self just in time. He and Ron hurried after Malfoy Amelia at his side, who said as they turned into the next passage, 'That Peter Weasley –'
'Percy,' Ron corrected him automatically.
'Whatever,' said Malfoy. 'I've noticed him sneaking around a lot lately. And I bet I know what he's up to. He thinks he's going to catch Slytherin's heir single-handed.'
He gave a short, derisive laugh. Harry and Ron exchanged excited looks. Amelia giggled.
Malfoy paused by a stretch of bare, damp stone wall.
'What's the new password again?' he said to Harry.
'Er –' said Harry.
'Oh yeah – pure-blood!' said Malfoy, not listening, and a stone door concealed in the wall slid open. Malfoy marched through it and Harry and Ron followed him.
The Slytherin common room was a long, low underground room with rough stone walls and ceiling, from which round, greenish lamps were hanging on chains. A fire was crackling under an elaborately carved mantelpiece ahead of them, and several Slytherins were silhouetted around it in carved chairs.
'Wait here,' said Malfoy to Harry and Ron, motioning them to a pair of empty chairs set back from the fire. 'I'll go and get it – my father's just sent it to me –'
Wondering what Malfoy was going to show them, Harry and Ron sat down, doing their best to look at home. Amelia sat on the arm of the chair.
Malfoy came back a minute later, holding what looked like a newspaper cutting. He thrust it under Ron's nose.
'That'll give you a laugh,' he said.
Harry saw Ron's eyes widen in shock. He read the cutting quickly, gave a very forced laugh and handed it to Harry.
It had been clipped out of the Daily Prophet, and it said:
ENQUIRY AT THE MINISTRY OF MAGIC
Arthur Weasley, Head of the Misuse of Muggle Artefacts Office, was today fined fifty Galleons for bewitching a Muggle car.
Mr Lucius Malfoy, a governor of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where the enchanted car crashed earlier this year, called today for Mr Weasley's resignation.
'Weasley has brought the Ministry info disrepute,' Mr Malfoy told our reporter. 'He is clearly unfit to draw up our
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Amelia Potter and the Chamber of Secrets PART 1
FanfictionPlease read my first book, Amelia Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. PART 1 and PART 2 first or none of the following will make sense. Thank you. This story is marked CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION not becouse I wish for people to rewrite my work but b...
