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Chapter Twenty-Four: Daydreaming & Tom Riddle's Diary
Vanessan couldn't help but yawn as she walked down the hallway. It felt like the start of a very boring morning. That was until someone grabbed her hand and pulled aside. To her surprise it was Hunter and Mal but they were wearing Slytherin robes.
"What are you guys doing here?" Vanessa asked
"Bored, mostly." Hunter said
"And we thought this school could use some fun." Mal smirked "You in?"
Vanessa didn't have to be asked twice as didn't mind ditching Lockharts' class and followed them. They entered the third level girls bathroom where Rain, Artism, Malcolm and the rest of the VK's were waiting for them. On the floor was a huge cauldron and buckets of apples. While Mal, Evie and Hunter were making the potion Carlos couldn't help but look around a little nervous.
"Hey, why are we doing this in the middle of the day in the girl bathroom?" He asked "Don't guys think we'll get caught."
"No. No one ever comes in here." Vanessa shrugs
"Why?" Jay asked
"Because...of Moaning Myrtle." Rain said
"Who?" Carlos asked
Without him knowing the ghost of Moaning Myrtle had appeared behind Carlos and Jay. Everyone saw her but didn't say anything.
"Moaning Myrtle." Vanessa said
"Who's Moaning Myrtle?" Jay asked
"I'm Moaning Myrtle." Myrtle scolded
Her present made Carlos scream and jumped into Jays' arms. She then floated up in the air to look down at them.
"I don't expect for any of you to know me." She glared "Who would ever talk about ugly, miserable, Moaning Myrtle."
She hiccup before wailing over them and floated towards her toilet before diving in.
"She can be a bit sensitive." Rain said
"A bit?" Jay scoffed before dropping Carlos.
"Okay, guys. The potion is ready." Hunter said "Let put the apples in."
Everyone grabbed a bucket of apples and poured them in the cauldron.
"I think it's time for Hogwarts to have some fun on the wild side." Mal smiled wickedly as she took out her mothers' spell book. "Wicked ways beneath the skin. Let all who taste it now join in." She then let out cackles and everyone joined in.
Everyone 'We got all the ways to be
W-I-C-K-E-D
We got all the ways to be
W-I-C-K-E-D'
They all split up. Mal and Carlos went with Vanessa and Artism. They ended up in one of the hallways and two boys tossed the enchanted apples. All the students were entranced and dived for them.
Mal 'Crashin' the party,
Guess they lost my invitation'
Vanessa walked up to Hermione and handed her an apple with a friendly took it with no question asked and took a bite. That one bite turned the bookworm into a bad girl and took the spray paint from Mal's hand.
Vanessa 'Friendly reminder
Got my own kind of persuasion'
Carlos 'Looks like this place could use a bit of misbehavior'
Artism 'Happily ever after
With a little flavor.'
Jay, Hunter and Malcolm got Fred and George involved and they started tossing the apples at the students in the courtyard. They even managed to hit the Malfoy brothers and their goons.
Jay 'Bad to the bone,
With even worse intentions'
Hunter 'We're gonna steal the show'
Malcolm 'And leave 'em all defenseless'
Evie and Rain entered McGonagall's classroom and innocently handed her an apple. The power of the apple over her and the students all cheered and started goofing around.
Rain 'A fairy tale life can be oh-so
Overrated'
Evie 'So raise your voices and let's get it activated'
Everyone 'Long live
Having some fun
We take what we want
There's so many ways to be wicked
With us
Evil lives on
The right side of wrong
There's so many ways to be wicked
Apple, apple
Dip, dip
Wanna try it?
Tick, tick
Take a bite,
c'mon , be bold
Change the way the story's told'
In the Great Hall Mal and Evie were passing out their apples as candy apples.
Mal 'This time the dark is finally getting your attention'
Evie 'We're wicked by the book,
And class is back in session'
The four boys were still outside with the students already eating the apples.
Jay 'You like it,
Steal it
Gotta beat 'em to the treasure'
Carlos 'A right of passage
Bad just doesn't get much better!'
Everyone 'Long live
Having some fun
We take what we want
There's so many ways to be wicked
With us
Evil lives on
The right side of wrong
There's so many ways to be wicked'
By now everyone, including the professors were outside having fun and dancing.
