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The day had come. After a whole month of waiting, the Polyjuice Potion was now ready for use. Devon and the Wizarding Trio would soon have their answer as to whether or not Draco Malfoy was the Heir of Slytherin.
The holiday season was beginning for the students at Hogwarts and many of them rode to Hogsmeade station on horse-drawn wagons, traveling home to be with their friends and familes, given the recent attacks on Colin Creevey and Justin Finch-Fletchley.
Devon, Harry, and Ron sat in the Great Hall as snow fell from the enchanted ceiling. It was mostly empty, save for a few students who stayed behind. Hermione walks over to the three boys with a silver tray of sweets and confections and joins them at the table.
"Hermione? How's the potion coming along?" Devon asks
"Everything's set. We just need a bit of who you're changing into." Hermione says
"Crabbe and Goyle." Harry says
"We also need to make sure that the real Crabbe and Goyle can't burst in on us while we're interrogating Malfoy." Hermione says
"Yeah. That'll certainly ruin everything. So how we do it?" Devon says
"I've got it all worked out." Hermione says
Hermione lifts up her right-hand, which had two vanilla cupcakes with chocolate icing on them.
"Cupcakes?" Devon asks
"I filled them with a simple sleeping draught. Simple, but powerful." Hermione says placing the confections onto the table
"How long will they be out?" Devon asks
"Long enough that we should have our answer once we know whether or not Malfoy truly is the Heir of Slytherin. Now, once they're asleep, hide them in the broomstick cupboard, and pull out a few of their hairs, and put on their uniforms." Hermione says
"What about you and Devon? Whose hair are you two ripping out?" Ron asks
"I've already got mine." Hermione says
Hermione reaches inside her robes and takes out a vial in her right-hand, showing it to the boys. Inside was a strand of brown hair.
"Millicent Bulstrode. Slytherin. I got this off her robes. And Devon, I've got yours too." Hermione says
"Who will I be going as?" Devon asks
Hermione takes out another vial and holds it up. This one also had a strand of brown hair inside it.
"Theodore Nott. Slytherin. And a friend of Malfoy. He's away from Hogwarts, but you can convince Malfoy that you changed your mind." Hermione says
After showing the vials, the young witch places them back inside her robes.
"I'm going to check on the Polyjuice Potion. Make sure that Crabbe and Goyle find these." Hermione says holding up the cupcakes in both hands
Later that night, Devon, Harry, and Ron set up their trap in the corridor outside the Great Hall. Crabbe and Goyle were inside enjoying themselves to a handful of sweets and confections. The two cupcakes with the sleeping draught was placed on the floor. All that was needed was to set up the bait.
The Keyblade Wielder and the two young wizards hide behind a bronze statue of the architect of Hogwarts and move to get the cupcakes ready. Peeking out around the right side of the statue, Ron takes out his broken wand and clears his throat as he prepared to cast his spell, but Devon immediately stopped him.
"Uh, Ron, maybe I should do it." Devon says
"Yeah. Right." Ron says
Ron puts his wand away while Devon summons his Keyblade: Soul Calibur in it's Crystal Wand Form. With a swish and a flick, Devon casts his spell.
"Wingardium Leviosa." Devon chants
The two cupcakes levitate up from the floor and they float in midair. Devon, Harry, and Ron soon saw the door to the Great Hall open and they quickly hide. Crabbe and Goyle both come out into the corridor with dozens of cupcakes and donuts in their arms when they saw the floating cupcakes.
"Cool." Crabbe says
Adding the cupcakes in their hands to their pile, the two Slytherins greedily take the draught-filled cakes and take a bite. From their hiding spot, the Keyblade Wielder and two wizards smiled as the bait was taken. Crabbe and Goyle both smiled themselves as they enjoyed the sweet chocolate taste of the cakes. But then their faces changed as they felt odd. Kinda sleepy. And within moments, they fall backwards onto the floor.
"And down they go." Devon says
"How thick can you get?" Ron asks shaking his head
"Come on. Let's get them out of sight." Devon says
Coming out from around the statue, the three boys move to get the two Slytherins. Devon picked up Goyle from under his arms while Harry grabbed his feet. Ron dragged Crabbe by his arms and they carried them away.
