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That same day at lunch, Spencer slurped on her chicken noodle soup as she flipped through the stack of books at her seat. She decided to ignore Ezra's warning; she had business to take care of, after all, and she was sure she could keep an eye out for any suspicious Daily Prophet reporters while she did so.

Because of the Halloween ball tonight, Spencer's teachers were a lot more lenient on the homework, so she found it was easier to concentrate on the books from the library, as well as the books she had snagged from Ezra's classroom, on the Chamber. She felt more knowledgeable on the subject than she had before, but there was still something missing; she needed to know more.

Deciding to take a break, she closed the textbook in front of her and put it on the table while she did a quick scan of the room. As far as she could tell, there were no reporters in sight, but something did catch her eye. Mona and Noel were talking again, and their conversation was seemingly deep. Spencer remembered the conversation that they were having the night of the prefect's meeting; saying that they were "set for tomorrow". And then the next day, Malfoy was down for the count. Could they have something to do with what was happening to Spencer and her friends?

Without taking time to think about it, Spencer slowly slid out of her chair as she crept on the balls of her feet over to where Noel and Mona were standing. They were talking off to the side, and with the way she was gesticulating and the way he was making annoyed faces at her, it looked intense. But by the time Spencer even got into any kind of hearing distance, Noel had bid Mona farewell and had walked off.

Dammit, Spencer though angrily, instinctively stomping her foot on the concrete. This did not go unnoticed by Mona, who jerked her head in Spencer's direction, a patronizing smile plastered on her face.

"Spencer?" she said as she walked over to her. "Are you here to ask me for an update on the schedule?"

Before Spencer could even stop herself, she cleared her throat. "No," she said icily. "I'm here to ask you about something else, and I think you know what."

"Actually, I don't," Mona said slowly, eyes wandering around the hall, as if she was checking to make sure there were people nearby to break the two up if they got into a fight. "Unfortunately, being Head Girl doesn't come with full-fledged knowledge on unspoken legilimency."

Spencer stiffened. If Mona was going to bring up their unspoken rivalry over being Head Girl, a title Spencer knew she deserved more, then she was willing to play dirty.

"A couple weeks ago, I heard you and Noel talking about some plan you were going to execute," Spencer said carefully.

"So you were eavesdropping," Mona said in a voice that dripped with accusation.

"You're not eavesdropping if you just happen to be within earshot," Spencer spat. "The point is, the next day Scorpius Malfoy was rendered unconscious. Know anything about that?"

"Why would you think that had to do with me?"

"Because someone had to open the Chamber of Secrets!" Spencer exclaimed. "And my money is on you!"

Suddenly, all of the commotion heard around the hall stopped, and Spencer froze. She didn't even realize how loud she was being. Mona immediately went pale; Spencer didn't know if it was because she was caught red-handed, or if it was because she was embarrassed of being accused in such a public environment.

Before Spencer could even begin to process what just happened, she felt someone tug on her arm and pull her out of the Great Hall and into the corridor.


"Spencer, please tell me I didn't see what I think I just saw," Aria said, panic-stricken, as she stalked down the hall with a firm grasp on Spencer's arm.

"Sorry, looks like you did," Spencer said with a sigh as she managed to work her way out of Aria's grip, while still following closely behind her. "But I don't regret it, okay? We're not gonna get anywhere if we just lay around like sitting ducks. We have to get some solid answers, and I could've been close!"

"But that's not the point, Spencer," Aria said as she smacked the palm of her hand against her forehead. She then stopped, and pulled Spencer out of the hall into the nearest corner.

"Okay, you need to stop it with the arms," Spencer said irritably as she cradled her left forearm with her free hand.

"Look, we can't make moves like that," Aria whispered. "There are reporters everywhere, trying to get the scoop on the Chamber."

"How did you know about that?"

"Ezra told me the other day, they've been invading all of his classes to try to ask for his opinion since he knows so much about it," Aria answered. "They interviewed him, they're interviewing McGonagall, Longbottom, and they tried interviewing me."

"You?"

"Yeah, on Mike," Aria said with an eyeroll.

"But how? Where? I haven't seen them anywhere!"

"Because they're in disguise, Spencer," Aria said, lowering her voice again as she tried looking over Spencer's shoulder to make sure the coast was clear. A couple of students were strolling down the corridor to try to get to their next class early, but that was about it.

"Disguise?"

"Yes," Aria hissed. "When they came up to me, they were wearing Hufflepuff robes!"

"Why Hufflepuff?"

"I don't know," Aria said with a shrug. "I guess they chose a random house? Well that, and it is the house of finders - "

"Okay, focus," Spencer said, snapping Aria out of it. "What does this have to do with me?"

"Spencer," Aria began, and Spencer noticed her eyes starting to darken, fear encompassing them. "You accused Mona of opening the Chamber of Secrets. The Daily Prophet is so interested in this because the Chamber hasn't been opened in years, and this could be the revival of the dark magic we thought we had gotten rid of."

"And I just pinned that all on Mona," Spencer whispered, eyes widened as the realization dawned on her. It looked like her impulsivity and constant accusations had finally gotten the best of her. "Fantastic."

