The Empress of Magic

Chapter 29 : The Chamber of Secrets

Celestia was unable to say anything for a moment, her eyes moving from Tom's crimson ones towards Ginerva Weasleys'............

The girl's eyes were unfocused, the light that would reflect within their depth if she were truly alive blurred and flickering between a dull blue and glazed-over grey....

She continued to search and look for any hint of what may have happened to her, the pendant of her necklace glowing a deep green as she felt for the usual traces left behind by a living soul.

The traces were still there....... Yet Celestia could taste and smell the barrier keeping the girl out of her own body, fear clinging onto her very Core and threatening to burst out of her and lash out at any given moment.

,, What did you do to the girl, Tom ?" she calmly asked, not all too fazed about the fact that the Horcrux had a Wand pointed at her throat.

It wouldn't be the first nor the last time someone tried to threaten her life in one way or another.

,, Nothing that she didn't willingly agree to, my dear.." He told her, lips curling up into a smirk as he watched her eyes flicker from their normal Bi-colored state to gold....

Her own body was perceiving him as dangerous to her, even if she refused to let it show on her face.... Good.

,, I'm quite sure that a twelve-year-old's consent to such things came with a lot less effort than it would have taken you had it been someone more mature and aware of the dark arts.." She said, noting that this wasn't the effect of the Imperius Curse

,, You know me all too well...." He said, bringing an arm around her waist, making sure that she couldn't escape while at the same time making her walk in front of him. ,, Now, my dear, it's time I show you something.."

She let herself be taken, unable to fight at the moment because she knew that as soon as she took ahold of her Wand, Tom would kill Ginerva without sparing the girl another glance, before taking his rage out on her.

And while she did have confidence in herself and her ability to fight, this was not a beast or human holding them captive. The one thing Esmeralda had taught her about corporal Soul-pieces was not to mess with them or better yet not be in the same area as it, because neither Maman Brigitte nor any other gods in ruling the underworldly domain were kind to those that tried to trick them.

With every step they took, the chance of her getting out of this situation alive got slimmer and slimmer....

It was quiet the whole way, only their footsteps making any kind of noise.

And before long they had arrived at the second-floor girl's bathroom.

,, You know... I'm quite surprised about the fact that you haven't figured out where the Chamber was, even after stepping foot in here and talking to the Ghost." Tom said, slightly disappointed when Celestia did not reply to him, and instead kept her gaze forward.

Oh, she had her suspicions about where the Chamber laid... but she had expected something with a pipe system big enough for the Basilisk to comfortably travel through, like the Prefect bathroom.

She had difficulties imagining a gigantic snake weighing several tons squeezing itself through the pipes.....

Perhaps the pipe system was magical as well? She would have to ask Klinge if she got out of here alive-

They stopped right before a snake-engraved sink tap...

,, Open ~! " Hissed Tom, and Celestia watched as one of the Snakes twisted, which made the other Snakes go back and the sink began moving, revealing a passage which they entered.