The month of April had ended and the trio did not have a chance to speak with the spider as for some reason every time they tried to escape the castle, they always encountered Filch and as the result, instead of spending time investigating they had detentions. Harry was the unhappiest of the three as he wanted to be done with the problem and somehow someone was messing up with their plans.
On May 6, Harry was walking towards the Great Hall when he saw Ronald Weasley crawling away from Poisy, who was prepared to bite the foolish boy. "Poisy, please stand down" told Harry to Minerva's familiar and the little boomslang stopped attacking and scaring Ron; however, Harry's help was unappreciated, as the Gryffindor shouted "Dark Lord" at Harry and ran away, while dropping a piece of Parchment.
"What was that for?" asked Harry the snake
"The ssstupid boy wasss ssspying on Harry Potter and hiss friendss. I bit him and gave only a tiny dose of my venom that would simply keep him in the Hospital Wing for a night or two"
"Poisy, you cannot just bite people!" exclaimed Harry as he took the parchment away. He was soon joined by Minerva, who was curious on what the parchment contained.
"Do you think it is a similar object, like the diary?" The girl was suspicious of the object and Harry touched the parchment with his wand and wrote his name. "My name is Harry Potter." What happened next was unexpected, as a couple lines appeared on the parchment.
"Mr. Moony would like to congratulate Mr. Harry Potter in finding this map. Good job kid, I think Prongs would be proud." Harry then saw another line appear.
"Mr. Prongs would like to congratulate Mr. Harry Potter for finding this map. Also, if you by any chance see Snivelius Snape, tell him that Mr. Prongs thinks that he is a slimy ugly git that should stay away from Flower, granted Flower to be alive"
Harry was extremely amused and then read the third line. "Mr. Padfoot would also like to congratulate Mr. Harry Potter for finding this Parchment, Mr. Padfoot also would like to suggest to pour water on Snivelius when you see him as he is most likely still have not had a shower"
Harry then finished the last line. "Mr. Wormtail agrees with other Messrs.' and would like to suggest putting a mouse in Snivelius's pants when he is sleeping" All those lines were very funny, especially the parts about Snape. Harry then tried to remember where he heard the words Moony, Prongs, Padfoot and Wormtail.
"What are you holding here, Mr. Potter?" asked Snape as he appeared out of nowhere.
"I was reading the sentences that are written here." He said, not wanting to give the parchment back.
"Really, Potter? Give it to me!" The man commanded and with force took the paper. He then saw that writings disappeared.
"My name is Professor Severus Snape! Show me all your secrets!" he commanded. Four new lines appeared.
"Mr. Moony would like to tell to Professor Snape to sod off and stay from other people's affairs"
"Mr. Prongs agrees with Mr. Moony and wished dirty git Snivelius to eat some dung"
"Mr. Padfoot thinks that this is a brilliant idea and expressed sorrow as he cannot ran at dirty smelly Snivelius and bite and pee on him"
"Mr. Wormtail agrees with the rest of Marauders and suggests to take a dive in the great lake as the Hogwarts's bathrooms are too clean for him" Severus Snape finished reading the lines and by his look he was ready to murder Harry Potter.
"Where did you get this parchment? Did Sirius Black or Remus Lupin give it to you?" it seemed that the storm was approaching as the glass in the windows broke from the chaotic destructive force that begin to radiate from the Defense Professor.
"Why would they give it to me?" Harry was confused as he had no clue to Professor Snape's questions as well as scared, as the Dungeon Bat was ready to attack.
"Your father and his friends created this map!" he shouted and as he was ready to attack Harry, Lily Evans Potter appeared.
"What is going on? Why are you acting so childishly, Sev? She asked her friend.
"Your son got your husband's map and even in his death, James Potter still had found a way to annoy me!" Lily glared at the Head of the Slytherin House.
"How about a compromise, you apologize to my son and I will take this map away from him, so that it cannot insult you" she suggested and after weighting the options, Severus Snape apologized to Harry, then gave the map to Lily and left the corridor.
"I hope you are fine Harry, I know it was a shock to talk to your father after all these years, and mark my words, I will have a talk with Sirius and Remus as to why they have not shown you this map earlier. Now, I know that you three want to investigate the spider-don't look like that at me Harry, as I am considered to be the brightest witch of my generation."
Harry looked at the floor as he knew that his plan was now doomed since his mother would never allow them to have a walk in the Forbidden Forest. Lily sensed that and looked at her son cheerfully. "Harry, don't be sad, I know what you are thinking now and yes, you three will not go there by yourselves. However, you will have a chance to investigate as I am coming with you" She smirked and Harry was surprised.
"I never thought that you were so devious, mother" Harry hugged Lily, as he was grateful.
"Really? Just because our life at home was ordinary, does not mean that I prefer the grey life. Besides, I did marry one of the Marauders" she told his son. "Now, I cannot go tonight as I have papers to grade but tomorrow my evening is free. I will collect you three from the library tomorrow at nine.
The Friday passed quickly and the three friends could not wait for the day to end. As their last class ended, they quickly put their belongings in their bags and ran from the classrooms to the library. At nine in the evening, Lily appeared and the four soon began their journey into the Forbidden Forest.
The group walked passed the Hagrid's Hut and soon they entered the forest. It was a cold night and Harry regretted that he did not take a sweater with him as hair rose on his skin. Lily saw that and using a wordless spell made the group warmer.
"I think that Aragog, who is the spider Hagrid had about fifty years ago, lives somewhere in the middle of the forest. Now, I want you to be prepared for what you see there as over the years Aragog formed a colony and lives with many other large Acromantulas, that would not hesitate to kill and eat you." She warned the children and the group progressed in the Forest.
