him. "No? Just as arrogant and stupid as your father."
"You want to know what was funny?" Harry said angrily. "I was just trying to work out how many time delay curses the marauders must have cast on you to give you a nose that big."
The Gryffindors burst out laughing and the Slytherins looked at Harry in surprise. "Detention!" Snape yelled. "And thirty points from Gryffindor. Go see the Headmaster."
Harry calmly stood and walked out of the room. He walked up to the entrance hall and up the marble staircase. He walked down the corridor until he came to the large statue of a griffin.
"Sour snitch" nothing happened. Dumbledore must have changed the password. "Chocolate Frog, Liquorice wand" Harry stood thinking.
"Golden Gumballs" Harry heard the voice of the old headmaster from behind him. "Come Harry." He said putting a hand on Harry's shoulder.
They walked up to the office and Harry took a seat in front of the headmasters desk as Dumbledore sat behind. "So Harry, what do we owe the pleasure of this visit?"
"Snape." Harry said simply.
"That's Professor Snape Harry." Dumbledore said simply.
"Yeah him. He was insulting me so I insulted him then he gave me detention, took thirty points and sent me here." Dumbledore nodded slowly looking down his long nose at Harry.
"I can understand why he was angry Harry. You cant go insulting teachers no matter what they say." Harry glared at the old man.
"You don't understand, your not the one who gets tormented by him about things he doesn't understand. He doesn't push his thoughts upon you about things you never had a part of or understood or even knew about." Harry was angry and Dumbledore realized this. He could feel the magic start to crackle around him as Harry glared into his eyes.
"Ever since I started at this school he had tortured me and I'm not going to stand for it any longer."
"Let me deal with professor Snape Harry. If you keep insulting a teacher the school Governors will call for your suspension. Please don't let him get to you Harry." Harry nodded regretfully.
The bell went for lunch as Harry walked out from behind the statue. He walked through the crowds in the hall hearing sniggers and laughter as he walked past.
He thought what he had said to Snape must have already got out.
He walked into the Great Hall and sat between Ginny and Ron. He looked across at Hermione who had the look on her face that always told you 'Don't complain you deserved it' but Ron and Ginny were smiling broadly.
"That was so cool mate." Ron gushed. "Snape was furious he was so mad he was even snapping at the Slytherins." Harry felt a cloak swish by him and turned to see Snape standing behind him.
"Tonight Potter, eight o'clock in my class room." He glared around the table once more before stalking off to the staff table. Ginny patted his arm sympathetically while Ron just shook his head.
"You know Harry, you do kind of deserve it." Hermione said "You shouldn't let him get a rise out of you. You know he just wants a reason to suspend you." Harry nodded then rose and walked toward the door. He had DADA next so he headed up to the classroom.
He sat outside the door waiting for everyone else.
"Don't just sit out there Potter, come in and take a seat." Harry jumped as he realized Mad eye was inside and could see through doorways. Harry opened the door and walked in thanking Moody quietly as he took a seat at the front of the room.
"I was told by some of your DA friends that you were planning a little test for them after Christmas." Harry nodded. "Well I plan on doing the same this weekend for our top students."
The bell rang and students began to fill the room. Ron and Hermione sat next to Harry and Neville took the seat behind him. After everyone was seated Moody stood before his desk and began to talk.
"You know that this year you are going to be learning about Dark wizards and how and why to fight them. Today you will be taking a test and the top three scores from each house will come with me this weekend to have a test in a certain chamber as the rest of us watch." He looked around the class. "I had planned to send three people from each year in there but Dumbledore said only fifth and sixth years were allowed. The seventh years are to busy with Newts and the other classes are to young. So its just you lot. The top scores will receive a letter tonight telling you that you will be competing. All of you will pair up with someone from fifth year in your House then the winner will receive fifty house points for your house."
"This test will be quite dangerous. You will be forced to fight and will need to be fast and strong. You may need to make decisions that will hurt but I assure you there is no reason to be scared. You may get injured but there is no risk of dying in there." He surveyed them with his magical eye before waving his wand at a stack of parchments that banished themselves to one per desk.
"That is your test. You may begin." There was a rustling across the room as people scrambled for quills and ink.
Harry looked down the test and smiled. This stuff was easy. It just asked about certain curses and asked about the rise and fall of Voldemort and his Deatheaters.
