Chapter five: A New Seeker
Chapter five: A New Seeker
Finally Saturday morning arrived, Sierra, and Hermione waited for Ron and Harry but only Ron came down and said Harry had an early morning quidditch practice. So the three of them headed downstairs for breakfast and after they would head down to the quidditch pitch to wait for Harry. They brought some breakfast for him.
They arrived and saw him and Sierra asked, "Hey how's it going?" she said handing him the toast and drink.
"Terrible," Harry said.
"Hey, Oliver. I don't recall you inviting Slytherin's to today's practice did you?" Angelina asked.
"No, why?" asked Oliver.
"Because they're coming onto the field right now." George said.
Harry went to join his team while Sierra, Ron, and Hermione sat on the bench.
"What do you want Flint? I booked the field especially for Gryffindor today." Wood said.
"Hold your pants on Wood, we have a note." Flint said and Wood took it.
"You have a new seeker? Who?" Wood asked. At that Sierra, Ron, and Hermione came over.
"Oh, look a field invasion." Flint said. "Oh to answer your question it's Draco Malfoy who is my new Seeker.
"What? Malfoy the new seeker?" Sierra asked in shock.
"Yeah, half breed. I'm the new seeker and look what a generous gift my father gave to the team." He said.
"Well, at least no one on the Gryffindor team had to buy their way in, they got in on pure talent." Hermione said.
"No one asked for your opinion you filthy little Mudblood." Malfoy said and a roar from the Gryffindor team and from Ron and Sierra came up.
"Malfoy! I told you what I'd do to you the next time you called Hermione that." Ron said and raised his wand. Sierra tried to stop him for his wand could back fire but Ron wouldn't listen. He said "eat slugs Malfoy." He tried to casts the spell but it back fired and flew him backwards. Harry, Sierra, and Hermione ran to him.
"Ron are you all right?" Hermione asked. Over the Slytherin's laughter which was really making Sierra angry and she turned around and said, "Doesn't your team have practice or are you just going to gloat?"
"I think we'll just stand here and laugh we've haven't had a good laugh yet this year and this takes the cake." Flint said.
"Common Sierra we need to get Ron to Hagrids, he'll know what to do." Harry said and the four of them left in a hurry. They reached Hagrids hut and when they reached Harry told them to hid behind the bush for Lockhart was coming out of his hut. They waited until he was clear out of sight and then went to knock on Hagrids door.
Hagrid let them in and Harry and Hermione set Ron on the couch and gave him a bucket. Sierra sat beside him. When Hagrid saw that Ron was belching up slugs he asked.
"Who was Ron trying to curse any way?" Hagrid asked.
"Malfoy, that over grown pig head, who bought his way on to the Slytherin team, called Hermione a Mudblood. Although Malfoy was for warned by Ron that he'd curse him but his wand back fired and hit himself instead." Sierra answered quickly.
The five of them talked a while and then they decided to head up to the school and have lunch. McGonagall stopped the four of them as they entered the great hall.
"There you two are," McGonagall said to Ron and Harry. "You will be serving your detentions tonight. Ron you'll be cleaning the trophys with no magic and Harry you'll be helping Professor Lockhart answer his fan mail." with that she walked off.
Harry and Ron groaned. Both of them had detentions with the two they both disliked. As the day seem to slip away he and Ron left the common room and went to their detentions. While Hermione and Sierra did homework.
Finally Harry came back to the common room from his detentions and sat by Sierra. Who looked at him and said "What's the matter with you?"
"When I was in detention with Lockhart I heard something that Lockhart didn't seem to hear. It was like it was inside the walls, it was saying Come... come to me... Let me rip you ... let me tear you... let me kill you." Harry finished.
"That's wierd a voice only you can hear." Hermione said thoughtfully.
"What is the only voice that only Harry hears and no one else can't?" Sierra asked and with that they went to bed with their head buzzing with questions.
Sierra after a while in bed shot straight up and shouted to Hermione "That's it, it's got to be it!"
"What?" Hermione asked.
