Return to the Chamber of Secrets
A Harry Potter UNIVERSE/ Sasporilla Bucket Fan Fiction
by Darren Kelly
Chapter 10
KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK!
The incessant pounding on the front door of Mr.&Mrs.Curtiss of Hogsmeads home awoke everyone in the house at two a.m.
KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK!
Zac was still tying up his robe as he ran down the steps to the foyer.
KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK!
"Keep your knickers on!" Zac yelled opening the door to see Headmistress McGonagall, Professor Sprout, Madam Pomfrey and Blossom Kowalski standing on the front stoop.
"I assure you Mr.Curtiss that even in my hurried state," the headmistress said, "my knickers are on."
"My apologies Headmistress." Zac smiled embarrassed.
"May we come in?" The Headmistress said. "We desperately need to speak to Karoline."
"Yes of course." Zac said stepping back and holding out his hand.
"Who the hell is it at this ungodly hour?" Karry yelled as she came to the top of the stairs tying her rather short robe. "Oh! Headmistress." Karry said embarrassed. "Professor, what are you doing here at this hour?"
"Katelynn Ashwolf and her two comrades have gone missing, on my watch." Blossom said not half hysterical holding up the note. "They said Poppey fell into the chamber of secrets."
Karry came down stairs and took the note from Blossom Kowalski. The young witch read the note then turned it over.
"I know where that is!" Sasporilla Bucket said appearing behind Karry fully dressed and carrying her broom.
Karry jumped, startled by her friends sudden appearance. "Don't do that!"
"Sorry." Sasporilla said grabbing the map. "I know that clearing! It's not far from the centaurs winter camp."
"And if this is the marker stone that was written about then entrance is within ten feet of it." Karry said. "This also means Katelynn either stole the documents or knows who did as she directly refers to the Chamber of Secrets."
"I agree, but we haven't time to worry about that now! We are trying to put together a group of volunteers to go get the girls." Headmistress McGonagall said.
"You work on that," Sasporilla said, "We'll get there fastest."
"Once there we can send up a marker flare." Zac said. "Show the resr where we are."
"I was hoping you'd volunteer." Professor Sprout Smiled. "You do your houses proud."
"We'll get dressed." Karry said.
"Professor Sprout." Blossom said stiffening. "As this happened on my watch, and I am Hufflepuff head girl, I want to volunteer to go with them."
"You don't have to Miss Kowalski." Professor Sprout said. "This was not your fault and you did exactly the right thing by bringing it to our attention."
"I insist!" Blossom said firmly. "Please?"
"We could use the extra wand." Sasporilla insisted. "Plus Blossoms knowledge of spells rivals that of Karry's. In a pinch we could certainly use her!"
"Very well." Headmistress McGonagall nodded.
Blossom smiled from ear to ear, very happy that she would be in some way, able to help find the missing girls.
"Do you have a broom Blossom?" Sassy asked the Hufflepuff head girl.
"Not one of my own." Blossom frowned.
"It's ok." Zac said coming down the stairs fully dressed followed by Karry. "We have extras. You can have the lend of one, if you can ride."
"Yes I'm fully licensed." Blossom said proudly.
"You may need these." Madam Pomfrey said handing the young people leather kit bags. "There are well marked first aid potions and bandages. They should help if the girls are injured in any way."
"Thank you madam Pomfrey." Karry said slipping hers into the bag at her side.
"Here are your brooms." Sasporilla said handing Karry and Zac their Nimbus two thousands and Blossom one of their spare clean sweeps.
Everyone stepped outside into the cool quiet streets of Hogsmead.
"Ok I'll fly lead." Sasporilla Bucket said taking control. "We'll fly in a diamond formation. Karry and Bloss on my Left and right respectively, Zac riding in back incase of trouble."
"Got ya." Zac said.
"What's all that about?" Blossom asked Karry as Sasporilla secured her goggles.
"Sassy spent a summer with broomers." Karry laughed. "Now she takes her riding very seriously."
"Oh!" Blossom cringed.
The four seventh years pushed off and took off into the air. They flew low across the waters of the black lake and up over the tree tops of the forbidden forest. Sasporilla was both angry and worried. Katelynn Ashwolf was an arrogant little first year, but she was Lyra's family and a Hufflepuff. She just hoped they could get to the girls before anything bad happened.
The clearing appeared below them as Sasporilla dove down and followed the path to just about where the map showed the girls went through the trees. The night was so dark it was impossible to make out any detail.
"Lumos Solem" they cast but even with the sunlight spell, they couldn't make out anything past the tree line.
"We need to split up." Karry said. "See what we can find in every direction."
