"Harry, Harry, Harry. Can you and Natsu think of any better way of spending detention than signing all of my fanmail?" Gilderoy laughed, signing off a picture of him flying and smiling. "Not really…." Harry muttered. Natsu stood by silent. He wasn't focusing on detention. He was more worried about where Gray was.

"Spit spot Natsu. Otherwise you'll have an extra three hours." Gilderoy tisked, lightly patting Natsu on the head with a quill. Natsu just sat still, looking at the ground. Harry sighed, looking at Natsu, then back at the photos. He knew Gray and Natsu had an interesting relationship, so he was probably shocked at Gray's sudden expulsion.

"Remember you two. Fame is a fickle friend. Celebrity is as celebrity does. Remember that." Gilderoy smiled, reaching for the next photo. Harry looked at Natsu once more, like he were zoned out. "Natsu? Are you alright?" Harry whispered. Natsu didn't say anything.

"Damn it! I shouldn't be here! Knowing that idiot, he could be anywhere doing something stupid! And in the state he's in..." Natsu gritted his teeth and clenched his fists. Harry decided to say no more and got back to his signing.

"..."

"..."

". . . . . . . . ."

"...Come….."

Harry looked up slowly, an eerie whisper filling his ears.

"...Come…"

Natsu looked up, hearing the whisper as well.

"...Come…. To me….."

Harry snapped his look at Natsu. Natsu snapped his look at Harry. They both knew the other heard the whisper. Harry nodded at Natsu, who nodded back. "Are you two alright?" The boys snapped back at Gilderoy, who looked at Natsu, then at Harry.

"W-Wait…. You didn't hear the voice…?" Harry asked. "What voice?" Gilderoy asked, looking around. "I-I heard it too…" Natsu muttered softly. "Oh, well I didn't hear anything… You two must be getting drowsy. Heh. And no wonder! Look at the time! We've nearly been at this for four hours!" Natsu and Harry gave a look, wondering how Gilderoy found this alright. "Spooky how time flies when one is having fun." Gilderoy chuckled. "Spooky…." Harry muttered, looking around the room.

"You definitely heard something right?" Harry asked Natsu as they marched out of detention. "Yeah. Something's definitely wrong." Natsu sighed, looking around the hallway.

"I smell blood….."

Both of the boys stopped and looked around the hall. "Did you hear that?" Harry asked. "Definitely." Natsu confirmed, looking around. "It happened last year, but I thought it was just me!" Natsu jabbered. "What? Last year?! When was that?" Harry asked. "I-I don't know…! But it was just whispers, and I only heard it, so I thought is was just me!"

"I smell blood….. Let me rip you…."

Both of the boys slowly looked to the wall and slowly walked towards the wall. They walked against the wall, ears dragging against the icey cold stone.

"Let me kill you….."

Both of them walked faster and faster and faster down the hallway, listening to the whispers of the darkness.

"Kill….kill…..! Kill! KILL!"

"Harry! Natsu!" Both the boys jumped and gasped. "Did you guys here it too?" Natsu panted. "...Hear what?" Ron asked, confused. "T-The voices! A-And the slithering, and the threats!" Natsu stuttered. "Natsu, are you alright? I know Gray being expelled must have hit hard for you, but hearing voices?" Hermione asked, concerned for her house mate. "N-No, Natsu's right! We heard it in Lockhart's office, and then again just…"

"Hisssahhhh…. Lahhhhsiiiii"

Harry and Natsu looked at each other in horror, then bolted down the fire lit hall. "Harry! Natsu! What's gotten into you?!" Hermione yelled after them. "It's on the move! It's going to kill!" Harry yelled back, no time to turn around. "Wait, kill?!" Ron repeated, following behind them. "Guys wait! Not so fast!" Hermione ran after them, lagging behind a bit.