"Harry's a Parselmouth. There are some wizard who can speak it but not all, I know because my godfather is one. That's wierd it can only get passed down from family not unknown strangers."
"Well, we'll tell Harry in the morning right now we need sleep," Hermione said.
Chapter 6: The Chamber of Secrets?
Hermione and Sierra hurried downstairs to meet Harry and Ron. Sierra then began to tell Harry what he was.
"Harry, last night I had a great knowledge come to me on why you can hear voices that some Wizards can't. Your a Parselmouth." Sierra finished.
"A what?" Harry asked.
"A Parselmouth someone who can talk to snakes. The bad part of it is that's what Salazar Slytherin was known for and that's why the Slytherin house is a Serpent." Sierra answered.
"How do you know this?" Ron asked.
"Honestly Ron, you don't think I can live in a household of Slytherin and not know about its history or its ancestory do you. My dad made me learn it even though I hated it." Sierra answered.
"Well, know that we figured it out we should probably head to breakfast so we're not late for class." Harry said, who did not want another detention with Lockhart.
The four of them went downstairs to the great hall and ate their breakfast. After breakfast the day went by way to fast for the four of them before they knew it, it was time for the Halloween feast. On their way down the marble staircase Harry stopped them.
"What is it?" asked Sierra.
"That voice again. It's on the move to kill." Harry answered. "Follow me" and the three had no choice but to and they ended up on the second floor corridor and in the corner of the hallway was Mrs. Norris and Harry looked up and pointed on the wall next to her and the three looked up and read...
THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS HAS BEEN OPENED. ENEMIES OF THE HEIR BEWARE.
"You'll be the next mudbloods," the four turned and saw Draco Malfoy and other students who just entered the corridor. Draco Malfoy was looking at Hermione when he said that and Sierra just glared at him. Then Mr. Filch came, "my cat, my cat, you killed my cat" he said to Harry.
"Argus!" Shouted the headmaster. "Students please return to you dormitories. All but you four, " he pointed to Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Sierra. "She's not dead Argus." Dumbledore said. "Just petrified." The four exchanged looks in shock however Severus glared at the four of them. "Also, no second year could have done this."
"If I may ask why weren't you four at the feast?" asked Snape.
"We weren't hungry." Harry said rather quickly before the others could.
"Really?" Sneered snape.
"Enough Severus." Dumbledore said. "You four may go up to your common room, I address you all to be careful." he said with his blue eyes glazing at the four of them.
The four left quietly and headed into the common room and sat in their favorite spot by the fire. They were discussing about the past events but none of them could figure out who or what did that to Mrs. Norris.
Chapter Seven: The Legend
The next day at lunch the four had agreed to get a book note and start getting the Polyjuice potion ready to interegate Malfoy. They had Professor Lockhart class after lunch and decided to ask him after class.
They arrived in the classroom and Professor Lockhart dragged Harry in front of the classroom.
"Now, today I want to discuss my defeat of the Wagga Wagga Werewolf. Harry here is going to help me demonstrate. " Said Lockhart and Sierra groaned.
"Now I need a nice loud howl, Harry - exactly- and then, if you'll believe it, I pounced- like this- slammed him to the floor - thus- with one hand , I managed to hold him down - with my other, I put my hand to his throat- I then screwed up my reamaining strength and performed the immensely complex Homorphus Charm- he let out a piteous moan- go on, Harry- higher than that- good- the fur vanished - the fangs shrank and he turned back into a man."
Finally the bell rang and Lockhart got to his feet "Homework- wirte a poem about my defeat of the Wagga Wagga Werewolf."
"Nice job, Harry you really could pull of a werewolf real nicely." Sierra said sarcastically.
"Shut- up, are we ready?" he asked.
"We're waiting till everyone is gone to be sure." Hermione answered. The class had left and the four went up to Professor Lockhart and Hermione started to ask "Er- Professor Lockhart, I need to get a book from the library for a bit of background reading. It would help me a lot in understanding the venoms in Gadding with Ghouls."