"That's not a good idea this time of night." Sasporilla said. "I guarantee we already have hungry eyes on us."
"Well what do you suggest we do?" Blossom shouted terrified they were already to late.
"Calm down Blossy." Sasporilla said. "I have an idea."
Sasporilla placed her wand to the side of her neck and shouted "FAWKES!"
With a screal of recognition Fawkes, the phoenix, flew out of the sky and landed on a log.
"Fawkes," Sasporilla said, "I need your help. Some Hogwarts students have gone into the secret back entrance of the chamber of secrets. We can't find it in the dark but we know we're close. Can you help us?"
"Yes I know where it is!" Fawkes screaled. "I pulled the Potter boy, and others out through there. Follow me!"
"Follow Fawkes!" Sasporilla yelled as they lifted into the air on their brooms.
The phoenix lead them over the trees to the second clearing over. He came in and landed on the ancient standing stone. The seventh years landed close to the megalith. It was Sasporilla who first spotted the rope tied to the base of the stone.
"Here!" Sasporilla said. "They tied a rope to this stone."
Karry followed the rope, her wand out and lit, until the rope disappeared into the dark ground.
"It's been swallowed by the ground." Karry said, not realizing she was not on as solid ground as she thought, as she turned and lost her footing. Blossom reached out quickly and grabbed hold of Karry stopping her from falling into the disguised chasm.
"Um..." Blossom said. "A little help here?" Blossom said with a polite sence of urgency.
Zac reached in and helped pull Karry back onto solid ground.
"Thanks for the hand Blossom." Karry said.
"No problem." Blossom smiled.
"Disguising the opening is brilliant but damn dangerous!" Zac cursed turning and holding his wand high into the air. "Excandesco!"
A brilliant red flare shot into the sky and stayed there, marking the site for the rescue party who followed.
."This must be where Poppey fell in." Blossom said
"If so," Karry said, "then she's been down there a long while. With luck she's still alive."
"Only one way to find out." Sasporilla said hovering her broom down through the illusionary ground and down into the chasm.
"Lumos Solem!" Sasporilla cast lighting the chasm around her.
Karry, followed by Blossom then Zac flew down the same way.
"Help me please!" Poppey screamed seeing the light of Sasporillas wand. "Please don't leave me here to die!"
Sasporilla touched down on the rocky floor and dropped her broom to run over to Poppey's side.
"Your ok Poppey." Sassy said. "We'll get you out of here."
"Thank you." Poppey cried. "The others just left me here because she told them to."
"The others?" Sasporilla asked pretending yo be ignorant.
The others landed there brooms and came over. Karry pulled the first aid kit from her bag.
"Katelynn, Mary and Olga." Poppey said. "Katelynn wanted to rescue me, but the woman ordered them to follow her."
"What woman?" Karry asked.
"I didn't really see her," Poppey said. "She was in the caves that way just out of my line of site. I think she had a snake with her. I heard it hiss. They all followed her, that way."
"She's got a broken arm," Karry said pouring two small bottles together into a beaker, "and both her legs are broken. God knows if she has internal injuries. Drink this up."
Karry handed the beaker to Poppey. The two liquids rolled and bubbled giving off a frothy blue mist.
"What is it?" Poppey asked.
"Something to treat your injuries." Karry smiled gently.
The girl reluctantly drank the horrible tasting elixir down.
"Ack." Poppey grimaced. "That tastes ghastly."
"Can't all taste like butter beer." Sassy smiled as they watched the girl drift off into a magical slumber.
"Ok." Karry said. We'll have to put these casting rings on her. One on the hand of her broken arm and on a toe of each foot."
"Cobblenphaseo!" Sasporilla cast at Poppey's boots causing them to fall off as if made of air.
"Nice one!" Karry said. "Where did you learn that?"
"Made it up." Sasporilla said. "Tried on shoes too tight for me one time and my feet swelled. Was cheaper than cutting them off!"
They placed the rings on Poppey's hand and feet. "Inplastrill!" Karry cast. The rings began to swirl and expand straightening the limbs and encasing them in a magical plaster cast. Luckily Poppey lay unconscious as the casts set. Had she been conscious the pain would have been excruciating.
"Now," Karry began, "How will we get her out of here?"
"I'll take her up." Zac said getting on his broom. "I'd apparate her but in her unconscious state I'm afraid she'd be splinched, so... LEVICORPUS!"
Poppey's body floated up inyo the air. Zac pushed off with his broom and followed the injured girl up to the surface.
Sasporilla, Karry and Blossom watched Zac take Poppey up and through the illusionary cap.
"Ok." Sassy said. "Let's go find the girls."
