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Chapter 5

For the next few days, the school could talk of little else but the attack on Mrs. Norris. Filch kept it fresh in everyone's minds by pacing the spot where she had been attacked, as though he thought the attacker might come back. When he wasn't guarding the scene of the crime, however, he was sulking through the corridors, lunging out at unsuspecting students and trying to put them in detention for things like "breathing loudly" and "looking happy."

Gohan and J.B. had been victims of such accusations and were saved from an unworthy punishment by Professor McGonagall, who was coming around the corner at the time. She had told Filch that Mrs. Norris would be back in no time and that he'd better stop sulking if he wanted to keep his job.

The incident also had a strange effect on Ginny. She seemed rather disturbed over Mrs. Norris's fate and according to her brothers she was a great cat lover. She hadn't liked it at all when Ron tried to reassure her that Hogwarts was better off without Mrs. Norris in it.

"He's an insensitive prat, that's what," Ginny declared sourly to Gohan as they walked to Transfiguration on Wednesday. "The poor cat didn't do anything and he's glad it's been Petrified!"

"Well, Mrs. Norris was a big pain in the neck," Gohan replied and Ginny shot him a glare. "I'm just saying while you may like her, other people don't."

"Hmph!"

Gohan rolled his eyes at his friend. He knew what she was doing now was just an act. She was scared about that attack and was trying to cover that up by being upset over Mrs. Norris instead. Everyone was worried, scared, or upset over the attack. Everyone except Gohan, that is. He was probably one of the only students not in the least bit troubled by the attack on Mrs. Norris. He figured this probably had something to do with all of his past experiences in strange and mysterious things.

Still, he was curious about the Chamber of Secrets. Gohan was quite sure by now that 'enemies of the heir' meant Muggle-borns and that the Chamber had something to do with Slytherin, but that was close to all he knew. He couldn't find a copy of Hogwarts: A History anywhere in the library (Hermione couldn't either, much to Gohan's distress) and he was now regretting that he had passed up an opportunity to buy the book in Flourish and Blotts.

"What were you saying, Ginny?" Gohan asked, drawing himself back into their conversation.

"I was wondering if you'll sit with me during the Quidditch match on Saturday," Ginny said, looking at him questioningly. "Not as a date or anything. I just overheard Colin telling one of his Hufflepuff friends that he was going to ask me to sit with him - "

"And you need an excuse to get away from him?" Gohan said with a lighthearted grin and Ginny turned red.

"In a matter of speaking," Ginny replied, shrugging her shoulders. "So, will you?"

"Anything for you, darling," Gohan said with a smirk that he could have only picked up from Muten Roshi or Yamcha. Ginny turned red again and playfully punched him in the arm.

"Quit that!" she scolded, glaring at him. "If you keep that up, people will start to think we fancy each other again!"

Unfortunately for Gohan, Ginny had found out about the absurd rumor from one of the other Gryffindor girls and she had ignored him for the better part of the week. Only after Gohan had got down on his knees - when the common room was full, no less - and begged for her forgiveness had she started talking with him again. After that, Ginny boxed anyone who mentioned the words Gohan, Ginny, and fanc' in the same sentence.

"Sorry, Ginny dear," Gohan said, smirk still in place on his face. The smirk faded instantly when he saw Ginny sending a death glare his way and he stayed a few steps ahead of her the whole rest of the way to Transfiguration so she wouldn't be able to hit him again.

Gohan and Ginny took seats near the front of the classroom just as McGonagall came hurrying in after them. It seemed she had had another run-in with Professor Lockhart, which probably put her up to give a pop quiz over transforming water into milk. They were supposed to read that chapter before this lesson and Gohan could tell by the looks on some of his classmates' faces that they hadn't read and outlined the chapter like he had.

Three minutes and two seconds later, Gohan handed in his quiz and had finally broken Hogwarts' fastest quiz time, including the time set by a student named Sirius Black when he handed in a Charms quiz with only Quidditch players' names for the answers. Gohan felt very proud of himself for that small accomplishment and properly ignored the note that J.B. threw at his head, which read, 'Gohan, you Ravenclaw-wannabe, over-achiever!'