"Sure I'd be happy to sign it. I'm sure they won't mind me giving the best student of the year a little extra to help. Here you go." Lockhart said.
"Thanks Professor." Hermione said.
With that the four of them left the classroom before Lockhart could talk anymore.
"So how did you like the lesson Sierra?" asked Ron.
"Rubbish, no one man could take on a fully grown werewolf especially a wimp like him. I mean I should know right?" Sierra asked.
The four were heading to the last class of the afternoon. Which was potions they were going to be a little late but they also had Lockhart give them a note for their lateness. As they walked into the room Malfoy let out a wolf howl. Sierra glared at him and took her seat.
"Thank you Malfoy for letting me know that the stragglers have arrived. Ten points from Gryffindor for being late." Said Snape.
" We have a note Professor." Sierra said and Hermione took it out and handed it to him.
"Very well, the points still stand." Snape said.
The four found seats as far from Snape as possible and the Professor continued with class. The bell rang, "HOMEWORK! Please give me a two piece parchment on what the wolfsbane potion does and what its effects are." Snape said.
"Finally just Transfiguration left." Sierra said. " It seems like the day dragged on forever."
" I know what you mean." Ron said.
The four walked into the Transfiguration room slowly and found their original seats. Like always Ron was seated with Hermione, and Harry seated with Sierra. After a few minutes listeninig to Professor Mcgonagall Hermione raised her hand.
"Yes Ms. Granger?" Mcgonagall asked.
"I was wondering if you could tell about the Chamber of Secrets?" Hermione asked.
At this question everyone put their quills down and gave Professor Mcgonagall their undevided attention.
"As you all know," the Professor began. " That Hogwarts was founded by four greatest witches and wizards of the age. That the four houses are of course named by them, Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Slazar Slytherin. They built this castle together, feared by common people, and witches and wizards suffered much persecution. For a few years, the founders worked in harmony together, seeking out youngsters who showed signs of magic and bringing them up to the castle to be educated. But then disagreements sprang up bwtween them. A rift began to grow bwtween Slytherin and the toehrs. Slytherin wished to be more selective aobut the students admitted to Hogwarst. He believed that magical learning should be kept within all magic families. He disliked taking students of Muggle parentage, believing them to be untrust worthy. After a while, there was a serious argument on the subject bwtween Slytherin and Gryffindor, and Slytherin left the school."
"Now we know why there are such rivalry between Gryffindors and Slytherins," Sierra whispered to Harry, and he nodded in agreement.
Professor Mcgonagall continued, "The story goes that Slytherin had built a hidden chamber in the castle, of which the other founders knew nothing. Slytherin, according to the legend, sealed the Chamber of SEcrets so that none would be able to open it until his own true heir arrived at the school. The heir alone would be able to unseal the CHamber of Secrets, unleaseh the horr within, and use it to purge the school of all who were unworthy to study magic." Professor Mcgonagall.
"Muggle borns," whispered Hermione. Mcgonagall nodded. Sierra turned and looked at Malfoy who sat there grinning. The bell rang and the students got up and went to go and spend the rest of the day doing homework. Only Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Sierra went to go to the library to get the book that they needed to interogate Malfoy. They got the book and went back to the common room. Once they entered they found an empty corner and opened to the page to look at the Poly Juice Potion. Hermione found it and said, "This is the most complicated potion I've ever seen. It's going to take us at least a month to make it. We need Lace wing flies, lecehed,fluxweed, and knotgrass those will be easy enough to get but we need powdered horn of a bicorn, shredded skin of boomslang skin and of course a bit of who we are changing into." Hermione finsihed.
"A month?" Sierra asked even though she would not be able to do it with them. She needed to go home for the Holidays Sirius said so.
"We know you won't be able to join us Sierra, but that's just it isn't it. Malfoy could've attacked half the muggle-borns by then. But it's the best solution that we have, so I guess that will have to do." Ron said.
"I hate it, I don't get to join you guys with anything. The sorcerer's stone was just lucky I wasn't one then." Sierra murmered.
"We understand Sierra." Hermione said in a comfortable way. Sierra smiled at her.