Chamber of Secrets (2)

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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, by J. K. Rowling, is the sequel toHarry Potter andthe Sorcerer's Stone. It is the second book in the series of sevenHarry Potterbooks. The book

was published in 1998. A film was theatrically released in November 2002.

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Dedication Edit

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Book description Edit

Ever since Harry Potter had come home for the summer, the Dursleys had been so mean andhideous that all Harry wanted was to get back to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and

Wizardry. But just as he's packing his bags, Harry receives a warning from a strange, impishcreature who says that if Harry returns to Hogwarts, disaster will strike.

And strike it does. For in Harry's second year at Hogwarts, fresh torments and horrors arise,

including an outrageously stuck-up new professor and a spirit who haunts the girl's bathroom.But then the real trouble begins - something is attacking Hogwarts students, turning them into

stone. Could it be Draco Malfoy, a more poisonous rival than ever? Could it possibly be Hagrid,whose mysterious past reveals dark secrets? Or could it be the one everyone at Hogwarts most

suspects ... Harry Potter himself!

Plot Edit

Chapter 1: The Worst Birthday Edit

"No cards, no presents, and he would be spending the evening pretending not to exist."

Description of Harry's 12th Birthday.

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Harry has returned to the Dursleys for the summer holiday, and things are very bad for him. On31 July (Harry's Birthday), Harry had never felt so lonely, he missed Hogwarts and his best

friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. Neither of them had written to him all summer, noteven to send birthday wishes.

Aunt Petunia, Dudley, and Uncle Vernon were having a dinner party for one of Vernon's clients,Mr. Mason, and Harry had to stay in his room for the night, making no noise and "pretending hedoesn't exist".

However, when he gets there, something else is on his bed...

Chapter 2: Dobby's Warning Edit

"Harry Potter is valiant and bold! He has braved so many dangers already! But Dobby

has come to protect Harry Potter, to warn him, even if he does have to shut his ears in

the oven door later... Harry Potter must not go back to Hogwarts."Dobby warning Harry.

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The thing on his bed, a house elfnamed Dobby, tells Harry that he mustn't go back to Hogwarts,

as it would be dangerous and terrible things are happening there. The elf, however, refuses to tellhim what things, and continues to be vague despite Harry's visible frustration. In the process, he

makes a lot of noise, which is noticed by the group downstairs. Dobby then reveals that he hadstopped letters being sent to Harry, and offers them to him if Harry will stay away from

Hogwarts. Harry refuses and, in anger at Harry's refusal, Dobby runs downstairs and uses aHover Charm to smash the dinner party's pudding. An owl from the Ministry of Magic is

promptly received (scaring away Mrs. Mason, who is mortally afraid of birds) with a warningsaying that Harry has violated the Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery,

though he is not actually punished (possibly because it is only his first offence). After realisingthat Harry isn't allowed to do magic outside of Hogwarts grounds, Uncle Vernon locks Harry in

his room. Vernon reasons that if Harry uses magic to get himself out, he will be expelled

anyway.

Chapter 3: The Burrow Edit

"This is the best house I've ever been in."

Harry Potter, about the Burrow.


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The flying Ford Anglia.

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The Dursleys' punishment lasts for three days, until Ron, Fred, and George Weasley, worriedabout not hearing from Harry all summer, borrow their father's Flying Ford Anglia and come to

the rescue. They are able to break the metal bars off of Harry's window & help him pick the lockto his door so that he can get his Nimbus 2000 & trunk. The Dursley's discover his escape

attempt, but by the time they can intervine. Fred, George, Ron & Harry have gotten everything ofHarry's & have just flown away. On the flight to the Burrow, Harry explains Dobby's warning.

They all agree that Dobby most likely belongs to the Malfoy's who sent Dobby to Harry as ajoke. Harry is taken to the Burrow, the Weasleys' home, and he finds the house truly amazing.

Since Ron, Fred and George snuck the car out of the house without permission, they are yelled atby Molly Weasley, who was waiting in the kitchen. After their scolding, she makes them

breakfast and has the three Weasley boys (and the volunteering Harry) de-gnome the gardenrefusing to use a technique from Gilderoy Lockhart's Guide to Household Pests, and do it their

own way. Arthur Weasley soon comes home and is honoured to meet Harry after they areintroduced to each other. Molly, his wife, yells at him for enchanting the car. Ginny Weasley,

who was enrolling at Hogwarts that year, is very obviously enamoured with Harry and spendsmost of the chapter hiding from him.

