NOVEL NEXT Chapter 33 A Dagger
"This much was happening to our sister and we didn't know?" Fred said first.
"I can't believe it." Ron replied.
"Now. You four know everything. So if I don't come back then tell this to Professor Dumbledore." Chris said getting up.
"You don't come back? Meaning?" Harry asked also getting up from his seat.
"Meaning.. I'm going to try... try to save Ginny... I'll never forgive myself if after knowing this much... I failed to save her. And my father always said, I'm here in this world to do big things, so, fighting a Basilisk counts.. right?" She tried to give a fake smile. "I'll save your sister or will die trying... Please just pray that we don't have to die today. Harry you just have to open the chamber for me. I'll not able to do that."
Harry frowned.
"You can't go alone inside."
"I agree." Ron said.
"So what do you want? To take everyone? You know, right? That only one glance at it's eyes and that's it. You'll be dead." Chris said fuming.
"Yes. I know that's why I'll come. Please Chris." Harry said.
"I'll to." Ron said.
"And what about us?" Fred and George said together getting on their feet.
"Great." Chris said sarcastically. "Listen I'll just take Harry because without his Parseltongue ability, it'll be impossible to go inside. But I can't let you all go there. Ron you can only wait outside the chamber, in case we need help from outside, you can call the teachers. Fred and George please stay here. It'll be risky to take you all there without getting noticed."
It took several more minitues to convince Fred and George at last they agreed to stay near the Gryffindor tower.
"Now, please tell me Harry, you've something which can take us to Hagrid's hut without being noticed." Chris whispered to Harry.
"Actually I've. A invisibility cloak." Harry smiled.
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Chris never saw the corridors this crowded before in Hogwarts. She, Harry and Ron were under Harry's invisibility cloak. Teachers, prefects, and ghosts were marching the corridors in pairs, staring around for any unusual activity. Their Invisibility Cloak didn't stop them making any noise, and there was a particularly tense moment when Ron stubbed his toe only yards from the spot where Snape stood standing guard. Thankfully, Snape sneezed at almost exactly the moment Ron swore.
It was with relief that they reached the oak front doors and eased them open. Outside the day was bright. It was almost noon. They reached Hagrid's house, sad and sorry-looking with its blank windows. When Harry pushed the door open, Fang went mad with joy at the sight of them. Chris hold Fang and patted him.
"It's alright Fang. Don't worry. Hagrid will be here in no time. I promise." She said then went towards a corner of the room. She picked up a box and opened it. Then locked it, put a silencing charm on it and put it in her bag.
"Your bag is so small.. then... How? The box is so big..." Harry asked looking surprised.
"Oh! It's Luna's bag, She gave it to me few days ago. It has an extension charm on it." Chris replied.
Suddenly Leon flew into the hut.
Leon dropped a package on Chris's hand. She opend it and saw a beautiful dagger with a long chain attached to it's hilt; there was also a note:
"There's a very thin line between being stupid and being brave. You've already blurred the line in your life. Anyway, this is a enchanted dagger; keep the aim clear in your head and throw it in any direction, it'll hit the aim perfectly. Good Luck."
Chris pulled the dagger out.
"Who send you this?" Harry said.
"I don't know, there is no name on the note." Chris said and looked around the hut. Then she closed her eyes and imagined a coner in Hagrid's room in her mind then throw the dagger in opposite direction. When she opened her eyes, Harry and Ron were watching her in amazement. She turned around and saw the dagger had hit the aim she imagined. Chris smirked and put the dagger in her bag.
"Let's go."
As they entered the passage where Mrs. Norris was attacked, Ron stopped in front of the writing on the wall. There was another massage written under the first one:
They hurried before Filch can come near them, they entered Moaning Myrtle's 'out of order' bathroom.
Myrtle was sitting on the tank of the end toilet. "Oh, it's you Chris," she said when she saw Chris.
".. yeah.. Myrtle ... last time when I was here, you were telling me how you died.. in this bathroom.. right?" Chris said.
Myrtle became happy, "so do you came to hear the story of my death?"
Chris nodded.
"So, as I was saying, Olive Hornby teased me about my glasses. So I came here to hid in that stall. The door was locked, and I was crying, and then I heard somebody come in. I heard a boy speaking. So I unlocked the door, to tell him to go and use his own toilet, and then .." Myrtle swelled importantly, her face shining. "I died."
"How?" said Harry.
"No idea," said Myrtle in hushed tones. "I just remember seeing a pair of great, big, yellow eyes. My whole body sort of seized up, and then I was floating away..." She looked at the three dreamily. "And then I came back again. I was determined to haunt Olive Hornby, you see. Oh, she was sorry she'd ever laughed at my glasses."
"Where exactly did you see the eyes?" said Chris.
"Somewhere there," said Myrtle, pointing vaguely toward the sink in front of her toilet.
Chris, Harry and Ron hurried over to it. It looked like an ordinary sink. They examined every inch of it, inside and out, including the pipes below. And then Chris saw it: Scratched on the side of one of the copper taps was a tiny snake.
"That tap's never worked," said Myrtle brightly as she tried to turn it.
"Harry," said Chris. "Say something. Something in Parseltongue."
"But .." Harry thought hard. "I can only speak Parseltongue in front of a actual snake."
"Then imagine it's a actual snake... Imagine it's moving." Chris said.
"Open up," Harry said. He looked at Chris, who shook her head.
"English," she said. "Think harder."
Harry concentrate again. Then a strange hissing escaped from his mouth, and at once the tap glowed with a brilliant white light and began to spin. Next second, the sink began to move; the sink, in fact, sank, right out of sight, leaving a large pipe exposed, a pipe wide enough for a man to slide into. Ron gasped.