Chapter 27

"Lemon Drops" Professor Snape said to the Gargoyle that stood in front of the Headmaster's office. The Gargoyle started moving and soon it moved to a side, granting access to the Headmaster's office. The tree entered the room and saw that the Headmaster was already sitting there.

"Hello Severus, thank you for bringing young Mr. Potter and Miss Granger into my office." Snape looked at Dumbledore and left. The two students sat in the chairs that stood beside the Dumbledore's desk and waited for something to happen.

"Professor Dumbledore, we did not do it" started speaking Harry defensively and the elder man smiled.

"I know that, Harry but nevertheless I think that we need to talk." The wizard looked at his fireplace and saw two witches and a wizard enter the room.

"Headmaster, I do not know what you think had happened, by my Godson has not committed any crime, after all, he is only prankster" Albus Dumbledore looked at the man.

"Thank you Sirius. I have no doubts that these two students had caused any damage to Filch's cat; however, I fear that something sinister is going on in the castle. Harry and Minerva were found talking to a snake by numerous students next to the writing on the wall, as well as the cat. It is only logical that the majority of the student body now expects that Mr. Potter and Miss Granger are dark wizards as they are parselmouth; as far as many people are concerned, the last parselmouth was Lord Voldemort"

The Headmaster looked at the two students and three adults and waited for their replies. The children looked at their families worryingly before Harry started speaking. "Professor, we heard a strange voice behind a wall and followed it to the library before we discovered that the sound's source was most likely a Basilisk."

"A Basilisk? Surely you are mistaken Mr. Potter? " Merope Granger looked at the boy with fear and disbelief.

"Well, we could hear the voice but then it was obvious that the source was a snake since Poisy heard that voice as well"

"Poisy?" the four adults asked the students. After his name was called, the male boomslang crawled from under the girl's robe and looked at the people that sat in the room.

"Mum, I would like to introduce Poisy, my pet Boomslang to everyone" the girl said proudly as she hugged her snake.

"Put this thing down immediately! I told you never to talk to snakes again!" cried the elder witch and tried to get the snake away before her friend stopped her.

"Merope, what harm can result from a small snake that can talk to your daughter? Don't you see, she is a parseltonque and no snake would harm one" Lily tried to reassure her friend.

"That's precisely why I do not wish her to have this pet. My father had a boomslang as well and" The woman realized that she spoke too much and close her mouth.

"Merope, you should not be ashamed of your parentage. What happened almost forty years ago is not your fault and you should not carry the blame for everything he did" The woman cried at the Headmaster's words and then smiled as Lily gave her friend a hug.

"Now, I think we need to settle a bigger problem. As young Harry and Minerva claimed, they heard the voice, which was also heard by Minerva's young snake. It is obvious that the creature was a snake but what was its species?" the Headmaster asked the group and himself.

"Professor, we estimated from the sound that the snake would have to be at least forty five feet in length and since the cat was petrified, the snake can only be a basilisk." Harry then gave the paper to Headmaster and the elder wizard read the information out loud.

After Dumbledore read the information, the other three adults had mixed feelings towards it but it was obvious that they were all at least partially afraid. "This means that the heir of Voldemort or Voldemort himself has returned to Hogwarts and is now causing those incidents. I am sorry to say this Miss Granger, but if the other students find out about your true parentage, they would most likely assume that you were behind the attacks."

"What are we going to do Albus?" asked somewhat worried Sirius.

"For now let's wait as we don't know where exactly the Chamber of Secrets is located. However, I urge all of you not to tell about this to anyone, as I do not want panic in the castle. As for you two, you should tell me about everything you find and if I will not be available, contact Severus or Lily at first. " The adults stood and left and only Dumbledore, the two students as well as the snake were left in the room.

"Off you go and good luck in your classes" smiled the Headmaster as the two students left. Minerva called her snake and soon the two students were walking to their dormitories.

"Interesting things happen to us," said the girl

"That is my burden, as well as of everyone who accompanies me. Welcome to the club" he jokes as the two walked to their dormitories.

"Where have you been, we were worried about you" said Hermione quickly before jumping at Harry and hugging him as the two students returned to the Slytherin common room.

"Can't breathe"

"Sorry Harry" said Hermione as she released her friend. The two Slytherins told about their conversation that they had in Headmaster's office. The rest of the group swore not to tell others what they heard.

"I think we need others to know about this though, as we need people from other houses as well. I think we can safely tell Neville for sure"

"That would be a good idea Harry although I do not know if there are many people we could trust in Hogwarts, especially after today's incident. If you wish to have other people from all the houses, how about my older brothers Fred and George as well as my childhood friend Luna from Ravenclaw?" Ginny suggested to her group.

"Splendid. So what should we call our secret group? Harry's gang?" giggled Daphne

"How about Team Potter?" suggested Hermione. Harry blushed but before he could say anything, the rest of his Slytherin friends agreed with the name.

"So, we meet tomorrow in the library with Fred, George, Neville and Luna and explore the matter more" The group agreed with Harry and then went to work on their homework, as some of their Professors gave them large assignments that would take the whole weekend to complete.