Chapter 4: At Flourish and Blotts Edit

Lucius Malfoy: "Dear me, what's the use of being a disgrace to the name of wizard ifthey don't even pay you well for it?"

Arthur Weasley: "We have a very different idea of what disgraces the name of wizard,Malfoy."

Lucius Malfoy and Arthur Weasley arguing at Flourish and Blotts.

Gilderoy Lockhart


Harry stays at the Burrow until his departure for Hogwarts. During that period, he and the

Weasleys travel to Diagon Alley with Floo powderin order to get their school supplies. Harryhas difficulty with the smoke around him and says "Diagon Alley" unclearly (in the film he says

"diagonally"), and thus he accidentally lands in a shop in the ill-reputed Knockturn Alley instead.


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The shop is Borgin and Burkes , specialising in objects related to Dark magic. There he seesLucius Malfoy, father ofDraco Malfoy, Harry's arch rival from school, selling items imbued

with Dark magic to a dark arts salesman, Mr. Borgin. Malfoy explains that the Ministry has beenconducting raids on wizard houses in order to uncover illegal artefacts, so he is selling his more

problematic possessions. He also expresses his disdain for a rumoured Muggle Protection Act,

which he (rightly) assumes Arthur Weasley is behind.

Harry leaves the shop to be found by Hagrid and taken back to Diagon Alley to reunite with the

Weasleys and Hermione Granger, who is also there with her parents. In Flourish and Blotts, heand the Weasleys meet the famous wizard/authorGilderoy Lockhart, who announces that he will

be taking over as Hogwarts' new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. He then forces Harry tohave his picture taken with him for the main page of theDaily Prophet. They also meet Draco

and Lucius Malfoy there. The elder Malfoy continuously taunts and insults Arthur and his familyand eventually Arthur lunges at him. During the fight, Malfoy grabs one of the Weasleys'

second-hand books and subsequently throws it back at Ginny in contempt.

Chapter 5: The Whomping Willow Edit

"Of all the trees we could've hit, we had to get one that hits back."Ron, complaining about the Whomping Willow.

The flying Ford Anglia caught in the Whomping Willow.


It is time to return to Hogwarts, Harry and the Weasleys arrives at King's Cross Station on theFord Anglia, after several delays (Fred & George forgetting their broomsticks & Ginny

forgetting her diary.) On the way to the Hogwarts Express, when Harry and Ron try to gothrough the barrier to Platform Nine and Three-Quarters after everyone else went through, the

barrier mysteriously is sealed against them. Having missed the train, Harry and Ron thus decideto fly Mr. Weasley's flying Ford Anglia to Hogwarts. They end up getting spotted by many

Muggles and crash into the Whomping Willow, the impact breaking Ron's wand. The giant treestarts to pounding the car. The battered car manages to escape, ejecting Harry, Ron, and their

luggage, before quickly driving off into the Forbidden Forest.

After they make it to the castle, ProfessorSnape catches the boys and attempts to have themexpelled, but fails to convince the headmaster, ProfessorAlbus Dumbledore, who says that he

will send a letter to Harry and Ron's families. Still, ProfessorMcGonagall gives a warning andseparate detentions to both boys. She also tells them that Ginny had been sorted into Gryffindor.

Chapter 6: Gilderoy Lockhart Edit


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"Gilderoy Lockhart, Order of Merlin, Third Class, Honorary Member of the DarkForceDefense League, and five-time winner ofWitch Weekly's Most-Charming-Smile Award -

but I don't talk about that. I didn't get rid of the Bandon Banshee by smiling at her!"Gilderoy Lockhart, presenting himself.

A baby mandrake root


The next day, Ron receives a Howlerfrom his motherduring breakfast in the Great Hall. Then,Minerva McGonagall hands out timetables and the first class is Herbology with the Hufflepuffs.