During the twenty-two minutes that it took the rest of his classmates to finish their quizzes, Gohan made a funny drawing of the Slytherin, Joshua Avery (Why did Gryffindors have to share two classes with Slytherins? It was bad enough they had double potions on a Monday morning with them, but Transfiguration too?) and noticed that Professor McGonagall was rather - for lack of better word - twitchy today. She had dropped her prize quill three times already (not counting when Gohan had handed in his quiz) and her eyes constantly darted to the door and back every few moments.

Gohan figured at once her twitchiness must be due to either the Chamber of Secrets or the evil grins Fred and George (which usually meant there was a prank coming) had been sporting at breakfast that morning. He decided to go with the former, seeing as though the twins always had those grins on their faces.

So, seeing as though McGonagall was already agitated over the Chamber, it wouldn't do any harm for him to ask about the bloody thing. Or so Gohan was hoping. While Professor McGonagall had a soft spot for him, she had a wicked temper that could be provoked at any moment.

"Now, for today's lesson - " McGonagall began, before she spotted Gohan's hand high in the air. "Yes, Mr. Son? Do you have a question about the lesson?"

"Um…Not exactly, Professor," Gohan replied, putting his hand down. "I was wondering if you could tell us about the Chamber of Secrets."

The class's attention level shot up so suddenly and so fast, it probably would have given McGonagall a heart attack, had she not be focusing her beady eyed glare at Gohan.

"This is Transfiguration, not History of Magic, may I remind you Mr. Son," McGonagall said ill temperedly. "Has Professor Snape fed you a Forgetfulness Potion recently?"

"No!" Gohan cried, amongst the sniggers of the Slytherins. "I was just wondering, seeing as though we don't have History of Magic until Friday, if you could tell us the legend."

"What he's trying to say, Professor," J.B. said, obviously catching onto Gohan's plan. "is that we'd rather hear the legend from someone as smart and talented as you, than from an old fuddy-duddy like Professor Binns."

There were murmurs of agreement from the rest of the class and McGonagall scowled at J.B.

"Flattery will get you no where with me, Mr. Baracles," J.B. cringed as McGonagall used his last name. "but I suppose I'm never going to get this lesson taught now that this subject has been brought up."

Gohan stared in shock as McGonagall put down her wand and then turned back to the class. She was actually going to tell the legend during a class? What was the world coming too?

"Hogwarts was founded over a thousand years ago by the four greatest witches and wizard of the age. The four houses are named after them: Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Salazar Slytherin." McGonagall began, pacing in front of her desk and eyeing all of them to make sure they were paying attention. "They built the castle together to teach young students about magic and sorcery. They worked together for quite some time, but then disagreements arose."

"I wonder why," Joshua Avery drawled from the back of the room, shooting glares at the Gryffindors.

"If you would rather tell this story, go right on ahead, Mr. Avery," McGonagall said, glaring at the boy before continuing. "Slytherin wished to be more selective about the students who were admitted to Hogwarts. He believed that students from Muggle parentage were untrustworthy and would cause the downfall for Hogwarts. After a while, there was an argument on the subject between Gryffindor and Slytherin, and Slytherin left the school shortly afterwards."

"Nasty, old git," Artemus mumbled his breath.

"This is where the history books end on the subject, but for many years the legend of the Chamber of Secrets has clouded the story. The legend tells that Slytherin built a hidden chamber in the castle, which the other founders knew nothing about." McGonagall paused, looking at them again. "Slytherin, according to legend, sealed the Chamber of Secrets so that none but his own true heir would be able to open it. The heir alone would be able to open, unleash the terror within, and use it to purge the school of all those who were unworthy to study magic."

McGonagall finished with that, looking shocked at the utter silence that had befallen her class. Gohan broke that silence by raising his hand and asking, "Professor, what do you mean by the horror within?"

"It is believed that some sort of monster is living within the Chamber. A monster of which only the Heir of Slytherin can control." McGonagall stated. She saw some of the classes terrified looks and thus continued on in an exasperated tone. "There's no need to be worried. The school has been searched dozens of times and no evidence of a secret chamber has been found. I would hardly get into such fit of worry about it."

And with that she turned back to the board, picked up her wand, and began to teach her lesson.

From behind him, Gohan heard Avery say very loudly so that the rest of the class could hear it too, "Well, that settles it then. Potter's the Heir of Slytherin."

"What?" Colin asked in a baited whisper, turning around to stare at Avery. "Harry? No!"