"Shouldn't we wait for Zac?" Blossom asked.
"He'll catch us up." Karry said. "I'll mark our path."
Karry left a glowing yellow arrow pointing down the tunnel they took. Sasporilla lead the way following the foot prints in the dust and filth as best she could. Bones of animals, beasts and people, unlucky enough to have fallen into the hidden chasm, littered the tunnel floor.
The caves were part of an intricate maze of natural and man made structures that intertwined in a confusing and frustrating pattern. There were times the foot prints became lost in the bones underfoot. Sasporilla used Her instincts and intuition. She found snake scale, scraped off onto a rock, and knew that was the way the girls had gone.
Blossom was most uncomfortable and upset by treading on the bones of the dead, though she was pleasantly surprised there were no spider webs. She hated when they got in her face and worse her hair.
Karry placed another mark on the wall as they stepped into a large open cavern. A stone walkway ran between two long shallow pools and were lined with heads of serpents. The skeleton of the gigantic basilisk lay in pieces on the path. A giant carved stone face of Salazar Slytherin formed the wall the girls stood before.
Sasporilla ran over to the basilisk and pulled a couple of fangs and grabbed a small bone, shoving them in her bag. Karry looked at the image of Slytherin and contemplated how to get in. Karry pulled her note book from her bag.
"Dumbledore said the door to the true Chamber of Secrets was slytherins mouth but the key was in his tongue?"
"Well how are we to get a key that's in his tongue when we need said key to open his mouth!" Blossom yelled frustrated.
"How did Harry Potter get through the great vault door at the other end?" Sasporilla asked rejoining the other girls.
"I made a note of that." Karry said flipping back a couple of pages. "He spoke parcel tongue!"
"The thief may have thought they'd destroyed the information." Sasporilla said. "But they didn't count on our Karrys meticulous note taking."
"Thanks." Karry smiled embarrassed. "But I don't see how that helps?"
"In two ways." Sasporilla smiled. "It explains why who ever the mystery woman is would bring a snake and..." the next words out of Sasporillas mouth were in snake language, causing the mouth to grind open before them. "...and it told me the key was Parcel tongue."
"Of course." Karry jumped excitedly.
"You speak snake language?" Blossom asked.
"I can speak to any animal or beast in their language and understand them. It's a gift I can control, but honestly don't fully understand."
"Well it worked!" Karry said. "Let's follow them in."
KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK!
The incessant pounding on the front door of Mr.&Mrs.Curtiss of Hogsmeads home awoke everyone in the house at two a.m.
KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK!
Zac was still tying up his robe as he ran down the steps to the foyer.
KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK!
"Keep your knickers on!" Zac yelled opening the door to see Headmistress McGonagall, Professor Sprout, Madam Pomfrey and Blossom Kowalski standing on the front stoop.
"I assure you Mr.Curtiss that even in my hurried state," the headmistress said, "my knickers are on."
"My apologies Headmistress." Zac smiled embarrassed.
"May we come in?" The Headmistress said. "We desperately need to speak to Karoline."
"Yes of course." Zac said stepping back and holding out his hand.
"Who the hell is it at this ungodly hour?" Karry yelled as she came to the top of the stairs tying her rather short robe. "Oh! Headmistress." Karry said embarrassed. "Professor, what are you doing here at this hour?"
"Katelynn Ashwolf and her two comrades have gone missing, on my watch." Blossom said not half hysterical holding up the note. "They said Poppey fell into the chamber of secrets."
Karry came down stairs and took the note from Blossom Kowalski. The young witch read the note then turned it over.
"I know where that is!" Sasporilla Bucket said appearing behind Karry fully dressed and carrying her broom.
Karry jumped, startled by her friends sudden appearance. "Don't do that!"
"Sorry." Sasporilla said grabbing the map. "I know that clearing! It's not far from the centaurs winter camp."
"And if this is the marker stone that was written about then entrance is within ten feet of it." Karry said. "This also means Katelynn either stole the documents or knows who did as she directly refers to the Chamber of Secrets."
"I agree, but we haven't time to worry about that now! We are trying to put together a group of volunteers to go get the girls." Headmistress McGonagall said.
"You work on that," Sasporilla said, "We'll get there fastest."
"Once there we can send up a marker flare." Zac said. "Show the resr where we are."
"I was hoping you'd volunteer." Professor Sprout Smiled. "You do your houses proud."
"We'll get dressed." Karry said.
"Professor Sprout." Blossom said stiffening. "As this happened on my watch, and I am Hufflepuff head girl, I want to volunteer to go with them."
