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lazykitty

02-22-2012 12:24 AM

What?! Did he… just insult her? He really thought she was just that stupid that she couldn't figure out what a chamber was? Grr…

"Salazar Slytherin created the Chamber of Secrets to hide a basilisk which wanted use to rid Hogwarts of all the muggleborns that were attending." See, not stupid. She barely managed to not stick her tongue out at the professor. Really.

Somnium

02-22-2012 12:42 AM

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Holding class in a washroom did not help his laziness, especially when he didn't have a desk to lean against. Scabior sighed but luckily for the students that didn't affect his mood too much.

"So, as many if not all of you said, a chamber is underneath the school, it's a big room that has a bunch of tunnels around it. This specific chamber holds secrets." Scary. And basic, which he didn't mind at all. "Does anyone know who created the chamber, and why? And if you don't know-" He looked around down at the students. "-what do you think was the purpose in surrounding the chamber with tunnels and dead ends?"

Right. Now people could tell him who created it.

Taylor smiled at the professor's reply and her bad mood lifted some but not all. When the professor asked the next question, she raised her hand. "Sir, Salazar Slytherin made the Chamber of secrets and it was made to house the Basilisk that he was going to use to get rid of all the mu--" Taylor was about to say mudbloods since she was used to hearing her grandma use that term, "all the muggleborns attending the school."

natethegreat

02-22-2012 02:26 AM

Nate raised his hand and said "Salazar slytherin created the chamber professor. It was specifically created for the purpose of purging the school of all Muggle-born students. The chamber held a basilisk in it which could only be controoled by the "true heir" to rid the school of all muggle-borns." Nate was pretty confident with his answer on this one.

midnight_thestral

02-22-2012 02:54 AM

Violet raised her hand at the professor's question, "Er..Professor. Isn't it the man named Salazar Slytherin who made this Chamber of Secrets?" She scratched her head at the professor's next question. Why? She wasn't sure, but rather participate and take a guess at it. "Did the founder of the Slytherin house wanted only purebloods to be in Hogwarts so he had this big snake living inside the chambers right and hunt the rest of the wizards and witches down? Is the snake name called a...basilisk?" Violet knew she shouldn't be speaking so informally with the professor, but it erked her that she didn't know how to properly phrase her response to him.

pundantic

02-22-2012 05:22 AM

Selina tried not to show her shame when her Professor repermanded her for saying the name of the person who had constructed the Chamber of Secrets. She supposed that she did not hear his exact instructions when he asked about the Chamber, but honestly, unless a person did not grow up in the Wizarding World everyone knew the story of the Chamber of Secrets. It was a great tale that parents told their young witches and wizards.

Now that he had given them the go ahead to answer the question Selina rose her hand timidly, "Sir, it was created by Salazar Slytherin because he wanted to preserve his ideals of the type of students who attended Hogwarts. He created the Chamber to hold his basilisk, which would rid the school of all muggle born students. This would ensure that only the type of students he deemed worthy of hogwarts would stay in the school."

FearlessLeader19

02-22-2012 05:46 AM

Jory raised his hand. "The Chamber was created by Salazar Slytherin to hide his Basilisk which he used to rid the school of...Muggle born students,'' he said.

The third year felt sorry for those Muggle borns that had been affected by the giant snake and being a Muggle born himself he was sort of glad it wasn't around still.

Steelsheen

02-22-2012 06:24 AM

SPOILER!!: zeProf

Thumbs up. Ok good sign that the Ravenclaw's train of thought was headed the right direction. Bit of consolation from the feeling of his bum growing numb from the cold hard floor.

And now he focuses on the next question. He raised his hand again as he replied "The chamber was said to have been built by Salazar Slytherin, and its primary purpose was to house the Basilisk, which he brought into the castle to purify it of Muggleborns." A plan that nearly succeeded he might add.

He paused for a moment, considering the second question. The Ravenclaw offered this guess "Professor, perhaps the mazes serves several uses-- one is that it can be added security in keeping outsiders from just walking straight into the chamber itself." Its all part of it being secret you know? "Second, it can be used as a means of the Basilisk to get around various parts of the castle. Thirdly, it probably also serves as a kind of amusement for the Basilisk, on the times that it wants to catch-- or even play-- with its prey.

Jezabel Black

02-22-2012 08:52 AM

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"Genuis. Really." His voice was dry.

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Holding class in a washroom did not help his laziness, especially when he didn't have a desk to lean against. Scabior sighed but luckily for the students that didn't affect his mood too much.

"So, as many if not all of you said, a chamber is underneath the school, it's a big room that has a bunch of tunnels around it. This specific chamber holds secrets." Scary. And basic, which he didn't mind at all. "Does anyone know who created the chamber, and why? And if you don't know-" He looked around down at the students. "-what do you think was the purpose in surrounding the chamber with tunnels and dead ends?"

Right. Now people could tell him who created it.

Jez stared steadily at the professor as he basically shot the sarcasm back at her. She just loved Scabior - always worth the effort of turning up to what was possibly the most boring subject on the curriculum, just to hear his attitude. She shot a wink at the Slytherin fourth-year who'd also answered to the 'chamber with secret' effect.

Okay, back to the class. Jez's hand was up again. "Salazar Slytherin built the chamber to house his dirty great pet snake, since they don't do big enough dog houses in Diagon Alley. And because he wanted to use it to get all the Muggleborns out of Hogwarts." And that plan worked - not. Seriously, old Slytherin didn't really think that plan through thoroughly, did he?

DarkStorm

02-22-2012 08:55 AM

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Harvey didnt know who had created the chamber so he decided to attempted the answer the next question. He put up his hand "Professor I think that surrounding the chamber with tunnels and dead ends was a way to confuse anyone who entered so that they would get lost like you would get lost in a maze." he answered as best as he could even if it was wrong.. at least he attempted it.

affy7ann

02-22-2012 01:02 PM

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Holding class in a washroom did not help his laziness, especially when he didn't have a desk to lean against. Scabior sighed but luckily for the students that didn't affect his mood too much.

"So, as many if not all of you said, a chamber is underneath the school, it's a big room that has a bunch of tunnels around it. This specific chamber holds secrets." Scary. And basic, which he didn't mind at all. "Does anyone know who created the chamber, and why? And if you don't know-" He looked around down at the students. "-what do you think was the purpose in surrounding the chamber with tunnels and dead ends?"

Right. Now people could tell him who created it.

Tayla wrote down notes as the professor discussed and her classmates answered.

SPOILER!!: Tayla's History of Magic Notes

She decided to answer the professor's question this time and raised her hand. "It was created by Salazar Slytherin and made it the home of a Basilisk, which was intended to be used to rid Hogwarts of Muggle-borns." After a quick pause, she continued. "I think the tunnels and dead-ends were for the Basilisk to move around and to be able to trap its...prey." Tayla shuddered a little. The idea was horrible.

Poolicious

02-22-2012 02:26 PM

Messer raised his hand after Professor Scabior had given them a green light to answer the next question "It was created by Salazar Slytherin." The founder of the Slytherin house. "I think he created it as a home to Basilisk which intended to be used to get rid of the muggleborns." He said lowering his hand.

RachieRu

02-22-2012 02:46 PM

Who created the tunnel? Hmm. Or Chamber. It that man wasn't it? That man that was the Slytherin's house founder. Hmm. Indiana raised her hand, before she spoke. "I think it was created by Slytherin." Wait. That made it sounded like she thought the Slytherins had created it! "The man...not the house." Because that was right. Although it would make more sense if a whole house made it. More people made work easier? Something like that. "And...maybe there were lots of tunnels and stuff, so that people would get lost easily." Which wasn't very nice. "It would also confuse people to where they were, and where they had come from." Which also wasn't that nice.

cheeseStrings

02-22-2012 03:08 PM

"Salazar Slytherin created the Chamber," Janice said after raising her hand. "I think the reason why he put a lot of tunnels and dead ends is because he's scared that anybody would find the Chamber and died because of his basilisk, which somebody actually did, and that includes his loved ones if he had any."

PadfootAndTheWolf

02-22-2012 08:17 PM

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Well since the name was the Chamber of Secrets and because Auggie was pretty sure a man who's last name was Secrets didn't build it, he had to actually think back to his readings to remember who exactly had had the Chamber of Secrets commissioned.

He remembered that it was during the time of the four Hogwarts founders so that was a big help. Oh he remembered now so the Gryffindor raised his hand quickly. "Professor, Salazar Slytherin made this chamber after the remaining three founders refused to accept just pureblood students like he had wanted. He built the place to hide a beast, the basilisk, that would later purge the school of the...muggleborns." He had read some very condesending words about Muggleborns he wasn't going to repeat. At least Slytherin wasn't successful.

Mad Eye Touz

02-22-2012 09:22 PM

And Vickers and Jezabel, too! hehe

Aspen found herself nodding along with two of her fellow 'Claws. Yes, yes, they had the right of it, in her opinion. She didn't expect either of them to actually notice her, but she DID smile at them both approvingly.

Then she raised her hand.

"I think it unfair to assume, just because history was written that way, that Salazar built the Chamber simply to purge muggleborns. Who's to say that originally, he wasn't just practicing responsible pet care? We can't fault someone for liking exotic pets and clearly with an XXXXX rated creature, he'd need to take certain precautions to ensure the safety of others. The Chamber not only would keep others from the basilisk, but it would keep the basilisk from spiders and roosters."

See? Perfectly logical sense. Why did everyone always assume the worst about everyone? Because a book told them to? Ahem. "I do believe he did lacked foresight, but he seemed to be a great caregiver to his pet. Mr. Slytherin built a giant, secret playground for his snake." That was Slytherin for you though, always thinking in the HERE and NOW and not to the could be....

GinevraWeasley

02-22-2012 11:13 PM

Catching Up!

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Scabior pulled out his wand and began to write a list of everyone's answers in mid air. Once he was finished the most basic answers levitated beside him.

- Enterance to the Chamber of Secrets
- Where a girl named Myrtle died
- Last place were Gilderoy Lockhart was seen sane
- Polyjuice potion made by Harry Potter and friends

"As you can see-" He jabbed his thumb at the list. "-There are loads of reasons as to why, this specific lavatory is important to Hogwarts history. All of which, relate back to the Chamber of Secrets. To make things simple, can you guys explain what the chamber is? Not what is inside it, or who made it, or any of that but actually what the Chamber of Secrets is. Explain in the most basic form." The question he was asking could be answered by a five year old, and he would know. He asked one before.

