Return to the Chamber of Secrets
A Harry Potter UNIVERSE/ Sasporilla Bucket Fan Fiction
by Darren Kelly
Chapter 18
LUMOS brought magical torches to light in the dark inner halls of the golden step pyramid. Sasporilla, Karry and Blossom followed the minister of magic Kingsly Shacklebolt and his two aurors, Nick Owlmore and Lyra Lee-Ashwolf.
"It seems very quiet in here minister." Nick said.
"Yes." Kingsly replied. "Too quiet. I find it hard to believe Salazar Slytherins little surprises end at the door."
Spiral steps lead down into the heart of the step pyramid. Thin alcoves lined the round walls as the rescue team descended into the depths. Mummified wizards in ornate robes, their hands crossed over their chests holding their wands, stood one each in the alcoves.
"Who do you think they were?" Sasporilla asked.
"The dark wizards of GrazaKadabrass is my educated guess." Karry said. "Don't be surprised if they spring to life and attack."
"Surprised they haven't all ready." Sasporilla said looking into the face of one of the withered corpses. "Oy! You got any shifty plans mate?"
Karry laughed.
"Sasporilla Bucket!" Blossom scolded. "That behaviour is most disrespectful!"
"Sorry Blossom." Sassy said. "I was just fooling around, I mean no disrespect yo the dead."
At the base of the steps was large room ornately carved from solid diamond. At the far side of the room was a pillar of emerald with the grimacing figure of Salazar Slytherin entrapped within.
Katelynn stood beside a large serpent facing the pillar of emerald. Zac stood to the other side his hand shaking above a crystal ball.
"Zac!" Karry cried trying to run to his side but stopped by an invisible force.
Katelynn and the huge serpent turned, surprised by the sudden appearance of witches and wizards. Katelynn's eyes were fixed and glassy as she stood there mesmerized.
"It's no use," the serpent hissed, "you will not breach the barrier."
"What is that thing saying?" Lyra asked. "Tell it to move away from Katie!"
"Why can't we get to Zac?" Sasporilla asked in snake language.
"Because." The voice of Slytherin echoed through the diamond chamber. "Only one pure of blood may pass the barrier."
The ghostly image of the great old wizard himself, Salazar Slytherin appeared beside Zac.
"Once this worthy boy touches the orb of GrazaKadabrass my essence will transfer into him, and his will be trapped in my imprisoned grizzled body. I, Salazar Slytherin, the greatest wizard in history, will live again!"
"Don't touch it Zac!" Karry yelled.
"He fights against my will," Slytherin laughed, "but he will succumb!"
"I want him dead!" The snake hissed.
"Why?" Sasporilla asked.
"Salazar Slytherin cursed my family a millennia ago. My ancestor, the daughter of an Emperor, refused his love. He cursed her into serpent form and this curse is carried by all of her daughters. Neither human, nor snake, and at the same time both. My mother, Nagini was so cursed. We are maladictus, the cursed children. To kill him will free us all."
"No one will stop me Maladictus!" Slytherin laughed.
"We will stop you." A woman's voice said
as three spots lit up in the diamond floor. One Red, one blue and one yellow. The ghostly images of the other three Hogwarts founders. Godric Gryffindor, Roweena Ravenclaw and Helga Hufflepuff. "We imprisoned Salazar Slytherin over one thousand years ago for his mad plans to destroy any person not of pure magical blood. Muggles and half-bloods alike!"
"It would have been a utopia!" Slytherin mused.
"It would have been a hell of your design." Helga Hufflepuff cursed.
"How exactly do you plan to stop me, Helga?" Salazar Slytherin walked to the edge of the barrier. "Ask me nicely to stop?"
"You are still as arrogant Salazar." Godric Gryffindor said.
"You don't believe images of us can stop you , do you Salazar?" Roweena Ravenclaw smiled.
"No." The old wizard said. "That's why I'm wondering what you three have up your sleeves?"
"There is nothing up our sleeves." Blossom Kowalski said in the voice of Helga Hufflepuff, stepped forward into the yellow spot, Otello Perumbram stepped into the red spot, and Katelynn Ashwolf stepped into the Blue. "Our heirs however, all half bloods or less, are worthy accepting vessels who have volunteered to do it for us."