Aria grabbed Spencer's hand. "It'll be okay. Did you find anything else about... you know...?"

"Yeah, I did," Spencer said, cheering up slightly, before snapping her fingers in frustration. "Dammit! I forgot my books in the Great Hall."

"I'll come get them with you," Aria said with a shrug as she started to walk back out into the corridor with Spencer. "Do you remember anything?"

"Yeah, some of it," Spencer said as she brought her fingers up to her temples, trying to rack her brain for anything she had just discovered. "It was opened in the 1992-1993 school year at Hogwarts, so that's a little more specific than 'several years ago', I guess."

"Okay," Aria said while nodding her head. "What else?"

"It was opened by the heir of Slytherin," Spencer continued. "Remember? Enemies of the Heir, Beware."

At this, Aria gulped. "So whoever opened it, we better hope we're on their good side."

"Well, with these fangs we've been getting, it doesn't look like we are!" Spencer snapped.

"How do we even know that the person behind these fangs is the same person who opened the Chamber?" Aria pointed out. "After all, Mona couldn't have been the one to open it; it has to be the heir of Slytherin, and she's a Ravenclaw."

"The Sorting Hat takes personal preference into account," Spencer muttered. "For all we know, Mona could be a true Slytherin at heart."

Spencer would know; she had personal experience with this. Years ago, Toby had shared a horrible, dark secret with her that made her hold a grudge against Jenna that was deeper than that of all the other girls, who had only been subject to constant taunting and teasing by Jenna throughout their time at Hogwarts.

But Spencer knew something much worse about Jenna. When she and Toby were first admitted into Hogwarts, they had only been stepsiblings for around a year. Toby couldn't stand Jenna; she was calculating and manipulative and scarily good at getting what she wanted. To make matters worse, she wanted something she couldn't have: Toby. When they were in their house together, around their parents, she would try to go after him when their parents weren't looking. She would drop hints, and he always felt uncomfortable, but whenever he tried telling his dad he had just shooed poor Toby away. But when they were away, at Hogwarts, Jenna had finally found a way to truly get what she wanted.

She threatened Toby to tell the Sorting Hat to place him in Slytherin with her so that they could be together, or she would tell everyone at the school that, instead of being born with her glass eye like she was, she had actually lost her real eye when Toby had shot it out while practicing spells with his newly acquired wand at the time. And sadly, Toby had agreed, knowing no one would believe him if she told everyone that lie and he tried to deny it.

Every time he and Spencer were together after that, she felt horrible for always complaining about her own screwed up family; clearly his took the cake. It shouldn't have been that big of a deal; after all, everyone associates with everyone at Hogwarts, despite what house you belong in. But what house you're in is also associated with your identity, and it shapes who you are as a person. And Toby couldn't help but think that if it weren't for Jenna, if he hadn't grown up in the Slytherin house, and in the atmosphere that the Slytherin house presented, he would have been a much better person.

"Okay, but that still doesn't mean the two are connected," Aria said, breaking Spencer out of her thoughts. "We should try viewing the two as two separate things; viewing them as the same could end up hurting us."

"But they're the same, Aria!" Spencer said determinedly. "They have to be!"

"How can you be so sure?"

"Because," Spencer said softly, lowering her voice as she entered the Hall, "the beast in the Chamber when it was opened in the '90s was a Basilisk, right?"

"Yeah..."

Spencer halted to a stop, grabbing Aria by the shoulder so that she would stop, too, as she reached into her pocket to pull out what Aria feared she was going to pull out.

"Oh, you are not about to tell me - "

"I am," Spencer said shakily as she held the fang in her hand. "The Basilisk fang; it's a perfect match."

"That can't be it! The Basilisk was killed!"

"Look, I didn't say I had all the details," Spencer whispered, "but I know for a fact that we are getting the actual fangs of a Basilisk hand-delivered to us. I'll show you! It was in one of the books."

She then grabbed Aria by the wrist as she dragged her over to the table she was just sitting at, ignoring the stares of students still trying to finish their lunch.

But when she got to the seat she was just sitting at, she was met with an unexpected surprise.

Spencer immediately ducked to the ground as she pulled out the chair. "Where are my books?"

"What?"

"My books," Spencer repeated as she looked up to Aria in worry. "They were here!"

"Maybe you were sitting at a different sea - "

"No, I was sitting right here, Aria!" Spencer exclaimed as she stood up from the ground.

"Why would someone steal your books, though?" Aria asked.

Spencer just stared ahead, feeling all of the feeling in each one of her limbs disappear as the blood rushed out of them and straight to her head.

"Because there's something in them that someone doesn't want us to know."


And Spencer blows it all up by being the raging lunatic she is while Mona stands there being perfect as always. I feel like this scene is a downplay of basically ALL of 3B, don't ya think? And now The Daily Prophet is involved. Which means one of MY favorite Harry Potter characters will enter the scene next chapter ;) and we've got some more useful info on the Chamber, which will ALL come into play later. And poor Toby :( Jenna, you're awesome and all, but you can be the biggest bitch. And who took Spencer's books?! Hmm