"𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗, 𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚜. 𝙳𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚙𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗, 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚠𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎. 𝙰𝚜 𝚖𝚢 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚜, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚝. 𝚆𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚖𝚎 𝚞𝚙 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚂𝚎𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚜" 𝚆𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝙼𝚎 𝚄𝚙 𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚂𝚎𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝙴𝚗𝚍𝚜 ; 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝙳𝚊𝚢
"DO YOU THINK IT'S TRUE? DO YOU THINK THERE REALLY IS A CHAMBER OF SECRETS?"
you sigh softly, "i wish not to believe it, as it sounds sooo horrible! but my heart is telling me it's real" a frown plays on your lips.
you were all now walking out of class.
hermione nods also, "yes. couldn't you tell? mcgonagall's worried. all the teachers are."
"if there really is a chamber of secrets, and it really has been opened, then that means.." harry trails off.
"the heir of slytherin has returned to hogwarts. the question is, who is it?"
you hold your cheeks, looking to the ground and watching your feet as you walk.
"let's think. who do we know who thinks all muggle-borns are scum?" ron says.
"if you're talking about malfoy.."
"of course! you heard him. 'you'll be next mudbloods' "
you purse your lips, looking down,
he is mean.. but that's very far!
"i heard him. but malfoy, the heir of slytherin?" she grins.
"maybe ron's right, hermione. i mean, look at his family. the whole lot of them have been in slytherin for centuries."
ron's eyes widen, "crabbe and goyle must know. maybe we could trick them into telling"
"even they aren't that thick"
she shakes her head, "but there might be another way" she stops.
you all stop and turn to her.
"mind you, it would be difficult. and not to mention we'd be breaking about 50 school rules. and it'll be dangerous.. very dangerous"
YOUR EYES SCAN EACH BOOK ON THE DUSTY OLD SHELVES.
"here it is" hermione walks over to you lot, holding a book.
"the polyjuice potion"
you sit next to ron on the desk, putting your elbows on your thighs and your face in your hands.
"properly brewed, the polyjuice potion allows the drinker.. to transform himself temporarily into the physical form of another"
your lips part slightly,
wah..
"you mean if harry and i drink that stuff, we'll turn into crabbe and goyle?"
"yes"
"wicked! malfoy will tell us anything"
"exactly" hermione smiles, "but it's tricky. i've never seen a more complicated potion."
"well, how long will it take to make?"
"a month"
you sulk slightly.
"a month?" harry questions.
"but hermione," he shouts slightly before lowering his voice, "if malfoy is the heir of slytherin, he could attack half the muggle-borns in the school by then"
"i know" hermione sighs, "but it's the only plan we've got"
you play with your wand in your pocket, frowning.
AND AGAIN WAS THE DAY OF A GRYFFINDOR VS SLYTHERIN QUIDDITCH GAME.
it was draco and harry's first game against each other and the tension was high.
you were running rather late, as obanai and kuojuro had decided to get into a little.. fight.
a fight that nearly wripped the whole room to shreds.
you had quickly dismissed hannah and susan, telling them to go watch the game while you cleaned up. it was your cats, anyway.
so after giving them a good scolding for fighting each other, you start to clean the room, magicking some things and muggling others.
the two cats were secretly giving each other glares from their assigned beds which once used to sit next to each other but now sat about a meter apart.
you tidy the rest of the room, smiling in accomplishment.
"ah! all done~! oof, i hope the game isn't too far in!"
you kiss duck on the head, placing him on your pillow and wrapping hm slightly in your blankts to let him rest, both of your cats laying comfortably on their big beds.
patting down your uniform, you exit the common room in a hurry, not wanting to miss much more of the game.
you skip out of the cozy hufflepuff common room and into the slightly colder hogwarts halls.
you skip down the halls, making your way towards the grounds.
but as you skip passed a window, you see a glint of something.
you raise an eyebrow, stopping and turning towards the window.
something yellow was glinting, but it wasn't very clear.
you step forward, crouching slightly to see it.
but as soon as you saw it, it was too late.
staring back at you from the reflection of the window were two big, glaring yellow eyes, and the next thing you knew was darkness.
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date posted ; 24/10/22
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