Natsu skid around the corner on one foot, a blaze of dust following his skid. Suddenly he stopped and looked around, the other three stopping behind him. "Natsu, what's wrong?" Harry asked. "I hear crawling…." He muttered. "Crawling?" Ron repeated.

The three followed Natsu, his eyes closed, concentration on the sound. Suddenly he stopped, halting the other three behind him. "Down there." Natsu pointed at the ground. Right underneath the window, a firm line of baby spiders crawling out of the window into the forest outside.

"Spiders?" Harry muttered, watching the spiders crawl out. "Spiders don't usually act like this…" Hermione whispered. "I don't like spiders..." Ron cringed. The four of them looked back to where the line began, noticing a red blur in the clean marble of the floor. "What is that?" Ron gasped, the four looking up at the wall. There, up on the wall was a message written in blood, the stain semi dry. Natsu gasped.

"Enemies of the Heir…. Beware?" Hermione read aloud. Natsu stuttered, unable to speak. "Natsu, what's wrong?" Harry asked. "T-this handwriting….." The three other students looked at the message, then back at Natsu. "I-It's….."

Before Natsu could continue, Natsu sharply looked to the left as he smelt something dead. "Oh no….." Natsu whispered, slowly walking towards what he saw. Everyone gasped at what was there. "Filch's cat…." Natsu gagged, watching the lifeless cat spin in mid air, tail hanging from the touch holder.

A thousand footsteps could be heard coming down the hallway. The four students looked around, noticing that the entire school had now seen the message and the cat. Lucy pushed through the crowd, and gasped at the message. "Oh no…." She gagged. Gajeel tisked and gritted. "What is this idiot doing?" He thought. Colin slowly lifted up his camera, wanting to take a photo, only for one of the students to push his camera down.

"Natsu, what's going on?" Lucy demanded, only for Natsu unable to say anything.

"Enemies of the Heir beware?" Draco read outloud. He looked at Hermione, a glint in his eye. "You're next mudbloods." He sneered at Hermione. "Out of my way! Janitor coming through!" Filch pushed his way through the crowd up to the confused Harry. "Potter?" Harry gulped, unable to say anything. "What are you…" Then Filch saw it. The thing that they didn't want Filch to see the most.

His eyes widened with grief and sadness, mixed with shock and anger. "Mrs Norris…?" The cat hung there, not even capable of moving a finger from its paw. He then looked at Harry, certain that he did something. "You killed her…." He whispered. Harry shook his head in denial. "YOU KILLED MY CAT!" He howled, grabbing Harry by the collar. "I'll kill you…. I'LL KILL YOU!" He yelled, his tone full of hate.

"Argus!" A firm call echoed down the hallway. Everyone gasped and looked at the source of the sound. The students automatically made a path for the wise wizard Dumbledore. Following behind him were the teachers. Wendy put her hands up to her mouth, shocked at the sight. Levy and Mira ran up, catching up to the other teachers. They flinched back, shocked at what was on the wall. "What's going on?! Why are all of you loitering in the hallway?!" Erza demanded, the students avoiding her gaze.

Finally, she looked at the message and gasped. The fairies didn't know what to do. They all knew it was Gray's handwriting… What happened to him?

"Everyone. Proceed to your dormitories immediately…" Everyone began to make their way to their dormitories without a second thought. "Except…" Everyone stopped and looked at Dumbledore, wondering who Dumbledore wanted to see.

"Lucy, Gajeel, Natsu, Harry, Hermione, and Ron."

"E-Eh? Why me? I don't know anything!" Lucy pointed herself, not knowing why Dumbledore wanted to talk to her. "Yeah, I don't know a thing about this. Don't know why you need me." Gajeel shrugged. "You will see me. Everyone else may go." Everyone murmured as they left to their dormitories.

"Why do you want to see us Professor?" Lucy asked. Dumbledore simply held up his hand, signalling Lucy to wait. "Mrs Norris isn't dead Argus. She is simply petrified." Dumbledore explained, his voice calm. "Ah, thought so. So unlucky I wasn't there. I know the exact counter curse that could have spared her."