"You don't have to Miss Kowalski." Professor Sprout said. "This was not your fault and you did exactly the right thing by bringing it to our attention."
"I insist!" Blossom said firmly. "Please?"
"We could use the extra wand." Sasporilla insisted. "Plus Blossoms knowledge of spells rivals that of Karry's. In a pinch we could certainly use her!"
"Very well." Headmistress McGonagall nodded.
Blossom smiled from ear to ear, very happy that she would be in some way, able to help find the missing girls.
"Do you have a broom Blossom?" Sassy asked the Hufflepuff head girl.
"Not one of my own." Blossom frowned.
"It's ok." Zac said coming down the stairs fully dressed followed by Karry. "We have extras. You can have the lend of one, if you can ride."
"Yes I'm fully licensed." Blossom said proudly.
"You may need these." Madam Pomfrey said handing the young people leather kit bags. "There are well marked first aid potions and bandages. They should help if the girls are injured in any way."
"Thank you madam Pomfrey." Karry said slipping hers into the bag at her side.
"Here are your brooms." Sasporilla said handing Karry and Zac their Nimbus two thousands and Blossom one of their spare clean sweeps.
Everyone stepped outside into the cool quiet streets of Hogsmead.
"Ok I'll fly lead." Sasporilla Bucket said taking control. "We'll fly in a diamond formation. Karry and Bloss on my Left and right respectively, Zac riding in back incase of trouble."
"Got ya." Zac said.
"What's all that about?" Blossom asked Karry as Sasporilla secured her goggles.
"Sassy spent a summer with broomers." Karry laughed. "Now she takes her riding very seriously."
"Oh!" Blossom cringed.
The four seventh years pushed off and took off into the air. They flew low across the waters of the black lake and up over the tree tops of the forbidden forest. Sasporilla was both angry and worried. Katelynn Ashwolf was an arrogant little first year, but she was Lyra's family and a Hufflepuff. She just hoped they could get to the girls before anything bad happened.
The clearing appeared below them as Sasporilla dove down and followed the path to just about where the map showed the girls went through the trees. The night was so dark it was impossible to make out any detail.
"Lumos Solem" they cast but even with the sunlight spell, they couldn't make out anything past the tree line.
"We need to split up." Karry said. "See what we can find in every direction."
"That's not a good idea this time of night." Sasporilla said. "I guarantee we already have hungry eyes on us."
"Well what do you suggest we do?" Blossom shouted terrified they were already to late.
"Calm down Blossy." Sasporilla said. "I have an idea."
Sasporilla placed her wand to the side of her neck and shouted "FAWKES!"
With a screal of recognition Fawkes, the phoenix, flew out of the sky and landed on a log.
"Fawkes," Sasporilla said, "I need your help. Some Hogwarts students have gone into the secret back entrance of the chamber of secrets. We can't find it in the dark but we know we're close. Can you help us?"
"Yes I know where it is!" Fawkes screaled. "I pulled the Potter boy, and others out through there. Follow me!"
"Follow Fawkes!" Sasporilla yelled as they lifted into the air on their brooms.
The phoenix lead them over the trees to the second clearing over. He came in and landed on the ancient standing stone. The seventh years landed close to the megalith. It was Sasporilla who first spotted the rope tied to the base of the stone.
"Here!" Sasporilla said. "They tied a rope to this stone."
Karry followed the rope, her wand out and lit, until the rope disappeared into the dark ground.
"It's been swallowed by the ground." Karry said, not realizing she was not on as solid ground as she thought, as she turned and lost her footing. Blossom reached out quickly and grabbed hold of Karry stopping her from falling into the disguised chasm.
"Um..." Blossom said. "A little help here?" Blossom said with a polite sence of urgency.
Zac reached in and helped pull Karry back onto solid ground.
"Thanks for the hand Blossom." Karry said.
"No problem." Blossom smiled.
"Disguising the opening is brilliant but damn dangerous!" Zac cursed turning and holding his wand high into the air. "Excandesco!"
A brilliant red flare shot into the sky and stayed there, marking the site for the rescue party who followed.
."This must be where Poppey fell in." Blossom said
"If so," Karry said, "then she's been down there a long while. With luck she's still alive."
"Only one way to find out." Sasporilla said hovering her broom down through the illusionary ground and down into the chasm.
"Lumos Solem!" Sasporilla cast lighting the chasm around her.
Karry, followed by Blossom then Zac flew down the same way.
"Help me please!" Poppey screamed seeing the light of Sasporillas wand. "Please don't leave me here to die!"
Sasporilla touched down on the rocky floor and dropped her broom to run over to Poppey's side.
"Your ok Poppey." Sassy said. "We'll get you out of here."
