Return to the Chamber of Secrets
A Harry Potter UNIVERSE/ Sasporilla Bucket Fan Fiction
by Darren Kelly
Chapter 1
Blossom Kowalski was the proudest, of all Hufflepuff's, of being a Hufflepuff. The great grand daughter of Jacob and Queenie Kowalski she had always held the family whispers of being distantly related to Helga Hufflepuff in very high regards. Today, of all days, Blossom stood in the girls loo in the Hogwarts Express, adjusting her Head Girl pin in the Mirror.
She was honoured to be named Hufflepuff Head Girl by Headmistress McGonagall and Professor Sprout, head of Hufflepuff house. She knew it meant a bit of hard work but she looked forward to lending a compassionate ear to those who needed it and was s bit trepadacious of handing out punishments, even to those who deserved it.
"You can do this!" Blossoms pretty smile reflecting back at her. Her own words of encouragement gave her comfort.
Blossom walked up and down the corridors of the Hogwarts Express looking for Hufflepuffs to engage. It was compartment F on car three that Blossom came upon a Hufflepuff that she knew very well. Sasporilla Bucket, already dressed in her black and yellow Hufflepuff robes, sat amongst a group of nervous first years listening to music with headphones on, and her eyes closed.
Blossom opened the compartment door.
"Hello fellow Hufflepuff!" Blossom said in her most pleasant voice.
It became clear to everyone in the compartment that she was talking to the seventh year witch with pink hair. A young girl across from Sasporilla through an empty candy wrapper, bouncing it off her nose. Sasporilla opened her eyes. She saw the young witch with out of control red hair laughing across from her. Sasporilla pulled off her head phones.
"Do you think that's funny?" Sasporilla asked.
"Ya I do!" The girl laughed. Sasporilla heard an American accent. "But I was just trying to get your attention for her."
Sasporilla looked over at the compartment door and saw Blossoms cringing expression.
"Oh! Hello Blossom." Sasporilla smiled.
"Hello Sasporilla." Blossom said. "I'm just stopping by to say hello to all my fellow Hufflepuffs, and let you know that this year I will be your 'Head Girl'."
"Brilliant." Sasporilla smiled. "I'm happy for you, I know just how hard you worked to get there and might I say no one better deserves the job."
"Thank you Sassy." Blossom smiled. "You're very sweet. I wanted to let you know as well that I will always be here for you if you're having difficulties or just need to talk. I really do want to make this year the best year for Hufflepuffs!"
"With you as Head Girl Blossom I suspect that we will even win the house cup." Sasporilla smiled.
"That's the Hufflepuff spirit I like to hear." Blossom said. "Should any of you first years be deserving enough to be sorted into Hufflepuff then my offer also stands for you."
"Ha!" The wild red haired girl scoffed. "I'm not pathetic enough to be sorted to Hufflepuff. I'll be proudly sorted to Slytherin."
"What is your name young lady?" Blossom asked her best stern voice.
"Katelynn Ashwolf!" The young witch said proudly. "My cousin is an auror!"
"Is your cousin Lyra Lee-Ashwolf?" Sasporilla asked.
"Yes." Katelynn Ashwolf smiled. "So you better watch yourself around me."
"Young lady threats are no way to conduct ones self at Hogwarts." Blossom said.
"It goes for you too." Katelynn said to Blossom, shocking the Hufflepuff head girl.
"I'll have you know brat," Sasporilla said, "that your cousin, Lyra Lee-Ashwolf, was a proud Hufflepuff. She works with my Uncle DI Owlmore and she is his underling, and she is one of my three best friends! So to you I say..."
Sasporillas hand gesture was most unseemly and, in Blossoms opinion, below the Hufflepuff standards not to mention rather unlady like.
"Sasporilla I will be taking note of such a rude gesture in my pad and I will be reporting your attitude Miss Ashwolf to the Head Mistress upon our arrival."
"Narc!" Katelynn said flipping off Blossom and pushing past her in the open doorway.
"How Rude!" Blossom said shocked.
"Another Ashwolf." Sasporilla laughed. "God help us all."
The Hogwarts Express pulled into Hogsmead station. Karry and Zac were standing on the platform jumping and waving. Sasporilla ran off the train and into one of Karrys comforting hugs.
"Good to see you Karry! Zac!" Sasporilla smiled.
"Oh it's great to finally see you to." Karry smiled. "I've made huge discoveries this summer and I can't wait to share them with you."