Mal 'Mother
Always knows best'
Evie 'Show her,
Pass every test'
Carlos 'Hear her
Voice in my head'
Jay 'Evil is the only
Real way to live'
Everyone 'We got all the ways to be
Hey, Hey
W-I-C-K-E-D
Let's go
We got all the ways to be
Hey, Hey
W-I-C-K-E-D'
Mal 'Ye-ah'
Everyone 'Long live having some fun
We take what we want
There's so many ways to be wicked
With us
Evil lives on
The right side of wrong
There's so many ways to be wicked
Cruel and Unusual
We're taking control
There's so many ways to be wicked
With us
Evil lives on
The right side of wrong
There's so many ways to be wicked
Hey-Hey
We got all the ways to be
W-I-C-K-E-D
We got all the ways to be
W-I-C-K-E-D
We got all the ways to be'
Vanessa 'So many ways to be wicked'
Feeling herself being shaking away Vanessa got out of her daydream and saw that it was Artism. Seeing that they were still in Defense Against the Dark Arts she sighed in disappointment.
Christmas holiday was already over and school started again. When she came back she noticed that Hermione was missing. Harry and Ron wouldn't tell her until she started to twist their ears and they told her everything happened. About how they managed to find out that it wasn't Malfoy, that the chamber opened 50 years ago and the hair that Hermione placed in the Polyjuice potion was cat hair. Which means she couldn't transform back normally and now she was in the medical wing. She would have given them a big fat 'I don't you so' but remembered that she did know who the heir was and still didn't understand how Lucas became a member of the Malfoys'.
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When it was February Hermione had recovered Harry and Ron showed what they had found the two days ago. It was a diary that they found in Myrtle's bathroom. They figured that someone was trying to dispose of it and ended up flooding the bathroom and hallways floors. The diary was maybe years old, empty and the only thing they could find on it was the owners' name T. M. Riddle. Hermione tried everything she could uncover powers it could be hiding or if it was written in invisible ink.
Nothing happened.
"We got something from 50 years ago that could tell us something and…" Harry said but stopped.
He remembered something that Vanessa told him once. The diary that happened to be their grandmothers was from that time and wondered if it knew something too. Since then he has tried to talk to Vanessa and see if could see the diary or if she knew something. Sadly it hasn't gone well because of her class schedule, quidditch practice and her other activities. He knew that she was trying to study for the upcoming exams since she had another event to attend at Auradon soon. Not as long as last time but still enough that she'll still need to take homework with her.
Then February 14 came and it was one of the worst days for a few. Lockhart went a little overboard for the holiday. In the Great Hall the walls were all covered with large, lurid pink Heart-shaped confetti was falling from the pale blue ceiling. Not to mention the man himself was wearing a lurid pink robes to match the decorations. None of the teachers were pleased with this and only some of the female students thought this fantastic. He even brought in dwarfs dressed as cupids to pass around valentine cards. It was embarrassing from Harry as he got a musical one that was from Ginny. Draco noticed the diary that fell out of Harry's bookbag and almost recognized it until Vanessa came by and picked it up.
"Back off, Draco." Vanessa glared "You got your laugh and they're embarrassed, now go."
Draco looked like he was about to talk back but step back he saw the sharp look she gave him. He could have sworn that her eyes turned red for a few seconds but he wasn't sure.
Vanessa was really in the best moods right now. Her vampire side was being very aggressive today and she feels like she could literally kill someone or even feed on. She was about to head to Professor Snape's office to get another dose of serum. This year she would take twice a month. One on the first week and the second on the last. Lately it was already on the second week and it felt like she needed another dose. She made a move like she was about to hit him but he and his goons scurried off in fright.
"Thanks Vanessa." Harry said
He was about to take the diary back from her but she held it out of sight.
"What are you doing with this diary, Harry?" She asked
She held onto the diary till her cousin told her everything about it. When she looked at the name of the owner she raised a brow as she had seen that name before.
"As you can see, nothing written on it. I've been trying to find you and see if our Grandma has mentioned anything about the attacks 50 years ago in her diary." Harry said
"Well, I believe T. M. Riddle is a boy named Tom Morvalo Riddle in Slytherin." Vanessa muttered "He used to date our grandma."
Harry and Ron both gaped at this information.
Vanessa and Hermione rolled their eyes at this.
"Anywho, she was there at the time when the attacks happened but doesn't know who did it." Vanessa said and opened grandmas' diary. "When she heard the news of who. did she didn't believe the person could do it. She doesn't say the name of the person but did say that it was a third year Gryffindor."
"What?" Harry and Ron asked in disbelief
"No, that can't be right. The heir of Slytherin should be a Slytherin. Shouldn't it?" Hermione said
"The monster killed someone last time. Seeing how the Ministry is, they just wanted to blame someone." Vanessa replied "Especially since the attacks did stop." Then she got up to leave as she still needed to see Professor Snape. "Now I have to get going. But...if you guys are able to find answers in Riddle's diary. A little word of advice...don't trust him. Grandma dated him yes but it only lasted a year as he started to become odd. Possessive, dark and secretive. She no longer trusted him."
