Chapter nineteen
The time was passing slow. With the improved security privacy didn't really exist anymore. The five friends and the twins decided to prank the whole school to lift the spirits a bit. The whole castle looked depressed and the twins couldn't have that. So they cornered the five one evening
"Hey you five"
"What do you think of"
"pulling a prank on the whole school?" they asked twin speaking.
It took the others a moment before they understood what the twins had said. When they finally got it, they nodded. Ginny got a mischievous sparkling in her eye and came up with a plan.
A week later the prank was set in motion. Everyone who passed through the door in the Great Hall got a different colour hair. There was purple, orange, yellow, blue and green. Even the teachers' hair had changed colour. The hair wouldn't turn back to normal the whole day, so the school was coloured cheerfully that day, exactly how they wanted it. Off course this was only part one of the prank. Halfway through dinner a scream came from the Hufflepuff table. Everyone looked at that table and they saw that all the food had transformed into badgers and that they were all going towards the Head table. Soon the food on all the other tables did the same. Snakes for Slytherin, tiny lions for Gryffindor and tiny eagles for Ravenclaw. All the animals went to the Head Table and sought a place on or around it. All at the same time the animals started making their sound. It soon changes into a nice rhythm . The animals sang their song and everyone laughed. For once the attacks are forgotten as they all laugh together.
At breakfast, a month after the prank, a letter from Tonks arrived that had Harry smiling the whole day. They had decided to keep Remus and Tonks' relationship a secret for now, so she had to be very careful.
Hey bro,
I'm pretty sure you are all bouncy after this letter. You would take after your uncle if you did so. He was pretty excited. You should have seen him. It was so funny. But anyway, the reason he was so bouncy is that I'm taking you all on a holiday! I thought it would be fun and I wanted to show my little bro the coast. Off course I had to take your uncle then and I couldn't very well let my own boyfriend behind, could I?( He was happy I was taking him too) We're going away for two weeks after the first week. How does that sound?
See you soon little brother,
Dora.
Harry jumped up and hugged Ginny who sat next to him.
"What's going on Harry?" Ginny asked, blushing and laughing at the same time. Harry just jumped up and down with the letter in his hands. In the end Hermione managed to snatch the letter from his hands. She gave the letter to Ron after she finished reading and started to hug Harry.
"You're going to the coast!" She almost screamed. "You're going on a holiday, for the first time!"
Harry nodded and hugged her to. Soon everyone was hugging and laughing at Harry's antics. Professor McGonagall came down from the Head table and asked what was going on.
"Dora is taking me on a holiday aunt Minerva." Harry said and in his happiness he didn't notice he had just called her aunt Minerva, In front of the entire school. McGonagall smiled to. The boy was far too happy to be bothered at the moment and it wasn't like everyone had caught that slip up. They were all too busy eating or smiling at the boy's excitement.
Professor Dumbledore on the other hand had heard it. Harry and is friends were sitting close to the Head table so it was hard to miss it. He had wondered for a long time who the other adult in the family was. He had thought it could be Dora's boyfriend for a while, but in all their letters a boyfriend was never mentioned. He had never thought it could be Minerva. Now he knew who that person was, but the discovery hadn't made him happier. And he also wanted to know what all the fuss was about. He had only heard Harry's slip up and had missed the rest of the conversation, now he wished he had been paying closer attention.
Dora had been right. Harry was bouncing the whole day after that. No one could get him to stop. His friends had tried several times, but it didn't work. Harry was just too happy. Dumbledore decided to ask what had him so happy at dinner.
"Harry my boy, would you tell me what has you jumping up and down?" He asked.
Harry just smiled at him. "Dora is taking us on a vacation in the summer professor." He answered. He went back to eating without looking further at Dumbledore, who returned to his seat. At least he now knew what had the boy so excited, but he couldn't think of a way to turn it in his favour.
The five friends continued researching in the library. They hadn't had any success so far, but they continued anyway.
"What did sir Nicholas tell you again Harry?" Hermione asked for what felt like the tenth time.
"He told me that the Heir of Slytherin was opening the chamber, but that that wasn't right since that person should have passed on a long time ago." Harry said sighing, he had told the story many times now and it hadn't helped them one single time!