"Let's get up to the school and we'll fill you in." Zac smiled.
Sasporilla was so happy to be back. She had almost come to think of Hogwarts as her home over the last 6ish years. The towers and spires, the high walls & dark halls. The familiarity of the shifting stair cases and the welcoming warmth of the Hufflepuff common room. All of these things said home to her, more so than any other she had ever known. The only thing missing was her mum and there was no place in this world that she could go to be with her.
Sasporillas Seventh year dorm room was a half sized room. As few students stayed to do there N.E.W.T's, satisfied with going out into the world with just their O.W.L's, it meant fewer sixth and seventh year students. Saddly that was doubly so amongst the female students.
"Nice room." Sassy smiled setting down her guitar case on the bed and placing her Triumphant 1200x broom in the corner. "I wonder who my room mate is?"
"Some hard working, really intelligent, drop dead gorgeous Hufflepuff." Karry smiled.
"Seireena Jacobi?" Sassy asked.
"No?" Karry said playfully smiling.
"Violet Googenhiem?" Sassy asked rummaging in her trunk.
"No." The smile sank from Karrys face.
"Oh my god am I rooming with Blossom?" Sasporilla said looking hopeful.
"No." Karry said getting a bit annoyed. "Me!"
"Oh." Sasporilla said with a disappointed look and went back to pulling out some clothes.
"You brat!" Karry said hitting her friend with a pillow.
Sasporilla burst into laughter, grabbed a pillow from her bed and started to swing. "Oh it's on!"
Pillows smacked into heads and feathers flew around the room, raining down from every angle as Blossom Kowalski passed the open dorm room door. Blossom stopped and backed up. She couldn't believe her eyes.
"What do you two think your doing?" Blossom screamed getting Sasporilla and Karrys attention bringing the great pillow battle to a draw. "Look at the state of this room!"
Sassy and Karry burst back into laughter and fell onto Sasporillas bed. Karry started to tickle Sasporilla.
"Stop!" Sassy protested laughing wildly. "You'll make me pee."
"Challenge accepted!" Karry laughed.
"Stop it you two!" Blossom said stepping into the room. "By the power vested in me by Professor Sprout and Headmistress McGonagall, as your Head Girl I order you to stop this unseemly conduct and get this room cleaned up before dinner!"
Karry and Sasporilla stood and saluted trying not to laugh. Poor Blossoms first day as head girl, and they put her in this position.
"Sorry Blossom." Sasporilla said.
"Ya sorry Blossom." Karry said.
"Honestly I expect this from first years but from Seventh years!?!" Blossom said. "I can see I'm going to have my hands full with just you two alone."
"We'll be good Blossom," Sasporilla said, "sorry about all this."
Sasporilla elbowed Karry, Karry elbowed Sasporilla. The tickling began again as they fell to the floor sending feathers flying back into the laughter filled air.
Blossom through her hands in the air and walked out of the room. "Clean up this mess! I mean it!"
It wasn't long before the girls pulled out their wands and cleaned the room to a spotless state. Every feather returned to their pillows and every knocked over item replaced where it should be. The next time Blossom passed by the rooms open door she stopped trepidatiously and looked in. Both girls sat on their well made beds chatting in their spotless room. Blossom gave Sassy and Karry a double thumbs up and a bright approving smile, then walked on her way.
"So is anything wrong at home?" Sasporilla asked.
"God NO!" Karry insisted. "Why do you ask?"
"Well your bunking with me rather than Zac at your home???" Sasporilla said.
"We decided it was easier to room here as sometimes my hours in the archive can get quite late." Karry said. "Not to mention it saves money and time on food, cooking, and washing up, laundry, etc!"
"What about your special alone time?" Sasporilla asked.
"That," Karry said tapping Sasporilla on her nose with a finger, "is none of your business young lady."
"You need to employ some house elves." Sassy smiled. "They keep you sorted."
"We've discussed it." Karry said. "Just not sure."
"Perhaps I can talk to Drooble and see if their are any free elves in need of jobs?" Sasporilla smiled.
"That may be helpful, thank you." Karry said. "We should get down to dinner. Once we've got it out of the way I can bring you to my office in the archives and show you what I've found."
Blossom Kowalski was the proudest, of all Hufflepuff's, of being a Hufflepuff. The great grand daughter of Jacob and Queenie Kowalski she had always held the family whispers of being distantly related to Helga Hufflepuff in very high regards. Today, of all days, Blossom stood in the girls loo in the Hogwarts Express, adjusting her Head Girl pin in the Mirror.