In the class, Professor Sprout teaches how to transplant Mandrake seedlings, which haverestorative propertiers when mature. The next class is Transfiguration, where Ron has problems

with his wand, although he repaired it with magical tape. Later, the trio have their first lessonwith Gilderoy Lockhart, appointed as the new Defence Against the Dark Arts's teacher. His way

of teachings is a complete disaster. Much to Harry's chagrin, he receives constant attention fromLockhart and Colin Creevey, a first year student. Both constantly interact with him on the base of

his fame (Colin treats Harry as a celebrity and Lockhart hopes to actually bring him to that state).Harry also faces unwelcome attention from Ginny, albeit in a less intrusive manner.

Chapter 7: Mudbloods And Murmurs Edit

"Harry knew at once that Malfoy had said something really bad because there was an

instant uproar at his words."Reaction after Malfoy calls Hermione a Mudblood.

Ron Weasley vomiting slugs


The Gryffindor Quidditch team has a very early practice on Saturday morning, where they aretreated to an hour-long introduction to a new training program Oliver Wood spent the summerworking on. Soon after the actual practice starts, the Slytherin Quidditch team, with newNimbus

2001 broomsticks, arrives, and an argument over field time ensues. During the confrontation,Malfoy is revealed to be the new Slytherin seeker, and the one responsible for getting the

Slytherin team new brooms. Hermione says that nobody on their team had to buy his way in,they made it on pure talent. Malfoy calls Hermione a Mudblood, and Ron tries to curse him.

However, his damaged wand causes it to backfire and he is rushed to Rubeus Hagrid's cabin


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when he starts vomiting slugs. Later, Professor McGonagall assigns Harry and Ron theirdetentions. Harry is made to help Lockhart answer his fan mail, while Ron polishes the school's

prizes and trophies. During his unpleasant punishment, Harry hears a disembodied, sinister voicewhich Lockhart is unable to hear.

Chapter 8: The Deathday Party Edit

"Why would anyone want to celebrate the day they died? Sounds dead depressing tome..."

Ron, about the Deathday Party.

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In return for distracting Argus Filch just when he's about to give Harry severe punishment, Harry

promises he'll come toNearly Headless Nick's Deathday Party on Halloween. He brings Ron andHermione along as well, but the three of them quickly get tired of the ghostly party and return to

the Great Hall.

The Chamber of Secrets has been opened - Enemies of the heir,

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Before they get to the Halloween feast, Harry hears the voice (which Ron and Hermione alsocannot hear) and follows it to the second floor, where he finds the bathroom flooded and Mrs.

Norris, Filch's cat, hanging from a torch bracket, petrified and coupled with a message on thewall, reading "THE CHAMBER OFSECRETS HAS BEENOPENED. ENEMIESOFTHE HEIR,

BEWARE". Then, students leaving the Halloween Feast surround them. And Malfoy yells:"Enemies of the Heir, beware! You'll be next, Mudbloods!"

Chapter 9: The Writing on the Wall Edit

"Hearing voices no one else can hear isn't a good sign, even in the wizarding world."Ron, to Harry.


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Moaning Myrtle


Filch and Snape try to get Harry in trouble for what happened, but Dumbledore says that it ispowerful dark magic that no second year student could perform. They decide that Professor

Sprout's mandrakes will be used, once they are mature enough, to create a draught capable ofreviving Mrs. Norris. Hermione wants to research the Chamber, so she persuades Professor

Binns (the History of Magic teacher) into telling the class about it. He explains that one of thefounders of Hogwarts, Salazar Slytherin, got into an argument with the others about whether

Muggle-borns should be admitted. When the rift grew too large, he left the school. According tolegend, he built a going-away present to the school in the form of a secret chamber that could

only be opened by his true heir. This "Chamber of Secrets" contains a monster that only the Heirof Slytherin can control and that, once released, would purge the school of all Muggle-borns.

Binns unsuccessfully tries to assure the class that the Chamber does not actually exist and thatthe school has been searched many times in vain.

Chapter 10: The RogueBludger Edit

Harry's boneless arm.

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"Dobby wants to save Harry Potter's life! Better sent home, grievously injured, thanremain here sir! Dobby only wanted Harry Potter hurt enough to be sent home!"

Dobby explaining his plans to Harry.

