Return to the Chamber of Secrets
A Harry Potter UNIVERSE/ Sasporilla Bucket Fan Fiction
by Darren Kelly
Chapter 8
The diagnosis Madam Pomfrey came up with for the hikers sickness was some sort of aerosolized venom. Some kind of spitting or spraying snake or perhaps nest of snakes that that hikers unwittingly wandered through.
"The patients are responding well to a general antivenin." Madam Pomfrey told the headmistress. "I'm giving Hagrid a larger dose as I've believed he received the lions share of venom from whatever the source."
"I'm glad something is working." Headmistress McGonagall said. "I hope it is the miracle cure we're all hoping for."
The first thing Hagrid saw when his eyes fluttered open was the concerned face of Sasporilla Bucket, sitting beside him wearing a volunteer smock.
"Well 'ello Sasporilla." Hagrid smiled. "What er you doin' out 'ere?"
"You're in the infirmary Hagrid." Sasporilla said. "Do you remember what happened?"
"We were on a hike." Hagrid said. "We stopped fer a rest. Ms.Lee handed out tea an cakes. Thought I heard somet'in in the trees, then I got sick."
"Well Rubious!" Headmistress McGonagall said. "Nice to see you're feeling better."
"Be right as rain soon enough." Hagrid smiled. "Are the kids ok?'
"All but one I'm afraid." Professor McGonagall said sadly. "I'm afraid after most of you took ill, the girls were attacked by wolves."
"Wha'?" Hagrid said struggling to sit up and falling back on to the groaning bed.
"Hagrid lay back!" Madam Pomfrey insisted. "And lay still! You are in no condition to sit up!"
Sasporilla stepped over to Karrys side.
"Thought I'd let the Professors talk." Sassy said.
"Yes I imagine there will be a lot of hard feelings, finger pointing and blame." Karry said.
"I imagine they all feel responsible in some way." Sasporilla said. "I know if I was in charge, I would feel that way."
"Do you want to get some lunch?" Karry asked.
"Yes." Sassy smiled. "With everyone doing better I think we can safely take a break. Not to mention I'm starved!"
The great hall was positively stuffed with students at lunch. Zac sat at the Hufflepuff table waiting on Karry.
"I was hoping you were coming for lunch!" Zac smiled giving his wife a kiss. "How is every one doing?"
"They're all responding to madam Pomfrey's efforts." Karry said.
"Even Hagrids come around." Sasporilla said. "To be honest I was rather pensive when Hagrid started groaning. I was thinking of poor Poppey being taken by wolv...."
"Pensive!" Karry said. "That's it! It was right in front of me the whole time!"
"What?" Sassy said.
"Dumbledore!" Karry said. "He had the Pencieve! A way to view old memories."
"Ok, so?" Zac said.
"The memories were removed individually and stored in bottles. They looked like shining silver threads! The spell that was used to retrieve the memories is very rarely known!"
"But I'll bet Melvins mother knows!" Sasporilla said with a spark of realization.
"Exactly!" Karry said.
"So you think they can't restore Melvins memory," Zac said trying to put the pieces together, "because the memories are no longer in his mind to be restored!"
"Exactly!" Karry and Sasporilla said.
"That horrible woman has Melvins memory of me stored in a bottle some place." Sassy frowned.
"The only question now is how the memories can be restored." Karry said. "I'm not sure they can be returned once they've been physically removed. I believe they can only be viewed or experienced in something like the Pencieve."
"Well we'll need to find out." Sasporilla said. "I have an idea of how we can find the memories she's stolen but we need to find out how to restore them."
"Jasmine Lee has most of the documents concerning the Pencieve." Karry said. "But I think the Pencieve itself was taken by the ministry."
At the other end of the great hall Katelynn Ashwolf sat at the Slytherin table with Mary Crowley and Olga Bathory. The girls argued quietly but intensely over soup and a sandwich.
"Look." Katelynn hissed. "I don't frankly care what Ms.Lee said."
"But if we go down there we may get stuck!" Mary scowled.
"Or worse," Olga added, "what if there are more creatures down there?"
"Then we'll use our and the spells we know!" Katelynn insisted.
"We're bloody first years." Mary Crowley reminded her confident friend.