She was honoured to be named Hufflepuff Head Girl by Headmistress McGonagall and Professor Sprout, head of Hufflepuff house. She knew it meant a bit of hard work but she looked forward to lending a compassionate ear to those who needed it and was s bit trepadacious of handing out punishments, even to those who deserved it.
"You can do this!" Blossoms pretty smile reflecting back at her. Her own words of encouragement gave her comfort.
Blossom walked up and down the corridors of the Hogwarts Express looking for Hufflepuffs to engage. It was compartment F on car three that Blossom came upon a Hufflepuff that she knew very well. Sasporilla Bucket, already dressed in her black and yellow Hufflepuff robes, sat amongst a group of nervous first years listening to music with headphones on, and her eyes closed.
Blossom opened the compartment door.
"Hello fellow Hufflepuff!" Blossom said in her most pleasant voice.
It became clear to everyone in the compartment that she was talking to the seventh year witch with pink hair. A young girl across from Sasporilla through an empty candy wrapper, bouncing it off her nose. Sasporilla opened her eyes. She saw the young witch with out of control red hair laughing across from her. Sasporilla pulled off her head phones.
"Do you think that's funny?" Sasporilla asked.
"Ya I do!" The girl laughed. Sasporilla heard an American accent. "But I was just trying to get your attention for her."
Sasporilla looked over at the compartment door and saw Blossoms cringing expression.
"Oh! Hello Blossom." Sasporilla smiled.
"Hello Sasporilla." Blossom said. "I'm just stopping by to say hello to all my fellow Hufflepuffs, and let you know that this year I will be your 'Head Girl'."
"Brilliant." Sasporilla smiled. "I'm happy for you, I know just how hard you worked to get there and might I say no one better deserves the job."
"Thank you Sassy." Blossom smiled. "You're very sweet. I wanted to let you know as well that I will always be here for you if you're having difficulties or just need to talk. I really do want to make this year the best year for Hufflepuffs!"
"With you as Head Girl Blossom I suspect that we will even win the house cup." Sasporilla smiled.
"That's the Hufflepuff spirit I like to hear." Blossom said. "Should any of you first years be deserving enough to be sorted into Hufflepuff then my offer also stands for you."
"Ha!" The wild red haired girl scoffed. "I'm not pathetic enough to be sorted to Hufflepuff. I'll be proudly sorted to Slytherin."
"What is your name young lady?" Blossom asked her best stern voice.
"Katelynn Ashwolf!" The young witch said proudly. "My cousin is an auror!"
"Is your cousin Lyra Lee-Ashwolf?" Sasporilla asked.
"Yes." Katelynn Ashwolf smiled. "So you better watch yourself around me."
"Young lady threats are no way to conduct ones self at Hogwarts." Blossom said.
"It goes for you too." Katelynn said to Blossom, shocking the Hufflepuff head girl.
"I'll have you know brat," Sasporilla said, "that your cousin, Lyra Lee-Ashwolf, was a proud Hufflepuff. She works with my Uncle DI Owlmore and she is his underling, and she is one of my three best friends! So to you I say..."
Sasporillas hand gesture was most unseemly and, in Blossoms opinion, below the Hufflepuff standards not to mention rather unlady like.
"Sasporilla I will be taking note of such a rude gesture in my pad and I will be reporting your attitude Miss Ashwolf to the Head Mistress upon our arrival."
"Narc!" Katelynn said flipping off Blossom and pushing past her in the open doorway.
"How Rude!" Blossom said shocked.
"Another Ashwolf." Sasporilla laughed. "God help us all."
The Hogwarts Express pulled into Hogsmead station. Karry and Zac were standing on the platform jumping and waving. Sasporilla ran off the train and into one of Karrys comforting hugs.
"Good to see you Karry! Zac!" Sasporilla smiled.
"Oh it's great to finally see you to." Karry smiled. "I've made huge discoveries this summer and I can't wait to share them with you."
"Let's get up to the school and we'll fill you in." Zac smiled.
Sasporilla was so happy to be back. She had almost come to think of Hogwarts as her home over the last 6ish years. The towers and spires, the high walls & dark halls. The familiarity of the shifting stair cases and the welcoming warmth of the Hufflepuff common room. All of these things said home to her, more so than any other she had ever known. The only thing missing was her mum and there was no place in this world that she could go to be with her.
