Harry Potter Series Rewrite (x Reader Insert) The Chamber of Secrets Pt.4
Summary: Things at Hogwarts change drastically as talk of a Chamber spread throughout the castle. Your twin is suspected as an heir, and you're getting odd looks when you walk the halls. With all of the nightmares, noises, and visions, it begins to take a toll on you. You wonder if you're becoming way too familiar with darkness...
Disclaimers: I do not own any sort of Harry Potter rights. I don't want to be sued for copywrite. Credit to the author, writers, directors, AI, Jesus Christ, and all who may be of concern. Note that I am basing this series off of the movies, not the books (as I dodge tomatoes coming my way) I'm sorry, I'm a slacker and still have not read the books, though I plan to in the future. There is no "x reader" romantic pairing in this series, really. (for now...) It's just the story of Harry Potter, but with you inserted as a main character, fitting right into the golden trio. (now.. a quartet?)
Parts 1-3 are on my page! (There's not much there, so it's easy to find!) Happy reading!
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It's late at night, and you are in the library, reorganizing some of the ancient books that had been misplaced by thoughtless students. This was intended to be your "detention" time, but you secretly wondered if Professor McGonagall had a soft spot for you. You loved the library. Not nearly as much as Hermione, but loved it nonetheless. You put away the last book from your cart, when your blood suddenly runs cold. The castle screamed, its magic going haywire. At the same time, that space near your ribs sears hot with fire. You double over in pain, shutting your eyes and grabbing onto the bookshelf nearest to you. A Hufflepuff girl rounds the corner and sees you in pain. She drops her books and runs to you, placing a hand on your shoulder. "Are you alright?" The noise begins to die down some, but there's still agony vocalizing itself through the walls of Hogwarts. You open your eyes and look at the first-year student. Nodding your head, you whisper, "Yes, I'm ok. Thank you for checking on me." She didn't look too convinced, but you just smile at her and pick up her books for her before heading into the halls.
You follow the noise, the noise that only you can hear. You round a corner and literally run into your brother, who looked like he was scaling the walls. You were relieved he was ok. "Harry, something's terribly wrong." His eyes go wide before asking. "You hear the voice, too?" Your brows furrow in confusion. "Voice? What voice?" Before he can answer the question, his face pales as he, you assume, hears this supposed voice again. Ron and Hermione round the same corner. "We have to go, I think it's going to kill!" Harry exclaims before running down the hall. "Kill?" Ron asks as the three of you chase after him. After a couple of turns, you are stopped dead in your tracks. The screams of the castle have died down to a whimper, but your ribs still burn. The three of you see a trail of spiders fleeing the scene, they feel scared...The gasps of your friends makes you look up. Your eyes go wide as you read aloud, "THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS HAS BEEN OPENED. ENEMIES OF THE HEIR...BEWARE". A cold sweat breaks on your forehead and you whisper the last word. "It's written in blood." Hermione notes with a somber look on her face. You had been so caught up in the noise, pain, and blood...that you didn't even notice the cat hanging by its tail near you.
Suddenly, you're surrounded. Students and professors alike, all with scared and suspicious looks on their faces. Of course, your brother is blamed immediately. For the message, and for the "murder" of Mrs. Norris. "She's not dead, Mr. Filch. I believe she's just been petrified." You tried to reason with the angry man, but he turned his head sharply your way, his hand still on your brother's shoulder. "I didn't ask you, girl!" Before you can argue with him, Professor Dumbledore interupts. With the help of your friends and, surprisingly, Snape, Harry is proven innocent...for now. You and your trio of friends make your way back to the dorms through the dark stairwells. Hermione voices her concerns. "For you to be hearing voices right before Mr. Norris is petrified...it's strange." "Should I have told them?" Harry asks, looking at you first. You simply shake your head as Ron answers, "Are you mad??" "No, Harry! Even in the wizarding world, hearing voices isn't a good sign...", Hermione ended ominously before leaving you all behind. Ron continues on behind her, but you stick with Harry. "Do you think I'm going mad?" Harry asks you. You gran his hand and continue up the stairs before answering with a smirk, "I'm your sister, Harry. I always I think you're mad." Though your words were meant to be light, you could see the struggle on your twin's face. You squeeze his hand, causing him to look up at you. With a more serious countenance you tell him, "Harry, I don't know what or who you are hearing, but I do know that something has gone terribly wrong here at Hogwarts." He furrows his brow in confusion, so you add, "Before I ran into you in the hall tonight, I felt something awful...powerful even. It about knocked me over. I can't explain what it is, but I do know that something evil is lurking around, and it's not you, brother." Your words seem to impact him. He nods as you guys approach the common room before heading to bed.
