September 1, 1992
I'm leaving in 40 minutes. I'm going back! I can't wait to get back to the castle! I'm on the train. I wonder where Harry and Ron are...I'm in a compartment with Neville and Ginny. She's really nervous, but nice. I'm really wondering where they are. Maybe they missed the train? I don't know. Oh, the food trolley's here. I'm rather nervous. What if they did miss the train? But, wait, Harry's got an owl! He can just send Professor McGonagall a message saying that they can't get through the barrier.
September 2, 1992
Why, they FLEW Mr. Weasleys Ford Anglia! I can't believe it! They were seen! By seven muggles! They could've been expelled! They almost were, in fact. They risked the exposure of our world! I can't believe it! Ron got a Howler from his mum. Serves him right, flying to Hogwarts!
September 3, 1992
I reckon Ron's been punished enough. With the Howler, I mean. Ginny is in Gryffindor. Good for her. That makes the whole Weasley family Gryffindors. We were in Greenhouse Three today. Professor Sprout showed us how to repot Mandrakes. Mandrake-or Mandragora-is a plant, which will restore the petrified to their original state. Its cry is fatal to anyone who hears it. Professor Sprout awarded me 10 points for that. While these mandrakes were only seedlings, their cry could still knock you out for several hours. Neville fainted. Today was our first lesson with Lockhart. He passed out a quiz. It had 54 questions about him. Having read all of his books, I got full marks! I was the only one! Then he showed us a covered cage and said that the thing inside it was probably the most dangerous thing we'd ever meet. They were Cornish pixies. They turned the whole classroom upside down! At the end of the lesson, Lockhart told us to just nip the rest of them back in their cage. Ron and Harry criticized him all the way back to the common room, but I think he was just trying to give us a practical lesson.
September 5, 1992
The Gryffindor team got up at the crack of dawn today to practice. Ron and I went to breakfast in the Great Hall. Later we went to the pitch and saw that the Slytherin team was there. They've got a new player, Malfoy. At least the people on the Gryffindor team didn't have to buy their way in. They got in on pure talent. I told that to Malfoy and ha called me a Mudblood. That means dirty blood. Ron took out his broken wand (Since he and Harry crashed into the Whomping Willow, it's been broken.) and said: Eat slugs, Malfoy! The charm backfired and Ron started spitting up slugs. We brought him straight to Hagrid. Harry and Ron's detention is today. I hope it goes well.
September 6, 1992
Harry's detention was with Lockhart. How can it have been that bad? He's wonderful! Harry had to address fan mail. Ron, on the other hand, had to help Filch polish the trophies in the Trophy Room. He burped up a slug on one and Filch made him polish that one another 50 times! I met them after detention and as we were heading back to the common room, Harry heard something. A voice which Ron and I didn't. He said he'd heard it in Lockhart's room. I wonder if this means something?
September 19, 1992
I am 13 today. I wish myself a Happy Birthday. Harry and Ron gave me a set of gobstones. I lost twice and that meant that I got my face squirted with yellowish liquid. That was rather unpleasant.
October 24, 1992
Harry had Quidditch practice just now. In this foul weather, too! He was caught by Filch and accused of "befouling the castle". Nearly Headless Nick helped him out. He told Peeves to jump on the cabinet right above Filch's office. Of course, Peeves is always happy to make trouble. While Filch ran out of his office, Harry noticed an envelope. He said it was from Kwikspell. Ron said that if Filch is trying to learn something from Kwikspell, it means he can't be a proper wizard. Ron thinks Filch might be a Squib. Anyways, Nearly Headless Nick invited us to his Deathday party, on Halloween. That'll be interesting. I doubt many living people can boast of going to a Deathday party.
October 31, 1992
Nick's Deathday party is today. Actually, I think I'd prefer the Feast, but a promise is a promise. Ok, we went. The party wasn't that great. It was held in one of the larger dungeons and it was very cold. They didn't have food fit for the living, for the only food they had was old and rotten. Moaning Myrtle was there. So was Peeves. He was mean, as usual, and called Moaning Myrtle spotty, and, I'm sorry to say, I agree. She cries all the time in the Girls' bathroom. We left shortly after that. Harry heard the voice again. He followed it, because it appeared to be moving. He led us to the corridor where Myrtle's bathroom is. There was water on the floor. But something was strange about it. It had red streaks on it…I figured that it was just a reflection. As I looked up, I saw the message. It said:
THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS HAS BEEN OPENED. ENEMIES OF THE HEIR, BEWARE.
