Marauders-era Characters Watch Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets

[Harry is serving detention with Lockhart in his classroom.]

Lockhart: Harry, Harry, Harry... can you possibly imagine a better way to serve detention than by helping me to answer my fan mail?

Andromeda crossed her arms. "Merlin, he's so full of himself."

"Just like Potter." Severus spat.

"Y'know Snivillous, I actually think you like me. After all, you bring me up at any chance you get. It's like you're obsessed." James answered. Lily hit him on the arm. 

Harry: Not really.

Lockhart: Fame is a fickle friend, Harry. Celebrity is as celebrity does. Remember that.

Lily narrowed her eyes. "I don't want Harry to be taking advice from him."

[Lockhart returns to his fan mail whilst Harry looks at him, confused.]

Ominous voice: Come... [Harry looks up, searching for the owner of the voice.]

"Oh, hell no!" Mary yelled. "Harry does not need some creepy ass voice telling him to go anywhere!"

Ominous voice: Come to me. Come to me.

Harry: What?

Lockhart: Sorry?

Regulus facepalmed. "Don't tell me Harry is the only one who can hear the voice."

Harry: That voice. 

Lockhart: Voice? [Harry looks around.]

Harry: Didn't you hear it?

"No Harry, he didn't." Sirius said, annoyed.

Lockhart: What are you talking about, Harry? I think you're getting a bit...drowsy, and great Scott, no wonder. Look at the time.

"He wasn't getting drowsy." Lily stated, as annoyed as Sirius. "Shouldn't they trust him after last movie?" 

"Lily," Marlene spoke. "they're adults and professors. They probably have an ego the size of the sun."

"Not Minnie though!" James exclaimed cheerfully.

Lockhart: We've been here nearly four hours. Spooky how the time flies when one's having fun. [He smiles but still looks around slightly. Harry keeps looking around for the owner of the voice.]

Harry: Spooky.

[Harry is walking into the corridor when he suddenly hears the ominous voice again]

Ominous Voice: Blood. I smell blood. Let me rip you... Let me kill you. Kill... kill... kill!

"Merlin," Peter started. "this guy's really out for blood, isn't he?" James frowned.

"Why is it only Harry who can hear him? Why is my son in the middle of all these problems?" He asked.

"It's because your son defeated the Dark Lord. Therefore he is on everyone's radar." Narcissa explained.

"I think he knew the reason cousin. It was rhetorical." Sirius snapped.

"Oh? You know the definition of the word, 'rhetorical?' I'm surprised." Narcissa quipped back.

Hermione: [she and Ron just appear out of nowhere] Harry...

Harry: Did you hear it?

Ron: [concerned and confused] Hear what?

Harry: That voice.

Hermione: [getting concerned as well] Voice? What voice?

Harry: I heard it first in Lockhart's office, and then, again, just-- [he hears the voice once more]

Ominous Voice: It's time.

"Oh, no. This git is going to kill someone." Ted frowned. 

Harry: [getting tense] It's moving. I think it's going to kill.

Ron: [as Harry runs past them down the corridor] "Kill"?

Hermione: [she and Ron run after him] Harry, wait! Not so fast!

[Harry stops in the middle of the corridor, then looks down to see the floor is wet before walking to the right. Ron and Hermione run to catch up with him; they stop abruptly as they see numerous spiders scurrying away through a crack in the window.]

Harry: Strange... I've never seen spiders act like that.

Ron: I don't like spiders. [they then glance at something else on the floor] What's that?

Hermione: [they gaze at a puddle of water, where they can see what appears to be bloody writing, then look up at the wall to see foreboding words written in blood which Hermione reads] "The Chamber of Secrets has been opened. Enemies of the Heir, beware." It's written in blood.

Harry: [looks to the left] Oh, no. [Hermione follows Harry's gaze and gasps when she sees what he is seeing; he walks toward a torch on the wall, tied to the torch is Mrs. Norris, frozen and seemingly scared by something] It's Filch's cat. It's Mrs. Norris. [behind them, Percy walks into the corridor, leading the other Gryffindor house students]

"The Chamber of Secrets is opened?" Frank questioned. 

"Poor Mrs. Norris." Alice said. Sirius shrugged. He didn't like the cat.

[Soon enough, the corridor fills with students, who gaze at the bloody writing and Mrs. Norris, Madame Pomfrey expresses horror and shock; Colin gets his camera ready, but Percy stops him.]

Draco: "Enemies of the Heir, beware." [glances at the Gryffindor house students] You'll be next, Mudbloods. [Ron scowls and glares at him]

"What a disgusting kid." Alice states.

Filch: What's going on here? [pushing his way through the crowd] Go on, make way, make way. [glares at Harry] Potter... what are you...? [gazes past Harry at the frozen form of his cat and trembles] Mrs. Norris?[glares at Harry again] You murdered my cat.

Lily gasped. "That's his first thought?! That Harry killed his damn cat?!"

Harry: No. No.

Filch: [as Draco, Crabbe, and Goyle grin] I'll kill you. [smiles wickedly at Harry then grabs him by the shirt] I'll kill you!

"Assault!"

Dumbledore: Argus? [Filch lets go of Harry; the students step aside as Professors Dumbledore, McGonagall, and Snape arrive on the scene] Argus, I... [he glances at the writing on the wall] Everyone will proceed to their dormitories immediately. [the students turn to leave; Harry, Ron, and Hermione follow] Everyone except [Harry, Ron, and Hermione stop] you three. [they turn to face him]

"Why them?" Andromeda questioned, scowling at the screen. "They're just 2nd-years."

Ravenclaw Prefect: Ravenclaws, follow me.

Dumbledore: She's not dead, Argus. [Filch trembles, presumably from relief and confusion] She has been petrified.

