Forbidden Lover

Chpater Thirteen

Artemis’s P.O.V
The Christmas Holidays had finally arrived and both Draco and I had to stay at the school for it this year and both Draco and I were both in the Great Hall with Crabbe and Goyal as the four of us along with the rest that were staying were eating and the four of us talked and had a few laughs before Crabbe and Goyal decided to leave and head back to the Common Room, “we should probably head back to then.” I mentioned to Draco as we finished eating, “yeah. Let's get going then.” he said before we got up and left the Great Hall and made our way back to the Common Room before we noticed Crabbe and Goyal talking with Percy and I noticed that Goyal was wearing glasses and I had a suspicion that they might be Harry’s glasses before I began to realize that he might have drank some Polyjuice Potion but I decided not to say anything about it as Draco’s voice had brought me out of my thoughts, “Crabbe, Goyal, where have you two been? Pigging out in the Great Hall all this time? Why are you wearing glasses?” Draco asked them as we walked up to them, “reading.” he said and I raised an eyebrow and I can tell he was nervous, “Reading? I didn't know you could read.” Draco said to him, "neither did I. I've never seen you read before to be honest." I said to him before looking at Percy, “and what are you doing down here, Weasley?” Draco asked him, “mind your attitude, Malfoy.” Percy said to him before they walked away, “Sorry Percy.” I said to him and he just nodded before I walked away as well and eventually made it to the Common Room and not long after we had made it inside, both Draco and I sat down on the couch before noticing Crabbe and Goyal were still standing, “well, sit down. You’d never know the Weasley’s were Purebloods, the way they behave. They’re an embarrassment. All of them.” Draco said, “oh leave them alone will you. It’s not worth it.” I told Draco after noticing Crabbe clenching his fist, “what’s wrong with you, Crabbe?” Draco asked him and Goyal nudged him, “stomachache.” Crabbe said to him, “You know, I’m surprised that the Daily Prophet hasn’t done a report on all of these attacks. I suppose Dumbledore is trying to hush it all up. Father always said that Dumbledore was the worst thing that ever happened to this place.” Draco said before Goyal spoke up, “you’re wrong.” he said and I cleared my throat a little as I looked at Goyal and he just looked down from me after he realized what he said, “what? You think there’s someone here who’s worse than Dumbledore? Well? Do you?” Draco asked him and I secretly pointed at Harry who happened to be Goyal, “Harry Potter?” he asked and I sighed a little, “good one Goyal.you’re absolutely right. Saint Potter. And people actually think that he’s the heir of Slytherin?” Draco said and I furrowed my brows a little as Crabbe, Goyal and myself looked at each other before Goyal spoke up, “but then you must have some idea who’s behind it all.” Goyal said to him, “you know I don;t know Goyal. I told you yesterday. How many times do I have to tell you?” Draco said before shaking something next to his ear, “is this yours?” he asked the two and they both shook their heads, “but our father did say this, it’s been 50 years since the Chamber was opened. He wouldn’t tell us who opened it. Only that they were expelled. The last time the Chamber of Secrets was opened, a Mudblood died. So it’s only a matter of time before one of them is killed this time. As for me, I hope it’s Granger.” Draco said to them before Crabbe got up and tried to attack Draco, “what’s the matter with you two? You’re acting very odd.” Draco asked them, “it’s his stomach ache.” Goyal said to him before I noticed something else was wrong when I noticed Crabbe’s hair turning red before they both rushed out of the Common Room, “hey, where are you going?” Draco asked them, “I’ll go see if they’re alright.” I said before leaving and followed them.

By the time I made it to the bathroom they rushed into, I soon walked in as well, “what in the bloody hell were you doing. You’re lucky Draco didn’t find out.” I said to them, “how did you find out?” Harry asked me, “Goyal doesn’t read and he doesn’t wear glasses.” I told him crossing my arms, “oh. Well thanks anyways for not saying anything to your brother.” Harry said to me and I sighed, “sure. Next time, be more careful if you wish to do something like this again and interrogate someone by using Polyjuice Potion.” I said before leaving the bathroom before making my way back to the Common Room and by the time I did, I sat back down on the couch and let out a sigh, “well, how’s Crabbe?” Draco asked me, “Do you really want to know?” I asked him, turning my head to face him, “no actually. Not really.” he said, “thought so.” I said to Draco as we continued to hang out before Crabbe and Goyal walked back into the Common Room looking confused, “you lot alright?” I asked them and they just looked at each other as it also brought Draco’s attention as well, “yeah, the both of you seemed off earlier before you ran off.” Draco said to them and they both still looked confused before shrugging it off and continued to hang out for a while.

