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Elijah was still thinking about the fact that only his little girl and Harry could hear the voice speaking, while the others could not.

"But we heard it, so why didn't Ron and Hermione and the others?" Finn asked, voicing the question which came to mind by Elijah.

"We see and hear everything that Nora and in this case also Harry can see and hear." Regulus explained. "Later on there will be other things that some can't see but we will."

The screen turned back on and it showed Professor McGonagall's classroom the next day, where both the Slytherin and Gryffindors students who were in their second year were sitting in their seats waiting for the Professor to start the class.

Nora was sitting next to Hermione and the table besides them were the other two boys. Meanwhile behind the two girls were Blaise and Theo, one rather busy staring at the Potter with the pigtail braids, which Lavander had done this early morning.

"Her hair is beautiful like this." Elena said.

"Right?" Caroline asked.

"Yes." Rebekah and Bonnie said.

"Could I have your attention, please?" McGonagall spoke up, catching their attention. "Right. Now, today, we will be transforming animals into water goblets. Like so." McGonagall turned back to the bird which stood by her side on a post, she tapped the bird with her wand as she spoke. "One, two, three, Vera Verto." A magical stream flows from her wand and the bird transformed into a glass goblet, making most of the students gasp in amazement.

"I want to able to do that too!" Jeremy said, eyes filled with excitment.

"Yeah, we can practice on Nikki here." Kol said, laughing at the though of turning his brother into a water goblet before Niklaus pushed him off the chair.

"Children." Elijah whispered, done with the bickering of his two younger siblings.

"Now it's your turn. Who would like to go first?" The Professor left her spot and walked towards Ron. "Ah! Mr. Weasley. 'One, two, three. Vera Verto." Ron cleared his throat before speaking. He pointed his wand towards Scabbers and tapped the rat three time while counting. "Vera Verto."

The rat was gone but it also wasn't a goblet anyone wanted to use. Because of his broken wand, Scabbers had turned into a goblet with hair and a tail, which was moving around and the thing was squeaking.

Nora was grinning at Ron who was looking down at the cup.

"That wand needs replacing, Mr. Weasley." The Professor spoke before walking away from him and back to the front of the class.

Hermione raised her hand.

"Yes, Miss Granger?"

"Professor," Hermione started. "I was wondering if you could tell us about the Chamber of Secrets?" She asked, and the laughter about Ron's goblet fell out. McGonagall looked around the class but everybody seemed to want to know about the Chamber which was mentioned in the blood yesterday.

Nobody had been back in the corridor since last night. They couldn't even pass it. Filch had been standing guard all of last night, hoping to catch a student and punish them.

"Very well. Well, you all know, of course, that Hogwarts was founded over a thousand years ago by the four greatest witches and wizards of the age. Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw and Salazar Slytherin.

"Now three of the founders coexisted quite harmoniously. One did not."

"Three guesses who." Ron said, turning to Harry but stopped by the look Professor McGonagall gave him.

"Salazar Slytherin wished to be more selective about the students admitted to Hogwarts. He believed magical learning should be kept within all-magic families. In other words, pure-bloods." Hermione and Draco were glaring at each other by now. "Unable to sway the others, he decided to leave the school. Now, according to legend, Slytherin had built a hidden chamber in this castle, known as the Chamber of Secrets. Well, shortly before departing, he sealed it, until that time when his own true heir returned to the school. The Heir alone would be able to open the Chamber, and unleash the horror within, and by so doing, purge the school of all those who, in Slytherin's view, were unworthy to study magic." McGonagall explained to the interested students.

"Muggle-borns." Hermione said making the Professor pointed her wand at her in an affirmative gesture.

"Well, naturally the school has been searched many times. No such Chamber has been found." McGonagall said as she turned her back to the class, wanting to end the subject and return back to the subject of Transfiguration.

"Professor." Hermione said, making McGonagall turn around once more. "What exactly does legend tell us lies within the Chamber?" She asked.