Under those words hung Mrs. Norris. She didn't move. She was completely immobile. Everyone was coming back from supper. When he saw the message, Malfoy shouted: "You'll be next, Mudbloods!"Filch came over. He looked at Mrs. Norris. I never thought I'd feel sorry for him but I did just then. His expression showed pain, astonishment, sorrow and utter anger. He looked ready to kill. He turned to Harry and then Dumbledore and the other teachers came in. He told all the students to go back to their dormitories. Except for me, Harry and Ron. Lockhart, kindly offered his office. We went up there and Professor Dumbledore examined Mrs. Norris. Finally he came to the conclusion that she was petrified. But how was it done? And who did it?
November 1, 1992
Toady, in History of Magic, I asked Professor Binns about the Chamber of Secrets. He was reluctant. He said that that was a legend, and that we were in History of Magic. History sticks to facts. In the end we got him to say this: "As you all know, Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Ruena Ravenclaw and Salazar Slytherin founded Hogwarts. Later on, Slytherin was against admitting muggle borns into the school because he wanted the school to remain pure blooded. He left the school. Now, according to legend, Slytherin formed a hidden chamber somewhere in the castle and stuck a monster in there. It was meant to rid the school of any muggle borns. It was only to be controlled by Slytherin's heir. Now that is a legend. I regret having told you this at all. Now let us go back to History, which is based on a FACT!" But how do we know that it's a legend if no one was ever able to open it? What if the heir simply hasn't come? Ron thinks Malfoy's the heir. So does Harry. There's only one way of finding out. I heard Snape mention it in class this morning. Polyjuice Potion.
November 5, 1992
We had Defense today. After class, we went up to Professor Lockhart and I asked him for "Most Potente Potions", the book where the potion is. He didn't even look at the title! Ron called him a brainless git. He's not, though! Anyway, we gave the paper to Madam Pince. It was hard to give up that piece of paper with Lockhart's signature. She looked at us suspiciously and got the book. We went straight to Myrtle's bathroom.
November 7, 1992
Quidditch match against Slytherin is today. We won. Harry caught the Snitch, but a rogue bludger broke his arm. Lockhart tried to fix the bones, but that must be a difficult spell. He deboned Harry's arm. He's in the Hospital Wing.
November 8, 1992
Colin's been petrified. Ron thinks we'd better get a move on with the potion. It's the most complicated potion I've ever seen! There are some things we'll be able to get from the student cupboards. The rest we'll have to steal from Snape's private store. It'll take a month to brew. Dobby visited Harry! He just came into the bathroom and told us! It was Dobby who enchanted the barrier! Dobby cursed the bludger! Harry said Dobby's trying to protect him from horrible happenings. I wonder if they've already started to happen.
November 29, 1992
The Potion's almost finished! I just have to steal a few items from Snape's cupboards.
December 10, 1992
It's now, or never. Harry's going to cause a diversion while I slip out of the class to get the ingredients that we need. I got them! Harry said that when he threw the Dungbomb into Crabbe's cauldron, it exploded and everyone had Shrinking Solution all over them. Malfoy's nose had swelled to the size of a melon! Harry thinks that Snape saw him but I pointed out that Snape was not psychic. We're going to the bathroom now to make the potion.
December 16, 1992
There's going to be a dueling club tomorrow. We're going.
December 17, 1992
The dueling club is today at 8 o'clock. He's a Parselmouth! And he didn't tell us! My arm still hurts from Millicent Bulstrode. She left some hairs on my robes. They'll be useful in the Potion. But Harry never told us! He scared everyone, especially Justin Fitch-Fetchley. Lockhart and Snape gave us demonstration. Snape used a disarming spell against Lockhart, Expelliarmus. It took him right off his feet! Then Malfoy did the Serpensortia spell and a big dirty snake came out of his wand and landed. Snape was about to vanish it when Lockhart decided to do it and the snake flew 20 feet into the air and landed in front of Justin. It started hissing at him. Then Harry started speaking Parseltongue to it and, oh, now the whole school's going to think that he's Slytherin's great, great grandson or something. He lived thousands of years ago. For all we know, he could be. There's a blizzard's starting.
December 18, 1992
The blizzard's covered the whole school. Herbology was canceled. We've got a free period instead. I'm going to do some homework. Apparently, so is everyone else. Everyone's staring at Harry. He finally couldn't take it anymore. He left. Oh no! Justin and Nearly Headless Nick were petrified! Actually, everybody's more worried about Nick than about Justin. What could be so powerful as to petrify a ghost?