Sasporillas Seventh year dorm room was a half sized room. As few students stayed to do there N.E.W.T's, satisfied with going out into the world with just their O.W.L's, it meant fewer sixth and seventh year students. Saddly that was doubly so amongst the female students.
"Nice room." Sassy smiled setting down her guitar case on the bed and placing her Triumphant 1200x broom in the corner. "I wonder who my room mate is?"
"Some hard working, really intelligent, drop dead gorgeous Hufflepuff." Karry smiled.
"Seireena Jacobi?" Sassy asked.
"No?" Karry said playfully smiling.
"Violet Googenhiem?" Sassy asked rummaging in her trunk.
"No." The smile sank from Karrys face.
"Oh my god am I rooming with Blossom?" Sasporilla said looking hopeful.
"No." Karry said getting a bit annoyed. "Me!"
"Oh." Sasporilla said with a disappointed look and went back to pulling out some clothes.
"You brat!" Karry said hitting her friend with a pillow.
Sasporilla burst into laughter, grabbed a pillow from her bed and started to swing. "Oh it's on!"
Pillows smacked into heads and feathers flew around the room, raining down from every angle as Blossom Kowalski passed the open dorm room door. Blossom stopped and backed up. She couldn't believe her eyes.
"What do you two think your doing?" Blossom screamed getting Sasporilla and Karrys attention bringing the great pillow battle to a draw. "Look at the state of this room!"
Sassy and Karry burst back into laughter and fell onto Sasporillas bed. Karry started to tickle Sasporilla.
"Stop!" Sassy protested laughing wildly. "You'll make me pee."
"Challenge accepted!" Karry laughed.
"Stop it you two!" Blossom said stepping into the room. "By the power vested in me by Professor Sprout and Headmistress McGonagall, as your Head Girl I order you to stop this unseemly conduct and get this room cleaned up before dinner!"
Karry and Sasporilla stood and saluted trying not to laugh. Poor Blossoms first day as head girl, and they put her in this position.
"Sorry Blossom." Sasporilla said.
"Ya sorry Blossom." Karry said.
"Honestly I expect this from first years but from Seventh years!?!" Blossom said. "I can see I'm going to have my hands full with just you two alone."
"We'll be good Blossom," Sasporilla said, "sorry about all this."
Sasporilla elbowed Karry, Karry elbowed Sasporilla. The tickling began again as they fell to the floor sending feathers flying back into the laughter filled air.
Blossom through her hands in the air and walked out of the room. "Clean up this mess! I mean it!"
It wasn't long before the girls pulled out their wands and cleaned the room to a spotless state. Every feather returned to their pillows and every knocked over item replaced where it should be. The next time Blossom passed by the rooms open door she stopped trepidatiously and looked in. Both girls sat on their well made beds chatting in their spotless room. Blossom gave Sassy and Karry a double thumbs up and a bright approving smile, then walked on her way.
"So is anything wrong at home?" Sasporilla asked.
"God NO!" Karry insisted. "Why do you ask?"
"Well your bunking with me rather than Zac at your home???" Sasporilla said.
"We decided it was easier to room here as sometimes my hours in the archive can get quite late." Karry said. "Not to mention it saves money and time on food, cooking, and washing up, laundry, etc!"
"What about your special alone time?" Sasporilla asked.
"That," Karry said tapping Sasporilla on her nose with a finger, "is none of your business young lady."
"You need to employ some house elves." Sassy smiled. "They keep you sorted."
"We've discussed it." Karry said. "Just not sure."
"Perhaps I can talk to Drooble and see if their are any free elves in need of jobs?" Sasporilla smiled.
"That may be helpful, thank you." Karry said. "We should get down to dinner. Once we've got it out of the way I can bring you to my office in the archives and show you what I've found."
PLEASE REMEMBER
I am in no way affiliated with Warner Bros. or with J.K.Rowling. My work is purely that of fan fiction & do not ask for, nor accept money, gifts or other compensation for my work. If you really feel you must do something, donate to J.K.Rowlings charity LUMOS and help children who need it most.
I am in no way affiliated with Warner Bros. or with J.K.Rowling. My work is purely that of fan fiction & do not ask for, nor accept money, gifts or other compensation for my work. If you really feel you must do something, donate to J.K.Rowlings charity LUMOS and help children who need it most.
*Photos belong to Blossom, The Hufflepuff Queen