Harry knew that he would receive a letter that night. Now he just needed someone to team up with. He wondered through the common room hardly listening to Hermione and Ron arguing back and forth about the exam.
He walked into the common room in a daze. What was going to be in this test? He wasn't sure what was going to happen but he was sure it wasn't going to be to enjoyable.
After dropping his book bag off in his dorm Harry walked back down to dinner. He ate in silence listening to the talk going on in the background. 'Detention' he thought. 'Forget it.' Harry stood and excused himself before walking out into the entrance hall.
He looked around for a moment before dropping a disk and running up the marble steps. He heard Snape walk into the entrance call and snap. "My room Potter. You have five minutes."
He walked up to the common room and went into his box. He picked up the book that he had found in the trunk Sirius had left him. Harry opened it and began to read it.
The Potter family is a family that came off of the Gryffindor family clan. Through the years the name Gryffindor eventually died out making the Potter family name the only remaining heirs of Gryffindor.
Harry was surprised at this. He had never thought he could be the descendent of one of the most famous and powerful wizards from over a thousand years before. He placed the book down deciding to read up on family history later.
He opened the trunk and took out the folder he had copied for the twins and began to flick through it. It contained plans and reports on many pranks and tricks that had been played in the time of the marauders.
He was flicking through the pages and found plans on how to make the Marauders Map. He looked them over amazed at the complexity behind the creation of such an object. He looked over the charms needed and realized that although it was a complex magical item it was also made by a variety of simple spells.
He read through the spells and wrote them onto a piece of paper so he would remember to learn more about them later. A map would be a good thing to have in the chamber of secrets. He would be able to see what went on throughout the chamber from a secure point.
He looked at his watch and noticed it was ten o'clock. He checked the map and a yellow circle with the word 'Illusion' written bellow it ws walking out of Snapes office. Harry waved his wand and muttered "dissipato illusio" and watched the dot disappear from the map.
Harry threw on his Invisibility cloak before sneaking out of the common room. Once outside he ripped off the cloak and hid it in his robe before entering again. He looked around the room and spotted Ginny sitting alone with her back to him. He walked up behind her and looked over her shoulder.
"What you reading?" She smiled up at Harry.
"It's a letter from Moody. It says I received the highest score in my year in the test he made us take today so I will be competing in the Chamber of Secrets competition." Harry hugged her and congratulated her before Hedwig flew in through the window to land on his shoulder.
"Hey girl," he said stroking her head as she cooed lightly. "What you got there?" He removed the parchment from her leg and began to read from it.
Potter,
You received the highest score in your year. Bah, like I needed to contact you for you (or anyone else for that matter) to know that. I will be expecting you to be at the entrance to the chamber at ten AM on Saturday morning.
I wish you good luck and regret to inform you that Malfoy somehow got in. Watch your back Potter he's a slimy one that Malfoy. Have fun, Moody
Harry grinned and handed the letter to Ginny. She squealed and hugged him before pulling back beaming. "That means we can be a team."
Harry nodded but turned as he heard a gasp of shock. Neville sat with his eyes wide, staring down at a letter in his hands. When someone asked him what was wrong harry heard him mutter. "Chamber of Secrets. In competition."
There were whoops and cheers as people congratulated him. He had never really achieved something and now he had he glowed with pride. Harry was surprised when Ron walked over telling him that he was the third in the competition. Harry saw Hermione pouting near an armchair and poked Ron and Ginny.
"She didn't get a spot." He said pointing to her. The three of them went over to Hermione and begun trying to cheer her up. They sat with her for a few minutes as she huffed and puffed about it before Ron told her he had gotten in.
"What!" She yelled at him. "Harry I understand but how did you get in?"
Ron turned red in the face as he became angered. "What's that meant to mean?"
Harry tapped Ginny on the shoulder and Pulled her away from the arguing couple. "Come on they need to be alone." Harry took her into his dorm and they entered the box. He thought for a moment before pulling the mirror from his pocket.
"Fred and George" he said into it.
"Hey mate how's it going?" One of the twins asked.
"Good thanks. Hey have you given any illusion disks to anyone in the order." Harry asked looking sideways at Ginny. She was looking confused.