Dragging the unconscious Crabbe and Goyle through the corridors, Devon, Harry, and Ron bring them over to the broom closet to hide them. Lowering Goyle down, Devon gets the door and opens it up. Harry and Ron drag the two Slytherins into the closet and sit them upright.
"The hairs." Devon says
Devon moves up and plucks the hairs of the two Slytherins. He starts with Crabbe first, taking strands of hair from his head and giving them to Ron.
"Crabbe." Devon says giving Ron his hairs
Devon turns back to Goyle and takes some of his hair next, giving them to Harry.
"And Goyle." Devon says giving Harry his hairs
After handing the hairs to Harry and Ron, Devon looks back at Crabbe and Goyle as sat unconscious in the broom closet.
"Sleep tight, boys." Devon says
The Keyblade Wielder shuts the door and turns to his two wizard friends.
"Okay, let's go." Devon says
Having acquired the hairs of Crabbe and Goyle, Devon, Harry, and Ron head down the corridor.
Devon and the Wizarding Trio got together in Moaning Myrtle's bathroom, standing next to the column of sinks and wearing their own Slytherin robes as they prepared themselves to take the Polyjuice Potion. The cauldron with the potion sat inside one of the sinks with four glass cups standing next to it on the right.
"So, how long will this potion last?" Devon asks
"We'll have exactly one hour before we change back into ourselves." Hermione says
Using a ladle, Hermione scoops up the potion, which looked like thick, dark mud, and pours them into the four cups. She turns and gives the three boys each a glass before taking one in her hand.
"Add the hairs." Hermione says
The four heroes take out the hairs of Crabbe, Goyle, Theodore Nott, and Millicent Bulstrode and sprinkle them into their drinks. When the hairs made contact with the potion, the liquid changes colors. Devon, Harry, and Ron's drinks became a murky brown while Hermione's changed to a sickly yellow color.
"Ugh. Essence of Crabbe." Ron says in disgust
"Cheers." Hermione says
"Cheers." Devon says
The Keyblade Wielder and the Wizarding Trio clink their glasses together and they take a swig of their Polyjuice Potion. Their eyes widened as the taste was foul. Their drinks tasted like overcooked cabbages and bogies. The heroes covered their mouths with disgusted expressions as they tried to stomach the taste.
"I think I'm gonna be sick." Ron says
Ron drops his glass, which shatters on the floor, and runs into one of the stalls behind him.
"Me too." Hermione says
Hermione drops her glass and quickly follows Ron to the stalls, running into another one.
Devon wiped the nasty taste from his mouth while Harry finished the last of his potion. Immediately, their insides started writhing as though they had just swallowed livesnakes, causing Devon and Harry to both drop their glass cups. Devon strayed off a bit around the sinks, swaying over to the right as he held onto his stomach with his right-hand and the sink with the other.
"Oh, my... Ugh... My stomach..." Devon groans feeling queasy
Doubling up, the two boys hovered over the sinks, gasping for air. Then, a burning sensation spreaded rapidly from their stomachs to the very ends of their fingers and toes. Next, came a horrible melting feeling as the skin all over their bodies bubbled like hot wax.
Devon looked down at his right-hand and watched as it bubbled up. Harry glanced down at his hands as they bubbled in a similar manner. Then, gazing up at the mirror, Devon and Harry both watched as their whole face bubbled up. The whole transformation process lasted for 20 seconds until finally it was complete.
Devon now looked like Theodore Nott with his hair being shorter and his body being tall and thin.
And Harry now looked like Goyle having his short, bristly hair, long gorilla arms, and broad shoulders.
The Keyblade Wielder looked at himself in the mirror, feeling his face with his right-hand, astounded by his transformation.
"Man. Talk about a dramatic change." Devon says
The Keyblade Wielder and wizard boy backed away from the sinks and looked at each other.
"Devon?" Harry says
"Harry..." Devon says
"How do you feel?" Harry asks
Devon looks himself over, then glances back up at Harry.
"Well, I can certainly say this is something I never experienced in my life." Devon says
Ron steps out of his stall, appearing more like Crabbe. He was now large and very fat, with a thick neck, gorilla-like arms, a flat nose, and pudding bowl-style haircut. He walks over to his friends and is amazed by their new forms.
