Athena Potter 🎞

Chapter 22: Petrified

Aerial shot of Hogwarts

Athena: It said it was Hagrid. Hagrid apparently opened the Chamber of Secrets fifty years ago. I don't think it was though, Hagrids...well he's too...nice and if he did open it he wouldn't be able to keep it a secret, he'd break!

Everyone nodded in agreement with Athena including the pureblooded slytherins, everyone knows Hagrid can't keep secrets so therefore he couldn't have opened the chamber. Hagrid sat there with an embarrassed smile on his face.

Cut to Athena, Ron, and Hermione in a Hogwarts courtyard

Hermione: It can't be Hagrid. It just can't be.
Ron: We don't even know this Tom Riddle. He sounds like a dirty rotten snitch to me.
Athena: He was good looking though [Hermione and Ron gave her a look, she put her hands up in mock surrender] The monster killed someone, Ron. What would any of us have done?
Hermione: Look, Hagrid's our friend. Why don't we just go and ask him about it?
Ron: That'll be a cheerful visit. "Hello, Hagrid. Tell us, have you been setting anything mad and hairy loose in the castle lately?" [Hagrid is standing right behind him.]
Hagrid: Mad and hairy? You wouldn't be talking about me, now would ya?
Athena: You are not mad nor hairy Hagrid! [smiling sweetly]

"Yes they were" "Really Athena" giggled Alice "it's true Aunt Alice" Athena smirked, Alice smiled at the girl, happy she called her 'Aunt'

Ron, and Hermione: [in unison] No! [There is an awkward moment of silence.]

"Awkwaaaarrrrddd" "Daniel shut up"

Athena: What's that you've got, Hagrid?

"Yes distract him" Remus nodded his head but stopped when Mia and Minnie shot him a look.

Hagrid: Oh, it's Flesh-Eating Slug Repellent. For the Mandrakes, you know. Now, according to Professor Sprout, they've still got a bit of growing up to do, but once their acne's cleared up, we'll be able to chop 'em up and stew 'em, and then we'll get those people down at the hospital unpetrified. In the meantime, though, you three had best be looking after yourselves, all right?

"I'm hungry" "Same Ron, Uncle Moony can we have some chocolate please" Athena asked "How do you know I have chocolate on me" Remus raised his eyebrow "You always do" the future gen replied, Remus gave Ron and Athena a bar of chocolate. "How comes you never give us any?" "Yeah that's unfair" shouts James and Sirius "it's because I don't like you" Remus smiled sarcastically making James and Sirius pout.

Hagrid turns to leave. At the same time, Neville rushes in.

Hagrid: Hello, Neville.
Neville: [running up to Athena] Athena, hey! I don't know who did it, but you'd better come! C'mon!

Neville leads Athena, Ron, and Hermione up to Athena's dormitory. The whole place has been ransacked. Ron and Hermione stand by the entrance as Athena looks through the mess.

"Damn" "whoever done that is fucking feral" "Ted you cannot say that!" "Am I wrong?"

Hermione: It had to be a Gryffindor. Nobody else knows our password. Unless it wasn't a student.
Ron: Whoever it was, they must have been looking for something.
Athena: And they found it. [looks up from the mess] Tom Riddle's diary is gone.

"What!" "Who took it?" They got no response. Ginny looks at Athena with an apologetic face, Athena waves it off and mouths 'it was not your fault' Ginny smiles a bit.

Athena, dressed in her Quidditch robes, dashes down the staircase with Ron and Hermione. Down below, Ron spies Ginny.

Ron: Hey, Ginny! Going to the match?