"Yeah Moody asked for the same upgrades as you. We worked out a way to place sensors on the disks. We made it so it reacts when you are within eleven feet of the disk itself. Why did you want to know?" One of the twins asked.
"Because Moody is holding a competition in the chamber. He said that it would be dangerous but there is no risk of dying. And that's how I described my disks to you."
They nodded before saying goodbye and returning to whatever they were doing. Harry turned to Ginny.
"This could help us. If he's using these I'd say we will be dueling deatheaters. From the topic of the tests it will be dark wizards and boggarts. Be prepared to face your fears and relive battles like the Ministry of Magic last year." She nodded and yawned.
"Come on Gin, you should go to bed. Ill see you in the morning." She nodded and headed out as Harry left the box and collapsed into bed, falling into a dreamless sleep.
***
It was still early on Saturday morning when the Great hall began to fill with the buzz of chatter. Many people were looking forward to the competition and Harry could hear more than one bet being placed.
He sat down and tried to eat some bacon and eggs when he felt a hand on both of his shoulders. He turned around and saw the twins standing behind him.
"How's it going Harry?" One of them asked. "Nervous?" asked the other.
"I'm ok a little nervous though." They nodded.
"So who's your partner in this thing?" He thought it was Fred who asked.
"Yeah they better not slow you down, we got money on you coming first." George told him.
"Well I got a feeling that she will be able to keep up quite fine." Harry chuckled. "She did at the Ministry last year."
The twins eyes went wide. "Fred go and put another fifty galleons on Harry and Ginny." George said as Fred ran off down the Gryffindor table.
"So what are you doing here?" Harry asked as he pushed his bacon and eggs around his plate.
"After we talked to you on the mirror we called Mad Eye and asked if we could come and check out what he was doing with the disks. He said that it was a dark arts survival course using illusion Death Eaters and Boggarts." Harry nodded.
"I thought so. Well I need to find Ginny so we go through how we are going to go about this. We already know a lot of spells that we can use but now we need to work out how to watch each others back. Ill see you soon." Harry rose and walked out. He met Ron on the way and whispered to him what they would be facing and after asking Ron to tell Neville and his partner Ron nodded and ran off to find them.
Harry walked into the entrance hall and pulled out the Marauders Map. He saw that Ginny was in the Transfiguration room with Hermione. He ran up the stairs and down the corridor until he came to the Transfiguration room.
He could hear voices from inside. "Hermione we will be fine. Harry is there and I'm sure that he would never allow any of us to be harmed." He heard Ginny saying.
"Ginny this is the first time I have not come in the top three in the grade. It's the first time Harry, Ron and you are going into a dangerous situation without me. Harry has been in situations without all of us but it just seems strange that I have to sit by while the three of you go into this test. Please Ginny be careful, and make sure Ron is to. Harry will always do something careless so I cant very well ask you to make sure hes careful, all I can ask is you keep an eye on him."
"You know I will Hermione. We will all be fine. I better go find Harry, we only have half an hour until we have to be in the chamber." Harry slipped around the corner and walked back around when He heard the door close.
"Hey Gin. We need to talk about the chamber test." She nodded before taking his hand and letting him lead her away.
They went to the common room and sat down on a chair in front of the fire. The room was deserted. "The twins found out I was right. The disks will become Deatheaters and Boggarts. I think the best way to do it is to stay together. When we get attacked we stand back to back and cast shield charms before dueling." She nodded.
"Harry promise me you wont do anything stupid." She said quietly.
"Only if you promise me you wont get yourself in danger." Harry whispered back.
"I promise" She told him.
"Me to. Lets go." He helped her up and dragged her down to the entrance to the Chamber.
***
"Today we are putting you all through a little test. I will give you all a necklace which one person from each team will draw out of this box, which is a portkey. You will all be moved to certain points throughout the chamber and will need to fight your way into the main room of the chamber to steal something from a great foe before making your great escape back here." He said this grinning maniacally around the room.
"You will be doing this whilst fighting dark wizards, Boggarts and each other, yes you may have to fight the people who now stand around you. If you die your necklace will transport you here." There was a gasp around the students.
"Although you cannot really die, a death is if both of your team are unconscious, If you are unable to go on because of injury or you are both captured by your enemy and are unable to escape within five minutes. If you die you will lose twenty house points. I wish you all luck. When you are transported in please do not try to move until the buzzer sounds as you will be in a magical dome and you will only hurt yourself."
