Second year is going pretty cool for me.
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The Way It Should Have Been
Story Two, Chapter Four: Attack
It was now Halloween. Neville pretty much spent all his time with us, we didn't mind. Kat had returned to normal, but Dobby kept talking to Neville.
"He won't leave me alone!"
"Have you tried telling him to go away?" Kat asked. He told Harry, Adrian and Kat a few days after the journal incident ended.
"Yes. He just keeps going on, talking about some evil thing coming."
"When does he come?"
"At night."
"Into the dorms?" Adrian looked at him, his lunch forgotten. Neville nodded.
"Wake us up! We'll get him to go leave, right Harry?" Harry laughed feebly.
"Oh no! Now you're acting weird!" Adrian cried, his head falling onto his arms.
"No, I'm worried. Usually Ginny and Collin bug Neville and I, but only Collin's been flashing pictures." We looked to the area where the Weasley family sat. It looked like that part of the table was on fire, with the five red heads sitting by each other.
"Ginny's fine. She's just tired. They're giving the first years a lot of homework." Kat said.
"How do you know?"
"Percy." She simply answered, shrugging at Adrian.
"Of course. I wonder if he can suggest who should be a Prefect. You'd be on top of his list."
"He can't." Adrian sighed, defeated and we laughed. It was Friday and we had the afternoon off like usual. Halloween was tomorrow night and they had already decorated the Great Hall with floating pumpkins.
In the weeks we had been at school, we visited Hagrid every Saturday after Harry finished Quidditch practice and we did our homework every night, because now no one was acting weird. We had better have a good Halloween.
Halloween morning came with much excitement. It smelled better than it did last year. We go outside to sit by the lake under the tree.
"Nice day." The water was really blue, and most of the leaves had fallen off onto the ground. There weren't any clouds and there was a nice settle breeze.
"Yep." Kat agreed with me. She was writing something for our homework assignment in DADA.
"Kat, put the quill down and lay on the ground." Adrian told her.
"I want this stupid homework done. It's so pointless! We haven't learned anything in DADA except that Lockhart is a complete egotistical idiot who likes to prove how egotistical and how much of an idiot he really is!" She fumed. Adrian looked at her with wide eyes.
"Are you alright?"
"Fine. Just a feeling."
"Feelings aren't everything. Besides, that's what you said about the journal thing. And something was very wrong with you."
"I don't know you guys. I feel funny too." Harry admitted, sitting up next to her.
"I'm fine." I say. Adrian nodded.
"How about you Neville?" He shrugged at us.
"I don't know. I feel fine, I guess. Nothing's happened."
"Yet." Kat added.
"Adrian's right. Feelings aren't everything." He finished.
"I believe in my feelings. Something is going to happen, soon." Kat said, standing up. "I'm going in. It's almost time for the feast and it's getting chilly." We all got up and headed to the Great Hall where some of the students are sitting already.
Hagrid smiled and waved at us from the teacher's table. All the staff is there already and soon the whole school is enjoying the delicious feast. We finish first and leave, planning to do some homework. Kat is the only one ahead, as usual.
While we walk, Neville grabbed my arm. "What?" I asked him.
"I heard a voice."
"Probably one of ours." Adrian joked.
"No, it sounded far away."
"It was an echo Neville." Kat reassured him. He shook his head.
"I heard it again." He looked up at the ceiling and we followed his gaze. He started to move down the hall, us at his heels. We followed him for a few minutes until we reached the second floor girl's bathroom.
"Oh sweet Merlin!" Kat gasped, her hand raised to her throat. Adrian held her hand as she closed her eyes. There was a large pool of water and a message in blood on the hall: THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS IS OPENED, AGAIN.
"The what?" Harry asked, moving closer to the wall. Underneath the message was Mrs. Norris's body.
"Is it dead?" Neville asked. Harry shook his head.
"I can't tell."
"What is going on?" We jumped and spun around come face to face with a lot of students. The feast was over apparently. Percy stared at the message before ordering someone to get a teacher.
"YOU'RE NEXT MUDBLOODS!" Draco shouted, his voice ringing through the hall. Everyone turned and stared at him surrounded by all of the other Slytherins, large evil grins plastered on their faces.
"Sod off Malfoy!" Adrian snarled, taking a step forward, but Harry grabbed his arm. Kat still looks horrified.
"Make way!" Several teachers pushed their way through and gasped when they saw the message and Mrs. Norris.
"We found it like this!" Neville said, looking around at the students.
"Get the students to their dorms. You five follow me." We nodded and followed McGonagall away from the site. "What happened?"
