In this chapter... Harry and Ron figures out that Moaning Myrtle is the girl that was killed the first time the Chamber was opened. The the first chance they get, they sneak off to her bathroom to question her Professor McGonagall catcjes them though. The boys tell her that they’re on their way to visit Hermione in the hospital wing. She accepts this, so the boys have no choice but go and visit with a Petrified Hermione. Harry spots a piece of paper in Hermione’s hand. It tells them what the beast in the Chamber is. It is a basilisk, which is a gigantic snake that petrifies people with it’s stare. Spiders are terrified of it – this is why the spiders are fleeing Hogwarts. And only the crow of the rooster kills it – this explains why Hagrid’s roosters have been killed. Hermione also wrote down the word “pipes”. This is how the beast is getting around the castle. Hermione and the others never looked at the basilisk in its eyes, this is why they have only been Petrified and not killed outright. Colin seen it through his camera, while Justin seen the Basilisk through Nearly Headless Nick. Nick could not die again, this is why he was Petirified. While Hermione and Penelope – the Ravenclaw prefect – only saw the basilisk through a mirror.
Harry and Ron head to the staff room to tell Professor McGonagall this new information but there is a tannouncement that all students must return to their common rooms, and the staff to the staff rooms. Harry and Ron hide in the staff room, in a wardrobe. Professor McGonagall says that Ginny Weasley has been taken captive by the monster and taken into the Chamber. The other professors ask Lockhart to find the monster since he’s always boasting about the things he’s done. Harry and Ron head to his office to tell him the new information. They find him about to run away, and he tells them that he never did any of the stuff he wrote about. He’s about to wipe their memory when Harry disarms him and they all troop to Moaning Myrtle’s bathroom to question her.
Moaning Myrtle tells them how she died – she was crying in the toilets when she heard a boy in the toilets, speaking in a foreign language. When she peeped through the cubicle, she drowned, when she saw a basilisk. Myrtle tells them where they can find the beast. They open the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets, behind one of the sinks and they quickly set off through the tunnels to rescue Ginny. When Lockhart tries again to curse them and escape, Ron’s wand backfires on him and Harry and Ron get separated in the collapsed tunnel. Harry continues on to the Chamber, alone.
“So sorry – dozed off – what have I missed?”
Who was teasing Moaning Myrtle about her glasses just before she died? Olive Hornby
Chapter Seventeen: The Heir of Slytherin
In this chapter... Harry find Ginny in the chamber, unconscious. Tom Riddle is also there. Tom Riddle is there too and has stolen his wand. Tom is the one that has been behind this whole nasty affair. He possessed Ginny, and caused her to open the Chamber of Secrets. Ginny had been writing in the diary all year, and Tom took advantage of her through the diary. Harry discovers that Tom Riddle is really Lord Voldemort. Tom Riddle was his “Muggle” name.
Harry tells Riddle that Dumbledore is the best wizard there is. Fawkes, Dumbedore’s phoenix, suddenly shows up bearing the Sorting Hat. Harry is confused by this, he doesn’t know how a hat would help him defeat Riddle. Riddle calls forward the basilisk to kill him. Fawkes swoops down and pokes the baslisk’s eyes out.
Harry wishes there was someone down there to help him. The Sorting Hat spits forth a beautiful sword. The basilisk slithers over and bites Harry’s arm, sending deadly venom through his veins. Harry is sure he is dying. Riddle gloats over Harry. He has finally defeated the boy who managed to survive for twelve years. Fawkes flies over and cries over his arm, healing it instantly. Fawkes then grabs the diary and drops it in Harry’s lap. Not quite knowing why, Harry stabs the diary with the sword. This kills Riddle.
Harry and Ginny make their way back to Ron. Ginny is horrified over what she’s done. Fawkes helps them all out of the Chamber and they head immediately to Professor McGonagall’s office.
He pulled Harry’s wand from his pocket and began to trace it through the air, writing three shimmering words:
Tom Marvolo Riddle
Then he waved the wand once, and the letters of his name rearranged themselves:
I Am Lord Voldemort
What jewels are in the sword? Rubies
Chapter Eighteen: Dobby's Reward
In this chapter... Ginny’s parents are also in Professor McGonagall’s office – together with Professor McGonagall and Professor Dumbledore. Harry tells Dumbledore that happened down in the Chamber. Ginny is not punished for being taken in by Voldemort. She is sent to the hospital wing to recover. Ron and Harry are frightened that they will be expelled from Hogwarts. However, Professor Dumbledore says that Ron and Harry will both be honored for their service to the school.
Dumbledore shows Harry that he truly belongs in Gryffindor because the sword that came out of the Sorting Hat was Godric Gryffindor’s sword. Lucius Malfoy enters the study, with a very frightened Dobby. He is not happy that Professor Dumbledore has taken up the post of Headmaster of Hogwarts again. Dobby helps Harry figure out that it was Lucius that passed Ginny the diary before school started in Flourish and Blotts.Lucius hid the diary in a Transfiguration book. Dumbledore advices Lucius not to try and get rid of any more of Lord Voldemort’s school belongings. Harry passes Lucius the diary back in a dirty sock. When Malfoy throws away the sock in disgust Dobby catches it and is set free. Malfoy is livid that Harry lost him his servant, but Dobby is more grateful than he can say for being freed. He seems devoted to Harry.
All the Petrified students – and the Gryffindor ghost – are restored to full health, with the help of the Mandrakes. Hermione is delighted that Ron and Harry figured out the mystery by themselves. She is not so delighted to learn that the end of year exams have been cancelled! Harry, and the rest of the Weasley’s learn why Percy has been so secretive all year. He has got himself a girlfriend – the Ravenclaw prefect, Penelope Clearwater. Fred and George seem delighted at this information – perfect ammunition to torment Percy further with! As Harry sets off back to the Dursley’s he’s already looking forward to the end of the summer, when he can come back to Hogwarts.
“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
Who does Harry say gave Ginny Weasley the diary when they were in a wizard’s bookshop? Lucius Malfoy
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