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THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
The last few months seemed to have been tragic for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry with the numerous mysterious petrifactions reminiscent of the 1943, Gilderoy Lockhart's accident, and most tragic of them all, the massacre that happened yesterday, writes correspondent Velma Sullivan.
A message about the opening of the legendary Chamber of Secrets and the coming of the 'Heir of Slytherin' was the first sign, followed by the petrifaction of one Hannah Abbott mere weeks later and then followed soon after by the October 31st Halloween attacks on one Seamus Finnigan and one Justin Finch-Fletchley, leading to the removal of Albus Dumbledore from his post as the Headmaster. However, Dumbledore's removal did not do anything to deter the Heir, and the next attack happened on the January 7th, with the petrifaction of one Hermione Granger.
The final attack on January 8th was different however in that it did not have petrifactions. Instead, that night, the staff found a message from the Heir. The Heir had taken a child, one Lisa Turpin, right into the Chamber. The chamber which no one knew the location of. Dejected and defeated, the Hogwarts staff started to prepare to send the students home the next day.
But the next morning's breakfast was not to be quiet, for the Heir had made the last move. In the middle of the breakfast, the Basilisk blasted right through the front doors and barrelled into the Hall armed with its killer gaze. Official testimony states the Secrecy Charm that hid the Basilisk broke under the strain of having too many minds to hide the Beast from, enabling Albus Dumbledore, who was there as an invited guest speaker, to work out a solution and cast a Blindness curse on each individual in the room before ending the Basilisk with powerful magic.
However, he was too late, and 8 students and 1 teacher had fallen prey to the terrible gaze of the Basilisk.
For more on this story and official testimonies, article by Jennifer Law follows.
HOGWARTS MASSACRE: WHO IS TO BLAME!
As the events of the night of January 8th were unfolding and the teachers, defeated, were preparing for Hogwarts closing down, one person had not assumed defeat, and that was Harry Potter.
Having overheard his teachers' conversation about Lisa Turpin, Harry did what no one else had done. He found the entrance to Chamber of Secrets and went in. What follows is an excerpt from his official statement to DMLE.
~~~Statement Begins~~~
Interrogator: How did you realize where the Entrance was located?
HP: The only reason I realized where the Entrance was is because of Myrtle, the ghost of the girl who was killed in 1943. When I asked her how she died, her face went all blank. I'd read that only stuff like Secrecy charms could do that, so I asked where she had died, trying to get around the charm. She was able to tell me that she died in the bathroom she currently haunts. I realized that there must be some sort of connection to the Chamber from that place, so I and my phoenix Hedwig searched for anything peculiar. We found a tap with a snake engraved on it. I knocked on the wall and realized it was hollow, and I realized that the entrance must be behind it.
Interrogator: And how did you open the entrance?
HP: I figured there would be some password to it so I just sent a blasting hex at it. The sink blew up, and there was this really big pipe behind it.
Interrogator: Why did you not alert others and what did you do next?
HP: Since Myrtle couldn't tell me how she died, I figured that the Beast must have been covered by the Secrecy charm. I didn't want to risk anyone else's life. We went down the pipe and through the tunnel and found an open door with snakes on it. I had a family heirloom with me, so I was able to hide and slowly sneak around the sides of the Chamber, looking for Lisa. The place was really dark, dusty and looked almost destroyed. Somehow I managed to get through to the other end without encountering the Basilisk. I just wanted to save Lisa and get out of there as fast as I could.
Interrogator: That was when you reached the smaller door underneath the statue of Slytherin yes?
HP: Yeah. It led into a tunnel, which led to a smaller room. I found the two of them lying there, along with an upended red-hot cauldron.
Interrogator: Be more specific for the record please. Them?
HP: Dean Thomas, my friend, and Lisa Turpin lying on the floor, not moving. Lisa had burns all over her, and her robes were soaked with something that was burning her. But she was alive. I dried her up the best I could before going over to check on Dean. But he . . . he was . . .
Interrogator: Would you like some water, Mr. Potter?
HP: No. No. I'm fine. He…He was dead. I don't know how long I sat there for, but when I snapped out of it, I grabbed them both and got Hedwig to take us to the Great Hall. There I just remember seeing the carnage, and then I passed out.
Interrogator: That will be all. Thank you
~~~Statement Ends~~~
DMLE investigation so far corroborates this version of events. The Chamber was indeed almost destroyed, although by what is not clear. A gramophone, set to spew mysterious spitting noises was found in the chamber as well. Its purpose is yet to be discovered. The cauldron mentioned, however, has been suspected of containing a dark empowering potion, and it is suspected that the burns on Miss Turpin's body occurred because she was somehow dipped into the potion. She is now seeking treatment at St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries.
Current DMLE theory says that Dean Thomas might have somehow followed the Heir into the Chamber as Lisa Turpin was being kidnapped, and when he noticed Miss Turpin being thrown into the potion, he tackled it and saved her life, stopping the dark ritual from occurring. The current running theory is that this might have what caused a magical backlash causing the damage to the Chamber.
So who did it? Who was behind all this? Whatever the truth, you can expect Daily Prophet to bring it to your knowledge as soon as possible.
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