Vlimia jotted down the answers in her notebook, and looked up at the proffesor as he spoke. Raising her hand politely, she waited for her turn. "The Chamber of Secrets is a huge temple-like room with pillars and carved serpents. There is a massive statue of Salazar Slytherin at the far end from which the basilisk comes when summoned. The entrance and the first part of the Chamber is located under and in this very bathroom, but the rest - the main part - was built under the Black Lake." Vlim said, forcing herself not to go into too much detail about Parseltongue and the Basilisk. She didn't even say that the basilisk was no longer alive to be summoned, thanks to the great Harry Potter.

The next question came, and Vlimia raised her hand once again. "Salazar Slytherin built it, to house a monster - the basilisk - which would finish his 'noble work'. This noble work would be accomplished when his true heir would open the Chamber and release the monster which lived within to rid the school of non-pureblood students." Simply speaking about it sent a small shiver down her spine. "I think there are so many dead ends because the Chamber was built a long time ago, so modern plumbing systems would have caved in some passages and tunnels. Or maybe Salazar Slytherin wanted it to be misleading for anyone who wasn't supposed to be there." She thought aloud, feeling slightly odd speaking about it so close to the actual location. Vlim would have delved deeper and explained that a basilisk can be created when a toad in settled upon a chicken's egg, but this wasn't Care of Magical Creatures, was it?

Jessiqua

02-22-2012 11:34 PM

Zhenya had a quick think about the question. She didn't really know why he created it but she wanted to take a guess at why it was built and structured the way it was. She raised her hand and said, "Professor I think... that when he made it he put all the tunnels and dead ends in it so that whatever it contained couldn't get out. And... maybe whoever was unfortunate enough to find out how to get there, he wanted to make sure they didn't get back out and reveal the secret," she said.

Well, if there is a way in there is usually a way out, she knew that, but she thought it could be difficult to find the way out if the chamber itself was so big. She doubted there was an exit sign.

AlwaysSnapesGirl

02-23-2012 03:46 AM

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Though Vashti knew who had created the Chamber of Secrets and why, she decided to answer the second question instead of the first since so many others had already answered it - and she also didn't really want to get into all the "purging the school of Muggle-borns" stuff. So, second question. Raising her hand, she said, "Maybe the reason it's surrounded by so many tunnels was to keep the basilisk from escaping the chamber before the proper person - Slytherin's heir - came to control it to fulfill what Salazar Slytherin originally intended. Otherwise, if the basilisk could just get out of the chamber and wander around the school on its own, anyone might accidentally be killed by it, regardless of whether they were Pureblood, Muggle-born, or anything in-between."

Erindipity

02-23-2012 05:41 AM

Mortimer was SUPER stoked that Scabior said BEST ANSWER SO FAR. YEAAAAAH BUUUUUDDY! Ahem. Yeah. So raising his hand he said in response, "Salazaar Slytherin created the chamber and the tunnels so that the basilisk he housed there could move through the school undetected and do his bidding." TRUTH.

Tazzie

02-23-2012 10:33 AM

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"So, as many if not all of you said, a chamber is underneath the school, it's a big room that has a bunch of tunnels around it. This specific chamber holds secrets." Scary. And basic, which he didn't mind at all. "Does anyone know who created the chamber, and why? And if you don't know-" He looked around down at the students. "-what do you think was the purpose in surrounding the chamber with tunnels and dead ends?"

Right. Now people could tell him who created it.

More questions about the chamber. And the simpler it would be said, the better. Beezus gathered her hair and pulled it to her right shoulder, then she raised her hand. "The creator of the chamber was Salazar Slytherin." They all knew who he was of course? And what his role was in the founding of the school, right? "It was believed that he built it so he could house one of his pets..." O__o "Err--magical creatures there which was the Basilisk and to keep some other unidentified secrets." Beatrice said.

slytherus

02-23-2012 10:42 AM

Head lowered, Hades tried to hide his smirk-turned-grin in response to Scabior's dry reaction to his answer. He looked up again when the professor asked another question and listened to what the others had to reply. Hmm... "Salazar Slytherin," answered the fourth year calmly with his hand raised lazily. Since almost all of them said it was Slytherin, then it must be him.

Hey Ju

02-23-2012 11:48 AM

Oh! Finally a question Sophie knew! At least one of them. She raised her hand. "I know Salazar Slytherin built it." But she didn't know what for... "Um... he built it to... well, he did sound like a mysterious person, so he probably had a lot of things to hide from the others." Chamber of Secrets... to hide... his secrets! Dead ends and tunnels and everything to make things complicated. There! Nothing could be simpler!

weasleytwinsROCK

02-23-2012 07:45 PM

Daisy sucked her quill for a second or two, thinking about the question as she finished her sentence. She had read this somewhere, or heard it from a story one of her parents had once told her. Looking around the class, she spotted a Slytherin boy, and it came back to her.
'Salazar Slytherin, founder of Slytherin created it,' she said dropping her quill, 'and wasn't it to keep his secret monster in, and make the other three founders jealous of his secret room?'

Expecto-Penguin

02-23-2012 09:17 PM

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"You make it sound like a maze. But I figure it is a bit like that so yes, you are correct."

"So, as many if not all of you said, a chamber is underneath the school, it's a big room that has a bunch of tunnels around it. This specific chamber holds secrets." Scary. And basic, which he didn't mind at all. "Does anyone know who created the chamber, and why? And if you don't know-" He looked around down at the students. "-what do you think was the purpose in surrounding the chamber with tunnels and dead ends?"

Right. Now people could tell him who created it.[/color]

Annabelle was relieved she got the answer correct. "Well Professor i know the chamber was created by Salazar Slytherin, the founder of slytherin house. He created it because he didn't want the other houses to know about his secrets. He surrounded it with tunnels to trick the other students. He wanted them to be cunning and use their smarts to find their way through." That was all Belle could muster because she was only a hufflepuff after all. She knew of all this from her brother's friend who was a slytherin.

Kaos.Doodles

02-24-2012 02:23 AM

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Gideon listened to his classmates answer Professor Scabior's question about the chamber. Some had even gone beyond what was being asked, but the fifth year hadn't seen anything wrong with it. However when the professor moved on it was clear the man had either not listened or heard what had already been said or was simply interested in hearing all over again. So he decided to try his hand at answering and so raised his hand to speak.

"It was created by Salazar Slytherin," he replied before pausing to collect what he thought on the other aspect of the question. "And maybe the reason for the tunnels and dead ends was for misdirection and to get people lost unless they were cunning enough to get past it all and prove themselves."

SPOILER!!: People who talked about Slytherin & Muggleborns

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Chamber. Hallway. Same thing really. Booo, Scabior.

"It was created by Salazar Slytherin," Sierra said, raising her hand. She said her house's founder's name with pride, as if he'd been the greatest thing since...errr, was sliced bread even invented when he was alive? Anyway...

"...and he created it, so he could house a basilisk in there that would rid the school of all the Muggleborns," she added. She didn't say this part with as much pride, though. The Greingoth's held so such opinion of Muggles. They were neutral. Switzerland, if you will.

She'd answer that last question, too, because she had a few ideas, but the way it was worded seemed like it was meant only for those who didn't know the answers to the first two questions.

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Evelyn looked around her, a little nervous. Class in a haunted bathroom was definitely not making her feel comfortable.

Her attention was back on the professor, when he proceeded to ask the next question. Well..she wasn't sure about the answer but she decided to answer the question. Evelyn raised her hand. "Um. Professor, the chamber was created by Salazar Slytherin. He apparently wasn't happy with the acceptance of muggleborns at Hogwarts and so he created a chamber that housed a basilisk..to get rid of the muggleborns." Stupid man. So evil and mean. "Uh..is that right?" She was happy that she got a little bit of reading done before attending class. Evelyn was really proud of herself.

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The tips of Lily's ears turned pink as the professor made a face at her answer. Why did this teacher have to be so brunt and rude about responding to people's answers?... Next question... Lily raised her hand to answer. "Salazar Slytherin created the chamber as a place to house his 'monster' that would rid the school of those that he felt were unworthy to study magic, or muggleborns." Lily replied as a chill went down her back. She hated the thought that someone had attempted to get rid of all muggleborns at Hogwarts. At least now, the monster was dead...

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Ooh, another question that Amelia found easy to answer. She wasliking this lesson so far even if it was all stuff she knew. She was curious to see how things here would progress.

She raised her hand now. "The chamber was created by Salazar Slytherin. He didn't really approve of the other founders accepting Muggleborns into the school, so he made it to house a Basilisk. The Basilisk was to rid the school of Muggleborns."

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Williams face flushed red with chagrin after Professor Scabior's rude response to his answer. He sat there, silent and angry, and decided to not answer the easy question Scabior had asked in an attempt to evade ridicule once more. Instead, he crossed his arms and looked down at his shoes. He didn't like having class in the lavatory. But moments later he changed his mind. He knew the answers to what Scabior had just asked. His hand rose into the air and he began talking.
"The Chamber was created after Salazar Slytherin got in a dispute with Godric Gryffindor. He didn't approve of having muggleborns get an education at Hogwarts. He wanted only those of pure blood to be taught, for he thought they were the ones truly deserving of magical education. The chamber was created to house the Basilisk, with the intent that his heir would utilize the chamber and the beast within to purge Hogwarts of all those deemed unworthy of magical education." He purposely didn't answer the last question, because he knew whatever he'd say would just end up in humiliation. He lowered his hand and resumed looking at the ground.

"Right, you mentioned something that we'll actually talk about in a second." Scabior nodded.

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Laura stared at the Professor, had he just ignored her, oh he was going on the list of worst Professor, right at the top, he'd be going ahead of the evil Nurse, oh this Question was simple, Laura felt like yawning but decided again it, she didn't want to lose anymore points. . "Mr Slytherin created it because he was bored with the other people trying to let muggles into the school." Laura wasn't sure if the Professor would listen but she'd answer anyway.

"He did not create a giant chamber simply because he was bored." Scabior shook his head.