As they walked inside the Forest, Harry was a bit scared as he felt something in the air. As the group walked by a small lake in the forest, they saw one of its very dangerous inhabitants- a tall and bulky beast that was larger than a lion with a large, hairy head that had a read beard. At the end of its body, the creature had a scorpion like sting that made a couple of drops that indicated that the creature was ready to poison them.
"Look out, a manticore!" cried Lily and formed a protective shield around them. The woman hoped that the creature would loose interest in the group and soon leave but that was not the case as the creature roared and cried something that resembled " I will eat you guts!"
The manticore jumped at the group and with a couple of powerful hits destroyed the protective shield. The group started hexing the creature but its skin was resistant to their spells; their attack only infuriated the creature as it's opened its mouth and prepared its teeth as well as claws for the attack.
"Reducto" "Stupefy" "Petrificus Totalus" The group continued sending different hexes at the creature but none seemed to work.
"Firestormus Powerus" shouted Lily the spell as the last resort and a large ring of fire surrounded them. The manticore hesitated and after a few unsuccessful attempts was ready to leave when it saw that the strength of the fire started fading that culminate in fire's destruction, as well as Lily Evans fainting from exhaustion and falling on the ground.
"Food" screamed the manticore as it raced at the group. However, for some reason Harry decided to try his mother's spell and shouted it while pointing his wand at the manticore. The fire erupted from his wand and surrounded the creature; however, the intensity and temperature of the fire overcame even the manticore's defenses against magic and when Harry looked at their attacker next, he saw a skeleton with some burnt pieces of flesh.
The fire that was produced by Harry soon started traveling around the forest and the group was afraid that they would perish as well. "Luna, send "Aqua Eructo" at the fire. Minerva, send "Glacius" at the water that Luna will send. " The girls listed to him and sent water related spells at the fire. Meanwhile. Harry looked at the nearby lake and with the use the levitation charms he knew, "Wingardium Leviosa" as well as the combination of "Ascendio" and "Accio" towards the water in the lake at the fire. The fight against the chaotic force of heat was soon over and the fire was extinguished. The three friends also dropped on the ground, exhausted. Harry was secretly glad that he learned some fourth year spells at home during his summer between the two school years.
The next time the group woke up they saw themselves wrapped up in web, looking downward. Harry immediately understood what had occurred and was both angry and afraid, as he knew that the local Acromantulas had found them and brought to their layer.
"Hello human, I usually do not see human wonder around in the forest. It looks like my sons and daughters will have a feast tonight but before that happens I wish to know why you so foolishly came to my forest to become our next meal?"
Harry started talking, as he knew that by doing that he had time to get free. "We are friends of Hagrid. He is in trouble and is accused of letting the Chamber of Secret's monster out to attack students."
"You are wrong, friend of Hagrid. I was but a small spider that lived in Hagrid's box for few years and never explored the castle. The girl was found in the bathroom and I never even saw her body. The monster that killed her is an ancient evil that we spiders are afraid to speak its name. When Hagrid comes to visit us, I do not allow my sons and daughters to eat him but tonight they will feast upon you three."
"Oh, shit," said Harry as he saw that one of the spiders crawled towards Luna and after biting her, started its meal. Fortunately by then, Harry freed himself and dropped on the ground. He remembered the plan what the group came up as the last resort and freed Poisy from his coat. The snake dropped on the ground and Harry quietly told two spells, and then sent the snake a couple of feet away.
"Luna!" he shouted as he saw that one of his friends now had two small holes on her arm. However, before any permanent damage could be done to her or the other two prisoners, a large snake with yellow eyes appeared and quickly crawled towards the spiders.
"Monster-Who-Must-Not-Be-Names" cried Aragog and upon his cry the spiders started retreating in their smaller caves, as they were mortally afraid of the snake. One spider however did not leave as it continued to suck the blood from Luna's body.
"Arania Exumai" shouted Harry as the spell hit the spider in the chest. Normally, the spell would only stun a spider, especially an adult Acromantula but Harry Potter was royally pissed and that was evident in the spell's power as upon the impact it threw the spider many feet away as well as killing it.
As Lily and Minerva escaped their prisons, they helped the weakened girl to climb of the net as well. Luna Lovegood lay on the ground bleeding and her skin was very cold. "Vulnera Sanentur" the woman told three times, while pointing at the girl. The injuries healed but it was clear that Luna would still need to spend time in the Hospital Wing for at least a week.
"Well done Poisy" told Minerva as she looked at her familiar as she shrank it to his original size and took off the yellow glowing effect from its eyes. The four humans and the snake did not know how to get away from the cave and soon found out that the spiders learned of the trick. However, two new yellow lights appeared and the blue Ford "Anglia" flew towards them and opened its doors. The group climbed in and the flying car exited the cave safely and while chased by the spiders for a bit, managed to escape the chase and soon landed next to Hagrid's Hut. As its passengers exited the car, it flew back into the Forest and disappeared into the darkness.
"Well, at least we know for sure that Hagrid is innocent" Harry told his friends. Lily cast a silent levitation charm and carried the wounded girl into the Hospital Wing, while Harry and Minerva ran of to their dormitory. Harry was glad that it was the Friday night as he planned to sleep for a long time after this adventure.
A/N: Next Chapter: The Chamber of Secrets(finally!)Will anybody die? Who will survive? Read and find out.
The following chapter: The Aftermath of the events in Chamber of Secrets. What will happen to Ginny? Hermione? Minerva? Harry? Lily? Severus? Read and find out