With that she left them alone.
That night Harry was looking at Riddles' diary out of curiosity. While doing some homework he accidentally spilled some ink and it got on the diary. To his surprise the diary absorbed the ink.
Nothing was on it.
He pulled a new bottle out of his bedside cabinet, dipped his quill into it, and dropped a blot onto the first page of the diary. The ink sinked in the paper and it started to absorb like before. Excitedly, Harry loaded up his quill a second time and wrote in it.
'My name is Harry Potter."
The words sinked in the page before something happened. Oozing back out of the page, in perfect handwriting.
'Hello, Harry Potter. My name is Tom Riddle. How did you come by my diary?'
Then it faded away.
Harry quickly started writing back to the point where he asked if he knew anything about the Chamber of Secrets. Tom did know and decided to show him. Magically the pages flipped on their own before landing on one. June 13 was written on it and suddenly Harry was sucked inside and landed in the Headmasters' office. Well, expect, it wasn't Dumbledores' office as his portrait wasn't on the wall and some other wizard was sitting at his desk. Harry didn't know what was going on and thought he would get in trouble. That was until he noticed that man didn't notice or see him. Then there was a knock at the door and a sixteen year old boy entered as the old man allowed it. The two started to talk about the request Tom had asked. He wanted to stay at Hogwarts for the summer but it was denied. The school was gonna close because of the death of the monster's latest victim. Harry could see the worryness on Riddles face until he was dismissed. Feeling that he should follow the Riddle boy Harry did and followed him out of the office. When they reached the entrance hall Riddle was stopped by a fifty-year younger Dumbledore.
"What are you doing, wandering around this late, Tom?"
"I had to see the headmaster, sir." Riddle said
"Well, hurry off to bed." Dumbledore said "Best not to roam the corridors these days. Not since…"
He sided heavily, bade Riddle good night, and strode off. Riddle watched him walk out of sight and then, moving quickly straight down the stone steps of the dungeons. Harry quickly followed him again. Then they were stopped again and this time Harry nearly tripped over his feet when he saw Vanessa.
"Victoria." Riddle said
Harry's eyes widened.
This was his grandmother.
'She really does look like Vanessa.' He thought
"Evening Tom." She said with a strange accent.
"What are you doing outside the common room?" Tom asked
"I don't have to answer to you anymore, Tom." Victoria scoffed "Especially since you are out late as well."
"I had a meeting with the Headmaster." Tom glared
She rolled her eyes and went to walk away but Tom stepped in front of her.
"Off to see Potter, are you?" Tom glared
"Tom, we've been through this. Who I date is none of your business." She said
Tom's jaw clenched.
"Maybe not. But as your Prefect I can report this and put not only you but your new boytoy detention." He said coldly "Now I suggest that you go back to slytherins' common room."
Knowing that he wasn't joking Victoria scoffed and headed back to the common room. Tom watched her walk away with a look that Harry didn't understand and had a smirk on face. When she was out of sight he continued on walking and Harry followed. They ended up in the dungeon that Harry had Potions with Snape. Tom took out his wand and opened the door when noises were heard on the other side.
"Evening, Rubeus." Tom said sharply
A large boy in the dungeon slammed the door of a crate that he had open shut and looked at Tom.
"What yer doin' down here, Tom?" The boy said
"It's all over. I'm going to have to turn you in, Rubeus. They're talking about closing Hogwarts if the attacks don't stop." Tom said
"What d'yeh…"
"I don't think you mean to kill anyone. But monsters don't make good pets. I suppose you just let it out for exercise and…" Tom said
"It never killed no one!" The large boy replied
"Come on, Rubeus." Tom said, moving a little closer. "The dead girls' parents will be here tomorrow. The least Hogwarts can do is make sure that the thing that killed their daughter is slaughtered…"
"It wasn't him!" The boy roared "He wouldn't! He never!"
"Stand aside." Tom said
When the boy wouldn't, Tom casted a spell that made the door of the crate open. Something hairy, had many legs, and a pair of razor sharp pincers quickly scuttled out of the crate and passed Tom. The perfect used another spell to try and stun it but the creature got away. The large boy called for it and tried to run after it but Tom stopped him.
"They'll have your wand this Hagrid." Tom said "You'll be expelled."
Unable to do anything Harry was taken back to his bedroom, unable to believe what he just saw.
A/N: Descendants 2 is next.