Shadows (a BTS fanfic)

Chapter Nine

There was a greenhouse attached to the back of the castle where Professor Sprout taught. 

Today we were learning about these plants called Mandrakes.

Once you took them out of their natural habitat (dirt) they'd scream so loud you could pass out or go deaf.

Professor Sprout was a stout little old lady who was a bit round and was dressed with what looked like leaves glued or sewed together.

She instructed us to put on some thick, fluffy earmuffs as she demonstrated how to take care of the Mandrake.

I felt a thud near me and I looked down to see Hobi had fainted.

"What should we do, Professor?" Namjoon asks the teacher.

"Just leave him there," she waves his question off and continues the lesson.

Greatest professor ever.

After we had breakfast since Professor Sprout's class was early in the morning.

Jordis's P.O.V

"I've always loved this class," Jungkook tells me as we settle into our seats.

"I heard we got a new teacher. Who do you think he is?" I ask him.

He shrugs, "I just hope it's not Professor Snape."

I nod in agreement while that comment sent shivers down my spine.

Then I noticed the painting in front that had Gilderoy Lockhart painting...

"Please don't tell me," I plead.

"Hello class! Your new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher is I, Gilderoy Lockhart!" he emerges from the door near the front of the classroom.

I hear some girls gasp from awe and shock behind me. Frick them, he might as well be in his late 30's or something!

I'm just glad Serena's not in this class right now...oh crap. She has this class after the lesson with Professor McGonagall!

Gilderoy, annoyingly, started bragging about himself and his smile. I had to clutch my stomach and mouth so I wouldn't vomit.

Finally, after some gruesome minutes he started class and said under the cloth was a cage filled with our worst fears.

Maybe he isn't the worst teacher after all, he could teach us a thing or two since he writes adventure novels he first hand experienced...or so he says.

He takes off the cloth covering the cage to reveal a bunch of blue polish pixies. They're small little things with sharp teeth and big black beady eyes.

I stand corrected.

"Now I'm going to let them all out and you students will observe them," he unlocks the cage and all the pixies fly out.

I see two of them picking Hobi up by his ears. Poor Hoseok, he already fainted in Professor Sprout's class early this morning.

Then one faced me directly in the face. It reached and tore out a piece of paper from my brand new notebook. Seriously?!

I was about to capture it when Hermione shouted a spell that froze all the pixies in mid-air. Well, not froze. More like a slow motion spell.

That's when I noticed that Gilderoy had abandoned the classroom. He really is a pathetic rodent lower than vermin.

I look up since I heard squirming and saw Hobi's robe stuck on the chandelier. I grimace before I use a spell to get him down.

After we gathered our things, Jungkook, Hobi and I walked to Study Hall together.

When we were cutting through a small field, I saw the Gryffindor and Slytherin quidditch team arguing.

I spotted Hermione and Ron so I joined them to ask what happened.

"Malfoy is Slytherin's new seeker," Ron grumbles under his breath.

"But isn't Celia..?"

"She was replaced since she was late to one practice!" Hermione adds angrily.

"One? Is she still on the team?" Jungkook asks while facing Ron.

"Yeah."

I didn't see but Ron somehow started puking out slugs so I went with Harry and Hermione to help him up and take him away.

I told Hobi and Jungkook I would meet up with them later.

While we were in a long hallway we saw water all over the floor. Before I knew it I saw Filch's cat, Mrs. Norris hanging on a sharp hook.

She wasn't moving and her fur stood on all ends.

On impeccable timing students began gathering and drew the attention of Filch.

He was glaring at Harry before his eyes found themselves on Mrs. Norris.

His face started trembling while he asked what happened to her.

Soon Professor Dumbledore, Professor Snape and Professor McGonagall came when the crowd became bigger.

Mrs. Norris wasn't dead but was...petrified.

"They killed my cat! He killed my cat!" Filch pointed a shaky finger at Harry.

"May I suggest that he was just there at the wrong place at the wrong time?" Snape suggested. 

Then we noticed on the wall "the Chamber of Secrets has been opened. Students of the Heirs beware" written in blood.

~*~

Harper's P.O.V

After Study Hall we had a lesson on spells with Professor McGonagall. Today we were learning how to turn animals into inanimate objects.  

I wasn't surprised when Hermione raised her hand and asked about the Chamber of Secrets. I see Professor McGonagall taken aback but then finally obliged to tell.

"There were four great wizards and witches who founded Hogwarts eons ago. Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Salazar Slytherin," she begins. "Three of them were all harmonized except for one."

"I wonder who that was," I hear Ron sarcastically whisper to Harry in front of me.

"Salazar Slytherin didn't want all wizards and witches to attend the school, but only Purebloods. Of course the others didn't agree and as legend is said, he created a chamber within the school where his heir will find and continue his work. But all the professors have searched the school and has found no such thing."

After class I meet up with Hermione, Harry and Ron.

"I think it's pretty obvious that Draco's the heir," Ron says with disgust. "His family are Purebloods, and they hate half-bloods and mud-bloods. It's practically in their blood!"

"There's only one way to find it," Hermione turns to me.

I look at her with a concerned face. "Are you sure?"

She nods and we follow her to the library.

She pulls out a potion book and explains about Polyjuice potion, a potion that let's you change into who ever you want, once you get an essence from him or her. How I knew about this is the other day we had roamed around this section and found it. Hermione had great memory like me.

"How long will it take?" Harry asks.

"A month," I answer.

"A month?! Half of the muggle borns will be dead by then!" Ron whisper-shouts.

"I know. But it's the only plan we've got," she replies seriously.

So we planned where to meet and I would get the ingredients. 

That part was simple, I asked them from Professor Snape and told him it was for a separate project. 

Luckily he agreed and I got the ingredients without a hitch.