Charmolypi

Chapter 64

The scene changed showing Harry running towards the girl's lavatory, where he knew Thea would be working on the potion. When he reached the location, he knocked on the door before bursting into the room. As expected, Thea was in there working on the potion with Ron and Hermione keeping her company.

"Harry!" Hermione exclaimed happily, quickly jumping up from her seat and rushing towards the boy. "You gave us such a fright, come in, how's your arm?"

"Fine," he told her, stepping deeper into the bathroom. He could see his sister's cauldron crackling because of the fire below it.

"We'd've come to meet you, but we decided to get started on the Polyjuice Potion," Ron told him before pausing, "well Thea made us come here."

"They expect her to do all the work while they're off walking around?" James grumbled angrily, folding his hands over his chest like an angry child.

"Dobby came to visit me in the middle of the night." Harry blurted, gaining everyone's attention.

Ron and Hermione looked up, amazed, while Thea looked angry and alarmed. Harry told them everything Dobby had told him - or hadn't told him.

"The Chamber of Secrets has been opened before?" Hermione said.   

"This settles it," said Ron in a triumphant voice. "Lucius Malfoy must've opened the Chamber when he was at school here and now he's told dear old Draco how to do it. It's obvious. Wish Dobby'd told you what kind of monster's in there, though. I want to know how come nobody's noticed it sneaking around the school." Ron turned sharply to Thea, "see, I told you that Malfoy was the Heir of Slytherin!"

"We truly aren't..." Abarax said, surprised by the boy's accusation.

"I'm sure all will be revealed, Mr. Malfoy," the minister said.

"Maybe it can make itself invisible," said Hermione, prodding leeches to the bottom of the cauldron. "Or maybe it can disguise itself, pretend to be a suit of armor or something. I've read about Chameleon Ghouls -"

"You read too much, Hermione," Thea commented, pouring dead lacewings on top of the leeches. She crumpled up the empty lacewing bag and looked at Harry.

"So Dobby stopped us from getting on the train and broke your arm..." Ron shook his head. "You know what, Harry? If he doesn't stop trying to save your life, he's going kill you."

"I won't let that happen," Thea said while standing up from her spot and whipping out her wand. She silently cast a concealment and invisibility charm, making the cauldron invisible to everyone but her. "We should go before people start getting suspicious" she told them before walking out, the group quickly following behind her.

"She does advanced potions, charms, hexes, she's a chaser, an Oclument, a Legilement, and knows how to cast spells non-verbally." Barty counted on his fingers.

"Don't forget her demigod side," Rodolphus added.

"That's a category on its own," Barty said.

"They're starting a Dueling Club!" the group heard Seamus say as they walked through the entrance hall. "First meeting tonight! I wouldn't mind dueling lessons; they might come in handy one of these days..."

"What, you reckon Slytherin's monster can duel?" said Ron, but he, too, read the sign with interest. "Could be useful," he said to Harry and Hermione as they went into dinner. "Shall we go?"

"I would usually say that you're too young, but you need it..." Molly said sadly.

Thea looked at the notice board closely and noticed another announcement. She turned to the group with an excited look on her face. "There's also going to be a self-defense class on Friday nights and Saturday mornings!"