"We were walking and found it like that." Neville said. We didn't mention the voice.
"Did you see anyone?" We shook our heads, confused and tired. In shock, too. "Very well. You may go back to the common room." We rushed off.
"What is the Chamber of Secrets?" I asked Kat.
"I don't know." She sighed heavily and we entered the common room.
"Probably something inside of Hogwarts." Adrian suggested.
"But it's been opened before. Wouldn't some Hogwarts book have something about it in it?" Neville pointed out.
"He's right. Maybe we could look for it in the library." Kat nodded.
"We need to finish our homework first. We'll look tomorrow." We nodded and separated to get our books.
"Kat?"
"I'm fine. It's just, this is a shock!" She looked at me and I hugged her.
"Don't worry. Everything will end up okay."
"Maybe dad will know something. I'll owl him tomorrow."
"Good idea." We finished our homework, then went to bed.
We didn't find anything in the library and we decided to ask a teacher. When we got into History of Magic, Kat asked our ghost teacher about it.
"It's a legend."
"But it's been opened before. It said so."
"The four founders of Hogwarts: Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw and Salazar Slytherin founded the school over a thousand years ago. Supposedly, Salazar left because we wanted a more careful selection of students, but the others disagreed. Now, right before he left, he created the Chamber of Secrets and put something horrific inside. Something that only he could control."
"What is it?" Ron asked.
"We don't know. No trace has ever been found of it."
"How was it opened?" Hermione asked this time. He looked slightly upset.
"Only the Heir of Slytherin can open the chamber."
"The Heir of Slytherin is at Hogwarts?" I gasped out. Neville looked nervous too.
"He supposedly was fifty years ago when it was "opened" the first time. But they caught the one responsible, it was a large hoax and it was a real monster the person let loose. It was found and that was the end of that. It wasn't even found to be real the first time. Now may we return to fact? This chamber does not exist, nor is there any shred of truth that suggests it does."
"Fifty years ago?" Kat sighed heavily after class. "Guess dad won't know about it after all."
"We'll find something. We have to." Harry reassured her. She nodded and rested her head on Adrian's shoulder. "I'm tired."
"We have two more classes."
"I know. I'll sleep in Lockhart's class."
I'm changing things around a bit. They knew it was opened before and when it was. Review please.
Disclaimer: Not mine.
Thanks for reviewing.
The Way It Should Have Been
Story Two, Chapter Four: Attack
It was now Halloween. Neville pretty much spent all his time with us, we didn't mind. Kat had returned to normal, but Dobby kept talking to Neville.
"He won't leave me alone!"
"Have you tried telling him to go away?" Kat asked. He told Harry, Adrian and Kat a few days after the journal incident ended.
"Yes. He just keeps going on, talking about some evil thing coming."
"When does he come?"
"At night."
"Into the dorms?" Adrian looked at him, his lunch forgotten. Neville nodded.
"Wake us up! We'll get him to go leave, right Harry?" Harry laughed feebly.
"Oh no! Now you're acting weird!" Adrian cried, his head falling onto his arms.
"No, I'm worried. Usually Ginny and Collin bug Neville and I, but only Collin's been flashing pictures." We looked to the area where the Weasley family sat. It looked like that part of the table was on fire, with the five red heads sitting by each other.
"Ginny's fine. She's just tired. They're giving the first years a lot of homework." Kat said.
"How do you know?"
"Percy." She simply answered, shrugging at Adrian.
"Of course. I wonder if he can suggest who should be a Prefect. You'd be on top of his list."
"He can't." Adrian sighed, defeated and we laughed. It was Friday and we had the afternoon off like usual. Halloween was tomorrow night and they had already decorated the Great Hall with floating pumpkins.
In the weeks we had been at school, we visited Hagrid every Saturday after Harry finished Quidditch practice and we did our homework every night, because now no one was acting weird. We had better have a good Halloween.
Halloween morning came with much excitement. It smelled better than it did last year. We go outside to sit by the lake under the tree.
"Nice day." The water was really blue, and most of the leaves had fallen off onto the ground. There weren't any clouds and there was a nice settle breeze.
"Yep." Kat agreed with me. She was writing something for our homework assignment in DADA.
"Kat, put the quill down and lay on the ground." Adrian told her.
"I want this stupid homework done. It's so pointless! We haven't learned anything in DADA except that Lockhart is a complete egotistical idiot who likes to prove how egotistical and how much of an idiot he really is!" She fumed. Adrian looked at her with wide eyes.
"Are you alright?"
"Fine. Just a feeling."
