Chapter 12


While Hermione tried her best to take Filch's words to heart, she just felt she had to do something to try to help. So Hermione went to the library to see if she could find out anything. She searched for weeks with no luck. During that time however, she found out some interesting things. One thing she learned was about the "legend" of "The Chamber of Secrets." The other thing she learned was that Harry was a parselmouth which meant he could speak parseltongue, in short he could communicate with snakes. All three of them suspected that Draco Malfoy had something to do with this, but they had no proof.

Today was the day of the Quidditch match between Gryffindor and Slytherin. The weather could have been better, it was rainy and cold, but normal weather for November. Ron, Hermione and Ginny were at the Quidditch pitch to watch the game. Ron was making sure to keep an eye on Ginny, who had been acting odd lately.

Gryffindor won the game, however Harry had broken his arm due to an odd rouge bludger. Professor Lockhart tried to fix his arm, instead he ended up removing the bones in his arm. This left Harry spending the night in the hospital wing, taking Skele-Gro for his arm. There was a celebration in Gryffindor Tower, Hermione after a while got tired of all the noise. She checked the clock, there was still a bit of time to go visit Filch. Hermione easily snuck out through the portrait hole unnoticed and made her way to Filch's office.

Hermione made it to his office and knocked on the door. Filch opened the door, he smiled at the sight of Hermione. Despite the smile Hermione could tell he was worn out, tired and had been crying recently. Filch motioned for Hermione to come in which she did.

"What are you dong here, shouldn't you be celebrating?" Asked Filch, "I was, but it got too noisy and besides I wanted to come visit you since it's been a while." In truth Hermione had not seen much of him since that night they found Mrs. Norris. Hermione looked at him carefully, his eyes were bloodshot with bags underneath them. "How have you been?" Filch looked at Hermione and thought about how to answer her question. He could lie and say he was fine, but after looking into the girl's eyes he couldn't.

"I've been better" replied Filch honestly. Hermione was normally not an affectionate person, but Filch was an exception. "Can I give you a hug Argus?" Filch smiled, "you don't ever have to ask Hermione." "You really miss her don't you?" Asked Hermione, who was hugging Filch while he was sitting in his chair. "I do" he replied softly then even quieter he said "and you too." They broke the hug and Hermione looked up at him "I'm sorry I haven't been around much, I've been doing research. "Research?" Filch questioned, "yes, actually I wanted to ask you.

Do you know know anything about "The Chamber of Secrets?"


Author's Note

Sorry if this chapter was boring, hope you enjoyed it regardless and as always thanks for your support.