"This person can't possibly be human." Ron said, half joking
. "That's it!" Hermione screamed.
"Off course." Harry said. "Why didn't we think of that earlier?"
Ginny nodded, catching on too. Ron and Neville just looked confused.
"sir Nicholas said that that person should have passed on a long time ago. Which means that he should have died a long time ago." Hermione started explaining.
"And that means it isn't one of the students. Cause I can't think of someone who survived something that should have killed them a long time ago." Harry said. Everyone was looking at him. "Okay, except for myself then." He added.
"It isn't one of the teachers either, cause if it was one of them, why only open it now?" Ginny added.
"But who is it then?" Ron asked.
Suddenly Neville's face lit up. "You said it yourself Ron. This person isn't human." He said.
"But what can it….." Ron's voice trailed away.
Harry nodded. "Yes, we think it could be the diary."
"but that means someone has to be writing in it. The diary must be possessing someone." Ginny added.
"but how can someone put this information in a diary, unless…" Hermione started searching for something on the shelves. The other's looked at her, not really understanding what she was looking for.
In the meantime Harry was conversing with Hogwarts.
"I think I found something useful Harry." Hogwarts said. "I believe the Chamber has been opened before. Around fifty years ago. The culprit was never found, but Hagrid got the blame for it. It's the reason that he got expelled. He was framed for it by someone called Tom Riddle. Tom Riddle got an award for it. I believe you know this person." Hogwarts showed him an anagram with the letters Tom Marvolo Riddle, she rearranged them into: I am Lord Voldemort.
Harry gasped. "Why didn't you tell me earlier?" He asked Hogwarts.
"Because I wasn't able to talk to someone before you. I was just a castle back then. I couldn't even see everything, only when I shifted my attention to it. It is difficult to explain my young heir, but I'm much stronger now. I think you should tell you friends what I told you, they look a bit worried."
"Sorry guys, I was talking to Hogwarts, but she had some information." Harry told his friends.
"Was it useful?" Ron asked.
Harry nodded. "Yes the Chamber has been opened before, around fifty years ago." He proceeded to tell them what Hogwarts had told him. When he looked at them he noticed their jaws were hitting the floor.
"Do you think it is him again?" Hermione asked.
Harry nodded. "I'm almost sure of it."
"Wait a moment, if the chamber has been opened before. Do you think there could be records of it?" Ginny asked.
Hermione shot up and returned a while later with a thick book.
"What is that for book?" Neville asked.
"It's a book with information regarding all the awards the school has given. I suppose we could find Tom Riddle in here." Hermione explained.
"Here." She said after a while. "Tom Marvolo Riddle was offered an award for finding the monster that has attacked people and killed one girl named Myrtle." Hermione read.
"Where did I hear that name before?" Harry asked.
At that moment the Grey Lady joined them. "In this castle is a ghost called Moaning Myrtle. This is the Myrtle you are looking for. I'll sent her to you." She spoke.
"Thank you Lady Ravenclaw." Harry answered.
A while later Moaning Myrtle joined them. They understood immediately why she was called Moaning Myrtle. She was sad the whole time and easily offended. It took them over an hour, but eventually they managed to get Myrtle's story about how she had died. It wasn't very helpful though, until Neville came with a brilliant idea.
"The entrance to the chamber must be in that bathroom!" he exclaimed.
"You're a genius Neville!" Harry said.
"Thank you." Neville said shyly.
"Wait where are the girls?" Ron asked.
Harry looked around, indeed the girls were missing.
"They said something about going to the bathroom." Neville mentioned.
"Harry you must be quick. Something terrible has happened."
A/N: Yeah, it's coming to it's head. They know where the Chamber is and something has happened. Anyone can guess what? And has someone an idea who is opening the Chamber? Let me know.
As some of you may have noticed, I have changed the summary of the story and the characters. That's because the story is turning out different then when I first started to write.
I also have several questions for y'all:
1. Should I make Dumbledore dark or not?
2. Should I write a sequel for third year or just continue in this story?
please r&r!
