Chapter 20 - Opening of the Chamber
As soon as we entered the castle for dinner, we were descended on by Professor McGonagall.
"Potter, Weasley, Hyde. There you are." McGonagall said sternly.
"Yes, Professor?" I asked.
"The three of you will be serving your detentions tonight. Mr. Weasley, you will be polishing the silver in the trophy room with Mr. Filch. And no magic. Miss Hyde, you will be shining the crystal balls with Professor Trelawney, you may want to ask one of your brother's to show you the way. And Mr. Potter, you will be helping Professor Lockhart answer his fan mail." McGonagall finished with the three of us gaping at him. They were the worst punishments we could get.
"Can't I go with Ron or Ash?" Harry begged. "Please not Professor Lockhart."
"Certainly not." She replied with a raised eyebrow. "Professor Lockhart requested you particularly. Eight o'clock sharp, all of you." She then walked off leaving us to go into the great hall.
"Filch'll have me there all night." Ron whined. "No magic! There must be a hundred cups in that room. I'm no good at muggle cleaning."
"I'd swap you any time." I sighed.
"Yeah." Harry agreed. "I've had loads of practice with the Dursley's. Answering Lockhart's fan mail... he'll be a nightmare."
"Who's Professor Trelawney?" Hermione asked me.
"She's the great-great-granddaughter of Cassandra Trelawney, the seer but my brother's say she's a complete fake. She's going to be bugging me all night trying to read my palm or my tea leaves." I sighed as my twin appeared behind me.
"Can I talk to you, Ash?" Allie asked.
"Sure." I replied.
"Have you been getting your post from mum and dad?" She asked.
"Yes." I replied again.
"Have you been replying?" The question continued.
"No."
"Have you been writing to Uncle Remus?"
"No."
"Not even Uncle Remus?" Allie asked incredulously.
"Not even Uncle Remus." I confirmed.
"You love Uncle Remus." Allie stated.
"Yes and?" I asked.
"So why haven't you been replying?" She asked.
"That's my business now will you do me a favour and ask Abe to find me at about half seven?" I asked.
"Why?" Allie asked. God this girl's questions were getting annoying.
"Because I have detention with Trelawney and I need him to show me where to go now will you please stop the interrogations and piss off." I said then she finally walked off. I had decided to not talk the family at all seems as they embarrassed me like they did. After dinner we went into the common room to relax before our detention. I say relax, we caught up with homework.
"Ash." Fred said coming in the portrait hole at half seven just before we were going to leave.
"Yes?" I asked.
"Ceddy Weddy is outside waiting for you." George grinned.
"Ooh, kissy wissy Ceddy Weddy! Aah!" Fred said before running back out of the portrait hole closely followed by me. Ced and Abe were both outside waiting for me. I pointed my wand at Fred.
"Densaugeo!" I yelled and Fred suddenly fell on the floor when he stood back up and you could see his teeth growing, I grinned at him while Harry and Ron came out of the whole closely followed by George. I quickly pointed my wand at George. "Furnunculus! That is the spell I did on Malfoy earlier today." I grinned at Ron and Harry as boils spread over George's face.
"What happened to your face?" Abe asked looking at my bruised cheek.
"Oh, yeah, I forgot about that. Well, this is one of those times when I can say you should see the other guy." I grinned.
"Guy?" Ced asked.
"Malfoy." Harry growled and all the Gryffindor's outside started glaring at nothing.
"You were fighting with not only a boy but the son of a death eater." Abe said incredulously.
"Fighting and won." Harry pointed out.
"And she already had a run in with Lucius Malfoy in the holidays." Ron snitched on me. I turned around to glower at him.
"Neither of those times were my fault but pissing off Lucius and kicking Draco's arse was funny as hell. And anyway he punched me. We should go visit him in the hospital wing." I grinned.
"We have to go their anyway." George mumbled.
"No can do. Detention. See you later, Ash." Harry grinned and hugged me.
"Bye, Ash." Ron grinned. "This is all your fault." He sang while hugging me.
"You drove the car into a tree, and was seen by muggle's. This is your fault." I disagreed while I started walking off to the hospital wing.
"So what did these two do to deserve this?" Abe asked looking at the twins but before George could reply I'd pulled my wand out and pointed my wand at him.
"Say one word and it will get worse, for the both of you." I warned. I looked up at Ced who just grinned at me as we got to the hospital wing. Fred and George went in first closely followed by Abe who went to threaten Malfoy for punching me. Leaving me and Ced alone.
"Remember in the summer you said the Calla Lily was your favourite flower?" Ced asked and I nodded. "Orchideous." He said and a bouquet of flowers came out of his wand. In the middle of the bouquet was a Calla Lily which he pulled out and placed in my hair. "Evanesco." He whispered tapping the bouquet leaving the Calla Lily in my hair. That was probably the most romantic thing that has ever happened to me.
"Thanks." I smiled as Abe came back out.
"He's been warned. Now, let's get you to your detention." Abe grinned while I rolled my eyes. "Hey, that's Calla Lily. Dad gets mum a bouquet of them every year on their anniversary because their favourites. They mean beautiful. Why have you got one?" Abe asked suspicious.