Everyone looked at Lockhart with an unconvinced look. Lockhart suddenly avoided their eyes and looked back at the cat and the wall. "But how she was petrified, I do not know…" Dumbledore muttered. "Ask him. It's him who done it! You saw what he wrote on the wall!" Filch accused, pointing at Harry. "No, it wasn't me! I swear! I never touched Mrs Norris I swear!" Harry said, defending himself.

"Rubbish!" Filch yelled. "If I may headmaster, maybe Potter and his friends were at the wrong place at the wrong time." Snape interrupted. The students looked at each other in surprise. Professor Snape, defending them?!

"Although… the circumstances are suspicious. I did not see Potter at dinner. Or Mister Dragneel…" Snape deducted, a quick glare to Natsu. "Ah, I can fill that in Snape. They were both serving detention with me." Gilderoy explained, clearing the boys' names. "That's why Ron and I went looking for them Professor." Hermione blurted, Snape turning to Hermione. "We'd just found them, when the said…" Hermione turned to the boys, not sure if they wanted to tell the truth or not about the voices. "Yes, Miss Granger?" Snape asked, intrigued.

"Th-that… we weren't hungry…" Harry muttered. "Y-Yeah. We weren't hungry…" Natsu agreed. Snape stared at Natsu for a while, humming as he walked up to Natsu. "Mister Potter I believe, but for you Mister Dragneel, I've seen you down full pigs and chickens… How can you say you aren't hungry?" He interrogated. "W-Well… uh…" Natsu sweated. "Innocent until proven guilty Professor Snape." Dumbledore reminded Snape, causing him to back off a bit.

"My cat's been petrified! I demand some punishment!" Filch yelled, tears beginning to roll down his face. "We will be able to cure her Argus. As I understand it, Professor Sprout has a healthy growth of mandrake. When matured, a potion will be made which will revive Mrs Norris." Dumbledore explained calmly, Filch calming down. "And in the meantime, I strongly recommend caution to all." Dumbledore warned, Harry, Ron, and Hermione nodding.

After the three Gryffindors and Filch left for the night, Makarov, who had been standing there quietly, exploded in rage.

"HOW COULD YOU BRATS LET HIM ESCAPE! YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH HIM AT THE MOMENT, THE LEAST YOU COULD DO WAS FIND HIIIIIM!" Makarov yelled with an angry dance to go with it. "Now now master. We were all investigating, they were doing their best." Mira reminded him.

"So Gray was the one who wrote this?" Erza hummed. "It's definitely his handwriting. No doubt about that…." Levy told them examining the writing. "But that's impossible. We've said nothing about the Chamber of Secrets." McGonagall told them. "The Chamber of Secrets? What's that?" Natsu asked, tilting his head. "Hold on! It says right there and you didn't ask then?!" Lucy yelled at him.

"But he's right. What is the Chamber of Secrets?" Wendy asked. Dumbledore once again held up his hand. "All will be revealed at a better time. But for now, we must find Mister Fullbuster before a student finds him." Erza agreed with a nod. "The three of you will try find him. The four of us will continue teaching. Make sure you don't let him escape again. Am I clear…?" She scolded. "Y-Yes ma'am…" The three remaining students muttered, looking at the ground. "As of now, let us be careful. Be prepared." Dumbledore warned on last time, before retiring for the night.

As the groups left for the night, two shadowy figures watched from the end of the corridor. One was small, the other one, slightly taller. As soon as they all left, the two left the corridor through the other way, walking in darkness.

"Things are going well, don't you think?"

"Yes, I agree."

"So, who's the lucky victim?"

"He said the blond one will do nicely."

"I see. And it will bring a great opportunity to fight him."

Both of them chuckled, before disappearing down the Fifth Corridor, disappearing for the night.