"Well, the Chamber is said to be home to something that only the Heir of Slytherin can control. It is said to be the home of a monster." Hermione and Nora felt dread at the words of their professor. And a horrified Ron turned to look at Draco who was sitting behind himself and Harry only to see the blond already looking at him with a smirk.

"Do you think it's true? Do you really think there is a Chamber of Secrets?" Ron asked as the four of them left the classroom and were now walking in the corridor to go outside.

"Yes. Couldn't you tell?" Hermione asked. "McGonagall's worried."

"All the teachers are." Elijah said.

"All the teachers are." Nora added.

Elijah had a smile on his face from the fact that his daughter was thinking the same as him.

"But if there really is a Chamber of Secrets, and it really has been opened, then that means-"

"The Heir of Slytherin has returned to Hogwarts. The question is, who is it?" Nora asked.

"Let's think" Ron said, looking at Draco and his two little followers as they passed them in a haste. "Who do we know who thinks all Muggle-borns are scum?"

"Malfoy." Damon answered.

"If you're talking about Malfoy-" Hermione said but Ron cut her off.

"Of course! You heard him 'You'll be next, mudbloods'." Ron reminded them all of last night.

"I heard him." Hermione answered. "But Malfoy, the Heir of Slytherin?" She asked, unbelieving that it could be Malfoy.

"Well, maybe Ron's right, Hermione. I mean, look at his family, the whole lot of them have been in Slytherin for centuries."

"You're not necessary bad because you're in Slytherin, Harold. But Crabbe and Goyle must know. Maybe we could trick them into telling." Nora spoke to the three others as she realized how close the three were.

Regulus was happy that his niece was defending his house like that.

"Even they aren't that thick. But there might be another way. Mind you, it would be difficult, not to mention, we'd be breaking fifty school rules, and it'll be dangerous, very dangerous."

"Are you thinking what I'm thinking that you're thinking of doing?" Nora asked Hermione excitedly. Hermione nodded, before running off.

"I'm starting to think we have a worse influence on her then we thought." Nora said to her brother and best friend.

"What are you two planning?"

Nora grinned at her brother amusingly before running after her best friend.

"Oh God, that look." Elijah muttered, fearing the worst.

"Reminds me of you." Lily said to James, remembering all the times her husband had had that look on his face.

When in the library Hermione went off to find a book and the others sat down by one of the tables in between bookshelves. "Here it is, the Polyjuice Potion." She said, showing them the book 'Most Potente Potions' and she started reading from the book. "Properly brewed, the Polyjuice Potion allows the drinker to transform himself temporarily into the physical form of another."

"You mean, if Harry and I drink that stuff, we'll turn into Crabbe and Goyle?" Ron asked for himself and Harry.

"Yes." Nora answered.

Ron and Harry shared a grin between them. "Wicked. Malfoy will tell us anything."

"Exactly." Hermione said with a little smile. "But it's tricky." She went on, glancing down at the book once again. "I've never seen a more complicated potion."

"Well, how long will it take to make?" Harry asked.

"A month." Nora answered as she took the book from her friend.

"A month? But, what if Malfoy is the Heir of Slytherin, he could attack half the Muggle-borns in the school by then!" Harry told them, panicking.

"I know, but it's the only plan we've got." Nora answered with a sigh.

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The next Quidditch game was Gryffindor vs. Slytherin, making it the first match Nora had to play against Theo. The only problem was that with the Slytherins their new, fastest brooms, the Potters Nimbus 2000's were nothing in comparison. Yes they were fast, but the Slytherins were faster, of course.

Even though the Slytherin's their bromsticks had a great update from last year, it did not demotivate Nora for wanting to win. Hell she was sure they would win. 

One of the Slytherin players took the Quaffle out of Alicia's hands and flew towards the left hoop, luckily Wood could stop it, by passing it to Nora, before it flew in the ring.

Nora quickly went in full speed over to the hoops and shot the Quaffle through the right hoop. 

"Another goal for Slytherin!" Lee announced through the microphone as he commented on the match before updating the scoreboard. "They lead Gryffindor ninety to thirty!"