"One of the many things that are the same between me and mum. Calla Lilies are my favourite." I smiled as we got to Trelawney's office, they both hugged me and walked off with the nutjob that is Trelawney. I spent nearly four hours shining over a hundred crystal balls with special polish for the balls. I was on the last one when Trelawney appeared behind me, she scared the life out of me, and I nearly dropped the crystal ball.
"The second attempt for the Dark Lord to regain his body shall be thwarted by the chosen ones but the third attempt shan't share the same fate." Trelawney said in this harsh dramatic voice. "One of the chosen one's will be tainted by the darkness her ancestors strived for. The fate of the second war and the fate of the other chosen one's shall be decided by the path she takes." She started coughing then looked at me. I looked at the crystal ball had a reflection of Trelawney in it even though she wasn't near enough for it to reflect. Professor Trelawney had just made prophecy and I think it was about me. "Are you okay, my dear?" She asked.
"Yeah. I've finished." I replied while slipping the prophecy into my pocket.
"Okay, run along, my dear." Trelawney sang as I ran from the room and down the stairs. I didn't stop running until I ran into Harry, Ron and Hermione who were staring at the wall in shock.
"It's written in blood." Hermione whispered. She was looking at something shining on the wall.
THE CHAMBER OF SECRET'S HAS BEEN OPENED. ENEMIES OF THE HEIR BEWARE.
"Look at Mrs Norris." I whispered approaching the wall to look at the cat while all three of them looked at me. Just because I didn't like Filch didn't mean I don't like the cat. I like all animals. From either end of the corridor students spilled around the corners. The noise died down and everyone stood stock still as they saw Mrs Norris and the message. We stood alone in the corridor as people glared
"'Enemies of the heir beware!'" Malfoy had pushed to the front of the crowd, his eyes alive and his face grinning evilly. He'd obviously come out of the hospital wing while I was in detention. "You'll be next, Mudbloods!" He also obviously wanted to be put back in. That's when Filch appeared he saw Mrs Norris and immediately thought she was dead and because me and Harry were nearest he blamed us for her murder. He grabbed us and threatened to kill us.
"Get off of me you filthy squib." I hissed quiet enough for only Filch to hear. Then I realised what I'd said and felt really guilty. "I'm so sorry. I didn't mean that. Oh, god. I'm turning into my Grandmother Alpharine." I gasped while Dumbledore appeared.
"Everyone will proceed to their dormitories immediately!" Dumbledore orded before looking at me, Harry, Ron and Hermione. "Everyone except, you four." The other students ran off as quickly as they could leaving the four of us with Filch, Dumbledore, Snape and McGonagall.
"They killed my cat, Professor." Filch sobbed to Dumbledore.
"She's not dead, Argus." He replied softly. "Merely Petrified. But how, I do not know."
"It was them!" Filch growled pointing at me and Harry.
"No second year could have done this. It would take Dark Magic of the most advanced..." Dumbledore tried to explain but Filch cut in.
"They did it! Both of them! You saw what they wrote on the wall!" Filch hissed.
"We didn't!" I screeched becoming easily annoyed at Filch.
"We haven't touched Mrs Norris." Harry said in a calmer voice.
"Rubbish!" Filch continued hissing.
"If I might speak, Headmaster." Snape droned his boring voice. "Potter and his friends may have simply been in the wrong place at the wrong time. However we do have some rather suspicious circumstances. Why were they on this corridor? And I also don't recall seeing Potter, Weasley or Hyde at dinner."
"They had detention, Severus." McGonagall supplied for us.
"And why were you on this corridor?" Snape asked again.
"We were going back to our dorms." Harry replied.
"I ran into the three of them while I was getting back from my detention. I went for a walk because I felt a bit sick." I said.
"Me and Hermione came looking for them both after he wasn't at dinner. I was let out early." Ron continued.
"Do either of you have anything else to add?" Dumbledore asked looking mainly at Harry. The four of us remained silent while the prophecy in my pocket was feeling heavier. "You may go."
"May I speak to you, Professor?" I asked as Harry, Ron and Hermione started to walk off.
"It was you!" Filch hissed.
"I didn't petrify your bloody cat! I wouldn't know how to!" I growled.
"Follow me, Miss Hyde." Dumbledore ordered. I waved at the others while following Professor Dumbledore into an empty classroom. "What can I do for you?" He asked. I pulled the prophecy out of my pocket and handed it to him.
"Trelawney made a prophecy while I had detention. I think it's about me and I'd rather not think about it at all for a long, long, long time." I finished taking a breath. The look on Dumbledore's face was priceless. He looked shocked beyond belief and Professor Dumbledore was a man who rarely looked shocked or surprised even if he was.
"Thank you, Miss Hyde." Dumbledore said.
"Okay. Is it alright if I get back now?" I asked.
"Of course." Dumbledore replied. I thanked him then ran from the room forgetting anything about the prophecy. I decided to go outside for a run in the forbidden forest as my panther. I vowed to never tell anyone else about it or to ever do anything about it.