"Harry? Devon?" Ron says
"Ron..." Harry says
"Bloody hell." Ron says
"We still sound like ourselves. You need to sound more like Crabbe." Harry says
"Oh, uh... Bloody hell." Ron says in a deeper voice
"Excellent." Harry says smiling
Devon looks down at his right-hand and saw that he still had his Celestial Ring on his finger. He couldn't wear it around while he was Theodore Nott. That would give his disguise away.
"Oh! I'd better take off my ring and my necklace. Those things will be a dead giveaway." Devon says
Devon slides off his crystal ring off his right-middle finger and removes his Kingdom Hearts necklace, unhooking the crab-claw latch. He puts both his ring and necklace together in his right-hand and places them in his pocket.
"Where's Hermione?" Ron asks
"She hasn't come out yet?" Devon asks
"I-I don't think I'm going. You go on without me." Hermione says
Devon, Harry, and Ron turn around and look back at the stall where Hermione's voice came from. Why didn't she come out yet? Did something happen with her potion?
"Hermione? Are you alright?" Devon ask
"Just go! You're wasting time!" Hermione says
The three boys stare at the stall, worried about Hermione. But she was right. They were wasting time. The clock on their transformation was already ticking. They had to find Malfoy and fast so they can spy on him. Having no choice, Devon, Harry, and Ron turn to each other.
"Right. Looks like it's just us. Let's go." Devon says
The Keyblade Wielder and the two wizards leave the bathroom and head out to find Malfoy.
Now out in the corridors, Devon, Harry, and Ron move to find the Slytherin common room, thinking that would be the first place to search for Malfoy.
"Alright. The Slytherin common room should be in the dungeons. Might be this way." Devon says pointing down the corridor to the left
"Okay." Ron says
Moving out of the corner, the three boys start heading down the corridor. But just as they come out, Percy Weasley walks out from another corridor from the left and immediately notices them.
"Excuse me?" Percy says
Devon, Harry, and Ron immediately stopped when they saw Percy walking toward them.
"Shoot! It's Percy!" Devon whispers in a quiet voice
"What are you doing do-" Ron says
Harry elbows Ron at his right side with his right-arm, silently telling him to maintain his disguise.
"I mean, what are you doing down here?" 'Crabbe' asks
"I happen to be a school prefect. You, on the other hand, have no business wandering the corridors at this time of night. What are your names again?" Percy says
"Uh..." 'Goyle' says
Before they could say anything, Malfoy comes out from another corridor behind them and walks toward them.
"Crabbe! Goyle! Where have you two been? Pigging out in the Great Hall all this time?" Malfoy says
"Phew. Thank you, Malfoy." Devon mutters quietly
Malfoy looks over at 'Goyle' on his left and noticed that he was wearing glasses.
"Why are you wearing glasses?" Malfoy asks
"Ah, um... reading." 'Goyle' says taking off his glasses
"Reading? I didn't know you could read." Malfoy says
Malfoy looks over at 'Theodore' on 'Goyle's left and was surprised to see him.
"Theo? I thought you were heading home to your family." Malfoy says
"Changed my mind." 'Theodore' says
Malfoy stares at 'Theodore' for a moment, but soon shrugs it off. He then turns around and looks at Percy.
"And what are you doing down here, Weasley?" Malfoy asks in a snobbish manner
"Mind your attitude, Malfoy." Percy says
Malfoy stares at Percy, but soon walks past him, going back to the Slytherin common room with 'Theodore', 'Crabbe', and 'Goyle' following him closely.
'Crabbe', 'Goyle', and 'Theodore' walk into the Slytherin common room with Malfoy and they look around at the room.
The Slytherin common room was a long, low underground room with rough stone walls and ceiling. Round, greenish lamps hung down on chains from above. This dungeon extended partway under the lake, giving the light in the room a green tinge. There was lots of low backed black and dark green button-tufted, leather sofas, skulls, and dark wood cupboards. An elaborately carved mantelpiece was built into the stone wall on the left of the room with a fire crackling inside it.
'Theodore' had to admit. Slytherin's decor was much different than that of Gryffindor's. It wasn't as bright and welcoming, but that was probably because it was underground and in the dungeons.
Malfoy sits down on one of the sofas, then looks up at 'Crabbe' and 'Goyle', who just stood there and stared at him.