Salazar Slytherin sneered as the young witches and wizard drew their wands and pointed them at the old wizard. Not his image, but the old man himself trapped in his prison of emerald.
"LIBERABITO CAPTIVI!" The heirs cast.
The emerald prison faded away. The ghostly image of Salazar Slytherin walked into its body as he returned to life. He took a deep breath, allowing air to fill his lungs for the first time in one thousand years.
"Fools!" The old wizard road. "What hope of stopping me do you have now that I live again!"
"No!" Zac cried as he ripped himself free of Slytherin's powerful mental hold. "Orbay Perderum Artificia" Zac cast shattering the ancient orb of power.
The three Hogwarts house founders released their hold on the heirs. The three young people stood their bewildered.
"What's going on?" Katelynn asked looking at the old wizard. "Who the hell are you old man?"
"Silence insolent girl!" Slytherin hissed at the young Hufflepuff. "SILENCIO!"
Blossom stepped in front of Katelynn and cast the old wizards spell aside.
"You will not harm this student as long as I'm Hufflepuff Head girl!" Blossom said defiantly.
"You may be head girl," Salazar Slytherin laughed, "but your no Helga Hufflepuff. AVADA KADA...!"
Jasmine Lee, in serpent forms fangs, sunk into Salazar Slytherins neck silencing his spell as she twisted and coiled around him. The old wizard struggled against the crushing serpents coils.
"We can't let that thing kill him." Kingsly said.
"That thing is Jasmine Lee." Sasporilla said. "Her family was cursed by Slytherin a Millennia ago. Her mother was Voldemorts snake Nagini!"
"Stupify!" Kingsly cast loosening the snakes grip on Salazar Slytherin.
The old wizard slid the beast off of him. Blood ran down the side of Slytherins neck and flowed across his lips as he pointed his wand at the snake. "AVADA KEDAVRA!" The old wizard himself casting green death at Jasmine Lee, leaving the young woman forever trapped in death, as the thing she hated being the most.
"Salazar Slytherin!" Nick Owlmore said. "You are under arrest for the murder of Jasmine Lee."
Salazar Slytherin cast a healing spell on himself and levitated back to his feet and floated above the diamond floor. The old man mumbled something under his breath as his voice boomed inside the heads of the rescue party.
"You stand before the great and all powerful Salazar Slytherin. I am one with magic snd have gone beyond death! You are as unworthy of life as the last mud-blood pretender to the throne who stood before me. He called himself Lord Voldemort."
"What is he murmuring?" Kingsly asked. "It sounds like some kind of very old enchantment."
It was too late they first heard the shuffle of rotted leather sandal and bone behind them, as spells caught them all from behind. The rescue party flew in all directions, shattered by explosive blasts and tossing spells. The mummified dark wizards of GrazaKadabrass were reanimated liches! Wands forward they continued the attack.
Sasporilla sat up, wand ready, at the feet of one of the liches. Its wand was pointed directly at her but the undead wizard didn't cast. Its hand shook as if it fought some outside control.
"Help us!" The creature begged. "We want only tp rest."
Sasporilla saw the glow formed on the end of the wand and snapped her fingers, disapperating from the spells path, reapperating behind Salazar Slytherin.
"You don't think any of us are worthy of you?" Sasporilla Bucket yelled forcing him to turn away from the battle, but he maintained his control over the dead. "You stand before royal blood, and consider yourself worthy?"
"You? Royal blood?" Salazar Slytherin Scoffed. "I think not."
"My great grand-father was a prince of the Stilskin!" Sassy said proudly.
"Evish royalty!" Slytherin mocked. "In my world they will be our slaves. So will you, filthy half-blood."
"My other grand parents are the Duke and Duchess of Essex and My aunt is Witch Queen of Avalon!"
Salazar Slytherin was taken aback. If what this girl said was true, then to harm someone of the royal houses of Avalon was punishable by death.
"Then what is your command your royal highness?" The old wizard smiled as he bowed.
"Release your hold on the dead and let them return to their alchoves to rest in piece and cease this attack on these good people!" Sasporilla ordered.
