Writing On the Wall
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People kept on gossiping and all sorts of things after what had happened to Mrs. Norris. Everyone was asking questions on what could have happened and who could've done it. The gang was in the Library doing homework, when Hermione came up to them looking frustrated. "What's up Hermy?" Joey asked her. "All the copies of Hogwarts: A History are checked out! I would've brought mine, but I ran out of room when I packed my Lockhart books!" she sighed sitting down.
Kaiba rolled his eyes and walked over to her, "Here, use mine," he said putting it down in front of her. "Why are you wanting to look at that so badly, Hermione?" Harry asked her. She looked at him and raised an eyebrow, "Same reason as everyone else is, Harry. To look for information on the Chamber of Secrets," she said turning the pages, searching for anything useful. "It's not in there, Granger," Kaiba told her from his table. She looked up and turned around to look at him, "How do you know?" she asked. "I already looked for it, it's not there," he explained. "Why didn't you tell me then if you already knew?" she huffed. "Quite simple really, you didn't ask," he said before returning to his work. She growled and threw the book at him, hitting his head.He turned andglared at her.
That afternoon in Transfiguration, McGonagall was giving a lecture on how to turn certain larger objects into animals, when she noticed her class wasn't paying as much attention as they normally did. She sighed and addressed them, "I know that what has happened has had an effect on each of you, but you must pay attention in my class!" she told them. Hermione raised her hand and McGonagall looked at her, "Yes, Miss Granger? What is it?" she asked. Hermione cleared her throat, "Pardon me, Professor McGonagall, but could you tell us anything about the Chamber of Secrets?" she asked. Everyone's attention was now fully on this question. "Miss Granger, I teach fact, not legends," she said shaking her head. "But aren't all legends based on at least one fact?" Brian asked her.
"Very well, as you all should know, that Hogwarts was founded centuries ago by four of the greatest wizards of that time: Godric Gryffindor, Rowena Ravenclaw, Helga Hufflepuff, and Salazar Slytherin. Now three of these founders worked in harmony, while Slytherin thought that only children of wizard ancestry should be allowed to learn magic. Because of this feud, Slytherin left Hogwarts forever, but before he left, legend has it that he built a hidden chamber in the school that only his heir could open. This chamber, was said to be the home, of a monster. A monster that once released, would cleanse the school of those who, in Slytherin's eyes, were unworthy of learning. Now, since this legend had been first told, the entire castle has been searched. No such chamber was found, so it cannot exist. There is no Chamber," she finished, then resumed with her teaching. "Well, that was better than expected," Brian said loudly before his friends stared at him. "What?" he asked them.
Kaiba, Yugi, Harry, Ron, and Hermione walked by the crimescene and stared at the wall. "So, if the chamber isn't real, then why would someone write that it was in blood?" Kaiba pondered. "You know, I always thought Salazar Slytherin was an old crazy boon," Ron commented, nodding to the wall. Yugi let his eyes wonder around, then noticed something on the floor. "Guys, look there," he said pointing. They looked at the floor to see blackish stains. "Scorch marks? Someone barbecued or something?" Kaiba asked. Harry shook his head, "No, Mrs. Norris was Petrified, not burned to a crisp,". Hermione looked at the window and wacked Kaiba's shoulder. "Hey, what?" Kaiba asked her in a gruff voice at the sudden attack.
She nodded towards the window. They looked to see a long line of spiders moving across the floor and up the wall to a small crack in the window. They seemed to be fighting to get there and out of the castle. "That's weird, spiders aren't supposed to do that," Harry said eyeing the strange behavior. "Well, maybe I don't know, we'll have to ask Weevil when we get back," Yugi noted. "Ron? What's wrong?" Hermione asked, noticing Ron was away from the spider line. "I...do...not...like spiders," he said slowly. Kaiba scoffed and chuckled at this piece of information. Ron glared at him, "It's not funny, one time Fred and George turned my teddy bear into a huge spider. God it was awful," Ron shivered as he recalled the terrible memory.