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Alyssa pondered on the question before raising her hand to answer,"Professor, they built tunnels and dead ends to confuse people so that it would be harder for them to discover the chamber. It was meant to be a secret place for Salazar Slytherin and he didn't want the other founders or anyone else finding it. So creating a maze of tunnels and dead ends would definitely create confusion and only the determined or the fool hardy would eventually find it."

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Minerva put her hand up "Professor Mr.Slytherin made the chamber and it had many tunnels and dead ends so that no one would be able to find it."

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Daichi scratched his knee as he sat crossed legged on the floor...of a girls bathroom. Honestly, he still wondered WHY they had to sit on the floor? Was the Professor sitting? nooo... so why should they?! His hand stopped scratching his knee when the itch was gone and held his arm up to answer the question.

"The almighty...i mean Great... i mean Salazar Slytherin made the chamber of secrets, sir" He said as his eyes started to twinkle and his upper body swayed a bit back and forth in excitement.

He had read about it in the school book before and he was fascinated that his house founder had such a secret room under the castle and not many had found it in history. "I think he made the dead ends and tunnels to mislead anyone who would enter. I think most people would give up after some time and...there was something about a monster but" he bit his lip as he tried to recall what he had read but nothing came up, unless his mind went towards the duck pond like it did now . Honestly why wasn't Mr.Murdoch letting him take care of those cute ducky ducks.. ."hehehe" he giggled to himself as he imagined a duck in the bathroom right now.

OH! right class! .....what was he talking about again? O_o

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Ella wasn't entirely sure who had come up with the chamber but felt she had a good idea why it was constructed the way it was."Professor, I don't know who created the chamber but I think there were so many tunnels and dead ends to firstly, keep people from finding the secrets hidden there and secondly, prevent them from finding their way out again if they did uncover a secret."

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He nodded. "Nice guesses." He was being so kind today. "The issue of it being hard to actually get through the tunnels to find the real chamber was probably why dead ends were created, and a small reason to why the tunnels were created. Just in case someone was actually able to get down there."

SPOILER!!: People who spoke about Basilisk getting around

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Seeing as everyone had pretty much answered the first bit about Salazar Slytherin creating, or at least designing, the Chamber of Secrets, Kurumi decided to skip over that question and focus on the latter. Why all the tunnels and and everything. Kurumi wasn't too sure that she was convinced that the reason for all the tunnels and stuff were to make it difficult to find the actual chamber. Slowly, she raised her hand. "I think there must have been more of a reason for all the tunnels and dead ends than just to make the chamber hard to find. Once you found the entrance, you have to be able to speak Parseltongue to get in and that is a very rare gift." She paused for just a moment. Of course, to keep those who COULD speak the language of snakes from getting in could be part of it. "Since the Chamber of Secrets was home to a basilisk, perhaps Salazar Slytherin built these as a means for the basilisk to get around and could use the dead ends as something to slither up to reach the pipes in the ceiling." The basilisk had been recorded in history as using pipes to get around.

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Tayla wrote down notes as the professor discussed and her classmates answered.

She decided to answer the professor's question this time and raised her hand. "It was created by Salazar Slytherin and made it the home of a Basilisk, which was intended to be used to rid Hogwarts of Muggle-borns." After a quick pause, she continued. "I think the tunnels and dead-ends were for the Basilisk to move around and to be able to trap its...prey." Tayla shuddered a little. The idea was horrible.

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He raised a brow. "Snakes shed their skin. That snake was probably cleaner than you are right now, sitting on the floor." He smirked.

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Scabior shook his head. What was said was wrong but more importantly "I doubt Salazar Slytherin was scared of much Miss Trewhella." After all he was THE Slytherin.

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Scabior blinked. Now he was certain. Ravenclaws were going to be the death of him. Probably starting with this one. "That could have been a possibility Miss Odessa, but you have to think about the fact that if Slytherin really loved his creature so much, why would he just leave it?" Yeah kid, the history books were probably right....the had sources and stuff.

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The next question came, and Vlimia raised her hand once again. "Salazar Slytherin built it, to house a monster - the basilisk - which would finish his 'noble work'. This noble work would be accomplished when his true heir would open the Chamber and release the monster which lived within to rid the school of non-pureblood students." Simply speaking about it sent a small shiver down her spine. "I think there are so many dead ends because the Chamber was built a long time ago, so modern plumbing systems would have caved in some passages and tunnels. Or maybe Salazar Slytherin wanted it to be misleading for anyone who wasn't supposed to be there." She thought aloud, feeling slightly odd speaking about it so close to the actual location. Vlim would have delved deeper and explained that a basilisk can be created when a toad in settled upon a chicken's egg, but this wasn't Care of Magical Creatures, was it?

"Nice note about the plumping. Some passages and tunnels may very well have changed over time, changing the layout that Slytherin had initially." So maybe at first there were no dead ends at all?

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He shook his head. "It's the opposite actually." Think about that.

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Woah. A lot of information given in a small amount of time. "Well....i'm certain that that's not exactly why, but....at least you are thinking. Makes sense too." Good job thinking? They could have even been true.

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Scabior snorted. "Yes. Slytherin had many things to hide from the other founders." He answered simply. Cute answer kid.

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He waved his wand, erasing the list that had been beside him initially and replaced it with a new one.

-Created by Salazar Slytherin
-Wanted to rid the school of Muggleborns
-Tunnels and dead ends used for means of his beast travelling and for some sort of maze
-The beast was a Basilisk.
-You look into the eyes of a Basilisk you die.

"So like some of you said, the Chamber of Secrets was created by Salazar Slytherin." No big secret there he assumed. "Salazar did not like the fact that Muggleborns would be allowed in the school. The other founders disagreed with that. After many fights he decided to leave the school, but not before creating the chamber." Scabior was rushing slighting, most of them knew this right?

"He created the chamber to hold the Basilisk- a creature that can kill you if you look it in the eyes- which Slytherin intended to use to rid the castle of any Muggleborns. Slytherin wasn't planning on doing this himself though. Why? You're guess is as good as mine." He paused. "My guess is simply that true Slytherins get other people to do their work for them.? There was nothing wrong with that "Anyways, Slytherin left the Basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets and said that his rightful heir would arrive and take care of the Muggleborns."

"The other founders searched for years and they were not able to find the Chamber. And then no one thought anything of it until the heir arrived and the chamber was opened in 1942." He looked around the class. "Any one care to tell me who the heir was? And maybe even some of the events that happened once the Chamber was opened the first time?"

natethegreat

02-24-2012 02:31 AM

Nate raised his hand and said "The true heir of slytherin was Tom Riddle. When it was open the basilisk started to rid the muggle-borns from the school. One of them happened to be moaning myrtle who was found dead in one of the stalls. Then he blamed hagrid for killing all the muggle-borns because he hid a giant spider in a chest. So he said the spider was doing all the damage."

Holmesian Feline

02-24-2012 02:34 AM

Gideon simply nodded as Professor Scabior commented on his answer, proceeding to listen to his classmates and the man as he commented on the others that spoke up with their own ideas. When the conversation was brought further into the heir of Slytherin and the happenings when it was opened he involutarily shivered. It had never been good when it was.

"Tom Riddle was the heir," he answered after raising his hand once more. That he knew from history books and lessons as well as family stories. It was well-known information especially if you were a member of a wizarding family like his own. "And there was a death the first time it was opened....Moaning Myrtle to be exact."

Somnium

02-24-2012 02:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Kaos.Doodles (Post 10926229)

SPOILER!!: People who talked about Slytherin & Muggleborns

"Slytherin yup." He nodded at those who were correct. "And yes, he did create it so that he could place his creature- A Basilisk inside to try to rid Hogwarts of Muggleborns." Salazar Slytherin was an intense man.

"Right, you mentioned something that we'll actually talk about in a second." Scabior nodded.

"He did not create a giant chamber simply because he was bored." Scabior shook his head.

SPOILER!!: People who said the tunnels = confusion

SPOILER!!: People who spoke about Basilisk getting around

"You lot-"Scabior pointed at the ones who answered."Basically hit the nail on the head. Making it hard for people to find the chamber was only a small factor. Actually creating a way for the Basilisk to get around without being noticed was the big issue, and Slytherin was able to do with with the tunnels and plumbings."

He raised a brow. "Snakes shed their skin. That snake was probably cleaner than you are right now, sitting on the floor." He smirked.

Scabior shook his head. What was said was wrong but more importantly "I doubt Salazar Slytherin was scared of much Miss Trewhella." After all he was THE Slytherin.

Scabior blinked. Now he was certain. Ravenclaws were going to be the death of him. Probably starting with this one. "That could have been a possibility Miss Odessa, but you have to think about the fact that if Slytherin really loved his creature so much, why would he just leave it?" Yeah kid, the history books were probably right....the had sources and stuff.

"Nice note about the plumping. Some passages and tunnels may very well have changed over time, changing the layout that Slytherin had initially." So maybe at first there were no dead ends at all?

He shook his head. "It's the opposite actually." Think about that.

Woah. A lot of information given in a small amount of time. "Well....i'm certain that that's not exactly why, but....at least you are thinking. Makes sense too." Good job thinking? They could have even been true.

Scabior snorted. "Yes. Slytherin had many things to hide from the other founders." He answered simply. Cute answer kid.

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He waved his wand, erasing the list that had been beside him initially and replaced it with a new one.

-Created by Salazar Slytherin
-Wanted to rid the school of Muggleborns
-Tunnels and dead ends used for means of his beast travelling and for some sort of maze
-The beast was a Basilisk.
-You look into the eyes of a Basilisk you die.

"So like some of you said, the Chamber of Secrets was created by Salazar Slytherin." No big secret there he assumed. "Salazar did not like the fact that Muggleborns would be allowed in the school. The other founders disagreed with that. After many fights he decided to leave the school, but not before creating the chamber." Scabior was rushing slighting, most of them knew this right?

"He created the chamber to hold the Basilisk- a creature that can kill you simply by looking at you, which Slytherin intended to use to rid the castle of any Muggleborns. Slytherin wasn't planning on doing this himself though. Why? You're guess is as good as mine." He paused. "My guess is simply that true Slytherins get other people to do their work for them.? There was nothing wrong with that "Anyways, Slytherin left the Basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets and said that his rightful heir would arrive and take care of the Muggleborns."

