Chapter seven
What is this?
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter, but I have the book!
I stared hard at the golden egg. It was dusk and I plan to think what's in this golden egg and fast.
I hated cramming!
I was in my dorm and no one's in here since they're not done eating yet, I opened the egg once more.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" the golden egg shrieked so loud, my eardrums were going to break any second now.
I closed it quickly. What would I do?
I went down and saw Vanessa. She is pretty and I even thought that Vanessa had a crush on me… which was a rumor.
She was dating Lee. But I sat down with her and I asked her to tell me how to figure out this clue.
Vanessa looked at me angrily. I forgot to tell you guys that she was reading a book and she was so engrossed to it.
"I was reading a book and it was so dramatic! How could you disrupt it!" she said.
"Well, I know you're a witty person and all… except that you're not in Ravenclaw for some circumstances, can you help me figure this thing out?" I asked.
"Have you even tried to open it?" she asked.
"Yeah! And all I can hear was this eerie and deafening shriek that came out!" I said.
"Well, you should know by now that I'm not an expert in that, I may be smart, no actually, I am not VERY smart but I can't help you… I don't know anything about this, sorry!" she said.
I snorted to myself about that "I may be smart" line. I thought a distantly, descended Hufflepuff won't be so boastful! "Oh well, okay, thanks anyway!" I went out for a short walk outside the Commom Room.
I walked and thought about it for a long time.
Then I met Professor Moody. I wasn't really used to his swiveling eye and his scars on his face and he was rather rough in teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts though I learned a lot from him.
"Good evening, Professor," I said, being polite. "Good evening." He grunted, then he told me, "Do you want me to tell you something of how to figure out that egg?"
I nodded. "If it's okay with you, Professor… I mean don't you think it's cheating?" But I know I also cheated… while you know, asking Vanessa. Though I didn't get the answer.
"Don't worry, Cedric… I would help you!" his eyes glistened.
I then agreed. He said, "Since you're a prefect, take a bath in your bathroom… bring the egg with you and put your egg underwater, of course your head too. I can't be long… I love those pumpkin pasties down there in the Great Hall… See you!"
That seems like a good idea. I took the egg and got pajamas, a bathrobe and a towel, then I went to the Prefect's Bathroom.
"Pine fresh," I muttered the password. Then I could go in.
I smelled the perfume and the fragrant soaps… I really love it here!
I went inside a cubicle… who said there was no cubicle! Just in case the mermaid there would see.
I changed into the bathrobe and dunked myself into the water and took the bathrobe off in there… I'm so stupid but I was very paranoid no matter how wet this bathrobe got.
I got the egg and opened it underwater… I just heard gurgling sounds.
I also suspected that a person was inside somewhere… a girl's voice was heard! AAAHHHH! A girl inside a boy's bathroom!
Then out I saw a ghost about her 2nd year. I guess that was Moaning Myrtle… the one who died 50 years ago, it also was related to the Chamber of Secrets, I suppose.
She said… "I couldn't see you from all the bubbles, so don't worry!"
"Are you Moaning Myrtle?" I asked.
"Yes…" she shot an angry look at me. "What do you expect!"
"Sorry…" I said. "Please don't watch me while I figure this thing out okay?"
"Whatever!" she grunted and looked away far from my direction. Then she muttered something like, "such a good-looking person can be so crazy!"
I dunked my head inside the water and I heard the song inside the egg. After the song, I put my head up again.
"What does this suppose to mean?" I asked particularly to her.
"Now, would you want my help?" she asked.
"Um…" I thought about it for a moment but then she just said, "Fine, I'll help you!" she said.
"But I couldn't say the answer right away…" she said. I agreed.
She kept silent but looked up at the mermaid… what's the mermaid for? I decided just to dunk my head again and hear the message or whatever you call that again.
"Come seek us where our voices sound,
We cannot sing above the ground,
And while you're searching ponder this:
We've taken what you sorely miss,
An hour long you'll have to look,
And to recover what we took.
After an hour the prospect's black,
Too late it's gone it won't come back"I went up above the water and then I still could not memorize it so after a long, deep breath, I went down the water again and heard it. It took me about 10 goings-down the water until I could finally memorize and understand.
Myrtle was so impatient. "Well?" she asked me. "What is below the ground?" I asked her.
"You could always think of the lake there… and do you know what's under it?" she said.
"The giant squid…" I answered. "It can't be the giant squid… it couldn't sing or even speak!"
Then it hit me! "Myrtle… there are merpeople down there, right?" I asked. "Correct!" she exclaimed. "It took you aaaages to get that!"
"Whatever!" I told myself. I thanked her for the help and started thinking of the other lines instead of the merpeople.
Recover what we took… they took what? Then I went back to the other lines, we've taken what you'll sorely miss.
What or who do I miss? Hmm… Hogwarts? It can't be! They won't get the whole school! If they take my friend! Timothy! Maybe he will be what I'll sorely miss.
After an hour the prospect's black… oh now I get it! I have to look for Timothy in between an hour or else… no, no, they won't just kill him or something, right?
Back in the common room, I thought also that I should tell Harry about this like you know about the dragons that he told me.
Okay, that's what I'll do.
Yawn! I feel like sleeping.
Good night to myself.
