All anyone could talk in the following weeks was the attack on Mrs Norris. Filch still seemed to believe that Harry had something to do with her attack and would go out of his way to try to punish Harry for very stupid reasons, like breathing or existing. Ginny had taken the attack on Mrs Norris very hard , ending up in floods of tears anytime the cat was mentioned; which seemed to be every five minutes as Ron made multiple jokes about how he wished whatever attacked Mrs Norris would do Filch in as well.

Bella had taken to spending most of her free time in the library. She had always loved books and found the library to be her favourite place in the entire castle. She sometimes brought Ginny with her to the library but found that to be an even bigger mistake; Ginny was very nervous most of the time and could never seem to relax. Bella would never admit it but she was happy when Ginny refused to come to the library again with her, it meant she could finally get some work done, or so she thought.

"Hey tiny, what's up?"

Cedric sent her a big goofy smile as he perched on the edge of her desk.

"Hey Cedric, I'm hiding away from everyone here." She laughed.

"That bad?" He asked.

"Like you wouldn't believe. Filch has been targeting Harry everywhere he goes and Ginny won't stop crying every time Mrs Norris is mentioned which Ron seems to find hilarious." She moaned.

"You've got a lot of problems for such an ickle second year." He teased.

"Oh shut up." She laughed.

Cedric's friends gestured for him to follow them from the doorway of the library and he nodded his head.

"I'll see you later." He smiled.

"Bye." Bella replied as he jogged to catch up with his friends.

Bella's eyes turned back to her work on the table in front of her and she was startled when she found Draco sitting across from her.

"What's your deal with Diggory?" He questioned angrily.

"I don't really see how that's any of your business." Bella replied, flicking through the pages of her book. She heard him growl in anger and inwardly smirked.

"He's a fifth year, you're a second year." He stated.

"Wow, well done for stating the obvious." She replied.

"So you're saying there is something going on?" He asked.

"No. I have a boyfriend, in case you've forgotten, and as you said, he's in fifth year and I'm in second year, of course there's nothing going on." She snapped.

"Why's he always hanging around then."

"We are friends. That's it." She replied.

"I don't like it." He stated.

"I don't care."


"I was wondering if you could tell us anything about the Chamber of Secrets, Professor?"

Every head in the History of Magic classroom turned towards Hermione as she done the unthinkable; raised her hand. Professor Binns looked around, startled, for the voice that dared interrupt his droning.

"Ah, Miss...?"

"Granger, Sir."

"Well, Miss Granger, I teach History of Magic, not History of myths. My subject deals with real facts."

Binns resumed his droning while Hermione huffed. She again raised her hand and began to wave it furiously this time.

"Yes, Miss Granger?" Professor Binns droned.

"Don't all myths and legends start as true facts?"

"Well... yes, you could say that." Binns pondered.

The classroom filled with students were hanging on Binns every word. The poor Professor seemed overwhelmed by the attention he was receiving.

"Oh, okay then. The Chamber of Secrets." He whispered.

"As you are all very aware Hogwarts was founded over a thousand years ago by the greatest witches and wizards of their age. This is where the four school houses get their names: Godric Gryffindor, Salazar Slytherin, Rowena Ravenclaw and Helga Hufflepuff. In the times when this castle was built, magic was feared by common folk, muggles if you will, and so they built it far away from nosey muggles."

"For the first few years the founders worked brilliantly together, bringing all of the magical children together to learn and thrive in their magic. However, disagreements began between Slytherin and the others, Slytherin believed that only children from magical families should be allowed to study magic at Hogwarts and the others strongly disagreed. After a while, there was a heated argument between Slytherin and Gryffindor and Slytherin left Hogwarts. This is where fact ends and fiction begins in our tale. The story goes that Slytherin, unbeknownst to the other founders, built a hidden chamber within the castle. Slytherin sealed the chamber so that only his true heir could open it when they arrived at the school. The heir would be able to open the chamber, unleash the horrors locked within and purge the school of unworthy magical beings."

There was an uncomfortable silence as Professor Binns finished his tale. Every eye within the classroom was locked on the Professor, hoping for more.

"Nonsense, of course. The castle has been searched for any such chamber many, many times and no evidence has ever been found to suggest there is indeed a hidden chamber somewhere in the castle."

Hermione's hand shot back into the air.

"Professor, what do you mean by the 'horrors locked within' the chamber?"

"It is believed, Miss Granger, that there is a monster locked within the chamber, a monster that only the true heir of Slytherin can control. I shall tell you now, no such monster exists."

"But sir," Seamus piped up from Bella's side. "If the chamber can only be opened by Slytherins heir then surely Dumbledore, or anyone else, can't open it?"

"You might need to use dark magic to open it." Emily added.

"You might have to be a descendent of Slytherin so Dumbledore, of course, can't open it." Agreed Freya.

"That is enough!" Professor Binns snapped in the loudest voice he could muster. "It is a myth, only a myth. There is no such thing as the Chamber of Secrets!"

Before anyone could again challenge the legend of the Chamber of Secrets, Professor Binns was back to droning on about the Goblin Wars and the class full of students was back to being as bored as ever.