Harry Potter Various x Reader {Year 2}✔

Ch.18

The Monster

Harry's pov:

After dinner, we went to visit Hermione replacing the dead flowers on the desk next to her. "Wish you were here, Hermione we need you and (Y/n) wherever she may be"

The mystery of (Y/n)'s sudden disappearance still hasn't been solved. It confuses me how none of the Professors have found any trace of her. It worries me, scares me if anything that something horrible could've happened to (Y/n) that lead to her disappearance.

I touch Hermione's cold hand rubbing her thumb. I felt something rough in between our hands, I pull it out finding a ball of paper?

I unraveled it shocked at what I'm looking at."What's that?"

"Ron...this is why Hermione and (Y/n) were in the library the day she was attacked and (Y/n) disappeared....come on"

We left the Hospital Wing rushing through the corridors making sure there isn't anyone around to hear. I showed Ron the paper pointing at the sentences on the page they ripped out.

"Of many fearsome beasts that roam our land. None is more deadly than the Basilisk. Capable of living for hundreds of years. Instant death awaits any who meet the giant serpent's eye. Spiders flee before it. Ron this is it! The monster in the Chamber of Secrets is a basilisk. That's why me and (Y/n) could hear it speak. It's a snake"

"But if it kills by looking people in the eye, why is it no one's dead?"

Huh? True why hasn't anyone died yet? I thought about it thinking about any possible answer to it. I noticed a window across from us seeing my reflection and that's when it clicked in my head.

"Because no one did look it in the eye. Not directly at least"

We began to walk again stating facts of each person's petrification. It all adds up to each person.

"Colin saw it through his camera. Justin must have seen the basilisk through Nearly Headless Nick. Nick got the full blast of it but he's a ghost, he couldn't die again and Hermione had the mirror. I bet you she was using it to look around corners in case it came along"

"And Mrs.Norris? What about (Y/n) she's a pureblood the creature only gets muggleborns right? So why her?"

"Look Ron I'm just as worried about (Y/n) as you are but we have to stay focused on how to stop this, I'm sure that once we figure out how to find this creature we'll find (Y/n) too. As for Mrs.Norris, there was water on the floor that night. She only saw the Basilisks reflection"

I walked up to the podium with fire getting better lighting of it saying that everything fits with its reason. Ron read the paper still asking questions.

"How's a basilisk been getting around? Surely someone would've seen the dirty great snake"

"Looks like they've answered that as well"

"Pipes? It's using the plumbing?"

"Remember what Aragog said about the girl 50 years ago? She died in a bathroom? What if she never left?"

Ron gasped saying Moaning Myrtle, it was her, she was the one that died to the monster 50 years ago. Professor McGonagall's voice rang throughout the castle instructing us to go into our dormitories and called all teachers to the second floor immediately. I looked at Ron motioning him to follow. We ran to the second floor hiding behind a corner.

Footsteps came from the other side as we stayed quiet listening to Professor McGonagall talk, "As you can see the Heir of Slytherin has left another Message. Our worst fear has been realized. Now another has been taken by the monster into the chamber itself the students must be sent home...I'm afraid this is the end of Hogwarts"

We hear another pair of footsteps casually walking up to the professors and what do you guess the blonde bimbo himself.

"So sorry. Dozed off. What have I missed?" He says in a happy tone at this moment I wanted to punch him in the face but I stayed put.

"Another girl has been snatched by the monster, Lockhart. Your moment has come at last"

"My moment?"

"Weren't you saying just last night. That you've known all along where the entrance of the Chamber of Secrets is?"

This bimbo knew where the Chamber was and didn't tell them where it was?! Actually, no this guy is as smart Seamus changing water to rum there's no way.

"That's settled. We'll leave you to deal with the monster, Gilderoy. Your skills, after all, are legend"

"Very well....I'll just be in my office getting um... Getting ready--"

"Oh and one more thing Lockhart the first student taken was my star student. One scratch on her or any form of harm that is or was brought upon her you better hope I don't find out or I'll break your bones and pretty little smile of yours"

Professor Snape threatened Lockhart as we hear running fading around the corner. Damn, I thought Professor Snape's favorite was Malfoy turns out it's (Y/n) I mean it makes sense it's hard not to like her at first impressions.

"Who is it that the monsters took now, Minerva?"

"First (Y/n) (L/n) and now Ginny Weasley"

The Professors left rushing away we looked at the wall they were blocking seeing the message.

"Her skeleton will lie in the Chamber forever and the other will turn into a Nightmare"

Ron read the wall and just stood behind me shocked repeating Ginny's name. I snap my fingers at him telling him what we're going to do. Which was to go to Lockhart's class and tell him everything we know.

"Lockhart may be useless, but he's going to try and get into the Chamber. At least we can tell him what we know"

We burst into his office and instead of 'getting ready' like he said he was, he was throwing stuff into luggage surprised to see us. "Are you going somewhere?"

"Well, yes. Urgent call. Unavoidable. Got to go"

"What about my sister? And (Y/n)? Snape will have your head if he doesn't see (Y/n) saved"

"True but as to that, most unfortunate. No one regrets more than I."

I can hear the heavy breathes Ron was letting out watch this bimbo pack more of his stuff.

"You're the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. You can't go now!"

"I must say, when I took the job there was nothing in the description of--"

I block the so-called Professor from running he stared at me slightly mad. I glared at him almost challenging him to try and push me.