"Was I talking to you, Mudblood?" Avery said with disdain. "I think not."

"Say that again, Avery?" Artemus growled, cracking his knuckles threateningly.

"Mr. Root and Mr. Avery! Would you please pay attention?" Professor McGonagall barked from the front of the classroom. Artemus turned back around in his seat, Colin following the suit hesitantly. Gohan blocked out McGonagall's teaching to hear what Avery was saying.

"Like I said, it's bound to be Potter. I always suspected he wasn't good enough to be a Gryffindor." Avery went on to his friends. "And everything fits, doesn't it? Filch caught Potter messing up the castle and BAM! The next thing he knows, his mongrel of a cat is Petrified. And Potter was first at the scene, wasn't he? I say everything's pointing to him…"

"Do you think what Avery was saying is true?" J.B. asked, as they left Transfiguration. "That Harry's the Heir of Slytherin?"

"No," Gohan replied quickly. "Harry can't be. He's a Gryffindor and the Sorting Hat would have put him in Slytherin for sure if he was descended from Slytherin himself." Gohan eyed J.B. skeptically before continuing. "Do you think it's possible?"

"Well, that slime Avery was right about the circumstances being suspicious and everything, but I can't see Harry doing something like that to Muggle-borns. I think his mum was one…"

Up ahead of them, the Boy Who Lived was just rounding the corner and the two boys stopped their discussion immediately. Colin, who was traveling behind them by a few feet, let out a gasp of surprise and pushed past them to meet up with Harry.

"Hiya, Harry!" Colin cried as he passed.

"Hullo, Colin," Harry sighed in an exasperated tone.

"Doesn't he get the hint that Harry never wants to talk to him?" Artemus asked in a disapproving tone as he caught up to Gohan and J.B.

"Harry - Harry - a boy in my class has been saying you're -" Colin began, but Colin was so small that he couldn't fight the tide of people bearing toward him from the Great Hall and he managed to squeak out, "See you, Harry!" before disappearing.

"That prat!" J.B. hissed, hurrying forward to catch up to Colin as they passed Harry, Hermione, and Ron. "You don't walk up to someone and tell them that they're supposedly the Heir of Slytherin! Does he really expect Harry would want to hear something like that after he's already been accused by Filch?"

Perhaps he just wanted to let Harry know what the Slytherins are saying about him," Artemus defended, but there was a frown on his face. "Avery probably only told us about his suspicions about Harry because he wanted to draw attention away from the real culprit, anyway."

"Someone from his own house then?" J.B. asked. "Who would it be?"

"Let me think," Gohan replied, rolling his eyes. "How about Malfoy? He's definitely evil enough, he hates Muggle-borns, and I've heard his whole family has been in Slytherin. Sounds like Heir material to me."

"Good point, although I wouldn't put it past the rest of them." Artemus added. "That is, if there really is a Chamber of Secrets."

The rest of the week came and went very fast without little mention of the Chamber of Secrets in public, but in their common rooms it was a different story. The boys in Gohan's year sometimes ended up having heated debates over who the Heir of Slytherin could possibly be during the middle of the night and Gohan had caught Hermione researching (and actually planning to make) a Polyjuice potion for the very reason of finding out who the Heir is. He had promised not to tell anyone (Hermione had threatened to hex him if he did) and then offered his help if she ever needed it.

On Friday, Gohan had gotten into a scuffle with a rather big and troll-looking, seventh year Slytherin after he had used some colorful language to insult the Gryffindor Quidditch team. Professor McGonagall had to come to pull both boys apart and give detention to the seventh year, but that was before she found that Gohan had been winning and had given the other boy a black eye.

Needless to say, he was the one who got a detention and twenty points deducted from his House. By the time the story got around the school, Gohan was legend among the first years and quite a few of the older students as well. Ginny and Hermione were some of the few that weren't pleased with his actions at all.

"I thought you were more mature than that, Gohan," Hermione said, glaring at Gohan from across the dinner table. "Picking fights? Honestly."

"Chill out, Hermione," Ron replied, rolling his eyes at her before turning to Gohan. "That was amazing what you did, mate. None of the other seventh years would even think of taking on Warrington - "

"He's one of the beaters on the Slytherin team," Oliver Wood added from down the table as he helped himself to the potatoes. "Flies like a sloth, that one does. Too bad you didn't knock him out cold."