"The other founders searched for years and they were not able to find the Chamber. And then no one thought anything of it until the heir arrived and the chamber was opened in 1942." He looked around the class. "Any one care to tell me who the heir was? And maybe even some of the events that happened once the Chamber was opened the first time?"

Taylor raised her hand, "Sir wasn't Tom Riddle aka Lord Voldemort the heir?" She wasnt afraid to say his name because that was ancient history and he is dead after all. To answer the second question she said, "Didn't the baslisk kill or stun some people?" Tay didnt know the specifics/

magikewe

02-24-2012 02:36 AM

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Lily made sure to copy the notes down before raising her hand to answer the next questions. "Well, Tom Riddle was the heir and opened the chamber. And the first time it was opened it proceeded until a muggleborn died, right in this very bathroom." Lily paused looking around at the room. "And Tom ended up blaming Rubeus Hagrid for the incident, who then was expelled from the school." Lily felt bad for this Hagrid person, because it wasn't even his fault that the chamber was opened.

TakemetotheBurrow

02-24-2012 02:41 AM

Ella copied down the new notes in her notebook quickly and then put her quill down, thinking about the next question. She had read in her text about the Chamber and tried to remember what was said. She raised her hand and tried to explain what she had read. "Professor, the heir was...was Tom Riddle and he got into the chamber cause he could speak that snake language." What was it called again? "Well Tom let the-the basilisk out and it killed..." Then she looked around, noting where they were. "It killed Moaning Myrtle." She finished with a nervous glance toward the toilets, expecting Myrtle to pop out of a stall or something.

sweetpinkpixie

02-24-2012 02:42 AM

Listening intently as Professor Scabior addressed everyone's responses, Kurumi jotted down notes here and there. It was rather difficult to take EVERYTHING in while writing, but hopefully she hadn't missed any of the important points and that her chicken scratch handwriting would be readable in a few hours time when she sat down to review her notes.

When the next question was asked, Kurumi HAD to pause and bite her tongue so that the first thing that came to mind did not escape her lips. Doing so would have earned her a one-way ticket to detention and Merlin knew what else. Once the image of Professor Scabior opening the Chamber of Secrets left her mind, the prefect raised her hand. "The true Heir of Slytherin was Tom Riddle. His mother belonged to the Gaunt family who are decedents of Salazar Slytherin." Which meant that the man had married and actually produced children. Frightening. "When the basilisk killed Myrtle, Riddle used her death to create a horcrux in the form of a diary."

pundantic

02-24-2012 02:48 AM

Selina knew the answer to this question, every child born in the wizarding world had to know this answer. People always heard the stories of Harry Potter and his evil counterpoint Lord Voldermort. Therefore, she knew that the heir of Slytherin was Lord Voldermort. The redhead rose her hand and said, "The heir of Slytherin was Tom Riddle or, erm,V-Voldermort."

And a fact? "Didn't Professor Hagrid who was an ally of Harry Potter in the Great War get expelled for the accusation of the murder?"

FireboltAvis88

02-24-2012 02:55 AM

Alyssa thought for awhile carefully thinking out her answer before raising her hand. "Professor like the others have said Tom Marvolo Riddle was said to have been the Heir Of Slytherin. He discovered and opened the chamber back in 1942, when he was a Fifth Year student. He was able to take control of the Basilisk as he was the Heir and using that power, he unleashed it on the school, injuring many.

When the last student was killed, they threatened to close down Hogwarts. Riddle didn't want to return to the orphanage, so he framed a third year student, Rubeus Hagrid. Unfortunately, Hagrid was found taking care of an Acromantula and Riddle managed to convince Headmaster Dippett that it was the Acromantula that was responsible for the killings. Hagrid was subsequently expelled from Hogwarts and had his wand broken, while Riddle was awarded a trophy."

Bazinga

02-24-2012 03:15 AM

Minerva looked around the bathroom surprised Myrtle wasn't there. She had never actually seen the ghost, but she had heard her. Since Alyssa gave a novel for her answer and explained everything to the T Minerva put her hand down and decided not to answer. She couldn't believe the students that called Myrtle Moaning Myrtle out loud. She had heard the ghost had hated that and was expecting the bathroom to flood soon. She shrugged and started writing answers in her parchment.

PhoenixWizard

02-24-2012 03:16 AM

Angelina raised her hand and said, "Professor the heir of Slytherin was Tom Riddle or also known as Lord Voldemort." She knew a few things about the Chamber of Secrets. "The chamber is known to have a Basilisk inside. Riddle sent the Basilisk to this bathroom. With the Basilisk out and around here it ended up killing a student of Ravenclaw, now known as Moaning Myrtle." When she finished Angelina looked around a little at her classmates and back down to the floor a bit.

lazykitty

02-24-2012 03:55 AM

"Slytherin's heir was Tom Riddle. When he opened the chamber the first time, a girl, Moaning Myrtle, died," Sky answered. She started checking out of the corner of her eye to see if said ~~ghost~~ girl was going to pop up. Hey, this is Hogwarts stranger things had happened.

WhittyBitty

02-24-2012 03:56 AM

And another easy question! Amelia raised her hand immediately. "The Heir of Slytherin was none other than Tom Riddle aka Voldemort himself." He seemed like a nasty person, and Amelia was so glad that she hadn't been alive during his time. "The Basilisk killed a girl named Myrtle. In this very bathroom." Which was kinda creepy when you thought about it. "She's Moaning Myrtle." And everyone knew who she was.

2111jen

02-24-2012 06:26 AM

Jen raised her hand
"Hum... um...didn't the former gamekeeper of Harry's time get framed?"
What was his name? Hem forgot
"Um....the heir was Tom Riddle? Yes"
Jen couldn't believe she didn't know her own house :blush:

Weasley174

02-24-2012 09:18 AM

Laura looked at the Professor, well since he wasn't playing nice to her she wasn't going to play nice to him. "It was Slytherins, great, great, great oh so many great grandson." Laura smiled, she wanted to say it was the Professor in this room but knew she'd be in trouble if she did. "Oh and the snake killed this girl in this very room, she used to hang out around here."

Jessiqua

02-24-2012 09:25 AM

Zhenya knew a bit of the answer but she had another question, so she raised her hand and said "Professor I think the heir was Tom Riddle, and he unleashed the basilisk and it killed someone. But I'm curious, Tom Riddle did open it, but was the Basilisk unleashed at all before that? I don't remember reading about it but couldn't one of his other ancestors opened it before Riddle?"

Tazzie

02-24-2012 10:03 AM

Surely, the class was spinning so fast. And it seemed like Professor Scabior was a bit in a rush for he was giving out his elaboration on their answers quite swiftly. Looking at the board and writing down notes, Beezus quickly tried copying everything that was said and written there. Yet, it was difficult. Writing and analyzing what you've written was a hard task.

Shaking her hands, Beezus listened for a while as her classmates gave out their answers to the next question. The heir of Slytherin eh? "The heir was Tom Marvolo Riddle, a Slytherin student by that time and the one we all know as Lord Voldemort. He discovered that he was related to Slytherin and that triggered his plan to purge the school of Muggleborns and Half-Bloods, all except himself." said Beezus after she raised her hand. "And he was the one who opened the Chamber of Secrets, waked the Basilisk inside which caused the death of a certain muggle Ravenclaw student whom we know as Moaning Myrtle," Wonder if Myrtle was there? And probably listening to their discussion. "As for other events, Riddle blamed Rubes Hagrid for Myrtle's death and he was expelled."

cheeseStrings

02-24-2012 11:37 AM

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Scabior shook his head. What was said was wrong but more importantly "I doubt Salazar Slytherin was scared of much Miss Trewhella." After all he was THE Slytherin.

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"The other founders searched for years and they were not able to find the Chamber. And then no one thought anything of it until the heir arrived and the chamber was opened in 1942." He looked around the class. "Any one care to tell me who the heir was? And maybe even some of the events that happened once the Chamber was opened the first time?" [/color]

"Well, if I remembered it correctly," Janice started, knitting her eyebrows, "the heir of Slytherin is Voldemort, or Tom M. Riddle if you prefer to call him that way. He used that freaky snake language to open the door--"she emphasized the quotation marks by forming them with her hands"--and killed Moaning Myrtle, in whose bathroom, not so coincidentally, is currently being held a class in."

DarkStorm

02-24-2012 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Kaos.Doodles (Post 10926229)

Salazar Slytherin. Not the best man in History. "Good guess Mr. Gert, its not exactly correct but If someone did manage to find the opening to the tunnels it would still be extremely difficult for them to find the actual chamber."

"Slytherin yup." He nodded at those who were correct. "And yes, he did create it so that he could place his creature- A Basilisk inside to try to rid Hogwarts of Muggleborns." Salazar Slytherin was an intense man.

"Right, you mentioned something that we'll actually talk about in a second." Scabior nodded.

"He did not create a giant chamber simply because he was bored." Scabior shook his head.

He nodded. "Nice guesses." He was being so kind today. "The issue of it being hard to actually get through the tunnels to find the real chamber was probably why dead ends were created, and a small reason to why the tunnels were created. Just in case someone was actually able to get down there."

"You lot-"Scabior pointed at the ones who answered."Basically hit the nail on the head. Making it hard for people to find the chamber was only a small factor. Actually creating a way for the Basilisk to get around without being noticed was the big issue, and Slytherin was able to do with with the tunnels and plumbings."

He raised a brow. "Snakes shed their skin. That snake was probably cleaner than you are right now, sitting on the floor." He smirked.

Scabior shook his head. What was said was wrong but more importantly "I doubt Salazar Slytherin was scared of much Miss Trewhella." After all he was THE Slytherin.

Scabior blinked. Now he was certain. Ravenclaws were going to be the death of him. Probably starting with this one. "That could have been a possibility Miss Odessa, but you have to think about the fact that if Slytherin really loved his creature so much, why would he just leave it?" Yeah kid, the history books were probably right....the had sources and stuff.

"Nice note about the plumping. Some passages and tunnels may very well have changed over time, changing the layout that Slytherin had initially." So maybe at first there were no dead ends at all?

He shook his head. "It's the opposite actually." Think about that.

Woah. A lot of information given in a small amount of time. "Well....i'm certain that that's not exactly why, but....at least you are thinking. Makes sense too." Good job thinking? They could have even been true.