"Feelings aren't everything. Besides, that's what you said about the journal thing. And something was very wrong with you."
"I don't know you guys. I feel funny too." Harry admitted, sitting up next to her.
"I'm fine." I say. Adrian nodded.
"How about you Neville?" He shrugged at us.
"I don't know. I feel fine, I guess. Nothing's happened."
"Yet." Kat added.
"Adrian's right. Feelings aren't everything." He finished.
"I believe in my feelings. Something is going to happen, soon." Kat said, standing up. "I'm going in. It's almost time for the feast and it's getting chilly." We all got up and headed to the Great Hall where some of the students are sitting already.
Hagrid smiled and waved at us from the teacher's table. All the staff is there already and soon the whole school is enjoying the delicious feast. We finish first and leave, planning to do some homework. Kat is the only one ahead, as usual.
While we walk, Neville grabbed my arm. "What?" I asked him.
"I heard a voice."
"Probably one of ours." Adrian joked.
"No, it sounded far away."
"It was an echo Neville." Kat reassured him. He shook his head.
"I heard it again." He looked up at the ceiling and we followed his gaze. He started to move down the hall, us at his heels. We followed him for a few minutes until we reached the second floor girl's bathroom.
"Oh sweet Merlin!" Kat gasped, her hand raised to her throat. Adrian held her hand as she closed her eyes. There was a large pool of water and a message in blood on the hall: THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS IS OPENED, AGAIN.
"The what?" Harry asked, moving closer to the wall. Underneath the message was Mrs. Norris's body.
"Is it dead?" Neville asked. Harry shook his head.
"I can't tell."
"What is going on?" We jumped and spun around come face to face with a lot of students. The feast was over apparently. Percy stared at the message before ordering someone to get a teacher.
"YOU'RE NEXT MUDBLOODS!" Draco shouted, his voice ringing through the hall. Everyone turned and stared at him surrounded by all of the other Slytherins, large evil grins plastered on their faces.
"Sod off Malfoy!" Adrian snarled, taking a step forward, but Harry grabbed his arm. Kat still looks horrified.
"Make way!" Several teachers pushed their way through and gasped when they saw the message and Mrs. Norris.
"We found it like this!" Neville said, looking around at the students.
"Get the students to their dorms. You five follow me." We nodded and followed McGonagall away from the site. "What happened?"
"We were walking and found it like that." Neville said. We didn't mention the voice.
"Did you see anyone?" We shook our heads, confused and tired. In shock, too. "Very well. You may go back to the common room." We rushed off.
"What is the Chamber of Secrets?" I asked Kat.
"I don't know." She sighed heavily and we entered the common room.
"Probably something inside of Hogwarts." Adrian suggested.
"But it's been opened before. Wouldn't some Hogwarts book have something about it in it?" Neville pointed out.
"He's right. Maybe we could look for it in the library." Kat nodded.
"We need to finish our homework first. We'll look tomorrow." We nodded and separated to get our books.
"Kat?"
"I'm fine. It's just, this is a shock!" She looked at me and I hugged her.
"Don't worry. Everything will end up okay."
"Maybe dad will know something. I'll owl him tomorrow."
"Good idea." We finished our homework, then went to bed.
We didn't find anything in the library and we decided to ask a teacher. When we got into History of Magic, Kat asked our ghost teacher about it.
"It's a legend."
"But it's been opened before. It said so."
"The four founders of Hogwarts: Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw and Salazar Slytherin founded the school over a thousand years ago. Supposedly, Salazar left because we wanted a more careful selection of students, but the others disagreed. Now, right before he left, he created the Chamber of Secrets and put something horrific inside. Something that only he could control."
"What is it?" Ron asked.
"We don't know. No trace has ever been found of it."
"How was it opened?" Hermione asked this time. He looked slightly upset.
"Only the Heir of Slytherin can open the chamber."
"The Heir of Slytherin is at Hogwarts?" I gasped out. Neville looked nervous too.
"He supposedly was fifty years ago when it was "opened" the first time. But they caught the one responsible, it was a large hoax and it was a real monster the person let loose. It was found and that was the end of that. It wasn't even found to be real the first time. Now may we return to fact? This chamber does not exist, nor is there any shred of truth that suggests it does."
"Fifty years ago?" Kat sighed heavily after class. "Guess dad won't know about it after all."
"We'll find something. We have to." Harry reassured her. She nodded and rested her head on Adrian's shoulder. "I'm tired."
"We have two more classes."
"I know. I'll sleep in Lockhart's class."
I'm changing things around a bit. They knew it was opened before and when it was. Review please.