Gohan grinned sheepishly at all the attention being poured on him. He was tempted to tell them that he could have easily knocked Warrington unconscious for three weeks, but he knew that wouldn't impress Hermione or Ginny very much.

"What I don't understand is why you started fighting with him anyways," Ginny said, narrowing her eyes at Gohan. "I was with you the whole time and I didn't see anything that could have provoked you like that."

"Oh, well…I heard him say some nasty about the Quidditch team as we passed by," Gohan mumbled. "And when I asked him to repeat it, he did. Didn't you hear him?"

"I heard him," J.B. said, nodding. "I would recap what he said, but I'm quite sure McGonagall would hear me, give me a detention, and then make me go wash out my mouth with soap because it's so foul."

A couple people laughed, but Gohan didn't join in. Next to him, Ginny seemed to be staring into space and not paying attention to her dinner or anything going on around her. It took two prods from Gohan to get her attention back to him.

"I wouldn't stare like that if I were you," Gohan said with a small grin. "Or people will start thinking you've traded brains with Loony Lovegood over there."

"As if," Ginny replied, returning his grin and glancing towards the Ravenclaw table where a first year girl by the name of Luna Lovegood was sitting at the end reading a magazine. "She's probably reading the bloody Quibbler again. Never puts it down…Anyway, what did you need me for?"

"What time do you want to meet for the match?" Gohan asked, lowering his voice so Ron wouldn't hear and accuse him of setting up a date with Ginny.

"How about we meet in the Great Hall after breakfast?" she suggested, playing with her carrot stick. She looked at him and smirked. "But then again, knowing your appetite, the match would be over with by the time you finished breakfast."

Unlike Ginny had predicted, Gohan finished breakfast an hour and half before the match and they were sitting in the Gryffindor bleachers with everyone else way before the teams came out. Ron was busy trying to explain Quidditch one more time with Gohan and he wasn't following at all. Eventually Ron gave up ("What's so bloody hard to understand about Quidditch?!") and went to sit with Hermione, muttering under his breath.

It was raining before the match even started and most of the school was huddled under umbrellas or had charmed themselves to repeal water. Gohan's robes and spirits were damp by the time the teams came out onto the pitch. He had voiced his concern over the match being canceled and once again was given a disbelieving look via Ron.

"Blimey! I thought I'd never see someone who's as ignorant about Quidditch as you are, Hermione!" Ron exclaimed. Hermione frowned at him and Gohan bristled.

"Well I'd like to see how ignorant you are when it comes to my sport. Do you even know what a round-house kick is?" Gohan asked coolly. Ron turned red and didn't say anything about Gohan's lack of Quidditch for the rest of the match.

All in all, Quidditch wasn't half that bad, Gohan reasoned as he watched the scarlet and emerald players zoom around the pitch. Although he didn't see the point of the game at first and had to be constantly reminded by J.B. or Ginny what the purposes of each ball were, he eventually caught on in time to realize that one of the Bludgers was acting very strangely.

Instead of going after every single of the players, it seemed to be focused just on Harry. Every time Harry would shake it off, it would come hurtling back at him, trying take him off his broom. Fred and George were trying their best to keep the Bludger from murdering Harry, but were ignoring the other one that had just prevented Angelina from scoring. Soon afterwards, Wood called a time out and the team was huddled together, obviously discussing the Bludger issue. Gohan strained his ears enough so he could catch Fred (or was it George?) telling Oliver that this was all his fault because he told Harry to 'catch the Snitch or die trying'.

Soon afterwards, the match was back on and the Bludger was still chasing after Harry. Gohan could hear the Slytherin side laughing and commenting on how stupid Harry looked. ("HARRY! KNOCK MALFOY OFF THAT BLOODY BROOM!" Ron had yelled in retaliation to the Slytherin taunts and Hermione made him sit back down before he could cause any more problems) Eventually, the Bludger caught up to Harry. He was floating in midair, apparently staring in shock at Malfoy for some reason or another when the Bludger hit his arm.

From the wince of pain on Harry's face, the 'oooos' from the Gryffindor crowd, and the frantic clicking on Colin's camera, Gohan could tell that the arm was broken. But even a broken limb didn't stop Harry from diving at Malfoy, who flew out of the way just in time to see Harry catch the Snitch which had been floating over his shoulders. The crowd roared at his spectacular catch and then some people shrieked when Harry slipped off his broom and fell to the muddy ground.

