"Professor….where are you going?" asked Harry as he entered Professor Lockhart's office.
"You see, I'm leaving," replied Lockhart as he continued to pack his stuff.
"So you are just going to leave my sister in the chamber?" asked Ron getting angry.
"Well, I don't know where the chamber is you see," replied Lockhart taking out his wand.
Harry disarmed his quickly before he could cast any spells on them. "We do."
Harry, Ron and Lockhart went into the bathroom, the one with Mourning Myrtle. Harry opened the chamber and pushed Lockhart in. Ron and Harry followed him. They approached the basilisk's dead skin. Lockhart attacked Ron, grabbed his wand, and attempted to erase their memories. Fortunately, Ron's wand broke, when he was fighting Draco earlier in the year, so the wand back fired. Lockhart lost his memory and Harry and Ron were separated. Harry continued and found Ginny dying. He met Tom Riddle, found out about his past, and realized it was Tom who wrote the diary, and the Slytherin's last heir. He also found out that it was Ginny who was opening the Chamber with Tom's help. Tom then called the basilisk and the thing went after Harry. Fawkes and the Sorting Hat came to help Harry. Harry was able to draw Gryffindor's sword out of the hat and stabbed the basilisk with it. Unfortunately, Harry had one of the fangs get stuck in his arm and was slowly dying. He pulled the fang out, and then used it to destroy the diary. Ginny woke up soon afterwards and Harry told her to get out and that Ron was waiting for her. Fawkes then started crying on Harry's wound, and because phoenixes tears heal wounds, Harry lived.
"No Hermione yet?" asked Fred as he and George joined Harry, Ron, Beth, Marissa, Ginny, and Heather. AS usually Fred took the seat next to Heather.
"Nope and none of the others yet, either," replied Beth. "And Hagrid isn't back yet."
"Dang, I was hoping he was," replied George.
At that moment the door to the Great Hall opened and all the Petrified victims walked or glided through them. Hermione ran up to Harry and Ron and gave Harry a hug and Ron a handshake. As Hermione did that, Beth looked over at Draco and just rolled her eyes as to say oh my gosh, does she have to make them look bigger heroes then they already are. He responded back by shrugging his shoulders in agreement. They were both thinking maybe we should have told a teacher.
"Welcome back to those who have been incapable of enjoying the last few months or weeks," said Dumbledore in his usually spot. "Due to the circumstances we have decided that there will be no exams this year, so everyone will move on to their next year."
"I'm sorry about the interruption," spoke Hagrid. "But this ruddy owl arrived late with my release papers."
"Ron!" exclaimed Beth.
"Welcome back Hagrid," exclaimed Dumbledore.
Hagrid stopped directly in front of Harry and Ron.
"Thank you so much for getting me out," said Hagrid with tears forming in his eyes. "That place is a living hell."
"Hogwarts isn't Hogwarts without two certain people," replied Harry as he stood up.
"And who are those people?" asked Hagrid.
"Dumbledore, of course," said Harry with a smile." And you, our groundskeeper, and most of all, the tallest friend we have and probably will ever have."
Harry began clapping and the whole school followed.
"Summer, yes!" exclaimed Beth on the train ride home. "Sleeping in, and being lazy."
"What about homework?" asked Hermione who was doing hers.
"Um, how about not till the end of the summer?" asked Beth.
"Why not do it now?" asked Hermione. "You can get it done."
"Because we need a break, duh," replied Beth.
"Are you going to convince your sister to do her homework at the beginning of the summer?" Hermione asked Cedric.
"Well you see, I don't do mine at the beginning of the summer," replied Cedric. "So if I don't do there is no way she'll do it. And I'd have to agree with her, we need a break from school work. Oh wait you got a month and a half off already."
Hermione gave him a dirty look and got back to her homework.
30 minutes later, the train arrived at the station. Everyone went their separate ways promising to write to one another.