"Well, sit down." Malfoy says
'Crabbe' and 'Goyle' take a seat on the other sofa infront of Malfoy. 'Theodore' just walks around the room, gazing at the skulls as they stood on their stands while staying close to Malfoy as he listened to the conversation.
"You'd never know the Weasleys were Pure-bloods, the way they behave. They're an embarrassment to the Wizarding World. All of them." Malfoy says
'Crabbe' grips his right-hand into a fist, staring at Malfoy with an angry look on his face. Malfoy noticed this and he looks at 'Crabbe' with a strange expression.
"What's wrong with you, Crabbe?" Malfoy asks
'Goyle' elbows 'Crabbe' with his left-arm and he calms down.
"Stomachache." 'Crabbe' says
Malfoy shrugs off 'Crabbe's' strange behavior and looks off to the side, thinking about the attacks on Colin Creevey and Justin Finch-Fletchley.
"You know, I'm surprised that the Daily Prophet hasn't been done a report on all these attacks. I suppose Dumbledore is trying to hush it all up. Father always said that Dumbledore was the worst thing that ever happened to this place." Malfoy says
"You're wrong!" 'Goyle' yells
Malfoy looks over at 'Goyle', surprised by his outburst. 'Theodore' glances over at him as well as he walks in behind 'Crabbe' and 'Goyle', leaning against the fireplace on his back with his arms crossed. Malfoy rises up from his seat and stares at 'Goyle' with a suspicious look on his face.
"What? You think there's someone here who's worse than Dumbledore? Well, do you?" Malfoy asks
"Hey, Malfoy. How about that loser, Harry Potter? Betcha he's more lame than Dumbledore." 'Theodore' asks
Malfoy looks over at 'Theodore' as he said this, then glances back at 'Crabbe' and 'Goyle', who both nod in agreement. A grin forms on Malfoy's face as he nods his head as well, agreeing with him.
"Good one, Theo. You're absolutely right. Saint Potter. And people actually think that he's the Heir of Slytherin?" Malfoy says
"But then you must have some idea who's behind it all." 'Goyle' says
"You know I don't, Goyle. I told you yesterday. How many times do I have to tell you?" Malfoy says
Malfoy walks over to a table on his left and picks up a small green present box, wrapped in silver ribbons. He puts it up to his right-ear and shakes it, listening to whatever was inside, then looks at 'Goyle'.
"Is this yours?" Malfoy asks
'Goyle' shakes his head no and Malfoy slips the green present into his pocket before continuing his conversation.
"But my father did say this: It's been 50 years since the Chamber was opened. He wouldn't tell me who opened it, only that they were expelled. The last time the Chamber of Secrets has been opened, a Mudblood died. So, it's only a matter of time before one of them is killed this time. As for me, I hope it's Granger." Malfoy says
'Crabbe' gets up and was about ready to get up in Malfoy's face until 'Goyle' grabs him with his right-arm, stopping him. Malfoy watches the both of them, feeling even more suspicious than before.
"What's the matter with you two? You're acting very... odd." Malfoy says
"It's his stomachache." 'Goyle' says
'Goyle' turns to 'Crabbe' and whispers to him.
"Calm down." 'Goyle' whispers
Shrugging it off, Malfoy takes the green present back out of his pocket and gazes down at it. He starts unwrapping the ribbon while 'Crabbe' and 'Goyle' look at each other, noticing something strange.
"S-Scar." 'Crabbe' whispers
'Goyle' puts his left-hand to his forehead as Harry's lightning-shaped scar fades in and appears. Then, he looks at 'Crabbe', noticing something changing with him.
"Hair." 'Goyle' whispers pointing with his left-hand
'Crabbe' looks up and feels his hair with his right-hand and gasps as it slowly turns red. 'Theodore' noticed what was happening and was alarmed. He puts his right-hand to his head and felt Devon's hair changing back.
"Uh-oh. The potion's wearing off. Time to go." Devon whispers
While Malfoy was busy looking at his gift, 'Crabbe', 'Goyle', and 'Theodore' quickly leave the common room, using their hands to hide their hair. Malfoy looks up and noticed them leaving.
"Hey, where are you going?" Malfoy asks
Devon, Harry, and Ron return to Moaning Myrtle's bathroom as they returned to their original forms.
