Chapter Eight – Oh…
"Ouch!" Ron said, "Where are you guys?"
"Ron, we're right here." Hermione whispered as Harry helped Ron to his feet.
"Oh…" Ron replied, "So where to next, Harry?"
"Just follow me." He whispered back
They traveled through twisting tunnels till they came to an ornate door with snakes on it.
Harry spoke softly in parseltounge and the door started moving and it opened up to a dreadfully gloomy chamber.
"Where could it be?" Ron asked
"I have a feeling of where it might be," Harry whispered, "Follow me."
He led them in front of the face in the chamber and concentrated on a snake and in parseltounge said 'Show me the way.' The mouth opened wide and all three teenagers, in surprise, backed up. It opened to show a spacious room adorned with furniture in red, blue, and yellow. It had three portraits with the founders in them; what was peculiar is that they didn't move.
"Look!" Hermione shrieked running forward and grabbing a slip of paper off a table in the middle and handing it to Harry and he read:
"Three wizards with the inimitable supremacy of the founders,
Together will conquer the most sinister magic known to wizardkind,
The First is fated with fearlessness and valor to face him once more," Harry stopped because just then a jagged red ruby materialized around his neck, unable to speak he handed the paper to Hermione and she continued:
"The Second with sharpest wit and ingenuity will assist The First," Hermione dropped the slip of paper as she noticed a skillfully carved blue sapphire appear around her neck. Ron picked up the paper and resumed the reading.
"The Third is built with fidelity clear of hesitation and will aid The First too," Shaking he stopped and saw that around his neck was an intricately engraved gold citrine. With interest the Trio continued in unison.
"Together they will restore the wizarding world with amity pure and strong."
"What does all this mean?" Hermione asked eyeing her stone suspiciously
"Isn't it obvious," Harry said as Ron shook his head, "We are the Heirs of Godric Gryffindor, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Helga Hufflepuff."
"How do we know which founder we are the heir to?" Ron asked
"By the color of our stone…I'm Gryffindor's Heir, Hermione is Ravenclaw's Heir, and Ron is Hufflepuff's Heir."
"Bloody Hell! We're the Heirs of the Founders!" Ron yelped
"Yeah we have to go see Dumbledore." Harry spoke quietly
With the stones around their necks they exited the Chamber of Secrets hopefully never to return.
They entered Dumbledore's Office interrupting him, Remus Lupin, and Tonks.
"Professor we need to speak with you." Harry announced
"It seems so…would you like them to leave?" Dumbledore gestured to Tonks and Lupin.
"That won't be necessary." Harry replied
"What is it that you would like to talk about?"
"These." He pulled out all the diaries.
"I see that it was you that they were in quest of." Dumbledore smiled softly
Disregarding his comment Harry replied, "It seems to me that that the three of us are the Heirs of the Founders."
"Too right you are, Harry." Dumbledore said, "I believe you would like to start your training?"
"Training?" Ron and Hermione asked in accord
"Yes, you will learn to use these," As he said this they appeared on his desk, "magical weapons to defeat Voldemort, of course. Meet the three of us in the Room of Requirement in one hours time."
They nodded and turned to leave.
"But before you go do you wish to have your weapons?" Dumbledore smiled as they turned around, "I take that as a yes…well Mr.Weasley you have these two," Ron was given gloves with claws coming out of them and a long sword that immediately glowed yellow when he touched it.
"Whoa!" Ron gasped
"Miss Granger you acquire these two." She picked up a Triple Bladed sword and it glowed blue, but what fascinated her most was her dagger when she touched it purple flames erupted from the blade.
"Wow." She said
"And Mr. Potter yours are the last two." Harry noticed and grabbed Godric Gryffindor's Sword off his desk only to have flames erupt off the blade.
"That's never happened before." He muttered picking up his dagger and saw pure white flames come off it.
"In order to hold your weapons without those things happening you will need these special dragon hide gloves," He handed them each a pair "And to take them around with you, you will need these bags." He gave Harry a red bag with the letters G.G. in gold on it, He gave Hermione a royal blue bag with the letters R.R. in silver on it, and He gave Ron a black bag with the letters H.H. in yellow on it.
"See you in an hour." And he dismissed them.
The hour went by so quickly that now they were in front of the door to the Room of Requirement.
Harry opened the door to find Lucius Malfoy coming towards them. Without a second thought he whipped out his dagger the white fire a blaze and flung it at him. It hit him in the chest and he was thrown against the wall and Lucius's body disappeared into nothingness and in its place was Harry's dagger in the bulls eye of a target. Appearing out of the darkness was his shocked former professor, a youthful face full of admiration, and a smiling old Headmaster.