The Chamber of Secrets

Chris felt like she was standing in sone kind of room. She saw everything clearly, heard everything clearly and felt everything clearly.

A man in red and golden robes entered the room. She found the man very familiar.

"What was all that about?" He asked looking at Chris. Chris didn't understand why the person is talking to her but then a voice came from behind her.

"I did what is right."

Chris turned around and saw another man in green and silver robes standing there. He also looked familiar.

"No. You did what you thought is right Salazar." The man in red and golden robes replied.

Only now Chris understood why they looked so familiar. She had seen portraits of the four founders of Hogwarts and right now she was standing before them. The man in green and silver robes was Salazar Slytherin and the man in red and golden robes was Godric Gryffindor. She gasped.

Salazar Slytherin came towards Godric Gryffindor.

"I think and I know I did the right thing Godric."

"No. You didn't Salazar." Godric Gryffindor said raising his voice. "Not accepting all muggle-borns students in Hogwarts is not the right thing."

"It is Godric. When will you understand, that the muggles always will be our enemies? They never understood the creation of this magical world and they never will."

"They will. If their own children will be part of this world then they will understand. When will you let go of the past, Salazar."

"Never. The past is a part of me. I can not let it go. Leave me Godric, did you forget what they did to Helga or Rowena or You?"

"I didn't forget anything Salazar. Neither do Rowena or Helga. But they made peace with this. They want to teach the muggle-borns. They want to share their gifts with the other gifted children."

"I am still saying you will regret this Godric. You all will." Salazar Slytherin said and left.

Chris looked around carefully, she felt like if she made any noise Godric Gryffindor will notice her. Then she saw a beautiful, proud-looking lady in blue and silver robes, wearing jewellery made with sapphires stood on the doorway.

"It's an illusion that people can change others. People only change when they want to." She said.

"Rowena!" Godric Gryffindor said without looking at her.

"No matter how much you want or try, you have to understand Godric that you can not change Salazar." Rowena Ravenclaw said with a calm and wise tone.

Godric Gryffindor sighed.

"He never told me why he hated muggles that much. I know we all have faced many problems in the past because of the muggles but I never knew what happened to him."

"Neither do I. Only Helga knows what happened. She met Salazar first." Rowena Ravenclaw replied.

Suddenly Chris started to feel dizzy like the room was spinning then she found herself at the entrance of the castle where she saw Salazar Slytherin was leaving and a lady in yellow robes called him.

He stopped.

"Is this your final decision Salazar?" She asked.

"Yes, Helga. I know you three are capable of taking care of this school." He answered.

"We are but what about your house?" Helga Hufflepuff asked.

"Rowena will teach them. Godric is an also good teacher." He stopped, then said, "and I believe you will take care of them like your own students."

And he left. Helga Hufflepuff watched him leave.

Chris woke up from her dream. Her head was spinning.

What was all that about?

Chris saw it's late morning and she was only one sleeping in her room. She was thinking she should tell anyone about her weird dream or not, as she made her way down to the common room and found Ginny surrounded by her brothers.

Ginny was sitting on an armchair crying while her brothers Percy, Fred, George and Ron were trying to stop her.

Chris came close and heard Ron saying, "But you haven't really got to know Mrs. Norris. Honestly, we're much better off without her." Ginny's lip trembled. "Stuff like this doesn't often happen at Hogwarts," Ron assured her. "They'll catch the maniac who did it and have him out of here in no time. I just hope he's got time to Petrify Filch before he is expelled. I'm only joking ..." Ron added.

"Still not nice Ron," Chris said coming closer.

Ron looked up at her.

"Ask her. She was with us. We are not going to get expelled or anything." He said to Ginny.

As soon as Ginny saw her, she tried to stop crying and was trying not to look vulnerable in front of her.

"You ok, Ginny?" Chris asked as she kneeled in front of Ginny.

"I'm... I'm... fine.." Ginny answered.

"It's fine Ginny. I also feel bad for Mrs Norris. No one deserves that." Chris said with a sad look.

"No need... to worry... about me or Mrs Norris, Chris. We both... will be...fine...." Ginny said while straightening herself.