December 21, 1992
Holidays have now begun. I'm staying here because of the Potion. So are Harry and Ron. Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle put their names up too. This seems rather suspicious.
December 25, 1992
Happy Christmas! The Polyjuice Potion is finished. All Harry and Ron need to do now is hide Crabbe and Goyle in a broom cupboard and pluck out a few of their hairs. I've powdered two cupcakes with a sleeping draught. Simple, but powerful. I'll be changing into Millicent, whose hair I got during the dueling club.
December 26, 1992
Oh, it's awful! Firstly, my whole face is covered with cat hair, my eyes are yellow and I have a tail. It wasn't Millicent's hair that I got off her robes, but cat hair. She obviously has a cat. And Polyjuice Potion isn't meant for animal transfiguration! Secondly, Malfoy isn't the heir of Slytherin. And the worst thing is that we broke a ton of rules and we didn't get anything out of it! But we do know one thing. The Chamber was opened fifty years ago. That time, a muggle born died. I'm scared. What if someone dies this time? What if that someone is me?
January 1, 1993
Harry and Ron came here to visit me today. Happy New Year! They also brought my homework.
January 4, 1993
Start of term and I'm still in the Hospital Wing. I'm nearly cured. I still have a tail, but the cat hair on my face is gone.
January 19, 1993
My tail's gone but Madam Pomphrey won't let me out until I stop coughing up fur.
February 1, 1993
I'm cured! And I didn't miss any homework! Still, I'm trying harder than ever to catch up on anything I might have missed.
February 14, 1993
Today's Valentine's Day. Lockhart organized a little, cheerful surprise. I sent him a Valentine, along with some other girls. But I would never admit that in front of Ron. Anyway, Lockhart brought in some gnomes and they went around all day giving out Valentines. I persuaded Ginny to give one to Harry. She loves him! We had Charms today. Harry found a book in Myrtle's bathroom. It's blank. I tried to see if something was written in there with my Revealer. I had no luck.
March 1, 1993
It's Ron's birthday.
April 1, 1993
Fred and George's birthday is today. No wonder they're such jokesters!
April 11, 1993
Happy Easter!
May 7, 1993
There's a Quidditch match tomorrow against Hufflepuff. I hope we win!
May 8, 1993
It's a basilisk. The monster in the Chamber is a basilisk. I found something in the library: "Of the many fearsome beasts that roam our land, there is none more curious or more dangerous than the basilisk, known as the King of Serpents. This snake, which may reach gigantic sizes and may live for hundreds of years, is born from a chicken's egg, hatched beneath a toad. Its methods of killing are most wondrous, for aside from its deadly venomous fangs, the basilisk has a murderous stare, and all who are fixed with the beam of its eye shall suffer instant death. Spiders flee before the basilisk, for it is their mortal enemy, and the basilisk flees only from the crowing of the rooster, which is fatal to it." It makes sense. Two of Hagrid's roosters have been strangled. Harry keeps on hearing voices that no one else could hear. That's because the monster is a snake and Harry's a Parselmouth. Which means that the heir is in the school, to control the animal. But if it's not Malfoy, who is it? The basilisk is moving through the plumbing. I took a mirror with me, just in case.
