This week passed with everybody talking about the Chamber of Secrets and asking themselves who could have opened it. Harry, Ron, and Hermione were no exception and they too were trying to solve the mystery. Jane had joined them again but she was always quiet not giving her opinions on things. Actually she cringed every time someone mentioned the Chamber. However, nobody noticed since they were too preoccupied with school, Quidditch, and most importantly the Chamber of Secrets.
"I can't find anything about the Chamber" Hermione said Friday afternoon after a week of searching.
"We'll just have to ask a teacher" Ron said looking up from his chess game against Jane, who was losing very badly.
"Like they would tell us" Harry said looking at Jane for a moment. "Jane are you sure you don't know anything?" Jane looked at him with wide eyes before she shook her head.
"Damn" Harry said not noticing how scared his sister actually looked. Hermione did notice but didn't comment on it after all they were all scared.
"Language Harry, and maybe we could ask Professor Binn after all he is the teacher of History of Magic"
"That could work if he wasn't so boring" Ron said winning the chess match. "Come on Jane you are not even trying" Jane instead of answering stood up from the floor and sat beside Harry on the couch in front of the fireplace. "Well, Harry do you want to play?" Ron asked hopeful.
"Sure and this time I'll win" Harry answered smiling.
"Yeah right" Ron said starting the game. Hermione smiled and sat down beside Jane.
"So, how are you dealing with all this?" Hermione asked nudging Jane softly with her shoulder.
"Not sure" Jane whispered.
"Yeah I know what you mean" Hermione said looking at the chess match.
"Hermione?" Jane said tentatively
"Yeah" Hermione answered.
"What would you do if I tell you I know something about the Chamber of Secrets?"
"What do you know Jane?" Hermione said looking at her friend.
"Um, I know Salazar Slytherin made it and there is a monster inside that only listen to the heir of Slytherin." Jane said.
"Why didn't you say that before?"
"Because I don't know how I found that out and it scared me" Jane whispered.
"I'm sure you read it somewhere"
"But I didn't, I would remember" Jane insisted.
"Alright, but now we have to tell Harry and Ron, do you know where the Chamber is?"
'No, and please don't tell them I told you about the Chamber. Just tell them you remembered it from a book you read or something, they'll believe you"
"Okay Jane" Hermione whispered before turning to the boys. "Wait, Harry, Ron I remember something about the Chamber. I think I read somewhere that The Chamber of Secrets was made by Salazar Slytherin and inside there is a monster that only the heir of Slytherin can control"
"Brilliant, but how does that help us?" Ron said winning the chess match and looking up.
"Well it could help us... um I don't..."
"Great you don't know. Now what?" Ron interrupted.
"Please, at least we know the nature of the Chamber" Jane said defending Hermione. The other three turned to her.
"And what is that?" Harry asked.
"Well, since it was Slytherin who made it I'd say it was made to get rid of the muggle-borns in Hogwarts" Jane said quietly.
"So, how does that help us?" Ron asked again.
"You know what? I have no idea but for once use your brain and you figure it out" Jane snapped at Ron before going up stairs to her room.
"Seriously mate, why do you do that?" Harry said
"Sorry, but she is over sensitive today" Ron said and Hermione scoffed and glared at Ron.
"Hey was that Jane we heard talking?" Fred said sitting beside Hermione.
"How lucky, I think I haven't heard her talk in two weeks" George said sitting on Hermione's other side.
"Yeah I miss her voice" Fred said and George nodded in agreement.
"Well yeah that was her. Unfortunately your annoying brother made her mad and drove her back to her bed" Hermione said obviously mad.
"So why don't you try to lure her back down?" George said smiling at Hermione.
"Because she won't listen and because I don't feel like it. Actually I'm going to join her. Tomorrow is Quidditch and is going to be a long day so Good Night" Hermione said standing up and leaving four confused boys.
"Girls are mental" Ron said and nobody contradicted him. Instead they shrugged and started playing Exploding Snap.
Meanwhile Hermione was entering the second year room where only Jane was inside.
"Jane" Hermione said softly. Jane, who was on her bed writing to Tom with the curtains on her bed closed, stopped writing and looked up.
"I know you are awake" Hermione said a little louder. Jane closed the dairy and poked her head through the curtains.
"What's wrong?" Jane said.
"Nothing is wrong... Well only that I can't sleep. But I just wanted to talk to you... I miss our conversations you know." Hermione said moving closer to Jane's bed. Jane made a signal to Hermione that meant she should wait one minute. Jane closed her curtains again hid the dairy under her pillow and opened the curtains again.
"So you wanted to talk?" Jane said signaling Hermione to sit on her bed. Hermione didn't hesitate, she smiled and sat down on Jane's bed ready to talk.
"Yeah let's talk" Hermione said excitedly and Jane smiled. "You never told me how things are with Cedric?"
"Well nothing much, really, since he now has Cho" Jane said laying down on her bed and making space so Hermione could lay down beside her.
"If it's meant to be I'm sure it will work out"
"If what is meant to be? I'm not even sure how I feel about him"
"Merlin's beard, sometimes you are as thick as Ron" Hermione laughed and Jane smacked her with one of her pillows.
"Hey! It's true!" Hermione said laughing and grabbing a pillow and smacking Jane back with it. Jane laughed for the first time in weeks. She felt so free of worries, in that moment she forgot about everything that was going on and just enjoyed that joyful moment with her best friend. After a couple of minutes fighting they laid back down on Jane's bed and kept talking about unimportant but funny things making Jane realise how fun life can be, even in the darkest moments.
They didn't talk for long, since after twenty minutes of talking they both fell asleep on Jane's bed. However, those twenty minutes of talking were all both girls needed and for the first time in that week none of them had nightmares.
This is a very short one but I liked it so I hope you like it too.
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