Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

## Book Description

Ever since Harry Potter had come home for the summer, the Dursleys had been so mean and hideous that all Harry wanted was to get back to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. But just as he is packing his bags, Harry receives a warning from a strange impish creature who says that if Harry returns to Hogwarts, disaster will strike.

And strike it does. For in Harry's second year at Hogwarts, fresh torments and horrors aside, including an outrageously stuck-up new professor and a spirit who haunts the girl's bathroom. But then the real trouble begins - something is attacking Hogwarts students, making them rigid like statues. Could it be Draco Malfoy, a more poisonous rival than ever? Could it possibly be Hagrid, whose mysterious past reveals dark secrets? Or could it be the one everyone at Hogwarts most suspects... Harry Potter himself!

## Plot

### Chapter 1: The Worst Birthday

**Uncle Vernon**: "*And you, boy?*"
**Harry**: "*I'll be in my room, making no noise and pretending I'm not there.*"
— Vernon Dursley and Harry Potter

### Chapter 2: Dobby's Warning

"*Harry Potter is valiant and bold! He has braved so many dangers already! But Dobby has come to protect Harry Potter, to warn him, even if he does have to shut his ears in the oven door later... Harry Potter must not go back to Hogwarts.*"
— Dobby warning Harry

### Chapter 3: The Burrow

"*This is the best house I've ever been in.*"
— Harry Potter, about the Burrow

### Chapter 4: At Flourish and Blotts

**Lucius Malfoy**: "*Dear me, what's the use of being a disgrace to the name of wizard if they don't even pay you well for it?*"
**Arthur Weasley**: "*We have a very different idea of what disgraces the name of wizard, Malfoy.*"
— Lucius Malfoy and Arthur Weasley arguing at Flourish and Blotts.

### Chapter 5: The Whomping Willow

"*Of all the trees we could've hit, we had to get one that hits back.*"
— Ron, complaining about the Whomping Willow

### Chapter 6: Gilderoy Lockhart

"*Gilderoy Lockhart, Order of Merlin, Third Class, Honorary Member of the Dark Force Defence League, and five-time winner of Witch Weekly's Most-Charming-Smile Award - but I don't talk about that. I didn't get rid of the Bandon Banshee by smiling at her!*"
— Gilderoy Lockhart, presenting himself

### Chapter 7: Mudbloods and Murmurs

"*Harry knew at once that Malfoy had said something really bad because there was an instant uproar at his words.*"
— Reaction after Malfoy calls Hermione a Mudblood

### Chapter 8: The Deathday Party

"*Why would anyone want to celebrate the day they died? Sounds dead depressing to me...*"
— Ron, about the Deathday Party

### Chapter 9: The Writing on the Wall

"*Hearing voices no one else can hear isn't a good sign, even in the wizarding world.*"
— Ron to Harry

### Chapter 10: The Rogue Bludger

"*Dobby wants to save Harry Potter's life! Better sent home, grievously injured, than remain here sir! Dobby only wanted Harry Potter hurt enough to be sent home!*"
— Dobby explaining his plans to Harry

### Chapter 11: The Duelling Club

"*Now, Professor Dumbledore has granted me permission to start this little duelling club, to train you all in case you ever need to defend yourselves as I myself have done on countless occasions - for full details, see my published works.*"
— Gilderoy Lockhart, presenting the Duelling Club

### Chapter 12: The Polyjuice Potion

"*But I know one thing - 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.*"
— Draco, about the Chamber of Secrets

### Chapter 13: The Very Secret Diary

**Harry**: "*Dangerous? Come off it, how could it be dangerous?*"
**Ron**: "*You'd be surprised... some of the books the Ministry's confiscated - Dad's told me - there was one that burned your eyes out.*"
— Ron, warning Harry about the diary

### Chapter 14: Cornelius Fudge

"*Bad business, Hagrid. Very bad business. Had to come. Four attacks on Muggleborns. Things've gone far enough. Ministry's got to act.*"
— Fudge, at Hagrid's Cabin

### Chapter 15: Aragog

"*Ron gave a loud snort. Evidently, hatching Aragog out in a cupboard wasn't his idea of being innocent.*"
— Ron, about Hagrid having an Acromantula

### Chapter 16: The Chamber of Secrets

"*Just the man. The very man. A girl has been snatched by the monster, Lockhart. Taken into the Chamber of Secrets itself. Your moment has come at last.*"
— Snape, giving Lockhart a mission

### Chapter 17: The Heir of Slytherin

"*Haven't I already told you that killing Mudbloods doesn't matter to me anymore? For many months now, my new target has been you.*"
— Tom Riddle to Harry

### Chapter 18: Dobby's Reward

"*But Dobby didn't move. He was holding up Harry's disgusting, slimy sock, and looking at it as though it were a priceless treasure.*"
— Dobby being freed by Harry

## List of Deaths

 Salazar Slytherin's Basilisk | Harry Potter | Impaled at the roof of the mouth by Sword of Gryffindor.