harry potter: the twins who lived

chapter eleven.

“ could i have your attention please,” said mcgonagall as she stood in front of the class, “ right now today we will be transforming animals into water goblets.”
Emma had been sitting next to hermione in transfiguration class, as mcgonagall stood from her desk.
“ like so,” she points her wand at a bird, “ one two three vera verto.”
With a small wave of her wand as she chants the spell, the bird began changing shape, transforming into a water goblet. The class had looked at her in awe, some whispering and gasping happily, mcgonagall smiled at her class.
“ now it’s your turn,” she instructs as she walks down the steps, “ well who would like to go first?”
“ ah mister weasley,” she smiles at ron, “ one two three vera verto.”

Emma had looked over at her brother and ron’s desk, ron sticking out his tongue for a moment, before coughing a moment.
“ vera verto!” he chants as he flicked his wand.
His rat scabbers had only changed halfway, as the goblet still had the rats tail, and ron frowned when the class laughed.
“ that wand needs replacing mister weasley,” mcgonagall said with a sigh.
“ yes miss granger?” mcgonagall asked when hermione raised her hand.
“ professor i was wondering if you could tell us about the chamber of secrets?” she asked.
The class had been silent, their eyes focusing on mcgonagall, waiting for her to speak.

“ very well,” she sighed as she looks at the class, “ well you all know of course that hogwarts was founded over a thousand years 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,” she looks at them, “ one did not.”
“ three guesses whom,” ron spoke aloud.
“ salazar slytherin wished to be more selective about the students admitted to hogwarts,” mcgonagall continues, “ he believed magical learning should be kept within all magic families in other words; purebloods.”
Mcgonagall had looked to malfoy, emma turning to look at the blonde, as the class did.
“ unable to sway the others he decided to leave the school,” she continued again, “ 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,” she looks at the class, “ 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.”
“ muggleborns,” emma and hermione spoke in unison.
“ well naturally the school has been searched many times,” mcgonagall sighs, “ no said chamber has been found.”
“ professor?” mcgonagall looks at hermione, “ what exactly does legend tell us lies within the chamber?”
“ but the chamber is said to be home to something that only the heir of slytherin can control; it is said to be the home of a monster.”
“ do you suppose it’s true?” asked ron as they walked out of transfiguration, “ that there really is a chamber of secrets?”
“ yes couldn’t you tell?” said hermione, “ mcgonagall was worried; all the teachers are.”

“ but if there really is a chamber of secrets,” said harry.
“ and it really has been opened,” emma cuts in, “ that means-”
“ the heir of slytherin has returned to hogwarts,” says hermione, “ the question is who is it?”
“ let’s think,” said ron, “ who do we know who thinks all muggleborns are scum?”
“you’re talking about malfoy,” said hermione as she had gotten angry.
“ of course! You heard him!” ron reasons, “ ‘you’ll be next mudbloods’.”
“ i heard him but malfoy the heir of slytherin?” she laughs.

“ maybe he’s right hermione,” said harry, “ i mean look at his family a whole lot of them have been in slytherin for centuries!”
“ crabbe and goyle must know,” exclaims ron, “maybe we can trick them into telling.”
“ even they aren’t that thick,” hermione scoffs, “ but there might be another way.”
They stopped looking at her.
“ mind you it would be difficult and not to mention would be breaking up to fifty school rules,” she looked nervous when talking about the broken rules, “ and it would be dangerous; very dangerous.”
Emma follows hermione, when the brunette took out a small book, skimming onto a page. Calligraphic writing on the page, “ polyjuice potion”, a transformation potion.