The Chamber of Secrets

I stand up as I slide the diary into my pouch "Thank you, Ginny. I'll be sure to throw a few good words about you to Harry."

She doesn't look to be in the mood to deal with my jokes so I step out the door waving as I leave. I sigh as I immediately head office to office handing in my homework to each teacher.

Each of them has something nice to say except Snape of course. Flitwick was the most concerned with McGonagall coming in a close second. According to him, the dueling tournament has been 'postponed until further notice'. But he said they will likely call it off to keep away from the drama.

After that, I went back to the common room where everyone has already retreated after lunch. For the rest of the day, I just hang out with my friends and pretend nothing is different. It is nice being back

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Once the night falls and everyone is asleep I make sure no one is awake and cover myself in my shroud. I quietly shift into my dementor form and make my way out to the most private area on the grounds. The forbidden forest.

I shift back to my human form as I reach a few hundred feet in and the terrain becomes indistinguishable from the rest. The book I read said Horcrux are no harder to destroy than the object they are made of.

The caveat of that is dark wizards will stack charm upon charm, hex upon hex, to protect them at all costs. I sigh as I pull the diary from my pouch and hold it in front of me scanning it over with my eyes.

If I didn't know this was a Horcrux I would have never guessed it. I close my eyes and peer into the soul stored in the diary. It is slightly larger than a normal soul which means much like Dumbledore, Voldemort must have an incredibly powerful soul.

I open my eyes again and open the book flipping through the pages I stop towards the middle as I see writing appear. "Who are you?" The letters write out in immaculate handwriting.

I smirk a bit at his game "Can you hear me."

'Yes,' The book replies.

"I am someone who has already killed you once now and plan to do it until you stay dead."

'Why?'

"Because I can. Lord Voldemort." I say with a small grin.

'What do you want?' The words spell out as expected.

I toss the book on the ground as I point my wand at it "Configo."

A large blast of flames hits the book but I can see it is unscathed once the dust clears. "Sectumsempra" I swing my wand like a sword putting a lot of magic behind my swing. The book is flung away and the ground is left with a gash a few inches deep.

I sigh as I aim at it again drawing even more magic "Configo Trio"

*BOOM*

The tree the diary is resting against is blown apart and the book flies into the air. My eyes narrow as I catch it and examine it again. It has a tiny mark of a small singe on the sides. It would take hundreds of spells to even burn a page.

"Fine, let's try this," I say to myself as I shift into my dementor form. I hold the book only a foot in front of my face as I try to eat it. I can feel the soul is being sucked to me but has no path out of the book.

I stop and open it wide and try again but nothing happens. Once I feel there is no point in trying to eat it anymore I grip both sides tightly. Gathering the shadows around my arms I begin to pull both sides with all the strength my skeletal arms and shadows can muster.

The air around the books seems to be gathering magic protecting it. Seeing that the hexes are stronger than my physical strength I give up on that and shift back to my human form.

"You know I will destroy you eventually right? Why don't you tell me how?" I say smiling at the book.

'I can give you the chamber.' The book writes out quickly.

My brows raise a bit interested "And what would I want with an old decrepit chamber?"

'It has the inheritance of Salazar Slytherin.'

"And where is it?" I ask actually a bit curious but I already have a good idea where.

'Below the school. Only I may access it.'

I shrug "Sure, let's go on a small adventure."

'Perhaps the chamber will have something to destroy the Horcrux.' I think to myself as I transform again covering myself in shadows. I make my way back to the school and head to the dungeons since it is the lowest part of the school.

I transform back to human but keep my shadows around myself so I won't be seen. "Where from here?"

'The girl's bathroom on the second floor.''

In the darkness of my shadows, I stare at the book oddly. With a bit of hesitation, I make my way up the stairs to the second-floor bathroom. Once I'm standing at it I open the book again.

"This is above the Great Hall, how could this lead to the chamber?" I ask taking a few tentative steps inside.

I stare at the ghost of Moaning Myrtle as I hear the book speak for a second time. "Open." The young man's voice comes out of the book in a calm manner. The snake symbol above the tap begins to slither around the large circular sink as if it weren't made of metal.

A small pillar behind each sink slowly raises once the snake passes them. Once the snake finishes a full lap around the sink it begins rising on the pillars revealing a gaping hole below the slab of granite.

Moaning Myrtle on the side begins to cry as she hides in one of the stalls "It's happening again." I hear her whimper.

My eyes narrow as I look down the dark hole. Without hesitation, I jump down slowly falling over a hundred feet. I use my shadows to catch me when I reach the bottom. The walls are dark and the floor is uneven so I pull out my wand. I drop my invisibility as I hold my wand up.

"Lumos." Light radiates from my wand revealing that we are inside a cave lined with torches. I snap my fingers using a simple fire starter spell to ignite the torches. Once the way is lit I put away my wand and make my way forward.

One way leads to a wall while the other leads to a large round door. The door has nine snakes on the center barring it from opening and one on the outer ring of the door. I use my shadows on my hand and try to phase through but hit a barrier. I pull my hand away as I hear the book speak again.

"Open" The same voice comes from the book as before.

Similar to the sink the snake along the outer ring slithers around the outside pushing the inner nine snakes out of the way. Each time a snake is pushed out of the way the door makes a loud mechanical sound. Honestly, I'm surprised this was made a thousand years ago.

The door finally makes a small click and the large slab of stone swings open towards me. Behind the door is a massive chamber with waterfalls of sewage water and a stone pathway leading to a larger area. The center of the larger was filled by a massive stone head made to look like Salazar Slytherin.