"Now one person from each team step forward and pull a parcel from this box."
Everyone pulled out a parcel and found necklaces in them which they put on. Harry felt the familiar tugging behind his belly button and saw the world spin into darkness as he was dragged into the Chamber of secrets.
Once they landed Harry quickly looked around and found himself at the end of one of the pipes that led off the chamber. He turned and found Ginny behind him and smiled reassuringly.
They heard the buzzer sound and began to run down the vast tunnel. They could hear nothing over their feet hitting the ground and their heavy breathing except the sound of water dripping every so often.
Harry stopped quickly and put out a hand to signal for Ginny to do the same. He could hear people shouting further in and could hear the laughter of deatheaters as they threw curses around. Harry looked ahead realizing they had reached a fork. "Point Me" said putting his wand on his hand.
The wand spun for a moment before pointing to the left one. Harry began running down it, surprised that they had not yet ran into anything that they would have to fight.
After a few more moments there was a puff of smoke up ahead as three deatheaters stood before them. Harry instantly stood in front of Ginny and threw a spell at them. "Reducto!" The ground exploded in front of them making them fall back.
Harry and Ginny quickly sent stunners at them and the deatheaters disappeared. They continued down the tunnel until they came to a clearing. There was a burst of smoke before Harry stepped forward and a loud crack echoed around the walls. Harry's world fell into darkness as he heard his parents last dying moments.
Harry raised his wand and shouted loud "EXPECTO PATRONUM!" a silver stag erupted from the tip of his wand as he pulled the wand up and swished it down yelling "Ridikulus"
With another crack the Dementors vanished. He turned to see Ginny shaking on the ground as a man stood over her.
Harry stepped forward and waved his wand imagining the man wearing a big tutu. He then waved his wand and said "Ridikulus"
There was a loud crack as the man disappeared and Harry fell down next to Ginny. "Are you okay? He asked her quietly. She was pale and shaking and the look in her eyes was something Harry had only seen in the mirror.
"Ginny, talk to me." He said shaking her. She was still shaking and Harry didn't know what to do.
He waved his wand summoning a stretcher that hovered before him. He lifted Ginny onto it and put her before him as they continued down the tunnel. He stopped around a corner as the voice of Draco Malfoy.
"He will be here soon. When he is we will ambush him." He then laughed loudly.
"Alright but leave my sister alone, just get Potter and let me deal with Ginny." Harry knew that voice. He fumed as he realized Percy was working with the Deatheaters.
Since he was 'abducted' his family had been so worried about him and the whole time he was off fighting for the freak that was constantly tearing apart all they believed in.
Harry felt an anger rise into his system. Percy was here to stop Ginny from interrupting in Malfoy attacking him. Well he was going to show them both.
"Illusio, persona." Harry looked at the mirror image of him that stood before him. He stepped around the corner and was pleased see the looks of surprise on both Percy and Malfoy's faces. Percy quickly dropped his mask over his face and resumed a dueling position.
"Stupefy." Harry yelled as he pointed his wand at Percy. He dodged easily to the side. And they began to duel. The illusion Harry was dueling against Malfoy and Harry saw the look of confusion on his face as he tried to understand what was happening.
"Potter, I don't know who is real but you will soon tell me." Percy raised his wand above his head and swept it down. "CRUCIO!"
Harry waved his wand in front of him trying to summon up the silver shield he had used in Diagon Alley felt the full brunt of the curse as the shield failed. He screamed in pain and the illusion Harry disappeared as he lost focus. He could here Malfoy and Percy laughing and taunting him, unable to make out words.
The last thing he saw before blacking out was Ron and Neville stunning Percy and Malfoy from behind. He sighed in relief before all became dark.
***
Harry stood outside the dungeons wary of his surroundings as Slytherins pointed and sniggered. Snape constantly was picking on Harry. He dropped hints that he shouldn't be in this class and that he was incompetent loudly in front of the Slytherins.
"In" Snape said throwing the door open. The whole class rushed in not wanted to annoy Snape.
Once they were behind their desks Snape waved his wand at the blackboard which had words appear across it.