Scabior snorted. "Yes. Slytherin had many things to hide from the other founders." He answered simply. Cute answer kid.

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He waved his wand, erasing the list that had been beside him initially and replaced it with a new one.

-Created by Salazar Slytherin
-Wanted to rid the school of Muggleborns
-Tunnels and dead ends used for means of his beast travelling and for some sort of maze
-The beast was a Basilisk.
-You look into the eyes of a Basilisk you die.

"So like some of you said, the Chamber of Secrets was created by Salazar Slytherin." No big secret there he assumed. "Salazar did not like the fact that Muggleborns would be allowed in the school. The other founders disagreed with that. After many fights he decided to leave the school, but not before creating the chamber." Scabior was rushing slighting, most of them knew this right?

"He created the chamber to hold the Basilisk- a creature that can kill you if you look it in the eyes- which Slytherin intended to use to rid the castle of any Muggleborns. Slytherin wasn't planning on doing this himself though. Why? You're guess is as good as mine." He paused. "My guess is simply that true Slytherins get other people to do their work for them.? There was nothing wrong with that "Anyways, Slytherin left the Basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets and said that his rightful heir would arrive and take care of the Muggleborns."

"The other founders searched for years and they were not able to find the Chamber. And then no one thought anything of it until the heir arrived and the chamber was opened in 1942." He looked around the class. "Any one care to tell me who the heir was? And maybe even some of the events that happened once the Chamber was opened the first time?"

Harvey listened as the professor spoke about the answers that he had received as well as replying to others.. and soon he put up a new list.. Harvey promptly copied this list down onto a piece of parchement.. as the professor asked another question.. Harvey decided to let people answer the questions as he wrote the answers down as they said them.

weasleytwinsROCK

02-24-2012 04:17 PM

Daisy nodded along as Scabior spoke to her and the other pupils, scribbling down notes, not just for work, but because this sounded like it could be an interesting lesson and she liked what she had learnt so far. Resisting the urge to suck her quill again in thought - it kept making it all icky, and she didn't really like the taste of feathers - Daisy raised her hand.
'Wasn't the heir Tom Riddle, you know, Voldemort,' she began, 'and didn't his monster kill a girl, but he framed another student?' She said, straining her brain for the details.

Erindipity

02-24-2012 06:31 PM

Mortimer raised one hand before wiping his nose, again, with the other. "Tom Riddle was the heir of Slytherin, sir. And when the chamber was opened the first time Myrtle was killed and also the bit about spiders fleeing from the basilisk was discovered." The Acromantula and all that. Heh.

Expecto-Penguin

02-24-2012 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Kaos.Doodles (Post 10926229)

He waved his wand, erasing the list that had been beside him initially and replaced it with a new one.

-Created by Salazar Slytherin
-Wanted to rid the school of Muggleborns
-Tunnels and dead ends used for means of his beast travelling and for some sort of maze
-The beast was a Basilisk.
-You look into the eyes of a Basilisk you die.

"So like some of you said, the Chamber of Secrets was created by Salazar Slytherin." No big secret there he assumed. "Salazar did not like the fact that Muggleborns would be allowed in the school. The other founders disagreed with that. After many fights he decided to leave the school, but not before creating the chamber." Scabior was rushing slighting, most of them knew this right?

"He created the chamber to hold the Basilisk- a creature that can kill you if you look it in the eyes- which Slytherin intended to use to rid the castle of any Muggleborns. Slytherin wasn't planning on doing this himself though. Why? You're guess is as good as mine." He paused. "My guess is simply that true Slytherins get other people to do their work for them.? There was nothing wrong with that "Anyways, Slytherin left the Basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets and said that his rightful heir would arrive and take care of the Muggleborns."

"The other founders searched for years and they were not able to find the Chamber. And then no one thought anything of it until the heir arrived and the chamber was opened in 1942." He looked around the class. "Any one care to tell me who the heir was? And maybe even some of the events that happened once the Chamber was opened the first time?"

Belle took down the notes the teacher wrote on the board into her notebook

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-Created by Salazar Slytherin
-Wanted to rid the school of Muggleborns
-Tunnels and dead ends used for means of his beast travelling and for some sort of maze
-The beast was a Basilisk.
-You look into the eyes of a Basilisk you die.

"Professor wasn't the heir Tom Marvolo Riddle? When the chamber was opened many of the muggleborns were petrified or even killed. Moaning Myrtle was one of the victims if i am not mistaken. The snake went through the pipes of hogwarts to try to get to the victims and harm the muggleborns. It even created havoc that some students fled from hogwarts." That was all Annabelle knew for now.

midnight_thestral

02-24-2012 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Kaos.Doodles (Post 10926229)

SPOILER!!: People who talked about Slytherin & Muggleborns

SPOILER!!: People who said the tunnels = confusion

SPOILER!!: People who spoke about Basilisk getting around

"You lot-"Scabior pointed at the ones who answered."Basically hit the nail on the head. Making it hard for people to find the chamber was only a small factor. Actually creating a way for the Basilisk to get around without being noticed was the big issue, and Slytherin was able to do with with the tunnels and plumbings."

He raised a brow. "Snakes shed their skin. That snake was probably cleaner than you are right now, sitting on the floor." He smirked.

Scabior shook his head. What was said was wrong but more importantly "I doubt Salazar Slytherin was scared of much Miss Trewhella." After all he was THE Slytherin.

Scabior blinked. Now he was certain. Ravenclaws were going to be the death of him. Probably starting with this one. "That could have been a possibility Miss Odessa, but you have to think about the fact that if Slytherin really loved his creature so much, why would he just leave it?" Yeah kid, the history books were probably right....the had sources and stuff.

"Nice note about the plumping. Some passages and tunnels may very well have changed over time, changing the layout that Slytherin had initially." So maybe at first there were no dead ends at all?

He shook his head. "It's the opposite actually." Think about that.

Woah. A lot of information given in a small amount of time. "Well....i'm certain that that's not exactly why, but....at least you are thinking. Makes sense too." Good job thinking? They could have even been true.

Scabior snorted. "Yes. Slytherin had many things to hide from the other founders." He answered simply. Cute answer kid.

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He waved his wand, erasing the list that had been beside him initially and replaced it with a new one.

-Created by Salazar Slytherin
-Wanted to rid the school of Muggleborns
-Tunnels and dead ends used for means of his beast travelling and for some sort of maze
-The beast was a Basilisk.
-You look into the eyes of a Basilisk you die.

"So like some of you said, the Chamber of Secrets was created by Salazar Slytherin." No big secret there he assumed. "Salazar did not like the fact that Muggleborns would be allowed in the school. The other founders disagreed with that. After many fights he decided to leave the school, but not before creating the chamber." Scabior was rushing slighting, most of them knew this right?

"He created the chamber to hold the Basilisk- a creature that can kill you if you look it in the eyes- which Slytherin intended to use to rid the castle of any Muggleborns. Slytherin wasn't planning on doing this himself though. Why? You're guess is as good as mine." He paused. "My guess is simply that true Slytherins get other people to do their work for them.? There was nothing wrong with that "Anyways, Slytherin left the Basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets and said that his rightful heir would arrive and take care of the Muggleborns."

"The other founders searched for years and they were not able to find the Chamber. And then no one thought anything of it until the heir arrived and the chamber was opened in 1942." He looked around the class. "Any one care to tell me who the heir was? And maybe even some of the events that happened once the Chamber was opened the first time?"

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Violet quickly jotted the notes down that the professor had created on the board and raised her hand for his next question. Of course, she knew most this history lesson so far. Her great grandparents had been affected by this event during their years at Hogwarts. "Professor, the heir was Tom Marvolo Riddle, or was also known as Lord V-v-vol." Violet couldn't utter his other name so she spoke quietly, "the-the Dark Lord sir and then a girl named Myrtle died in this very washroom that we are sitting in right now by the basilisk." Violet uttered the last part of her answer in a soft whisper. She scanned the washroom stalls to see of Moaning Myrtle was around to listen to the professor's lesson as well.

Anna Banana

02-25-2012 12:02 AM

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Sierra looked at Scabior with a thoughtful look. It was almost an intense look coming from her, as she was thinking long and hard about the decisions and actions of her beloved house founder. Sure, the man had done a few wrongs here and there, but he had greatness in him, a fact that was often overlooked.

"Tom Marvolo Riddle was the heir of Slytherin," she said, raising her hand. It must be awesome to be chosen as the heir of Slytherin. Sierra had no desire to go around killing people, but to be chosen as the heir of Slytherin? That'd be an honor to her. Take away the chamber, the basilisk, and all the insane things Voldemort did, and being the heir of Slythering wasn't so bad.

"One thing that had happened when the chamber was opened, was that a man by the name of Rubeus Hagrid was once blamed for its opening. He was a student here at the time, and he got expelled and was no longer allowed to return as a student. It was only after decades passed that it was discovered Riddle was the one to open it and the one to frame Hagrid."

Kaos.Doodles

02-25-2012 12:45 AM

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"Right, basically you summed up everything perfectly." He nodded.

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Belle took down the notes the teacher wrote on the board into her notebook

"Professor wasn't the heir Tom Marvolo Riddle? When the chamber was opened many of the muggleborns were petrified or even killed. Moaning Myrtle was one of the victims if i am not mistaken. The snake went through the pipes of hogwarts to try to get to the victims and harm the muggleborns. It even created havoc that some students fled from hogwarts." That was all Annabelle knew for now.

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"Yes, Tom Riddle was the heir." But Scabior wasn't impressed, he just stared at the girl. "I just said that the Basilisk can kill people." Was she not listening or did she just need to clean out her ears?

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It seemed like the Gryffindor was learning how to control her answers. "Right, good job mentioning the Gaunt family."

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So much information. "Great to know that you can regurgitate your textbook Miss Potter."

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Scabior nodded. "Yup. Good job mentioning that they were related as well."

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Oh, good question. "Well there isn't any recorded information about the Basilisk being released before. So it may have been, but there would be no way of us knowing."

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"Freaky snake language?" Scabior just chuckled.

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"Right." He nodded.

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"So the chamber was first opened by Tom Riddle a decedent of Slytherin who is better known as Lord Voldemort." He paused just incase any students were taking notes. Even if the students did all say this.

