Return to the Chamber of Secrets
A Harry Potter UNIVERSE/ Sasporilla Bucket Fan Fiction
by Darren Kelly
Chapter 12
Sasporilla lead the way down a twisty hall stone hallway. The sound of the girls footsteps echoed with the obvious sound of dripping water.
"I wonder if we're under the black lake?" Blossom asked.
"It's possible." Sasporilla said. "But it doesn't smell like water. The air smells a tad acrid."
Whatever the smell was in the air, it's subtle burn was more than enough to concern them.
"Ladies I do believe we should wrap our scarves around our mouths and noses." Karry said.
The Hufflepuff scarf, one of the greatest tools in any Hufflepuffs kit, were pulled from their necks and wrapped around the lower half of their heads. As they walked forward down the winding tunnel, the girls saw a body laying in the darkness ahead.
Light from their wands revealed it was Olga Bathory. Most of her right arm was melted off and lay in a ragged puddle beside her pale body. Two round doors sat open, one in the floor and one in the ceiling. A greenish liquid dripped loudly from the small upper chamber.
"Poor girl." Blossom said. "It looks like some kind of acid."
Olga Bathorys eyes popped open, shocking the trio as the girl started to scream. Karry searched her bag. There was nothing that stopped the effects of acid but there was a potion to block the pain.
"It hurts!" Olga screamed. "Help me please. I want my mom!"
Karry splashed the numbing potion on the girls wounded stump. As Olgas pain lessened Karry applied a magical foam.
"That should help a bit until we get you back to Hogwarts." Karry smiled.
"Thank you." Olga said in a teary quivering voice. "She used me."
"Who used you?" Sasporilla asked.
"MS.Lee." Olga said.
"Ms.Lee?"; Karry asked. "Jasmine Lee?"
"Yes." Olga Bathory nodded. "She had me open the top hatch. I was the Whatever the smell was in the air, it's subtle burn was more than enough to concern them. and the strongest. The acid poured out and covered my arm. She laughed when the acid ate my arm away. She laughed!"
Olga Bathory broke down in hysterical tears again.
"We need to get her out of here and to qualified help before the acid on her does more damage." Sasporilla said.
"I'll take her out." Blossom said. "I'll get her to the surface and see if I can link up with the search party."
"Thank you Bloss." Karry said. "We have to push on and stop Jasmine Lee before she gets one of the girls killed."
Blossom helped Olga to her feet and propped the injured girl up on her shoulder. They rushed off down the hall as fast as the weak girl could travel.
"How are we getting down there?" Sasporilla asked. "With all that acid residue?"
"If we had an alkaline agent to counteract the acid I'd use that but we don't." Karry thought allowed. "But now if I remember correctly, Professor Snape had said something in first year potions about cleaning up acid."
The girls thought very hard. It monotone droning voice of Severus Snape often placed students into a place where his voice just passed over them, rather than the lesson sinking in. Karry closed her eyes and started to mimic professor Snape.
"In the inevitable case that you spill acid on your work space..." Karry droned slowly reminding Sasporilla of the lesson and encouraging her to join in. "... sprinkle bicarbonate soda on the acid and wait for it to stop bubbling. This will neutralize the acid and make it possible to clean up, that's it!"
"Do we have any bicarbonate soda?" Sasporilla asked.
"I was going to make cup cakes this weekend." Karry said looking through her bag. "I stopped at the shop and bought a box of baking soda and a box of baking powder because I couldn't remember what the recipe called for."
"Yes I remember." Sasporilla said impatiently. "I told you it was baking powder and when you got home you found out I was right and you put in the kitchen."
"And left the baking soda, a bicarbonate soda, in my bag!" Karry smiled pulling the bag small box from her bag.
Karry sprinkled the soda everywhere. It bubbled and spewed as it reacted and interacted with the acid neutralizing its effects. Karry pulled some gloves from her bag and handed a pair to Sasporilla.
"Where these as we climb down, then toss them away." Karry said. "The acid is basically neutralized but it still may be a tad corrosive."
"Got ya." Sassy said putting on the gloves as she looked down the floor hatch. A small ladder went down to a crystal grate below. The acid had flowed through the grate and ran off through some underground reservoir to god knows where? Sasporilla climbed down the powder dusted rungs of the ladder down to the tunnel below, closely followed by Karry Curtis.
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Zac touched his wand to the glowing yellow arrow Karry carved on the rock wall. It revesled a yellow string of light which ran down the tunnel in the direction.
Blossom was excited to see lit wands on the other side of the open mouth doorway of the stone carved head of Salazar Slytherin.
"Help!" Blossom yeld. "I have an injured girl!"
Zac popped his head in through the door way and saw Blossom supporting Olga Bathory on her shoulder.
"My god!" Zac gasped reaching to take the injured girl from Blossom. "What happened?"
"Some sort of acid trap on a vault." Blossom said unshouldering the burden of the rather heavy first year to Zac.
"What were you first years thinking?" Zac said as he helped the girl through the opening into the outer chamber.
"It wasn't them." Blossom insisted. "It's Jasmine Lee. She stole documents from Karrys desk and shes risking these girls lives to open trapped doors to advance whatever devious plan she has."
"Well we have to get this girl medical help immediately." Kingsly Shacklebolt said.
"I'll take 'er." Hagrid said. "My motor bikes faster'n yer brooms any day and I gots the side car an' all. Besides I'll never fit myself through tha' tiny door."
"Good man Hagrid." Zac said handing off Olga Bathory to the gigantic grounds keeper who took back off down the tunnels they'd traversed from the chasm.
"We need to get back in." Blossom insisted. "Karry and Sassy are in danger."