"That was close." Ron says
"You said it." Devon says slipping on his Celestial Ring back on his right-middle finger and Kingdom Hearts necklace around his neck
The three boys walk over to the stalls and call out to Hermione, who was still in hers.
"Hermione, come out. We've got loads to tell you. Harry says
"Go away." Hermione says
The three boys were confused. Why wouldn't Hermione come out? As they stood before the stall, Myrtle hovers over to the three boys and looks at them.
"Myrtle?" Devon says
"Wait till you see. It's awful." Myrtle says
The ghostly student flies in behind them, giggling. Devon, Harry, and Ron shared glances with each other, then turn back to the stall. The Keyblade Wielder slowly pushes the door open and they all look inside.
"Hermione? You feeling alright?" Devon asks
"Do you remember me telling you that the Polyjuice Potion was only for human transformations?" Hermione asks
"Yeah?" Devon says raising his right-eyebrow while Harry put on his glasses
"It was cat hair I plucked off Millicent Bulstrode's robes." Hermione says
Hermione turns around and reveals her transformation to the three boys. She now had a feline appearance as a cat/human hybrid, having yellow cat eyes, whiskers, cat ears, and a tail.
"Look at my face." Hermione says
"Look at your tail." Ron says
Devon glances over at Ron with a stern expression, then looks back at Hermione. He walks over to her and places his right-hand on Hermione's shoulder.
"It's alright, Hermione. You couldn't have known. Come on. Let's get you fixed up at the hospital wing." Devon says
Hermione nods her head and she walks out with Devon as he takes her to the hospital wing.
One month later, Hermione spends her days in the hospital wing, recovering from her transformation throughout the holiday season. She received visits from Devon as he checked up on her every now and then.
Devon, Harry, and Ron were back to wearing their regular clothes as they walk through the school corridors.
"Have you spoken to Hermione?" Ron asks
"She should be out of the hospital wing in a few days, when she stops coughing up fur balls." Devon says
The three boys walk out into the Grand Staircase and go up along the stairs to the left as they head back to the Gryffindor common room when they saw something strange at the top. The floor leading out into the corridor ahead was flooded with water.
"What's this?" Harry asks
Devon, Harry, and Ron follow the water into the corridor and they look down to see it leaking out from Myrtle's bathroom up ahead.
"Yuck!" Ron says in disgust
"Looks like Moaning Myrtle's flooded the bathroom." Harry says
Devon, Harry, and Ron enter Myrtle's bathroom and look around. All the sinks were running with water flowing over onto the floor.
"Hello? Myrtle?" Devon calls
The three boys soon hear Myrtle's voice as she moaned and cried. Looking over to the left, they saw her sitting at the large circular window above them near the stalls. Myrtle glances down at the three heroes with a sad expression on her face.
"Come to throw something else at me?" Myrtle asks
"Why would we throw something at you?" Devon asks
"Don't ask me. Here I am, minding my own business, and someone thinks it's funny to throw a book at me." Myrtle says
"But it can't hurt if someone throws a something at you. I mean, it'll just go right through you." Ron says
Upon hearing that, Myrtle flies down to Ron, getting up in his face, not taking to kindly to his comment.
"Oh, sure! Let's all throw books at Myrtle, and pretend she can't feel it. Ten points if you get it through her stomach!" Myrtle yells
The ghostly student puts her right-arm through Ron's stomach.
"Fifty points if it goes through her head!" Myrtle yells
Then, Myrtle puts her arm through Ron's head while he stares at her with a frightened expression.
"But who threw it at you anyway?" Harry asks
"I don't know. I didn't see them. I was just sitting in the U-bend, thinking about death, and it fell through the top of my head. Mm-hm." Myrtle says
Myrtle starts to cry again and she floats away, moaning in depression. Devon, Harry, and Ron look over at the stalls and they notice something lying on the wet floor. It was a black, weathered diary. The same one that Lucius Malfoy had in Borgin and Burke's back in Knockturn Alley. Walking over, Devon lowers down and picks up the book with his right-hand, shaking the water off to dry it. He rises back up and stares down at the book with Harry and Ron as they come closer to him.