"You see if you were true Avalonian royalty you would have body guards." Slytherin chuckled. "And if you were elven royalty then those filthy Xorgo would never allow me to harm you! AVADA KEDA..."
Jrux jumped forth from the shadows and stole Slytherin's marble and gold handled, snakewood wand right out of his hand and disappeared again. The Xorgo appeared from the stairwell and rushed the undead wizards, jumping on their backs and grabbing them by the legs. Liches fell in the swarm of dark elves.
"You were saying?" Sasporilla smiled.
Salizar Slytherin turned and ran. He pulled a lever which caused the top of the diamond room to crack and break apart. Razor sharp shards rained down around them. One sliced Sasporillas right forearm as it crashed to the ground. Casting any spell amongst this deadly rain would only reflect back or away and strike an innocent. Sassy pictured a large platform and snapped her fingers. A giant barrier formed between the falling shards, the rescue party, the Xorgo and the liches. Everyone looked up in defence of the shards but saw them stopped. The undead wizards fell where they had stood, lifeless once again.
Sasporilla ran after Salazar Slytherin. The crafty old wizard pulled another lever and jumped onto a circular stair case which rose into the air spiraling towards an open hatch in the top of the pyramid. The pink haired witch climbed the steps as fast as she could as they rose higher and higher. The top of the circular staircases center poll tapped the cavern roof dispelling an illusion of solid rock as it passed on to a man made stone ceiling. The post stopped as it touched the carved stones. A panel slid open and Salizar Slytherin walked up and out.
Sasporilla Bucket reached the top of the stairs to see the old wizard standing, back to her, in a very familiar hall way. They were in the Hogwarts dungeon hallway that ran near the Slytherin house entrance.
"You crafty old sod," Sasporilla said, "you've been under our feet the entire time!"
"Yes." Slytherin Hissed. "Manipulating weak minded young Slythetins for years. Grooming their prejudice and hatreds. Grooming those worthy to find and release me. Now the worthy will be my army, my subjects will do my will."
"I'm sorry." Sasporilla said sadly.
"For what girl?" The old wizard asked turning to see the girl standing strong with her fingers freshly snapped. Salizar Slytherin attempted to walk towards her but her but his feet and lower robes had turned to stone.
"I'm sorry but I can not allow you to continue on." Sasporilla said.
"Turn me to stone?" Slytherin hissed. "That's your plan? Someone will turn me back! This is Hogwarts!"
"No." Sasporilla said sadly. "They won't."
"What have you done?" Salizar Slytherin struggled against the effect.
"I've made the spell permanent and Irreversible." Sasporilla said. "Elven magic. You will spend the rest of your physical existence as a statue, no longer able to manipulate anyone or control anything. You will be dead."
"I am Salizar Slytherin." The old wizard screamed. "You can not do this to me!"
Slytherins and Hufflepuffs came out of their houses to se who was screaming. They saw Sasporilla Bucket levitating a new statue of Salazar Slytherin into place in the hall by Slytherin house.
"What are you doing Bucket?" The Slytherin head boy asked.
"Just a new bit of decoration." Sasporilla smiled.
"Who authorized this Bucket?" The head boy asked.
"I did." Minister Kingsly Shacklebolt said appearing from behind the statue, leading the missing girl Katelynn Ashwolf.
"Oh minister!" The head boy said. "Where did you come from?"
"All students back to your dorms!" The voice of Headmistress Minerva McGonagall ordered. The students turned and headed for their houses, the whispered murmur was deafening.
"You've found her!" The headmistress grasped her hands with excitement. "We will talk about your reckless actions later young lady. The others?"
"No." Kingsly said sadly as more people began to appear from behind the statue.
"I'm sorry headmistress." Sasporilla said. "Mary Crowley was killed by carnivorous fish" Sasporilla said, "and Jasmine Lee was killed by an unforgivable curse by Salazar Slytherin."
"Salazar Slytherin?" The headmistress asked looking at the new statue. "Is this?"
"Yes." Sasporilla said. "Salazar Slytherin, the man himself. I've turned him permanently to stone."
"But that's a death sentence!" Blossom said.