May 30, 1993
I was petrified. It was a good idea to bring the mirror. Penelope Clearwater was as well. Ginny was taken into the Chamber. Then Ron, Harry and Lockhart saved her. But, according to Harry and Ron, Lockhart didn't do anything heroic. It all started with the diary that Harry found. It belonged to Tom M. Riddle. Ron remembered that name from somewhere. The Trophy Room! Riddle had gotten a Special Award for Services to the School! I wondered from where…Harry started writing in it and a strange thing happened. Instead of the ink staying there, it was sucked into the diary. Then other words appeared. They were: "Hello, Harry Potter, my name is Tom Riddle". Harry asked him if he knew anything about the Chamber of Secrets and the diary said: "I can show you". And then Harry was taken back, fifty years and he plunged into the diary. It was in Hogwarts. The Chamber of Secrets had been opened. A girl had died. Riddle said it was Hagrid who was doing it. He got Hagrid expelled. He got that award. I always wondered why Hagrid was expelled. But, he wouldn't kill anyone! That afternoon, the basilisk petrified me. It was lucky I thought of bringing a mirror. That night, Harry and Ron decided to visit Hagrid and ask him about the Chamber. They didn't get a chance to. Cornelius Fudge, the Minister for Magic came and took Hagrid away to Azkaban. Lucius Malfoy also came, with signatures from all twelve governors for Dumbledore's removal! That scoundrel! I'll bet he had to blackmail them into it! But before he left, Hagrid said: "If anyone wants to find out some stuff, all they have to do is follow the spiders." I'll bet anything he did that for Ron and Harry. He wanted to help them catch the Slytherin monster. "Spiders flee before the basilisk." Anyways, Harry and Ron went into the Forest and followed the spiders and found Aragog. Aragog is an Acromantula, a giant spider whose venom is very expensive and hard to get, for an Acromantula will never willingly give its venom. It is usually taken shortly after one dies, and they live for a rather long time. Turns out that Hagrid wasn't keeping the basilisk as a pet. He was keeping Aragog! Harry and Ron almost got killed and were saved by none other than Mr. Weasley's old Ford Anglia! It had become wild from having spent so much time in the forest. When they came back to the castle, they said they went to visit me the next day. I have no memory of that since I was barely alive. They saw the paper on the basilisk in my hand took it out and figured it all out! Later that day, Ginny was taken into the Chamber. Lockhart was meant to go and get her but that idiot didn't have the least intention of doing that. He's a fraud! He didn't do any of the things he said he'd done! He'd taken credit for what other wizards have done a claimed that he had done them! Harry and Ron found him in his office, packing up! He was about to cast a memory charm on the both of them! They disarmed him and took him to Myrtle's bathroom. Harry figured that since the girl died in a bathroom, she might have never left it! That was very clever. So they asked her how she died and she replied that she had seen a pair of great big yellow eyes near the sink. Harry said something in parseltongue and the sink moved and made a great gap in the floor. Lockhart was about to go when Ron pushed him into the tunnel. Moments later, they heard a crunching sound and assumed that Lockhart had reached the bottom. Then they both jumped down too. The bottom was lined with small animal bones. Lockhart tried that memory charm once again and since he was using Ron's wand, it backfired. Lockhart lost his memory. The charm he produced was so loud, that the place caved in. Harry was left on one side and Ron and Lockhart on the other. Harry went after Ginny. He finally found her lying on the floor in the Chamber. In her hands was the diary. Moments later, Tom Riddle appeared. He took Harry's wand for it was lying on the floor. He took it up and spelled:
TOM MARVOLO RIDDLE
Then he flicked his wand and now it spelled:
I AM LORD VOLDEMORT
Riddle is You Know Who! Who would've guessed? Harry should've turned that diary over to Dumbledore. He would've known who he was! Anyways, Riddle called out the basilisk. Then Fawkes, Dumbledore's phoenix, came flying to Harry with the Sorting Hat! Harry pulled Godric Gryffindor's sword out. Fawkes blinded the great serpent, so that its gaze wasn't fatal anymore. All Harry had to do was to avoid its fangs. In the end, Harry pierced the roof of the basilisk's mouth, but by so doing, the basilisk plunged its fang into Harry's arm. Harry tore it out and staggered back to Ginny and Riddle. He took the diary and pressed the fang into it. Riddle started to fade away and Ginny woke up. Fawkes started to cry over Harry's wounds and they healed. Phoenix tears have healing powers! Ginny and Harry went back to Ron and Lockhart. Fawkes flew with them, carrying the Sorting Hat. When they got there, Fawkes beckoned to them to hang on, for I read that phoenixes can carry immensely heavy loads. When they got back to the castle, Dumbledore summoned them to his office. He gave them both Special Awards for Services to the School. I was waking up around that time. The diary was given back to Mr. Malfoy and I found out that Dobby's family is the Malfoy family! He was sacked as a school governor. I was right about him threatening the other governors into signing the paper. And Dobby was set free! Harry put a sock in the diary before giving it back to Mr. Malfoy. We had a midnight feast and everyone who was petrified is back to his or her original state. And Hagrid just got back! He said that Azkaban was dreadful and that he was very happy to be back.
June 1, 1993
Oh no! They've cancelled the exams! And I was just about ready to take them! We're now choosing the subjects for next year. I'm taking Care of Magical Creatures, Ancient Runes, Muggle Studies, Divination and Arithmancy.