After finding the diary in Myrtle's bathroom, Devon, Harry, and Ron visit Hermione in the hospital wing to show her their discovery. Hermione was now back to her human self, but was still resting until she was free to leave.
"Hey, Hermione. We found something in Myrtle's bathroom. Looks like a diary. We thought maybe you'd like to have a look at it." Devon says
The Keyblade Wielder gives the young witch the book and she examines it. She flips the diary around and finds a name on the bottom in gold print writing.
"There's a name on this diary." Hermione says
Looking closer at the diary, she reads the name aloud.
"Tom Marvolo Riddle." Hermione reads
"Must be the owner of this diary." Devon says
Hermione gives the book back to Devon as he looks over the name.
"Tom Marvolo Riddle? Hang on. I know that name. Why do I know that name?" Ron says
Ron thinks to himself for a moment and soon he remembers something.
"Of course. That night I had detention. My job was to polish the silver in the trophy room. I remember because I kept burping up slugs over Tom Riddle's trophy." Ron says
"What was the trophy for?" Harry asks
"He won an award. 50 years ago. Special services to the school or something." Ron says
"50 years ago? Are you sure?" Hermione asks
"Yeah. Why?" Ron says
"Don't you remember what Malfoy told you? The last time the Chamber was opened was..." Hermione says
"50 years ago. But that means..." Harry says
"Tom Riddle was here at Hogwarts when it happened." Devon says pointing at Harry with the diary in his right-hand
"What if he wrote about what he saw? It's possible he knew where the Chamber was, how to open it, even what sort of creature lives in it. If so, whoever's behind these attacks wouldn't want this diary lying around, would they?" Hermione says
Devon looks down at the diary as Hermione said this. She was right. Since they found the diary in Myrtle's bathroom, it meant that someone was trying to dispose of it. But why? If Hermione was right, then perhaps there could be evidence inside it's pages. Devon opens the book and looks through the pages to see if there was such clues to the Chamber of Secrets as Harry agreed with Hermione.
"That's a brilliant theory, Hermione." Harry says
"Only there's one problem." Devon says
Devon holds the diary before the Wizarding Trio and flips the pages, showing nothing but blank, empty pages.
"There's nothing written. All the pages are blank." Devon says
Later that night, Devon and Harry took the mysterious book with them back to the Gryffindor common room and examine it. Harry sat down at a desk while Devon stood on the left side of his chair while resting his other hand on the desk. The first page had a title that read: 'Diary'. But as they flip through to see the other pages, nothing else was written.
"I can't believe all these pages are blank with absolutely nothing on them. It's weird." Devon says
Harry picks up the book and flips it over to read the name of it's owner.
"Tom Marvolo Riddle." Harry reads
"There's got to be more to this book. Maybe it's enchanted? You know for secret messages?" Devon says
"I'm gonna try and write something." Harry says
Harry flips opens the lid of a small ink pot on his right, takes his quill pen, dips it inside, and prepares to write in the diary. As his quill hovers over the book, a drop of black ink falls onto the blank page. Upon contact with the diary, the ink vanishes from sight. This made Devon and Harry's eyes widen in surprise. Harry flips the page to see if the ink leaked in through the other pages, but there was no trace of it anywhere.
"The ink disappeared! I knew it! This diary's definitely enchanted." Devon says
Dipping his quill back in the ink pot, Harry writes his name down in the diary.
"My name is Harry Potter."
"Let me try, Harry." Devon says
Devon takes the quill and writes his name down as well.
"My name is Devon."
Devon and Harry watch the book for a few seconds and were surprised by what they saw next. Their words fade away from the page and they are met with a response.
"Hello, Harry Potter. Hello, Devon. My name is Tom Riddle."
The Keyblade Wielder and wizard boy stared at the diary with widened eyes and open mouths. The diary was actually responding to them.
"The diary responded to us." Devon says
"Unbelievable..." Harry says
"Hey... What if what we're looking for is actually in this diary? Maybe we can finally get some answers. Ask if Tom Riddle about the Chamber of Secrets." Devon says looking at Harry
Harry nods his head and writes his question into the diary.
"Do you know anything about the Chamber of Secrets?" Harry writes
Harry's question fades away and the diary responds with an answer.
"Yes."
"Yes! Now we're getting somewhere." Devon says
Feeling excited, Harry writes down his next question.