"I know what I've done." Sasporilla said as Nick Owlmore gently grasped his god daughters upper arm. "And I will answer for it."
LUMOS brought magical torches to light in the dark inner halls of the golden step pyramid. Sasporilla, Karry and Blossom followed the minister of magic Kingsly Shacklebolt and his two aurors, Nick Owlmore and Lyra Lee-Ashwolf.
"It seems very quiet in here minister." Nick said.
"Yes." Kingsly replied. "Too quiet. I find it hard to believe Salazar Slytherins little surprises end at the door."
Spiral steps lead down into the heart of the step pyramid. Thin alcoves lined the round walls as the rescue team descended into the depths. Mummified wizards in ornate robes, their hands crossed over their chests holding their wands, stood one each in the alcoves.
"Who do you think they were?" Sasporilla asked.
"The dark wizards of GrazaKadabrass is my educated guess." Karry said. "Don't be surprised if they spring to life and attack."
"Surprised they haven't all ready." Sasporilla said looking into the face of one of the withered corpses. "Oy! You got any shifty plans mate?"
Karry laughed.
"Sasporilla Bucket!" Blossom scolded. "That behaviour is most disrespectful!"
"Sorry Blossom." Sassy said. "I was just fooling around, I mean no disrespect yo the dead."
At the base of the steps was large room ornately carved from solid diamond. At the far side of the room was a pillar of emerald with the grimacing figure of Salazar Slytherin entrapped within.
Katelynn stood beside a large serpent facing the pillar of emerald. Zac stood to the other side his hand shaking above a crystal ball.
"Zac!" Karry cried trying to run to his side but stopped by an invisible force.
Katelynn and the huge serpent turned, surprised by the sudden appearance of witches and wizards. Katelynn's eyes were fixed and glassy as she stood there mesmerized.
"It's no use," the serpent hissed, "you will not breach the barrier."
"What is that thing saying?" Lyra asked. "Tell it to move away from Katie!"
"Why can't we get to Zac?" Sasporilla asked in snake language.
"Because." The voice of Slytherin echoed through the diamond chamber. "Only one pure of blood may pass the barrier."
The ghostly image of the great old wizard himself, Salazar Slytherin appeared beside Zac.
"Once this worthy boy touches the orb of GrazaKadabrass my essence will transfer into him, and his will be trapped in my imprisoned grizzled body. I, Salazar Slytherin, the greatest wizard in history, will live again!"
"Don't touch it Zac!" Karry yelled.
"He fights against my will," Slytherin laughed, "but he will succumb!"
"I want him dead!" The snake hissed.
"Why?" Sasporilla asked.
"Salazar Slytherin cursed my family a millennia ago. My ancestor, the daughter of an Emperor, refused his love. He cursed her into serpent form and this curse is carried by all of her daughters. Neither human, nor snake, and at the same time both. My mother, Nagini was so cursed. We are maladictus, the cursed children. To kill him will free us all."
"No one will stop me Maladictus!" Slytherin laughed.
"We will stop you." A woman's voice said
as three spots lit up in the diamond floor. One Red, one blue and one yellow. The ghostly images of the other three Hogwarts founders. Godric Gryffindor, Roweena Ravenclaw and Helga Hufflepuff. "We imprisoned Salazar Slytherin over one thousand years ago for his mad plans to destroy any person not of pure magical blood. Muggles and half-bloods alike!"
"It would have been a utopia!" Slytherin mused.
"It would have been a hell of your design." Helga Hufflepuff cursed.
"How exactly do you plan to stop me, Helga?" Salazar Slytherin walked to the edge of the barrier. "Ask me nicely to stop?"
"You are still as arrogant Salazar." Godric Gryffindor said.
"You don't believe images of us can stop you , do you Salazar?" Roweena Ravenclaw smiled.
"No." The old wizard said. "That's why I'm wondering what you three have up your sleeves?"
"There is nothing up our sleeves." Blossom Kowalski said in the voice of Helga Hufflepuff, stepped forward into the yellow spot, Otello Perumbram stepped into the red spot, and Katelynn Ashwolf stepped into the Blue. "Our heirs however, all half bloods or less, are worthy accepting vessels who have volunteered to do it for us."