"What?" Chris looked surprised.

"You heard me," Ginny said and went upstairs.

"I never saw Ginny as that" Fred said.

"Neither do I," George replied.

"Did anything happened between you two?" Ron asked seeing Chris's shocked face.

"I don't... know.." She took a deep breath. "I mean we had a little argument last night. But I never thought even after this dangerous situation, she will talk to me like that."

"True. It's like she is not herself nowadays." Percy said.

Chris felt a hand on her shoulder. It was George.

"Hey. Don't worry she is just upset over many things right now. It will be fine." He said with a smile.

Chris sighed.

"I hope so."

The Weasleys went for their own work and Chris sat alone on an armchair. Hermione came to her.

"Chris I'm going to the library. You want to come?"

"Why?" Chris asked. "Ummm... Look I forgot the legend of that secret chamber. It's in the Hogwarts: A History. I didn't bring mine from home. So I wanted to check in the library."

"No need. I have that book in my room." Chris answered.

"Then bring it. We have to read." Hermione said urgently.

"Ok."

The same evening, as Harry returned from his Quidditch practice all four of them gathered in the far corner of the common room. Chris opened the book and started reading.

THE LEGEND OF CHAMBER OF SECRETS

For many years, the founders: Godric Gryffindor, Rowena Ravenclaw, Helga Hufflepuff and Salazar Slytherin, worked in harmony together, seeking out youngsters who showed signs of magic and bringing them to the castle to be educated. But then disagreements sprang up between them. A rift began to grow between Slytherin and the others. Slytherin wished to be more selective about the students admitted to Hogwarts. He believed that magical learning should be kept within all-magic families. He disliked taking students of Muggle parentage, believing them to be untrustworthy. After a while, there was a serious argument on the subject between Slytherin and Gryffindor, and Slytherin left the school. But before he left, Slytherin had built a hidden chamber in the castle, of which the other founders knew nothing. Slytherin had sealed the Chamber of Secrets so that none would be able to open it until his own true heir arrived at the school. The heir alone would be able to unseal the Chamber of Secrets, unleash the horror or the monster, within, which the Heir of Slytherin alone can control, and use it to purge the school of all who unworthy to study magic.

Chris finished and there was a silence a few seconds. Chris was thinking about her dream. Which was very similar to this story. She saw Godric Gryffindor and Salazar Slytherin arguing then Salazar Slytherin leaving the school.

"I always knew Salazar Slytherin was a twisted old loony," Ron broke the silence. "But I never knew he started all this pure-blood stuff. I wouldn't batin his house if you paid me. Honestly, if the Sorting Hat had tried to put me in Slytherin, I'd got the train straight back home..."

"Don't judge a book by its cover; Ron," Chris said.

"Meaning?" Ron asked.

"Meaning we never met Salazar Slytherin or didn't hear anything about him other than this story. Did we? We know as much as the rumours told us. Then how do we know he was bad?" Chris explained.

"But what about the book. It's written in it. The book can't be wrong." Hermione protested.

"Books can be wrong sometimes Hermione. But I don't think this book is wrong. The writer wrote this very cleverly and I believe he also didn't believe that Salazar Slytherin was bad."

"How?" Hermione asked.

"Read between the lines, Hermione. The Legend didn't say that the monster within the chamber will be out to kill muggle-borns but to kill those who are untrustworthy to study magic." Chris pointed out the lines.

"But according to Slytherin Muggle-borns are untrustworthy. See here." Hermione still didn't want to believe.

"But where is written that the monster will kill those who are untrustworthy according to Slytherin?" Chris asked.

"It's Slytherin's monster, Chris. Of course, it will work according to him."

"No Hermione. Because he himself never freed the monster. He said his heir will. So maybe like us his heir also thought that he wanted to kill the Muggle-borns, however, he meant something else."

As Chris said this, Hermione didn't say anything. Though she wasn't fully convinced, she was considering Chris's words. Ron looked dumb folded and Harry almost clapped.

"You are a genius, Chris," Harry said grinning.

Chris smiled.

"So now what?" Hermione asked getting back to the topic.

"Now we have to find Who is the Heir of Slytherin?" Chris said.