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School of Prompts: K3 Prompt – Adventure

Daphne joined Harry in the abandoned classroom that they frequented to practice for the tournament.

"So, Potter, when are you going to tell me about your adventures?"

Harry sighed; she wasn't going to stop asking until he fulfilled his portion of the deal. "Alright, how about I bring you on an adventure tomorrow? Wear something that you won't mind getting dirty."

The next day Daphne wondered what Potter would show her. She imagined that it would be the Chamber of Secrets, but couldn't imagine what Salazar's Chamber would look like: was it just a bunch of snakes? Perhaps it was like the Slytherin Common room, mostly green and silver. What would a founder of Hogwarts even put in a secret chamber? She was excited at the prospect of being the first Slytherin in that Chamber for some time.

A cold voice jolted her out of her ruminations. She noticed Professor Snape scowling: she was about to put too much ginger root into her wit-sharpening potion. With a quick quiet apology to the professor, she frowned at her inattentiveness and continued more diligently. That Potter boy was banished from her thoughts.

At the end of class, she handed in her potion, earning merely an Exceeds Expectations instead of the usual Outstanding. Snape even remarked about her lower than usual grade: "I expect you to pay full attention next class, Greengrass," he added with a stereotypical scowl.

She affirmed that she would, adding a curse towards Potter under her breath, before she strode out of the room.

Later that evening she met up with Potter in their usual training classroom. Potter told her that they were going to the first floor. "Potter, wait! I'll go first and you head out a little bit after me. Take a different route too. It wouldn't do for us to be seen together. It might bring unwanted attention."

Daphne headed out first and wound her way around the castle before finding herself on the first floor. She waited a few moments before Potter showed up with an old cloak wrapped around one arm and an old piece of parchment held in the other.

"No one is around here, we can go." He took off at a brisk pace down the corridor. Daphne followed and tried to keep up with his pace. She wondered how he could know no one was around.

Potter paused ahead at a door and glanced around before holding the door open and waving Daphne in. Daphne paused at the door, realizing it was a girls bathroom. She immediately drew her wand, ready to hex Potter.

"Is this some kind of prank, Potter?" Was Potter some kind of perverted deviant? "I don't care for any 'adventure' of yours in girls bathrooms or broom closets."

Harry held up both his hands. "This is the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets."

Daphne narrowed her eyes, why would the Chamber be in a girls bathroom? "You first." She gestured towards the door with her wand, making sure that it was trained on the boy.

Harry shrugged slightly and walked in and went up to the sink leaning over it. Daphne watched with a bit of curiosity. She shivered slightly as Harry hissed at the sink. The hissing felt unnatural, especially coming from a human. She watched gobsmacked as the sinks rose up to reveal a pit in the ground. She was too busy watching the sinks to notice Harry going to one of the stalls and coming out with two brooms.

"Here, catch." His voiced broke her out of her amazement. She looked up and caught the broom that Harry had tossed at her. It was a Cleansweep five. She noticed that he had brought his Firebolt. "This is our way in and out. Hope you can fly."

With that Harry mounted his broom and headed down the shaft. Daphne followed after him, though significantly slower and very unsteadily. At the bottom she found Potter hovering over a pile of bones. He dismounted the broom and set it aside.

"There isn't much space down here to maneuver on brooms, so its probably better to walk." He waved her over and she dismounted and set her broom next to his. He looked at the passage and proceeded along. Daphne followed Harry as he clambered over a pile of rubble. With the sight on the other side, she paused. There was an impressively long length of shed snakeskin.

"Is that-"

"Basilisk skin."

"Basilisk?"

"Basilisk."

"Is is still alive?" Daphne immediately looked down, half expected a basilisk to just pop out of nowhere.

"No, I killed it."

He killed it. How did he kill a basilisk? He was only twelve years old then too! What was a bas-

"Come on, the Chamber is just up ahead," announced Harry. With Daphne's thoughts sufficiently interrupted, she simply nodded and followed. They came to a great metal door with snakes spreading out from the center. Daphne shuddered again when Harry hissed the command. She watched as a snake slithered around the outer edge of the door, unlocking the other snakes as it went around. With a loud click, the door swung open.

"The Chamber of Secrets," Harry presented. Daphne just stood there, trying to take in everything, but the only thing she would notice was the basilisk corpse lying in the center of the room.

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A/N: There might be a continuation of this story cause I cut it a little bit shorter than I intended to (mostly so I can submit this and get the next set of prompts) though I also can't quite imagine what Harry and Daphne would do in the chamber aside from poking around.