June 19, 1993
We're boarding the Hogwarts Express in an hour. Mum and Dad are taking me to France. Harry doesn't seem too happy to go. Well, I suppose it's not too nice to go back to those awful sounding people. And this time I'll make sure he does get his birthday present. Somehow.
June 20, 1993
I am in France. We are staying in the Hotel Clement, in Paris. We just went over to see the Eiffel Tower. It's humongous! Dad and I rode up to the top. Mum stayed at the bottom. She said she didn't really want to come up.
June 26, 1993
Ron just wrote to me. He tried calling Harry, but his uncle answered. It didn't go too well. Ron advised me not to call him. I don't think I will.
July 30, 1993
What luck! We were here, at the hotel, when Hedwig flew over here! She must've wanted Harry to get a birthday present for once! What a smart owl! I'm sending him a broom kit for his Nimbus. France is an excellent place to write my essay about the Witch Burnings. France has an extremely long magical history. I hope Professor Binns won't be too angry that I added extra two rolls of parchment.
July 31, 1993
Harry's birthday is today. Ron wrote and he said that he's in Egypt. He is so lucky! Mr. Weasley won some money from the Ministry and they went over to visit Ron's eldest brother Bill, who works at Gringotts over there. Percy is now Head Boy. Ron doesn't seem too happy about that. Egyptian wizards were very mysterious and cast a lot of spells. Ron says Fred and George tried to shut Percy in one of the pyramids. He also said that Scabbers, his rat, has been looking a bit off colour.
August 3, 1993
We just went on a boat on the Seine. Then we went to the Café Procope. I had a salad called Crudité. It's delicious! It's made out of carrots, lettuce, onions, olives, tomatoes and tuna on top. I loved it! Harry got a copy of "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find them, the Monster book of Monsters" from Hagrid.
August 4, 1993
Sirius Black broke free from Azkaban. It's even on the muggle news.
August 7, 1993
I can't believe that Harry blew up his aunt! Ron just wrote to me about it. His dad works at the ministry, so he'd know. Harry ran away from home because he couldn't take it anymore. She blew up! Harry took the Knight Bus to London and Fudge met him there. I'm surprised, and relieved, that Harry didn't get expelled. So is he. He wrote to me and told me about it too. He's also advised me not to take the Knight Bus if I didn't have to. He said it was a bumpy ride. Anyway, he's staying at the Leaky Cauldron until school starts again. I'm going over there with the Weasley's for the three days before school starts.
August 25, 1993
The Weasleys are back from Egypt. We're going to Diagon Alley on the 29, in four days. Mum and Dad are giving me money to buy myself a present.
August 29, 1993
We're here, at the Leaky Cauldron. Mind you, I have a ton of books to buy! Many more than Ron, anyhow. We've decided to just take a rest day today and get all our books tomorrow. I think I'm going to get an owl for my birthday. I don't know…
August 30, 1993
I don't see the point of them telling us to get biting books! I mean it's called Care of Magical Creatures, not Care of Magically Biting Books! Anyways, I need:
Magical Hieroglyphs and Logograms
Spellman's Syllabary
Numerology and Grammatica
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find them
Standard book of spells Grade 3
Unfogging the Future, The Dream Oracle
Home Life and Social Habits of British Muggles
August 31, 1993
Ron and I just encountered Harry at Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour! He's been here for three weeks, already and he knows every store on Diagon Alley! He got his books the first week he came. We all sat down with ice creams and Harry told us everything he hadn't mentioned in his letters. That foul woman! Calling Harry's parents good-for-nothings! Anyways, we finished our ice creams and I told them that I'd like to get an owl. Harry knew just where to get one! Harry led us to the Magical Menagerie. Ron wanted to get Scabbers checked over. When we walked in, I looked around and while Ron was talking to the lady in the shop, I looked at the pets they had. When Ron was finished, he and Harry went outside to wait. I looked at this one cat and decided to buy him. His name is Crookshanks. He's a gorgeous ginger cat who's been in the shop for a long time because nobody wanted to buy him. It's true that his face looks a bit squashed in, but otherwise, he beautiful! He's part kneazle, too. Ron doesn't like Crookshanks. But that's only because Crookshanks jumped on Scabbers, like any other cat would have done. He didn't even thank me when I brought back his Rat Tonic! Boys. We had dinner back at the Leaky Cauldron. Mr. Weasley ordered Ministry cars for tomorrow. Dinner was delicious. Percy lost his HB badge. He thinks Ron took it.