Salazar Slytherin sneered as the young witches and wizard drew their wands and pointed them at the old wizard. Not his image, but the old man himself trapped in his prison of emerald.
"LIBERABITO CAPTIVI!" The heirs cast.
The emerald prison faded away. The ghostly image of Salazar Slytherin walked into its body as he returned to life. He took a deep breath, allowing air to fill his lungs for the first time in one thousand years.
"Fools!" The old wizard road. "What hope of stopping me do you have now that I live again!"
"No!" Zac cried as he ripped himself free of Slytherin's powerful mental hold. "Orbay Perderum Artificia" Zac cast shattering the ancient orb of power.
The three Hogwarts house founders released their hold on the heirs. The three young people stood their bewildered.
"What's going on?" Katelynn asked looking at the old wizard. "Who the hell are you old man?"
"Silence insolent girl!" Slytherin hissed at the young Hufflepuff. "SILENCIO!"
Blossom stepped in front of Katelynn and cast the old wizards spell aside.
"You will not harm this student as long as I'm Hufflepuff Head girl!" Blossom said defiantly.
"You may be head girl," Salazar Slytherin laughed, "but your no Helga Hufflepuff. AVADA KADA...!"
Jasmine Lee, in serpent forms fangs, sunk into Salazar Slytherins neck silencing his spell as she twisted and coiled around him. The old wizard struggled against the crushing serpents coils.
"We can't let that thing kill him." Kingsly said.
"That thing is Jasmine Lee." Sasporilla said. "Her family was cursed by Slytherin a Millennia ago. Her mother was Voldemorts snake Nagini!"
"Stupify!" Kingsly cast loosening the snakes grip on Salazar Slytherin.
The old wizard slid the beast off of him. Blood ran down the side of Slytherins neck and flowed across his lips as he pointed his wand at the snake. "AVADA KEDAVRA!" The old wizard himself casting green death at Jasmine Lee, leaving the young woman forever trapped in death, as the thing she hated being the most.
"Salazar Slytherin!" Nick Owlmore said. "You are under arrest for the murder of Jasmine Lee."
Salazar Slytherin cast a healing spell on himself and levitated back to his feet and floated above the diamond floor. The old man mumbled something under his breath as his voice boomed inside the heads of the rescue party.
"You stand before the great and all powerful Salazar Slytherin. I am one with magic snd have gone beyond death! You are as unworthy of life as the last mud-blood pretender to the throne who stood before me. He called himself Lord Voldemort."
"What is he murmuring?" Kingsly asked. "It sounds like some kind of very old enchantment."
It was too late they first heard the shuffle of rotted leather sandal and bone behind them, as spells caught them all from behind. The rescue party flew in all directions, shattered by explosive blasts and tossing spells. The mummified dark wizards of GrazaKadabrass were reanimated liches! Wands forward they continued the attack.
Sasporilla sat up, wand ready, at the feet of one of the liches. Its wand was pointed directly at her but the undead wizard didn't cast. Its hand shook as if it fought some outside control.
"Help us!" The creature begged. "We want only tp rest."
Sasporilla saw the glow formed on the end of the wand and snapped her fingers, disapperating from the spells path, reapperating behind Salazar Slytherin.
"You don't think any of us are worthy of you?" Sasporilla Bucket yelled forcing him to turn away from the battle, but he maintained his control over the dead. "You stand before royal blood, and consider yourself worthy?"
"You? Royal blood?" Salazar Slytherin Scoffed. "I think not."
"My great grand-father was a prince of the Stilskin!" Sassy said proudly.
"Evish royalty!" Slytherin mocked. "In my world they will be our slaves. So will you, filthy half-blood."
"My other grand parents are the Duke and Duchess of Essex and My aunt is Witch Queen of Avalon!"
Salazar Slytherin was taken aback. If what this girl said was true, then to harm someone of the royal houses of Avalon was punishable by death.
"Then what is your command your royal highness?" The old wizard smiled as he bowed.
"Release your hold on the dead and let them return to their alchoves to rest in piece and cease this attack on these good people!" Sasporilla ordered.