Hermione and Ron instantly got to their feet and rushed down to the pitch, shortly followed by Colin with his camera swinging madly around his neck.

"Honestly, doesn't he ever suspect Harry might not want something as mortifying on this on film?" Artemus asked with exasperation as he, J.B., Gohan, and Ginny joined the small crowd of Gryffindors huddled around Harry. It was then that Gohan noticed Professor Lockhart was on the scene and that Harry had regained conscious in time to get flashed with Lockhart's sparkling teeth.

"Oh no, not you," Harry moaned.

"Poor lad, doesn't know what he's saying," Lockhart replied swiftly to the Gryffindors, although Gohan was sure Harry knew exactly what he was saying. "Not to worry, Harry. I'm about to fix your arm."

"NO!" Harry cried quickly. "I'll keep it like this, thanks…"

He tried to sit up, but seemed unable to from the strain of his broken arm. Then it he seemed to realize that Colin was nearby because he said quite loudly, "I don't want a photo of this, Colin!"

"Lie back Harry," Lockhart interrupted "It's a simple charm I've used countless of times-"

"I don't like the sound of this," J.B. whispered to Gohan, covering up Harry's remark and Wood's comment about Harry's catch. "Lockhart's going worsen the injury, not help it!"

Oblivious to Harry's pleas, Lockhart waved his wand and then pointed it at Harry. There was a flash and the crowd drew a collective gasp when they saw what had happened to Harry's arm. Even Gohan drew in a breath, although he had probably seen-and felt-worse. Poking out of the end of Harry's robes was what looked like a rubber arm.

"Ah. Yes. Well, that can sometimes happen. But the point is," to emphasis what ever point he was trying to prove, Lockhart took hold of Harry's arm and bent it backward, a feat that should not have been normally capable. "the bones are no longer broken!"

"Broken?" Ginny whispered shrilly from Gohan's side. She looked ready to faint at the sight of Harry's arm. "He's gone and removed the bones!"

Following the Quidditch match, there was a small party held in the common room. With the Gryffindor Seeker still in the hospital wing to re-grow his bones, many people felt that they should wait until tomorrow when Harry would be back to celebrate, but Ron told them Harry wouldn't mind and then yelled at Fred for stealing his Chocolate Frogs.

A few hours into the party, Ginny disappeared from the common room. Not many people besides Gohan noticed and the twins told him that Ginny always went to bed early, a habit which they had been trying to break for the longest time. At a quarter to twelve, Percy came striding back down the staircase-prefect badge on-to tell them to stop partying, otherwise he'd go get Professor McGonagall. It was then that George told Percy something that probably would have translated into, "Screw you!" had they been in America. In retaliation, Percy threatened to tell Mrs. Weasley who exactly turned Ron into a hiccupping bullfrog last summer.

So the party ended after much grumbling and everyone went to bed. Even Gohan feel asleep immediately, thus he didn't feel two extra kis wandering around that night when they weren't supposed to be…

"Where's Colin?" Gohan asked suddenly. He had woken up late that morning and was now enjoying a thoroughly big brunch. Artemus and J.B. had joined him at the table, their faces unusually grave. "I haven't seen him all morning."

"You won't be seeing much of him any more, mate," Artemus replied softly, looking at the floor.

"Why not?" Gohan questioned, putting his roll down.

"Haven't you heard, Gohan?" J.B. said incredulously, but his tone was soft like Artemus's. "All the girls have been bawling their eyes out for hours - "

"What happened?"

"Last night, Colin went to go visit Harry up in the hospital wing," Artemus explained, taking a deep breath. "Only he never got there."

"Colin's been Petrified, Gohan."

Sorry with the delay of this chapter. I should have gotten it done days ago, but I kept putting it off. Also another something that delayed this chapter was the release of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. I had to read that and then sit in a depression for a week because my favorite character died. *sniff* If everyone will take notice, that character, Luna Lovegood who was introduced in this chapter was mentioned in OotP. Finally, some canon characters in Ginny's class.

Phire Phoenix: I'm glad you noticed the Artemis Fowl connection. I'm a big fan of those books as well. I'm pretty sure you're the one who pointed it out, although I can't find the review that you wrote.

Thanks to all those who reviewed and please do it again!