Slytherin players and supporters were sheering for their own house. 

In the stand Lucius and Severus were seated next to each other, both supporting for the green house.

"All right there, Scarhead?" Draco shouted at Harry as he passed but Harry just glared back.

A Bludger nearly hit Nora. 

"Watch yourself, Nora." Oliver said as he stopped next to her but the Bludger made its way back over to them.

"Oliver, look out!" Nora shouted but it was already too late. The Bludger stroke Oliver Wood's broom, making it break and letting the Gryffindor Keeper fall to the ground.

It didn't take long for the Bludger to focus on Nora, chasing her through the field. Nora flew above the heads of some Ravenclaws in hope she could shake the rogue Bludger off, but she wasn't able to do so.

"That's been messed with." Stefan said.

"They don't normally do that, do they?" Rebekah asked.

"No, they do not." Reg answered.

In the stand Hagrid was watching the scene worriedly through his binoculars. "Blimey, Nora and Harry got themself a rogue Bludger! That's been tampered with, that had!" He said to Ron and Hermione.

Ron quickly raised his wand. "I'll stop it!"

Hermione pushed the boy's wand back down. "No!" She screamed. "Even with a proper wand, it's too risky. You could hit Nora or Harry." She spoke, warning the Weasley.

Nora flew around one of the stadiums for the Slytherins but the Bludger went right through it and it just kept doing that through all the following stadiums, until Nora headed down by one of the Hufflepuf dressed stadium.

One of the Slytherin players didn't move out of her way, causing her to collide with them (she had been looking behind her to make sure there was a safe distance between herself and the Bludger).

At the moment she was really hoping that Harry had almost caught the Snitch, not knowing that he was having the same problem as her.

Because of the crash with the other player, the rogue Bludger hit her in her arm, causing the girl to clutch her arm to her chest from the pain. Fred came flying next to her and swung his bat at the Bludger, making it fly off.

"That thing just broke her arm!" Jeremy said in panic.

"That's done it!" He said, happily now that the Bludger couldn't attack Nora anymore, but oh, how wrong he was. "Someone has tampered with this Bludger." Fred yelled as he took another swing at the bat.

On the other side of the Quiddicth field George was trying to stop the Bludger from breaking Harry's other arm, while he tried to give Oliver a sign that they needed a time out. But Harry had seen the Snitch and went towards it. The Potter boy, who had tried to catch the Snitch but another rogue Bludger hit his arm causing the Bludger to break his arm, making him fall to the ground with a loud crash.

"What's going on?" Elijah asked, worriedly. "Why is it doing that?" If it was a person, that person would've been dead.

"Someone messed with it." Lily said, thinking about Dobby.

Very close to the ground, Nora lost her balance and she landed on the ground with a hard landing, next to her brother.

"Let's go." Hermione said to Ron and Hagrid as they watched the twins. Fred and George already by their side.

Harry held up the snitch, making the Gryffindors, Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws sheer harder than ever.

"Harry Potter has caught the Snitch! Gryffindor wins!" Lee's happy voice came through the microphone.

The two Bludger's came falling downward, still trying to attack the Potters, who kept rolling to avoid a crash with one of the rogue Bludgers.

Luckily for them, Hermione, Ron and Hagrid made their way on the field.

"Finite Incantatem!" Hermione spoke as she raised her wand towards the Bludgers and blowing it up.

"You okay, Nory?" Fred asked, worriedly as he came closer to her with no problem now that the Bludger was gone.

"I think my arm is broken." Nora said, with a smile.

"Why is she smiling?" Elijah asked, horrified. "Her arm is broken."

"They won!" James said.

"Clearly she cares more about winning the game than her arm." Caroline said. If she had been Nora she wouldn't have been so happy with an broken arm.

 "Freddie we won!" She spoke, enthusiastically throwing up her arm but quickly raising it down again from the pain.

"See!" Caroline said.

Lockhart kneeled down between the twins and grabbed Nora's wrist.

"Oh no, not you." Her smile wiped off clean now.