Harry, Ron and Hermione decide that the heir is probably Draco Malfoy. To try to prove it,

Hermione proposes to use Polyjuice Potion, which can change a person into somebody else for

an hour. After getting Lockhart's signature to check out the bookMoste Potente Potions from theRestricted Section that has the recipe, Hermione warns them that the potion will take a month tobrew, supposing they gather all the necessary ingredients (two of which can only be found in

Snape's private inventory). Since no one comes into Moaning Myrtles' bathroom, the three ofthem decide it is the best place to brew the potion unnoticed. Hermione begins working with the

ingredients they have.


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During the month that it takes the Polyjuice Potion to brew, a Quidditch match betweenGryffindorand Slytherin takes place. During the match, one of the Bludgerstakes after Harry

and focuses completely on him. Since Bludgers are supposed to attack each and every player, thecrowd immediately realizes that this Bludger has been tampered with. Harry still manages to

catch the Golden Snitch and allow forGryffindorto win thanks to the Slytherin Seeker Draco

Malfoy wasting his time towards insulting Harry and not paying attention to his surroundingswhere the Snitch was hovering slightly above his left ear. However, prior to catching the Snitch,the Bludger broke Harry's arm, and Lockhart, attempting to fix it, gets rid of all the bones in his

arm instead. Madam Pomfrey gives Harry Skele-Gro potion to counter this and Harry is forced tostay in the Hospital wing overnight.

During that night, Dobby visits Harry and reveals that it was he who made the Bludgerchase

after Harry, and was also responsible for the barrier of Platform Nine and Three-Quarters notletting him in for in hopes of Harry leaving or never arriving at Hogwarts. He also reveals that

the Chamber of Secrets has been opened before and immediately punishes himself, as he is notsupposed to reveal anything. AfterDobby disappears, Dumbledore, McGonagall, and Madam

Pomfrey enter with Colin Creevey, who has apparently been petrified. He was found with acamera containing film that has been burnt to the melting point. Dumbledore just observes the

camera saying, "The Chamber of Secrets has indeed been opened again."

Chapter 11: The Duelling Club Edit

"Now, Professor Dumbledore has granted me permission to start this little dueling club,to train you all in case you ever need to defend yourselves as I myself have done on

countless occasions - for full details, see my published works. "Gilderoy Lockhart, presenting the Duelling Club.

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After Harry heads to Moaning Myrtle's bathroom the next morning and explains the details he

learned from Dobby, Hermione comes up with a plan of Harry and Ron providing a distraction in

Potions so she can steal the remaining ingredients for the Polyjuice Potion from Snape's privatestores. Shortly afterwards, when McGongall comes around with the sign-up list for the students

who will remain in the School during Christmas, learning that Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle havesigned up, Harry, Ron, and Hermione do this as well, since this gives them the perfect

opportunity to use their Polyjuice potion. With Harry providing a distraction during Potions classby throwing a Filibusterfirework into Goyle's cauldron, it creates the necessary disturbance

allowing Hermione to succeed without trouble, though Snape still suspects Harry's involvementwith this incident after finding the firework.


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Harry later signs up for a Duelling Club which, to Harry's great displeasure, is taught by his twoleast favourite teachers, Lockhart and Snape. During a practice battle in the first meeting, Draco

Malfoy conjures a snake to attack Harry. Lockhart tries to banish it, but all he manages is to set itloose on the students. Harry sees that the snake is advancing on a Hufflepuffstudent named

Justin Finch-Fletchley and instinctively tells it to stop, which-to Harry's great surprise-it does. He

expects Justin to be grateful; on the other hand, he and the others are less than ecstatic about it.All they saw was Harry speaking Parseltongue, the language of snakes, and since they cannotunderstand it, it seemed to them that he was egging the snake on.

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Harry learns that Parseltongue is a very rare gift that is closely associated with Salazar Slytherin.

Due to this, Harry becomes the number one suspect among students for being the heir ofSlytherin. Hermione even tells him that since Salazar Slytherin lived so long ago, he might

actually be a descendant. When a Herbology lesson is cancelled, Harry has a talk with Hagrid,who reveals that the school's roosters are being mysteriously killed. Seconds after leaving

Hagrid, Harry runs into a petrified Justin Finch-Fletchley and a black, smoking Nearly-HeadlessNick. Justin saw the Basilisk through Nearly-Headless-Nick, and he became petrified, while

Nick 'died'. Peeves alerts the whole school, and a Hufflepuffcalled Ernie Macmillan claims thatHarry has been caught red-handed.

