Chapter Eight: The Chamber Of Secrets

"Maddie, where were you? It's literally 2 am." Hermione suspected as I walked in.

"Snape, studying." I groaned and muttered.

"Oh, you could have let me help you study. I could even tutor you!"

"Snape, already assigned me a tutor." I said and slopped onto the couch.

"Oh okay, well you look exhausted. Go to sleep." she laughed a little bit.

"I'm trying, 'Mione." I groaned and laughed.

"Hermione, Maddie? Why are you guys awake?" Ron shuffled down the steps. I looked at Hermione and shook my head.

"Just talking." she smiled. Pretty convincing.

"How's my little sister's first few days?" he slopped down beside me.

"They're alright," I said with my obviously tired voice. "not living up to the Weasley smarts though." I looked down.

"You're doing great, Maddie. I'm sure." I smiled, trying to look convinced but really I knew.

"Thanks Ron," I smiled, laying my head on his leg. "you're a good brother." I saw Hermione smile at me before I blacked out.

"Do you think we should wake her?" I heard someone ask.

"I don't know, she was up pretty late last night."

"She might be hungry." I opened my eyes slightly knowing the mention of food. I heard someone laugh.

"That did the trick, Harry." Hermione smiled.

"She's a Weasley, apparently you don't know Ron." I giggled a little bit and smiled, sitting up. I looked in the mirror and my eyes widened.

"What the bloody hell happened to my hair?" my hair was all over the place and it looked knottier than Womping Willow.

"I have to take care of this." I said about to get up.

"Let me help you, I wanna do your hair anyway." Hermione sat me up.

"Thanks 'Mione, you have no clue how bad our hair can get." Ginny smiled, sitting on the couch. I playfully stuck my tongue out at Ginny and she did the same. Harry sat down next to Ginny and I smiled. I always knew they had a thing.

"Hermione, look at them." I whispered up at her as she was brushing my hair.

"It was bound to happen." she smiled slightly and I shrugged. He better not hurt her.

"All done!" Hermione beamed.

"How long did it take?"

"Oh, just under a half an hour." she smiled and I rolled my eyes. Typical Maddie hair.

"Thanks again, Hermione. It truly means a lot." I looked at the two French braids at my sides. She nodded and pulled me out the door where all the guys were waiting.

"Finally." Harry groaned and I laughed with Ginny.

"Struggles of being girls, Potter." I smirked and he pulled me to his side. Breakfast! As we got to the Great Hall, Harry and I sat down in the middle. I felt eyes practically burning into my back and I looked back to see Draco staring at me uncertain.

"Only 8 days left of detention?" Seamus asked and I nodded.

"Thank Merlin because I am starting to think Snape is running out of things for us to do and we don't want that to happen." I burst with sarcasm. I heard a slight clearing of throat behind me. I smiled, you could say, with evil.

"Oh Professor, how great to see you!" I could hear the others trying to stifle their laughs.

"Mind your attitude, Weasley or you'll catch yourself right back in my room." I smiled brightly and he looked at the rest of the table. He flipped his cape and went on. They started to laugh and I tried not to.

"Maddie, never thought you had it in you!" Neville whistled and Ron glared.

"Careful Longbottom, that's my sister."

I turned around and saw a small smirk on Malfoy's face.

"Good morning Professor Sprout!" everyone chimed except Draco and some of the Slytherins.

"Today we are going to be re-potting Mandrakes. Who here can tell me about the Mandrake root?" Hermione shot her hand up.

"Mandrake, or Mandagora, is used to return those who've been petrified to their original state. It's also quite dangerous. The mandrakes' cry is fatal to anyone who hears it."

"Excellent! Ten points to Gryffindor." Harry, Ron, and I smiled at Hermione. We all got a pair of earmuffs before pulling up the Mandrake. Neville fainted and I could still hear the cries through my earmuffs. Malfoy tried to act up and got bitten by one, which was kind of funny.

"Ah, Mr. Potter, Ms. Weasley. You'll be serving detention with Lockhart today. I have some business to attend to." he smirked.

"Not him again." I groaned and Harry nodded, annoyed.

"Harry, Maddie. I couldn't possibly imagine any better way to spend your detention than to help me answer my fan mail."

"Could you?" Harry and I looked at each other but shook our heads.

"It's nearly late! You better head back, lads." Harry looked confused.

"Don't you hear that?"

"Hear what, Harry? I don't understand."

"Those voices." he drug me into the hallway.

"Harry, there is no-"

"Someone is going to kill!" he pulled me down the hallways.

"Harry, stop!"

"Harry." Hermione and Ron came up in front of us.

"Did you hear that?"

"Hear what?" Hermione sounded confused. She looked at me as I stood wide-eyed and shrugged.

"Voice."

"Voice? What voice?" Ron panicked.

"I think it's going to kill!" he started running and pulled me along.

"Harry, wait! Not so fast!" Hermione and Ron ran quick behind us. We turned the corner but Harry stopped us. There were spiders creeping up the walls.

"Spiders? I don't like spiders." Ron gulped and I couldn't help but look at the floor.

"W-what's that?" I said, pointing to the reflection of words in the water.

"The chamber of secrets has been opened. Enemies of the heir... beware." Hermione spoke. I gulped and backed up.

"Harry," I pointed over at the post. "look." There hung Ms. Norris, Filch's cat. All of a sudden, we heard a crowd of footsteps running towards us before half of the 3rd years came running around the corner.

"Make way, make way! What's going on here?" he said, making his way towards Harry and I.

"Ms. Weasley, Mr. Potter what are you-" he saw Ms. Norris.

"You murdered my cat." he said, grabbing me by the collar.

"No." Harry said under a whisper.

"I'll kill you!" I gulped and closed my eyes, trying not to cry.

"Argus," I heard a small voice arise from the corner. "Argus, I-" Dumbledore looked up at the wall and then at me. I shook my head, not moving any bone in my body. Harry released me from Filch's grip and I stood next to him trying to calm down.

"Everyone will precede to their dormitories immediately," we all tried getting to the back of the crowd. "everyone except, you four." I gulped.

"She's not dead, she's merely petrified. But how, I can't say."

"Ask her, she's done it. You've seen what she wrote on the wall."

"It's not true, sir. I swear." I gulped and stepped forward.

"We didn't touch Ms. Norris." Harry said and I nodded quickly.

"May I suggest, they were just in the wrong place at the wrong time." Snape muttered behind Dumbledore, now stepping forward.

"I agree." Dumbledore said and I sighed a breath of relief before McGonagall leading us to our dorms.

All these characters belong to J.K. Rowling. All credit goes to her for some of the plot and all of setting (characters, etc.) I made Maddie Weasley, that is it. I am just a girl who wants to write fanfictions.

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