rocking backwards and forwards slightly in her chair, exactly like Dobby did when he was teetering on the edge of revealing forbid- den information.
'I've got to tell you something,' Ginny mumbled, carefully not looking at Harry.
'What is it?' said Harry.
Ginny looked as though she couldn't find the right words. 'What?' said Ron.
Ginny opened her mouth, but no sound came out. Harry leaned forward and spoke quietly, so that only Ginny and Ron could hear him.
'Is it something about the Chamber of Secrets? Have you seen something? Someone acting oddly?'
Ginny drew a deep breath and, at that precise moment, Percy Weasley appeared, looking tired and wan.
'If you've finished eating, I'll take that seat, Ginny. I'm starving, I've only just come off patrol duty.'
Ginny jumped up as though her chair had just been electrified, gave Percy a fleeting, frightened look, and scarpered away. Percy sat down and grabbed a mug from the centre of the table.
'Percy!' said Ron angrily. 'She was just about to tell us some- thing important!'
Halfway through a gulp of tea, Percy choked.
'What sort of thing?' he said, coughing.
'She is an elven year old girl, all sorts of important things happen,' said Amelia rolling her eyes. She couldn't tell what had gotten into Ginny, but she was going to help the best she could.
'I just asked her if she'd seen anything odd, and she started to say –'
'Oh – that – that's nothing to do with the Chamber of Secrets,' said Percy at once.
'How do you know?' said Ron, his eyebrows raised.
'Well, er, if you must know, Ginny, er, walked in on me the other day when I was – well, never mind – the point is, she spotted me doing something and I, um, I asked her not to mention it to anybody. I must say, I did think she'd keep her word. It's nothing, really, I'd just rather –'
Harry had never seen Percy look so uncomfortable. Amelia would have raised her eyebrow if she knew how. She had a feeling she might be getting that chocolate frog after all.
'What were you doing, Percy?' said Ron, grinning. 'Go on, tell us, we won't laugh.'
Percy didn't smile back.
'Pass me those rolls, Harry, I'm starving.'
'Lire,' muttered Amelia.
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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...