Chapter 12: The Polyjuice Potion Edit

"But I know one thing - last time the Chamber of Secrets was opened, a Mudblood died.

So I bet it's a matter of time before one of them's killed this time .... I hope it's Granger"Draco, about the Chamber of Secrets.

Harry Potter transforming into Gregory Goyle


For the first time, Harry is taken to Dumbledore's office, and there he witnesses FawkesDumbledore'sphoenixbursting into ashes and being reborn. Dumbledore says that he doesn't

believe Harry to be behind the attacks, a belief reinforced by Hagrid backing Harry's alibi, but alarge portion of the school is now sure that Harry is Slytherin's heir. When Christmas arrives


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(Harry's gifts: a toothpick, fudge in a tin, a copy ofFlying with the Cannons, a new quill, ajumper and plum cake), with the Polyjuice Potion ready and Hermione having acquired some

spare Slytherin robes to use (since they can't use their regular clothes while transformed), theydrug Crabbe and Goyle via chocolate cakes, take their hairs (and shoes due to Crabbe and Goyle

having larger feet) and assume their form. Hermione tries to use a hair she thought belongs to

Millicent Bulstrode, but it's actually hercat's hairand Hermione is transformed into a cat/humanhybrid. Hermione is forced to spend a few weeks in the hospital wing. As Crabbe and Goyle,once Draco leads them to the Slytherin common room, Harry and Ron interrogate an

unsuspecting Malfoy and discover that even though he wishes he were, Draco is not the Heir ofSlytherin. They also hear that Lucius Malfoy mentioned that the last time the chamber was

opened, fifty years ago, a Muggle-born student died and whoever was responsible was expelled.Malfoy also mentions his father's secret stash of illegal artefacts.

Chapter 13: The Very Secret Diary Edit

Harry: "Dangerous? Come off it, how could it be dangerous?"Ron: "You'd be surprised... Some of the books the Ministry's confiscated - Dad's told me -

there was one that burned your eyes out." Ron, warning Harry about the diary.

A dwarf singing a valentine


Weeks later, Ron and Harry overhearArgus Filch complaining about his workload and leaving.

They arrive at Moaning Myrtle's bathroom to find it flooded. Myrtle, a sulking ghost, explains

that she had flooded it because somebody flushed a diary down the toilet and onto her. Harrypicks it up; it turns out to have belonged to one T.M. Riddle and to be completely blank. Ron

remembers from his detention that Riddle had won an award for special service to the schoolfifty years before. Hermione deduces that since this coincides with the last time the Chamber was

opened, Tom Riddle might have received his prize for catching whoever was responsible for theattacks back then. Even though all attempts to extract information from the diary fail, Harry feels

a strange compulsion to keep it.

On Valentine's Day, Ron and Harry are dismayed to find out Lockhart has spread dwarvesdressed as cupids throughout the school to receive and deliver Valentines. One cupid-dwarfmanages to deliver one (a singing valentine) to Harry. While struggling to avoid him, the

embarrassed Harry trips and falls, having ink spilled all over the contents of his bag. Ginnynotices the diary and assumes a horrified expression. Draco Malfoy also tries to steal the diary as

Harry is picking up his stuff, but an angered Harry stuns him, ignoring the fact that PercyWeasley was also there trying to handle the situation, which results in Percy reprimanding Harry.


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and the other governors of Hogwarts have unanimously voted to suspend Dumbledore, despitethe obvious logic that this would only worsen the situation. Both Hagrid and Dumbledore give

last words. Hagrid says that if anybody wants the truth they should "follow the spiders" andDumbledore says that he will only truly have left the school when none there remain loyal to

him. He also stresses that if anybody at Hogwarts needs help, it will always be available to those

who ask for it.

Chapter 15: Aragog Edit

"Ron gave a loud snort. Evidently, hatching Aragog out in a cupboard wasn't his idea ofbeing innocent."

Ron, about Hagrid having an Acromantula.

