Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
say-chan version : Alexis Flamel
disclaimer: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets belongs to the
great J. K. Rowling. Thank you so much
for creating such a wonderful series.
prologue - "the letter"
Robes of emerald green paced vigorously across the carpeted floor. Candles lit the area with a low dimmed light. A tall hat and half moon spectacles gleamed as the moonlight shone on a white-haired man, his beard almost touching the floor with its length.
A phoenix was resting on its stool, books were untidily piled up in the corners of the dusty bookshelves behind it. The soft tinkling sound of the wind chimes was heard as a smooth wind breeze furrowed to the west. The wind from the open window made the flames of the candles flutter.
A black owl suddenly perched on the window pane. It had clean raven black feathers. Its icy yellow eyes stared at the man with frigidness.
"Dagger, yes, I have been expecting you. Do you have anything from your master?"
The owl hooted coldly as it fluttered towards the wide desk next to the man. It extended its leg to him. A piece of parchment was neatly rolled up and tied to it.
"Thank you. Can you please stay for a while? I might need you to send a letter back."
As if understood, the owl hooted a yes as the bearded man detached the piece of parchment and began to unroll it slowly. He adjusted his half-moon spectacles up his bridged nose and began to read the letter, written in scarlet red ink. It was a sign of death.
A cat entered the room and sat on the desk right next to the owl. The owl stared coldly at the cat because it seemed like it was reading off the piece of parchment in the man's hands.
"Good Evening, Minerva," the bearded man said, referring to the cat that sat stiffly on the desk. There was a flash of greenish blue light. The cat vanished and instead, there was a woman, hair tightly wrapped and pinned to the back of her head, wearing square-shaped glasses and robes of dark magenta. She looked at him with disbelief.
"Is she... alive?," she asked slowly.
"I believe so, Minerva.," he answered with a heavy sigh
"She is safe... is she?"
He kept silent for a few minutes. It seemed like time froze as he paused.
"I believe not.," he finally answered. He stood up and started pacing around the room again. A pair of cold yellow eyes was watching him. The owl hooted as he suddenly stopped and walked towards his desk He took a clean piece of parchment from one of his desk drawers and a quill that rested on top of an ink bottle with raven black ink He started to write.
'My dearest niece,' he began.
"You're not going to, Albus...," the woman interrupted.
"Do you have any more suggestions?," he asked as he looked up from the parchment and to her eyes. The woman kept silent as he went back to what he was writing.
'My sincerest apologies, Alexis, for losing him. He was a friend--- a great friend to me. He helped me become what I am today. I, too, lament for his loss.
Now that he is gone, I take full responsibility of you, as you said in your letter, it was his last will. I best believe that you will be safer here, amidst the walls of Hogwarts, School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. In addition to that, I shall be easier to reach and well--- keep an eye on you.
You shall start the second term together with the rest of the second years. Please aboard the Hogwarts Express on September 1st, at King's Cross Station, at the platform nine and three quarters. Two experienced wizards shall escort you on your way. Good Luck.
P.S. Enclosed is the list of your school things this year,
With Love,
Uncle Albus'
He rolled the piece of parchment up after putting his eagle feather quill down. The raven black owl stood still as he fastened the rolled parchment on its leg
"Go now, Dagger."
say-chan's | notes:
konnichiwa, minna! tadaimasu ne! i'm back from this very long vacation i've been through. firefly is still under construction. oh well, i was supposing i was gonna finish it by christmas. tough luck. even walk me home is under both reconstruction and editing. i hope they'll be done soon, don't you think?
anywayz, whew, that was too tiring! i had to repeat the whole thing because i lost the first draft! gomen, minna for the delay. well, i hope this is much better. thanks to the people i never forget to mention twin, sboyzZz, hokage, zoners, sms and other peepz out there (kotaro!!!)
thanks to chinaeyes for being such a patient editor! arigatou gozaimasu!
to azure... galit ka pa ba?
later much!
say-chan