"Can you tell us?" Harry writes
"No."
Harry puts down his quill and lets out a sigh along with Devon.
"So much for answers." Devon sighs
Just when they thought they wouldn't learn anything else, the diary responds again.
"But I can show you."
Devon raised his right-eyebrow and he shared confused glances with Harry before they turn back to the diary as gave them another response.
"Let me take you back fifty years ago."
Suddenly, the diary comes alive as the pages flip rapidly, causing Devon and Harry to jump with a start. The pages soon stop and a date appears on top-right corner of the right page.
'13th June'.
A light appears in the binding center of the book and spreads up and down it's length. The light expands and opens up like a portal to the past. Devon and Harry found themselves staring at the light as it engulfed them. Soon, in a flash of light, they were transported into the diary.
(Wizarding World - June, 13th, 1943)
Devon and Harry reappear back in Hogwarts, standing in a corridor on the ground floor. They walk forward and glance around at their surroundings. The boys were in color, but everything around them was all black and white.
"Where are we?" Harry asks
"Apparently, we're still in Hogwarts." Devon says pointing at the stone brazier and the large hog statue with his right-hand
The Keyblade Wielder looks around, noticing the colorless environment of Hogwarts.
"Why does everything look black and white?" Devon asks
The Keyblade Wielder and wizard boy continue on out of the corridor and they come to a staircase that led to the next floor. There, they saw a young man standing on the staircase, wearing a Hogwarts uniform. This was Tom Riddle.
Tom Marvolo Riddle was a 16-year old Half-blood English wizard and a student of Hogwarts. He appeared to be an intelligent young man with a calm exterior.
He was tall and handsome with jet black hair, dark brown eyes, and pale skin.
"Excuse me. Could you tell us what's going on around here?" Harry asks
Tom stared silently up the stairs, not noticing Devon or Harry. It was possible that he could not see them or hear them as this was only just a flashback. Harry stares at Tom and he could only guess who he was.
"Are you Tom Riddle?" Harry asks
Again, Tom does not acknowledge the presence of the two boys.
"Hello? Can you hear us?" Harry asks
"I don't think he can, Harry." Devon says
The two boys stared at Tom as he was gazing up at something.
"What's he looking at?" Devon asks
Following his gaze, Devon and Harry look up the stairs and they saw four wizard authorities descending down towards them, carrying medical stretcher with a body covered under a white sheet. The Keyblade Wielder and wizard boy stared in shock as they saw a right-hand hanging out. Whoever was underneath the white sheet was obviously dead. It was exactly what Malfoy told them. The deceased individual was a Muggle-born.
"Riddle?" A voice calls
Tom, Devon, and Harry glance back up and they saw Professor Dumbledore at the top of the stairs. Before he became the current headmaster of Hogwarts, Dumbledore was the Transfiguration teacher in the past before Minerva McGonagall. The elderly wizard calls for Riddle, beckoning him to come over with his hands.
"Come." Dumbledore says
"Professor Dumbledore." Tom says
Tom heads up the stairs to meet with Dumbledore while Devon and Harry gaze up in surprise.
"Dumbledore?" Devon and Harry say in unison
"It is not wise to be wandering around this late hour, Tom." Dumbledore says
"Yes, Professor. I suppose I... I had to see for myself if the rumors were true." Tom says
"I'm afraid they are, Tom. They are true." Dumbledore says
"About the school as well? I don't have a home to go to. They wouldn't really close Hogwarts, would they, Professor?" Tom says
"I understand, Tom, but I'm afraid... Headmaster Dippet may have no choice." Dumbledore says
"Sir, if it all stopped, if the person responsible was caught..." Tom says
"Is there something you wish to tell me?" Dumbledore asks
"No, sir. Nothing." Tom says
Dumbledore stared at Tom, appearing as though he had suspected something about him. Almost as if he knew of something. But then, he nods his head, dismissing Tom.
"Very well then. Off you go." Dumbledore says
"Good night, sir." Tom says
"Talk about deja vu. That's exactly what Dumbledore said when we left his office." Devon says
The two boys watch as Ton moves past Dumbledore and heads off into the school corridors.
"Come on. Let's see where he's going." Devon says
Wanting to see where Tom Riddle was off to, the Keyblade Wielder and wizard boy climb the stairs and move to catch up with him.
