Chapter 11: the founders
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We are currently sitting in Mcgnagall's class with animals on our desks "Could I have your attention please" Mcgnagall starts "right," she walks around the room "today we will be transforming animals into water goblets" She explains"Exciting" I say slightly sarcastically, everyone chuckles even Mcgnagall
"Like so," she takes her wand out "one, two, three, Vera Verto" her bird turns into a clear water goblet, "now it's your turn" she says point her wand lazily at the class "who would like to go first?" She asks
"Ooo, Ooo, pick me, pick me" I exclaim loudly jumping in my seat. Professor McGonagall Sighs
"Lily" she confirms
"Yay!...okay okay, One, Two, three, Vera Verto" I tap the tiny mouse that's sleeping on my desk. He turns into a colourful Water goblet that has the four house crests on it "YAY!" I squeal happily
"Excellent, 10 points to Slytherin" she says "Mr Weasley how about you? One, Two, Three, Vera Verto" the teacher explains
Ron taps Scabber's his rat three times "Vera Verto" his rat forms the shape of a water goblet but it still has the fur and a tale. The whole class erupts into laughter, I giggle slightly but I can't help but feel bad for him
"That wand needs replacing Mr. Weasley" Ron's face turns pink. Hermione shoots her hand up, hitting me in the face in the process of doing it "yes Miss. Granger?" Mcgnagall asks
"I was wondering if you could tell us about the chamber of secrets" she asks her, the rest if the class agrees,
"Can we just go back to wand magic stuff?" I ask but everyone shushes me in a harsh way "I feel loved" I grumble
"Very well, you all know of course that Hogwarts was founded over a thousand years ago, by the four greatest witches and wizards, Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw and Salazar Slytherin" she explains
"Now three of the founders coexisted quite harmoniously, One did Not" she walks down the rows of seats, I look at Slytherin tie and see Hermione doing the same"Three guesses who" I hear Ron whisper to my cousin
"Salazar Slytherin wished to be more selective about the students admitted to Hogwarts. He believed magical learning should be kept in all magic families, in other words Pure-Bloods" I looks at Draco who is surprisingly already looking at me with a guilty look
"Unable to sway the others he decided to leave school. Now according to legend, Slytherin had built a hidden chamber in the castle, known as the chamber of secrets," she pauses looking around at the students to see all of us looking at in anticipation "though shortly before departing he sealed it until the time when his own true heir returned to school" she continues, I think of River hoping he wasn't the true heir of Slytherin and just related to him, I know him all to well, he wouldn't harm anyone who didn't provoke him of I.
"The heir alone would be able unlock the chamber and unleash the horrors within and by so doing, purge the school of those who in Slytherin's view were unworthy to study magic" Mcgnagall continues
"Muggle-Borns" Hermione and I speak up, Mcgnagall nods her head in our direction
"Well naturally the school has been searched many times, no such chamber has been found" she reassures the worried students
"Professor?" I ask sticking my hand up slowly "what exactly does legend says that lies within the chamber?" I ask her hesitantly
"The chamber is said to be the home of some only the heir of Slytherin con control, it is said to be the home of a monster" I shudder at the thought of a monster roaming the school at night or when no one is around. We all start to collect our stuff and we make our way out of the class room
"Do you think it's true?" Ron asks us from my right "do you think there really is a chamber of secrets?" He adds
"Yes, couldn't you tell? Mcgnagall's worried, all the teachers are" I tell my Gryffindor friends
"If there really is a chamber of secrets, and it really has been opened, that means..." Harry trails off
"The heir of Slytherin has returned to Hogwarts, the question is, who is it?" She asks the question everyone is dying to know. As Draco walks by sending me a small smile
"Let's think, who do we know who thinks all muggle-norms are scum?" Ron asks us, his eyes following Malfoy who is talking to Pansy Parkinson
"If you're talking about Malfoy" Hermione starts
"Of course, you heard him you'll be next mud-bloods" Ron snaps slightly taking me by surprise
"I heard him," Mione snaps back "but Malfoy, Heir of Slytherin?" She asks
"Maybe Ron's right, I mean look at his family, a whole lot of them have been in Slytherin for centuries" Harry explains, he does have a point but my mind keeps wondering to River
"Crabbe and Goyle must know, maybe we can trick them into talking" Ron suggests
"Even they aren't that thick, trust me, I've talked to them" I tell them when an idea comes to mind "but there might be a way, mind you it would be difficult, not to mention we'd be breaking about 50 school rules and it'll be dangerous, very dangerous" I tell them, I grab Hermione's sleeve and drag her to the library and we become to discuss our plan.
I greet the Librarian that I still haven't learned the name of, I start to search for the book I've read before
"I found it" Hermione calls out and we make our way to the boys who are waiting for us
"Thanks 'Mione" we all sit a four seated desk and She opens it up to the right page
"Here it is" Hermione points to the potion "Polyjuice Potion" we say together
"Properly Brewed, the Polyjuice Potion allows the drinker to transform himself temporarily into the physical form of another" I explain to the two older boys
"You mean if Harry and I drink that stuff we'll turn into Crabbe and Goyle?" Ron asks me
"Yes" Hermione answers for me as I pass her the book
"Wicked! Malfoy will tell us anything" Ron exclaims in excitement
"Exactly," she says reading over the instructions "but it's tricky, I've never seen a more complicated potion" she tells them, I nod my head in agreement
"Well how long will it take to make" my cousin asks us, Mione and I share a glance and turn back to Harry and Ron
"A month" we say in unison, James chokes on the air
"A month? But if Malfoy is the Heir of Slytherin, he could attack half the muggle-borns in the school by then" Harry tell us
"We know, but it's the only plan we got"
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