"Some students were petrified because they didn't look it directly in the eye, and one girl, you lot know her as the ghost Moaning Myrtle, was killed and Riddle got away with it by blaming someone else." Rubeus Hagrid. But Scabior wasnt going to to into that because other students had explained this. Scabior looked over to the stalls, trying to rush before Myrtle decided to pop up.

Everyone had explained things great so far, so he was happy that he did not need to go in detail too much. "After that he decided it wasn't safe to be opened again while he was at school, so he created something known as a Horcrux which allowed him to put a piece of his soul into a diary." They didn't need to get into details about Horcruxes.

"That diary became a key part to the second opening of the Chamber. Why is that?"

TakemetotheBurrow

02-25-2012 12:56 AM

Ella raised her hand, trying to sum up why the diary was important without sounding like a fool. "Professor, the diary was important because once opened, Tom-er Lord Voldemort was able to get a student to do his bidding, opening the chamber once again." There, that sounded right.

PadfootAndTheWolf

02-25-2012 01:03 AM

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"So the chamber was first opened by Tom Riddle a decedent of Slytherin who is better known as Lord Voldemort." He paused just incase any students were taking notes. Even if the students did all say this.

"Some students were petrified because they didn't look it directly in the eye, and one girl, you lot know her as the ghost Moaning Myrtle, was killed and Riddle got away with it by blaming someone else." Rubeus Hagrid. But Scabior wasnt going to to into that because other students had explained this. Scabior looked over to the stalls, trying to rush before Myrtle decided to pop up.

Everyone had explained things great so far, so he was happy that he did not need to go in detail too much. "After that he decided it wasn't safe to be opened again while he was at school, so he created something known as a Horcrux which allowed him to put a piece of his soul into a diary." They didn't need to get into details about Horcruxes.

"That diary became a key part to the second opening of the Chamber. Why is that?"

August listened intently about Lord Voldemort, the man who almost made the Wizarding World a terrible, and horrid place for all magical folk even Muggles, and his beginnings at Hogwarts and how he opened the Chamber of Secrets for the first time. How could he do that? And then the Basalisk killed a girl and her ghost was still here? Geez, that was horrible.

The Gryffindor didn't know everything about Harry Potter, but he knew enough to get him by--but it was still far from a lot. "Sir, since Voldemort put his soul in the diary, could he use it to influence someone else to open the chamber or somehow come out of it and do it himself?" Horcruxes were confusing, he hadn't read much about them in his textbooks.

sweetpinkpixie

02-25-2012 01:11 AM

Professor Scabior seemed to be in a somewhat frightening pleasant mood. Clearly, this was because he was about to take them all down into the Chamber of Secrets for some sort of sinister reason. He had been pleasant when they had gone into the lake too...scary man, this professor was.

Jotting down more notes and filling in the blank spaces on her timeline, Kurumi looked up when the class moved on. That was...a rather BROAD question right there. It became a key part in opening it? It certainly became a key part to understanding what was going on in the Second Wizarding War as well. Thinking for a few moments, Kurumi raised her hand to offer up an answer. "As a horcrux, it was able to use magical influence to possess and force Ginny Potter to try and finish the work that Voldemort had been unable to finish before his first fall. The diary was able to do this because Ginny was able to communicate with the memory of the sixteen-year-old Tom Riddle left in the diary by writing on its pages. The closer the one came to memory the more power he had over them." Kurumi lowered her hand now and braced for impact. It was a much longer answer than she had been giving these days...

*gulp*

magikewe

02-25-2012 01:30 AM

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More notes... It seemed to Lily that almost all that she did in classes was take notes on this or on that. But at least she knew most of this information, and as the professor went on to talk about Myrtle, Lily started to wonder if Myrtle was going to make an appearance any time soon. But now was another question... Lily raised her hand to answer the question, trying to find a way to simplify the answer. "The diary became a way for Tom Riddle's soul piece to control Ginny Weasley and re-open the chamber, allowing Tom to continue the work that he had been unable to do while he was at school." There... that was simple enough, right?

FireboltAvis88

02-25-2012 01:31 AM

Alyssa sighed when the Professor addressed her answer with his regular sarcasm. But she was determined to carry on. So she thought carefully before raising her hand to answer.

"Because Tom Riddle had placed part of his soul into the diary, he was able to control the thoughts of someone who first opened it. Through this person, he was able to open the chamber again and unleash the Basilisk. The more the person, in this case Ginny Weasley, wrote in the diary, the stronger Riddle's soul became because he was basically siphoning off her life source.".

lazykitty

02-25-2012 02:24 AM

"Once Ginny Weasley opened and used the diary, Tom Riddle's soul was able to use her to open the chamber again," Sky answered. Simple enough. She waited for the next part of the lesson, jotting down a few notes.

midnight_thestral

02-25-2012 02:30 AM

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"Right, basically you summed up everything perfectly." He nodded.

SPOILER!!: Myrtle Answers

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It seemed like the Gryffindor was learning how to control her answers. "Right, good job mentioning the Gaunt family."

So much information. "Great to know that you can regurgitate your textbook Miss Potter."

Scabior nodded. "Yup. Good job mentioning that they were related as well."

Oh, good question. "Well there isn't any recorded information about the Basilisk being released before. So it may have been, but there would be no way of us knowing."

"Freaky snake language?" Scabior just chuckled.

"Right." He nodded.

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"So the chamber was first opened by Tom Riddle a decedent of Slytherin who is better known as Lord Voldemort." He paused just incase any students were taking notes. Even if the students did all say this.

"Some students were petrified because they didn't look it directly in the eye, and one girl, you lot know her as the ghost Moaning Myrtle, was killed and Riddle got away with it by blaming someone else." Rubeus Hagrid. But Scabior wasnt going to to into that because other students had explained this. Scabior looked over to the stalls, trying to rush before Myrtle decided to pop up.

Everyone had explained things great so far, so he was happy that he did not need to go in detail too much. "After that he decided it wasn't safe to be opened again while he was at school, so he created something known as a Horcrux which allowed him to put a piece of his soul into a diary." They didn't need to get into details about Horcruxes.

"That diary became a key part to the second opening of the Chamber. Why is that?"

Violet immediately raised her hand after taking down the professor's notes on her parchment. "A former deatheater named Lucious Malfoy had put Tom Riddle's Diary into Harry Potter's wife's, Ginny Weasley, bucket of books when she was in her first year. Through the diary, 16 year old self Tom was able to communicate with Ginny and sort of..hypnotized her into re-opening the chamber once more I guess. Tom was basically using her life source which had almost depleted her if Harry Potter had not saved her."

Expecto-Penguin

02-25-2012 03:18 AM

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"Professor isn't the diary like a mind control device. A death eater named Lucius Malfoy put the diary into a little girl named Ginny Weasley's cauldron. Then when she poured her heart and soul into the diary, Tom Riddle or Lord Voldemort could take posession of her mind and make the chamber opened again." Annabelle asked and hoping some of her details were right.

Somnium

02-25-2012 03:31 AM

Taylor raised her hand, "Isn't it important because some Gryffindor girl got her mind taken over and got her to open the chamber and do his bidding?" She didnt remember the girl's name and didn't think it was important anyway.

GinevraWeasley

02-25-2012 04:12 AM

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Vlimia knew the answer. She knew it all too well. Speaking of this made her feel a bit... odd. She had had to know all these facts about the Chamber and the Basilisk and Horcruxes and now they were in the very place... it was just odd. "The diary controlled a vulnerable person in order to open the chamber and let people know that the chamber was going to be opened. Once Harry Potter - the person Tom Riddle most wanted to control - found the diary, Tom found a way to lure Harry into the Chamber. He did this with the vulnerable person he had under his control. Tom used her strength as his... he took it from her." Vlimia paused for breath. "Tom Riddle was dangerously close to becoming fully alive once again, but Harry Potter destroyed the diary with a basilisk fang." She said.

WhittyBitty

02-25-2012 05:12 AM

Amelia raised her hand again as another question was asked. These were all easy. "It was given to Ginny Weasley and he used it to get her to do his biding. He got her to open the Chamber and release the Basilisk."

PhoenixWizard

02-25-2012 06:04 AM

Raising her hand Angelina said, "The diary takes someone unaware of it being a Horcrux that can control them. With that the diary is able to take over the person in a like way they know they don't mean to do what they do for real, it just makes them. With Ginny Weasley the diary made her be the physical person to open the Chamber of Secret leading her incontrol on the heir of Slytherin, Tom Roddle." that was the best she would explaine the diary, she hoped she was on the right track.

2111jen

02-25-2012 06:50 AM

Raising her hand Jen said "Some witch was controlled by the memory of Voldemort to open the chamber."

Jessiqua

02-25-2012 08:40 AM

Zhenya wasn't entirely sure she could answer the question... She understood what the diary was but how did it open the chamber? She took a guess and raised her hand, "Erm Professor, because he wasn't here to actually get into the chamber himself, he had to leave some directions. Or the chamber would unlikely ever be opened. So, when he showed Ginny Weasley how to get into the chamber he was able to open it once more," she said... was that right?

Bazinga

02-25-2012 02:02 PM

Minerva put her hand up "Professor it was because the Diary was a Hora.. ummm I can't remember the word, but it was part of Riddles soul so it tricked another student into opening it. Told her what to say and what to do."

Hey Ju

02-25-2012 03:50 PM

Sophie had no idea of what a Horcr-whatever was and she had never heard about this diary thing. She frowned as the other students answered. It all sounded... spooky. The guy controled someone else with his memory that was in a diary? Heh?

Anna Banana

02-25-2012 04:10 PM

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The story of Salazar Slytherin and his Chamber of Secrets. It was an interesting one, maybe especially since Sierra was a pureblood Slytherin. Again, she didn't agree with ridding the school of the Muggleborns, but it was still interesting to listen to the history involving her house's founder. She found herself raising her hand even before her answer fully formed in her mind.

"The diary was a horcrux, so it had part of Riddle's soul in it," Sierra pointed out. "The diary ended up in Ginny Weasley's hands, and she communicated with Riddle through the diary." Sierra paused and made a slight face. That communication just creeped her out. "It was through this connection that Riddle, or Voldemort by then, convinced Ginny to reopen the Chamber."

cheeseStrings

02-25-2012 04:24 PM

please delete. Accidental double post.

cheeseStrings

02-25-2012 04:25 PM

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"Freaky snake language?" Scabior just chuckled.

