Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Capter 12 The Polyjuice Potion

Hagrid bursts into Dumbledores office and protests that Harry did not petrify Justin and Nick. Dumbledore believes the same and so Hagrid left. Dumbledore simply asks Harry if there is something Harry would like to tell him. Harry declines this kindhearted offer. Christmas comes and Harry, Hermione and the Weasleys stay at Hogwarts as well as Draco and his companions. After the Christmas feast the trio drinks the finished polyjuice potion. Hermione stays behind for some reason while Ron and Harry go in search of the Slytherin Common Room. When they reach their destination they talk with Malfoy and discover their suspicions are not true. Upon returning to the girls' bathroom they find Hermione has turned into a cat.

"I must ask you, Harry, whether there is anything you'd like to tell me," he said gently, "Anything at all."
Harry didn't know what to say, He thought of Malfoy shouting, "You'll be next, Mudbloods!" and of the Polyjuice Potion simmering away in Moaning Myrtle's bathroom. Then he thought of the disembodied voice he had heard twice and remembered Ron had said: "Hearing voices no one else can hear isn't a good sign, even in the wizarding world" He thought, too, about what everyone was saying about him, and his growing dread that he was somehow connected with Salazar Slytherin....
"No," said Harry, "There isn't anything, Professor...."

Oh, Harry, just say it all. Dumbledore wants to help, he wants to listen.

Fred and George, however, found all this very funny. They went out of their way to march ahead of Harry down the corridors, shouting, "Make way for the Heir of Slytherin, seriously evil wizard coming through...."
Percy was deeply disproving of this behavior.
"It is not a laughing matter," he said coldly.
"Oh, get out of the way, Percy," said Fred "Harry's in a hurry."
"Yeah, he's off to the Chamber of Secrets for a cup of tea with his fanged servant," said George, chortling.
Ginny didn't find it amusing either.
"Oh, don't," she wailed every time Fred asked Harry loudly who he planning to attack next, or when George pretended to ward Harry off with a large clove of garlic when they met.

Oh thank the world for Fred and George. They can bring a smile in the darkest times. 2 points each.
And we know why both Percy and Ginny are upset by these things. Percy is too serious and Ginny is being possessed by Mister Tom Riddle.

I wish we had a happier, lighthearted Christmas chapter in this book.

"Excuse me," said Ron, hurrying up to her. "We've forgotten the way to our common room."
"I beg your pardon?" said the girl stiffly. "Our common room? I'm in Ravenclaw."
She walked away, looking suspiciously back at them.


"What're you doing down here?" said Ron in surprise.
Percy look afronted.
"That," he said stiffly, "is none of you business. It's Crabbe, isn't it?"

Mehehehehe Percy and Penelope!

" -- last time the Chamber of Secrets was opened, a Mudblood died. So I bet it's a matter of time before one of them's killed this time.... I hope it's Granger," he said with relish.
Ron was clenching Crabbe's gigantic fists.


SQUEE. Ron. :D

Also, Myrtle!