"Today we will be brewing a potion used to delay the reaction of spells. It is often used by Aurors to create a distraction such as a person breaking out in a sweat and collapsing from a fever hex to give them time to enter a restricted area, but is even more often used by dark wizards and witches who want a person to think they are safe. They will stun someone feed them the potion and hex them before letting them go without them knowing a thing." He glared around at the class before snapping. "Instructions on the board. Start now."
Harry and Hermione shared a look before getting to work. "Stupid git. I wish the deatheaters would use a time delay potion on Snape." Harry laughed quietly.
"Something funny Potter?" Snape sneered. "Has our golden boy wonder got something he would like to share with the class." Harry glared at him. "No? Just as arrogant and stupid as your father."
"You want to know what was funny?" Harry said angrily. "I was just trying to work out how many time delay curses the marauders must have cast on you to give you a nose that big."
The Gryffindors burst out laughing and the Slytherins looked at Harry in surprise. "Detention!" Snape yelled. "And thirty points from Gryffindor. Go see the Headmaster."
Harry calmly stood and walked out of the room. He walked up to the entrance hall and up the marble staircase. He walked down the corridor until he came to the large statue of a griffin.
"Sour snitch" nothing happened. Dumbledore must have changed the password. "Chocolate Frog, Liquorice wand" Harry stood thinking.
"Golden Gumballs" Harry heard the voice of the old headmaster from behind him. "Come Harry." He said putting a hand on Harry's shoulder.
They walked up to the office and Harry took a seat in front of the headmasters desk as Dumbledore sat behind. "So Harry, what do we owe the pleasure of this visit?"
"Snape." Harry said simply.
"That's Professor Snape Harry." Dumbledore said simply.
"Yeah him. He was insulting me so I insulted him then he gave me detention, took thirty points and sent me here." Dumbledore nodded slowly looking down his long nose at Harry.
"I can understand why he was angry Harry. You cant go insulting teachers no matter what they say." Harry glared at the old man.
"You don't understand, your not the one who gets tormented by him about things he doesn't understand. He doesn't push his thoughts upon you about things you never had a part of or understood or even knew about." Harry was angry and Dumbledore realized this. He could feel the magic start to crackle around him as Harry glared into his eyes.
"Ever since I started at this school he had tortured me and I'm not going to stand for it any longer."
"Let me deal with professor Snape Harry. If you keep insulting a teacher the school Governors will call for your suspension. Please don't let him get to you Harry." Harry nodded regretfully.
The bell went for lunch as Harry walked out from behind the statue. He walked through the crowds in the hall hearing sniggers and laughter as he walked past.
He thought what he had said to Snape must have already got out.
He walked into the Great Hall and sat between Ginny and Ron. He looked across at Hermione who had the look on her face that always told you 'Don't complain you deserved it' but Ron and Ginny were smiling broadly.
"That was so cool mate." Ron gushed. "Snape was furious he was so mad he was even snapping at the Slytherins." Harry felt a cloak swish by him and turned to see Snape standing behind him.
"Tonight Potter, eight o'clock in my class room." He glared around the table once more before stalking off to the staff table. Ginny patted his arm sympathetically while Ron just shook his head.
"You know Harry, you do kind of deserve it." Hermione said "You shouldn't let him get a rise out of you. You know he just wants a reason to suspend you." Harry nodded then rose and walked toward the door. He had DADA next so he headed up to the classroom.
He sat outside the door waiting for everyone else.
"Don't just sit out there Potter, come in and take a seat." Harry jumped as he realized Mad eye was inside and could see through doorways. Harry opened the door and walked in thanking Moody quietly as he took a seat at the front of the room.
"I was told by some of your DA friends that you were planning a little test for them after Christmas." Harry nodded. "Well I plan on doing the same this weekend for our top students."
The bell rang and students began to fill the room. Ron and Hermione sat next to Harry and Neville took the seat behind him. After everyone was seated Moody stood before his desk and began to talk.
"You know that this year you are going to be learning about Dark wizards and how and why to fight them. Today you will be taking a test and the top three scores from each house will come with me this weekend to have a test in a certain chamber as the rest of us watch." He looked around the class. "I had planned to send three people from each year in there but Dumbledore said only fifth and sixth years were allowed. The seventh years are to busy with Newts and the other classes are to young. So its just you lot. The top scores will receive a letter tonight telling you that you will be competing. All of you will pair up with someone from fifth year in your House then the winner will receive fifty house points for your house."