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"So the chamber was first opened by Tom Riddle a decedent of Slytherin who is better known as Lord Voldemort." He paused just incase any students were taking notes. Even if the students did all say this.

"Some students were petrified because they didn't look it directly in the eye, and one girl, you lot know her as the ghost Moaning Myrtle, was killed and Riddle got away with it by blaming someone else." Rubeus Hagrid. But Scabior wasnt going to to into that because other students had explained this. Scabior looked over to the stalls, trying to rush before Myrtle decided to pop up.

Everyone had explained things great so far, so he was happy that he did not need to go in detail too much. "After that he decided it wasn't safe to be opened again while he was at school, so he created something known as a Horcrux which allowed him to put a piece of his soul into a diary." They didn't need to get into details about Horcruxes.

"That diary became a key part to the second opening of the Chamber. Why is that?"

Janice loved History. She had always thought that they is more like stories, not something that is a pain for someone like her who's memorization skills are really, really bad. She raised her hand and answered.

"Well, it's Tom's bit of soul inside the diary who possed Ginny Weasley into opening the Chamber for the second time. He spoke the Parseltounge thing through her, opened the Chamber for the Basilisk to come out and Petrified Muggleborns and a Half Blood along the way. He also contacted Harry Potter through the Diary for a short while, before Ginny took it back again."

Harry Potter. Why does that sound so familiar? Janice thought. Right. Beatrix Potter, the famous Muggle writer.

DuckyLinJi

02-25-2012 05:15 PM

Despite having read about the history about the secret underground tunnels, that didn't mean that Daichi knew or remembered what had been written. He knew he had read it once, maybe twice and he could answer a few questions but that was it.

And as Professor Scabior explained further. He found himself staring fascinated as he listened. Was this really the Professor that had made him feel scared and angry in the first lesson? Because he seemed...normal?

Shaking his head, Daichi quickly took out his notebook and pen to write in.

SPOILER!!: notes

Looking up from taking notes, the third year wanted to raise his hand to answer but couldn't come up with one.

pundantic

02-25-2012 06:21 PM

This lesson reminded Selina of her childhood. Every question that Scabior asked was a sudden flash of her childhood when her father and mother told her stories of the Great War. Harry Potter's life as well as his companions was something of legend in the wizarding world and all magical children learned the tales.

So when he asked about the Chamber of Secrets and the diary that opened it, Selina's hand rose in the air, "Sir, the diary held a piece of Tom Riddle's soul in it, which manipulated Ginny Potter to open the Chamber of Secrets. The diary was hers, so every time she wrote in the piece of Tom Riddle would instruct her on things to do to open the Chamber." Kind of creepy actually.

Kaos.Doodles

02-25-2012 10:54 PM

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Scabior smiled. "Correct! And good on you too Miss Bishop for being able to sum it up so perfectly." It was one of those odd times that firsts years actually gave him hope.

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Scabior ndoded. "Right you are Mr. Goldstein." He wouldn't correct him, that would only lead to spending the next 20 minutes talking about Horcruxes, and the boy was basically right.

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Scabior just stared for a few seconds before pointing at Kurumi. "Hope you heard that class, probably be best to write it all down, I won't be repeating all that." Thanks Hollingberry. Now he could easily put some of that on an exam.

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[QUOTE=FireboltAvis88;10927339]Alyssa sighed when the Professor addressed her answer with his regular sarcasm. But she was determined to carry on. So she thought carefully before raising her hand to answer.

"Because Tom Riddle had placed part of his soul into the diary, he was able to control the thoughts of someone who first opened it. Through this person, he was able to open the chamber again and unleash the Basilisk. The more the person, in this case Ginny Weasley, wrote in the diary, the stronger Riddle's soul became because he was basically siphoning off her life source.".

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Raising her hand Jen said "Some witch was controlled by the memory of Voldemort to open the chamber."

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"All of you are correct in some shape and form." He nodded. "Good job"

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Almost done the learning part of the lesson. Great. "So," Scabior looked around the class "Ginny Potter possessed by Tom Riddles soul, via the diary was able to open the chamber and release the Basilisk once more. It caused a lot of harm petrifying students and even Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington and once again almost resulted in the closing of Hogwarts."

He took a large breath. The students had basically said it all for him. "Harry Potter came and was able to do his hero thing at twelve years old, and destroying the diary and the Basilisk, rendering both the diary and the chamber useless." With no giant monster the Chamber of Secrets wasn't anything dangerous.

"Now lets say between the first and second opening, that someone was actually able to find the entrance to the Chamber. Why would it have been nearly impossible to open it?" This was the 'you had to read your textbooks for this' type of question.

Weasley174

02-25-2012 10:59 PM

Laura looked at the Professor and smiled. "Because they aren't related to Mr Slytherin so they couldn't speak his language, Harry only could because Mr Riddle accidently transfered some of his power to him.

Somnium

02-25-2012 11:00 PM

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Almost done the learning part of the lesson. Great. "So," Scabior looked around the class "Ginny Potter possessed by Tom Riddles soul, via the diary was able to open the chamber and release the Basilisk once more. It caused a lot of harm petrifying students and even Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington and once again almost resulted in the closing of Hogwarts."

He took a large breath. The students had basically said it all for him. "Harry Potter came and was able to do his hero thing at twelve years old, and destroying the diary and the Basilisk, rendering both the diary and the chamber useless." With no giant monster the Chamber of Secrets wasn't anything dangerous.

"Now lets say between the first and second opening, that someone was actually able to find the entrance to the Chamber. Why would it have been nearly impossible to open it?" This was the 'you had to read your textbooks for this' type of question.[/color]

Taylor raised her hand, "Professor wasn't the entrance hard to find and even if you did find it you would have to know that you need to use parseltongue and then you would need to know how to speak in parseltongue and isn't there a certain pharse in parseltongue you need to use?" She took a breath and stopped there. Tay started braiding her hair, waiting on the professor to reply back and for the other students to talk.

Holmesian Feline

02-25-2012 11:03 PM

Yeah...Gideon was busy writing stuff down, especially stuff that he wasn't aware of or hadn't necessarily come to his mind or memory. And what Kurumi had said about horocruxes was certainly going into his notes even before Professor Scabior had mentioned it, and most definantly after he did. No doubt if it caught the man's attention for the better it might be used by him. At the next question, the 5th year thought about it, trying to remember what made the openers special explaining one of the reasons of the several decade gap between openings. Finally it came to him, a connection to Slytherin and the house's model creature.

"It could only be opened by someone who was a parselmouth," he answered after raising his hand. "Someone who spoke to snakes."

PhoenixWizard

02-25-2012 11:29 PM

Angelina thought for a moment and said after raising her heand, "You can only open the chamber if you speak parsemouth, and the only way to understand and speak it where you know whats goig on is if you are related to the founder of Slytherin."

2111jen

02-26-2012 12:49 AM

All the students were answering the questions already so, what was the point of saying anything. Besides, Jen didn't want to sound like a know it all freak. She just listened to what the people were saying.

sweetpinkpixie

02-26-2012 12:53 AM

Kurumi.FROZE. Here it was. It was coming. The insufferable know it all plus another few points taken from her. Oh well, he would have some sort of sarcastic comment about it, take no more than 5 points, and move on. Five points wasn't THAT much anyway. Heh, look at her sounding like it wouldn't bother her. HA! And then...he was POINTING at her. POINTING. Yep, it was coming. Kurumi half way squinted her eyes and braced for impact.

And it never came.

YAY! Oh, not to worry there, professor. Kurumi was writing all that down.

When he asked the next question, Kurumi thought for a moment, pretty sure that she had sort of hinted at an answer to that one earlier in an answer she had given elsewhere. The notion of a no danger chamber had the Gryffindor at ease. Sort of. So she raised her hand again. "To open the Chamber you would need to be a Parselmouth. Considering that this is a very rare and typically hereditary gift, the number of people that would be able to do so would be very small if any at all. However, it IS possible for someone without the gift to imitate it and open it, as was the case during the Battle of Hogwarts." Because, Ronald Weasley was certainly not related to Salazar Slytherin in any way shape or form - the man did not have red hair for one.

lazykitty

02-26-2012 03:13 AM

"One would have to know parseltongue to be able to open the Chamber. Since parseltongue is rare, it would near impossible to open." Sky answered, hoping that at least she was partly correct.

affy7ann

02-26-2012 03:21 AM

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"Now lets say between the first and second opening, that someone was actually able to find the entrance to the Chamber. Why would it have been nearly impossible to open it?" This was the 'you had to read your textbooks for this' type of question.[/color]

Tayla raised her hand. The lesson was moving quickly, but she was enjoying it very much. "Only Parselmouths - people who could speak Parseltongue - could open it. Being able to talk to snakes is a very rare trait. However, one could imitate the sound and trick the Chamber to opening - but that's quite difficult, too." Not many people would know a Parselmouth and be able to copy the sound.

magikewe

02-26-2012 03:32 AM

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Ooo. Lily knew the answer to this question very quickly, so up went the hand to answer. "You would have to be a parselmouth, and those people are very rare." Yay for reading textbooks for fun. Now all Lily had to do was copy down the information from the previous question.

pundantic

02-26-2012 03:36 AM

Selina rose her hand and answered Scabior's question, "Well, the Chamber of Secrets would be nearly impossible to open now because it needs a Parselmouth speaker to open the Chamber. I mean, the Chamber is only opened by the specific instructions of the snake language."

WhittyBitty

02-26-2012 04:04 AM

Amelia raised her hand now. "Slytherin made it so that the entrance can only be opened by using Parseltongue or snake language. Since it's very rare for anyone to be able to talk to snakes, not many wizards would be able to open it. Though you could if you mimicked it like Ron Weasley did for instance." She remembered the story of him and Hermione Granger entering the Chamber of Secrets in their Seventh Year. Neither of them could speak Parseltongue.

midnight_thestral

02-26-2012 04:16 AM

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[QUOTE=Kaos.Doodles;10928420]Scabior smiled. "Correct! And good on you too Miss Bishop for being able to sum it up so perfectly." It was one of those odd times that firsts years actually gave him hope.

