HP – Chapter 201: Professor Silverbell

HP – Chapter 201: Professor Silverbell

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"Dialogue"

'Thoughts'

-Author's notes-

Chapter 201: Professor Silverbell

“My apologies, Professor, I didn't know you were a... never mind... I didn't know there were any gnomes living in Magical Britain... the only ones I have ever seen are those garden gnomes the Weasleys are always beating with sticks.”

The face of the tiny professor became red with anger. “Do not compare me with those... THINGS!”

“Harry...” Dumbledore sighed. “Why don't you let me do the talking?”

That was the Headmaster's polite way of telling him to shut up.

“Right...” Harry agreed. It's not like he was trying to argue with the tiny old man on purpose.

“Since we are all here, why don't we get started? I’m sure Professor Silverbell is a very busy person.” Dumbledore escorted them outside his office.

“I would like to go first to the area where the anomalous activity has been the strongest,” the professor said.

Dumbledore glanced at Harry first. “Well... that would be the Chamber of Secrets then... this way, the entrance is not too far.” He'd rather not mention it was in a girls' bathroom, and perhaps the old gnome would not notice.

When they were about to begin walking, something very important occurred to Harry. “Wait!” He exclaimed all of a sudden.

The two professors looked at him.

“Is there a problem, Harry?” Dumbledore asked.

“No, I just... I need to use the bathroom, it's very urgent!” He took a few steps and turned around. “Just wait for me here, I won't take long!” He took off running.

Professor Silverbell glanced up at Dumbledore with a displeased expression. “Is this really the brilliant student you wanted to accompany us?”

'What is wrong with me today?... I keep breaking things...' He didn't think he had hit the desk too hard.

As much as he wanted to find out more about these changes, there was a much more pressing matter right now.

“Dobby.”

The elf appeared in front of him.

“Master Harry! What can Dobby do for you?”

“I have an urgent job for you. I need you to enter the Chamber of Secrets and clean the main chamber. There should be a huge mess from yesterday's ritual... like blood, materials, and other stuff. You need to go in there and remove as much as possible before Dumbledore gets there. Do you understand?”

“Dobby understands, Master Potter! Dobby will clean the chamber in no time at all.”

“Go then... hurry.”

The house elf disappeared with a loud ‘pop’ noise.

He could only hope the elf was able to remove everything in time.

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Harry went back to Dumbledore and the little gnome. He noticed that both of them appeared to be mildly upset.

'Did I take too long?' He wondered. “Sorry about that, had a big meal yesterday... we can go now.“

Dumbledore coughed. “Eh... indeed, let us be on our way then.”

As they walked around the castle, the tiny professor’s mood seemed to improve. He was constantly looking around with a warm expression.

“It's been so long since I last visited Hogwarts. But it still looks the same.”

“Yes, the castle has barely changed since its creation, nearly a thousand years ago,” Dumbledore commented.

“Such a wonderful place....” The gnome added.

“Would you like to do a short tour? We can take a longer route.” Harry suggested, hoping to give Dobby a bit more time.

The gnome seemed to consider it for a moment. “No... there will be another chance for that. I would like to finish what I came here for first. Mister Dumbledore, where are we going exactly? I always wondered about this legendary chamber and where the entrance could be.”

“Eh.... about that...” Dumbledore looked around nervously.