Together [HP]

"Do you know what you're doing, Jacqueline?" Yuna turned around and walked towards the faculty lounge, Jacqueline and the others had to trot behind her.

"Yes, Professor." Jacqueline nodded, "That monster is..."

Before she could finish her sentence, she felt a gust of cold air pouring from her head to her feet.

"Don't say anything." Yuna ordered the three of them, then opened the door of the faculty lounge, and pushed the three of them in first.

There are already many teachers inside, some confused, some a little bit out of their minds, but strangely, no one seems to see them.Before the two boys could speak, Jacqueline pulled them into a corner.

"The Invisibility Charm," she whispered.Harry and Ron nodded quickly.

Soon, Professor McGonagall rushed over.

"Something happened again," she said to the silent teachers in the room. "A student was kidnapped by a monster. He was taken directly into the secret room."

Professor Flitwick let out a scream.Professor Sprout put his hands over his mouth abruptly.Snape gripped the back of a chair tightly and asked, "How can you be sure?"

"The heir of Slytherin," said Professor McGonagall with a very pale face, "left another line. Just below the last paragraph, it read: Her bones will remain in the Chamber of Secrets forever."

Professor Flitwick couldn't help crying.

"Who is it?" Mrs. Hooch slumped in a chair with her knees limp. "Which student is it?"

"Ginny Weasley," said Professor McGonagall.

Ron fell soundlessly to the floor beside them.

"We have to send all the students home tomorrow," said Professor McGonagall. "That's the end of Hogwarts. Dumbledore used to say..."

The door to the staff lounge was slammed open again.Lockhart walked in with a smile on his face.

"Sorry, took a nap, I missed something"

He didn't seem to notice that the other teachers were staring at him with what could be called hatred.Snape took a step forward.

"Here comes the solver," he said, "and this is it. Lockhart, a girl was taken by monsters. Led into the Chamber of Secrets. Your time has come at last to show your brilliance."

Lockhart's face turned pale.

"Yes, Gilderoy," interposed Professor Sprout, "didn't you say last night that you knew exactly where the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets was?"

"I, this, this, I..." Lohachi stammered.

"Didn't you tell me you were sure you knew what the monster was in there?" Professor Flitwick interjected.

"I, did I say that? I don't remember..."

"Of course I remember what you said. You said it was a pity you didn't get to take on the monster before Hagrid was captured," Snape said. "Didn't you also say that the whole thing was messed up? Should I have let you handle it from the beginning?"

Lockhart stared dumbfounded at his stern-faced colleagues. "I, I really never have, you probably misunderstood..."

"Then, Gilderoy, we'll let you handle it," said Professor McGonagall. "Tonight is your chance to show your talents. We promise to let no one get in your way. You can do it alone." That monster. Now it's finally free for you to do it."

Lockhart looked around desperately, but no one came to his rescue.He doesn't look handsome at all now.His lips were trembling, his face lost the usual smile with bright teeth, his chin was shrunken, and he looked thin and haggard.

"Okay then," he said, "I... I'm going to my office, get ready, get ready." He left the room with that.

"Come on," said Professor McGonagall, her nostrils flapping and snorting, "out of his way at last. The Heads of Houses are going to inform the students of what has happened. Tell them, the Hogwarts Express The train will take them home early tomorrow morning. The other teachers will make sure that no student is left outside the dormitory."

After Professor McGonagall gave the order, the teachers stood up and left one by one.

"I guess." Snape and Yuna were left behind, and he turned his head to look at the corner where Jacqueline and the others were hiding, "You, want Jacqueline to stay in your office, don't you?"

"Maybe." Yuna nodded at him with a smile.

"Let her be careful." Snape finished, opened the door and went out.

"What are your plans?" Yuna whispered, and Jacqueline felt that the cold feeling in her body was gone.

"Go and find the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets," Jacqueline swallowed, "prove it wasn't the Slytherin students who did it."

"You need a teacher to escort you to that place." Yuna glanced at her. "I think you all know where Lockhart's office is."

"I know." Jacqueline nodded quickly, and asked before Yuna walked out of the lounge, "But, Professor, I thought you..."

"I'm not forbidding you to take risks, Jacqueline, I just hope you're ready."

"Are we really going to find Lockhart?" Ron asked when Yuna was gone. "I mean, he doesn't look very safe."

"Hopefully he will, a little more than telling a story," Jacqueline replied with a smile.