Rhea Prince (Book 3, Ongoing)

The Snake

No she definitely wasn't lucky. Since all of Hogwarts had found out about what happened to Mrs. Norris, she was on the bad side of most of the student body. She was probably doing worst than Harry because of her heritage, though the Boy-Who-Lived wasn't doing that well either. So she couldn't be mad at him.

The people who annoyed her the most Susan's group of friends and Cornfoot's group of friends. Susan had a habit of hanging out with annoying people, though she was also annoying and they didn't like her one bit. Which made their shared living very sour. The Gryffidnors spent most of their time ignoring her or pretending she didn't exist, which was fine. Her friends were still hanging around her and the rest of the houses just didn't seem to care. The Ravenclaws were making theories of how this could've happened and would pass around information within their house. Since Rhea was had Ravenclaw friends, they were more than willing to share their information. Books were spread through Terry as they came together for their study group.

The subterranean Chamber of Secrets was created by Salazar Slytherin without the knowledge of his three fellow founders of Hogwarts. The Chamber was, for many centuries, believed to be a myth; however, the fact that rumors of its existence persisted for so long reveals that Slytherin spoke of its creation and that others believed him, or else had been permitted, by him, to enter.

There is no doubt that each of the four founders sought to stamp their own mark upon the school of witchcraft and wizardry that they intended would be the finest in the world. It was agreed that each would construct their own houses, for example, choosing the location of common rooms and dormitories. However, only Slytherin went further, and built what was in effect a personal, secret headquarters within the school, accessible only by himself or by those he allowed to enter.

Perhaps, when he first constructed the Chamber, Slytherin wanted no more than a place in which to instruct his students in spells of which the other three founders may have disapproved (disagreements sprung up early around the teaching of the Dark Arts). However, it is clear by the very decoration of the Chamber that by the time Slytherin finished it he had developed grandiose ideas of his own importance to the school. No other founder left behind them a gigantic statue of themselves or draped the school in emblems of their own personal powers.

The existence of the Chamber was known to Slytherin's descendants and those with whom they chose to share the information. Thus the rumour stayed alive through the centuries. There is clear evidence that the Chamber was opened more than once between the death of Slytherin. Whispers that a monster lived in the depths of the castle were also prevalent for centuries. Again, this is because those who could hear and speak to it were not always as discreet as they might have been: the Gaunt family could not resist boasting of their knowledge. Successive headmasters and mistresses, not to mention a number of historians, searched the castle thoroughly many times over the centuries, each time concluding that the chamber was a myth.

"A monster?" Rhea whispered.

"Probably some kind of snake." Terry said. "Slytherin was a Parseltongue."

"I'd say a Basilisk." Sue said.

"They're classified as XXXXX." Eun Jae scolded. "They're wizard killers and are impossible to train or domesticate."

"Must be something else then." Jinyoung said. "It's not like a Basilisk is the only animal that Slytherin could've used." The group muttered in agreement as they finished Professor Binns three foot long composition. Though the strangeness of the spiders hurrying outside was enough to spend shivers down their spines. "Something else." It's not like they were crazy enough to go looking for a terrifying magical creature that could petrify or worse kill them anyway. That's a death wish.