"Poor girl, doesn't know what she's saying." He said loudly so that the crowd around them could hear him. "Not to worry, Nora, I will fix your arm in no time."

"Why don't teachers ever stop when you say you don't want anything?" Elena asked.

"No, no, no." She spoke, shaking her head furiously. "I'll keep it like this. Thanks."

"Lie back, Nora. It's a simple charm I've used countless times."

"Probably in his dreams." Bonnie said.

"Or in real life and he just failed." Finn spoke.

"I just wanna go to Madam Pomfrey." She said.

"Stand back." Lockhart said to the students around and Nora saw Ron and Hagrid share an eye roll at the Professor.

"No, don't-"

"Brackium Emendo." Lockhart said, his wand pointed at Nora's arm, giving off a blue light as he spoke. Nora didn't even want to open her eyes. She didn't even need to. She knew the Professor had definitely made it worse.

Lockhart picked up her arm and when she opened her eyes she saw how limp and slushy her arm had become. Nora also heard students groan in disgust.

"OH MY GOD!" Rebekah half screamed.

"What the hell?" Bonnie asked.

"Her bones are just gone." Finn said.

"How did he get hired at this point?" Elijah asked the three spirits.

"There's not a lot of options for the job but I rather had someone else teach my son and niece than Lockhart." James explained.

"Yes, well that can sometimes happen. But, uh, the point is," He moved Nora's limp hand and pushed it over her wrist, causing her hand to lie flat on her arm, not hurting one bit as he moved it. 'you can no longer feel any pain. And very clearly, the bones are not broken." He continued but Nora just slapped -with her good hand- his hand of her arm.

"Broken?" Hagrid asked, enraged. "There's no bones left."

Her hand fell back to a normal position but it still wasn't very pleasant to look at.

"Much more flexible though." Lockhart said.

Fred picked Nora up so she was leaning on his arm. "Let's just go to the Hospital Wing."

"I swear to God, Freddie." Nora started as they were inside the castle, walking towards the Hospital Wing. "If my bones don't come back, I'll kill him."

"There's a thought. I'll help." He said as he looked back to see Ron and Hermione help Harry inside.

When they finally were in the hospital Wing, Madame Pomfrey immediately made the Potters lie down.

Draco also joined them, moaning with 'pain' with Pansy Parkinson, Theodore Nott, Lorenzo Berkshire, Blaise Zabini and Crabbe and Goyle around him. Even though, Theo stood next to Malfoy's bed, he looked over to Nora's bed every few seconds. He felt jealous about the fact that Fred Weasley was sitting with her, her hand in his.

"Oh, Mr. Malfoy. Stop making such a fuss. You can go." She spoke to the Malfoy. "Out of my way." She said to all the Gryffindors around the two beds from the Potters. "Should've been brought straight to me."

"We wanted to Madame Pomfrey. Lockhart didn't let us go." Nora replied to the school nurse with an eye roll at the thought of Lockhart.

"Everything was fixable until he decided to get involved." Daisy Longbottem added.

"Indeed." Klaus said.

"I hope they fire him." Kol agreed with his brother.

"I can mend bones in a heartbeat, but growing them back." Madame Pomfrey went on.

"You will be able to, won't you?" Hermione asked, worriedly.

"Oh, I'll be able to, certainly. But it'll be painful." She poured some Skele-Gro into two glasses, handing one to each of the Potters. "You're in for a rough night, Potters. Regrowing bones is a nasty business."

The two started to drink but then tasting the disgusting taste of the medicine, spitted it back out and both winces.

Once again the people on the screen and the ones watching were surprised by how alike Nora and Harry were.

"Well, what do you expect, pumpkin juice?" Pomfrey asked, putting the glass back down at the bedside table.

"That drink surely looks very tasty." Bonnie said, sarcastically.

"Yeah, um, really wanna drink from that." Caroline replied, with a disgusted look on the glass.

New face claim, I don't know I just find Lucy more fitting for Nora to play the daughter of Sirius and Elijah. What do you guys think?

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Posted: May 21, 2024

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