Ravenclaw's Sapphire

They went to see Padma Patil first.The girl was leaning on the pillow, staring blankly at the ceiling, holding the snow-white sheet in her hand, she was immersed in her own world, until Dumbledore and the others sat beside her, and it took several minutes before she turned back God came, and looked at Dumbledore in horror.

"Professor... I, I have to confess to you." She bit her lip nervously, "I think I... opened the secret room."

Harry just wanted to speak, Dumbledore stopped him, he looked at Padma with encouraging eyes, Padma faltered, she struggled to recall the memory of the fault before she was petrified.

"I don't quite remember when it happened. I suddenly had a diary with a black cover... It seems that it was not long after the sorting ceremony. At first I just used it to take notes, but I found that the words written on it The text disappeared the next day...I thought it was a prank until the diary, the diary responded to me, it said it could tell me more knowledge...I locked the diary." Padma Looking haggard and disturbed, "I should have destroyed it then! This dubious magic item is likely to cause harm to wizards, these are common sense! But I don't know why I didn't do that... I actually put it back It was taken out."

"After that, I often lose my memory for a period of time. Every time I come back to my senses, I appear in a strange place. I think I have been manipulated, but I can't find anyone to help me..." At this time, Professor McGonagall said, "In this case, why don't you come to ask the professors for help, we will help you..."

"But it's gone, on Halloween night!" Padma sobbed, "I was going to go to the professor the next day—any one, as long as he can give me a little help, by the way Suspicious diary handed in. But the next day it suddenly disappeared from my desk and I can't find it anywhere and I'm terrified...Mrs. Norris was petrified that night! I think That's what I did, because I can't remember a certain period of memory, and Zoe was suspected by others, but I dare not stand up and clarify, what if I am suspected because of this? I have no way to prove it, I even The diary used as evidence is gone. I only think about myself... I dare not tell anyone about this, and I live in a muddle every day, and then one day..." She trembled, her eyes protruding from fear, " I was washing up in the bathroom, I heard a hissing sound in my head, I saw the monster's eyes through the water in the sink, and then I didn't know anything..."

She looked at the two professors with red eyes: "This is all I know, I, I will be expelled and driven home, right?" She pretended to be calm, "I will be ready to leave ..."

Dumbledore reached out to stop her. His attitude was very gentle, and he successfully calmed Padma's frustration: "No one will be expelled, Miss Patil. At your age, it is very important to be able to resist the temptation and choose to refuse." It's rare, there are many adult wizards who can't do this, you should be proud of yourself."

"But I have done so many excessive things..."

"You're just being manipulated!" Harry couldn't help but say.

"Harry is right, and I will tell you what happened later. Take a good rest, you need to recover, your sister is very worried about you." Padma bowed her head guiltily.Madam Pomfrey came over to comfort her, Dumbledore stood up first, it was time to give her some privacy.

*****

"I think Madam Pomfrey would prefer you to stay in bed, Miss Granger."

"Hermione!" Harry ran over, and Hermione sat on a chair wrapped in a blanket, looking much better, and she was back to the agile girl she was before.Seeing Harry, she smiled.She gave Harry a look, and Zoe was lying on the bed next to him, breathing shallowly.Harry was glad she looked popular this time, at least not like a corpse.

"You solved it, didn't you? That bathroom, where I was going to brew the potion, turned out to be the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets." She whispered to Harry, "That girl... the one named Luna, she One step ahead of me, when I saw her lying on the bathroom floor, I couldn't even make a sound."

"Zoe will be fine. I asked Madam Pomfrey, and she was a little confused about what was wrong with her. She said that she seemed to be mentally exhausted. What did you experience in the Chamber of Secrets?" She noted Catches Harry's gaze and explains to him.

Harry told her about the experience of the group, and when he said that Lockhart had attacked Professor McGonagall and then blew up the tunnel to kill himself, Hermione covered her mouth and looked shocked.Then she abandoned the way of defending Lockhart all the time, she finally saw through Lockhart, this man who was nothing but skin.

"This is too much, I actually admired this kind of person!" She said angrily, and then looked back at Professor McGonagall worriedly, who stood aside and talked with Dumbledore, "Professor McGonagall, is she all right? Was hit head-on by the Forgotten Curse, did she receive treatment?"

Harry whispered to her about Professor McGonagall's decisive performance along the way, but he didn't dare to speak out. Professor McGonagall would not want others to talk about her in private, even if it was to praise her.

Hermione was a good listener, and she adored Professor McGonagall's performance ("That's the real wizard, Harry!") She even thanked the Sorting Hat for putting her in Gryffindor, What Harry needs to worry about is that Hermione has turned from a fan of Lockhart to Professor McGonagall, but he doesn't want to stop her. He thinks Hermione's performance is very interesting, which makes him relax.

When she heard Harry enter the Chamber of Secrets, she became nervous again. When he told her that he found Zoe lying unconscious on the ground, she crossed her fingers in a prayer position.Her eyes widened when she heard Harry being attacked and unconscious.

"Oh my god! I didn't expect... This is too thrilling! And you survived, and the mysterious man died! Did you see the person who attacked you?"

"No, he's wearing a hood, and he's covered in baggy robes," Harry mused, "but he seems to have blond hair, and I can see gold leaking out of the hood."

"But, Harry, if that man was an accomplice of You-Know-Who, why did he betray in the end? You are still alive, why would he let you go?" Hermione frowned, "He's still in this castle huh? Who the hell is he?"

"I don't know, but I heard Professor Dumbledore say there will be a check. It's unlikely he'll stay at Hogwarts, especially when everyone's braced for him."

The two were talking, when a cough came from Zooey's direction, Hermione jumped up from the chair, ran to Zooey's side, and found that she was pale, and her mouth was whimpering, Hermione held her hands Putting it on Zoe's forehead, "It's so hot!" She quickly withdrew her hand.

Harry brought Madam Pomfrey over, and Madam Pomfrey gave Hermione a large glass of green liquid, which looked extremely disgusting, and she asked Hermione to help Zoe drink the potion, "She will be better Yes, her brain is a bit overheated, this is not just casual talk." Madam Pomfrey walked to Luna's bedside, Luna can be said to be the most seriously injured person among all present, her memory was disturbed by malicious, The tampering, accompanied by considerable concussion, Madam Pomfrey had to carefully sort out Luna's memories and adjust them piece by piece, which cannot be done casually.

The pointer on the clock jumps to where it should go on time, which means that the students are about to finish class.Madam Pomfrey raised her waist, and warned Dumbledore sternly: "I need an absolutely quiet environment, Albus. You can't let those monkey cubs run around here, the patients need to rest."

"Of course, Poppy." Dumbledore blinked, and Harry intuitively thought he was addressing him, "but I invited a family member or two, you know, who are more worried about the safety of these children than anyone .”

"As long as you don't disturb me, feel free."

Sure enough, Dumbledore spoke to Harry, and he asked him to come out with Hermione saying goodbye to him behind him.Opening the door, Harry was surprised to see two middle-aged men facing each other, with expressions on their faces that seemed to tear each other apart.The only woman present took her husband's arm like a noose to the angry horse Arthur Weasley - he was about to confuse that flushed face with the pale one of Lucius Malfoy. Faces bumped into each other, and the tips of their noses were close at hand, only glaring at each other.