Scabior ndoded. "Right you are Mr. Goldstein." He wouldn't correct him, that would only lead to spending the next 20 minutes talking about Horcruxes, and the boy was basically right.

Scabior just stared for a few seconds before pointing at Kurumi. "Hope you heard that class, probably be best to write it all down, I won't be repeating all that." Thanks Hollingberry. Now he could easily put some of that on an exam.

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Violet raised her hand. "Sir, it's because the witch or wizard would have to be a parselmouth, a person who can talk to snakes to open the chamber and because Salazar Slytherin was a parselmouth who made the chamber." She paused for a moment. "Also, most parselmouths are in the house of Slytherin, Salazar Slytherin's house, but Harry Potter was able to open it because he was able to speak parselmouth at the time."

FireboltAvis88

02-26-2012 05:35 AM

Playing catchup

Alyssa was busy jotting down notes when the Professor posed his next question. She immediately knew the answer to that and was about to raise her hand, but others were faster than her and basically gave the answer that she was about to give, and that was because it had to be someone who could speak parseltongue in order to open the Chamber and that it didn't necessarily have to be an heir of Slytherin's. Alyssa knew that because Ronald Weasley was able to open it just by imitating what Harry had said in parseltongue, the first time they opened the Chamber. But since all of that had been mentioned. Alyssa kept quiet and continued to jot down what was being said in her journal.

Gabrielle

02-26-2012 06:21 AM

Oh, she knew the answer to this one! Glenn raised her hand, "Well, you'd need to speak Parseltongue right? And- well- not many people were or are actually." Glenn said. It had been a big deal that Harry Potter had been a Parselmouth so that must of meant there weren't many around.

Quick Quotes Quill

02-26-2012 10:51 AM

Although she knew some stuff about the chamber of secrets, Gwendolyn decided not to repeat what everyone else had already mentioned, so she simply went on taking some notes on her piece of parchment. However, after skipping giving an answer to so many questions, the third year decided to start being a bit more active. Mhmm. Now about the entrance..., she started thinking, as she drew her attention back to the Professor.

'It can only be opened at the command in Parseltongue' Something like 'open'. Wait a second- were they talking about the entrance at the sink?, Gwendolyn thought as she gave a quick look in that direction. Or at the door which is said to be under the bathroom? Err... this started to become confusing, so Gwen tried waiting patiently for the Professor's reply.

natethegreat

02-26-2012 05:25 PM

Nate raised his hand and said "The reason why the chamber would be hard to open is because you need to know parseltounge to just get into the entrance that leads to the chambers. You then would need to use parseltounge again to get into the entrance to where the basilisk was found which was where Harry Potter killed it with the sword of gryffyndor."

weasleytwinsROCK

02-26-2012 07:04 PM

Daisy raised her hand in the air, proud she knew this answer. 'You had to be a parseltongue to enter the chamber, and that's a very rare gift,' she said, 'which Harry Potter was accidentally given by Voldemort, but he didn't realise.'

Bazinga

02-26-2012 10:37 PM

Minerva put up her hand. "Well Professor you need to talk snake language to open it, right?"

Kaos.Doodles

02-26-2012 11:14 PM

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"I'ts not exactly his language but yes, he could speak the language and he did transfer it to Harry Potter." Scabior nodded.

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Yup. "Correct." Scabior nodded.

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"One would have to know parseltongue to be able to open the Chamber. Since parseltongue is rare, it would near impossible to open." Sky answered, hoping that at least she was partly correct.

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"Yes and no." He shrugged. "The chamber was only thought to be open be a parselmouth but to be one you do not have to be related to Salazar Slytherin."

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"Miss Reinhart and Miss Hollingberry both bring up an important point." That he was going to get to, but he didn't mind.

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"As most of you said, if someone did find the chamber it would have been almost impossible for them to open it unless they spoke Parseltongue. A rare language that involves speaking to snakes-therefore being able to speak and control the Basilisk." He paused, note taking time. Good, right? "It was a language that Slytherin, Riddle and Harry Potter could speak. However, just like Miss Reinhart and Miss Hollingberry pointed out, the chamber was opened a third time."

That information wasn't known by everyone, but it wasn't hard to find out. "And by someone who wasn't even a Parselmouth. During the battle of Hogwarts, Ron Weasley was able to open the chamber by mimicking what he had heard from Harry Potter. So it was then that it was figured out that you did not need to be a Parselmouth to open the chamber, you only had to be able to mimic the language. And with that-" Scabior sighed before walking over to the broken tap with the engraved snake. He took a deep breath before a strange hissing sound escaped. He waited a few seconds but nothing happened. He waited before trying again, the hissing sound a bit louder.

A loud clunking sound came from the sink and Scabior took a step back. The top of the sinks lifted up and the sinks began to slowly spread apart. The main skin began to descend into the ground before it was covered creating a clear path into the dark hole. "Right, so light your wands and jump in."

That was right, they were heading into the Chamber of Secrets.

OOC: Technically the lesson is over :) The next part is only a scavenger hunt which is your homework (though IC your charrie only has an hour in there). If you want to do it just RP your charrie jumping down the hole to the chamber in here and then post in the other thread.

Steelsheen

02-26-2012 11:36 PM

Right, only a Parselmouth or one that can mimic it well can open the chamber. So imagine Vickers shock to hear the Professor starting to hiss and the sinks give way to show the opening. He was still getting around the surprise of actually hearing the Parseltongue language when they were told to jump right in.

Into the Chamber of Secrets?

It took a moment for the Ravenclaw to even stand, and not entirely because his bum has gotten numb from the cold. Finally he came to his senses and with a flick of his wrist and a whisper of Lumos, his wand lighted up. Waving it before the hole at his feet he glances at the Professor and descends after him. Excited, frightened but most of all, a curiosity that cannot be kept at bay any longer, Vickers jumps after the Historian and follows him down the dark tunnels ahead.

TakemetotheBurrow

02-26-2012 11:40 PM

They were going into the chamber of secrets?! THE CHAMBER? Ella looked at the professor dumbstruck for a moment before she nodded, a smile forming on her face. Was she scared, of course! However this was a once in a lifetime chance for a serious adventure in a rather creepy part of the castle. She took a deep breath and took one last look at the bathroom before she lit her wand (good thing she had read about the incantation!) and jumped down the hole into the tunnels. A small scream escaped her lips as she fell.

WhittyBitty

02-27-2012 12:16 AM

Amelia stared at the Professor curiously as he spoke. Then she watched him walk over to the sink and... was he doing what she thought he was doing? Clearly he was, because he started making hissing sounds and a few moments later the sink moved aside and the opening to the Chamber formed.

Oh my God... it's the Chamber of Secrets. She couldn't believe that they could go down in there. There was no way on earth she was missing this opportunity!

She followed after her Professor and a few fellow students and jumped down into the Chamber.

sweetpinkpixie

02-27-2012 12:18 AM

Right. INTO the Chamber of Secrets WITH the Heir of Slytherin - or the suspected one at least. Because THAT sounded like a good idea. Maybe it was her inner Gryffindor coming through now, but the prefect packed up her things and WILLING followed him and the rest of the students towards the sink. With a quick flick of her wand and a, "Lumos," Kurumi peered over the hole for a moment.

This...DID turn into a slide, right? And there weren't going to be any...skeletons or anything for them to crash onto, right? RIGHT? Taking one last look at Professor Scabior, bad idea, Kurumi shut her eyes and jumped in. Another bad idea.

Doooooooooooooooooooooown we GO!

Bazinga

02-27-2012 12:18 AM

Minerva got nervous he wanted them to go in. The snake was dead that she remembered, but still it was scary down there someone died and another almost died. She took a deep breath and got up. Ok she was going to do this, she wasn't one to sit around and watch. So she walked over to the opening and jumped down in the chamber to follow the rest of the class.

2111jen

02-27-2012 12:22 AM

Jen got her wand
Hopefully, I will do this spell right
"Lumos"
A light erupted from Jen's wand.
Cool, alright, get in the hole Jen said as she jumped in the hole.

DuckyLinJi

02-27-2012 12:26 AM

Daichi snapped his notebook shut and placed it back in his school bag as Professor Scabior announced they were going in to the chamber of secrets.

He was a little scared to go but at the same time he also felt curious to see what his house founder had made as a secret chamber. Getting up on his feet, Daichi giggled softly as the Professor stood near the sink and began to hiss at it. It sounded weird... like a snake. As the tunnel to the chamber of secrets revealed itself , Daichi grabbed his wand just to be sure and followed the other students as he too lowered himself in the dark tunnel and dropped.

AlwaysSnapesGirl

02-27-2012 12:31 AM

Wait.

They were actually going in to the Chamber of Secrets?

Vashti wasn't sure whether to be afraid, nervous, or excited. Maybe all of the above. What exactly would they find down there? Would the basilisk skeleton still be there? That would be creepy.

Still, it would be pretty cool to be able to say she had been down there, considering only a few people had ever been down in the Chamber of Secrets. So she drew her wand, lit it with a nonverbal Lumos, then made her way over to the entrance and jumped down into the chamber, following the professor and her classmates.

magikewe

02-27-2012 12:39 AM

Lily waited as the professor went over how one could get into the chamber. Most of it was stuff that the ravenclaw already knew due to reading her textbooks. But the part about not having to know parseltongue to get in was new information to Lily.

And now the professor was speaking to the sink in parseltongue. We had better not be going into the Chamber... Lily thought as she started to shake in fear. Sure, there was no longer a monster, but it was still creepy to be entering the chamber that was so famed in history.

Why... the redhead didn't want to enter the chamber. How would they get out since there was no ladder or anything around to get them out? But they were going in for sure. So Lily let a few go down before her, so that 1. she could learn the incantation to light your wand and be able to test it out, and 2. she wouldn't be all alone down in the chamber. Once it was her turn to enter the chamber, Lily lit her wand using lumos and carefully slipped into the tunnel down to the chamber.

natethegreat

02-27-2012 12:39 AM

When the teacher announced that they would be going into the chamber a chill went down Nate's spine. Looks like he would have to jump in like the rest of them were doing. Oh boy this is going to be fun nd scary at the same time Nate thought. He took out his wand and then said "Lumos." A ball of light appeared on his wand. He then went up to the chamber door and whispered to himself "Well here goes nothing." Then after that he jumped.

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