Chapter 37 - Tom Riddles Diary (1/2)

Neal, Dumbledore, Prof. McGonagall, Snape, Lockhart, and Filch, all of them went to Lockhart's office. Then, Dumbledore asked him in a hurry, ”now, tell me. What do you mean by there is no monster in the chamber?”.

Neal replied, ”I found the entrance to the chamber of secrets, on the night Harry went off to fight Prof. Quirell. It's in Myrtle's bathroom”. Hearing it, Prof. McGonagall snapped, ”you went to a Girls bathroom in the middle of the night?”.

Neal replied, ”It's not like anyone would go there, anyway. And it isn't my fault that the entrance was built there. Don't ask me how I know about it. Everyone has their, own ways and secrets.

Anyway, I opened the chamber and went inside to see an empty hall with a big Salazar Slytherin's statue there. There wasn't any monster like how it was mentioned in the legends. If you don't believe me, I can take you there now”.

Lockhart replied, ”I knew it. It was exactly there in the right spot. I held myself to open the chamber and fight the monster because I thought it won't be good to enter the girl's bathroom. Well, she's a ghost, but still a girl. Too bad there wasn't anything. I always wanted to fight against the Basilisk”.

But no one is paying attention to his ramblings while Dumbledore asked, ”can you take me to the place?”.

Neal nodded, ”sure. Let's go, now. I also want to catch the real killer who not only committed a crime but also framed me with it”.

Later in the afternoon transfiguration classes, everyone was whispering about Harry and Ron who became the Prime suspects as they were always known to be rule-breakers and hates Filch and Neal.

Then in the middle of a class, Hermoine raised her hand and asked, ”Professor, I wonder if you could tell us about the Chamber of secrets”.

Everyone stopped talking and looked at the Professor as she replied, ”before Salazar Slytherin left the school, he built a chamber which houses a monster of Slytherin. It is said that only a true heir would be able to open the chamber and clear the muggle-borns from the school who Salazar Slytherin deemed to be unworthy to study magic”.

As everyone looked at Neal for once as he's the true heir, Prof. McGonagall continued, ”however, in the morning, Mr. Neal Slytherin, who is the true heir opened the chamber for us to clear suspicions on him and just as he claimed, there is no monster present as claimed in the legends”.

Neal interrupted her and said, ”wouldn't that mean what I've said in the last year's debate is likely to be true? Salazar Slytherin never hated Muggle-borns. Because he probably knew that the Muggle-born magical children are the descendants of the Squibs who married Muggles. That's why he never put a monster in the chamber”.

While his statement shocked Hermoine and the rest of the class, especially muggle-borns, Prof. McGonagall replied, ”I bet you read that book in the restricted section. There's only one book which mentions it”.

Neal then continued, ”Although there's no conclusive evidence, it might be true that muggle-born magic children might be the descendants of Squibs who married muggles and lived in muggle society.

It's the only way that can explain how a muggle-born can even possess magic. They just possess the magic that their ancestor, a Squib was supposed to have”.

Prof. McGonagall nodded, ”Mr. Slytherin, it is important to talk about facts rather than unproven theories. Nobody was able to prove it until now even after five centuries. Now, let us stop talking about it and continue writing the notes”.