Amelia Potter and the Chamber of Secrets PART 1

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'His eyes are as green as afresh pickled toad,
His hair is as dark as a blackboard.
I wish he was mine, he's really divine,
The hero who conquered the Dark Lord.'

Harry would have given all the gold in Gringotts to evaporate on the spot. Trying valiantly to laugh along with everyone else, he got up, his feet numb from the weight of the dwarf, as Percy Weasley did his best to disperse the crowd, some of whom were crying with mirth.

'Off you go, off you go, the bell rang five minutes ago, off to class, now,' he said, shooing some of the younger students away.'And you, Malfoy.'

Harry, glancing over, saw Malfoy stoop and snatch up some- thing. Leering, he showed it to Crabbe and Goyle, and Harry realised that he'd got Riddle's diary.

'Give that back,' said Harry quietly.

'Wonder what Potter's written in this?' said Malfoy, who obvi- ously hadn't noticed the year on the cover, and thought he had Harry's own diary. A hush fell over the onlookers. Ginny was star- ing from the diary to Harry, looking terrified.

Amelia leaned against the wall and smirked. The look on Draco's face when he finds out nothing is written in it is something she just had to see. He would appear so foolish, though he often did anyway.

'Hand it over, Malfoy,' said Percy sternly.

'When I've had a look,' said Malfoy, waving the diary tauntingly at Harry.

Percy said, 'As a school Prefect –', but Harry had lost his temper. He pulled out his wand and shouted, 'Expelliarmus!' and just as Snape had disarmed Lockhart, so Malfoy found the diary shooting out of his hand into the air. Ron, grinning broadly, caught it. There was a shout of 'Yes good shot, Harry' from Amelia.

'Harry!' said Percy loudly. 'No magic in the corridors. I'll have to report this, you know!'

But Harry didn't care, he'd got one over on Malfoy, and that was worth five points from Gryffindor any day. Malfoy was looking furious, and as Ginny passed him to enter her classroom, he yelled spitefully after her, 'I don't think Potter liked your Valentine much!'

Ginny covered her face with her hands and ran into class. Snarling, Ron pulled out his wand, too, but Harry pulled him away. Ron didn't need to spend the whole of Charms belching slugs.

'Like you could do any better? I think it was quite lovely,' said Amelia crossing her arms.Amelia spun on her heel and grabbed Harry by the shoulders in one quick motion. 'Ha, she is  right your eyes are green,'

'Of course they ar- Wiat, how didn't you know that about me?'

'I don't pay attention to that kind of stuff,'

It wasn't until they had reached Professor Flitwick's class that Harry noticed something rather odd about Riddle's diary. All his