Humble & Wild

Chapter 11 - Brewing and Duelling

Days passed since the attack on Miss Norris and not a single student could forget especially since Filch keeps reminding them either by standing guard on the scene or giving them detention over the most ridiculous, Terra had to admit if her owl or any of her creatures got attacked she would be in a bad mood too.

One day in the courtyard she noticed that Ginny was sitting on a stone bench looking upset, she approached the youngest Weasley and had a small chat, she was upset about Miss Norris being a huge cat lover. Terra thought of a way to cheer her up and what better way then introducing her to Lulu, it went well and cheered up the redhead, and she too kept her secret. But her own fear for what could happen was rooted deep, when Harry explained about hearing a voice in Detention with Lockhart did made her worry, at first she thought it was Harry had Legitimacy but quickly withdrawn the idea for if he did he would be in a terrible state after hearing stories from her Aunt Queenie about her struggle with it when she was young but she did know there can be late developers of this kind of magic, and by how his muggle relatives treat him they would have thrown him to the closest Insane Asylums. Hermione was reading more than usual; Terra wonder why and when she asked Harry and Ron about it they were as clueless as her.

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During Transfiguration, Terra sat next to Hermione, Arch was on her shoulder as they where asked to bring their own pets for this class, while several others where provide by McGonagall.

"Could I have your attention, please!" said McGonagall to the class. "Right, now today we will be transforming animals, into water goblets, like so," she turned to one of the birds near her desk. "One two three Vera Verto," she tapped her wand against the bird and turned into a glass goblet. The glass muttered in wonder. "Now it's your turn, who would like to go first?" she walked to the students desks. "Ah Mr Weasley. One two three Vera Verto."

"Vera Verto" Ron casted, but the spell half work, Scabbers did turn into a goblet, but it had fur and a tail while Scabbers squeaked, the class laughed, Terra suppressed her laugh behind her hand.

"That wand needs replacing Mr Weasley," McGonagall commented, walking away to pick another student but Hermione raised her hand. "Yes Miss Granger?"

"Professor... I was wondering if you could tell us about the chamber of secrets."

There was a heavy pause, all eyes were at McGonagall.

"Very well," McGonagall gave in. "You all know, of course that Hogwarts was founded over a thousand year ago by the four greatest witches and wizards of the age: Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw and Salazar Slytherin, now three of the founders coexisted quite harmoniously, one did not."

"Three guesses who," Ron muttered to Harry.

"Salazar Slytherin wished to be more selective about the students admitted to Hogwarts," McGonagall continued. "He believed magical learning should be kept within all-magic families, in other words pure-bloods, unable to sway the others, he decided to leave the school. Now according to legend, Slytherin had built a hidden chamber in this castle known as the chamber of secrets. Though, shortly before departing he sealed it until that time when his own true Heir returned to the school, the Heir alone would be able to open the chamber and unleash the horror within, and by so doing purge the school of all those who in Slytherin's view, were unworthy to study magic."