Ravenclaw's Sapphire

Should I say it was very lucky or very unlucky, Harry and Ron had just left the principal's office, and when they were less than 20 meters away from the gargoyle, they saw the approaching flames. They hurried forward and encountered Hogwarts' last The strict but most reliable Professor McGonagall, she is looking around with a serious face, carefully confirming every corner.The appearance of Harry and the others caused a moment of chaos. Professor McGonagall put the Armor Charm on herself at a dizzying speed, and then shot a beam of light from her wand, and Ron, who was running in the front, hit On top, stiffened and passed out.She didn't even say a spell, and then she aimed her wand at Harry.

"God, Potter! Why... Weasley!" She looked at Harry, who was stupefied with his hands up in front of him, with a face of astonishment. She opened her eyes and looked at Ron, who had been stunned. Tongue crooked neck fell to the ground.

Professor McGonagall stood still only for a split second, and then there was a sudden fury on that face, and she clutched the torch so tightly that her fingertips were white, and she strode up to the boys and gave Ron Undoing the spell, she growled in her sharp soprano voice: "I need an explanation... no, no explanation. Potter and Weasley, I should have said that you are not allowed to leave the lounge after six o'clock, you guys It is a serious violation, Gryffindor will deduct [-] points, and you two will be demerited at the same time! Now go back to the lounge for me, I will watch you two go back, if you dare to violate the rules, I will let you expel! If it is not because of Dumbledore Lido is not here, I have already..."

She seemed to scold them all the way back, with an astonishing momentum like thunder.In order for her to calm down and listen to them, Harry waved his arms in a panic. Ron stood there sluggishly, and Gryffindor deducted two hundred points!Not to mention No.1, Gryffindor will only be at the bottom.

At this time, footsteps sounded from behind, and Harry clearly saw a look of boredom flashing across Professor McGonagall's face. Lockhart appeared from the corner humming a ditty, and was surprised when he saw the two boys, but he immediately Showing a hearty smile, he walked up to the three of them.

"Professor Lockhart, I have something to do with these two students..." Professor McGonagall was about to leave when Lockhart interrupted her.

"Aha! The lads are looking forward to an adventure, right? Think of exploring with torches in an old castle, and preparing some future fantasy stories along the way, you little naughty ones, I have had this kind of passion before. time." Lockhart thought he had seen through the reason why the two appeared here, and said tolerantly: "My dear lady, I think we should treat the students more gently, they will be fine, the entire castle is now under martial law, Monsters can't escape our grasp."

"They're students of our college, Professor Lockhart, and I'll take care of them," said Professor McGonagall, almost without emotion in her voice.

"It's not like that, please listen to us, Professor McGonagall!" Although Harry hated Lockhart, he did thank Lockhart for temporarily deflecting Professor McGonagall's anger and giving them a chance to speak out about their true purpose here.

"We found the location of the Chamber of Secrets, Professor!" Professor McGonagall was shocked, "What?!" The smile on Lockhart's face disappeared, and his expression was almost frozen on his face.

"Are you sure?" She was very serious, "If you are just looking for a pretense to escape punishment, I swear I will let you drop out of school." She looked at the two boys suspiciously.

"We swear, Professor! Everything we said is true. We would like to ask you to come with us. Siegel is already waiting for us there." Professor McGonagall's face twitched, as if to her He couldn't believe it when he heard the name, "Siegel is actually involved? You bold guys!"

Professor McGonagall thought about it for a while. She has always been a swift and decisive woman. "Okay, let's go with you first. I want to let that dark wizard and that basilisk taste the power of my spell." She squeezed The magic wand, with sharp eagle eyes, seemed to have caught the prisoner and was thinking of how to punish him.

At this moment Lockhart suddenly jumped out, and Harry looked at him in amazement as if he had lost all light, his head was sweating from anxiety, and the dazzling blond hair stuck to his forehead, which made him look extremely embarrassed: " You go first, Minerva, I think I can help you inform the others so that they can catch up quickly."

A slight smile emerged from the corner of Professor McGonagall's mouth: "Don't say that, Professor Lockhart, you are such a powerful wizard, we all need your help to get through the difficulties before us, you have defeated werewolves, vampires, Banshee, troll, you have written so many books, and you are the winner of so many awards. Take out your wand, let us follow you, don't you want to run away." She looked at Luo playfully. Hart.

Lockhart's eyes wandered, he stammered, and kept backing away, but because of the high hat Professor McGonagall put on him, he held his breath and wanted to put on a show.In the end, he gave up the idea of ​​bragging. He knows how much Lockhart weighs. Let alone a basilisk, he can't even deal with a slightly stronger snake, so what if there is Mag, He didn't want to lose his life there.

"Minerva, I..." Just when Lockhart was about to refuse, Professor McGonagall didn't want to continue entangled with him, and her voice returned to her previous toughness: "How about it, Professor Lockhart, We need manpower now, would you like to help?"

"I, I... well, what good is it for you, Minerva." He wanted to ask the two boys for help, but they pretended not to see him.Dejected, Lockhart followed the three slowly, giving in for the time being.

*****

When they came to the door of the bathroom on the second floor, they saw Zoe put on an impatient face, and kept pushing Myrtle out of the bathroom, "Are you finally willing to come? I don't know where and How long has this damned ghost been together... Good evening, Professor McGonagall." Seeing Professor McGonagall, she changed his face faster than turning the pages of a book, and immediately saluted her respectfully.She ignored him as if she hadn't seen Lockhart appear.If she hated Voldemort first, the heir second, and Lockhart third, even Harry had to be pushed down.

"Miss Siegel, I really can't believe that you, who have always followed the rules, would do such a thing." Professor McGonagall had a complicated expression.

"Professor, the injured person is my friend. She was injured to protect my honor. It is impossible for me to ignore this situation." Zoe said firmly. After hearing her answer, from Professor McGonagall's A gentle smile flashed across his face, as if it had never appeared before.She scowled, "No matter what reason you have, Ravenclaw will deduct fifty points for this."

"She's so unfair, we each get [-] points!" Ron whispered to Harry.

"No way, if Hermione was caught instead of us, she would do the same, she likes them." Harry was also helpless.

Myrtle kept yelling, "This girl is going to kill me! I'm going to die!" Harry had to remind her of the fact that she was dead, but instead of acknowledging Myrtle, she started crying Screaming until Professor McGonagall cast a silencing spell on her, leaving her mouth open, her expression constantly changing, but unable to make a sound.She shook her fist angrily at Professor McGonagall, and swished back into the toilet.

"We're going to find the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets." Ron was about to act, and then he received Zoe's contemptuous look: "What do you think I'm doing here so early? Playing splashing games with Myrtle? I'm looking for All over the bathroom—here, look at that brass faucet, the one with the little snake carved on the side, I think that's the one."

"Now we have to open it."

"How?" Harry asked.

"Think about what kind of person Slytherin is. He is a Parseltongue who controls basilisks, and his heir must also be a Parseltongue. Only a Parseltongue can open this mechanism." She walked to the faucet, "Let I come."

"Turn on."

Except for Harry, everyone heard the inhuman language that Zoe squeezed out of her throat, it was like the hiss of a snake.Accompanied by the language of the snake, there was a dazzling white light, which erupted from the faucet, and then the whole washbasin began to change. They twisted and disappeared like a mirage, and a thick water pipe appeared, with enough space , enough for adults to get in too.