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Harry and Ron decide to follow the spiders as per Hagrid's advice after Harry notices the spidersduring a Herbology lesson. Walking with Fang as their guide along the trails of the spiders,

which are strangely all fleeing Hogwarts, takes them into the Forbidden Forest. Even though Ronis deeply arachnophobic, the fact that Hermione has been petrified and that they may be able to

help through this investigation gives him the willpower to go along anyway. There, theyencounterArthur Weasley's car, which had apparently taken to driving through the forest like

some sort of wild animal. They eventually meet Aragog, an ageing Acromantula which had been

the monster Hagrid had been "caught" setting on other students 50 years ago. Aragog explainsthat Hagrid is innocent, but rather than letting Harry and Ron go he decides to leave them asdinner for his children. Mr. Weasley's Ford Anglia comes blasting through the layers of spiders,

however, and lets the boys and Fang escape. The spiders attackingHarry and Ron

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After this, Harry and Ron feel that they have reached dead ends everywhere, until one possiblelast hope occurs to them. Aragog said the monster's last victim died in a bathroom and it occurs

to Harry that Moaning Myrtle might have been that victim. Of course, with the school under suchsecurity, it will be almost impossible to sneak in the girls' bathroom near where the first attack

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Chapter 16: The Chamber of Secrets Edit

"Just the man. The very man. A girl has been snatched by the monster, Lockhart. Taken

into the Chamber of Secrets itself. Your moment has come at last."

Snape, giving Lockhart a mission.

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Later that same day, Harry and Ron manage to trick Lockhart - who is leading them to their next

class - into letting them go by stroking his ego. Just as they pat themselves on the back, they getcaught by ProfessorMcGonagall, and Harry has to make up an excuse - they were going to see

Hermione in the Hospital wing, where visitors were now barred. They now have to go along tomake their story appear convincing, but rather than simply hanging around Hermione's petrified

form, this time Harry notices a piece of paper tightly clutched in her hand. This piece of paperreveals what Hermione had found out before she was attacked. She had discovered, based on

strong circumstantial evidence, that the monster in the Chamber of Secrets was abasilisk. As abasiliskis a giant snake this explains why only Harry could hear it. The Basiliskkills people by

looking it in the eye, but no one died, because nobody had looked at its gaze directly. ColinCreevey saw it through his camera, Justin Finch-Fletchley saw it throughNearly-Headless Nick

(who was already dead), Mrs. Norris saw a reflection of it in the waters of the flooded bathroom,and Hermione used a mirror to look around corners after figuring things out. There is also a note

about how spiders fear the Basilisk(which explains spiders fleeing Hogwarts) and the rooster'scall being potentially fatal to it (which explains Hagrid's roosters having been mysteriously killed

during the year). On the note is also scribbled a single word, "pipes", which means that theserpent moves around through the plumbing.

Having solved the mystery, Harry and Ron decide to go to the staff room and report to theteachers. When they get there, they overhear the teachers talking about another attack having

occurred. Harry and Ron decide to hide to hear more details, and learn that Ginny has beenkidnapped and the heir ofSlytherin has left another message under the previous one:

HER SKELETON WILL LIE IN THE CHAMBER FOREVER

Harry and Ron also hear that Hogwarts will be closed tomorrow. The teachers then force

Lockhart to deal with the monster, as he has been claiming he could handle whatever isresponsible for the attacks, irritating the rest of the staff to no end. Looking very crestfallen, he

leaves for his room.


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That night, Harry and Ron feel utterly useless and helpless, until it occurs to them that if theserpent uses the plumbing to get around and the last time the chamber was opened a girl died,

then the chamber entrance must be in the bathroom Moaning Myrtle haunts.

Harry and Ron decide that if Lockhart is going to deal with the monster they might as well tell

him what they know. They go to his room, only to find him frantically planning to run away.When questioned on why such a talented wizard as himself is leaving, Lockhart admits that he isa fraud and that he put Memory Charms on the people who really did the things that he claimed

to have done in his books. He then attempts to put a memory charm on Harry and Ron as well,but they manage to disarm him and, underwand threats, take him to Moaning Myrtle's bathroom.

Moaning Myrtle explains her death, saying the last thing she saw was a pair of enormous eyes by

one of the sinks, the tap of which has never worked. Harry finds a snake carved on the tap andthen opens the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets by speaking Parseltongue to it.