"This test will be quite dangerous. You will be forced to fight and will need to be fast and strong. You may need to make decisions that will hurt but I assure you there is no reason to be scared. You may get injured but there is no risk of dying in there." He surveyed them with his magical eye before waving his wand at a stack of parchments that banished themselves to one per desk.
"That is your test. You may begin." There was a rustling across the room as people scrambled for quills and ink.
Harry looked down the test and smiled. This stuff was easy. It just asked about certain curses and asked about the rise and fall of Voldemort and his Deatheaters.
Harry knew that he would receive a letter that night. Now he just needed someone to team up with. He wondered through the common room hardly listening to Hermione and Ron arguing back and forth about the exam.
He walked into the common room in a daze. What was going to be in this test? He wasn't sure what was going to happen but he was sure it wasn't going to be to enjoyable.
After dropping his book bag off in his dorm Harry walked back down to dinner. He ate in silence listening to the talk going on in the background. 'Detention' he thought. 'Forget it.' Harry stood and excused himself before walking out into the entrance hall.
He looked around for a moment before dropping a disk and running up the marble steps. He heard Snape walk into the entrance call and snap. "My room Potter. You have five minutes."
He walked up to the common room and went into his box. He picked up the book that he had found in the trunk Sirius had left him. Harry opened it and began to read it.
The Potter family is a family that came off of the Gryffindor family clan. Through the years the name Gryffindor eventually died out making the Potter family name the only remaining heirs of Gryffindor.
Harry was surprised at this. He had never thought he could be the descendent of one of the most famous and powerful wizards from over a thousand years before. He placed the book down deciding to read up on family history later.
He opened the trunk and took out the folder he had copied for the twins and began to flick through it. It contained plans and reports on many pranks and tricks that had been played in the time of the marauders.
He was flicking through the pages and found plans on how to make the Marauders Map. He looked them over amazed at the complexity behind the creation of such an object. He looked over the charms needed and realized that although it was a complex magical item it was also made by a variety of simple spells.
He read through the spells and wrote them onto a piece of paper so he would remember to learn more about them later. A map would be a good thing to have in the chamber of secrets. He would be able to see what went on throughout the chamber from a secure point.
He looked at his watch and noticed it was ten o'clock. He checked the map and a yellow circle with the word 'Illusion' written bellow it ws walking out of Snapes office. Harry waved his wand and muttered "dissipato illusio" and watched the dot disappear from the map.
Harry threw on his Invisibility cloak before sneaking out of the common room. Once outside he ripped off the cloak and hid it in his robe before entering again. He looked around the room and spotted Ginny sitting alone with her back to him. He walked up behind her and looked over her shoulder.
"What you reading?" She smiled up at Harry.
"It's a letter from Moody. It says I received the highest score in my year in the test he made us take today so I will be competing in the Chamber of Secrets competition." Harry hugged her and congratulated her before Hedwig flew in through the window to land on his shoulder.
"Hey girl," he said stroking her head as she cooed lightly. "What you got there?" He removed the parchment from her leg and began to read from it.
Potter,
You received the highest score in your year. Bah, like I needed to contact you for you (or anyone else for that matter) to know that. I will be expecting you to be at the entrance to the chamber at ten AM on Saturday morning.
I wish you good luck and regret to inform you that Malfoy somehow got in. Watch your back Potter he's a slimy one that Malfoy. Have fun, Moody
Harry grinned and handed the letter to Ginny. She squealed and hugged him before pulling back beaming. "That means we can be a team."
Harry nodded but turned as he heard a gasp of shock. Neville sat with his eyes wide, staring down at a letter in his hands. When someone asked him what was wrong harry heard him mutter. "Chamber of Secrets. In competition."
There were whoops and cheers as people congratulated him. He had never really achieved something and now he had he glowed with pride. Harry was surprised when Ron walked over telling him that he was the third in the competition. Harry saw Hermione pouting near an armchair and poked Ron and Ginny.
"She didn't get a spot." He said pointing to her. The three of them went over to Hermione and begun trying to cheer her up. They sat with her for a few minutes as she huffed and puffed about it before Ron told her he had gotten in.
"What!" She yelled at him. "Harry I understand but how did you get in?"
Ron turned red in the face as he became angered. "What's that meant to mean?"