Yugi started walking down the corridor, suddenly slipped and fell on his ass. "Ow," he winced sitting up. "Yugi, you ok?" Harry asked, helping his friend up. "Yeah, I am," Yugi told him. He looked down to see what he had slipped on and noticed a large puddle of water covering the stone floor. They looked for the source of the water and found it was coming from behind a door nearby. Hermione walked over and started to push when she noticed the others weren't following her. "What's wrong?" she asked, puzzled. Kaiba raised an eyebrow and crossed his arms, "That's a girl's bathroom, Hermione. And in case you haven't noticed, we're not girls," he said pointing to each of them.
"Oh, come on! No one goes in here anyway. It's Moaning Myrtle's bathroom," she said before walking in. "Moaning Myrtle? Sounds like one of the girls I read about in the bathroom stalls back home at school," Kaiba said to himself following the others. They looked around the bathroom to see it was indeed empty and looked like it hadn't been used at all recently. "Damn, this place is wrecked,"Kaiba commented. Hermione placed a finger to her lips and walked over to a stall at the end of the row. "Hello Myrtle, how are you today?" she asked politely. They boys looked into the stall and saw a ghost of a girl, floating above the toilet, picking at a spot on her chin. Myrtle eyed the boys, "What are they doing here? They're not girls," she said suspiciously.
"Myrtle, did you happen to hear or see anything or anybody the night Mrs. Norris was attacked?" Hermione asked nicely. "No, I was in here, crying because Peeves had upset me. Then I tried to kill myself, before realizing I was already--I was--," she sobbed. "Already dead?" Ron asked helpfully. Myrtle let out a tragic sob, flew into the air, flipped over and dived headfirst into the U-Bend. "Well...that was helpful," Kaiba said sarcastically. They exited the girls room to see Percy staring at them. "Ron! What were you doing in there? That is a girls toilet! You aren't allowed there, especially so close to the scene of the crime!" Percy hissed waving his arm at the blood covered wall.
"Percy, we were looking for clues. We want to help find out what happened," Ron told his older brother. "I don't care, I don't want to see you anywhere NEAR that room again! Do you understand?" Percy said to him. Ron got angry, "You're just afraid we might ruin your chances of being Head Boy-," he shot at him. "Five points! Five points from Gryffindor!" Percy said loudly, puffing out his chest, which reminded Harry and Yugi of Mrs. Weasley. Percy looked at Kaiba, "Five points from Ravenclaw as well. Now, go back to your dormitories," he said before stomping off. "What did I do?" Kaiba called after him.
-Gryffindor Common Room-
"Ok, so all we got is, a ghost girl in a bathroom with water flooding the corridor, writing on the wall, and scorch marks...well I'm sure if we think hard, we'll come up with something good," Brian said sarcastically after they told therest of the gangwhat happened. "What about this Heir of Slytherin? Who do we know that could fit that profile?" Mokuba asked them. "Well, who do we know that hates all Muggle-borns, has affiliation with Slytherin, and wants to frame Harry and Yugi?" Ron said counting off his fingers. Hermione looked at him skeptically, "You think Malfoy's doing this?" she asked him. Ron nodded, "Who else? He called you Mud-Blood, and ever since last year, he's been wanting to get back at Harry and Yugi," he argued. Harry was about to defend Malfoy when Yugi put his hand on his shoulder. He looked at him and Yugi shook his head NO.
"Well, even if it IS Malfoy, how are we gonna prove it?" Tea wondered. "Just need to make a Polyjuice Potion, then we'll work our way from there," Hermione answered. They all looked at her puzzled. "Snape mentioned it in Potions a few weeks ago. It can transform someone into someone else for a period of time," Hermione explained. "Oh, ok then," Joey said, still clueless. "We can get our hands on the ingredients, make the potion, and then turn into some of the Slytherins to talk to Malfoy. However, the book we need is hard to get. It's in the Restricted Section of the Library and we'd need a teacher's written permission to check it out," she said sighing.
"How come? I mean we just want to make a potion," Mokuba asked, confused of the rule. "True, but I think we can get the permission of a teacher if we make it sound like we are really interested in the theory of the formula. That way, we may have a chance of getting it," she said slowly. "So all we need is a teacher that's thick enough to believe that story," Harry concluded. "Anyone know a dumbass teacher?" Joey asked the group. Yugi, Harry, Brian and Ron raised their hands, "I think we got someone in mind," Yugi told them.
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Kilnorc: there's the update! hope you guys likee! Sorry if its not as good as you hoped, I was tired...oh well. R and R! and plz check out my other fics if you havent already!