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Harry, Ron and Lockhart slide down a large pipe and find themselves in maze-like tunnels far

under the school. Down there, they encounter a snake skin left by the Basilisk. Just then,

Lockhart feigns fainting and he steals Ron's wand. Victoriously proclaiming that he will erase

Harry and Ron's memories and tell everybody they lost their sanity at the sight of Ginny'smangled body, Lockhart fires. Ron's broken wand causes the charm to backfire, erasingLockhart's memory and causing a portion of the ceiling to cave in. This traps Harry in the

direction of the chamber and Ron in the direction of the castle. Ron has no choice but to staybehind and clear a path through the rocks while Harry continues in search of Ginny. Harry then

encounters a wall with stone snakes on it, opens it by speaking Parseltongue and enters theChamber itself.

Chapter 17: The Heir of Slytherin Edit

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"Haven't I already told you that killing Mudbloods doesn't matter to me anymore? Formany months now, my new target has been you."

Tom Riddle to Harry.

Harry finds himself standing at the end of a long, dimly lit chamber

Harry entering the Chamber of Secrets.

Added by WydokAt the far end, he finds Ginny lying on the ground, pale and cold. He drops his wand and runs to

her, trying to get a response from her, to no avail. He then sees Tom Riddle smiling at him andholding Harry's wand. Riddle explains his presence in the present by revealing he is a memory,

which had been preserved in his diary for fifty years.

He then explains what had happened. Riddle had opened the Chamber of Secrets fifty years agoand planned to purge the school ofMuggle-borns; however, when he learned that the school was

going to close down due to the attacks and that Dumbledore (the then Transfiguration teacher)was keeping a closer and closer watch on him, he had no choice but to cease the attacks and

frame Hagrid for doing it. Not wanting to waste all the years he spent on figuring out where thechamber was and how to get to it, he left behind a diary containing the memory of his sixteen-

year-old self in hopes that it would, one day, fall into the hands of an unsuspecting victim whowould help him finish his work.

Ginny had been writing in the diary all year. Riddle had written back sympathetically and Ginnygrew to confess her fears, hopes and feelings to him. She essentially poured some of her soul into

him, which was exactly what he wanted. He gradually grew more powerful and eventuallymanaged to pour some of his soul back into her, possessing her and using her body to open the

chamber and launch the new series of attacks. However, eventually Ginny became suspicious ofthe diary and decided to destroy it by flushing it down the toilet in Moaning Myrtle's bathroom.

This is when Harry found it.

When Ginny saw Harry with the diary on Valentine's Day, she panicked and worried that Riddlehad told all of her secrets to Harry, so she stole it back from Harry's dormitory. It began taking

control of her again, but this time with the intention of killing Harry, so he had Ginny write herown farewell on the wall and come down to wait, luring Harry to the rescue and, consequently,

his doom.

Riddle then asks how Harry managed to defeat the Dark WizardLord Voldemort as a mere baby.Harry asks Riddle why he cares, as Voldemort existed after his time. Riddle replies that

Voldemort is his "past, present and future." He then writes his name in the air with Harry's wand:

TOM MARVOLO RIDDLE

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I AM LORD VOLDEMORT

Needless to say, this means Riddle grew up to become Lord Voldemort. Riddle then reveals heis, in fact, a half-blood, and his mother had named him Tom after his Muggle father and Marvolo

after his wizard grandfather, a descendant ofSalazar Slytherin. He scrambled his name to create

a new one, which he knew people would fear when he became the greatest sorcerer in the world.

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Harry retorts that he must be mistaken, because the greatest sorcerer in the world, as everybody

knows, is not Voldemort but Albus Dumbledore. Even when Voldemort was at the peak of hispower he was afraid of Dumbledore, and now he's barely alive. Riddle angrily answers that

Dumbledore has been driven out the castle by the mere memory of him. Harry yells thatDumbledore is not as gone as Riddle seems to believe. In this display of loyalty he summons

Fawkes thephoenix to him, who also brings with it the Sorting Hat, both assets that Riddledeems extremely useless.