Devon and Harry follow Tom Riddle as he traveled through the corridors. He seemed to be moving with a slightly fast pace, sometimes looking behind his back to make sure he wasn't followed. As he and Harry kept close to Tom Riddle, Devon felt very suspicious about this mysterious student. He didn't like where this was going. Tom was acting very suspicious and secretive. And judging by the look Dumbledore had on his face, it seemed like he knew Tom was up to something. Wherever he was going, it was clear he didn't want no one following him.
Eventually, Tom leads Devon and Harry down to the dungeons underneath the magic school and went over to a wooden door, stopping infront of it. He takes out his wand and looks behind him one last time before he turns back to the door. Opening the door, Tom heads inside and confronts Hagrid, who was once a student at Hogwarts at the time. Next to Hagrid was a wooden chest. But what was inside was unknown.
"Evening, Hagrid." Tom greets
Devon and Harry step into the room as they stare up at the Half-giant.
"Hagrid?" Devon and Harry say in unison
"I'm going to have to turn you in. I don't think you meant it to kill anyone, but-" Tom says
"You can't. You don't understand." Hagrid says
"The dead girl's parents will be here tomorrow. The least Hogwarts can do is make sure the thing that killed their daughter is slaughtered." Tom says
"It wasn't him. Aragog never killed no one. Never." Hagrid says
"Monsters don't make good pets, Hagrid. Now stand aside." Tom says
"No!" Hagrid says
"Stand aside, Hagrid!" Tom says in a demanding voice
"No!" Hagrid yells
With Hagrid refusing to move, Tom waved his wand and cast his spell, aiming for chest next to him on his right.
"Cistem Aperio!" Tom chants
A white light shoots forth from Tom Riddle's wand and the chest was blasted open with it's lid flying off. Out from the chest came an Acromantula, which was a large spider, as it quickly crawled out and fled the room. Tom aims his wand at the fleeing creature casts a spell specifically made for it.
"Arania Exumai!" Tom chants
A white light shoots out of Tom's wand to hit the spider, but it misses as the creature fled the room, disappearing into the castle.
"Aragog! Aragog!" Hagrid exclaims extending his left-hand out
Hagrid moves to go after his pet spider, but Tom Riddle turns and aims his wand at him, stopping the Half-giant.
"I can't let you go. They'll have your wand for this, Hagrid. You'll be expelled." Tom says
Hagrid lowers his hand and he looks down in defeat. Before Devon and Harry could see anymore of what happened, they suddenly felt like they were being pulled away from the door by some unknown force. Something told them that their time here was over. Harry stretched out his left-hand and calls out to Hagrid.
"Hagrid!" Harry exclaims
The two boys are pulled away from the room as the forms of Tom Riddle and Hagrid got further and further away until the door shuts itself closed.
"Hagrid!" Harry exclaims
The same light that had brought Devon and Harry to the past engulfs them and transports them away, sending them back to the present.
(Wizarding World - Present time)
The diary opens up and shines with light as Devon and Harry were both brought back into the Gryffindor common room. Harry was thrown back into his chair while Devon was thrown onto the floor, landing on his back.
"Whoa." Harry says
"Whoa is right." Devon says sitting up
Devon rises up onto his feet and both he and Harry stare at the diary.
"We gotta tell Ron and Hermione." Harry says looking left at Devon
"Right. They need to know about this." Devon says
Amazed and surprised by what they had just witnessed, Devon and Harry quickly go upstairs to tell Ron and Hermione about what they had learned. Bow, their investigation was now thrown in a whole new direction.
Author's Note: The mystery deepens... Using the Polyjuice Potion, Devon, Harry, and Ron disguise themselves as Crabbe, Goyle, and Theodore Nott and spy on Malfoy while Hermione's potion backfires on her, turning her into a cat/human hybrid, but no worries, she's fine. After that, Devon and Harry find Tom Riddle's diary and visit the Hogwarts of the past, witnessing the events that took place the last time the Chamber of Secrets was opened. Now, Hagrid is suspected to have opened the Chamber, but did he? Only one way to find out. Time to follow the spiders. Let me know what you guys think. No flames please. Hope you guys like and don't forget to review!