Harry tapped Ginny on the shoulder and Pulled her away from the arguing couple. "Come on they need to be alone." Harry took her into his dorm and they entered the box. He thought for a moment before pulling the mirror from his pocket.
"Fred and George" he said into it.
"Hey mate how's it going?" One of the twins asked.
"Good thanks. Hey have you given any illusion disks to anyone in the order." Harry asked looking sideways at Ginny. She was looking confused.
"Yeah Moody asked for the same upgrades as you. We worked out a way to place sensors on the disks. We made it so it reacts when you are within eleven feet of the disk itself. Why did you want to know?" One of the twins asked.
"Because Moody is holding a competition in the chamber. He said that it would be dangerous but there is no risk of dying. And that's how I described my disks to you."
They nodded before saying goodbye and returning to whatever they were doing. Harry turned to Ginny.
"This could help us. If he's using these I'd say we will be dueling deatheaters. From the topic of the tests it will be dark wizards and boggarts. Be prepared to face your fears and relive battles like the Ministry of Magic last year." She nodded and yawned.
"Come on Gin, you should go to bed. Ill see you in the morning." She nodded and headed out as Harry left the box and collapsed into bed, falling into a dreamless sleep.
***
It was still early on Saturday morning when the Great hall began to fill with the buzz of chatter. Many people were looking forward to the competition and Harry could hear more than one bet being placed.
He sat down and tried to eat some bacon and eggs when he felt a hand on both of his shoulders. He turned around and saw the twins standing behind him.
"How's it going Harry?" One of them asked. "Nervous?" asked the other.
"I'm ok a little nervous though." They nodded.
"So who's your partner in this thing?" He thought it was Fred who asked.
"Yeah they better not slow you down, we got money on you coming first." George told him.
"Well I got a feeling that she will be able to keep up quite fine." Harry chuckled. "She did at the Ministry last year."
The twins eyes went wide. "Fred go and put another fifty galleons on Harry and Ginny." George said as Fred ran off down the Gryffindor table.
"So what are you doing here?" Harry asked as he pushed his bacon and eggs around his plate.
"After we talked to you on the mirror we called Mad Eye and asked if we could come and check out what he was doing with the disks. He said that it was a dark arts survival course using illusion Death Eaters and Boggarts." Harry nodded.
"I thought so. Well I need to find Ginny so we go through how we are going to go about this. We already know a lot of spells that we can use but now we need to work out how to watch each others back. Ill see you soon." Harry rose and walked out. He met Ron on the way and whispered to him what they would be facing and after asking Ron to tell Neville and his partner Ron nodded and ran off to find them.
Harry walked into the entrance hall and pulled out the Marauders Map. He saw that Ginny was in the Transfiguration room with Hermione. He ran up the stairs and down the corridor until he came to the Transfiguration room.
He could hear voices from inside. "Hermione we will be fine. Harry is there and I'm sure that he would never allow any of us to be harmed." He heard Ginny saying.
"Ginny this is the first time I have not come in the top three in the grade. It's the first time Harry, Ron and you are going into a dangerous situation without me. Harry has been in situations without all of us but it just seems strange that I have to sit by while the three of you go into this test. Please Ginny be careful, and make sure Ron is to. Harry will always do something careless so I cant very well ask you to make sure hes careful, all I can ask is you keep an eye on him."
"You know I will Hermione. We will all be fine. I better go find Harry, we only have half an hour until we have to be in the chamber." Harry slipped around the corner and walked back around when He heard the door close.
"Hey Gin. We need to talk about the chamber test." She nodded before taking his hand and letting him lead her away.
They went to the common room and sat down on a chair in front of the fire. The room was deserted. "The twins found out I was right. The disks will become Deatheaters and Boggarts. I think the best way to do it is to stay together. When we get attacked we stand back to back and cast shield charms before dueling." She nodded.
"Harry promise me you wont do anything stupid." She said quietly.
"Only if you promise me you wont get yourself in danger." Harry whispered back.
"I promise" She told him.
"Me to. Lets go." He helped her up and dragged her down to the entrance to the Chamber.
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"Today we are putting you all through a little test. I will give you all a necklace which one person from each team will draw out of this box, which is a portkey. You will all be moved to certain points throughout the chamber and will need to fight your way into the main room of the chamber to steal something from a great foe before making your great escape back here." He said this grinning maniacally around the room.