Riddle then summons the Basiliskand commands it to kill Harry. However, Fawkes isn't as

defenceless as one might initially think, and pecks out the Basilisk's eyes, thus preventing itsgaze from killing. The basilisk can still smell Harry, however, and remains very dangerous, so

Harry, in desperation, puts on the Sorting Hat, wishing against hope for help. Instead of ananswer, Harry Potter has a heavy sword with a hilt embedded with rubies fall on his head from

inside the hat. After several missed strikes from the blinded Basilisk, Harry ends up on the theHead of the statue of Salazar Slytherin & plunges the sword into the roof of the Basilisk's mouth,killing it. However, one of its poisonous fangs sinks into his arm, injecting a deadly poison.

While Riddle gloats over his "win", Harry takes the Diary from Ginny & plunges the Basiliskfang into the diary. Ink begins pouring out of the book the the memory of Riddle is destroyed.

Ginny immedietely stirs and wakes up. Harry is now moments from death, when Fawkes cries onthe wound, and since Phoenixtears have incredible healing properties, Harry is instantly cured.

Harry and Ginny travel back through the Chamber to find Ron and Lockhart, who has no idea of

who or where he is. Harry, Ron, Ginny and Lockhart grab onto Fawkes and fly up the tunnel, outof the Chamber (anotherPhoenix speciality). They return up to the Moaning Myrtle's bathroom,

where the Entrance seals itself shut again, and head to McGonagall's office.

Chapter 18: Dobby's Reward Edit

"But Dobby didn't move. He was holding up Harry's disgusting, slimy sock, and looking

at it as though it were a priceless treasure."


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Dobby being freed by Harry.

Albus Dumbledore holding the Sword of Gryffindor


At McGonagall's office, Harry, Ron, and Ginny find Dumbledore, McGonagall, Arthurand

Molly Weasley, who are delighted to see them alive. Harry worries that Ginny will get blamedfor being the person behind the attacks, but to his great reliefDumbledore rightly deduces that

Voldemort is the culprit. After Ginny leaves to get a much-needed rest, Harry and Ron bothreceive two hundred house points each forGryffindorand both get an Award for special services

to the school, and then Dumbledore asks to speak with Harry alone.

Harry expresses his concern that he belonged in Slytherin. Dumbledore reveals that Voldemorttransferred some of his powers to Harry when he gave him his scar, explaining his ability to

speakParseltongue. He asks Harry why he thinks the Sorting Hat put him in Gryffindorif he hasso many Slytherin qualities, and Harry admits that the only reason it did was because he had

asked it to. Dumbledore confirms this and tells Harry that "it is our choices, rather than ourabilities, that reveal who we truly are". He points out to the sword Harry had drawn out of the hat

- Harry now notices it has Godric Gryffindor's name on it. Dumbledore says that only a trueGryffindor would be able to draw it out.

Lucius Malfoy then barges into McGonagall's office, outraged that Dumbledore had returned to

the school after being dismissed. Dumbledore calmly responds that the governors had asked himto return once they heard that Arthur Weasley's daughter was attacked. Apparently they had been

blackmailed by Malfoy to vote for Dumbledore's dismissal in the first place under Malfoy'sthreat of cursing their families. Dobby follows Lucius into the room, thus showing that his

masters are the Malfoys.

Dumbledore and Malfoy have a calm but venomous interchange (respectively), during which

Dumbledore and Harry (with the help ofDobby's unspoken hints) essentially expose Luciussneaking Riddle's diary (one of his illegal artefacts) into Ginny's school things during the fight

with Arthur at Flourish and Blotts. This was supposed to frame Ginny for the attacks, with heavyimplications on the Muggle Protection Act Arthur Weasley had been suggesting. Malfoy dares

Dumbledore to prove his accusation, and while the Headmaster has insufficient evidence to do

that, he cautions Malfoy against orchestrating further such plots, otherwise he is certain thatArthur Weasley would do whatever it took to trace it back to Malfoy.

Knowing that a master can release his house-elfby giving them some clothes, Harry tricksMalfoy into freeing Dobby by giving Malfoy one of his own socks, which he promptly throws

away to be caught by Dobby. Malfoy's retribution is thwarted by the now free Dobby, who thenthanks Harry profusely and disappears. The petrified people are cured, Hagrid is released from

Azkaban, Lockhart is sent to a hospital and Lucius Malfoy is fired from his post as school


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governor. The book ends with Harry at King's Cross, crossing the barrier back to the Muggleworld.

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