It had been a few days since I found out that Harry and Ron tried to interrogate Draco and they had also told me about what had happened to Hermione. I was wandering the Halls before I bumped into Harry and Ron, “oh sorry guys. How’s Hermione?” I said to them, “she’ll be fine.” Harry said to me and I nodded a little before we noticed water and went to see where it was coming from, “looks like Moaning Myrtle’s flooded the bathroom.” Harry said to us before we rushed to the bathroom to see the sinks overflowing with water before hearing Myrtle, “come to throw something else at me?” she asked us and I furrowed my brows a little, “why would I throw something at you?” Harry asked her, “don’t ask me. Here I am, minding my own business  and someone thinks it’s funny to throw at me.” she told us, “but it can’t hurt if someone throws something at you. I mean, it’ll just go right through you.” Ron said to her, “She can still have feelings you know, Ron. She probably took offense to it.” I said to him, “let’s all throw books at Myrtle because she can’t feel it. 10 points if it goes through her stomach. 50 points if it goes through her head. So I suggest you listen to your friend.” she said to Ron, “but who threw it at you anyway?” Harry asked her, “did you see who it was?” I asked wondering, “I don’t know. I didn’t see them. I was just sitting in the U-bend, thinking about death and it fell through the top of my head.” Myrtle told us before Harry had noticed something before I saw what he was looking at and followed him before he picked it up, “that looks familiar.” I said to him, “how so? Do you know anyone who has or had one?” Harry asked and I thought about it, “I think my father had it before. But how did it get here?” I said to Harry confused, “we’ll talk about it later. We should get back to our Common Rooms for the night.” Harry said and I nodded, “yeah, let's go then.” Ron said and we left the bathroom and went our separate ways for the night and began to think about what Harry and I found later that night as I sat alone in the Common Room staring into the fire before I eventually went to bed later that night.

It has been a while and I was walking around with Draco, Crabbe and Goyal before Harry, Ron and Hermione walked up to me, “can we talk to you for a minute?” Harry asked and I nodded, “I’ll see you later.” I said to Draco and he just nodded before I walked away with Harry, Ron and Hermione before they started talking about what happened,  “it was Hagrid. Hagrid opened the Chamber Secrets 50 years ago.” Harry said to us, “Are you sure it was him, Harry? I mean, it doesn’t seem like Hagrid could do something like that” I said to him, “she’s right, it can’t be Hagrid. It just can’t be.” Hermione said, “we don’t even know this Tom Riddle. He sounds like a dirty, rotten snitch to me.” Ron said, “The monster had killed somebody, Ron. What would any of us have done?” Harry said as we stopped walking, “look, Hagrid’s our friend. Why don;t we just go and ask him about it.” Hermione suggested, “that will be a cheerful visit. ‘Hello Hagrid. Tell us, have you been setting anything mad and hairy loose in the Castle lately’” Ron said before we heard Hagrid, “mad and hairy? You wouldn’t be talking about me, now, would you?” he asked us, causing me to jump a little, “no” the four of us said at the same time, “what’s that you got, Hagrid?” Harry asked him, “it’s Flesh-Eating Slug Repellent. For the Mandraks you know. Now, according to Professor Sprout, they’ve still got a bit of growing up to do. But once their acne clears up, we’ll be able to chop them up and stew them and then we’ll get those people down at the Hospital in-petrified. In the meantime, though, you four had best be looking after yourselves. Alright.” Hagrid said to us and we nodded before Hagrid walked away before Neville ran up to us, “Harry, I don’t know who did it, but you better come.” Neville said before we followed him back to the Gryffindor Common Room, “I’ll wait out here.” I said to them before they made it inside. After a moment, they eventually came back out, “what happened? Is everything alright?” I asked them, “someone took the Diary.” Harry said to me, “are you talking about the book we found in the bathroom the other day?” I asked him and he nodded and I let out a sigh before we walked away from the Common Room and eventually went our separate ways for the day.