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B.S. Froste

(on behalf of the Froste twins)

-CHAPTER EIGHT-

Demon Child

October arrived, spreading a damp chill over the grounds and into the castle. Rain drops the size of bullets thundered on the castle windows for days on end. Oliver Wood's enthusiasm for regular training sessions however, was not dampened. Harry walked into the Entrance Hall one stormy Saturday afternoon a few days before Halloween, soaking wet.

Ron and Hermione met him with a warm cloak and a towel.

"C'mon mate," said Ron, throwing an arm around Harry's shivering body. "Pudding might not be finished yet," he said hopefully, leading the way towards the steps of the Great Hall.

And then Harry heard it. It was a voice, a voice to chill the bone marrow, a voice of breathtaking, ice-cold venom.

"Come…come to me…let me fuck you…let me rape you…let me kill you…"

He stumbled to a halt, clutching at the stone wall listening with all his might, looking around squinting up and down the dimly lit passageway.

"Harry, what're you-?"

"Can you hear it?" asked Harry.

"Hear what?" said Ron looking puzzled.

"That voice!"

"Voice? What voice?" asked Hermione shooting Ron a confused look.

"Listen!" said Harry urgently; Ron and Hermione froze, watching him.

The voice was growing faint. Harry was sure it was moving away, moving upwards. A mixture of fear and excitement gripped him as he stared at the dark ceiling. How could it be moving upwards?

"This way!" he shouted and he began to run, up the stairs to the second floor.

"Harry, what are you-"

"Shhh!"

Harry strained his ears; he heard the voice: "I smell blood…I SMELL BLOOD!"

"It's going to kill someone!" he shouted. The three of them hurtled around a corner. Hermione gave a sudden gasp, pointing down the corridor. "Look!"

Hermione was pointing at the window, the top most pane had around twenty spiders scuttling around on it, apparently fighting to get through a small crack in the glass.

"Have you ever seen spiders act like that?" Hermione wondered.

"No," said Harry. "Have you Ron? Ron?"

He looked over his shoulder. Ron was standing well back, and seemed to be fighting the impulse to run.

"What's up?" asked Harry.

"I- don't- like- spiders," said Ron tensely.

"I never knew that."

"I just don't like the way they move…"

Hermione giggled.

"It's not funny," said Ron fiercely.

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"No, of course it's not," said Hermione who was still obviously trying not to laugh. Feeling they had better get off the subject Harry looked around.

"What's that?" asked Ron.

Harry looked around and saw on the ground what looked like a long clear unblown balloon.

"Yeah what is that…?"

"No Harry, not THAT," said Hermione, "THAT!" she pointed to the wall. Foot high words had been scrawled on the wall between two windows, shimmering under the light cast by the flaming torches.

THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS HAS BEEN OPENED…

ENEMIES OF THE HEIR, BEWARE…

"What's that thing- hanging underneath?" said Ron, a slight quiver in his voice.

As they edged nearer, Harry almost slipped over: there was a large puddle of water on the floor. Ron and Hermione grabbed him, and they inched towards the message, eyes fixed on a dark shadow beneath it. All three of them realised what it was at once, and leapt backwards with a splash.

Mrs Norris, Filch's cat, was hanging by her tail from the torch bracket. She was stiff as a board; her eyes were wide and staring.

For a few seconds they didn't move. Then Ron said, "Mmm…Pussy…"

"RON!" Hermione slapped him over the head, "Not NOW!"

"Shouldn't we try and help-?" Harry had not heard what Ron had said.

"No trust me we don't want to be found here."

But it was too late. A rumble, as though of distant thunder told them that the feast was over. From either end of the corridor came the sound of hundreds of feet climbing the stairs, and the loud, happy talk of well-fed people; next moment, students were crashing into the passage from both ends.

The chatter, the bustle, the noise died suddenly as the people in front spotted the hanging cat. Harry, Ron and Hermione stood alone, in the middle of the corridor, as silence fell among the mass of students, pressing forward to see the grisly sight.

Then someone shouted through the quiet, "Enemies of the heir beware? You'll be next POOFS!"

It was Draco Malfoy. He had pushed to the front of the crowd, his cold eyes alive, his usually bloodless face flushed as he grinned at the sight of the hanging cat.

"What's going on here? What's going on?"

Attracted no doubt by Malfoy's shout, Argus Filch came shouldering his way through the crowd. Then he saw Mrs Norris and fell back clutching his face in horror.

"My cat! My cat! What's happened to Mrs Norris?" he shrieked, his popping eyes fell on Harry.

"YOU!" he screeched, "YOU! YOU'VE FUCKING MURDERED MY CAT! YOU'VE FUCKING KILLED HER! YOU FUCKING DEMON CHILD! I'LL KILL YA! I'LL FUCKING KILL YA! FUUUCK-"

"Argus!"

Dumbledore had arrived, followed by a number of other teachers. In seconds, he had swept past Harry, Ron and Hermione and detached Mrs Norris from the torch bracket. "It's ok, Argus. She's not dead. She has been petrified. No second year could have

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done this."

Filch shot a dirty look at Harry.

"But where were these three at dinner?" Snape piped up.

"We were just going to the bathrooms to warm Harry up, we were too late for dinner." Ron pleaded.

"Innocent until proven guilty, Severus." Dumbledore spoke softly.

"In the meantime, all of you back to your dormitories! Mrs Norris will be revived when the Mandrakes are ready. But until then she will have to wait." Dumbledore gave Harry a look that made him think he almost already knew about the voice in the wall. Harry breathed a sigh of relief and walked back to the Gryffindor common room with Ron, Hermione, Neville, Dean and Seamus.