"You lead Blossom." Zac smiled. "We'll follow."
Sasporilla lead the way down a twisty hall stone hallway. The sound of the girls footsteps echoed with the obvious sound of dripping water.
"I wonder if we're under the black lake?" Blossom asked.
"It's possible." Sasporilla said. "But it doesn't smell like water. The air smells a tad acrid."
Whatever the smell was in the air, it's subtle burn was more than enough to concern them.
"Ladies I do believe we should wrap our scarves around our mouths and noses." Karry said.
The Hufflepuff scarf, one of the greatest tools in any Hufflepuffs kit, were pulled from their necks and wrapped around the lower half of their heads. As they walked forward down the winding tunnel, the girls saw a body laying in the darkness ahead.
Light from their wands revealed it was Olga Bathory. Most of her right arm was melted off and lay in a ragged puddle beside her pale body. Two round doors sat open, one in the floor and one in the ceiling. A greenish liquid dripped loudly from the small upper chamber.
"Poor girl." Blossom said. "It looks like some kind of acid."
Olga Bathorys eyes popped open, shocking the trio as the girl started to scream. Karry searched her bag. There was nothing that stopped the effects of acid but there was a potion to block the pain.
"It hurts!" Olga screamed. "Help me please. I want my mom!"
Karry splashed the numbing potion on the girls wounded stump. As Olgas pain lessened Karry applied a magical foam.
"That should help a bit until we get you back to Hogwarts." Karry smiled.
"Thank you." Olga said in a teary quivering voice. "She used me."
"Who used you?" Sasporilla asked.
"MS.Lee." Olga said.
"Ms.Lee?"; Karry asked. "Jasmine Lee?"
"Yes." Olga Bathory nodded. "She had me open the top hatch. I was the Whatever the smell was in the air, it's subtle burn was more than enough to concern them. and the strongest. The acid poured out and covered my arm. She laughed when the acid ate my arm away. She laughed!"
Olga Bathory broke down in hysterical tears again.
"We need to get her out of here and to qualified help before the acid on her does more damage." Sasporilla said.
"I'll take her out." Blossom said. "I'll get her to the surface and see if I can link up with the search party."
"Thank you Bloss." Karry said. "We have to push on and stop Jasmine Lee before she gets one of the girls killed."
Blossom helped Olga to her feet and propped the injured girl up on her shoulder. They rushed off down the hall as fast as the weak girl could travel.
"How are we getting down there?" Sasporilla asked. "With all that acid residue?"
"If we had an alkaline agent to counteract the acid I'd use that but we don't." Karry thought allowed. "But now if I remember correctly, Professor Snape had said something in first year potions about cleaning up acid."
The girls thought very hard. It monotone droning voice of Severus Snape often placed students into a place where his voice just passed over them, rather than the lesson sinking in. Karry closed her eyes and started to mimic professor Snape.
"In the inevitable case that you spill acid on your work space..." Karry droned slowly reminding Sasporilla of the lesson and encouraging her to join in. "... sprinkle bicarbonate soda on the acid and wait for it to stop bubbling. This will neutralize the acid and make it possible to clean up, that's it!"
"Do we have any bicarbonate soda?" Sasporilla asked.
"I was going to make cup cakes this weekend." Karry said looking through her bag. "I stopped at the shop and bought a box of baking soda and a box of baking powder because I couldn't remember what the recipe called for."
"Yes I remember." Sasporilla said impatiently. "I told you it was baking powder and when you got home you found out I was right and you put in the kitchen."
"And left the baking soda, a bicarbonate soda, in my bag!" Karry smiled pulling the bag small box from her bag.
Karry sprinkled the soda everywhere. It bubbled and spewed as it reacted and interacted with the acid neutralizing its effects. Karry pulled some gloves from her bag and handed a pair to Sasporilla.
"Where these as we climb down, then toss them away." Karry said. "The acid is basically neutralized but it still may be a tad corrosive."
"Got ya." Sassy said putting on the gloves as she looked down the floor hatch. A small ladder went down to a crystal grate below. The acid had flowed through the grate and ran off through some underground reservoir to god knows where? Sasporilla climbed down the powder dusted rungs of the ladder down to the tunnel below, closely followed by Karry Curtis.
**************
Zac touched his wand to the glowing yellow arrow Karry carved on the rock wall. It revesled a yellow string of light which ran down the tunnel in the direction.
Blossom was excited to see lit wands on the other side of the open mouth doorway of the stone carved head of Salazar Slytherin.
"Help!" Blossom yeld. "I have an injured girl!"
Zac popped his head in through the door way and saw Blossom supporting Olga Bathory on her shoulder.
"My god!" Zac gasped reaching to take the injured girl from Blossom. "What happened?"
"Some sort of acid trap on a vault." Blossom said unshouldering the burden of the rather heavy first year to Zac.
"What were you first years thinking?" Zac said as he helped the girl through the opening into the outer chamber.
"It wasn't them." Blossom insisted. "It's Jasmine Lee. She stole documents from Karrys desk and shes risking these girls lives to open trapped doors to advance whatever devious plan she has."
"Well we have to get this girl medical help immediately." Kingsly Shacklebolt said.
"I'll take 'er." Hagrid said. "My motor bikes faster'n yer brooms any day and I gots the side car an' all. Besides I'll never fit myself through tha' tiny door."
"Good man Hagrid." Zac said handing off Olga Bathory to the gigantic grounds keeper who took back off down the tunnels they'd traversed from the chasm.
"We need to get back in." Blossom insisted. "Karry and Sassy are in danger."
"You lead Blossom." Zac smiled. "We'll follow."
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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.