"Look, if we go down and find Poppey, dead or alive, we'll be heroes!" Katelynn said. "If we find and get into the chamber of secrets we can keep what we find. Even if we find nothing in these supposed vaults, we'll have gone in and stood in Salazar Slytherins Chamber of Secrets. The headmistress would have to change my house for that! Only true Slytherins could really get into the Chamber!"
"When do we go?" Mary Crowley asked.
"Get your gear and we'll meet by Hagrids hut in fifteen minutes." Katelynn smiled. "We'll probably be back before anyone knows we're gone."
Sasporilla followed Karry and Zac down into the library storage room. New protection spells had been put in place to stop further crime.
"Who goes there?" A large stone knight asked crossing it's two swords.
"Karry Curtiss with guests." Karry had to announce to the new stone guardian of the basement stacks. "Zac Curtiss and Sasporilla Bucket."
"Pass." The stone knight said.
"Thanks Ralph." Karry smiled.
"Your welcome Sam." Ralph said.
"Sam?" Zac asked as they walked past.
"It's from an old muggle 'cartoon' that my father found funny."
"Cool." Zac laughed. "I love muggle cartoons."
"I haven't really seen any." Sasporilla said. "It wasn't something I grew up with."
"I'll have to show you some, some time." Zac laughed.
"I'll look forward to it." Sassy laughed.
The trio arrived at an old stone archway that gave way to a tiny alcove where Jasmine Lees desk was. A shimmering magical barrier blocked their way.
"Jasmine are you in there?" Karry called out. There was bo answer. "She must be away."
"Just our luck." Sassy said disappointed.
"Well she's probably got plans for the weekend." Zac said.
"Perhaps we should take a well earned break and head home for the weekend?" Karry said.
"Yes please." Zac said.
"You two have fun." Sasporilla smiled politely.
"No, no!" Karry insisted taking her friends arm. "This includes you!"
"Thanks guys I'm flattered but I'm just not into that sort of thing!" Sassy laughed.
"Shut it you!" Karry laughed. "I meant you're invited you perv."
"Well now that you guys brought it up???" Zac smiled.
"Shut it!" Karry and Sasporilla gasped and laughed hysterically.
"Men!" Karry said. "Really the thoughts that grace your minds!"
"God bless them." Sassy winked as they left the school for the weekend.
The diagnosis Madam Pomfrey came up with for the hikers sickness was some sort of aerosolized venom. Some kind of spitting or spraying snake or perhaps nest of snakes that that hikers unwittingly wandered through.
"The patients are responding well to a general antivenin." Madam Pomfrey told the headmistress. "I'm giving Hagrid a larger dose as I've believed he received the lions share of venom from whatever the source."
"I'm glad something is working." Headmistress McGonagall said. "I hope it is the miracle cure we're all hoping for."
The first thing Hagrid saw when his eyes fluttered open was the concerned face of Sasporilla Bucket, sitting beside him wearing a volunteer smock.
"Well 'ello Sasporilla." Hagrid smiled. "What er you doin' out 'ere?"
"You're in the infirmary Hagrid." Sasporilla said. "Do you remember what happened?"
"We were on a hike." Hagrid said. "We stopped fer a rest. Ms.Lee handed out tea an cakes. Thought I heard somet'in in the trees, then I got sick."
"Well Rubious!" Headmistress McGonagall said. "Nice to see you're feeling better."
"Be right as rain soon enough." Hagrid smiled. "Are the kids ok?'
"All but one I'm afraid." Professor McGonagall said sadly. "I'm afraid after most of you took ill, the girls were attacked by wolves."
"Wha'?" Hagrid said struggling to sit up and falling back on to the groaning bed.
"Hagrid lay back!" Madam Pomfrey insisted. "And lay still! You are in no condition to sit up!"
Sasporilla stepped over to Karrys side.
"Thought I'd let the Professors talk." Sassy said.
"Yes I imagine there will be a lot of hard feelings, finger pointing and blame." Karry said.
"I imagine they all feel responsible in some way." Sasporilla said. "I know if I was in charge, I would feel that way."
"Do you want to get some lunch?" Karry asked.
"Yes." Sassy smiled. "With everyone doing better I think we can safely take a break. Not to mention I'm starved!"
The great hall was positively stuffed with students at lunch. Zac sat at the Hufflepuff table waiting on Karry.