"You see if you were true Avalonian royalty you would have body guards." Slytherin chuckled. "And if you were elven royalty then those filthy Xorgo would never allow me to harm you! AVADA KEDA..."
Jrux jumped forth from the shadows and stole Slytherin's marble and gold handled, snakewood wand right out of his hand and disappeared again. The Xorgo appeared from the stairwell and rushed the undead wizards, jumping on their backs and grabbing them by the legs. Liches fell in the swarm of dark elves.
"You were saying?" Sasporilla smiled.
Salizar Slytherin turned and ran. He pulled a lever which caused the top of the diamond room to crack and break apart. Razor sharp shards rained down around them. One sliced Sasporillas right forearm as it crashed to the ground. Casting any spell amongst this deadly rain would only reflect back or away and strike an innocent. Sassy pictured a large platform and snapped her fingers. A giant barrier formed between the falling shards, the rescue party, the Xorgo and the liches. Everyone looked up in defence of the shards but saw them stopped. The undead wizards fell where they had stood, lifeless once again.
Sasporilla ran after Salazar Slytherin. The crafty old wizard pulled another lever and jumped onto a circular stair case which rose into the air spiraling towards an open hatch in the top of the pyramid. The pink haired witch climbed the steps as fast as she could as they rose higher and higher. The top of the circular staircases center poll tapped the cavern roof dispelling an illusion of solid rock as it passed on to a man made stone ceiling. The post stopped as it touched the carved stones. A panel slid open and Salizar Slytherin walked up and out.
Sasporilla Bucket reached the top of the stairs to see the old wizard standing, back to her, in a very familiar hall way. They were in the Hogwarts dungeon hallway that ran near the Slytherin house entrance.
"You crafty old sod," Sasporilla said, "you've been under our feet the entire time!"
"Yes." Slytherin Hissed. "Manipulating weak minded young Slythetins for years. Grooming their prejudice and hatreds. Grooming those worthy to find and release me. Now the worthy will be my army, my subjects will do my will."
"I'm sorry." Sasporilla said sadly.
"For what girl?" The old wizard asked turning to see the girl standing strong with her fingers freshly snapped. Salizar Slytherin attempted to walk towards her but her but his feet and lower robes had turned to stone.
"I'm sorry but I can not allow you to continue on." Sasporilla said.
"Turn me to stone?" Slytherin hissed. "That's your plan? Someone will turn me back! This is Hogwarts!"
"No." Sasporilla said sadly. "They won't."
"What have you done?" Salizar Slytherin struggled against the effect.
"I've made the spell permanent and Irreversible." Sasporilla said. "Elven magic. You will spend the rest of your physical existence as a statue, no longer able to manipulate anyone or control anything. You will be dead."
"I am Salizar Slytherin." The old wizard screamed. "You can not do this to me!"
Slytherins and Hufflepuffs came out of their houses to se who was screaming. They saw Sasporilla Bucket levitating a new statue of Salazar Slytherin into place in the hall by Slytherin house.
"What are you doing Bucket?" The Slytherin head boy asked.
"Just a new bit of decoration." Sasporilla smiled.
"Who authorized this Bucket?" The head boy asked.
"I did." Minister Kingsly Shacklebolt said appearing from behind the statue, leading the missing girl Katelynn Ashwolf.
"Oh minister!" The head boy said. "Where did you come from?"
"All students back to your dorms!" The voice of Headmistress Minerva McGonagall ordered. The students turned and headed for their houses, the whispered murmur was deafening.
"You've found her!" The headmistress grasped her hands with excitement. "We will talk about your reckless actions later young lady. The others?"
"No." Kingsly said sadly as more people began to appear from behind the statue.
"I'm sorry headmistress." Sasporilla said. "Mary Crowley was killed by carnivorous fish" Sasporilla said, "and Jasmine Lee was killed by an unforgivable curse by Salazar Slytherin."
"Salazar Slytherin?" The headmistress asked looking at the new statue. "Is this?"
"Yes." Sasporilla said. "Salazar Slytherin, the man himself. I've turned him permanently to stone."
"But that's a death sentence!" Blossom said.
"I know what I've done." Sasporilla said as Nick Owlmore gently grasped his god daughters upper arm. "And I will answer for it."
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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.