"You will be doing this whilst fighting dark wizards, Boggarts and each other, yes you may have to fight the people who now stand around you. If you die your necklace will transport you here." There was a gasp around the students.
"Although you cannot really die, a death is if both of your team are unconscious, If you are unable to go on because of injury or you are both captured by your enemy and are unable to escape within five minutes. If you die you will lose twenty house points. I wish you all luck. When you are transported in please do not try to move until the buzzer sounds as you will be in a magical dome and you will only hurt yourself."
"Now one person from each team step forward and pull a parcel from this box."
Everyone pulled out a parcel and found necklaces in them which they put on. Harry felt the familiar tugging behind his belly button and saw the world spin into darkness as he was dragged into the Chamber of secrets.
Once they landed Harry quickly looked around and found himself at the end of one of the pipes that led off the chamber. He turned and found Ginny behind him and smiled reassuringly.
They heard the buzzer sound and began to run down the vast tunnel. They could hear nothing over their feet hitting the ground and their heavy breathing except the sound of water dripping every so often.
Harry stopped quickly and put out a hand to signal for Ginny to do the same. He could hear people shouting further in and could hear the laughter of deatheaters as they threw curses around. Harry looked ahead realizing they had reached a fork. "Point Me" said putting his wand on his hand.
The wand spun for a moment before pointing to the left one. Harry began running down it, surprised that they had not yet ran into anything that they would have to fight.
After a few more moments there was a puff of smoke up ahead as three deatheaters stood before them. Harry instantly stood in front of Ginny and threw a spell at them. "Reducto!" The ground exploded in front of them making them fall back.
Harry and Ginny quickly sent stunners at them and the deatheaters disappeared. They continued down the tunnel until they came to a clearing. There was a burst of smoke before Harry stepped forward and a loud crack echoed around the walls. Harry's world fell into darkness as he heard his parents last dying moments.
Harry raised his wand and shouted loud "EXPECTO PATRONUM!" a silver stag erupted from the tip of his wand as he pulled the wand up and swished it down yelling "Ridikulus"
With another crack the Dementors vanished. He turned to see Ginny shaking on the ground as a man stood over her.
Harry stepped forward and waved his wand imagining the man wearing a big tutu. He then waved his wand and said "Ridikulus"
There was a loud crack as the man disappeared and Harry fell down next to Ginny. "Are you okay? He asked her quietly. She was pale and shaking and the look in her eyes was something Harry had only seen in the mirror.
"Ginny, talk to me." He said shaking her. She was still shaking and Harry didn't know what to do.
He waved his wand summoning a stretcher that hovered before him. He lifted Ginny onto it and put her before him as they continued down the tunnel. He stopped around a corner as the voice of Draco Malfoy.
"He will be here soon. When he is we will ambush him." He then laughed loudly.
"Alright but leave my sister alone, just get Potter and let me deal with Ginny." Harry knew that voice. He fumed as he realized Percy was working with the Deatheaters.
Since he was 'abducted' his family had been so worried about him and the whole time he was off fighting for the freak that was constantly tearing apart all they believed in.
Harry felt an anger rise into his system. Percy was here to stop Ginny from interrupting in Malfoy attacking him. Well he was going to show them both.
"Illusio, persona." Harry looked at the mirror image of him that stood before him. He stepped around the corner and was pleased see the looks of surprise on both Percy and Malfoy's faces. Percy quickly dropped his mask over his face and resumed a dueling position.
"Stupefy." Harry yelled as he pointed his wand at Percy. He dodged easily to the side. And they began to duel. The illusion Harry was dueling against Malfoy and Harry saw the look of confusion on his face as he tried to understand what was happening.
"Potter, I don't know who is real but you will soon tell me." Percy raised his wand above his head and swept it down. "CRUCIO!"
Harry waved his wand in front of him trying to summon up the silver shield he had used in Diagon Alley felt the full brunt of the curse as the shield failed. He screamed in pain and the illusion Harry disappeared as he lost focus. He could here Malfoy and Percy laughing and taunting him, unable to make out words.
The last thing he saw before blacking out was Ron and Neville stunning Percy and Malfoy from behind. He sighed in relief before all became dark.
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