"I was hoping you were coming for lunch!" Zac smiled giving his wife a kiss. "How is every one doing?"
"They're all responding to madam Pomfrey's efforts." Karry said.
"Even Hagrids come around." Sasporilla said. "To be honest I was rather pensive when Hagrid started groaning. I was thinking of poor Poppey being taken by wolv...."
"Pensive!" Karry said. "That's it! It was right in front of me the whole time!"
"What?" Sassy said.
"Dumbledore!" Karry said. "He had the Pencieve! A way to view old memories."
"Ok, so?" Zac said.
"The memories were removed individually and stored in bottles. They looked like shining silver threads! The spell that was used to retrieve the memories is very rarely known!"
"But I'll bet Melvins mother knows!" Sasporilla said with a spark of realization.
"Exactly!" Karry said.
"So you think they can't restore Melvins memory," Zac said trying to put the pieces together, "because the memories are no longer in his mind to be restored!"
"Exactly!" Karry and Sasporilla said.
"That horrible woman has Melvins memory of me stored in a bottle some place." Sassy frowned.
"The only question now is how the memories can be restored." Karry said. "I'm not sure they can be returned once they've been physically removed. I believe they can only be viewed or experienced in something like the Pencieve."
"Well we'll need to find out." Sasporilla said. "I have an idea of how we can find the memories she's stolen but we need to find out how to restore them."
"Jasmine Lee has most of the documents concerning the Pencieve." Karry said. "But I think the Pencieve itself was taken by the ministry."
At the other end of the great hall Katelynn Ashwolf sat at the Slytherin table with Mary Crowley and Olga Bathory. The girls argued quietly but intensely over soup and a sandwich.
"Look." Katelynn hissed. "I don't frankly care what Ms.Lee said."
"But if we go down there we may get stuck!" Mary scowled.
"Or worse," Olga added, "what if there are more creatures down there?"
"Then we'll use our and the spells we know!" Katelynn insisted.
"We're bloody first years." Mary Crowley reminded her confident friend.
"Look, if we go down and find Poppey, dead or alive, we'll be heroes!" Katelynn said. "If we find and get into the chamber of secrets we can keep what we find. Even if we find nothing in these supposed vaults, we'll have gone in and stood in Salazar Slytherins Chamber of Secrets. The headmistress would have to change my house for that! Only true Slytherins could really get into the Chamber!"
"When do we go?" Mary Crowley asked.
"Get your gear and we'll meet by Hagrids hut in fifteen minutes." Katelynn smiled. "We'll probably be back before anyone knows we're gone."
Sasporilla followed Karry and Zac down into the library storage room. New protection spells had been put in place to stop further crime.
"Who goes there?" A large stone knight asked crossing it's two swords.
"Karry Curtiss with guests." Karry had to announce to the new stone guardian of the basement stacks. "Zac Curtiss and Sasporilla Bucket."
"Pass." The stone knight said.
"Thanks Ralph." Karry smiled.
"Your welcome Sam." Ralph said.
"Sam?" Zac asked as they walked past.
"It's from an old muggle 'cartoon' that my father found funny."
"Cool." Zac laughed. "I love muggle cartoons."
"I haven't really seen any." Sasporilla said. "It wasn't something I grew up with."
"I'll have to show you some, some time." Zac laughed.
"I'll look forward to it." Sassy laughed.
The trio arrived at an old stone archway that gave way to a tiny alcove where Jasmine Lees desk was. A shimmering magical barrier blocked their way.
"Jasmine are you in there?" Karry called out. There was bo answer. "She must be away."
"Just our luck." Sassy said disappointed.
"Well she's probably got plans for the weekend." Zac said.
"Perhaps we should take a well earned break and head home for the weekend?" Karry said.
"Yes please." Zac said.
"You two have fun." Sasporilla smiled politely.
"No, no!" Karry insisted taking her friends arm. "This includes you!"
"Thanks guys I'm flattered but I'm just not into that sort of thing!" Sassy laughed.
"Shut it you!" Karry laughed. "I meant you're invited you perv."
"Well now that you guys brought it up???" Zac smiled.
"Shut it!" Karry and Sasporilla gasped and laughed hysterically.
"Men!" Karry said. "Really the thoughts that grace your minds!"
"God bless them." Sassy winked as they left the school for the weekend.
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.