Chapter 20: Double, Double Toil and Trouble

In the Chamber of Secrets a month later,

"Do we HAVE to?" Ron groaned.

"Yes." Harry told him.

Ron held up something disgusting while making a face.

"I think I'm going to be sick." He said.

"Would you like me to play your part?" Ginny asked.

"Please." Ron said.

"Do you know his lines?" Hermione asked.

"Yes." Ginny stated.

"Why are we quoting Shakespeare when we don't have to?" Neville asked.

"Make things more interesting." Harry told him as Luna got a video camera going.

"What are you doing?" Harry asked.

"Don't worry." Luna said. "I'm not recording yet. Harry. Make yourself look more like a girl."

"Excuse me?"

"That way you can be disguised." Neville said.

Harry closed his eyes and his hair grew past his shoulders and his scar disappeared.

"Better?" he asked.

"Get your voice to a higher pitch and perfect." Luna said.

"Better?" Harry repeated in a high voice.

"Perfect." Luna said. "And….action!"

(A/N: I do not own what they are saying. That goes to William Shakespeare. You can find this in Macbeth Act IV Scene i)

(Harry, Ginny, Hermione)

"Thrice the brinded cat hath mewed"

"Thrice, and once the hedge-pig whined."

"Harpier cries, "'Tis time, 'tis time."

"Round about the cauldron go,

In the poisoned entrails throw.

Toad, that under cold stone

Days and nights has thirty-one

Sweltered venom sleeping got,

Boil thou first i' th' charemèd pot."

"Double, double toil and trouble,

Fire burn and cauldron bubble."

"Fillet of a fenny snake,

In the cauldron boil and bake.

Eye of newt and toe of frog,

Wool of bat and tongue of dog,

Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting,

Lizard's leg and owlet's wing,

For a charm of powerful trouble,

Like a hell-broth boil and bubble."

"Double, double toil and trouble,

Fire burn and cauldron bubble."

"Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf,

Witches' mummy, maw and gulf

Of the ravined salt-sea shark,

Root of hemlock digged I' th' dark,

Liver of blaspheming Jew,

Gall of goat and slips of yew

Slivered in the moon's eclipse,

Nose of Turk and Tartar's lips,

Figer of birth-strangled babe

Ditch-delivered by a drab,

Make the gruel thick and slab.

Add thereto a tiger's chaudron,

For the ingredients of our cauldron.

"Double, double toil and trouble,

Fire burn and cauldron bubble."

"Cool it with a baboon's blood,

Then the charm is firm and good."

"And cut!" Luna said. "Wonderful job ladies."

Harry gave her a death glare as he reverted back to his normal self.

"And gentleman." Ron added.

"That is SO disgusting." Neville said looking at the cauldron.

"And now, the horcrux." Harry said holding the locket by the chain.

"Are you SURE this will work?" Hermione asked.

"Not really." Harry voiced. "But we're desperate."

He started to place the necklace in the potion, but stopped.

"Guys." He said. "I'm not sure what this will do. I think our best bet is for you lot to leave the chamber. Use the new exist. Wait for me up in the bathroom. If I'm not out in an hour, tell Mum and Dad everything."

"Harry…" Ginny started.

"Go." Harry told her.

After they left, he dropped the necklace into the potion.

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Lily and James were asleep when all of a sudden the castle started shaking during an explosion.

"What the…?" James asked.

"WE'RE BEING ATTACKED!" Peeves screamed.

"Students are to remain in their common rooms. Teachers are to report to the Great Hall immediately." Dumbledore's voice came over an intercom.

"Let's go." Lily said to her husband as they put on night robes.

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In the Great Hall,

"What happened?" Every teacher was asking Dumbledore.

"QUIET!" Dumbledore said placing his wand to his throat.

The hall went silent.

"Severus?" He asked turning to Snape. "Did Voldemort say anything about an attack on Hogwarts?"

"Nothing." Snape said just as confused.

"I propose we search the grounds. We'll allow the ghosts to help."

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In Moaning Myrtle's bathroom,

"LET ME GO!" Ginny yelled as her brother and Neville were holding her trying to keep her from jumping back in the chamber.

"He said…" Ron said

"…To wait." Neville finished.

It was only because of the seriousness of Harry's tone that the rest of the group wasn't jumping in.

"Ooohh." Peeves said in a tattle-tale like way when he entered. "Students are not supposed to be out of bed."

"What do you want Peeves?" Myrtle asked.

"The ghosts are supposed to help look for intruders." Peeves told her. "There might be a battle."

"What?" Ginny asked in shock. It was too soon.

"C'mon Myrtle." Peeves said as he flew out of the bathroom to tattle on the kids.

"Ohhh." Myrtle sighed as she floated out of the bathroom.

Suddenly, the door to the Chamber opened and Harry stumbled out choking on smoke.

"Harry!" Ginny exclaimed as she ran to her crush's side.

Harry's response was only coughing.

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Later that morning,

"What on earth caused this?" Pomfrey asked as she started to tend to a still coughing Harry.

The gang only shrugged.

"What were you kids doing out of bed?" Lily asked them.

"We….we were….." Ron started to think of a lie.

"They were with me." Neville said. "They were tutoring me in Potions. I guess when Harry was cleaning up, something exploded."

The gang was impressed. Neville had come up with a convincing lie that Lily Potter actually bought.

"Hmm." Madame Pomfrey thought as Harry continued coughing and she was holding a potion.

"Let me." Lily said whipping out her wand. "I was a healer during the first war."

She sat down on the side of Harry's bed and pointed her wand at his chest.

"Clarus" she said.

A white light was absorbed into his chest. His coughs didn't subside, but they did weaken.

"Thanks." He managed to gasp hoarsely.

"We'll talk about this later." Lily told him as the school nurse handed him the potion.

"okay." He whispered.

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That afternoon,

"Did it work?" Harry asked Ginny who was visiting. Madame Pomfrey hadn't let him out of her sight.

"I don't know." She told him. "Snape had been called by Voldemort last night after the potion had been made. I think that's a good sign."

"If it caught Voldemort's attention, then probably." Harry whispered hoarsely. All that coughing had really hurt his throat.

"It's a good thing you mastered nonverbal." Ginny teased.

"Good afternoon." James said as he and Lily entered.

"Hey." Harry whispered.

"Peeves said that you were out of bed during an attack." Lily told her son.

"There wasn't an attack." Harry stated still hoarse. "I was…cleaning up a potion and it exploded on me."

"Are you okay?" Lily asked him.

"Besides the fact I've practically lost my voice," Harry said pointing to his throat. "I've been worse."

Suddenly, Harry's scar started to burn.

"OW." He said placing a hand on his scar.

"Harry?" Lily asked "What's wrong?"

Harry didn't answer. His world spun and went black.

TBC