"Thank you." Poppey cried. "The others just left me here because she told them to."
"The others?" Sasporilla asked pretending yo be ignorant.
The others landed there brooms and came over. Karry pulled the first aid kit from her bag.
"Katelynn, Mary and Olga." Poppey said. "Katelynn wanted to rescue me, but the woman ordered them to follow her."
"What woman?" Karry asked.
"I didn't really see her," Poppey said. "She was in the caves that way just out of my line of site. I think she had a snake with her. I heard it hiss. They all followed her, that way."
"She's got a broken arm," Karry said pouring two small bottles together into a beaker, "and both her legs are broken. God knows if she has internal injuries. Drink this up."
Karry handed the beaker to Poppey. The two liquids rolled and bubbled giving off a frothy blue mist.
"What is it?" Poppey asked.
"Something to treat your injuries." Karry smiled gently.
The girl reluctantly drank the horrible tasting elixir down.
"Ack." Poppey grimaced. "That tastes ghastly."
"Can't all taste like butter beer." Sassy smiled as they watched the girl drift off into a magical slumber.
"Ok." Karry said. We'll have to put these casting rings on her. One on the hand of her broken arm and on a toe of each foot."
"Cobblenphaseo!" Sasporilla cast at Poppey's boots causing them to fall off as if made of air.
"Nice one!" Karry said. "Where did you learn that?"
"Made it up." Sasporilla said. "Tried on shoes too tight for me one time and my feet swelled. Was cheaper than cutting them off!"
They placed the rings on Poppey's hand and feet. "Inplastrill!" Karry cast. The rings began to swirl and expand straightening the limbs and encasing them in a magical plaster cast. Luckily Poppey lay unconscious as the casts set. Had she been conscious the pain would have been excruciating.
"Now," Karry began, "How will we get her out of here?"
"I'll take her up." Zac said getting on his broom. "I'd apparate her but in her unconscious state I'm afraid she'd be splinched, so... LEVICORPUS!"
Poppey's body floated up inyo the air. Zac pushed off with his broom and followed the injured girl up to the surface.
Sasporilla, Karry and Blossom watched Zac take Poppey up and through the illusionary cap.
"Ok." Sassy said. "Let's go find the girls."
"Shouldn't we wait for Zac?" Blossom asked.
"He'll catch us up." Karry said. "I'll mark our path."
Karry left a glowing yellow arrow pointing down the tunnel they took. Sasporilla lead the way following the foot prints in the dust and filth as best she could. Bones of animals, beasts and people, unlucky enough to have fallen into the hidden chasm, littered the tunnel floor.
The caves were part of an intricate maze of natural and man made structures that intertwined in a confusing and frustrating pattern. There were times the foot prints became lost in the bones underfoot. Sasporilla used Her instincts and intuition. She found snake scale, scraped off onto a rock, and knew that was the way the girls had gone.
Blossom was most uncomfortable and upset by treading on the bones of the dead, though she was pleasantly surprised there were no spider webs. She hated when they got in her face and worse her hair.
Karry placed another mark on the wall as they stepped into a large open cavern. A stone walkway ran between two long shallow pools and were lined with heads of serpents. The skeleton of the gigantic basilisk lay in pieces on the path. A giant carved stone face of Salazar Slytherin formed the wall the girls stood before.
Sasporilla ran over to the basilisk and pulled a couple of fangs and grabbed a small bone, shoving them in her bag. Karry looked at the image of Slytherin and contemplated how to get in. Karry pulled her note book from her bag.
"Dumbledore said the door to the true Chamber of Secrets was slytherins mouth but the key was in his tongue?"
"Well how are we to get a key that's in his tongue when we need said key to open his mouth!" Blossom yelled frustrated.
"How did Harry Potter get through the great vault door at the other end?" Sasporilla asked rejoining the other girls.
"I made a note of that." Karry said flipping back a couple of pages. "He spoke parcel tongue!"
"The thief may have thought they'd destroyed the information." Sasporilla said. "But they didn't count on our Karrys meticulous note taking."
"Thanks." Karry smiled embarrassed. "But I don't see how that helps?"
"In two ways." Sasporilla smiled. "It explains why who ever the mystery woman is would bring a snake and..." the next words out of Sasporillas mouth were in snake language, causing the mouth to grind open before them. "...and it told me the key was Parcel tongue."
"Of course." Karry jumped excitedly.
"You speak snake language?" Blossom asked.
"I can speak to any animal or beast in their language and understand them. It's a gift I can control, but honestly don't fully understand."
"Well it worked!" Karry said. "Let's follow them in."
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.