The next day you are all in Transfiguration class with Professor McGonagall, learning how to turn your pets into goblets. An odd thing to need to know, in your opinion, but whatever. The skilled professor shows you all how it's done, then calls on Ron to give it a whirl. He counts to three before reciting, "Vera Verto!" To no one's surprise, it doesn't quite work. Scabber's squeaks fill the room as he's turned into a hairy half-goblet monstrosity. Professor McGonagall informs Ron he needs a new wand before locking eyes on you. With a smile she suggests, "How about you, Miss Potter?" You take a look at your black cat Echo, who simply looks back at you as if awaiting your answer. You give him a single pet on the head before asking, "Professor? What can you tell us about the Chamber of Secrets?" After what happened yesterday, as well as the nightmares that kept you up all night, you were curious. The class went silent, everyone anticipating the answer. Professor McGonagall's eyes went dark for a second before she started speaking.
She began to tell the story of the creation of Hogwarts. How 1/4 of the founders believed that only "pureblood" children deserved to attend Hogwarts and learn about magic. You can feel Malfoy's eyes burning a hole in the back of your head, but you ignore him. You listen as the wise woman tells you that the original Slytherin "supposedly" built a chamber within Hogwarts, then sealed it up until his true heir returned to open it. That a terrible monster would be released, and would "purge" the school of all it deemed unworthy. Your breath catches as your ribs flare with a dull pain at the word, "monster". Of course, she concludes that no such chamber has been found, and that it is all simply a ledgend. You don't buy it, because you've seen it...even if you can't quite tell what it is yet.
The next few days were a journey for you. Harry almost died during his tournament (which was becoming an awful habit), more children were being petrified, and now...the school knows that your twin can communicate with snakes. It happened during a class about dueling. Professor Lockhart was teaching...for some reason. Of course, Harry and Malfoy get called to duel. It doesn't take long before the boys are flinging each other across the walk, instead of simply disarming each other as instructed. For whatever reason, Malfoy decided to conjure a serpent. It slithered across the walkway to a boy. You're not quite sure his name, but he's in Hufflepuff. As Harry walked up to the creature and started speaking, the room soon is filled with horrified looks on their faces. Though the words you hear from Harry's lips are foriegn, you somehow understand what he's saying. Perhaps one of those freaky twin things. No one knows what Harry is saying, and the whole situation looks bad. "The heir..." you hear whispered from a few different people.
The next few weeks become a blur of fear and darkness. More attacks, more "muggle-born" children petrified, and more whispers in the halls about your brother. "Is he truly the heir of Slytherin?" Everyone wondered. Harry, Ron, and Hermione (well, mostly Hermione) had spent a whole month brewing a Polyjuice potion in order to turn themselves into other people in order to get some information from Draco. You decided against joining them directly for a few different reasons. However, you spent all the time you could helping Hermione with the potion itself. The planned worked...sort of. Hermione accidently grabbed cat hair, which landed her a trip to the hospital wing. The boys got some useful information, however. The biggest takeaway is that this is not the first time that the Chamber of Secrets has been opened. That a student was expelled and another was murdered because of it. The last few weeks have also been restless for you. Nightmares keep you up at night, and weird things have been happening around you during the day. Paintings stop talking when you're near, the hall torches flicker slightly when you walk the halls, and that damned spot near your ribs burns more frequently than ever, especially when you walk down a particular hall. You've also discovered a new ability that comes with your "listening" magic. When you touch the walls of the castle, you get these...visions. Or memories, perhaps. It was all quite overwhelming.
You're in the common room one night whilst everyone is eating. You can't seem to focus on anything right now, with how much pain you're in and the lack of sleep you're receiving. You lay on the couch, hand rubbing at the spot, when you hear footsteps. You look up to see Hermione walking towards you. You sit up and give her your best smile, which isn't much right now. "Hello. Everything ok?" You ask as she takes a seat next to you. She takes in a breath before facing you. "You skipped dinner...again." Your eyes downcast at her words, hoping no one had noticed your absence. "Oh, did I?" You ask, trying to play it off, but your best friend doesn't look convinced, and your bracelet lights up slightly. You sigh and place your hand on your ribs absentmindedly before whispering, "Hermione, I think there's something wrong with me." You can't look at her as she processes your words. Finally, she catches your attention with one word. "No." Your eyes shoot over towards her, and you see a concentrated look on her face as she stares into the kindling fire. Before you can even try to respond to that, she finally looks at you. "I think you're seeing things that most people can't. This...gift of yours...as incredible as it is, isn't always the best for your wellbeing." She seemed to trail off. The more you sit in silence, the harder it gets for you to breathe. Tears gloss your eyes, and Hermione notices. She puts a hand over your own, your bracelets both glowing. "But y/n...it doesn't mean that your broken...or dark." You didn't realize how much you needed to hear those words. With all of the noises you've been hearing and the memories that have violated your mind, the darkness surrounding them all has become all too familiar with you...