Lockhart: Ah. Thought so. So unlucky I wasn't there. I know exactly the countercurse that could've spared her.

Severus rolled his eyes. "Sure you do."

Dumbledore: [smiles and nods] But how she has been petrified I cannot say.

Filch: [gesturing towards Harry] Ask him. It's him that done it. You saw what he wrote on the wall.

Harry: It's not true, sir. I swear. I never touched Mrs. Norris.

Filch: Rubbish.

Snape: If I might, headmaster. Perhaps Potter and his friends were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. However, the circumstances are suspicious. I for one don't recall seeing Potter at dinner.

Most people turn to glare at Severus. 

"Hey, I sort of protected him!" Snape defended. 

Lockhart: I'm afraid that's my doing, Severus. You see, Harry was helping me answer my fanmail.

Hermione: That's why Ron and I went looking for him, Professor. We just found him when he said... [looks at Harry]

Snape: Yes, Ms. Granger?

Harry: When I said I wasn't hungry. [Snape turns towards him] We were heading back to the common room when we found Mrs. Norris. [Snape turns towards Professor Dumbledore]

Dumbledore: Innocent until proven guilty, Severus.

Filch: [as Snape smiles slightly] My cat has been petrified. I want to see some punishment!

"Not on the innocent!" Lily shouted.

Dumbledore: We will be able to cure her, Argus. As I understand it, Madame Sprout has a very healthy growth of Mandrakes. When matured, a potion will be made, which will revive Mrs. Norris. [Filch trembles] And in the meantime, I strongly recommend caution... to all.

[Harry, Ron, and Hermione nod. Moments later, they are walking along the Grand Staircase, as the numerous staircases change.]

Hermione: [as they ascend the stairs] It's a bit strange isn't it?

Harry: "Strange"?

Hermione: [turns to face him] You hear this voice, a voice only you can hear, and then Mrs. Norris turns up petrified. It's just... strange.

Harry: You think I should've told them, Dumbledore and the others, I mean?

"Yes." Lily, James, Sirius, Ted, Alice, Frank, and Peter stated.

"No." Remus, Andromeda, Bellatrix, Narcissa, Severus, and Regulus answered. Both sides looked at each other, surprised that any would go against what they believe to be right.

Ron: Are you mad?

Hermione: No, Harry. Even in the wizarding world, hearing voices isn't a good sign. [turns and walks along]

Man in Painting: She's right, you know. [Harry and Ron glance at him, then walk along]

McGonagall: [at Transfiguration class the next day] Could I have your attention, please? Right. Now, today, we will be transforming animals into water goblets. [Draco shrugs] Like so. [turns to a bird resting on a post to her right, tapping it with her wand as she speaks] One, two, three, Vera Verto. [a stream of magic emits from her wand, and the bird becomes a goblet; the other students express amazement] Now it's your turn? Who would like to go first? [approaches Ron] Ah! Mr. Weasley. One, two, three, Vera Verto.

Ron: Ahem! [silently taps his wand towards Scabbers three times] Vera Verto. [his wand causes Scabbers to turn into a furry goblet with his tail moving around while squeaking; Harry and some of the other students grin and laugh]

McGonagall: [as Ron picks up the Scabbers-goblet] That wand needs replacing, Mr. Weasley. [Hermione raises her hand] Yes, Ms. Granger?

Hermione: Professor, I was wondering if you could tell us about the Chamber of Secrets. [Draco gives Hermione a surprised look]

"I half expected her to know what it was." Sirius admitted sheeplishly.

McGonagall: [glancing around the room and seeing that the students look somewhat interested] Very well. Well, you all know, of course, that Hogwarts was founded over a thousand years ago by the four greatest witches and wizards of the age: Godric Gryiffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Salazar Slytherin. Now three of the founders coexisted quite harmoniously. One did not.Ron: [turns to Harry] Three guesses who.

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

Hermione: Muggle-borns. [Professor McGonagall points her wand at her in an affirmative gesture]

"That's terrible." Lily exclaimed. Mary had her hand covering her mouth, horrified. 

McGonagall: Well, naturally the school has been searched many times. No such Chamber has been found. [turns and walks back to her desk]Hermione: Professor, [Professor McGonagall turns around] what exactly does legend tell us lies within the Chamber?

McGonagall: Well, the Chamber is said to be home to something that only the Heir of Slytherin can control. It is said to be the home of a monster. [Hermione feels a sense of dread at these words; a horrified Ron turns around to look at Draco, who grins smugly at him]

Ron: [as he, Harry, and Hermione walk down the corridor] Do you think it's true? Do you really think there is a Chamber of Secrets?

Hermione: Yes. Couldn't you tell? McGonagall's worried. All the teachers are.

Harry: [as Draco, Crabbe, and Goyle walk down the corridor behind them] But if there really is a Chamber of Secrets, and it really has been opened, then that means...

Hermione: The Heir of Slytherin has returned to Hogwarts. The question is, who is it?

"Draco?" Sirius guessed. Narcissa scoffed. 

"Please, surely our founder's heir is more mature than him." She stated. Sirius looked shocked.

"You say that about your own son?!?"

"He won't be mine. I'll raise him better this time." Narcissa claimed. 

Ron: [as Draco and Goyle walk past them, with Crabbe running to keep up] Let's think... [glances at their adversaries as they pass] who do we know who thinks all Muggle-borns are scum?

Hermione: If you're talking about Malfoy...

Ron: Of course! You heard him: "You'll be next, mudbloods."

Hermione: I heard him. But Malfoy, the Heir of Slytherin?

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

Ron: Crabbe and Goyle must know. Maybe we could trick them into telling.

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

Severus rolled his eyes. "Naturally." He drawled.